Evening star., 1934-09-06
SOCIETY
Mrs. Roosevelt Will Go to Newport
Next Week to Spend Two Days
With Mr.. and Mrs. Parish.

\ RS. ROOSEVELT viii leave
M her Hyde Park home, Wednes-
vI day and motor to Newport
4 ' i to spend two days with Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Parish. Mr..
and Mrs. Parish will entertain at
dinner for the First Lady during her
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs, Elliott Roosevelt, who
are at the White House, have aban-
doned the idea of leasing the house Of
Mrs. Eliphalet F. Andrews at Seminary
Hill In Virginia and are understood
to be interested at place at Leesburg.
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the
President, officially opened the fifth
annual flower show of the Church of
the Ascension in New York today.
The opening was preceded by a lunch
con in the parish house at which Mrs.
Roosevelt was the guest. of honor.
The mother of the President at
tended the wedding Tuesday Of Miss
Cynthia Potter Read. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Kempton Read Of New
Bedford, Mass, and MFR. Howard G.
Dickinson, son of Mrs. Howard C..
Dickinson, which took place in st.
Adams Chapel, at South Dartmouth
Mass. Miss Elizabeth Pillsbury. daugh-
ter Of Gen. and Mrs George B. Pills
bury, was maid of honor at the
wedding.
Secretary Dern VIII
Return End of Week.
The Secretary of War, Mr. George
H. Dern, will return to Washington
Saturday evening. After attending
the dedication of Old Niagara Fort
he went to the Raritan Arsenal at
Metuchen, N. j., to inspect the
theoretical First and Second Field
Armies.
Mrs. Harry Baxter and her sister,
Miss Betsy Dern, who accompanied
their father to Niagara, Joined their
mother last evening in their home
on Rittenhouse street.
The charge d'affaires of France,
NJ Jules Henry, entertained COM
pany of 18 at luncheon yesterday in
the embassy in honor of Senator p.
de Courtois of France. Sharing
honors with the French Senator was
M. Henri Cangardel, president Of the
French lines.
Senator Daniel o. Hastings is the
guest at Newport of. Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul FitZ SimonS. Senator Hastings
will be one of the speakers at the
the Republican dinner rally at the
Newport Beach this evening. Senator
Felix Hebert will also be one OF the
speakers at the dinner.
Mrs. Hastings is In New York for
few days and Is staying at the
Ambassador.
Senator and Mrs. William H. King
will entertain party of distinguished
guests for the festival concert tonight
at the National Sylvan Theater, when
Miss Marian Chace and her dance
group will present their annual pro-
gram of classical and modern dances,
many Of which Miss Chace has
created this season and some of
which she has adapated from those
created by Miss Ruth st. Denis. The
program is repeated tonight because
Of numerous requests from lovers OF
music and the dance who were unah.e
to see 1t last month";
Among those who are expected to
attend tonight will be Mr.. Arno B.
Cammerer, Mr.. c. Marshall Finnan,
Mr.. Arthur Demaray, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Rowden, Maj. and Mrs.
George Oakley Totten, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilcox, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hand, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert ". Fleming, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Cottrell, Mr.. L. H. Weir
and Mr.. Curtis Hodges.
Chair privilege tickets are available
to the public at the willard and
the Hotel Washington newsstands,
the American Automobile Association
headquarters, the Franklin Admin
istration Building and tonight at z
o'clock at the Sylvan Theater. For
those desiring to sit on the grass the
slopes of the Sylvan Theater are are
open to the public. The United
States Marine Band will play from
1880 o'clock until 8, when the dance
will begin.
Should inclement weather necessi-
tate the postponement of the program
1t will be presented tomorrow night at
the Sylvan Theater.
The minister counselor of the Brit
ish embassy, Mr. F. D. G. Osborne,
sailed yesterday from New York for
q two-month vacation in Europe
The counselor of the Polish En-
bassy, Mr., Wladysslaw Sokolowski, will
90 to Rehoboth Beach the first Of
the week to accompany Nine. Soko-
lowski and their children back to
Washington.
The director general of the PAN
American Union, DR.. L. S. Rowe, has
returned to Washington from an ex-
tended trip through Colombia, South
America.
The Undersecretary of State, Mr..
William Phillips, will deliver an ad-
dress today at the unveiling of the
memorial to Rush-bagot at old Fort
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