Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1921, Page 42

| OB 10 N T AT T L Y e JES SO L e RN L L L S i S N R I | E | | T — O SOCIETY 937939 F St. N.W, No Branch Stores ™ rtaswousmorouaurr | Wayper Bros. & Ca ]lg Our January Sale BEGINS tomorrow morning and suffice to say that it is one of the most phenomenal sales we have ever held in our history, not alone that we have ignored the cost of merchandise on sale, but in nearly all cases the prices on Women’s and Misses’ Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Blouses, Millinery and Furs are LESS THAN ACTUAL COST OF MATERIAL. ? Can You Afford to Miss Such a Sale? 1 you think so you are missing one of those opportunities that you will regret for a long time to come. Never before have we made reductions such as these, and it remains for you to take advantage of this sale. —$45 to $65 Suits and Dresses, $24.50 Suits $24.50 Reduced From $50, $59, $65 The season’s most desirable styles, Dresses $24.50 Reduced From $45, $50, $59, $65 taffetas, satins, tricotines, jerseys, georgettes, serges. All'sizes for women and misses, in the best shades. A most remarkable sale, fancy mixtures. Complete assortment of sizes for women and misses. You shouldn’t miss this opportunity to get a fine suit at half and less than half regular worth. $75 to $119 Suits, Coats, Dresses, $49.50 Dresses | Coats Suits $49.50 | $49.50 | $49.50 Reduced From $75, | Reduced From $75, | Reduced From $75, $88, $95 to $119 585, $95 $85, $95 - i’z: &?:i?:rnige v‘::lyu;noz:: finest velours, peach- signers. The materials are|ate onzm:l“f pli'ices los bloom, yalama, Vel de kit-|these wonderfully " style RS % ten’s ear 1 taffetas, |coats. Elegant ~velours, cygne and tricotine, hand combina-|bolivias and broadcloth, |some velour checks, black 3y size in the|in all the newest colors|and colors, in women’s, {dor misses and |and in complete size as-| . d styli women, Stylish stouts in-|sortment for women and |misses and stylish stout cluded.” - misses. sizes. dren’s—assembled for this sweeping January clearing. 85, $6.50, $7.50 Trimmed, Untrimmed $ 1 00 and Ready-to-Wear Hats. Choice......... This includes a large assortment of silk velvet shapes, smart sailors in velvet and felt and stylish trimmed velvet hats with trimmings alone worth many times this sale price. All good colors and black. You can’t afford to miss this special. Another lot of $6.50, $7.50, $8.50 to $10 Becoming Trimmed Hats. Choice......... $3‘ 00 Turbans, sailors, off-the-face styles; in fact, this sale contains about every good shape of the season. Silk velvet, duvetyn, panne velvet, mirror velvet and com- binations. The trimmings are of the finest silk ribbons, pins, ornaments, feather fancies and novelties. Sensational reduction of $12, $15, $16.50, $ 5 0 0 $18, $19.50 to $22.50 Winter Hats fto... L Never before have we made such a sacrifice, but we have decided to close out every winter hat, regardless of cost. These lovely hats have been purchased only a few weeks, and you therefore have the latest styles and several months yet to wear them, They are exclusive, and the materials are the finest velvets, duvetyn and novelties, including elegant fur-trimmed hats. Fine Blouses and Bath Robes Have suffered deep reductions for immediate clearance $6.50 Blouses |$8.50,$10and $12| $7.50 Beacon $3.95 Blouses, $4.95 | Bath Robes, $4.95 A large assortment of| These are all recent|$11 and $12 Beacon Bath our $6.50 Blouses of sheer g:thase:-“:n;lo thes stuy;!:s_ Robes, $7.50 and beautiful georgette, e Sceviceatile ‘3""“" mg:hfil: Silk e ly de- These robes are of a exquisitely beaded and|georgette, wonderf silk embroidered; white,|signed, beaded and silk _lehnely Much Less Than Cost. Evéy Winter Hat in the house—Women’s, Misses’ and Chil- THE SUNDAY STAR, JANUARY 2, 1921—-PART 2. Columbia Hospital ¢ Benefit Dance Next Wednesday at Willard Both Ballrooms U”d—Mr!