Evening star., 1935-03-11

II RS. ROOSEVELT went 10 New
M York last evening to attend
wv the meeting of the Monday
4 ' i Sewing Club, which was held
in the home of Mrs. James
Roosevelt, mother of the President.
The First Lady will return to WASH
ington tomorrow in time to be hostess
at the second of a series of musicales
she is giving during the Lenten season.
Secretary and Mrs. Dern
To Visit Florida This Week.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
George II. Dern are expected to leave
this week for Miami Beach, Fla,
where the former will be a speaker at
the annual Southern dinner of the
Committee of One Hundred to be held
at the Surf Club.
The Minister Of Panama and Sonora
de Alfaro entertained at luncheon
yesterday when the ranking guests
were the Minister of Denmark and
Nine Wadsted. The other guests were
the Minister Counselor of the Mexican
Embassy and Sonora de CampoS-O Ortiz,
the former Minister of Peru to Brazil
and Sonora de Maurtua, DR.. and Mrs.
James Brown Scott, the former Amer
lean Minister to Panama and Mrs
William Jennings Price and Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Sim Lee.
The Minister of Portugal and Nine
de Bianchi and the secretary of the
legation, Mr. Joao de Deus Ramos,
f1 ~ q
few days. They will return to Wash
ington the end of the week.
Senator and Mrs. Park Trammell of
Florida have as their guest in their
apartment in Totten Courts Mrs. Hill
demar M. Hillman of New York.
Nine. Yamamoto, wife Of the at
tache Of the Japanese Embassy, and
Mrs. Hashime Murayama will be the
honor guests at the luncheon of the
Rector's Aid Society of st. Margaret's
Church Wednesday, The luncheon
will be given following a talk on
Japan" at IL o'clock by Mrs. D. E.
YarnaIl, the talk to be illustrated with
colored lantern slides. The. Rev. DR..
Herbert Scott Smith, rector of the
church, will preside and Mrs. Edward
3. Keys will introduce the speaker.
Mrs. Quinn, wife of the late Repre-
sentative Percy E. Quinn, was the
guest in whose honor Mrs. James
Craig Peacock entertained at luncheon
today in their home in Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend will be
the honor guest at the weekly lunch
con of the Women's National Press
Club tomorrow at the willard Hotel.
Other honor guests will be Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dr,Immond Kennedy and
MIR. c. C. Cappel, concert manager of
the National Symphony Orchestra.
Mrs. Townsend, in whose house
Fritz Kreisler made his debut, will
talk of the artists she has known, in
cluding some of the musicians she will
present at her musical mornings next
season. Born and married in Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Townsend knows the
musical centerS of the world as she
does her native city and is equally at
home in half the capitals of Europe
Before coming to Washington she lived
for four years in Vienna, where her
husband was first secretary of the
American Legation, and afterward for
two years in Madrid and six years in
Brussels, while he was serving as
American Minister to Portugal and
Belgium
Mr.. Cappel will discuss the Summer
program Of the orchestra and the
plans Of the new National Committee,
Of which Mr.. Kennedy and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth are cochairmen,
to raise sustaining fund of s1OO, 900
for next years work of the orchestra,
Because of absence from the city. Mrs.
Longworth will be unable to be present
at the luncheon.
Mrs. Jessie w. Walters entertained
at dinner at the Shoreham last eve
ming in honor of Mrs. John M. Rose
OF Johnstown, Pa Among the other
guests were Representative and Mrs.
Clarence r. Lea, Representative and
Mrs. Roy Q. Woodruff, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Frank Crowther, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John N. Sandlin.
Judge and Mrs. oscar E. Bland, for
mer Representative and Mrs. Richard
Elllott, former Representative and
Mrs. Herbert j. Drane and former
Representative Charles L. UnderhiIl.
Lieut.. Col. Calhoun Ancrum, q. S.
M. C., and Mrs. Ancrum announce
the engagement of their daughter
Dixie to Lieut.. William Whipple, jr.,
lst Engineers, U. S. A., son of
Prof. and Mrs. William Whipple of
louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, La.
Capt. John M. Bethel, United States
cavalry, and Mrs. Bethel, who have