Evening star., 1939-03-30

Three generations of the descend
ants of Alexander Graham Bell and
many other prominent residents
were guests last night at a special
advance showing of the film, The
Story of Alexander Graham Bell, y
in Constitution Hall.
The audience of 1000 included
Government and diplomatic officials,
Army and Navy officers, scientists
and educators. The preview was
presented by Twentieth Century Fox
under auspices of the National Geo.
graphic Society as courtesy to
Mrs Gilbert Grosvenor, wife OF the
society's president and daughter OF
DR.. Bell.
In brief address before the pic
ture started, DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor
welcomed the guests in behalf OF
the society of which DR.. Bell was an
early president and an enthusiastic
supporter The three generations
of DR.. Bells descendants present
last night included:
Mrs. Grosvenor, Melville Bell
Grosvenor, a grandson; DR.. Mabel
Grosvenor, Mrs. Walter Kendall
Myers and Gloria Grosvenor, grand
daughters, and Helen Grosvenor,
Alexander Graham Bell Grosvenor
and Gilbert Melville Grosvenor,
great grandchildren.
Other relatives of Dr. Bell in the
audience were Mrs. Melville Bell
Grosvenor, DR.. Walter Kendall
Myers, Mr.. and Mrs. Graham Ker,
Miss Anita Ker, Mrs. William Ker,
DR.. and Mrs. Harry H. Kerr, Mrs.
James Kerr, Mr.. and Mrs. Dion
Kerr, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Laing,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McIlvane
Harris, Miss Aileen Harris, Mrs.
Charles NJ Marsh, Miss Betty
Marsh, Miss Genevieve Marsh, Miss
Theodore McCurdy, Mi and Mrs.
Rulian A. Ripley, jr. Present also
were Judge Robert Marsh of New
York City. a cousin of the late Mrs.
Alexander Graham Bell mabel
Hubbard and Mrs. Marsh and their
two children.
A specially interested group was
made up of survivors of the famous
Wednesday evening meetings of dis
tinguished scientists held at DR..
Bells residence each winter for 80
years up to his death.
Ia this group in the audience
we're: DR.. Charles G. Abbot. secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution;
Maj. William Bowie. formerly of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey: Dr.
Hugh NJ Smith, United States Ma
tional Museum: DR.. c. Whitman
Cross, geologist; Dr. Nelson H. Dar-
ton, geologist; DR.. John A. Fleming
director of the Department of Ter
restrial Magnetism, Carnegie Insti-
tuition of Washington: DR.. Austin
Clark. National Museum: DR.. w. D.
Mendenhall. director. United States
Geological Survey; DR.. C. Hart
Merriam. ethnologist, one of the two
living founders of the National Geo.
graphic Society; DR.. George r. Put
nam. commissioner of lighthouses,
retired; DR.. Walter T. Swingle,
botanist, and DR.. Carl W. Mitman,
National Museum.
Official Washington Represented.
The guests from Washington Off
cial family included:
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Assistant
Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre
and Mrs. Sayre, Senators Wallace
H. White and Mrs. White, James
j. Davis and Mrs. Davis, Arthur
Capper and Warren R. Austin and
Mrs Austin; Representatives Joseph
w. Martin, jr.: Bertrand Smell and
Mrs. Smell, Allen TreadWay and
Mrs. TreadWay, Bruce Barton and
Mrs. Barton, Sol Bloom and Mrs.
Bloom, William L. Nelson and Mrs.
Nelson, William D. Byron and Mrs
Byron and Edith Nourse Rogers.
Diplomatic Corps.
Count jerry Potocki, Polish Am
bassador: Mr. Mehmet Munir Erte-
gun. Turkish Ambassador, and Mrs
Ertegun: Dr.. HUI Shih, Chinese Am
bassador; Senor Don Manuel de
Freyre y Santander, Peruvian Am
bassador; Senor Dr. Don Fernando
de los Rios, Spanish Ambassador,
and Sonora, de los Rios: Senor Dr.
Don Diogenes Escalante, Ambassa-
dor from Venezuela, and Sonora de
Escalante; Mr.. Robert Brennan,
Minister from Ireland. and Mrs
Brennan; Mr.. w. Bostrom, Minister
from Sweden and Nine. Bostrom
Mr.. Marc Peter, Minister from
Switzerland, and Nine. Peter; DR..
Joao Antonio de Bianchi, Minister
of Portugal, and Nine de Bianchi; !;
Mr. Ralph William Close, Minister
from the Union of South Africa. and
Mrs. Close; Senor DR.. Don Adrian
Recinos, Minister from Guatemala,
and Sonora de Recinos: Mr.. Povilas
Zadeikis, Minister from Lithuania,
and Mrs. Zadeikis: Senor DR.. Don
Augusta S. Boyd, Minister from Pan
anna, and Sonora de Boyd; NAH
moud Hassan Bey, Minister from
Egypt. and Nine. Hassan; Senor
Don Ricardo Castro Beeche, Minis
ter from Costa Rica, and Sonora de
Castro Beeche; Senor DR.. Don Hec-
tor David Castro, Minister from El
Salvador, and Sonora de Castro;
Mr.. Constantine A. Oumansky
Charge d'Affaires of the Soviet EN-
bassy, and Nine. Oumansky; Mr.
Pablo M. Insfran, Charge d'Affaires
of the Paraguayan Embassy, and Sc.
nora de Insfran, and Senor DR.. Don
Julian R. Caceres, Charge d'Affaires
OF the Honduras EmbaSSV and Sc