Evening star., 1934-03-01
SOCIETY
President Roosevelt Host Today at
Luncheon Honoring Noted
Japanese Statesman.
,anese Statesman,

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thau, jr: the Secretary Of the In
terror, Mr.. Harold L. Ickes: the Min
lister of Switzerland and Nine. Peter,
the Minister of the Irish Free State,
Mr.. Michael MacWhite: the Minister
Of Canada and Mrs. Herridge, Senator
and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson, Senator
and Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Sen
ator and Mrs. L. j. Dickinson, Sem
ator Louis Murphy, Assistant Secre-
tary Of State, Mr.. Francis B. Sayre;
Assistant Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. Rexford G..
Tugwell. director Of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union. DR.. l.. S. Rowe; Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs. M. L.
Wilson, DR.. and Mrs. Herbert Feis.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, DR.. and
Mrs. E. G. Nourse, Mrs. Charles Cary
Rumsey, Mr.. H. I. Hartman. Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Morley, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Hard, Dr. Wilson Compton, Mr..
and Mrs L. Corrin Strong. Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
James D. lie Cron, Mrs. Henry Alvah
Strong, Mrs. Hugh Campbell Wallace,
Mrs. James Meredith Helm, Mrs. Har-
ry Baxter and Miss Agnes Peter.
The Ambassador of Italy, Signor
Augusta Rosso, and members of the
embassy staff attended the lecture
given last evening at the Mayfower
by Mr.. Rufus Graves Mather. who
addressed the meeting Of the Italy
America Society, of which Mr..
Giuseppe Tommasi, secretary Of the
embassy, is secretary. Because of the
mourning period being observed by
the Italian embassy, the Ambassador
and members of the staff left tmme-
diately following the address.
Mr.. Mather spoke on Adventures
in Italian Art Archives" which was
one of the most interesting lectures
gives before the society and in the
company were the apostolic delegate,
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicog-
mani, accompanied by Msgr. Egidio
Vanozzi and Rev. DR.. Francesca Lar
done; Senator and Mrs. Henry Wilder
Keyes, Representative and Mrs. Harry
Clay Ransley. Brig. Gen. Dion
w lllld ". .. Il. ", S4ldA3 illd1l Va
the Executive Committee of the So
ciety, and Mrs. Williams; Col. and
Mrs. George B. Mcclellan. Mrs. Glib
son Fahnestock, Chief Justice Alfred
A. Wheat OF the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia, Mrs Hen
nen Jennings, Mrs. Charles Lea,
Baroness Won Below. Mrs. Oscar
Jarecki, Mrs. Francis Newlands, Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Thomas
H. C. Reed.
Accompanying Mr.. and Mrs.
Mather, who entertained at dinner
before the lecture, were the Surgeon
Gen. and Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming,
Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips, Col.
and Mrs. Robert Richardson DR.. and
Mrs. Joseph Colt Bloodgood of Balti-
more, Miss Marjorie Ferguson Of
Florence, Italy, and Mr.. Abraham
Hewitt of New York Also present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Hartman, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee, Mrs.
Newlands Johnston, Mrs. Morris
Evans, Miss Meta Evans, Mrs. John
c. Fremont, Mr.. and Mrs. Thad H.
Brown, Mrs. william Fitch Kelley,
the Rev. and Mrs. James Shera Mont
gomery, Col. Frederick Johnston,
Mrs. Horace Shares, Miss Grace
Ocumpaugh, Mrs. j. Thompson
Wales Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Hal
stead, Mr.. Blair Thaw and Col. and
Mrs. John Bigelow.
Mr.. Walter D. Davidge. president,
presided, and following the lecture
given in the Chinese room of the
hotel, supper was served in the presi-
dental dining room of the May1ower
The Minister of Czechoslovaha
and Nine. Veverka entertained at
luncheon today in the legation when
their guests were the Ambassador
Of Poland, Mr.. Stanislaw Patek; the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace, the Minister of
Yugoslavia, DR.. Leonide Pitamic;
Mrs. William H. King. the Czecho-
slovak consul general in New York,
Mr.. J. Starch; Mrs John Allan
Dougherty, Mrs. William McClelland
Ritter, Mrs Robert F. Mackenzie, Mr..
Samuel E. Woods, Mr.. Marecek and
Mr.. Constantine Brown.
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher will be
honored at banquet Sunday evening
which the Florida State Society will
give at the Washington Hotel to cele-
brate the 25th anniversary Of his
service to his State in the Senate
The banquet will follow a reception
which will start at o'clock, the
banquet being scheduled for 7:30
o'clock, and after the serving Of the
dinner there will be a program Of
speeches and music. during which
Senator Fletcher will be presented
with remembrance Of the occasion.