Evening star., 1932-02-06

White House reception and the carnival
of the Arts Club.
The ball will open at 10 o'clock and
the pageant will be staged at IL
o'clock. In the small ball room there
will be an almost continuous cabaret
performance, one of the high lights OF
which will be selections by the Sopho-
cles Papas Mandolin Orchestra.
MANY distinguished members Of
Washington's social, official and diplo-
matte sets attended the numerous din
ner parties which were held In the
crystal room of the Willard prior to the
Friday Evening Dancing Glass last
| night. Among those who entertained
we're Representative and Mrs F. S.
Purnell, Mr. and MIS-. Charles c. Long,
Mrs. j. E. Mcclure, Mrs. David Blair
and Dr. James A. Emery.
Mrs. ]. Temple Gwathney entertained
company of seven at luncheon yes
! terday at the Carlton, where she Is
spending the Winter
The Congressional Club entertained,
according TO its usual custom, at tea
yesterday afternoon.
A delightful program was given by
turer, and by Mr.. Maurice Kharum,
pianist.
Miss McQuoun talked about world
leaders of today and gave brief
biographical sketches of leaders in Eng
land, France, Germany, Italy, the Near
East and the Far East She speaks
with vigor and with authority and
holds the attention of her audience
from the very outset to the end OF her
lecture.
Mr.. Kharum played an arrangement
for the left hand alone of the "Sextette"
from Lucia" and Octave March" by
Kowalsky. He responded graciously to
insistent applause with a valze.
Mr.. Kharum was born In Constan-
! tinople and studied with a Russian
| teacher, Scharwenska, with whom he
toured France. Germany, Spain and
Russia. He afterWard went to England
to finish school and has had the honor
of playing before the King and Queen
OF England at the palace.
Mrs. Frederic c. Hicks has had as
her guest for several days Miss Emma
Roberts, who will return to her home
in New York today Miss Roberts at
tended the drill at Fort Myer yester-
udJ lIle w lllUt reception LIlS
evening before with Mrs. Hicks.
The marriage Of Miss Sophy Tayloe
Snyder, daughter of DR.. and Mrs
Arthur A. Snyder. to Mr.. George
! Cochrane Doub Of Baltimore will take
| place this evening at 8 o'clock In Christ
| Church. Georgetown, and a small re,
ception will follow at the Mayflower
DR.. HassaIl to Be Guest
OF Honor at Dinner Tonight.
The scientific colleagues of Dr. Albert
| HaSsall scientist in the Department Of
| Agriculture, will entertain at a dinner
! this evening in the garden tea house
| Of the Dodge Hotel in honor Of DR.
Hassall's 10th birthday anniversary
Covers will be laid for so guests. In
addition to members Of the scientific
staff Of the Department Of Agriculture
thtre will be guests from the United
| States Public Health Service, from
Johns Hopkins University and the
United States National Museum. The
principal speakers will be DR.. Pau
Bartsch of the United States Nationa
Museum, DR.. w. w. Cort Of Johns
Hopkins University, Dr. N A. Cobb Of
| the Bureau of Plant Industry. DR.. M
| c. Hall Of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry and Or. U. G.. Houck, associate
chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus,
try. Dr. Benjamin Schwartz and DR.
Maurice c. Hall are in charge of the
arrangements for the dinner and Dr.
| Schwartz will preside.
The Association for the Preservation
of Virginia Antiquities to celebrate the
Bicentennial has arranged a trip t
| Wakefield to plant an elm, the grand.
child of the elm under which Wash
| ington took command in Cambridge
| Mass, July g. ITS. The day for thi:
trip will be Thursday, February IL
| Washingtons birthday, according to the
old calendar
Luncheon will be served on tht
grounds at Wakefield and the bu:
| chartered for the day will leave the
south end Of the Treasury Thursday
morning at O'Clock sharp, returning
| at o'clock For seat and luncheon
reservations write or call Mrs. S. Nc.
| Dowell Meek. at 1906 Nineteenth street
Friends Of the association are cordially
urged to attend.
There will be two other tree plant
| ings on that day to add interest to the
visit and the interest in these celebra-
tions for the Bicentennial so strongly
urged by President Hoover, besides the
| historic or personal interest in this
! occasion, make Of this event, a matter
of outstanding importance and appeal
| The president Of this association Is
Mrs. E. Rust Smith.
Mr. and Mrs c. H Hoover of Hitchins
KY, are at the Dodge during their briei
stay in the Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w Walters ot
JohnStown, Pa, are at the Shorthan
over the week end
Washington society is planning tc
attend the forthcoming lecture Friday
! Winston Spencer Churchill, who will
be a guest at the British embassy dur
| ing his stay here.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, Ambassador OF
| Great Britain will introduce his dis
| tingulshed guest in Constitution Hall
! and in advance of the evening Mr.
! Churchill will be the recipient of much
| social attention here.
Many box parties are being planned
by Capital hostesses for the lecture
| which Is upon the most vital subject of
| the present day, The Worlds Eco
nomic Crisis" into which it Is said
| the famous orator of England will in
terJect certain humorous statements
| vastly diverting to his audience. His
keen sense of humor is we'll known and
his oratorical ability is said to be the
greatest in the world. Washingtonians
are keenly interested in hearing what
| he may have to say upon the subject
OF world crisis-finanoial or other
wise
The Committee NJ, povas ,,d rr-;ol,
cts, headed by Mrs. George P. Scriven
! and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, in
cludes many prominent women in
Washington. among them being Mrs
Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs. Earl w
Chafee, Mrs. Benjamin F. Cheatham,
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Mrs
Henry H. Flather, Mrs Isaac Cans
Mrs. Reginald S. Huidekoper, Mrs
| Daniel Knowlton, Mrs. Colin Living
ston, Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes and
| Mrs. Charles Walcott