Evening star., 1934-09-20
SOCIETY

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sister of the bridegroom, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam w. Niemeyer OF Ports
mouth, Va.
Mrs. George Putnam, famous as
Amelia Earhart, is at the willard lor
q short stay,
Mrs. Wilson Compton, accompanied
by her three children, Catherine, Ross
and Helen, have returned from their
Summer camp at Otsego Lake, Micn:
Mr.. Compton and Wilson, Jr, returned
last week from a six-weeks ulp,
through Germany and CzechosloVaKla'
where Mr.. Compton was making
survey of forestry conditions.
Mrs. Charles C. Deming OF New
York and Washington has returned to
her apartment at the Shoreham, where
she spent the greater part OF last
Winter.
Mr., and Mrs. Odell S. Smith left
today for White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, to attend the annual conven-
ton of the Society of Railway Finan-
cial officers. which conveneS in the
Greenbrier tomorrow morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Peers have
returned to the Mayf1ower for another
visit en- route to their home IN New
York City. They were at the May
flower the end of last week and spent
the week end in Virginia with their
cousins. Comdr. and Mrs. Lucien B.
Green. the latter formerly Mrs.
Gretchen Smith of washington before
her marriage a year ago.
Mrs. Abram Simon will leave town
tomorrow for Nyack, N. Y, to be the
week end guest of Mrs. Jacob Vert
helm at her home, Sky Island.
Brilliant Gallery" for
First Game of Polo Contest.
Some vivid impressions remaining
TODAY of Yesterdays polo match be-
tween Mexico and the United States:
Groups of distinguished and well
groomed women, dressed in gay Fail
colors, strolling to their boxes. Their
escorts in top hats and morning
coats in sport tweeds, and the Army
officers in all the splendor of their
military trappings. All III keeping
with the brilliance of the day
And then the pageant started. the
polo ponies were paraded around the
field. Before one group the red,
white and green flag of Mexico was
carried. Before the other our own
red. white and blue flag. The Army
Band began to play and the gallery
stood at attention as the strains of
the "Himno Nacional," MeXico'S ma
tional anthem, and then of The Star
Spaneled Banner" Before the box
IN which were seated the guests of
honor, the polo players lined up at
salute. A white ball. tossed out by
the Ambassador of Mexico, and the
game began.
AS brilliant as the game was the
imposing array of officials who cheered
the players. The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Cordell Hull the latter dressed
in a striking ensemble of thin black
wool, over which was a small cape
made of the same material edged in
seal fur, and small black velvet hat.
The Ambassador of Mexico, DR..
Fernando Gonzales Roa, greeted the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hull
when they arrived. Others were the
Secretary of War and Mrs George H.
Dern, the latter in a powder blue
coat and hat; Gen. Gilbert Limon,
head of the Mexican Polo Federation,
who was largely responsible for ar
ranging the matches, with his Strik-
ingly beautiful wife, Sonora de Limon,
dressed in a brown crepe gown with
tiny broWn-and- white striped taffeta
collar and a small brown hat. from
which fell bit of a nose veil. The
military attache of the Mexican en-
bassy and Sonora de AZcarate with
the Ambassadors nieceS. Senorita
Dolores Chico Alatorre and Senorita
Amalia Chico Alatorre. Sonora de
Azcarates auburn beauty was en-
hanced by her smart dark blue taf-
feta frock with its perky puffed sleeves
and tie of white satin and her equally
becoming dark blue hat. Near them
were seated Assistant Secretary of War