Evening star., 1932-06-22
.HE dinner party which Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover gave
last evening in honor Of Amelia
Earhart the on1y woman tn make


dent and Mrs. Hoover gave
last evening in honor Of Amelia
Earhart, the only woman to make
a solo flight across the At
lantic, completed a day filled with
festivities for the distinguished aviatrix
and her husband, Mr.. George P. Put
nam. The Presidents party was in
formal In its nature and preceded the
formal Presentation Of the Geographic
Society's gold medal to the flyer, the
first woman to receive such an honor.
In the company at dinner were the
president of the Geographic Society
and Mrs. Gilbert H. GroSvenor, As
sistant Secretary Of Commerce for Avi-
alton Col Clarence NJ. Young, the
secretary to the President and Mrs.
Theodore G.. JoSlin, the chief OF the
protocol division of the State Depart
ment and Mrs Warren Delano Robbins,
former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. William P. MacCracken, jr.;
Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. ReQua of Cali
fornia, house guests at the White House,
and Miss Doris Goss, secretary to Mrs.
Hoover; Mrs. Stark McMullin, the naval
aide to the President and Mrs. Charles
Russell Train and his military aide,
Col. CampDell .. 1OuBeS.
The dinner was served at 6:45 an
unusually early hour for such festivi-
ties at the White House. This was done
that President Hoover might make the
presentation of the medal for the Geo.
graphic Society at o'clock. There
could be no delay for the ceremony was
broadcast, therefore the auditorium OF
Constitution Hall was well filled some
time before 8 o'clock. A few minutes
before the hour, Amelia Earhart Put
nam, escorted by the vice president OF
the society, DR.. John Oliver LaGorce,
stepped onto the platform, where
number of distinguished guests were
awaiting her arrival They rose with
those in the auditorium and applauded
with enthusiasm. Mrs. Putnam, tall and
very slender, wore a gown OF ice oiue
crepe. nodded to her figure after one OF
the new models, and having very
short Jacket with short sleeves. She
wore a small ornament hanging from
chain of platinum around her neck.
A few moments later President
Hoover, escorted by his naval and mill
tary aides, appeared, Immediately tol-
lowed by Mrs. Hoover, escorted by DR..
Gilbert H. Grosvenor, president OF the
Geographic Society. Mrs. Hoover wore
q becoming gown Of French blue and
steel gray net, one OF many cotton
gowns which she has in her wardrobe.
She carried large folding Chinese fan
decorated in pearl gray. Sitting at Mrs.
Hoover's left was the Chief Justice, Mr..
Charles Evans Hughes, Mrs. Hughes Sit
ting on the other side of the stage be-
side DR.. La Gorce. Mr.. Putnam also was
present on the stage.
Others at the presentation last eve
ming we're: Mrs StimSOn, wife OF the
Secretary Of State; the Ambassador of
Italy, Mobile Giacomo de Martino; the
Ambassador of Belgium, Mr.. May: the
Ambassador of Turkey, Mr.. Ahmet
Muhtar; the Ambassador CT Germany,
Herr Won Prittwitz und Gaffron; the
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Mills, the Attorney General and Mrs.
Mitchell, Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont,
wife of the Secretary Of Commerce;
Senator and Mrs. Porter H. Dale, Dis
trict Commissioner and Mrs. Luther H.
Reichelderfer, the District postmaster
and Mrs William M. Mooney, Admiral
and Mrs Ben H. Fuller, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol Mrs. Russell
William Magma president general of
the N. S., D. A. R., who came from her
Mount Holyoke, Mass, home for the
ceremony. had with her in her box
other national officers of the D. A. R.,
including Mrs. John M. Beavers, Mrs.
Stanley Forman Reed, Mrs. William
Lewis Dunno and Mrs. Frank M. Dick.
Also in the large company were Rep
resentative and Mrs. Maurice H.
Thatcher, Princess CantacuZene and her
two rieces, the Misses Grant, daughters
of Col. and Mrs. u S. Grant, Sd; Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Holcombe, Mr. and Mrs. Carl A.
Droop and Mrs. w. H. McNeal.
The honor escort of the famous avia-
trix, seven members of the Society of
Woman Geographers, were entertained
at luncheon yesterday by the National
Press Club at the Willard. Mrs. Har-