Evening star., 1934-02-06

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welt will entertain at dinner
this evening in the White
i House in honor of the Speaker
of the House and Mrs. Henry
T. Rainey The dinner is the last
of the annual state dinners on the
program this year. Additional guests
will Join the company, following the
dinner, for a program Of music IN the
east room.
Mrs. Roosevelt was the honor guest
at luncheon today of Mrs. Homer S.
Cummings, wife of the Attorney Gen.
eral. The other guests were Mrs. Au-
gustine Lonergan, Mrs. Woodrow Will
son, Mrs. William Stanley, wife Of
the assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral Mrs Jesse H. Jones, Mrs. A.
Mitchell Palmer, Mrs. Barlow S.
Weeks, Mrs j. Bruce Kremer, Mrs.
Walter J. Cummings, Mrs. Joseph E..
Davies and Mrs Frederick T. Bon
ham of New York.
Dinner at Spanish Embassy
In Honor of Retiring Diplomats.
The Ambassador of Spain and
Sonora de Cardenas will entertain
at dinner this evening in honor OF
the retiring secretary of the British
embassy and Mrs. Toor, who will
leave the end of the week for their
home in England, and the retiring
secretary of the Belgian embassy,
Viscount de Lantsheere.
Mrs. Daniel c. Roper, wife of the
Secretary of Commerce, will have re-
ceiving with her at her home tomor-
row afternoon, from 4 to 6 O'Clock,
her daughter, Mrs. David r. Coker
of Hartsville, S. c., who is visiting
her parents Mrs. Coker formerly
was Miss May Roper and has many
friends in Washington.
Alternating at the tea table tomor-
row will be Mrs. William J. Bulow.
Mrs. Joseph w. Byrns, Mrs Jacob
Ieander Loose. Mrs. William E.
Humphrey Mrs. Walter J. Cum
mings, Mrs. Bruce Kremer, Mrs.
Ellison D. Smith and Mrs. Thomas
p. Gore.
Nine. Prochnik. wife of the Min
lister of Austria. who will sail shortly
with the Minister for a vacation in
Europe. was the guest in whose honor
Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie enter
tained at luncheon today at the Carl
ton. The luncheon followed a lee
ture which Dom Thomas Werner
Moore gave at the Carlton. Other
guests of Mrs. Imbrie at luncheon
were Mrs. Samuel D. McRenolds, Mrs.
Sol Bloom, Nine. Petroff- -Tchmakoff,
Nine. Sokolowska. Mrs. Harry Hines
Woodring, Nine. Peters, Mrs. Edward
Preston James of Boston, mother OF
Nine. Prochnik; Mrs. John Franklin
Carter. jr.; Mrs Harry Baxter. Mrs.
John Francis Crosby, Mrs. William
Davis, Mrs. E Emil Hurja. Mrs. Fred
erick Livesey. Mrs. E. Peyton Cor
don, Mrs. A. M. .Nevius, Mrs. William
McC. Ritter and Mrs. Francis Whit
ten.
The Minister of China and Nine.
SEE will be hosts at dinner this eve
ming, entertaining in honor of Mrs.
William Howard Taft Tomorrow
evening they will entertain at dinner
Informally.
Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, wife of the
Speaker of the House. will be the
guest of honor at luncheon of Mrs
Shallenberger, wife of former Repre-
sentative Ashton c. Shallenberger,
who will entertain at the Congress
sional Club Thursday in compliment
to Mrs. C. G. Ryan. national commit
teewoman of Grand Island, Mich.
The secretary of the Polish embassy
and Nine Moscicka will be hosts al
supper followed by bridge this eve
ming
Mai Edward H. Conger. U. S: NJ
c., and Mrs. Conger. will entertain
at tea Thursday afternoon in their
home at 1917 Alaska avenue north
west in honor of the former Governor
of the Canal Zone and Mrs. Julian
Schley.
Miss Mary B. Adams left Washing
ton today tor Florida and will spend
several weeks at Passagrille Beach
Miss Adams has turned her box fol
the Bal Boheme Tuesday night at the
Willard Hotel, over to Mrs. D. Buch-
anan Merryman, who will have guests
with her.
Mrs. Cabot Stevens will entertain
this afternoon in compliment to Mrs
John C. Corrigan, wife of the Ameri-
can consul general at Venice. Mrs
Corrigan, who is making her frs
visit to Washington, was formerly
Mrs. Berresford of London. Spring
flowers have been used in the home Of
Mrs. Stevens.
Miss Alice briggs will assist Mrs