- Hen!'y B.f' rett Learned Will Head Receiving Line — Lady Geddes to Aid. The second annual ball for the benefit of Columbia Hospital will be given on Wednesday evening, January 6th, at the Willard. Both ball rooms will be used and the most popular of the dance orchestras will be stationed in the center of the east side of the large ballroom. Mrs. Henry Barrett Learned, president of the board of lady managers, will head the receiv- ing line, and will be assisted by Lady Geddes, wife of the British ambas sador; Miss Boardman, District Com- m'ssioner, and others. Maj. Alfred Bainbridge Johnson, military aid at the White House, will make the in . Mrs. Joseph Hampson i e ball committee. The committee is composed butantes of this season, who have not yet selected their chair- man. The complete list of boxholders includes Mrs. Ira C. Copley, Mrs. Charles B. War Mrs. David F. Kaime, Mrs. R. R. Govin, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs. Thomas ‘Walsh, Mrs. Julian James, Mrs. Vic- tor Kauffmann, Mrs. George H. Meyer, Mrs. Benedict Crowell, Mrs. Henry P. Fairbanks, Mrs. Charles B. Drake, Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. Francis T. A. Junkin, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Robert Mackenzie, Mrs. U. S. Grant, jr, Mrs. F. B. Moran, Mrs. Thomas B. Hutchinson and Col. Wil- liam Eric Fowler. Mr. Stuart W. Cramer is chairman of the men's floor committes and will be assisted by the young dancirg men as well as the older dancers. A number of din- ner es will precede the ball, and the fact that it falls on Twelfth Night this year gives it an added interest. Commander Theodore Jewell, U. 8. N., will give a large dinner party, which will include the debutantes of this season who form the young ladies committee for the ball. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Fairbanks will also enter- tain at dinner, taking their guests later to the bal International Ball Attracts Attention Much interest attaches to the forth- by Robert E. Lee Chapter, Dpughters of the Conféederacy. This will be the second year of the international ball, which attracts many members of the diplomatic cir- cle and other social leade! will be the stellar affair of the series of en- tertainments given by the chapter season. An added feature will be an elaborate pageant by the young ladies of the various embassies and le- flllonl and also gf the several sem- naries of the city, and they will be under the direction of Mi Howell Smith. Invitations extended to some forty-odd e and legations in Washington. Each box of the ballroom will be decorated Hllh the standards of the various na- ons, The proceeds of the ball will be ai- vided between the hero endowment fund, which is being raised by the national organization of the Daugh- ters of the Confederacy for veterans of the world war, and the relief fund Wwhich is maintained by the Robert E. Lee Chapter for surviving members of the Confederacy and their families. The international ball last year was highly successful both financially and will be even more successful this year. Various committees to complete the arrangements for the ball are now appointed by Mrs. Horning, the president, and Mrs. Hutton, chair- man of the chapter's entertainment committee. Three subcommittees will be formed, on which members of the diplomatic set will be.asked to serve. Miss Yyangeline Mickler will have charge of the lumes for the young ladies of lh.fl?.';n.