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The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Reed Home One Of Loveiest in Capital

After being received by Mrs Reed who the fmiest
Of greenfowered chiffon afternoon gowns that
day the guests passed down to the dining room which
beautifully proportional opening the flagstone
terrace the back of the house This latter delight
fully fitted with iron and reed outdoor furniture with
cushions of gaycoored glazed chntz and great earthen
pots at either end hold spruce trees.
The tea table had cenerpece of white weetpeas babies
breath and madenhar fern and thanked either end
magnificent silver services where coffee were dis
pensed the ladies of the Pennsylvania delegation taking
turns in pouring
The walls Of this of beautiful shade of green
and pale gold draperies adorn the windows portrait of
Senator Reed hangs the manel the end of
the
charming opens off the dining ROOM the walls
OF which painted suggestive of the Far
soft coors predomnating, and little French drawing
IS also the first floor and is remarkable it's beau
tItu pettpont furniture and rich rosented rug of the
Empire period
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Envoy Of Britain
EntertainS
Guests

The Ambassador of Great
Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay,
and Lady Lindsay were hosts
at luncheon yesterday at the
embassy in Massachusetts, Ave-
nue., when their guests num-
bered II.
The Ambassador and Lady
Lindsay entertained at a small
dinner Saturday evening in
honor of their house guests, Mr..
and Mrs. Arnold Whitridge and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert,
of New York.
In the company were Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Representative and Mrs.
Richard S. Aldrich, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Richard B. Wig
ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Orme
Wilson. the First Secretary of
the British Embassy and Mrs.
Terrence A. Shone, and Mr..
Mark Watson.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25

BRITISH EMBASSY SCENE OF LUNCHEON AND DINNER PARTY
Chief Justice and
Mrs. Hughes
Honored

The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes were the
guests in whose honor Represen-
tative and Mrs. Fred Britten en-.
tertained at dinner Saturday
evening at their home in Sheri-
dan Circle. The guests included
the Minister of Denmark and
Nine. Wadsted; the Minister Of
Egypt, SesoStris Sidarouos Pasha;
Mrs. Patrick ]. Hurley. wife Of
the Secretary of War: the Sec
rotary of the Interior and Mrs.
Ray Lyman Wilbur; 2epresen-
tative and Mrs. Bertrand H
Shell; Mrs. William L. Gross, of
London; Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
D. McKenney. Mr.. Ferry K.
Heath and DR.. and Mrs. Cary
D. Langhorne.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Reception Tonight

The Polish ambassador, Mr..
Tytus Filipowicz, will enter
tain at a reception this eve
ming from to 7 o'clock, for
the National League of Ameri-
can Pen Women.
X y X
The Ambassador of Belgium
and Nine. May and their daugh-
ter, Mile. May went to New
York Saturday, where they will
remain until Thursday.
X X X
The Ambassador of Brazil and
Sonora de Lima e Silva will en-
terrain at dinner Wednesday,
May 4, and will be hosts again
at dinner Wednesday, May IL.
The Ambassador of Spain,
Senior Juan Cardenas, returned
yesterday from New York,
where he went with Sonora de
CardenaS by motor the middle
of last week. Sonora de Car
denas sailed Friday night for
several months visit at her
former home in Rumania.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Envoy Returns

The Minister of Portugal and
ViscounteSs d'Alte, who have
been in New York for several
weeks, will return to the Capital
this evening.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Harlan
Fiske Stone will be the guests
in whose honor Senator and
Mrs. Warren r. Austin will en-
terrain at dinner this evening
at the Mayflower.
The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, are in
New York, where the former was
the guest of honor and speaker
at the annual luncheon given
today by the Associated Press at
the Waldorf-Astoria. The Secre-
tary and Mrs. Mills will return
to the Capital on Wednesday.
The counselor of the Polish
Embassy, Mr.. Weadyslaw Soko-
lowski, is spending several
weeks in ASheville, N. C. Nine.
Sokolowska is detained here by
the illness of their sons, who
are now recuperating.
X X \
Mrs. James H. Douglas. of
Lake Forest, Ill, arrived Satur-
day at the Mayflower for a
weeks visit as the guest of her
son, Mr.. James H. Douglas, jr.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Former Governor
Tea Hostess

