The Washington times., 1931-02-12
NEWS, VIEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN TIL
President and Mrs. Hoover
Receive Army, Navy and
Marine Officials


Doak cream satin with a slight
train.
Were Received First
Secretary and Mrs. Hurley
and Secretary and Mrs. Adams
were the first to be received.
After passing down the line,
the four mingled with the
guests, greeting members of
their own particular depart
ments and chatting with first
this group and then another.
Gone are the days when the
Cabineteers vanished after hav-
ing been received, or remained
sequestered in the Blue Room,
the less official guests barred
by velvet ropes from the sacred
precinct.
Brig. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, with his uniform heav-
lily encrusted with medals and
decorations, throughout the
evening was the center of ami
mated little groups. The gen.
eral has hosts Of friends in
washington and many took
occasion last evening to con-
gratulate him upon his ap-
pointment as chief of staff OF
the United States Army, post
he has recently assumed. He
was accompanied by his aide,
Captain Davis. Following
General Macarthur, the Com
mandant of the Marine Corps
and Mrs. Ben Fuller were re-
ceived, and Mrs. William V.
Pratt, wife of the chief OF
naval operations. Admiral
Pratt, himself, is absent from
Washington on sea duty.
Paynes Are HOnOred
The Assistant Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Frederick H.
Payne and the Assistant secre-
ries of the Navy, F. Trubee
Dawson and Ernest Lee
Jahncke, were the next to be
received. Secretary Dawson
was accompanied by Mrs. Da-
vison but Secretary Jahncke
was alone, as Mrs. Jahncke ana
their daughter, Miss Adele
Jahncke, are still in the South:
Mrs. Fuller wore a gown OF
toror;oise blue satin and Mrs:
Pratt was charming in orchid
and gold lace with a shoulder
corsage of orchids. Mrs. Da-
vison wore dark blue tatfeta
made with a wide skirt ana
tight bodice cut with a square
neck.
Follow Service Heads
In the absence of Admiral
Pratt and Rear Admiral Mark
L. Bristol, who would have been
next in order of precedence,
Rear Admiral Sumner Z. Kit
telle followed close on the heels
of the Secretary of War and
the Secretary of the Navy.
Admiral Kittelle was accom-
panied by Mrs. Kittelle, who
was becomingly gowned in
black chiffon, his. daughter,
Miss Nancy Kittelle, who wore
a frock of French blue moire,
and Miss Ellen Steel, of Ger
mantown, Pa, who is visiting
in Washington for a short
time. Miss Steel was gowned
in rust color lace.
Among the Guests
Others who were among the
first to be greeted by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover were
Rear Admiral David F. Sellers,
Rear Admiral Harry Huse, with
Mrs. Huse who was gowned in
white velvet; Rear Admiral and
Mrs. George Rock, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Frank Clark,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. William
D. Leahy, the latter wearing
an unusually smart gown Of
red lace; Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Robert S., Griffin, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Joseph
Strauss, accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Helen Strauss,
who wore a frock of flowerd
crepe, which was completed by
a jacket of orange velvet; the
former Chief of Naval Opera
tions and Mrs. Charles F.
Hughes, the latter gowned in
white crepe; Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Harry E. Yarnell, and
Mrs. A. B. Court, wife of
Captain Court, US. NJ, who is
on duty at present in the Pan
anna Canal Zone. Mrs. Court
wore a gown of silver sequins
with a floral design of black
sequines.
Gay Uniforms Worn
New brilliance was added to
the already brilliant scene by
the foreign military and naval
attaches in their various uni
forms of gray or blue, with
many ribbons and decorations
and their plumed hats. They
came at intervals through the
line, according to the diplo-
matte rank of their respective
missions. The first to appear
was the Military Attache of
the Mexican Embassy, Senor
Coronel Don Francisco J.
Aguilar, who wore a charming
gown of deep yellow velvet with
narrow trimmings of rhine
stones. The assistant military
attache, Senor Major Don
Gustavo Larriva y Arevalo, fol
lowed soon in a dark blue uni
form with collar and insignia
Of dark crimson and silver.