The Washington times., 1931-04-15
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Crowds
At Opening
OF Opera
Society Leaders in Gorgeous
Gowns Fill "Diamond
Horseshoe; Throngs in
Street Hail NotabIeS
BY ANNE PATTEN

BY ANNE PATTEN
To the tune of swapping
camera shutters, their pathway
to the theater door lit by a
blaze Of flashlight powder, the
brilliant audience attending
the presentation of LA Tosca"
arrived at the Fox Theater last
evening.
The battery of cameramen
were out in full force to greet
the assembled notables and the
usual casual spectators at
tracted by the sight lined the
sidewalks on both sides of the
street. Whispers Gin some
cases shouts, of who are
they?" aimed at the camera
men greeted each limousine as
the gorgeously gowned and be-
iewelled passengers we're dis
charged at the theater en-
trance. The spectators en-
joyed themselves hugely, some
times pressing so closely in their
enthusiasm as to block the
passage to the theater doors.
Had a Great Time
The notables, in most cases,
seemed to enjoy the fun as well
as the throng and laughed and
blinked as the flashlights ex-
ploded.
vice President Curtis, arriv.
ing with his dinner hostess OF
the evening, Mrs. Jacob Lean
der Loose, and his brother-ln-
law, Edward Everett Gam.
was the hero of the occasion.
The crowd gave him rouslng
ovation only equalled by that
accorded the Secretary of War,
Patrick j. Hurley and his
pretty wife.
The Hurleys, their faces not
quite so familiar to the spec
tators, we're recognized when
the obliging cameraman had
vouchsafed the information, and
were roundly welcomed.
CfOW0 OreeLS NOUNCAS
The White House car, con-
veying Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr.,
Allan Hoover and Mr.. and Mrs.
Farmer Fuller (the latter
guests for a few days at the
Executive Mansion) was so cor
daily greeted that the pretty
young wife of the President
and Mrs. Hoover's eldest son
almost (but not quite) did not
get to see the opera. The crowd
almost mobbed the thoroughly
embarrassed party.
Inside, the theater was
packed to the doors. Lured by
the fame of the Incompatible
Jeritza, who sang the title role
in the opera, Capital society
and music lovers not listed in
the Social register, turned out
to make the all too brief season
of the Metropolitan Opera an
overwhelming success.
A Gay Scene
Jewels cleaned in the "dia-
mond horseshoe" unfortunately
so dimly lit the occupants of
the boxes were barely visible),
and beautifully gowned women,
accompanied by their impec-
cably clad escorts, strolled
through the foyer during the
intermission.
Glimpsed in the throng were
such distinguished personages
as the Hungarian Minister and
the Countess Laszlo Szechenyi,
accompanied by their daughter,
Countess Cornelia Szechenyi;
the newly arrived Belgian am
bassador, Paul May, who ar
rived at the theater with the
blonde and lovely wife of the
German ambassador, Frau Won
Prittwitz.
The minister Of Greece, Char
lambos Simopoulos, and the
minister of Rumania, Charles
Davila, were there. The Minis
ter of the Irish Free State and
Mrs. Michael MacWhite were
the guests Of Mrs. George
Mesta, and. the minister of
Sweden, w. Bostrom, was &C
companied by his pretty young
daughter (Soon to be a bride),
Mile. Ellis Bostrom.
Guests of Mrs. NOrment
The Minister of Czechoslo-
vakia and Nine. Veverka were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Norment, and Nine. WI,
wife of the minister of China,
was seen, wearing the charm
ing Chinese costume of jade
green which she affects.
Among the other younger
members of the Diplomatic
Corps were the counselor of
the Netherlands legation, L. G.
Van Hoorn, who was with
Miss Katherine Phillips, and
the attache of the Polish en-
bassy, Jan Tomaschewski.
Nine. Jan Stalinska, wife of
the former second secretary of
the embassy who is now visit
ing in Washington from War
saw, and who is a singer of
note herself, charmingly
greeted old friends.
Official Group Represented
In addition to the Vice Presi-
dent and Secretary of War, the
official group in Capital society
was represented by Mrs. Rob
ert Patterson Lamont, wife of
the Secretary of Commerce,