Former Gov. Nellie Tayloe
Ross, of Wyoming was hostess
at beautiful reception and
tea given yesterday afternoon
in the Pan-American room of
the Mayflower.
Receiving with her were Mrs.
John D. Clark. of Cheyenne,
Wyo, and Mrs. Frank Eggleson,
of Laramie, Wyo., who is the
guest of Senator and Mrs. John
B. Kendrick.
X X
Miss Jane E. Hanna, of this
city, is in New York at the
Algonquin for a brief visit.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Hosts at lockwood

Brig. Gen. and Mrs. William
Mitchell had as weekend guests
at their country estate, Box
wood, Middleburg, Va, the Sec
rotary of War and Mrs. Patrick
j. Hurley. Gen. Pelham H.
Glassford, washington chief of
police; Mr.. Dwight Davis. ex-
governor of the Philippines;
Gen. Blanton Winship, U. S. A;
Mrs. Evelyn Walker and Mrs.
William K. Tockson, of Boston,
sister-in-law Of General and Mrs.
Mitchell, and Col. Maurice Fitz-
maurice Day, military attache
Of the British embassy, and
Mrs. Day. General and Mrs.
Mitchell entertained at a supper
party on Saturday evening for
their guests.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Swiss Minister
Luncheon Host
at Legation

The Minister of Switzerland
and Nine. Peter entertained at
a luncheon today, in compli-
ment to Miss Cornelia M. van
Asch van Wyck, of Utrecht, Hol-
land, president of the Worlds
Council of the Young Women's
Christian Association, who is
guest at the Dodge during her
visit in the Capital. Miss van
Asch van Wyck came to America
to attend the biennial conven-
ton of the Y. w. C. A., which
will meet in Minneapolis, Mimi,
in Lay.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Announcements
Of InterestHere

Capt. Hayne Ellis, U. S. NJ,
and Mrs. Ellis have announced
the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Miss Martha Lamar Ellis,
to Mr.. John Davis Leland, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund F.
Leland, of Brookline and North
Andover, Mass.
Miss Ellis was included in
the debutante festivities of the
past season, but made no
formal debut.
She attended Vassar College,
is a member of the Junior
League, and is an expert horse
woman. She has frequently
taken part in horseshows in
and about Washington as well
as in the North, frequently
riding the horses of her aunt,
Mrs. Lulu Long Combs, a well
known exhibitor.
Mr.. Leland attended Yves
leyan College, and the Harvard
Business School. He belongs
to the Harvard Club, Brook
line Country Club, and is a
member of the Boston Stock
Exchange.
Miss EckeIS to Wed
Col. and Mrs. Charles Burd
EckelS have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Margaret, to Lieut.. Howard
Lyman Collins, U. S. N.
Miss Eckels is a graduate of
the University of Michigan,
class of 1880, and is a member
of Pi Beta Phi fraternity.
Lieutenant Collins graduated
from the Naval Academy in
1924, and is at present sta
toned in Annapolis.
Engagement of Note
Mrs. Franklin Silas Terry, of
New York, and In-the-Oaks,
Black Mountain, N. c., has an
nounced the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Lillian Emerson,
to Mr.. William Wright Harris,
jr., son of Gen. William Wright
Harris and Mrs. Harris, of this
city. and Madison, Conn.
Miss Emerson is the daughter
of the late Mr.. Neil Emerson.
She attended L'Ecole Franchise
and the Finch School. She was
presented at the Court of st.
James's in 1929, and made her
debut in New York the follow
ing season.
Mr.. Harris attended Lawrence
vile School and Princeton Uni
versity. He is a member of
the Aviation Country Club. the
Princeton Club and the Mad
ison Yacht Club.
The wedding will take place
in the latter part of June.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Celebrate Birthday

Mrs. William Harryman Rap
ley will entertain at dinner to-
morrow evening in the palm
court of the Shoreham Hotel in
honor of Mr.. Rapley's birthday
anniversary.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Marbury,
of Washington, are at the
Roosevelt in New York for a
stay of several days.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25

their first opportunity to see tins beaU-
tiful new home which is filled with
lovely pictures, rugs, and objects of
art.
The entrance hall gives an atmos-
phere of spaciousness, and from it
rises a winding marble stairway which
reaches to the second floor. Here is
to be found the drawing-room which
is done in exquisite taste. the walls
tinted a soft melon pink and the
silken draperies at the windows are
in dull gold, held with tie-backs in
the form of lilies with gold foliage.
Many comfortable chairs and touches
in which pink, green and yellow
shades predominant, are in this room,
which has fireplaces at either end
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Motors to RaDidan

