Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1921, Page 8

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Ertebacher ey Should Anticipate Her Needs Now THE COMPLETENESS OF THE TROUSSEAUX IF LEFT TO US WILL HAVE THE STAMP OF ERLE- BACHER STYLE SUPREMACY. OUR LONG EX- PERIENCE IN THE HANDLING OF THE BRIDES- . TO-BE APPAREL WANTS, PLACES US IN THE POSI- TION OF BEING ARBITERS TO THOSE ON THE THRESHOLD OF MATRIMONY. Whether it be the Bridal Gown, Gowns for the Matron, Masds of Honor, The Going Away Sust or the numerous Dresses which every bride requires—we are well equipped to render most valuable service. MILLINERY FOR THE BRIDE BLOUSES FOR THE BRIDE LINGERIE FOR THE BRIDE Experienced Advertisers Prefer The Star THE EVENING Society President and Mrs. Harding to Entertain at Dinner for Former Premier Viviani. 1to meet Mr. -Daugherty and Senator and Mrs. Frank B. Willls of Ohlo. At a tea given by Capt. Thomas J. enn, United States Navy, and Mrs. enn’ at the naval torpede station, Newport, R. L, yesterday, the engage- ment was announced of Miss Beatrice | Hale Pollock to Lieut Commander Robert S. Chew, jr. Supply Corps, United States Navy. Miss Pollock is the daughter of Capt. Edwin T. Pol- lock, United States Navy, and Mrs. Pollock. She made her debut in Wash- ingtan winter before last Lieut. Commander Chew is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Chew of Washington, D. C., and is on_duty at the naval training station, Newport, R. L. It is expected that the wedding wiil take {place early in June in Jamestown, R. | L. the summer home of the bride's parents. HE President and Mrs. Hard- i ing will entertain a dislln-i guished company at dinner this evening in honor of the M. Rene | { former preraier of France, Viviani. Following her reception to M. Viviani at the White House yesterday | afternoon, Mrs. Harding was the gra- cious hostess at a tea in the red room to about thirty woman newspaper writers whose duty it is to keep the first lady of the land and the outside world in as close touch as possible. The guests assembled in the Dblue room at 4:30 and were later presented to Mrs. Harding in the red room, where a dainty tea table, presided over by Miss Harlan, occupied one corner. Mrs. Harding wore a charmim gown of gray crepe de chine, mounted over accordion-plaited gray of a light- er shade. The material of the bodice} and draperics was artistic in a design ! of large blue flowers with a touch of pink, the whole design softening into pastel shades. The rolling collar and other touches on the bodice were ofl the gray georgette, accordion plaited. She wore a black velvet collaret,, | with a dizmond ornament ac the front,} |and a chain of crystal beads With dia- d mond slide She free Mr. Cato Sells, former commissioner of Indian affairs, and Mrs. Sells an- nounce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Lelgh, to Mr. Henry Clarence Burke, Jr., of Fort Worth, Tex. The wedding will take place in the near future. E Representative and Mrs. Frederick A. Britten entertained at dinner last evening, when thelr guests included the minister of Ecuador and Senora Senator and Mrs. o the secretary to the President and Mrs. George W. Chris- tian, Mrs. George Barnett, Gen. Peyton C. March, Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie jand Mr. Alexander Britton. ’ - chatted with the visitors ne they introduced, but as the visit was a purely social one she gave no interview The new assistant counselor of the {United States embassy in London and at Honor Lunchéon. e i {Mrs. Post Wheeler have arrived in 3rs. Coolidge. wife of the Vice Pr London, where the former has taken dent, was the guest of honor at lunch- 1 yo'his duties. eon today of Mrs. Holmes, wife of Mr. | Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Mru. Coolldge Guewst Commander and Mrs. Fred F. Rogers Mrs. Coolidge will be the honorjentertained a small company at dinner guest at luncheon Saturday of Mrs.ilast evening in honor of the retiring | Willlam F. Dennis, the first of a seriesInaval attache of the Japanese em- lof luncheous Mrs. Dennis will give 'bassy, Capt. Yoshitake Uyeda. The | through the month of April 1 guests numbered twenty and included Capt. Nagano, who will succeed Capt. Uyeda. i Mrs. Coolidge will hold her firsty Wednesday at home tomorrow, when | AN she will have‘assisting her at the tea| Mrs. Joel Heatwole and Miss Alice table Mrs. Joseph I. France, Mrs. Dun- | Archibald have gone to New York, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. can U. Fletcher, Mrs. Augustus O. Stanley and Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst. Mrs. Coolidge ‘will also be assisted by Mrs. Arthur Capper, Mrs. Miles Poin- dexter, Mrs. Atlee’ Pomerene, Mrs Irvine’ L. Lenroot and Mrs. Foster Stearns. | Ambansador and Lady Hostess at Luncheon. The ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Geddes entertained in- formally at luncheon today at the embassy, when their guests included Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shearer, Miss Shearer and Miss Masters of the Dobbs Ferry Alumnae. The Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes, was the guest of honor at a luncheon given yesterday by Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union. The other guests were the ambassador of Brazil, Mr. de Alencar; the minister of Colombia, Dr. Urueta the minister of Costa Rica, Dr. Beeche the minister of the Dominican repub- lic, Dr. Joubert, and Mr. Francisco Yanes, assistant director of the Pan- American Union. