The Washington times., 1931-11-18
Mellon
Luncheon
Host

The President and Mrs.
Hoover will entertain a nota-
BILE company at dinner this
evening, at the White House, in
honor of the Minister OF For
eign Affairs of Italy and
Signora Grandi.
Treasury Secretary Host
The Secretary of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Andrew w. Mellon, en-
tertained at luncheon, today,
in honor of the Minister and
Signora Grandi. The guests
were, the Ambassador OF Italy
and Donna Antonietta de Mar
tino; the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Hurley, Senator and Mrs.
David Reed, the Undersecre-
tary of State and Mrs. Castle;
Mr.! Augusta Rosso, the Amerl-
can Ambassador to Italy and
Mrs. Garrett: MI. and Mrs.
Henry P. Fletcher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren D. Robbins, MISS
Mabel Boardman, Mr.. L. Vitettl.
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, Mr.:
and Mrs. David Finley and
Mrs. McCook Knox.
Last evening. the Secretary
,of State and Mrs. StlmSon en-
tertained at dinner in the patio
at the Pan-American Union, IN
honor of the Minister and Sig
nora Grandi.
The table, arranged ABOUT
the Aztec fountain, which was
encircled with Boston ferns,
was adorned with silver candet
abra, topped with tall yellow
tapers, alternating with placques
of Johanna Hill roses and
maiden hair fern. Epergnes,
filled with purple and green
grapes, lent a touch OF color,
and the beautiful tropical palms
and ferns planted there formed
an effective background.
Dinner Guests
The guests were the Royal
italian Ambassador and Nobll
Donna de MartinO; the Am
bassador of Cuba and Sonora
de Ferrara; the Ambassador OF
France and Nine. Claudel; the
ambassador of Germany, Herr
Friedrich w. Won PrittWitz und
Gaffron; the Belgian AmbaSsa-
dor and Nine. May, the Am
baSSador of Brazil and Nine. de
Lima Silva; the ambassador
of Argentina, Senor DR.. Felipe
A. ESpil; Signor Augusta RoSSo,
aide to Minister Grandi; the
Secretary of War and Mrs.
Patrick Jay Hurley, the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Mrs.
Robert Patterson Lamont, Rep
resentative Ruth Pratt, the
Undersecretary of State and
Mrs. William R. Castle. jr., the
American Ambassador to Italy
and Mrs. John w. Garrett, the
Chairman of the Tariff Com
mission and Mrs. Henry P.
Fletcher; the Assistant Secre-
tary of State. Mr.. Wilbur j.
Carr; the Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. Francis
White, the Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. James Graf
ton Rogers, the Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs.
Harvey H. Bundy. Mrs. Warren
Delano Robbins, Mrs. James w.
Good; the counselor of the Ital-
ian embassy, Count Alberto
Marchetti di Muriaglio; Signor
Guido Rocco and Signor Leon
ardo Vitetti, aides to Minister
Grandi: the Naval aide to the
President. Capt. Joel T. Boone,
and Mrs. Boone; DR.. Leo S.
Rowe. director general of the
Pan-American Union; Mr.. and
Mrs. Pierre de L. Boal, Mrs.
Herbert Feis, Mrs. Stark Nc
Mullin, Mrs. McCook Knox,
Miss Elizabeth S. Rogers and
Capt. Eugene A. Regnier, aide
to the Secretary of State.
Tea at WOOdIey
Mrs. Stimson entertained at
tea yesterday afternoon at
Woodley, in honor of Sigpora
Grandi, when her guests in
cluded the wives of the mem
bers of the Italian embassy
staff and of some of the State
Department officials.
Nobil Donna Antonietta de
Martino, wife of the ambassa-
dor of Italy, will hold a recep-
ton at the embassy fo- the
Italy-America Society CT Wash
ington this afternoon in honor
of His Excellency, Minister
Grandi, and Signora Grandi at
4 o'clock, when only the mem
bers of the society will be pres
emf