Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-16

Cathedral avenue in honor OF the dele
gates to the health conference to be
held in Washington next week.
Secretary and Mrs. Hurley
To Be Feted This Evening.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Pat
rick J.. Hurley will be the guests OF
honor at dinner this evening of the
Minister of the Irish Free State and
Mrs. Michael MacWhite.
The Ambassador of France and Nine.
Claudel entertained at luncheon today
at the embassy having among their
guests members of the Metropolitan
Opera Co., including the new French
star, Nine. Lely PonS. The other guests
were Representative and Mrs. Robert
L. Bacon, Mrs. Gaspard Bacon, the
counselor of the italian embassy, Conte
Alberto Marchetti di Muriaglio; Signor
Gigli, Signor Belezza, M. Thill, M.
Rotheir, Mrs. HasSelmans, Mr.. Auguste
MesritZ and the counselor of the French
embassy, M. Jules Henry, and the first
secretary of the embassy, M. Pierre
Henry de la Blanchetai.
The Ambassador of Cuba and Sonora
de Ferrara entertained at dinner last
evening in the embassy when the COM
pany included the Ambassador of Italy,
Mobile Giacomo de MARITIME, the Am
baSSador of Argentina and Sonora de
Malbran, Senator Hiram Bingham, Sig
nor Beniamino Gigli of the Metropoli-
tan Opera, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Cas-
par Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar T. Cros-
by, the charge d'affaires of Cuba in
Toxic, Dr. CaliSto Whitmarsh, and Sc
nora Whitmarsh, the assistant naval
attache of the French embassy, and
Nine. Duban, Miss Mary Sheridan, Miss
Josephine Patten and Mr.. and Mrs.
GardenaS of Havana. who are making
q short stay in Washington.
Gen. John j. Pershing, who has been
stopping at the Sherry Netherland,
sailed on the Leviathan last night for
Europe.
Col. Shohei Washizu, military attache
of the Japanese embassy, entertained a
small company at dinner last evening
at the Carlton.
The first secretary of the Polish en-
bassy. NJ. Victor Podoski will be host at
a tea this afternoon in his apartment in
Riggs Court in compliment to Nine.
Stalinska, wife of the former secretary
of the embassy, who is passing some
time in Washington.
NJ. Podoski will be assisted by mem
be about 80 guests in attendance.
Mrs. A. j. Spriggs, wife of Lieut..
Spriggs, U. S. N, was hostess at a
luncheon and bridge yesterday after
noon in the Shoreham Hotel, in compli-
ment to her sisters, Mrs. r. H. Hey, jr.,
of Philadelphia and Miss Dorothy
Toomey of Los Angeles, who are visiting
in Washington. The guests included
Mrs. r. E. Ingersoll, Mrs. H. NJ. Cooley,
Mrs. w. F. Jacobs Mrs. w. w. Wilson,
Mrs r. S. Bukey, Mrs. w. Causey, Mrs.
c. T. Durgin, Mrs. E. White, Mrs. w.
Turney, Mrs. H. w. Turney, Mrs. j. H.
Chadwick. Mrs S. g. Dougherty, Mrs.
H. G. Rule. Mrs. j. B. Dorm, Mrs w.
b. Dupre, Mrs. r. E. Meeting and Mrs.
w. B.. Doggins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes left
Washington yesterday for New York.
They Will be at the Ritz-Carlton until
April Is when they sail on the lie de
France.
Mrs Charles P Plunkett is at the
Mayflower with her son-in-law and
daughter, Lieut.. Condr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Stockton Field. Comdr. Field, who
has been on duty at the Navy Yard as
aide to the former commandment, Capt.
Claude c. Bloch, will leave shortly for
sea duty, having been assigned to the
q. S. S. Wyoming.
The former United States Minister to
Panama, Mr.. william Jennings Price,
entertained at dinner last evening at
the Shoreham in honor of Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie and Mrs. Roswell P. Miller Of
New York. The other guests were Mrs.
w. H. Stewart of New York, Mrs. Henry
Alvah Strong, Miss Beatrice Detwiler.