Evening star., 1932-03-26
SOCIETY
Eoxuasr Cabinet Officer of Finland Enter
tanned by Diplomats During
Short Visit.

pW%FFE Ambassador of Cuba and
Senora de Ferrara viii entertain
at ten this afternoon at the
Il embassy In honor of Mr.. Hjalmar
d. Procope, former minister of
NoceiQn affairs Of Finland and former
usesadent of the Council of the League
ok Nations, who Is spending a short
time IN the Capital. The former cabinet
o6icer viii leave late this afternoon for
New York. The guests who will attend
the tea have been invited by telephone.
swom, entertained ct luncheon today in
honor Of his distinguished country
man. The company included the Am
bassador of Cuba, Senor Don Orestes
Ferrara: the Ambassador of Belgium,
M. Paul May; the Minister Of Czecho-
slovakia, Mr. Ferdinand Veverka; the
Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr..
Michael MacWhite; the Minister of
Norway, Mr.. Halvard H. Bachke; the
Minister of Denmark, Mr.. Otto Wad-
sted; Senator Henrik Shipstead, Rep
resentative Hamilton Fish, jr.; Mr..
Wladyslaw Sokolowski, counselor Of the
vision OF Eastern European aha1res OF
the State Department, Mr.. Robert F.
Kelley; Mr.. Fred K Nielsen, American
commissioner of the Mixed Claims
Commission; Mr. Axel Oxholm Of the
Commerce Department, and DR.. Milo
fdrnan, counselor of the Finish legation.
Secretary and Mrs Mills
Honor Former Cabinet Officer.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Mills were hosts at dinner last
evening. entertaining in compliment to
the Secretary's predecessor, Mr.. An
drew W. Mellon, the newly appointed
United States Ambassador to England.
The new Ambassador will sail Satur-
day, April 2, for his post in London.
He returned to Washington yesterday
from his Pittsburgh home, where the
day before he celebrated the 77th
anniversary Of his birth. Others at
the dinner party last evening were the
Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir
and Mrs. Mitchell, the Secretary of
the Navy, Mr. Adams; Senator and
Mrs. David A. Reed, Senator Frederick
Hale, Representative Ruth Pratt, Un-
dersecretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Arthur A. Ballantine, the director Of
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Gen. Charles G. Dawes, former
Ambassador at London and Mr.. Melons
predecessor at that post, and Mrs.
Dawes; the governor of the Federal
Reserve Board and Mrs Eugene Meyer,
the new honorary counselor of the
United States Embassy in London, Mr.
David e. Finley, who formerly was
special assistant to the Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Finley, who
will sail Saturday with the new
Ambassador, and Mrs. Frederic A.
Keep
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
guests over the week end Mr.. and Mrs
Nelson S. Bartlett of Boston and their
young son and daughter.
Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Adams, brother and sister-in-law Of
the Secretary, with their son, John
Quincy Adams will arrive to spend
some time with the Secretary and Mrs.
Adams
Mrs. Arthur NJ Hyde, wife of the
Secretary of Agriculture; Senator and
Mrs. Harry B. Halves and Senator and
Mrs. Roscoe c. Patterson will be hon.
ored Missourians of the "oficial fam
lily" at the Easter banquet and dance in
honor of the Vice President and Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Everett Gam at the
Washington Hotel tonight
Great interest is being shown in this
special dinner dance Many have al
ready reserved tables for parties of
eight. The dinner will begin at Z
O'Clock with dancing and cards follow
ing later in the evening. Reservations
for the dinner must have been made by
Thursday, March "A, through the secre-
tary, Mrs Otis J. Rogers of Florence
Court.
Those assisting the president Of the
society and Mrs Leonidas C. DYER will