Evening star., 1934-10-24

n RS. ROOSEVELT ana ue1
M mother-in-law. Mrs. James
V Roosevelt win be honor guests
4 j at the dinner November for
Mrs. Caroline O'Day. Demo-
cratic candidate for Representative az
Large, to be held at the Biltmore Hotel
in New York, under the auspices OF
the Independent Campaign Committee
for the election of Mrs. ODay. Tne
Presidents mother Is member OF the
Dinner Committee.
for the Girl Scout Convention, ana
tomorrow will be in Buffalo, wnere
she viii make her first speech IN be-
half Of Mrs. ODay, appearing at
meeting under the auspices OF the
League Of Women Voters.
Secretary Of War in
Arkansas on Inspection Trip.
The Secretary Of War, Mr.. George
n. Dern, arrived yesterday IN Arkan-
sas City. Ark, on his tour Of inspec-
ton down the Mississippi River. He
will arrive in New Orleans next Mon
day.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer s. Cummings will be hosts at
reception this afternoon from 4 to 8
o'clock, when their guests will be their
newspaper friends. Invitations have
been issued.
Senator william Gibbs McAdoo en-
tertained informally at luncheon yes
terday at the Carlton.
The Assistant Secretary of State,
Mr.. r. Walton Moore. and the Misses
Moore of Fairfax, Va, will have as
their guests Thursday afternoon the
faculty and seniors Of the Madeira
School, of which Mr.. Moore Is MEM
Der of the board of trustees. The
guests, numbering about go, will be
taken by their host to the Office Of Mr..
F. w. Richardson, clerk Of the Circuit
Court of Fairfax County, where they
will be shown the old records, includ-
ing the original wills of George and
Martha Washington. They will also
visit the old Court House which was
built the year George Washington died
and in which are hung a number of
historic portraits.
The Assistant Secretary of State,
Mr.. Sumner Welles, has left the city
1or Boston, where he is attending the
meeting Of the Associated Industries
Of Massachusetts,. He will return the
end of the week.
The Assistant Secretary of War. Mr..
Harry Woodring, returned to the Cap
ital today from Miami, where he at
tended the American Legion Conven-
tion.
The third secretary of the French
Embassy and Comtesse de LeusSe ar
rived in New York this morning
aboard the Champlain from their
home in France, where they have been
on vacation.
Also aboard the Champlain was the
first secretary of the embassy, M.
Roger Gaucheron, who has been
abroad through the Summer. He will
be joined later in the season by his
sister, Mile. Simone Gaucheron.
The Assistant Secretary of Com
merce, DR.. John Dickinson, was host
to small company at dinner last
evening at the Carlton.
Mrs. Robert Hollister Chapman has
returned to Washington and is at the
Carlton. Mrs. Chapman spent the
Summer In New England.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Charles Adams
NJ Wood will give luncheon Mon
day, November 5, at the Algonquin
Club in Boston for their debutante
daughter, Miss Marguerite Wood.
Mrs. Wood formerly was Miss Amelia
Pilsen of Washington. Col. and Mrs.
Wood, who spend much of their time
in their country home at York, Me-,
have as their guests In their Boston
home ContesSa Elaine Battaglini of
Florence, Italy. Miss Wood will have
a number of house guests at the time
Of the luncheon.
Miss Mildred Merrick entertained
at luncheon today in her country
home Linnwood in honor of Miss
Stellita Stapleton. The other guests
were the debutantes who will make
their debuts at the first Monday Ger
man In Baltimore.
The Newspaper Women's Club Of
Washington held its first tea of the
season yesterday afternoon, when Mrs.
Roosevelt. honorary member. joined
her fellow members informally in the
lounge of the National Press Club.
She arrived shortly after S o'clock and
was met at the door by members of
the Entertainment and House Com