Evening star., 1940-12-14

Secretary and Mrs. Knox
To Have Week End Guests.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Frank Knox will have with
them over Sunday Mr.. and MIS-.
Ralph A. Bard of Highland Park
Ill. Mr.. and Mrs. RaWleigh Warner
of Winnetka and Miss Adela Reld
of Manchester, N. H, who are re-
turning with them from Newport
News today where they attended
the launching of the U. S. A. Hornet
this morning Mrs. Knox chrlstened
the new airplane carrier and Mrs.
Bard and Mrs. Warner were her
matrons of honor.
This evening Mrs. Knox and Mrs.
Bard, Mrs. Warner and Miss REID
will attend Mrs. Roosevelt's annual
Gridiron widows party at the White
House while Secretary Knox, Mr.
Warner and Mr.. Bard are guests at
the dinner of the Gridlron Club.
Tomorrow. weather permitting, Sec
retary and Mrs. Knox will take their
house guests for a cruise on the
Potomac aboard the SequOla. Miss
Katharine Bard will be in the party.
Mourning for Lord Lothian
Curtails Social Activities.
Among the diplomats there was
very little entertaining, many feel
ing deep personal sorrow over the
L.; T1,.;+ a ioctr'c
baSSador. the MARQUES OF Lothian.
Several rather small and informal
parties had been planned, however
among them the dinner given by
the Chilean Charge d'Afaires and
Sonora de Gazitua.
The Greek Minister, M. Dlaman-
topoulos, was the ranking guest OF
1t. Col. and Mrs. Eugene Villaret,
who entertained in compliment to
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence V, Benet.
Others at the party we're Gen and
Mrs. Richard Jordan and Lady
Monson of London, who, with her
three children, is spending the Win
ter in Washington.
Mrs. Reed Entertains
For Miss Molly DewsOn.
Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, wife of the
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court. was hostess at tea yesterday
afternoon, entertaining for Miss
Molly DeWson. The guests, who
were entertained in the Reeds
pleasant apartment in the May
flower, were former associates OF
Miss Dewson in the Social Security
Board and the Democratic National
Committee.
Miss DeWson was the guest of Mr.
Justice and Mrs. Reed over night
and will go to the White House this
afternoon to be the guest OF Mrs.
Roosevelt over Sunday.
Two Parties Feature
Younger Sets Activities.
The younger generation was prom
inent at two of the parties yesterday,
the luncheon which Mrs. Basil
Manly gave for Miss Patricia Grady
daughter of the Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. Henry F. Grady
and the dinner dance in honor OF
Miss Joan Kindleberger, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Kindleberger
of Brentwood Park at Los Angeles
at the Shoreham last evening. Miss
Kindleberger is en- route from Los
Angeles and her plane was grounded
near Nashville, Tenn, OBTAINING her
there until today She is coming to
visit Mrs. Leland Taylor, who was
the hostess last evening, and the
party went on as scheduled. The
other guests were Miss Patricia
Grady, Miss Yvonne Perrin, Miss
Florence Fisher. Miss Helen Louise
Carrow. Miss Laura Belle Wyatt
Miss Jane Wyatt, Mr.. Reginald
Grady, Mr.. Richard Moran, Mi
James Dickey, Mr.. Gordon Moody
Mr.. G.. B. Seibold and Mr.. James
Leighton.
The guests at Mrs. Manly's lunch
con included, in addition to Miss
Grady, Mrs. Manly's niece, Mrs
Oscar L. Chapman, wife of the AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior:
Mrs. Monroe Johnson, Mrs. John
Mcclure, Mrs. Francis Brown, Mrs
Eugene Duffeld, Mrs Barnet Mover
Mrs. Henry Deimel and Mrs. Frank
Waring.