- 0se on e ball committee are: Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, chairman; Mrs. Willlam 1. Denpning, vice chair- l‘I'Illn: ):rs. ;heodore Judd, Mrs. E. . Lynham, Mrs. Forrest F. Vroo: , Mrs. Cl gllhl’fll’ll' diiar Richter, Mrs. J. King Piex: ] . King Plck- ett, Mrs. Harriet Chambers, ll’l. John Rodler, Mrs. Edward T. Elden, Mrs. Lorena Hewett, Mrs. Claude N. Ben- nett, Mrs. Jesse Anthony, Miss Marion Smith, Mrs. Rexford Smith, Mrs. Wal- lace Streater, Mrs. Celestia Allen, Mrs. Porter Barrett, Mrs. §tella Glenn Mec- Elhannon and Mrs. Lennie C. Ersfeld. Wednesday's Card Party To Be Held for Hospital The board of lady managers of the! wflcmdty Hospital will hold a benefit party at Wardman 'k Wednesday afternoon, !Wrul:g . Stea, Danlel Webster Prentiss, chairman of the committee in cHarge, will be assisted by Mrs. Cornelius Barber, Mrs. H. Boesch, Mrs. William Brewer, Mes. Jul- Buynitsky, Mrs. C. Ins, 3 G. Copeland, ' Mrs, ey bt jal s, Mrs. Charles O’Neill, Mrs, Wil- B MK Vel e , Mrs. J. e E Voo 204 Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Entertain for Their Son Mr. Willlam S. Elliott, register of the Treasury, and Mrs. Elliott enter- tained a party of young people last evening at their home ln‘CRav; Chase, complimentary to their son, Mr. Edwin Boyd Elliott, who is at home from Princeton for the holidays. Colors of orange and black predominated in the decorations. Games, refreshments and dancing were features of the evening. Among the guests were the following ‘Washington young men, who are en- rolled in out-of- n_schools: Mr. Marvin McLean of Princeton, Mr. Francis Birch of Harvard ward Colladay, £ Phil] Will Bel} MISS CONSTANCE TOWNER, Daughter of Representative and Mrs. Towner of JIowa, who is enjoying F. | Christmas festivities while on vaca- tion from Welesley. Geordetown Alscmbly Opens Dancing Season The Georgetown Assembly, the oldest and most aristocratic organized dancing club of the city, entertained at the first dance of the season Monday evening at historic old Linthicum Hali in town, the first dance the assembly given aince the war. The baliroom was eladoratel ‘with southern smilax and palms, while the receiving party stood before a screen of In the neoi" n% line o ln.‘u"nlll Mackall, Mrs. bert Beale an rs. Basil Boteler. Dr. Louis Mackall is president of the assembly and T. Blackwell Smith is Tittee 1a composed of Basii Betebor: by, teler, . Mackall, Dr. Robert 6. Beale, §. Percy Thompeon and Mr. Smith. The assembly will entertain again on January 17 and February 14. Try This Cheese Custard. Beat up four eggs: add half a cup of boillng milk, four tablespoonfuls of grated cheese and a seasoning of I, er and red pepper. Pour this all buttered molds, stirring all ime 50 as not to let the cheese . Stand the moids in a pan, al- owing the water to come within half an inch of the top; simmer gently un- til set. Cut slices of bread and stamp them out in rounds a little larger than the molds. Put two tablespoon- fuls of butter into a frying pan, and when hot fry the bread a golden color. Dish one custard on each and brown in the oven. Garnish with parsiey. Hundreds Call Upon f\ Mr. and Mrs. Marshall || From an official standpoint the re- |fi ception which the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall held in the red room ot | | the New Willard Hotel yesterday |l afternoon from 4 to 6 was of more importance than any other event of | i the day. Hundreds of guests, many from the diplomatic reception held |} by the acting Secretary of State and Mrs. Norman H. Davis and from the receptions held by the Secretary of || War and Mrs. Baker and by the Sec- | }i retary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels, | |} paid their respects to Mr. and Mrs. | i Marshall. The Vice President and Mrs. Mar- shall stood just within the red room |} door, the latter wearing a handsome which punch was served each bore a huge cluster of American beauty roses, while large baskets of roses and other flowers, each with its touch of Christmas red, stood in tables near the huge supportings pillars of the room. Mrs. Meredith, wearing a charming afternoon gown of black embroidered net and satin, and a hat of medium size of black velvet, presided at one ||| end of the tea table, while Mrs. Charles B. Henderson, in a rather simple but handsome afternoon gown of black SOCIETY ® TO OUR FRIENDS Most cordial greetings. TO OUR ACQUAINTANCES A wish for closer