Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-29
SOCIETY
Mrs. Hoover to Accompany the President
to Philadelphia This Afternoon.
Young Hoovers Go West.

BrlgnL, N. ~, Is maze READY 1OE Occu-
pancy.
The Minister of Czechoslovakia and
Nine. Veverka have gone to New York,
where DIR. Veverka will attend the For
eign Trade Convention. After spending
sometime in New York they viii 60 to
the West Coast for visit.
The Assistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. F. Trubee Dawson will entertain
at dinner tomorrow evening preceding
the ball to be given at the Carlton in
honor Of the visiting aviators who ar
rive tomorrow for the maneuvers over
the Capital.
The secretary Of the Czechoslovakian
legation and Mime. Papanek have left
Washington for vacation IN the west.
The Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs. Dunlap have as their
guest Mr.. Nelson ]. Dunlap Of Kingston,
Ohio, father of the Secretary. Mr..
Nelson Dunlap is Civil War veteran.
Assistant Secretary and family will
celebrate his eighty-eighth birthday by
a visit to Valley Forge tomorrow to at
tend a Memorial day meeting, at which
the President will speak.
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Corbett an
nounce the marriage Of their daughter,
Mrs. Lillian Corbett Van Pelt. to Mr..
Charles Wilson Batten, yesterday. They
will make their home at Arlington
Riverside Apartment, in Washington.
Miss Anne Randolph left Washington
yesterday for New York, where she will
remain for a short time. She will also
go to Newport before returning to
Washington.
Mr.. John Russell Young, jr., student
at the Georgetown Foreign Service
School, will sail from New York June 2
to spend the Summer in England. He
will be the guest of his uncle, Mr.. James
Barclay Young, consul at Southampton,
England. Mr.. Young's aunt Miss Mary
B. Adams, will 60 to New York to see
him sail.
Miss Catharine Berry, daughter Of
Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry, whose mar
riage to Lieut.. Frank Jerdone Cole
man, U. s. A., will take place June 8,
was the honor guest at luncheon today
of Miss Lucille Swift, daughter of Col.
and Mrs. I. Palmer Swift, who enter
tanned at the Army-Navy Country
Club. The company included Miss
Navy Berry, Miss Virginia Coleman,
Miss Virginia Ashburn, Miss Harriet
Mitchell, Miss Katharine Fechet, Miss
Mary Jacobs, Miss Mary Ruben, Miss
Emigcah Davis, Miss Cecil Smith, Miss
Frances StearnS and Miss Katharine
Fuqua.
An engagement of interest in WASH
ington is that of Miss Elizabeth Brin-
ton Kent, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Atwater Kent of Ardmore, Pa, to
Mr.. william Laurens Van Allen, son
of Mrs. James Laurens Van Allen of
Wakehurst, Newport. Long Island, and
the late MIR. Van Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Hall Of
1902 Nineteenth street northwest are
entertaining this afternoon from 4 to
o'clock at a reception and musicale
in honor Of their nephew and niece,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore E. Lea Of Chi
cago. The latter was formerly Miss
Mildred r. Mason and Is the daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. George U. Mason of
Chicago and the great-great-grand
daughter of Col. George Mason Of
Gunston Hall, Va, author Of the Viz
ginia Bill Of Rights.
Those participating at the musicale
are Mrs. Robert Downham, soprano;
Mr.. Howard Moore, baritone; Prof.
George F. Schunneil, tenor; Mrs. Lii
liam Chenowith, contralto; Mrs. Meta
Craig Turkention, soprano; Mr.. Hora-
ito Rensch, tenor; Mrs. Frankford
Nugent, soprano; Miss Ella Hill, ac-
companist, and Prof. Turkention, &C
companiSt.
Those assisting the host and hostess
in receiving are Mrs. Cora Thorne,
Mrs John Shepherd, Mrs. ]. Paul
Smith Of Bowling Green, KY. Those
alternating at the tea table are Mrs.
Josiah A. Van Orsdel, Mrs. Richard
Yates, Mrs. Frank Steele, Mrs. Fred
erick J. Cox, Mrs. Daniel G. Roper and
Mrs. E. R. Woodson.
Mr.. Robert S. Pickens Of the Associat-
ed Press entertained at dinner last night
at his home on Forty-f1fth street in
governor general Of Porto Rico asking
to meet him the newspaper men who
accompanied President Hoover on his
Caribbean trip.
In the company Of distinguished
writer's were Col. Campbell Hodges,
military aide to the President; Capt.
Joel T. Boone, White House physician;
Mr. Robert S. Allen, Christian Science
Monitor; Mr.. Fred Essery, Baltimore
Sun; Mr. George e. Durno. Interna-
tional News; Mr.. William Dudley,
Associated Press; Mr.. William p. Flythe,
Universal Service; Mr.. Theodore G.
Afford, Kansas City Star: Mr. Edward
T. Folliard, Washington Post; Mr. John
Herrick, Chicago Tribune; Mr.. Thomas
F. Healey, Philadelphia Public Ledger:
Mr.. Uric Bell, Louisville Courier
Journal; Mr.. Harry Woolever, Methodist
Press; Mr.. Thomas c. Wallen, New
York Herald Tribune, and Mr.. John
Russell Young, Washington Evening
Star.