The Washington times., 1936-12-29
Dolly Cameron Says:
NOTABLES ATTEND FIRST CONCERT
ENJOYS Wives
Guests at
Musicale

Mrs. Lawrence TOwnsend'S an
nual presentations, there was
hardly seat vacant in the large
ballroom of the Mayflower.
And a more enthusiastic audi
ence would be hard to find!
There were a great number
of early arrivals, more at pre-
cisely the right time, and a few
"stragglers," for withal II Is
in the morning is an early hour
to appear at ones best, as ap-
parently all did.
In White House Box
Mrs. Roosevelt had planned
to be present, but was detained
in Boston by Franklin, jr.'s ILL
ness, so in the White House
box were her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, wear
ing a mink coat over her dark
gown, which had a diamond
brooch on the bodice, and Mrs.
Robert Violette, a guest at the
Executive Mansion from Fort
Worth, Texas, whose tweed
coat was trimmed with beige
fox. They were joined by Nine.
Troyanovsky, wife of the Am
bassador Of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, and Nine.
de Laboulaye, wife of the Am
bassador of France.
The guest artists were John
Charles Thomas, famed bari
tone, and Nine. Enid Szantho,
Viennes contralto. Nine.
Szantho, in a gown of cloth of
gold, cut on severely simple
lines, with long, tight-fitting
sleeves, made lovely picture
as she was presented with a
huge bouquet of American
Beauty roses.
The Ambassador of Poland and
Countess Potocka were the rank
ing guests at the luncheon, fol-
lowing the concert, given by Mr..
and Mrs. Townsend in compliment
to the two artists. Others at the
luncheon were the Ambassador
mother and brother, Countess Ro-
man Potocka and Count Alfred
Potocki, guests at the embassy;
the Minister of Hungary and Nine.
Pelenyi, the Counselor of the
Polish Embassy and Nine. Wank-
owicz, Nine. Kulikowska-Higers-
berger, Mr.. Michal Budny and
Senior Don Marcello del Drago.
Others At Luncheon
Others at the luncheon were
Senator and Mrs. Willard E.
Tydings, Sir Willmott Lewis, Mrs.
Campbell Prichett, Mrs. Ran
dolph Santini, Mrs. Eugene Ro-
berts, Mrs. Ralph Steuart, Miss
Ethel Worthington, Miss Jane
Thorpe, Mrs. John Charles
Thomas, Mr.. Robert Kelly, Mr.. U.
Grant Smith, Mr.. Laszlo Steiner,
Mr.. Paul Unanowsky and Mr..
Carroll HOLSTER.
Accompanying Nine. Saito. wife
of the Ambassador of Japan, in
her box were group of the wives
of staff members, including, Nine.
YoShizaWa, Nine. Kobayashi,
Nine. Okazaki and Nine. Hayama
Mrs. Claud> A. Swanson, Mrs.
Henry A. Wallace and Mrs. Daniel
c. Roper, wives of the Secre-
taries of the Navy, Agriculture and
Commerce, respectively, represent
ed the Cabinet and Nine. Pastor
ia, wife of the Minister of the
Dominican Republic, Nine. Proch-
nick, wife of the Minister of
Austria, and the Minister of
Greece, Mr.. Demetrios Sicilianos,
were other members of the dip
lomatic corps preSnt.
Mrs. Malcolm Matheson had a
party of young people in her box
which included her daughter, Miss
Peggy Matheson and Miss Eleanor
Flood. Mrs. John R. Williams was
accompanied by her granddaugn-
ter, Miss Nancy Letter. and her
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Letter and
Miss Angelica Lloyd Joined them
later.
Nine. Prieto, wearing a fetching
hat with high curling feather,
was with friends, and others seen
were Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose,
Mrs. William S. Culbertson, Mrs.
Edwin Watson, Mrs. Peyton
March. Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss,
Mrs. Mondell Gregg, Mrs. John Al.
Ian Dougherty, Mrs. Parker West,
Mrs. Bradish Carroll, Mrs. Til
man Bacon Parks, Mrs. William
N. Doak, Mrs. Daniel C. Stapleton,
Miss Stellita Stapleton, Miss Eliza
beth Howry, Mrs. Charles M. Lea,
Mrs. wallace White, Miss Marga-
ret Gage, Mrs. Wade Hampton
Ellis, Mrs. Arthur Macarthur,
Mrs. John Reyburn, Mr.. and Mrs.
WriSley Brown, Mrs. George
Thorpe. Miss Patten. Mrs. Clifford
Wharton Phillips, Miss Anne Ran
dolph and Mr.. Paul Wilstach.
Also in the large company were
Mrs. William C. Gwynn, Mrs.
James Crawford Biggs, Mrs. Louis
Caldwell, Miss Florence Harris,
Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Miss Jean Da-
Wis, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs.
Aldace Walker. Miss Dorothy Sol
lers and Miss Emlyn Davies.
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