Evening star., 1934-11-01
Senior and Sonora de Espil
To Attend Symphony Concert.

The Ambassador of Argentina and
Sonora de Espil will be guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend in their
box at the opening concert Of the
Thursday series Of the National SYM
phony Orchestra, DR. Hans Kinder,
conductor. which will be given this
evening in Constitution Hall. Mile.
Lucrezia Bori, soprano, of the Metro
politan Opera, will be the soloist.
Other guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Towns
end will be the first secretary of the
Argentine Embassy, Senor, Eduardo
L. Vivot. and Nine. van Kaathoven.
The Ambassador of Italy, Signor
Augusta Rosso, will be with the former
United States Ambassador to the
Argentine and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, who also will have with them
the chief of Western European affairs
division of the State Department and
Mrs. Jay Pierrepont Moffat, and Mrs.
]. Borden Hartman.
The Minister of Finland, Mr.. Astrom,
will occupy box and have guests
with him having special interest in
the program as the second symphony
of Jean Sibelus, Finnish composer,
will be played. Mile. Bori, who will
be soloist, will be guest of Mrs. Tracy
Dows, chairman of the Women's Com
mittee for the symphony, during her
brief stay in Washington.
Mrs. James A. Farley, wife of the
Postmaster General, will entertain at
luncheon Thursday, November 8, in
New York in honor of Miss Helen B.
Cotillo, daughter of Supreme Court
Justice and Mrs. Salvatore A. Cotillo,
whose marriage to Mr.. Carlo M.
Paterno will take place November %.
Mrs Wallace, wife of the Secretary
of Agriculture, held an informal re-
ception in one Of the largest of the
Government greenhouses yesterday
where a previeW of the hundreds of
splendid chrysanthemums were seen
b. Mrs Roosevelt, women of the
cabinet, a few of the friends of Mrs.
Wallace from the diplomatic corps
and wives of some of the officials from
the department.
Mrs. Roosevelt arrived shortly be-
fore noon accompanied by Mrs. Lucius
Wiimerding of New York, somewhat
of a flower fancier herself Nine
Alfaro, wife of the Minister of
Panama, arrived early and as she
viewed the glamorous array Of blooms
deplored the fact that her own coun-
try could not claim them among its
more tropical Towering plants. Mrs.
Wallace stood within the entrance of
the special show house to receive Mrs.
Chester G. Davis, wife of the head
of the A. A. A. standing with her
for part Of the time.
Mrs. Ickes, wife of the Secretary of
Interior, joined Mrs. Wallace early,
Mrs. Morganthau, wife of the Sec
retary of Treasury; Mrs. Daniel c.
Roper, wife of the Secretary of Com
merce; Mrs. Harry Baxter, who rep
resented her mother, wife of the Sec
retary of War; Mrs Charles Evans
Hughes, Sonora de Calderon, wife of
the Ambassador of Spain; Nine.
Peter, wife of the Minister of SwitZer-
land, and others wended their way
up and down the aisleS admiring the
blooms and expressing themselves as
feeling very much at home in reading
the names on the plants. One little
woman with a wicked twinkle in her
eye remarked that Republicans pre-
dominated in the social roster Of
chrysanthemums, but then the Demo-
Gratis have had their innings for only
two seasons, and flowers develop slow
ly. The Mrs. Woodrow Wilson" Is
one of the lovely show blossoms.
The Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt" I"
one of the most exquisite blooms in
the show, came as surprise to the
First Lady, who did not know they
had named flower for her She was
pleased and surprised and commented
many times on the almost translucent
yellow blossom of good size and al
most abnormal height.
The Minister of Rumania, M