Evening star., 1934-09-24

Army, will sail October for Warsaw.
She was the honor guest at tea
given yesterday by Mrs. Matte Wyatt
Porter and Mr.. Ernest May. There
we're about 200 guests at the function.
Mr.. Rufus Putnam, Sd, has issued
invitations for the first of a series of
Sunday breakfasts he has planned for
the Fall and Winter seasons.
Col. and Mrs. w. H. Monroe, U. S.
A., have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Virginia Isabel, to
Lieut. Herbert G. Sparrow, 83rd Field
Artillery, Fort Bragg, N. c., West
Point, '33. The wedding will take
place at Fort Bragg on Saturday,
September 20.
Lieut.. Sparrow is the son of the
late Capt Herbert G. Sparrow,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Sparrow Of Wash
ington.
Mrs. Sparrow will attend the we'd
ding.
Mr. P. R. Rivero of the Venezuelan
diplomtic corps is in the Capital for
a short stay, and is at the willard
Mrs Robert Beresford will return
soon to Washington after a Summer
spent in her mountain cottage, Sim
plicity," a small farm near Point of
Rocks. on the Virginia side. The
farm is situated directly on Catoctin
Mountain. Mrs. Beresford has per-
Sonally designed and superintended
the construction of nearly 100 rough
stone steps in keeping with the sur
roundings.
Mr. Walter F'oote who has been
connected in the State Departments
press bureau for some time will leave
the middle of October for Batavia,
Java. where he will take up his
duties as American consul.
The assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral and Mrs. Harry Blair will have
as their guest, Mrs. Blair's sister,
Deaconess Blair, who will arrive in
town some time this week.
Mr.. Newell Blair. their son, who has
been practicing law in Joplin, Mo-,
has been with them for several days
and will remain the rest of this week.
More than hundred selected stu
dents from Italian universities we're
entertained at lunch and a reception
at the Italian Embassy yesterday. The
lunch was served in the loggia, and a
few guests from residential society
were served punch and sandwiches
in a room opening upon the loggia.
The students were all outstanding in
both the worlds of arts and science.
Col John A. McAlister has returned
to Washington after trip to Panama
the West Coast and the Century of
Progress Exposition. While in Panama
he visited his Son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Lieut.. and Mrs. James T Hardin.
Mrs. Hardin was formerly Miss Betsy
McAliSter who was one Of the most
popular members of the younger
Army sets in the Capital.
Mrs. Hunter Gives Tea
For Miss Ziegler and Fiance.
Mrs. Charles Maxwell Hunter, Sd,
entertained at tea yesterday after
noon in honor of Miss Marion Maxine
Ziegler, whose marriage to Mr.. Nor
ment Doniphan Hawkins, 3D., will
take place Saturday. Mrs Stanley
Rohr poured, assisted by Miss Ruth
Jenkins. Among those present were
Mrs. William Monore Ziegler. mother
of the bride; Mrs. Norment Doniphan
Hawkins. jr, mother of the bride
groom; Mrs. Bruce R. Campbell, Miss
Mary Tappan Ziegler, Miss Virginia
Freidlin Hawkins, Miss Margaret
Elizabeth Evans, Miss Josephine Ray
sor and Miss Elizabeth Clary.
Mr.. Daniel Hessernan, assistant
chief clerk of the Department of JUS
tice, and Mrs. Hessernan were hosts
to the members of the Rhode Island
State Society, Saturday evening at
$50 o'clock at a real old-fashioned
clam bake at their home in Waycroft,
Va. The CLAIMS were shipped direct
from Rhode Island for the event, and
bake master took complete charge
Around Sc guests, including many
neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs. Hessernan
attended the delightful affair.
Col. and Mrs. j. P. Smith have just
returned from Newport. R. l., where
they saw some of the cup races from
aboard the Minneapolis.
Mrs. F. V. Abbot, widow of Gen.
Abbot, with her daughters, Miss Elinor
and Miss Marion Abbot, is spending
few days at the Knowlton on
Twentieth street, on her way to Sum-
merville, S. c.
Mrs. Hamilton Wright has taken