The Washington times., 1935-01-10

UHOerSecfelafy OF the IfeaSu
Many Callers
A great many diplomats were
out calling yesterday, especially
at the receptions given by Mrs.
Hull and Mrs. Morgenthau; and
high-ranking officers of the
Army and their wives and
daughters were much in evil
dence at Mrs. Dern's where the
visitors were greeted on their
entrance by the Secretary of
War, who was the center of a
continually changing group, as
he stood between the chintz-
hung drawing room. where a
fire burned on the hearth, and
where the hostess received as
sisted by Mrs. Harry H. Wood
ring, wife of the Assistant Sec
retary of War, and the dining
room.
The Secretary's portrait at
the end of the wide hall, flanked
on either side with flags formed
an effective back-drop for him,
and two military aides, Capt.
Curtis DeWare and Lieut.. Ches-
ter Hammond, were at hand to
assist him.
A stringed orchestra from the
Army Band played on the stair
way landing on the second
floor, and the arrangements for
motors were carried through
with military precision.
At the Dern Residence
The tea table had single
silver candelabra with tall
lighted tapers in the center
flanked with bowls of narcissus,
jonquils and stevia. Mrs. Owen
J. Roberts, wife of the Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court,
poured tea, wearing a black
crepe tunic gown with a silver
lame blouse and a black felt
toque and Mrs. Louis S. Owsley
presided at the coffee urn. She
was lovely in a black velvet
gown with the vest and high
collar of silver lame. With this
she wore a Russian turban Of
broadtail.
Those calling included Nine.
Saito, wife of the Ambassador
of Japan, accompanied by Nine.
Fujii, wife of the Counselor of
that embassy, each wearing
handsome mink coats; Sonora
de Alfaro, wife of the Minister
Of Panama, in a plum color
crepe gown with a hat to match
trimmed with gold and a short
mink coat. Mrs. Celeste Crosby
Miller, Mrs. Patrick ]. Hurley,
smartly gowned in black; Mrs.
William Phillips, Mrs. w.
Forbes Morgan, whose hand
some broadtail coat was bor-
dered at the hem with silver
fox; Mrs. H. P. Kopplemann,
wife of the Representative from
Connecticut, in a gray fur trim
med coat; Mrs. William NJ. Con.
rad, Miss Grace Burton; Mrs.
George Barnett, smart in black;
Mrs. Merton Lewis White, wear
ing a black coat trimmed with
fox and brimmed black felt
hat. Mrs. Matthew A. Delaney,
of Carlisle Barracks, Pa, and
Mrs. Charles M. Lea.
Mrs. Harry Baxter and Miss
Betsy Dern, daughters of the
hosts, assisted in receiving.
At Mrs. Hull's "At Home"
Mrs. Hull was charming in a
black crepe gown, the batteau
neckline bordered with silver
Sequins and the bodice slit to
the waist in the back. She wore
a bouquet of violetS centered
with a single red rose. The tea
table arranged along one end of
the room was effectively deco
rated with a huge plaque of
red roses, white snapdragons,
Euphorbia and Stevia. The
piano at the far end of the room
held vases filled with deep pink
roses and Easter lilies, and these
same flowers filled vases Dlaced
at various points about the
room.
The Ambassador of France
and Nine. de Laboulaye were in
the large company paying their
respects as were the Minister of
the Union of South Africa and
Mrs. Close, the former Cover
nor of Virginia and Mrs. John
Garland Pollard, Mrs. Louis
Caldwell, Mrs. Meta Morris
Evans. Miss Meta Morris EvanS