Evening star., 1937-11-11
Concerts
Audience
Brilliant
Many Diplomats
Hear Symphony
And BOri.
BY KATHARINE BROOKS.

oNAL1JAANI duuleIlCe, WHICH
~ filled Constitution Hall, greeted
~ the National Symphony Or
chestra, DR.. Hans Kinder,
conductor, at its first midweek concert
OF this season last evening. Lucrezia
Bori, famous soprano. was the soloist
and, being allowed to sing an encore
after insistent applause, she sang a
lullaby written by Mary Howe, wife
Of Mr.. Walter Bruce Howe The COM
poser was not present to share in the
plaudits but Mr.. Howe was host to sew
eral guests in their box
The Ambassador of the Union Of
Soviet Socialist Republics and Nine.
Troyanovsky had guests with them in
their box and the German Ambassador
and Frau Dieckhoff also entertained in
their box. Nine. Saito, wife of the
Japanese Ambassador, had several
ladies from the embassy circle with
her, and the Italian Ambassador and
Donna Matilde de Suvich were guests
Of the former United States Minister to
Portugal and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend.
Others with Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend
were Nine. van Kaathoven and Mr.
U. Grant Smith, former United States
Minister to Hungary and Uruguay.
The Swiss Minister and Nine. Peter
were guests in the box Of DR.. and Mrs.
Kinder, their other guests being the
president Of the Board OF Governors Of
the Symphony Association and Mrs.
Corcoran Thorn. The Military Attache
Of the French Embassy and Nine.
Lombard were others from the diplo-
matte corps who were in the large
audience.
Former United States Ambassador to
the Argentine and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss entertained in their box and
nearby was Mrs. Tracy Dows, who is
entertaining Nine. Bori for the few
days of her stay In Washington This
evening Mrs. Dows will be hostess at
dinner in honor Of her distinguished
guest. Princess Cantacuzene was in a
box not far from Mrs. Dows and close
by was Mrs Eleanor Patterson with
her niece, Miss Mary Winslow, recent
" returned to Washington from South
America. Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman
and her daughter. Miss Laura Tucker
man, were in their box and had guests
with them.
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins oc-
cupied the box next to that of Mrs.
Roosevelt, no one from the Presidents
| family making use of the box last eve
ming Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes. with
Mrs. Emmet Gudger and the latter's
daughter, Miss Elinor Gudger, were
in the box of the D. A. R., and Miss
Mabel Boardman was hostess in her
box
Others at the concert were the
chaplain of the United States Senate,
the Rev. DR.. Ze Barney Phillips, rector
of the Church Of the Epiphany, and
Mrs. Phillips: Mrs. James NJ Helm,
Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett, widow of the
former Speaker of the House; Col. and
Mrs. U. S. Grant, Sd. who were warmly
greeted after an absence of several
years: Mr. and Mrs. William Chaplin
Huntington. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r.
Finkenstaedt, Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
| Max Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Maurice Morris, and the latter's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur W. Hub
bard. who are back from their place
on the Eastern Shore for the season;
Mrs. Hennen Jennings. Mrs. Jennings
Hackett. Mrs William Mann, Mr. Paul
Wilstach. Mrs. Ernest G. Walker. Mrs
Austin Kautz, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
M. McKelway. Mrs. j. Paul Yoder, Mrs.
Morton Milford, Mrs. Roger Whiteford,
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Leisenring. Mrs.
Thomas G. Dawson and Miss Lolita
Dawson.
The second of the midweek con-
certs will be given Thanksgiving eve,
November "a, at $50 o'clock, and no