Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-25

TIME Secretary of the Treasury
Mr.. Mellon, will entertain
company at dinner this eve
L ming in his apartment at 178I
Massachusetts, avenue.
ley were hosts at dinner last evening
entertaining in compliment to the VicC
President. Mr.. Charles Curtis, and hi;
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Everett Gam.
The Vice President is today celebrat.
ing the anniversary of his birthday.
The Secretary of Agriculture anc
Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde and Miss Caroline
HYDE will be the honor guests of the
Missouri Society of Washington at q
reception this evening, at $50 O'Clock
in the hall of the nations of the Wash
ington Hotel. There will be dancing
British Envoy to Be Feted
BY Australian Commissioner.
The Ambassador of Great Britain
and Lady Isabella Howard, who are
spending few days in New York, will be
the honor guests at reception this eve
ming given by the commissioner general
of Australia and Mrs. Herbert BrookeS.
The occasion also will be a celebration
of Australian day. Mr. BrookeS and
the former United States Ambassador
to the Court of st. James, Mr.. John
W. Davis, will speak and Sir ESme
Howard will respond. Two Australian
artists will be heard, Miss Merle
Robertson, pianist, and Mr.. Alfred o.
Shae, tenor, who will sing the British,
American and Australian national an
thems.
Yesterday afternoon the retiring AM
kaa1I oFFi
were honor guests at a reception given
by the English Speaking Union. Near
" 100 guests attended the reception.
Mr.. Davis, president of the union, and
Mrs. Robert Bacon of the unions ma
tional board of directors received in
behalf of the society and presented the
guests to the honor guests.
The Ambassador of Cuba and Sonora
de FerTara will be the honor guests at
dinner this evening of the Minister OF
Panama and Sonora de Alfaro.
The Ambassador of France and Nine.
Claudel will entertain at a dinner and
dance this evening for their daughter,
Mile. RENE Claudel.
The Ambassador Of Germany and
Frau Won Prittwitz und Gaffron had
quests lunching informally with them
today In compliment to DR.. Freda BAIL,
Judge Of the Criminal Court Of Berlin,
who Is spending a short time in WASH
lngton en- route to her home in Ger
many, after touring this country. DR..
BAIL Is the guest for several days of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Geiger.
The Minister of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter entertained at luncheon
today a small group of friends from
New York. They viii receive the Swiss
colony in washington tomorrow aft
ernoon at the legation.
Senator and Mrs. Henry J. Allen en-
tertained at dinner last evening in their
apartment in the Mayfiower In honor
Of Gov. Clyde NJ. Reed of Kansas. The
Is guests included Senator Arthur Cap
per and other members Of the Kansas
delegation In Congress.
Representative and Mrs. u. S. Stone
have given up their apartment in the
Valley Vista and have taken house
ct 5S07 Chevy Chase parkway, District
o. Columbia.
Representative and Mrs. Franklin w.
Fort of New Jersey entertained at din
ner In the presidential suite and cabi-
net room at the Willard last evening in
honor of the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Walter e. Hope
There were 80 guests, many Of them
prominent in Official circles Of the
Capital.
Mrs Hardy. wife Of Representative
Guy u. Hardy, has come to Washing
ton from her home at Canon City,
Colo. to remain during the session of
Congress. She was accompanied by
her son, Mr.. Lyman Hardy.
Representative and Mrs. Hardy have
taken house at 20t7 Belmont road
northwest for the season.
Miss Ruth Dickinson, daughter Of
Representative and Mrs. Lester j. Dick
inson of Iowa, will. be hostess at a
luncheon Thursday, January 80, at the
Carlton in honor of Mrs. Elisabeth
Ransley. daughter Of Representative
and Mrs. Harry G. Ransley of Phila-
delphia.
The charge daffaires Of Egypt, Mr..
Ahmed Mamdouh Moursi, was host at
q buffet supper with dancing. The
guests included Representative and Mrs
Fred A. Britten, the financial counselor
of the Rumanian legation and Nine.
Boncesco. the secretary of the Bulgarian
legation and Nine BisSeroff, the secre-
tary of the Cuban embassy and Sonora
de Guell, the secretary of the Norwegian
legation and Nine. Siqveland, Mr.. Alling
Of the State Department and Mrs. ALI
ing, Miss Gertrude Lamont Miss Lo-
randa Prochnik, Miss Vera Bloom, Miss
Junia Culbertson. Miss Vittoria Cata-
lani. Miss Violet James, DR.. Anna Maria
Boggs, Miss Helen Gary, Miss Elsie
Ekengren, Miss Helen walker, Miss
Laura Walcott Tuckerman, Miss Mar
garetta Bayard Wright, Miss Marjorie
Mondell, Miss Genevieve de Mention,
Miss Elise Alexander, Miss Elizabeth
Thorpe, Miss Barrine Drake, Miss Meta
Morris Evans, Miss Virginia Harris,
Miss Dorothea Morgan, Miss Ruth Gil
lett. Miss Evelyn Gordon, the counselor
OF the Netherlands legation, Mr.. van
Hoorn; the counselor of the Persian
legation, lisa Khan Bahramy; the sec
rotary of the italian embassy, Signor
Vitetti; the secretary of the Turkish
embassy, Nuri Sabit Bey; the secre-
tary of the Polish legation, Mr.. Victor
PodoSki: the secretary of the Lithu-
anian legation, Dr. Mikas Bagdonas;
the secretary Of the Greek legation, Mr.
Emile G. Vrisakis: Mr. Hasfem Nourzad
and Mozaffar Mira Firouz, secretaries
OF the Persian legation; the second Sec
rotary of the Turkish embassy, Bulent
Bey; the second secretary of the French
embassy, M. Pierre Henry de la Blan-
chetai; the third secretary of the Brit
tSh embassy, Mr.. A. r. Dew: the Sec
rotary Of the German embassy, Herr
"a Putlitz; the secretary of the italian
embassy, Mobile Carlo Andrea Soardi;
the secretary of the Swedish legation
Mr.. 30 de Ribbing: the secretary Of
the Spanish embassy, Senior Don Jose
M. Linares-Rivas; the third secretary
OF the Mexican embassy, Senior Dor
Fernando Lagarde; the secretary Of the
Chilean embassy. Senior Don Manue
Valdes: the attache Of the Swedish lie.
cation. Mr.. r. r. Bagge; the ATTACKS
OF the Rumanian legation, Mr.. Georgt
Duca; Mr.. Joseph Fitzgerald of New
York, Mr.. Leo Hogan, Mr.. William JET