Evening star., 1935-01-26
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Have
Guests With Them Over Sunday
at the White House.

"HE President and Mrs. Roose-
welt have as their guests over
the week end their son-in-
Il law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Boettiger and Mr..
Henry s. Hooker Of New York.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Cordel! Hull received the new Belgian
Ambassador and Comtesse van der
Straten-Ponthoz yesterday In their
apartment in the Carlton, the guests
arriving at 4:30 O'Clock. and at S
o'clock they received the new Minister
of Finland and Nine. Jarnefelt.
Earlier in the day Mrs. Hull was
the guest of Mrs. Alexander w. We'd
dell, wife of the American Ambassa-
dor to Argentina at luncheon at the
Carlton.
The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper will entertain
at dinner this evening in honor of
the American Ambassador to Ger
many and Mrs. Dodd, who are in
Washington for short stay. The
ranking guest at the dinner will be
the Ambassador of Germany, Herr
Hans Luther.
The Ambassador of Turkey and
Mime. Munir were hosts last evening
to a company of "a at dinner, the
guests including Senator and Mrs.
Joseph T. Robinson, Representative
and Mrs Hamilton Fish. jr., Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, and
former American Ambassador to
Turkey and Mrs. Charles H. Sheriff.
of New York, who are spending few
days in Washington.
Chief Justice and Lady
Guests at Austrian Legation.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles
Evans Hughes will be the guests in
whose honor the Minister of Austria
and Nine. Prochnik will entertain at
dinner this evening. There will be
% guests.
The Minister of Sweden and Nine.
Bostrom will entertain at dinner this
evening Additional guests have been
invited to the musical which will fol-
low the dinner. at which Nine. Goete
Ljungberg, Swedish soprano of the
Metropolitan Opera will sing.
Nine. Ljungberg will give con-
cert at the National Theater tomor-
row evening.
The Minister of Czechoslovakia to
Japan. Mr.. Franpisek Havlicek. Is in
Washington today and was the guest
of the Minister of Czechoslovakia to
this country, DR.. Ferdinand Veverka.
at luncheon at the legation.
Senator and Mrs. Alben w. Barkley
Of Kentucky were hosts to a small
company Informally at dinner last eve
ming, entertaining in compliment to
Mrs. Ruby Lafoon, wife of the Gov
ernor Of Kentucky, and Mrs. Samuel
Friedman of Louisville. KY, who are
their guests over Sunday. Mrs. La
foon was in Washington for the re-
ception to diplomats at the White
House and has been visiting in New
York since then. She and Mrs.
Friedman are en- route to their Ken
lucky homes and will stop at White
Sulphur Springs for few days.
Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach
was the guest in whose honor Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil Hurja entertained at dinner
last evening. The other guests were
Senator and Mrs Bennett Champ
Clark. Senator and Mrs. Frederick Van
Nuys, Senator and Mrs. James E. Muir
ray and Senator Homer T. Bone and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Kremer.
Representatives from Brazil in
Washington on a special mission are
guests at the Shoreham to remain for
several days. They are Mr. and Nine.
P. SouZa DantaS and Miss Dantas, Mr..
Sebastian Sampaio, Mr.. Oswaldo
Amaral Carvalho, Mr.. Joajuim Ma
chado Werneck, Mr. Alberto Da Silva
Refs and Mr. Paulo FREDERICK Magal-
haes.
Representative and Mrs George
Burnham of California entertained at
dinner last evening at the Mayf1ower
in compliment to Col. and Mrs Ira
Clinton Copley and Mr. Aubrey G.
Davidson of California
Col and Mrs. Copley have been
guests at the Mayf1ower since We'd
nesday and are leaving today for a
brief visit in Pinehurst. N. c., and
Charleston, S. c., and then to Palm
Beach. For the past few years they
have lived in California and are plan
ming to return to Coronado by the
middle Of February Before reaching
New York for the Christmas holidays
Col. and Mrs. Copley spent short
%ir,aa af IN,
Two of their sons, James and William
Copley, are at Andover in school and
part Of the time they have been East
has been spent with them.
Col. Copley represented the eleventh
congressional district of Illinois from
1911 to 1923.
Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien will
entertain at a. dinner this evening to
be followed by a reception in honor
Of Mr.. Shane Leslie, who will spend
the week end with the OBriens at
their home, Esta Brook Mr.. Leslie, a
noted Irish author, wrote THE Oppi-
dan," 1.-THE Cantab" and Skull Of
Swift" During the reception Mr.. Shane
will give impressions Of the Victorian
era.
Mrs. Joseph Letter will entertain
q large company at dinner this eve
ming followed by program OF two
piano music played by Fray and
Braggiotti of New York, famous for
the playing of compositions of lighter
music.
The first of the series of three dances
to be given by a new organization
known as the One Hundred Club,
formed of a group of girls who grew
I'D together in the Capital; a few
representatives from the diplomatic
corps, and new officials, will take place
this evening at the National Women's
Country Club.
Sponsoring the dances are Mrs.
Charles A. Baker, Mrs. Harry Baxter,
Miss Mary Howry, Miss Elizabeth
Howry, Mrs. Patrick ]. Hurley, Mrs.
w. McKown Jones, Mrs. Alfred I.
Du Pont, Mrs. Thomas Holcombe, Mrs.