Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-02

fashionable dancing class Of Washing
ton are always preceded by many din
ner parties, but last night there we're
many more than usual and several of
them quite large. The many tables
| each bore a charming decoration OF
iris in many shades, pink roses and
Shasta daisies. All of the flowers
were taken to the Children's Hospital
this morning. where they were dtstr1but-
ed through the various wards.
The Friday Evening Dancing Glass
Committee received the guests at 10
o'clock, an orchestra of a few pieces
| playing from o'clock through the din
! ner hour and large orchestra furnish
| ing the dance music.
Mai. Parker w West and Mrs. West,
the latter chairman for the dances, gave
| a large dinner, their guests including
the Assistant Secretary of War and
/ Kendrick, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Charles
H. Bridges. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Harry
| G.. Bishop, Col and Mrs. Harry N
| Cootes, Col. and Mrs. Joseph P. Tracey
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Mrs
! Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Thomas F.
| Walsh, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty. Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Gartner, Maj. Raymond
E. McQuillian and Mr.. Warren Martin
The Minister of the Irish Free State
guests at a dinner party entertained at
the Willard last evening preceding the
| Friday Evening Dancing Class, with Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Drlry as hosts.
The Cuban military attache, Capt
| ENRIQUE A. Prieto, and Sonora de
Prieto had as guests at the Willard al
dinner last evening, later attending the
| Friday Evening Dancing Class, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlos del Mar, Mr.. and Mrs
Everett Sanders, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic
| D. McKenney and others.
Condr. and Mrs. Harvey Delano had
dining with them last night preceding
| the dancing class Admiral and Mrs
Mclean, Capt. and Mrs. Emory Scott
Land and Comdr. and Mrs. Charles
H. Maddox.
Mrs. Francis r. A. Junkin entertained
at dinner last night, the hostess and
guests later attending the dancing
| class. In the party we're Mr.. and Mrs
| w. r. Scott, Miss Florence Trumbull
| Miss Holiday, Mr.. and Mrs. George
, Oakley Totten, Lieut.. c. A. Downing
Lieut.. Watson, Lieut.. H. M. Underwood
Mr.. Paul Leake and Mr.. Chadbourne
and others.
Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie's guests at
dinner before the dancing class last
night were the Second Secretary of the
Cuban embassy and Sonora de GueN, DR..
Andrei Popovici, secretary of the Ru-
manian legation, and Nine. Popovici
Gen. William E. Horton, Gen. Parker
Mrs. Alice Smoot, Mrs. Karl D. Klemm
and Mr. Herbert Hengstler of the State
Department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney F. Tanaferro had
guests at dinner, and Mr.. Henderson
B. Gregory also entertained preceding
the dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Mondell had
the Alien Property Custodian and Mrs
Howard Sutherland dining with them
before the dance and also in their
party were Gen. and Mrs. Ireland, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank S. Hight and Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Long.
Miss Virginia Forward will entertain
a company at dinner at the Congress
sional Country Club this evening In
honor of her father, Maj. Alexander
Forward, director general Of the Amer
lean Gas Association, who will leave
shortly for Europe to attend the inter-
| national gas conference at Breslau,
Germany, this month. Maj. Forward
will remain in Europe for about two
months, returning early In July.