acquaintance. TO OUR PATRONS The wish to always serve with absolute faith--|. fulness and trustworthiness. TO ALL ] HEALTH, HAPPINESS | PROSPERITY DROOP’S == 1300G 1857 THELOUVRE 11151117 F STREET Now for the Deepest Reductions— In Suits Every Suit of the present season’s stock suffers this further reduction—for the Half-yearly Clearance. Up to $75— 2 Q):50 Up 0110353450 satin and hat of black velvet, did the | || honors at the other end of the table. | Miss Camille Lippincott, who pre- sided at the punch bowl, had assist- ing her Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Delano || and Miss Thoron. Mrs. Marshall during the afternoon were Mrs. David Franklin Houston, |} Mrs, Thomas P. Gore, Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg, Mrs. Rufus Day, Mrs. Charles | | ‘Warren, Mrs. Willard Saulsbury, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. C. C. Mc- Chord and Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. | i Quality, Style, Service Advance Spring Millinery Now showing the “first notes of spring”—styles | pre-eminently charming | and ultra smart. The prices § are reasonable. ' Mourning Millinery a Specialty O’Connell’s FORMERLY STIEBEL’S 2 ESTABLISHED 1883 607 Thirteenth St. (Between F and G Sts.) At Reduced Prices Which Are Extremely Low Our— Others assisting { |} | Agally sie have ignoved Socialy 2,0, e cocasion, spoorl-| Values up ‘ the actual wor ;fn these| Another extraordimary| The materials are the ter, ‘and the prospects are that It Choice of a large assortment of | ejther plain tailored or with fur ol- coming {nternational ball, to be given :‘;;n"‘:’:frl Dk Q:‘:L‘:_qufi:"::: H ¥ {3 1 i Monday evening, January 20, in the . . = . . this season’s handsomest models, in |lars, silk lined throughout. Elegant o Dulleooma ¢ the oillad Hotel | on the bodice and as a_girdle. Thelf ; Fur trimmed and plain tailored—exclusive models—in the velours, tricotines, silvertones and United | tea table and the round table from nest of the season’s suitings. Upto 3150—-‘692 Upto 5250—395_;‘! Grouped into one lot are many of the choicest of the designs and effects that have been so popular—Satin, Georgette, Poiret, Crepe Meteor, Taffeta, Tricotine. Handsomely finished. We've made three assortments of many Iots—includinigfl the best models in the finest fabrics—plain or trimmed with the highest grade furs. Each Coat is a distinctive stylé— Up to $59.50 Up to $150 ' s35g_9_ $ Up to $195 94 .50 Plaid and striped; pleated and sport Skirts in smart and conservative effects— Two lots for choice— Clearance is making deep sacrifices——of_ Blouses that are most effective in model and most attractive in embellish- ment. Silk, Crepe de Chine, Novelty Georgettes—in Navy, Brown, Black, White and Flesh. Grndes. up to $8.50, Reduceato cececcecscsessssssssagraccne Georgettes, in Flesh and White. tes i Silk Stripes and Two-toned combinations. Novelt; and the Suit Shades. Grades up to $13.75, Reduced to - - - $2.95 Georgettes in Navy, Brown oy Lace-trimmed and Embroidered Blouses in Flesh, White, Navy, Brown, Satin, Silk Striped, etc. Grades up to $18.50, Reducedto escescssessssesacnascsssetsn $5.95 Combinations in Satin and Crepe de Chine; Jace-trimmed sz .95 _ and tailored effects. Now ... flesh, navy, browns, etc.,|embroidered; white, flesh|superior quality and of Camisoles in Crepe de Chine and Satin—plain-tailored and lace trimmed. Grades up to $295. Now. During CLEARANCE SALE HUGO WORCH 1110 G St. Est. 1879 95¢ = 395 YRR Petticoats, Taffeta and Silk, Jersey tops, with Taffeta $3.95 flounce .... in all sizes. and suit shades. Women|well known makes. Full These lovely models|will be surprised and de-|cut and thoroughly fin- must be seen torrealize|lighted with these beau-|ished throughout.” All this fine bargain fully. tiful models at $4.95. sizes. $1.95 Wash Satin Camisoles, in all sizes, 98¢ Satin Bloomers, effectively trimmed with lace at edges and Npw s it s WS S "