Mrs. Hoover, accompanied by
several friends, motored this
morning to Rapidan Camp to
supervise preparations for the
weekend trips which she and
the President make there dur
ing the summer months.
X X
The Ambassador of Cuba and
Sonora de Ferrara will leave
Washington today for Cuba,
where they will be in Havana
for some time.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25


tells Beautiful lamps adorn this and interesting fire
in the shape of fans lend delightful touch
The library which looks the erraced garden at the
back of the house. and from which beautiful down
the city may be had is of the loveliest in
Washington. Its woodpaneled walls lined from floor
ceiling with book shelves filled with Volumes and
trophy occupy each of the four
Green is the predominatng color in this room, where
the Senator's desk holds the place of honor; and camel
the mantel the fireplace small breakfast ROOM
done pnks and green's another delightful feature Of
he
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
In Washington
QtQgQuu(>

Many of those invited the reception given by Mrs
Reed wife of Senator David Aiken Reed of Pennsylvania
at their residence 1929 St. last Thursday afternoon in
honor the State Regents and delegates to the Continental
Congress of the Daughters of the American REVOLUTION and
the ladies of the Pennsylvania delegation in Congress- had
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
From Boston

Baroness A. M. Blomberg, of
Boston, is a guest at the Dodge
for several days. Baroness Won
Blomberg came to Washington
to attend the dedication of the
new Folger Shakespearean Lii
brary which took place Satur.
day.
X X
Mrs. Robert C. Wimmill, of
Virginia, and her daughter,
Miss Viola Winmill, have sailed
for Europe to join Mrs. Win
mills parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Allen Townsend. who crossed
several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Large Company
Attend Dinner

Mrs. Hoggatt Clopton enter
tanned at dinner at the Shore
ham Hotel, Saturday evening,
in honor of the ambassador of
Chile, Senior Don Miguel CRU
chaga Tocornal.
The other guests were the
Minister of Guatemala and
Sonora de Recinos, Senator and
Mrs. Marcus A. Coolidge, Brig.
Gen. C. R. Krauthoff, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Archibald L.
Parsons, Senior DR.. Don Emilio
Bello Codesido, arbitrator in
the Qua tem a | a n-Honduran
boundary tribunal, and Sonora
de Bello Codesido, the Secre-
tary of the Panama Legation
and Sonora de Chevalier, the
Secretary of the Dominican
Republic and Sonora de Espail-
lat, Sonora de Sacasa, wife of
the former minister of Nicara-
qua, Senior DR.. John Jorge
Matte, former minister for for
eign affairs of Chile, Mr.. and
Mrs. Forester Holmes, of Phila-
delphia, Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs.
Leland Dotson Webb, Sonora
Marie de Arias, Miss Helen
Coolidge, Miss Marie Parsons,
Lieut.. Comdr. John H. Camp
man, Lieut.. Raymond R. Waller,
and Mr.. John Minter.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Luncheon TODAY

Mrs. Charles Lenier, of
Greenwich, Conn, was the guest
of honor at a luncheon given
today at the MayfloWer by Mrs.
Ralph Worthington.
Mrs. Lenier is the founder
and president of the Robert E:
Lee Memorial Foundation that
was formed to restore STRAIT
ford, the home of the Lee
family in Virginia.
Mrs. Worthington is director
for the State of Florida in the
association having maintained
a home there for the past IS
years in addition to her resi-
dence in Washington.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25

Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury. Mr.. Douglas wife is plan
ming to come to Washington
some time next month.
X X
Mr.. John Francis Amherst
Cecil is in Warwick, R. l., to
pass several days with his
mother-in-laW, Mrs. Peter Goe.
let Gerry. Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil
will sail from New York shortly
for England, where they have
leased a cottage for the sum-
mer.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Visits Chestnut Hill

Miss Anne Wentworth Park,
debutante daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard G.. Park, jr., is
the guest for a short time of
her grandmother, Mrs. Peter M.
Graham, of Chestnut Hill, Pa.
Mrs. William Westerlund, of
Chicago, is the guest of Rep
resentative and Mrs. William
E. Hull in their apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel. They
entertained at the dinner dance
in her honor on Saturday eve
ming.
Capt. John H. Gibbons and
Mrs. Gibbons motored from
Washington to Asheville, and
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John lizard in Biltmore Forest.
Guest of Mother
Mrs. Allen, widow of Col.
Samuel E. Allen, has as her
guest her daughter, Mrs. Nc
Govern, wife of Major J. C. Nc
Govern, who has just returned
from China and the Philippines.
Mrs. McGovern will spend some
time here.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Hosts at Dinner

