Evening star., 1936-09-20

CupRegatta
This Week
Annual Water Event
IsAttracting Nautical
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w WASHINGTON society this
IA week will inevitably go
wv regatta" this week. The
city will be filled with
thousands of boat-racing fans, ar
irving Thursday, in time for the bril-
liant program of swimming and div
ing events at 8 O'Clock in the Venetian
Pool at the Shoreham Hotel. and Sum
day the final heat" Of the famous
Presidents Gold Cup race will be
sailed on the Potomac by some Of the
Nations most famous yachtsmen.
Between these events there will be
sailboat races and motor boat races
galore, every day at Hams Point, and
diplomats, Government officials. resi-
dental Washingtonians and visitors
from all parts of the United States
and Canada will fill the boxes. the
Presidents stand and the hundreds
of seat that will be placed at the wa
ter's edge especially for the events.
It will be as colorful an occasion as
Washington can produce, and in cele-
bration of the tenth year of its life
the Presidents Cup Regatta Associa-
ton will see to it that spectacular
pageantry will add its own charm to
the interest in the races, for Friday
night an Illuminated pageant and boat
parade, with fireworks, will take place
at 7:30 O'Clock, followed by an OPEN
house reception and de luxe program
in the Corinthian Yacht Club at 8
O'Clock.
Boxes for the regatta already are at
q premium. and the committee in
charge of the reservations, headed by
Mr.. Ben Talbot, are having a de-
cidedly busy time at the regatta head
quarters in the Hotel Willard.
President Roosevelt is expected to
be present, for he long ago accepted
the invitation of Mr.. John A. Remon
and the regatta officials to occupy
his box for several of this seasons
races. From the diplomatic corps
and official circles will also come a
large contingent of prominent lovers
of water sports and races, who will
add interest. Yachtsmen from the
West Coast as well as from the At
lantis seaboard will anchor their boats
in the channel, which will be closed
to other craft during Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of
khis week.
A group Of popular regatta girls"
will serve as ushers at all events, and
several of them have assisted at the
past two or three regattas, as we'll as
on the Summertime Gold Cup cruises
sf the regatta association. Mrs. Fe-
nella Castanedo, Miss Dorothy Gould
Fowler and Miss Nal Sykes are the
leaders in this group and others who
will assist this season are Miss Alice
Clark, Miss Betty Cremen. Miss Mary
Tyler Mccormick. Miss Mary Catherine
Bentley and Miss Beulah Rodgers.
The boxes will be especially gay
for parties of six, with refreshment
tables provided to add zest. Before
Thursday, the available boxes will have
long since been snapped up, and lag
ging hosts and hostesses will find
it necessary to take blocks of indi-
vidual seats for their guests-which
incidentally may also pc arranged III
consultation with Mr.. Talbot and
his committee at the Willard.
The list of box-holders includes
the Ambassador of the Union Of
Soviet Socialist Republics and Nine.
Troyanovsky, the Ambassador Of
Brazil and Senhora de Aranha, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward c. Baltz, Mrs.
Charles j. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bernard, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Boothby,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee D. Butler. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. B. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. william
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer B.
Curry, Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Coun-
cilor. Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Carroll, jr.:
Mr.. Don Clippinger, Mr.. and Mrs. Ad-
olson Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Far
rand, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Friend, Mr..
e. M. Graham, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
tan Heurich, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Keene. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Gordon
Leech, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Lodge, Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Marsh,