Evening star., 1936-02-20
LuncheOns
Following
Musicale
Mr.. and Mrs. Town
send Entertain;
Other Hostesses.

The Italian Ambassador, Signor
Augusta Rosso was the ranking guest
at the luncheon given yesterday at
the Mayfiower by Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Townsend in compliment to
Miss Rosa Ponselle and MIR. Orlando
Barera. Other guests at the luncheon
were the Belgian Ambassador, Comte
Robert van der Straten-P -Ponthoz; the
Minister OF Greece. Mr.. Demetrios
Sicilianos; Mrs B. Sumner Welles,
Signor Bartolomeo Migone, Countess
Roberti, Mr.. Luis H. Michel, Mr..
Nicholas G. Lely, Baron Antoine
Beyens. Lady Lister Kaye, Princess
Boncompagni, Mr.. and Mrs. David st.
Pierre Gaillard, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Phelps Emo. Nine. van Kaathoven,
Mrs. John Philip Hill, Mrs. Truxton
Beale, Mrs. George Mesta, Mrs. Skir-
vim Adams, Miss Mariana Dunn,
Mrs. Jeanne T Smyth, Miss Rebecca
G. Wellington, Miss Edith Prilik, MIR.
Randolph Santini, Mr.. E. Pendleton
Turner. Mr.. Winant Johnston, Mr..
William K. Ryan, Mr.. Guiseppi Russo
and Mr.. Hellmut Baerwald.
The luncheon followed the last of
Mrs. Lawrence ToWnsend's morning
musicales for this season when the
program was given by Miss Ponselle
and Mr.. Barera. Mr.. and Mrs. Town
send will shortly celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary and the decora-
tions Of the table were in keeping with
fhof oUpnt A ~,
white and gold with bows of ribbon
of spun sugar and fitting inscriptions
for the occasion and tributes to Mrs
Townsend all done in spun sugar
graced the table which also had a
center piece of gay Spring blossoms.
Mrs. Samuel Ralston, wife of the
late Gov Ralston of Indiana, was the
guest of honor at a luncheon given
yesterday at the Mayfiower by Mrs.
D. A. McDougal of Oklahoma and
Washington. The company included
Mrs. Joe Robinson, Mrs. Pat Harrison,
Mrs. Thomas P. Bore, Mrs. Elmer
Thomas. Mrs, Nellie Tayloe Ross,
Mrs. Carroll Miller, Judge Annabel
Matthews, Mrs. William Woodward
Cook, Mrs John Garland Pollard, Mrs.
James Wolfe, Mrs. Robert Gates, Mrs.
Sam Connor. Mrs. G. c. Sherrad and
Mrs. Glen j. Clifford.
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday follow
ing Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's morn
ing musicale, when the guests we're
Mrs. Charles R. Reynolds, Mrs. Mer-
chant Mahoney, Mrs. Matthew A.
Delaney and Sonora de Prieto.
ess to company of % at luncheon
yesterday at the Mayfiower.
Miss Margaret Delano Gage enter
tanned at luncheon at the Mayf1ower
after Mrs. Townsend's concert when
her guests we're asked to meet the
secretary of the Yugoslavian Legation
and Nine. Nikola Perazic, the latter
the former Mrs. Irene Hubbell of New
York. The company included the
Minister of Finland and Nine. Jarne-
felt, the military attache of the Ger
man Embassy, Lieut.. Gen. Friedrich
Won Boetticher, and Frau Won Boet-
ticher. the Assistant Secretary of War
and Mrs. Harry H. Woodring, Col. and
Mrs. Charles Burnett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred A. Britten, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
S. Owsley, Miss Katharine Brown,
Col. Frederick E. Johnston and Lieut..
Condr. James ]. Hughes.
Mrs Charles Q. Mas of New York
had among her guests at luncheon
yesterday at the Mayf1ower, after the
musicale, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
Mrs. George H. Becker, Mrs. Joseph
Cecil and Mrs. Amyar Cater.
Mrs. James L. Guion, wife of Maj.
Guion, U. S. A., was hostess to group
of members of the Friday Morning
Music Club at luncheon yesterday at
the Mayhower. following the concert.
Her guests were Mrs. Eugene Byrnes,
president of the club; Miss Lucy
Brickenstein, Mrs. Frank Howard,
Mrs. Frances Gutelius Smith, Mrs.
Ruby Smith Stahl, Mrs. Fanny AM
stutz Roberts, Mrs. Miriam Hilton,
Mrs. John M. Erwin, Mrs. A. j. Stuart,
Mrs. Henry j. Richardson and Mrs.
Howard Foley.