Evening star., 1940-05-27

Weather Interferes
With Garden Party.
Due to the weather DR.. and Mrs.
Lyons at home took the place of
their annual spring garden party.
They received in the drawing room,
where tropical palms and ferns
formed the background. Mrs. Lyon
wore long fowered summer print
gown over green taffeta. A white
orchid trimmed in purple was
caught at her left shoulder.
At one end of the dining room
there was tea table with tall can
dies in silver holders and a silver
peacock as the principal ornament.
Cocktails and other beverages were
served at the far end of the room.
Miss Elizabeth Lyon, the young
daughter of the hosts, and a group
of her friends braved the chill of
the out of doors and strolled about
the beautiful grounds of the estate
at intervals during the party.
Attracting much attention from
the guests, who represented official,
diplomatic and residential circles,
were the many beautiful birds in the
cages in one of the spacious rooms
on the ground floor of the house.
Senator and Mrs. Tydings
Hosts at Darlington.
Senator and Mrs. Tydings were
hosts at Darlington, their home near
Havre de Grace, Md, having in
vited their guests for o'clock, lunch
or breakfast, according to the hour
of rising. The guests were for the
most part members of Congress and
small tables were placed in the
dining room and in the drawing
room only, the Brazilian Ambassa-
dor and Senhora de Martins, with
the ranking Senators and Repre-
sentatives, having places marked.
Party lines were as much forgotten
as protocol and after the luncheon
guests strolled over the wide lawn
and the gardens to the edge of the
bay or sat about the radio indoors
listening to the news from Europe.
Mrs. Tydings was dressed in a
white tailored wool suit and wore
no hat. Her father. the Special As
sistant to the Secretary of State, Mr..
Joseph E. Davies, was there, and
Mrs. Davies assisted the hostess.
Her costume was a pale blue suit
also tailored and she was without
q hat.
M. Robert Grosjean and Nine
Grosjean, brother-inlaw and sister
Of the hostess, were greatly missed,
having sailed last week for France
en- route to their home in Belgium.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Pickett,
brother-in-law and sister of Senator
Tydings. we're among the guests not
In official life of Washington.
Mrs. Meredith Assisted
By Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson assisted
Mrs. Meredith at her party, the
two being very warm friends since
the trying days when they were
leaders in official circles. Mrs. Mere
dith was assisted in receiving by
her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Bohen,
and Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, jr.,
daughter-in-law of the hostess, who
with Mr.. Bohen and Mr.. Meredith
came Saturday from their homes in
Des Moines. The house of Mrs.
Meredith at 1921 R street, which
she purchased about a year ago, was
especially attractive with its quanti-
ties of spring blossoms and in the
center of the dining table cluster
OF white gardenias reflected the
white of the linens and made the
silver all the more sparkling.
Mrs. Meredith was dressed in
dusty pink sheer crepe made with
long, graceful skirt and a square
neckline in the bodice. Mrs. Bohen
wore gray chiffon draped at the
moderately high neckline and caught
with diamond pin, and Mrs. Mere
dith, jr., was in black with a wide
white collar and deep cuffs on the
short sleeves.
Sonora de Boyd, wife of the Pana-
ma Ambassador, took her turn at
the tea table before joining the
Ambassador and their attractive
daughters just back from a radio
try-olt in New York. Others pour
ing tea and coffee during the after
noon were Nine. Hurban, wife OF
the CZecho-Slovak Minister, and
Mrs. George c. Thorpe.
Guests were invited from 5 to 8
O'Clock, and although there were
the usual delicacies of the tea OF
cocktail hour there also were plat
ters with more substantial refresh.
ments served at the supper hour.
Mrs. Mclean Entertains
For Minister of Finland.
Mrs. Mclean was hostess to 6(
guests in honor of the Minister oi
Finland and Nine. Procope and the
dinner was followed by the motion
picture, Lillian RUSSELL" which
was shown for the first time ir
Washington. Assisting the hostess
was her daughter, Miss Evalyr
Washington Mclean, who came
home with her brother and sister