Evening star., 1932-10-10
Mrs. Hughes Acts as Hostess
For Bicentennial Commission.


For Bicentennial Commission.
Mrs Charles Evans Hughes wife OF
the Chief Justice, heads the lis. OF host
esses for the United States George
Washington Bicentennial Commission,
which will tender a reception to the
American Bar Association in the Cor
coran Gallery of Art Friday evening, at
$50 O'Clock. The reception will be held
in the Bicentennial Loan EXhloltlon
room where a collection OF the great
portraits of George washington ana
his contemporaries, collected from mu-
seuns and public and private owner
ship in this and Other countries will be
on exhibition. Other hoStesses are
Mrs. William De Witt Mitchell, Mrs.
Walter F. Brown. Mrs. Charles FRANCIS
Adams. Mrs. William Nuckles Doak,
Mrs. Willie Van Devanter. Mrs. Pierce
Butler, Mrs. Sol Bloom, Mrs. c. Powell
Minnigerode. Mrs. George E. Hamilton,
Mrs. Corcoran Thorn, Mrs. Charles T.
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer. Mrs. Arch
Coleman. Mrs. Joseph NJ. Dixon, Mrs.
Levi Cooke, Mrs John Sherman, Miss
II. Nelson, Mrs Ferry K. Heath, Mrs.
! Miller KENYON, Mrs. Wilton j. LAM
bert, Mrs. Sydney F. Taliatero, Mrs.
James o. Murdoch. Mrs. William Roy
Valance. Mrs Green H. HackWorth,
Mrs. James Cunningham Rogers. MIS-
Peyton Gordon, Mrs H. Prescott Galley,
Mrs C. F R. ,Cgilby, Mrs. Frank j.
Hogan. Mrs. j. Spaulding Flannery,
Mrs. J. Harry Covington, Mrs. Julius
Klein, Mrs. James Grafton Rogers,
Mrs. George Maurice Norris Mrs Allen
T. Klots, Mrs. Wade H. Ellis.
The United States Ambassador to
Germany and Mrs. Frederic D. Sackett
have arrived in Washington and are at
the Mayflower.
Mrs. John w. Garrett, wife of the
Ambassador of Italy. has canceled all
social engagements for several weeks
owing to illness The Ambassador anc
Mrs. Garrett are now in their Balti-
more home, having arrived recently
from Italy.
Gen. and Mrs. Frank Mcintyre have
mOtored to Montgomery, Ala, for
three-week visit. They are accompanied
by their daughters. Miss Marie Nc
Intvre and Miss Nora Mcintyre. and
their son, Mr.. Edward Mcintyre of New
York.
Mai. Ernest G. Cullum, U. S. A.. re-
tired, and Mrs. Cullum of Colorado
Springs, Colo. have taken an apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel while in
Washington.
Canon w. H Carnegie of Westminster
Abbey, England, and Mrs Carnegie, will
arrive in washington Wednesday fer
several days and will be guests of Miss
Mabel Boardman in her home on P
street.
The military attaches of the various
embassies and legations entertained at
luncheon today at the Carlton, the
company numbering II.
Mr. Frank j. Hogan will entertain
the officials of the American Bar Asso
citation at dinner this evening.
Enga cement of Interest
To Old Washington Residents.
The engagement has been announced
in Pasadena, Calf, of Miss Priscilla
Ann Dove, daughter of Mr.. j. Maury
Dove of this city. and Mr.. Dickson F.
Sroufe, son of Mr. and Mrs. w. For
rest Sroufe, formerly of Washington, D.
c., ana RidgeWood, N. j. Miss Dove is
the granddaughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Maury Dove and Of the late Dr.
F. A. Gardner and Mrs. Gardner. also
of this city and Vineyard Haven, Mass.
The wedding will take place in Pasa-
dena in the near future.
The betrothal of Miss Dove and Mr..
Sroufe is of great interest in Wash
ington, where the bride-elect's family
has been identified with residential So
ciety for several generations. The
prospective brides paternal grandpar-
ents, both natives of Maryland. were
long residents of the National Capital
and were well known here. The late
DR. Gardner was for years one of the
City'S leading physicians and was White
House physician during the administra-
tiCn of President Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs William Ross Howard
of Baltimore announce the engagement
of their daughter Polly to Mr.. John
Clayton Began, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Clayton Began of Germantown,
Pa. Mr. Howard is the brother of Mr..
lWilliam Ross Howard, Sd, who last
tSpring married Miss Louise Brooks
daughter of Mrs Lionel AtWill. Miss
Howard belongs to distinguished
Maryland family. She made her debut
q few seasons ago at the Bachelors