Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-14

|HE President and Mrs. Hoover
were entertained at dinner last
evening by the Secretary of
state and Mrs. Henry l.. Slim
son in their home, Woodley,
on Cathedral avenue. The fete was
the third of the series of dinners given
annually in honor of the Chief Execu-
tive and First Lady by the Vice Presi-
dent, the members of the cabinet and
the Speaker of the House. The Vice
President. Mr.. Charles Curtis, gave his
dinner to the President and Mrs.
Hoover December 8, and December
Is the Speaker and Mrs. Nicholas
LongWorth we're hosts at dinner In
honor of President and. Mrs. Hoover
Invited to meet the honor guests last
evening were Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Frank r. Mccoy, Mr.. and Mrs. James
R. Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. Charles D..
Hilles, MIR. and Mrs. Cass Gilbert Mr.
and Mrs. GroSvenor Atterbury, all OF
New York; Dr. and Mrs. Robert c..
Gamble of Haverford, Pa. Mr.. and
Mrs Alfred L. Loomis of Tuxedo Park,
N Y, and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert W.
Putnam of Rye, N. Y.
Mrs. Hurley wife of the Secretary of
War, will be at home this afternoon.
She returned from Oklahoma last
evening.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr.. who is with
Mr.. Hoover at Asheville, N. c., was the
honor guest at bridge tea yesterday
of Mrs Burnham Standish Colburn.
Italian Envoy Host Last
Evening to Famous COuntryman.
The italian Ambassador and Mobile
Donna de MARITIME were hosts at an in
formal dinner last evening, in compli-
ment to Signor Beniamino Gigli the
famous italian tenor who gave a re-
Cital yesterday afternoon in Consti-
tuition Hall.
The Ambassador of France, NJ. Paul
Claudel; Nine Claudel and Mile. Refine
Claudel, who have been at the Sherry
Netherland on Fifth avenue in New
York, have returned to Washington.
The Ambassador of Germany and
Frau Won Prittwitz und Gaffron re-
turned yesterday from New York, where
they went Monday morning.
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court and Mrs. Stone will be the guests
of honor at a dinner given tonight by
Mai and Mrs Parker w. West in their
residence at the Soldiers Home.
Mrs. Kendrick, wife of Senator John
B Kendrick. will be at home tomorrow
afternoon at 2400 Sixteenth street, from
to o'clock, and will have receiving
with her Mrs. Robert D. Carey, wife
of the new Senator from Wyoming, and
the Senator's mother, Mrs. Joseph M.
Carey.
Assisting Mrs Kendrick will be Mrs.
Tasker L. Oddie, Mrs. Charles S. De-
neen, Mrs. Julian Jacqueline Mason,
Mrs. John B. Aleshire, Mrs. Helmer w.
Lystad and Miss Sara Darlington Carey,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Carey.
Mrs. Deneen, wife of Senator Charles
8. Deneen, will net be at home tomor-
row afternoon
Mrs. Carl A. Birdsan arrived today
from Chicago to spend sometime with
her parents, Senator and Mrs. Deneen.
The charge d'affaires of Spain, Condo
de Montefuerte, entertained a small
Shoreham Hotel.
The charge d'affaires of Panama,
Senior Don Juan B. Chevalier, has re-
turned from New York, where he went
to bid farewell to the PreSident-desig-
nate Of Panama and Sonora de Alfaro.
Representative Andrew L. Somers has
returned to Washington from his home
In Brooklyn, N. Y, and is again at the
Carlton.
Representative Martin j. Kennedy of
New York Is at the Shoreham Hotel for
an indefinite stay.
Representative Emanuel Cellar of
New York has taken an apartment at
the Carlton for the remainder Of the
session of Congress.
Mrs. S. Wallace Dempsey had guests
with her at luncheon today at the May
flower following Mrs. Lawrence Town.
sends morning CONCERT in the ball room
Of the hotel.
Representative Hamilton Fish, jr.,
will speak this evening at the annual