The Washington times., 1931-04-28
HOOverS Will
Garden
Party
Plan to Entertain Delegates
To Chamber of Commerce
Congress; Gala Entertain
ment Arranged for Visitors

menI arranged TOT VISllOFS
Elaborate preparations are
being made. by official and
residential society for the en-
tertainment of the delegates to
the sixth general congress of
the International Chamber Of
Commerce, scheduled to meet
here next week.
The President and Mrs.
Hoover will be hosts at a gar
den party (their first this sea-
SOM, on Thursday afternoon
in honor Of the distinguished
Sisitors and a large banquet is
being arranged for them that
evening at the Washington
Auditorium.
On Tuesday evening a con-
cert of Latin-American music
will be given at the Pan-Ameri-
can Union on the invitation of
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, the director
general. The American COM
mittee will be hosts to the for
eign delegates at a reception at
the Mayflower on Monday eve
ming. Wednesday evening has
been kept open for series Of
embassy and legation parties in
honor of the various national
groups.
Many Parties Planned
Under the inspiration of a
ladies' reception committee, Of
which Mrs. Silas Strawn, of
Chicago, is chairman, and
Mrs. william Butterworth, vice
chairman, many delightful par
ties in Washington's handsom-
est homes have been arranged
especially for the entertain
ment of the visiting ladies and
to supplement the big general
fetes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strawn have
been in washington for some
time, staying at the Mayflower
and devoting all their time to
working out details for the
forthcoming congress and the
entertaining connected there
with. They will themselves be
hosts at a dinner at the Carl
ton on Monday evening at
which the foreign delegates
and their wives will be honored.
A visit to the National Cathed-
raj and a reception in the
bishops garden by Bishop
Freeman will be a feature of
Monday afternoon, and later
the conference delegates and
the ladies accompanying them
will be entertained at a recep-
tion by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hays Hammond.
Will Give Tea Party
On Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Stimson, wife of the Sec
retary of State, will give a
garden tea at Woodley. Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr.,
are having a dinner that eve
ming, and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien
will be hostess at luncheon at
Estabrook earlier in the day
for some of the women here
from foreign countries.
On Thursday there will be
series of luncheons in private
homes, at each of which some
of the foreign ladies will be
entertained. The group Of
hosteSses includes: Mrs. Joseph
E. Davies, Mrs. Frederick H.
Brooke, Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr,
Mrs. John r. Williams, whose
guests will be chosen from the
British and Irish delegations;
Mrs. Henry P. Fletcher, who
will be hostess to Belgian and
Italian groups; Mrs. William
Butterworth, Mrs. Ogden L.
Mills, and Mrs. William R.
Castle. jr.
Dinner Visitors
The Minister of the Neither
lands and Nine. van Royen
and Mr.. and Mrs. William But
terworth are among those who
are planning dinners for Fri
day-the evening of the day set
aside for a pilgrimage to An
napolis. Pilgrimages will also
be made to Mt. Vernon and
other points of interest, with
sightseeing trips arranged for
every moment not otherwise oc-
cupied.
The conference opens for
mally on Monday, May 4, but
many Of the delegates will
reach town on Sunday and for
the entertainment of the early
arrivals, Mr.. and Mrs. Merle
Thorpe will give a reception in
the afternoon at their country
home at Bethesda. Mrs. Fred
erick H. Brooke will have
luncheon that day for IL
guests. And that evening there
Will be a lecture in the audi
torium of the United States
Chamber of Commerce by
Clarence Phillips of the Car
negie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace, the guests being
asked to "see Washington"
through the medium of colored
slides.
Leave Town Friday
Many of the delegates will
leave town Friday evening, but
sightseeing plans have been
made for those who stay over
through Saturday and in the
afternoon, Mrs. William R..
Castle, jr., will have a tea for
125 guests.