Evening star., 1935-02-06
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President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
Is their house guests Mr. and Mrs.
Peabody and Mr. and Mrs. Carson
Galloway of New York. The President
and Mrs. Roosevelt have changed
their plans and will not attend the
theater tonight.
Mrs. Roosevelt was one Of the most
enthusiastic members Of very en-
thusiastic audience which filled Con-
Stitution Hall from floor to ceiling
yesterday afternoon to hear Lily Pons,
prima donna soprano of the Metro
politan Opera Association, in concert,
with Marcel Hubert, 'cellist; Arpad
Sander at the piano and Luigi Alber-
ghini, futist. With Mrs. Roosevelt.
who wore a becoming dress of black
with wide white collar and cuffs and
q small black velvet hat, were Nine
Munir, Mrs Harold L. Ickes. Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane and Mrs. James
Helm.
Mrs. Hugh c. Wallace, Mrs. Charles
D. Walcott, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Warren. Mrs. H. A. Dodge, Mrs. Rus
sell William Magma. Mrs. William A
Becker, Mrs. George Shiras and Mrs.
William K. Ryan were among others
seen In the vast audience.
Mrs. Daniel G. Roper, wife Of the
Secretary OF Commerce, and guests
will occupy the presidential box at the
concert to be given tomorrow after
noon by the National Symphony Or
chestra In Constitution Hall. Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, regular box
holder Of the National Symphony, will
be unable to attend.
The soloist will be Viola Mitchell,
American violinist, who will make her
Washington debut tomorrow after
noon. Miss Mitchell will present the
new Malipiero Concerto for Piano
and Orchestra" for which she holds
exclusive playing rights.
Boxholders of the National Sym
phony who will attend the concert
are Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Mrs. w.
Warren Barbour. Mrs. Chester c. Boil
ton, Mrs William Phillips, Mrs. j.
Webster Dawley. Mrs. Beale R. How
ard, Mrs. Ralph Worthington, Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. William Hit,
Miss Elizabeth Patterson, Mrs. Edwin
c. Watson, Mrs. william Livingston
Crounse, Mrs. Frederick G. Hicks, Mrs.
Edwin B. Parker, Mrs. Walter r..
Tuckermann, Miss Eleanor M. Con-
molly, Mrs. Christian Heurich, Mrs.
Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Lawrence Town
send, Miss Alice j. Clapp, Mrs. Leland
Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
Clelan, Mrs. L. Corrin Strong, Mrs.
Calderon Carlisle, Mr.. George A. Gar
rett, Mrs. Russell William Magma,
Mrs. w. w. Gailbraith, Mrs. Hans
Kinder, Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
Mr.. Frank Frost, Mrs. Frederic A.
Keep, Mrs. Francis M. Savage, Mrs.
James ElWoOd Jones, Mrs. Henry Par
sons Erwin, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss,
Mrs. James Clement Dunn, Mrs. Oscar
Jarecki, Mr.. Edward c. Potter. Mrs.
Carl A. Droop, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, Mrs Tracy Dows, Mrs. Anne
Archbold. the Potomac School and the
Soroptomist Club
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jay Staley will
have as guests in their box at the
concert tomorrow afternoon Mrs. John
w. Connolly Of Mclean, Va; Mr.. Le-
land Williams of Cherrydale, Va, and
Mr.. Hugo linden.
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother Of the
President, will entertain at reception
and musicale this afternoon in her
home in New York. The program will
be given by Anatole Kitain, Russian
pianist.
Mrs. David Coker, who has been
visiting her parents, the Secretary Of
Commerce and Mrs Roper, for the
past week, returned to her home in
Hartsville. S. c., Monday evening.
Many Dinner Parties
Given in Diplomatic Corps.
His Britannia Majesty's Ambas-
sador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, entertained
at dinner last evening when the guests
were the Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dern, the Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Wallace, Senator and Mrs. Ar
thur n. Vandenberg, Senator Harry
Flood Byrd and his daughter, Miss
Byrd; Representative and Mrs. Ches-
ter G. Bolton, the Undersecretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Thomas Jeffer-
son Coolidge, Mr.. and Mrs. George N.
Peek, the counselor Of the Polish En-
bassy and Nine. Sokolowska, the