Evening star., 1935-01-26

honor Of Mile. Nora van Haersma de
With, debutante daughter Of the Min
lister of the Netherlands and Nine.
van HaerSma de With.
Mrs. Charles Robey entertained at a
luncheon today in the private dining
room of the Westchester Apartments
in honor Of Mrs. Albert Duncan, wife
Of Judge Duncan Of st. Joseph, Mo.
The guests included Mrs. Richard
Duncan, who is the niece Of Mr..
Albert Duncan and wife Of Repre-
sentative Duncan Of Missouri: Mrs.
Dow w. Harter. wife Of Representative
Harter Of Ohio; Mrs. r. Ewing
Thomason, wife Of Representative
Thomason Of Texas; Mrs. ]. Mark
Wilcox, wife Of Representative Wilcox
Of Florida; Mrs. Lawrence E. Imhoh
of Ohio, Mrs. B. M. Mulvihill. daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Robey; Miss Mary Wells
of st. Joseph. Mo-: Mrs; Joseph Healy
and Mrs. D. D. Ransdell.
Members of the Swedish, Czecho-
slovak and Norwegian legations will
be the ranking guests at the recep-
ton to he given this afternoon at 5
o'clock at 1705 Z street in honor Of
Nine. Goeta Ljungberg. famous Swed-
ish singer, who will give recital to-
morrow in the National Theater. Miss
Elena de Seyn, president Of the
Slavic American Society of Music and
the Fine Arts, will receive the guests,
assisted by Nine. Krinitzky, second
vice president of the society and Nine
AyvaSohlou.
The attache of the Polish embassy.
Mr.. Bohdan Zaniewsky, will entertain
at dinner this evening.
Brig. Gen. George B. Pillsbury and
his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Pillsbury,
are in Philadelphia, where they took
part yesterday afternoon in the we'd
ding of Gen. Pillsbury'S niece. Miss
Ellen Gowen Hood, daughter Of Mrs.
George Gowen Hood of Philadelphia,
and Mr.. Lloyd Morris Coates. son Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin Coates
of Philadelphia.
Gen. Pillsbury gave his neice in mar
riage and Miss Pillsbury was her
cousins maid of honor.
Miss Maria Whitehurst, debutante
daughter of Mrs. Herbert G. White
hurst, will be the guest of honor at a
luncheon today given by Miss Frances
Glover, subdebutante daughter Of the
former Assistant Postmaster General,
Mr.. w. Irving Glover, at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
Mrs. John Lewis Smith entertained
at a dinner at the Mayfower last
night for Mr. Smith, on tbs birthday
anniversary. The party, which was
surprise to Mr.. Smith, assembled in
the Pan-American suite and dinner
was served in the Chinese room, where
the table was decorated with deep red
snapdragons, white buddleia and
euphorbia with sprays of euphorbia
and maiden hair fern on the table
cloth. Following the dinner motion
pictures were shown for the so guests.
Capt. and Mrs. Percy L. Sadler,
son-in-law and daughter Of Mr.. Smith,
came from Bethlehem, Pa, where the
former is stationed at Lehigh Univer-
sity, to pass several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith, and were among the
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Wright
of Newark, Del, were also among the
out-oftown guests.
Mrs. Ellen Poe White has arrived
in Washington and is staying with
her brother and sister-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Francis B. Poe, at 2133 r
street, where she will stay through
next week.
Miss Betty Reynolds will entertain
this evening at a French soiree in
honor of her house guest, Mrs. John
L. Gable, wife of former Representa-
tive Gable of Ohio.
Lieut.. q. g. Chester Lee Clement,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Clement have
moved to the Wardman Park Hotel,
where they have taken an apartment
and will make their home in the fu-
ture. Lieut.. Clement is stationed here
at the Navy Department.
Comdr. John H. Wellbrock, U. S. NJ,
and Mrs. Wellbrock, who have just
moved to their quarters at the Navy
Yard, entertained at dinner at the
Shoreham last evening.
Their guests included Comdr. and
Mrs. Frank Braisted, Comdr. and
Mrs. Donald 3. Beary, Lieut. Comdr
and Mrs. Rex L. Hicks and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Samuel King Of
Honolulu.
Miss Ann Kendrick, secretary to Mr..
Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior, has returned from
a visit to New Orleans.
Miss Marie Benoist of Chevy Chase
will be the guest of Mrs. Clara
Queensburg and her nephew, Mr..
Roger Wickersham in their home in
Philadelphia over Sunday.
Mrs. Bristol Hostess to
Out-of-Tow Artists.
Mrs Mark Bristol presented Miss
Eds de Philippe, the young prima
donna of Max Rabinoff's production,
LA Traviata," which is to be given
at Constitution Hall Tuesday night, to
the members of the Washington Com
mittee of the Cosmopolitan Opera As
sociation of New York at an i'm
promptu cocktail party at her home,
16G1 Massachusetts avenue north
west, yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Bristol, who has been ex-
tremely active herself in organizing
the Women's Committee for this per-
formance, met Miss de Philippe at
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