The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-11-01
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DR.. Halvdan Koht, Minister o.
THE MYRIAD beautiful vases
Il filled with red roses which
seemed to be everywhere in the
lovely big rooms and DR.. Koht's
nice smile, his gray eyebrows
which arched to a rather sur.
prised point in the middle and
over the brightest and most
twinkly eyes we've seen in many
a month.
MRS. LAWRENCE TOWN
WI SENDS very smart black
hat which was draped with a
filmy dotted veil that hung In
graceful folds almost to her
waist, and little Mrs. William
Borah, wife of Senator Borah,
looking very Russian in a black
velvet wrapped turban and a
long velvet tunic which came up
high and tight about her throat
and fastened with a wide Jew
eled clasp.
THE INVITING tea table with
l. it's delicious cakes-tiny crisp
cakes, impressive, frosted layer
cakes, slim rolls of rich mocha
cake, delicate white cakes, coffee
and tea and nearby a buffet OF
champagne.
THE SOVIET Ambassador, Mr..
i Troyanovsky, having a recep-
tion ali of his own, with every
one so very glad to see MIN BACK
and Mrs. Claude Swanson, petite
wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, in a frock which was IN
a two-tone of turquoise blue
satin and black, almost hidden
by the groups of guests coming
up to chat with her.
r ATER, trying to get to the
IL Hunt Tea, given by DR.. and
Mrs. Fred Sanderson and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry SemmeS, at the
country place of the latter
"Freres Farm" and getting COM
nletely lost on the Glen Road,
but finally arriving an hour
late. The house itself, so quaint
and so attractive, with its long
spreading lounge room done in
plaster and pine, a generous lire
place, and an intriguing balcony
and narrow steps which lead to
the upper rooms and dressing
rooms.
DIDING toys and pink coated"
II huntsrnen adding bit OF
color to the scene, an impromptu
bar at one end of the room, and
over by the wide windows a
huge table, spread with whole
hams, turkeys, immense cheeSes,
platters of hot rolls, assorted
cold meats and fresh fruits OF
every kind, piled and splitting
over from a lavish wicker basket.
TVHE Billy Hills, and Billy. be-
l. ing very helpful and telling
us that we had come the longest
way around and giving us excel
lent direction as to how to get
back and save four miles of road,
and the George Walkers, Major
and Mrs. Barker, General Leon
KRONER and his pretty daughter
Jane, and Mrs. Claude Owen,
very comfortable herself on one
of the big touches, and Elizabeth
jackson, Percy Neipold, Mrs.
ROLAND Riddick, DR.. and Mrs.
Joseph Horgan, Mrs. Nancy
Mcdowell and her pretty daugh-
ter, Elaine, and cunning Mar
garet Sanderson, all in one
group. "Teenie", Ekengren, the
Smith Bowmans, Major Frank
Whitaker and ever so many
others coming in as we left.
THE Tacky Ball, with Mrs. Will
Il liam Laird Dunlop and the
Girls on the Shelf, as hostess,
with The Big Apple, the pre-
dominant dance of the evening,
with costumes of every kind and
an orchestra that played swing
in the barbaric manner that
compelled everyone to dance.
x X X
Janet Harrison in yellow chit
fon. and TaZeWell Thomas, Big
Apple expert from Baltimore,
and Doug Smith, all doing Big
Apple routine for three and
Fenealla Castenado, winning a
prize with her Jack in the Box
costume and Regina McKeever'
daughter of the Robert NC
Keevers, a most alluring hula
dancer in crimson cellophane
and a lei of scarlet apples.
Rosemary Newman IN pink
linens and half socks and look
ing about four years old, Mrs
Phillips Clarke, the former Su
zanne Hill, in an original hula
costume, with lei and hair orna
ments of parsley, a bracelet OF
radishes and a short necklace OF
carrots; Peg Wetherill, an excel
lent black Nanny, from the
deep south; Ethel Worthington
very lovely in white chiffon and
wrapped in an ermine coat, Mary
Louise McLendon, a fascinating
person from North Carolina; ar
exquisite blonde, named Tom
mie Bradford, from Texas anc
here in school, floating about ir
white chiffon and a cape o.
white ostrich feathers.
Win Brown, in an origina.
costume of brown sackcloth ano
q fare mask and hood, represent