Evening star., 1936-01-12
Mid-Season Finds Society
In Whirl of Entertaining
Flavored With Politics
Convening Of Congress Through White
House Reception to Judiciary Furnishes
Topics for Exciting Discussions.

Midseasou in Washington makes
hectic days with endless chains of
parties. The week just passed was no
exception, and everywhere, at every
party, the conversation was tinged
with politics and affairs of the
day. From the convening Of Con-
gress and the Presidents message to
the legislative branch of the Govern
meat, to the reception at the White
House Thursday evening in honor of
the judiciary, each day brought some
thing new and exciting to discuss
"over the tea cups" which are more
and more growing into "over the cock
tails" though tea is still served at
the tea hour.
There was excitement and suspense
in the very air at the White House
Thursday evening to see how many
members of the Supreme Court would
be missing. But following its ira
dition of conservativeness and perfect
poise, the Supreme Court was as COM
plete as it has been at state recep-
ton in the last 10 or is years. There
were absentees, but there have been
almost always. The Chief Justice and
Mrs. Hughes, with the associate JUS
tices and their wives remained Tor
some time in the state dining room,
surrounded by admiring friends. Many
of the guests, remaining to dance,
were surprised to see their hostess
come downstairs dressed in tailored
street clothes and leave the White
House. Upon inquiry they found she
had gone to the midnight train, leav-
ing for New York for brief stay,
leaving her guests to enjoy the dane
ing il. the east room and the light
refreshments in the state dining room.
The first of the official at homes of
wives of the cabinet circle were held
Wednesday when Mrs. Hull, Mrs.
Morgenthau and Mrs. Dern received.
Mrs. Hull, receiving at the Carlton,
had so many callers from the diplo-
matte corps that the conversation
sounded like another country. Mrs.
Morgenthau was at home in the house
at 2201 r street which they have
leased from the estate of the late Col
and Mrs. Stephen LII. Slocum.
Many of the Oriental furnishings and
art treasures gathered by the late Col.
and Mrs. Slocum in their travels in
the Far East, remain in the house.
Upho,ding her reputation for unusual
as well as delicious refreshments,
Mrs. Morgenthau had plates of delec-
table miniature sausages and generous
Goldfish balls, speared with diminutive
bits OF wood, passed piping hot, to
her guests while they enjoyed their
tea or coffee or sherry. Mrs. Dern,
who returned from the Philippines
to find she lives on Stephenson place
instead of Rittenhouse street, where
she lived before leaving Washington,
although she still occupies Highwood,
The home of Mrs. Henry c.
Corbir and the late Gen. Corbin,
received a large number of callers.
The introductionS we're made by
officers of that branch of the serv-
ice on duty here, with their wives,
called to pay their respects to their
6ecretary's wife. Wednesday of this
week Mrs Cummings, Mrs. Farley and
Mrs. swanson will receive.
Music is playing a more and more
important part in the social affairs
of the National Capital, which boasts
a symphony orchestra of rather firm
foundation. Within a quarter of a
century entertaining here has under
gone many changes, and as history
repeats ITSELF" so society is repeating
itself by returning to the musicales as
form of entertaining. Every season
has had one or more important mu-
sicales, but this yeartheir is at least
one each week. Thursday evening
the Minister of Hungary and Nine.
Pelenyi were hosts to a company of
diplomats, officials and prominent
residents, when their countryWoman,
Nine. Szantho. wife of M. Laszlo
Stenba, a member of the ministry of
economy in Vienna, gave the pro-
gram. In the near future society will
be interested not only in the usual
concerts of the National Symphony
Orchestra one of which will be given
this afternoon, but performance by
an opera company from out of town,
as well as two performances by the