Capt. and Mrs. Henry Martin
Jensen entertained at dinner
Saturday evening, in compli-
ment to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
A. Bennett. of New York, who
are passing the week end in
Washington. The guests num-
bered IA.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
OF Interest Here

Invitations have been re-
ceived in this city for the mar
riage of Miss Clarissa Ward.
well, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Wardwell. of New York,
and Mr.. F. Livingston Pell, jr..
son of Mr.. and Mrs. F.. Living
ston Pell, also of New York,
which will take place on Wednes-
day in the chapel of st.
Georges Church, Madison
Square, New York.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Governor Guest
at Dinner

The Governor of Missouri
and Mrs. Henry S. Caulfield
were the guests of honor at a
dinner given Saturday evening
at the Mayflower by Mrs. Jacob
Leander Loose.
The company included Mrs.
Edward Everett Gam, the
minister of Albania, Mr.. Kaik
Konitza; the Secretary Of Agri-
culture and Mrs. Arthur M.
Hyde, Senator and Mrs. Charles
L. McNary of oregon, Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Roscoe C. Patter-
son of Missouri, Mrs. James j.
Davis, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Guy
V. Henry, Judge John Barton
Payne, Mrs. Henry F. DlmocK
and Mr.. Walter D. Davidge.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25

Photo by Bachrach Studio
MRS. ARTHUR H. VANDEN-
BERG. wife of Senator Vanden-
berg of Michigan, who, with her
husband entertained at the din
ner dance at Wardman Park
Hotel Saturday evening.
The Washington times., 1932-04-25
Guest Here

Former Senator and MIS-
George Wharton Pepper spent
the weekend at the Carlton.
Evening star., 1932-09-28

specifically against special represents
ton for the depressed classes, the un-
touchables. He brands untouchability
as "the greatest blot on Hinduism" and
took his stand against the proposed
political reorientation mainly on the
ground that, under the guise Of giving
the untouchables autonomous repre-
sentation in the India legislature, 1t
would in fact perpetuate the degrading
segregation from which the depressed
element is already suffering.
The prelude to the ending Of Gandhi's
fast and incidental victory was an
agreement between the high-caste
Hindus and the Intouchables whereby
the former pledge themselves to stamp
out untouchability. 1t is they, and not
the British "oppressor. who are re-
sponsible for untouchability. The i'm
perial government at London announces
that it approves with great satisfac-
tion" the native compact concluded at
Poona and will recommend the adoption
of its main clauses to Parliament. One
cannot be far wrong in guessing that
the way out was of British rather than
Indian origin.
Thus ends, for the time being, an
other chapter in the tortuous course
of British reign in India. 1t is, to be
sure, but a milestone, and is not the
Gandhi's fanatical Nationalists, with
their clamor for independence, will be
content.
Evening star., 1932-09-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HHLI4N VILE.

Corporation Counsel Bill" Bride of
the District of Columbia ought to be in
the good books of Controller General
McCarl. The chief law officer of the
Capital area has just reached home
after trip to Europe and back aboard
the Yankee Line steamer Capulin,
whose home port is Portland, Me. The
Maine press acclaimed Mr.. Bride on his
arrival for his patriotic preference of
American flag transatlantic boats.
Did Franklin D. Roosevelt go to John
Bull for his recently proclaimed plan of
farm relief? Authorities who have been
X-raying the Topeka speech find that
the Governors six points are modelled
closely after the British wheat act,
which went into effect last June. That
law should do for British wheat growers
the very thing Uncle Sam would like
to do for his farmers. First, it takes
away the temptation to increase acreage
by fixing the number of bushels of
wheat to be subsidized. 1t makes an
allotment for each individual wheat
grower. Secondly, it puts an excise tax
on each barrel of -four sold in Great
Britain, whether ground from British
wheat or imported. Thirdly, it fixes
the fair price of quota wheat at Sl30
bushel. If the grower gets less than
this on the open market, the difference
IS made up to him by deficiency
payment out OF tax on flour.
x !: = x
These various United States of ours
don't appear to be in a hurry to ratify
the Norris lame duck amendment, NOV
ing up the accession of new President
and Congress from March 4 to January
l. So far only Is out of 48 States have
taken action. New York was the first,
last March, and Texas was the latest,
when its Legislature approved the
amendment on September 7. At one
time there was prospect that the re-
quiSite three-quarters of the States
would have acted in time to affect the
President and Congress to be elected
in November, 1882, but this is now
impossible.
George Washington's boyhood home
town." Fredericksburg, Va, will be
host on Sunday, October 16, to the
clerical heads of some 16 to "a lead
ing American religious denominations.
They will come together to celebrate
the 155th anniversary of the drawing
of the act for religious liberty by
Thomas Jefferson in 1777. The cere-
monies at Fredericksburg will be con-
Quoted by the local George Washington
Bicentennial Committee and are in
tended to mark the religious character
of Washington-his stand for religious
liberty and for the freedom of church
and state.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-09-28

