Evening star., 1934-06-02

IIlC 4OIulcT ocCEtJdIy VI AdoOI Ml ..
Frances A. Harris, Mrs. Margaret G.
Eacho, Mrs. Sophia Coyne Baker of
Clarendon, with Mrs. Frances v. But
Ter of Washington were luncheon
guests Thursday of Mrs. Matte e.
Bierney at the Lord Culpeper Hotel,
Culpeper, Va. Mrs. Bierney was the
wife of the late Gen. Bierney.
Mrs. william Corcoran Eustis will
entertain at a dance this evening at
her estate, at Oatlands, Va.
Speaker of the House Henry r.
Rainey and Senator Joseph T. Robin
son, the Democratic leader of the
Senate, were the guests of honor at
the closing dinner Of the season Of
the Woman's National Democratic
Club. which was held last night at
the club house at 1926 New Hampshire
avenue.
Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, president
of the club, presided, and others at
the speakers table we're Mrs. Rainey,
Representative Virginia E. Jenckes
and Mr. Hamlin Mrs. Robinson was
unable to be present.
Obliged to hasten back to his duties
at the Capitol, the Speaker neverthe-
less gave an eloquent address between
courses and Senator Robinson talked
after the dinner.
Mrs. Hamlin, in bidding farewell to
the club, paid tribute to Mrs. Edward
Keating. chairman of the Program
Committee, who had assisting her
Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mrs. Robert
Woolley, Mrs Basil Manly and Miss
Eleanor Connolly.
Among those attending the dinner,
many of them entertaining large par
ties of guests, were DR.. and Mrs. Ed
ward B. Meigs, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
S. Bright, Mr. and Mrs Edward Keat-
| ing, Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Herrick,
Mrs. George w. Echels, Miss Eleanor
Connolly and Mrs. Kate Trenholm
Abrams.
Mrs. Junior Owens of this city is
staying at the Wardman Park Hotel
at the present time where she has
| taken a suite.
DR.. and Mrs Gilbert H. Grosvenor,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Melville
Bell Grosvenor and Miss Gloria Gros-
venor, returned to Washington yester-
day, having spent several days at the
| Homestead
Mrs. Edward McCauley, former
Washington resident and a favorite
in society for many years, has re-
turned to Washington for visit and
is being entertained by old friends in
society.
Col. Wade H Cooper is attending
the annual meeting of the board of
trustees of Lincoln Memorial Uni
versity at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
Mr.. Paul Yates left Washington
yesterday for the Virgin Islands,
where he will assume his duties as
executive assistant to the governor
| general of the islands Mrs Yates
and her children are remaining in
Washington for some time before
| joining Mr.. Yates in their new home.
| Annapolis Class '25
Tea Dance in New York
Members of the class of 1925 at the
United States Naval Academy are
planning a large tea dance for Fri
I day, June 8, at the Tuscany Hotel.
| 120 East Thirty-ninth street, New
York City, in honor Of their class
mates who are in New York during
the fleets stay. -..-.
Among the patrons and patronesses
are Col. and Mrs. Henry Dwight
Gushing, Gen. and Mrs. Archibald
Campbell. Gen. and Mrs. William
Sample, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wads-
worth Whitney, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Alan Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Sidney Duncombe, jr.: Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph John Keon, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wideman Lee, jr.; Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas M. Crabbe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles latham, jr.; Mr.. and Mrs.
George T. Wild, jr.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Hopkins Mott, Mr.. and Mrs
M. Oakley Bidwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Parrott, jr.: Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Graham Cootes, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
A. Hope, Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan S. A.
Reichner, Mr.. and Mrs. John Clement
Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Reade Ryan.
On the Junior Sponsors Commit
tee are Miss Julia E. Converse, Miss
Miriam Coffin, Miss Anna Goldsbor-
ough, Miss Katherine M. Rogers, Miss
Cornelia Van Rensselaer, King, Miss
Ethel C. Mitchell and Marquise Nina
de Belmonte.
A group of friends originally from
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