Evening star., 1935-12-15
Society Is Launched on
Well Charted Sea of
Varied Entertainment
Reception to Diplom a is at White House
First Wedding in Cuban Embassy
Tomorrow Afternoon.

Society has a filed calendar for the
next few months. the official season
having opened Wednesday with the
President and Mrs. Rooseveltis dinner
to the cabinet. Officials, diplomats
and resident hosts and hostesses will
dine and dance the nights away and
enjoy the many musicales during the
earlier hours of the days. The debut
tantes, having made their formal bows
at teas last month, started in en- =
round of balls and dinner part es
which will continue until the close of
the Christmas holidays.
The Presidents official family circle
will be complete by the end of the
week, when the Vice President and
Mrs. Garner and the Secretary of
War and Mrs. Dern return to Wash
ington from their lengthy trip to the
Orient and the Philippines for the
Inauguration of the new government.
The Speaker and Mrs. ByrnS, who
were among the other officials at
tending that occasion, also will re-
turn the end of this week.
The reception Tuesday evening
which the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt will give in honor of the diplo-
matte corps is always one of the most
interesting of the state receptions be-
cause OF the presence of distinguished
representatives Of foreign countries
will complete the official program un-
til after the holidays. The dean
nf the
his Britannia mayeStyS AmbaSSa-
dor, and Lady Lindsay will be ab-
sent this year owing to the court
mourning for the Kings sister, Prin-
cess Victoria. This also affects the
Minister of the Irish Free State, the
Minister of the Union of South Africa
and the charge d'affaires of Canada,
who will not take their places in the
line that evening.
Gridirons sizzled last evening, for
the members of that unique and IA
nous organization, the Gridiron
Club, gave their annual Winter din
ner at the Willard, entertaining the
President as their guest of honor,
while the Presidents wife was host
ess at the White House to the Grid
iron widows" the members of the
Women's National Press Club and
the Newspaper Women's Club, of which
Mrs. Roosevelt is an honorary mem
ber. At the Willard the enter
tainment was furnished by the
members Of the club and at the White
House the widows" of the members
gave the entertainment. What really
happened at each party is strictly
ION the record" yet many of the
"stunts" are recorded, rehearsals for
them having been in progress for some
time.
The first wedding to take place in
che Cuban Embassy will be that of
Eenorita Zoe Patterson, daughter of
the Ambassador, Senior DR.. Guillermo
Patterson y de Jauregrh, who will be-
come the bride of M. Ernest Schlatter,
attache of the Swiss Legation, tomor-
row afternoon. Senorita Patterson
and M. Schlatter have been feted
daily, many days several times, by the
host Of friends Of the young people in
the diplomatic corps, ofiicial and resi-
dent circles.
Annual Assembly Ball
Friday Gay 90s" Party.
The Washington Assembly, made
up of many Of the more conservative
Of the resident hostesses. will give its
annual ball, this year gay COS affair,
Friday evening. Members have been
exploring trunks and attics for the
latest modes Of that gay day to wear
on that evening. Earlier this week the