Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-03
T~HE President and Mrs; Hoover

T<HE President and Mrs. Hoover
had as their guests at luncheon
today the former Postmaster
Il General and Mrs. VIII II.
Hays, whose marriage took place
Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. Hoover attended Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend's morning musicale at the
Mayflower Hotel today, having several
guests With her.
The President and Mrs. Hoover held
the first of their state entertainments
at the White House last evening, a
dinner in honor of the members of the
Presidents cabinet and their ladies. The
usual form and ceremony was carried
out, the guests being greeted in the
blue room by the President and Mrs.
Hoover before the dinner, with coffee
served to the ladies in the green room
following the dinner and preceding the
musicale, while the men of the party
accompanied the President to his
library on the second floor for coffee
and cigars.
number of additional guests were
invited for the musicale in the east
room, when Miss Emma Otero, soprano.
and Mr.. Alfred Wallenstein, 'cellist,
gave the program, accompanied by Mrs.
Virginia Wallenstein, who accompanied
her husband and Mr.. Charles King,
who played for Miss Otero.
The State dining table was rich in
coloring, with the entire gold service
used. It's beauty being enhanced by a
bounteous use of bronze pink chrys-
anthemums and pomponS with a grace
full tracery of asparagus sprengeri on
the fine linen cloth. The tall epergnes,
part of the gold service, were filled
with luscious purple and green grapes
which fell in graceful profusion over
the edges of the bowls.
The same bronze pink and rose color
chrysanthemumS formed the simple
decoration in each of the drawing
rooms of the State suite. The green
room, where coffee was served to the
charming in its many pieces Of CO.
lonial furniture.
Seated at the State dining table with
the President and Mrs. Hoover, were:
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Stimson. the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Mellon: the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Hurley, the Attorney General and
Mrs. Mitchell. the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Brown, the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Adams, the Secretary
of the Interior and Mrs. Wilbur, Mrs.
Arthur M. Hyde, the Secretary of
Commerce, Mr. Lamont; Hon. and
Mrs. William N. Doak, Senator and
Mrs. James j. Davis, Representative
Ruth Pratt, Hon. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Campbell, Hon. and Mrs Eugene Meyer,
Hon. and Mrs. Samuel A. Eliot. Hon.
and Mrs. Cleveland A. Newton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Herbert Case, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G.
Coburn, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Glover, Mr..
and Mrs. George H. Lorimer of Phila-
delphia, Mr.. and Mrs. jackson E. Rey-
nolds of New York, Mr.. and Mrs. Felix
Warburg of New York, DR.. William H.
WEIGH Of Baltimore, Mr.. and Mrs A. F.
Whitney, Capt. and Mrs. Charles Rus
sell Train and Col. Campbell B. Hodges.
Mr.. Wallenstein opened the program
playing Baeh's "Adagio," Schubert'S
Moment Musicale" and Peppers
Spring Song: Miss Otero sang
Donaudy's "Ohl Mai Non CeSsate, I"
Rossini's 'L'Orgia" and Arditi's III
Bacio". Mr. Wallenstein's. second group
included Granados' "IntermeZzo," Cho-
pins prelude" and Chasin's "Humor-
esque Hebraique." The closing number
was sung by Miss Otero and included
Serrano's "Marinela," Roigs Para ii"
SCOTS THE False Prophet" and Lad
FORCES Song Of the Open"