Isingularly free from the severest types
of these storms, on only three occa-
sions in forty years the center of a
hurricane passing over the island. Sub
sequent to the publication Of this work
Puerto Rico was visited by one OF the
most destructive hurricanes in history.
September 13, 1928, a twister Of ex-
ceptional violence roared up from the
southeast, and when 1t had passed on
toward Florida-where 1t did tremen-
dcus damage-it left 1000 dead in the
island and a property loss estimated
at $85, 100000, with 100000 persons
destitute, without food or shelter.
The latest visitation occurred early
yesterday, sweeping the northern half
of the island with destructive force.
The present report indicates less seri-
GUS result than four years ago. The
death roll, which may be increased as
later reports are received, now stands
at 200. The property damage Is not
now estimated beyond the statement
that $7,00O000 has been lost in the
destruction Of the citrus crop and a
greater sum in the devastation Of the
coffee plantations, which were just
reaching bearing stage after the catas-
trophe Of 1923. In the main the dwell
ings of the people are of slight con-
struction, consisting of little more than
thatched one-room buildings, which in
a violent, twisting storm, such as that
of yesterday, are whipped to shreds by
the wind. In the towns and cities the
construction is more substantial, but
not even the stoutest buildings of ma
sonry can Withstand the fury of the
elements and great damage is often
done to them. If sufficient warning is
given, all openings are sealed,with hur-
ricane shutters, which prevent the
flooding of the premises with the
deluge that accompanies the storm.
Puerto Rico depends almost wholly
upon its agricultural products for sus-
tenance; its sugar cane, its citrus fruits,
its coffee, its coconuts and its tobacco
are the staples which maintain the popu-
lation of little more than a million
and half 1t is an island of great
beauty. garden spot where life is
pleasant and easy save for the occa-
sional adversely of natures heavy toll
such as that just exacted by the ele-
ments.
Evening star., 1932-09-28
Incorporating the Bards.
n the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
A news item from Washington tells
of the incorporation of Poet Laureate
League It's principal aims are said to
be the creation of a national poet
laureateship: a similar Office for each
State; to discover and encourage poets
and ito foster poetic activity through
out the Nation"
Secondarily. the league aims to build
a magnificent palace of poets at the
National Capital, where the works of all
our American bards may be found and
studied, presumably amid surroundings
more appropriate than the public Ii
brarieS. where most of these opuSes are
now available.
Somehow the notion Of forming a
corporation to encourage poets and to
establish laureateships for them puts
a rather more commercial aspect on the
movement than might be desired.
Poets laureate. it may be recalled, do
not usually draw salaries. They are
honorary officials. expcted to produce
flowing hexameters when duly inspired
by great events.
Now if they are promoted by cor
poration, they might have to work under
some sort of union rules. And it is
possible also that Federal or State off,
cials might get into the way of demand
ing odes when the laureates did net feel
like writing them A Senator. for ex-
ample, might be impressed by convic-
ton that his successful handling OF a
pension claim deserved metrical tribute
from the national bard. And, if the
tribute were not Forthcoming, the COL
umns of the Congressional Record would
be filled with bitter attack on laure-
ates in particular and poets in general.
On the whole we cannot but fear that
corporate promotion of poetry and the
creation of 40 laureateships might be a
bad thing for poets and poetry. Our
output of verse is Of pretty fair magni-
tude now, and, honestly, we don't believe
that lot Of laurel-crowned rhymesters
would improve matters.