Evening star., 1934-01-16
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Hosts at
Dinner Tonight Followed by
Program of Music.

schulze at 1850 Columbia road Is In
charge of reservations.
The program arranged by Donna Or
tensia includes old Italian, modern Rus
sian and French songs, as well as
German classics and folk songs of Spain
and her native Rumania. She also
will sing a group Of three songs by Clan
Luca Tocchi which will be heard for
the first time Mrs. Mildred Schulze
will play her accomplishments.
The Ambassador Of France and Nine.
de Laboulaye entertained at dinner
last evening. when their guests were
the Ambassador of Great Britain and
Signor Augusta Rosso; Mrs Claude A
Swanson. wife of the Secretary Of the
Navy; the Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs Harold L. Ickes. Senator
Bronson Cutting. Senator Frederic c..
Walcott, Representative Edith Monroe
Rogers. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. for
mer United States Ambassador to Ar
gentina and Mrs Robert Woods Bliss,
Mr. Eugene Meyer Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Hard. Mrs. Truxtun Beale, Mrs.
Winthrop Chandler. Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
lip Coffin. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick H.
Brooke, Miss Josephine Patten, the
second secretary Of the embassy, Mr..
Claude de Boisanger: Mr.. Rene Leroy.
we'll known French flutist. and Mr.
Pierre Janet. French harpist. who will
play tomorrow at Mrs. Townsend's
musicale at the Mayfower and for the
Friends of Music at its meeting to-
night in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bliss in Georgetown.
The newly appointed Minister of the
Netherlands. Jonkheer DR.. H. M. van
Haersma de With, and Nine. van
Haersma de With, who arrived in
Washington Sunday. will be at the
Mayflower for a week or 10 days until
the legation is put in readiness for
occupancy.
The new Minister represented his
country at Prague for a year and a
half before his appointment to this
to Lisbon for nearly six years. In
1880 he was selected as Ambassador
from Holland to the coronation of
the King of Abyssinia. He and his
wife spent four months in Washing
ton in 1921, when he came here for
the Disarmament Conference. Jonkheer
DR.. van Haersma de With was then
private secretary to the minister of
foreign affairs.
Their daughter, Mile. Eleanor van
Haersna de With, is in school in
Paris. and will not come to Washing
ton until next Autumn when she
probably will be presented to society
here. Her young brother. William,
and sister. IneZ, are in high school
in Holland and are not expected until
next Winter
Senator c. w. Watson Of West Vir-
ginia has returned to the Willard
where he lives during the session of
Congress.
Mrs. Harry Clay Ransley will enter
tain at luncheon tomorrow at the
Mayf1ower. following Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend's morning concert. Artists
on the program that morning will be
Eide Moreno, Norwegian soprano, Rene
Leroy, French f1utist: Pierre Janet,
French harpist. and Sheridan Russell,
violoncellist. 1t will be the initial ap-
pearance for all of them in Washington.
Other luncheon hostesses that day at
the Mayfower will be Mrs. Henry Par
sons Erwin, Mrs. George c. Thorpe and
Miss Margaret Gage.
Mrs Dwight Chester also will enter
tain at luncheon in compliment to Mrs.
c. Erskine Clement of Annapolis, whose
engagement was recently announced to
Capt. Donald c. Bingham, U. S. N.
F1aulein Luther, daughter Of the
Ambassador of Germany, was the guest