Evening star., 1932-01-08
. RESIDENT AND MRS. HOOVER
entertained at dinner last eve
ming in compliment to the Vice
p~oe{daof kEr Curtis the Second

- RESIDENT AND MRS. HOOVER
entertained at dinner last eve
ming in compliment to the Vice
President, Mr.. Curtis, the second
Of the series Of state dinner par
ties In the schedule for this season.
The arrangements for the party were
similar to those at other such festivities,
the state drawing rooms being gay with
flowers. The table, laid in the state
dining room, was decorated with pink
carnations, baby primula and ferns, and
the graceful compotes filled with luscious
fruits from the native State OF the Chief
Executive and First Lady.
The company at dinner included the
honor guests brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gam,
and his son-in-law and daughters,
Lieut.. Col. Charles P. George, U. S. A,
and Mrs. George Of Fort Myer, Va, and
Mrs Webster Knight, I'd, of Providence,
r.. l.; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank @. Allen,
Col. Henry w Anderson, former secre-
tary Of the United States embassy in
Paris, and Mrs F. Lammot Belin, former
Senator and Mrs. William M. Butler OF
Massachusetts, Mr.. and Mrs. William F.
Broening, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. But
Ter, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kent Cooper, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Mrs. Joseph s. Frelinghuysen of New
Jersey, Mr.. Harvey S. Firestone Of Ak
ron, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gal
lagher, Gen. ]. c. Harbord, Mrs. Alvin
T. Hert, vice chairman of the Repub-
iican National Committee; former
United States Ambassador to Great
Britain and Mrs. Alanson B. Houghton,
Mr.. and Mrs. william H. Hill, DR.. and
Mrs. Edward Starr Judd, former chair
man of the United States Shipping
Board and Mrs. Albert D. Lasker,
former secretary to the President ana
Mrs. Loeb, Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Lauer,
Mr.. o. J. Larson, Gen. Peyton G. March,
former United States Minister to China
and Mrs John van A. MacMaurray,
Mr.. Rollo ogden, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Stuart Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit
Roosevelt, son and daughter-in-law OF
hate President Theodore Roosevelt;
Gen, and Mrs. Charles H. Sheriff., DR..
and Mrs. Alfred Stengel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis ], Taber, Mr.. and Mrs. Galen L.
TAFT, former Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. Eliot Wardsworth,
and the naval and military aides TO the
President. Capt. Charles Russell Train
and Col. Campbell B. Hodges.
Additional guests were asked for the
musicale in the east room after the
dinner when the program was given
by Nine. Hulda Lashanska, soprano,
and Mr.. Paul Shirley, viola danore;
Miss Eleanor Fourth playing the ac-
compartments for Nine. Lashanska
and Mr.. Kurt SCHNEIDER accompanying
Mr.. Shirley. The program was opened
by Mr.. Shirley; who played Milandre's
"Andante ct Menuet," the "Gavotte"
from Gluck's "Iphigenie en- Aulide,"
and Narcotics Largo ct Vivace." Nine.
LaShanska sang Gluck's "Spiagge
Anate," Berghette arranged by
wekerlin. Dvorak's Songs My Mother
Taught Me-" and Grieg's "Un Reve."
Mr.. Shirley's second number included
his own composition, "Gnomes"; Gail
lard's "Sarabande" and four short
compositions without title and written
by unknown masters Of the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries. Nine.
LashanSks closed the program with
group Of songs including Strauss REST
In Peace, My Soul" Schubert's "Im-
patience" Brahms "Sopphische Ode"
and Haydns "Mermaid's Song"
MRS. Hoover attended the concert
yesterday afternoon of the National
Symphony Orchestra of Washington,
Rosa Low was the soloist. With Mrs.
Hoover IN. her box were Mrs. Alvin
r. Hert, Mrs. Mark Sullivan, Mrs. Jen-
nings Hackett and Mrs. Theodore G.
Joslin-
Earlier in the afternoon Mrs. Hoover
received Mrs. James Blaine Walker. jr.,
who returned to her home in Locust
Valley, on Long Island, this morning
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. John F.
Parker. Mrs. Walker was formerly
hEiss Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of
kHs. Harrison of New York and the
late former President Benjamin Har-
risou. Mrs. Walker Is great-nephew
of the late Mrs. James c. Blaine, wife
of the Secretary Of State in the early
part Of the Harrison admnistrat ton.