Evening star., 1933-11-06


V Executive Mansion, when her
4 i guests win include women do
ing special work in the Gov
ernment departments. Mrs. Roosevelt
win be hostess again at tea tomorrow.
Mrs Roosevelt is chairman of the
committee arranging the recital to be
given Monday, November IS, in Carnegie
Hall, New York, for the benefit Of the
women's Trade Union League. The re-
cital will be given by Mr.. Jose Iturbi.
who arrived In New York today from
Germany.
The First Lady heads the list of pa
tronesses for the exhibition OF eigh-
teenth century American houses. drawn
by unemployed craftsmen. November IA
10 December 2, at the English Book
shops Gallery in New York.
British Admiral and Mrs. Drax
Guests at British Embassy.
The Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Lindsay will entertain at dinner
this evening for their house guests, Vice
Admiral, the Hon. r. A. r. Plunkett-
Ernle-Erle- Drax, commander in chief
of the America-W West Indies station,
and Mrs Drax, who arrived today for
several DAYS visit. Admiral DraX came
to Washington from Baltimore, where
his flagship, H NJ S. Norfolk, is at
anchor. He made the trip aboard the
Danae, which viii be at the navy yard
during his visit here.
Admiral and Mrs. Drax will be guests
this afternoon of the commandant of
the navy yard, Rear Admiral Henry
Barnum Butler and Mrs. Butler. who
will have their first at home Of the
season this afternoon. Officers of the
Norfolk and the Danae also will be
among the guests.
This evening the warrant officers of
the Danae will be entertained at a
dance at the navy yard and dance
also VIII be given for the ships COM
pany tonight
The Ambassador of Japan and Nine.
Debuchi were the guests In whose hon
or the military attache Of the Japanese
embassy and Nine. Tanaka entertained
at dinner last evening at the Mayflower
The company included Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Hugh A. Drum, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Alfred r. Smith, Col and Mrs.
Charles Burnett, Col and Mrs. Edwin
NJ Watson. Col and Mrs. Karl F.
Whitseli, Maj. Philip r. Faymonvilie,
q. s. A.; Mrs. F. G, Hanlon, the Coun-
selor and Nine. Taketoni, the naval
attache and Nine Kobayashi, the as
Nakamura; Maj. S. Kamada, Maj. K.
Satake and Capt H. Yahara.
The hosts received their guests in the
pan American room of the hotel and
dinner was served at 7:30 o'clock in
the Chinese room.
The Ambassador Of Argentina and
Sonora de Espil entertained at a tea
yesterday afternoon in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett following
Mr.. Tibbett's concert In Constitution
Hall. Mrs. Tibbett was the guest in
the box Of the Ambassador and Sonora
de Espil at the recital. Among others
In the large and representative audience
at the concert were Nine de Laboulaye,
wife Of the Ambassador of France; the
Ambassador of Italy, Signor Augusta
Rosso; the Minister of Greece and
Mime. SiInopoulos, Col and Mrs. George
G. Thorpe and their daughter, Mrs
Arthur Pack; the military attache of
the Cuban embassy and Sonora de
Prieto, Miss Marion Trumbull, Mrs.
Edgar r. Kiess, Mrs Campbell Prichett,
Mrs. George Hewitt Myers and Mrs.
Frances Bunker.
The Minister of Austria and Nine.
Prochnik will go to Chicago Wednesday
to visit the Century of Progress EXPOSE
ton and viii be absent about a week.
Representative Greenway's Som
Engaged to Miss Hand.
An engagement Of much interest in
Washington Is that OF Miss Frances L.
Hand, daughter of Justice Learned
Deshon Hand of New York and Mrs.
Hand, to Mr. Robert Munro Ferguson,
son Of Representative Isabella Green
way Of Tucson, AriZ No date has been
set for the wedding.
Miss Hand Is a descendant of John
Hand, who settled in Southampton,
Long Island, in 1864, and whose great
granddaughter, Miss Phoebe Hand, was
married February Z, 1887. to Cornelius
Vanderbilt of Staten Island and was the
mother Of Commodore Cornelius VAN
derbilt
Mr.. Robert H. Munro Ferguson.
Col. and Mrs. w. r. Nicholson of
Santa Anna, Calf. are spending few
days in Washington and are at the
Grafton.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Edward Finley
will be hosts at dinner this evening in
compliment to the counselor of the
United States embassy in London and
Mrs. Ray Atherton, who are visiting the
latter's brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs Franklin Mott Gunther.
The Hon. William Waldorf AStor,
who was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Fin
ley, has gone to Greenf1elds, the former
home of his mother, Lady Astor, who
before marriage was Miss Nancy Lang
horne.
The former Secretary Of the Treasury
and Mrs Ogden L. Mills were the honor
guests at dinner last evening at White