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Nicholai Ve- limirovitch of Ochrida, in Macedonia, who has heen the guest of the min- fster of Serbia and Mme. Grouitch while in Washington, left here yes- terday for New York. The minister and Mme. Grouitch entertained in his honor several times during his visit zud an interesting ceremony witness- ed by & small circle of friends, most of theni from the diplomatic corps, was the christening of the infant son of M. and Mme. Stanoyevitch, the former first secretary of the Serbian legation. Mme. Grouitch stood as godmother. Mrs. James J. Davis. wife of the Secretary of Labor, who joined him at the Shoreham for the week end, has returned to Pittsburgh. Representative Vinson to Wed Mrs. McGregor- A congressional wedding of interest will take place tomorrow at moon at Foundry Methodist Church. when Mrs. Mary Greene McGregor of New Phila- delphta, Ohio, will become the bride of Representative Carl Vinson of the tenth Georgia district. The Rev. Her- bert F. Randloph, D. D., will perform the ceremony in the presence of a small company, which will include Representative 'and Mrs. Edgar Keiss of Pennsylvania, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stone of Georgia, Mrs. Willie Howard of Milledgeville, Ga, and Miss Edna L. Lytle. Following the ceremony Representative Vinson and his bride will leave for Atlantic City, and they will return to Washington about April 11, for the opening of Congress. Mrs. McGregor comes of a prominent Ohlo family, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Greene of New Philadelphia, the former hav- ing been the district attorney of that city for a number of years. Mrs. Mc~ Gregor has lived in Washington for five years. The Attorney General, Mr. Harry M. Daugherty will be the honor guest at dianer this evening of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Joerissen, who asked their guests | from where they will shortly sail for Europe. Mrs. Heatwole and Miss Archibald have spent the winter: in Washington and will remain abroad through the summer. Mrs. Heatwole { will stay in England and Miss Archi- bald will join a party of friends in Paris, where she will assiat in the re- | establishment of the American Girls' Club. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gowen of Cleve- land are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hollister Chap- man. Mr. Eugene Myer entertained a ! company of men at dinner last even- ing, his thirty guests including a number of southern bankers. The Rev. Dr. Richard Harlan Is visiting his sisters, the Misses Harlan, in their home on 19th street. The Albanian commissioner to the United States, Constantine A. Chek- rezi, who has been granted a leave of absence for a consultation with his government, left Washington today for New York, from which place he will sail April 7 for Tirana. Dean Al- ‘bert H. Putney of the School of Diplo- macy of the American University and Mrs. Putney were hosts last evening to a small company in Mr. Chekrezi’s honor, including the Persian minis- ter, Abdul Ali Khan, Dr. Sum of the Czechoslovak legation, Mr. Henry Chung of Korea, Mr. Henry Hill of Panama, Dr. and Mrs. Emerson Chris- tie of the State Department, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Conn, Maj. and Mrs. Robert Parrott, Mrs. Alfred Ogston, Abdul Sula and Constantine Hotova of the Albanian commission. Visiting Nurse Society to Meet With Mra. Eustis. Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis has loaned her house, at 1500 Rhode Island avenue, for a meeting this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Soclety, of which Mrs. Eustis is [ vice president. Mrs. Corcoran Thom, member of the board of directors, will preside, and the speakers will include Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the Sec- | retary of Commerce; Miss Mowbray, a i visiting nurse; Mrs. Whitman Cross, president of the society; Mrs. Eustis and Mr. Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the men’s committee. Mrs. Gouverneur Morris entertained a company at luncheon today. Mr. and Mrs. Rafael R. Govin will entertain at dinner this evening for their daughter, Miss May Govin. ‘Their guests will include members of the younger set, and later Mr. and Mrs. Govin will take their guests to the Chinese ball at Wardman Park Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins will entertain a company at dinner this evening. - Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Knox, son and daughter-in-law of Senator and Mrs. } Philander C. Knox, have taken the house at 1713 De Sales street. Mrs. Charles Patterson and Mrs. ‘Walter H. Schoelkopf have arrived in Rome from Paris, having made the C, trip by motor. has been touring in Europe for sev- eral months, expects to sail for this country some time next week. Mrs. Patterson, who Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Carr will be hosts at a musical this evening in their home, at 741 Hobart place. Zihlman of Maryland have returned to their apartment at Wardman Park Hote] after a trip to Panama. Mrs. Russell B. Harrison and her mother, Mrs. Alvin Saunders, arrived this morning from their home in Omaha, Neb., and will spend the re- mainder of the week at the Hotel La- Fayette. Mrs. Harrison shared the duties of the first lady of the land with Mrs. James Robert McKee dur- ing the last season of the adminis- tration of the latter’s father, the late Gen. Benjamin Harrison. Mrs. Harry A. Williams, jr., daughter of Mrs. Rus- sell Harrison, is expected to arrive in Washington Thursday from her home in Norfolk, for a week’s visit. Mrs. James Robert McKee wil] ar- rive early next week from her home in New York to be the guest of Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Purdy, have taken an apartment at the Hotel Lafayette, after spending the winter at Aiken, S. The Vice President and Mrs. Cool- idge attended the first ball given by the Washington Cotillion Club, last evening at the New Willard. Mrs. Mahlon Pitney and Mrs. Larz Ander- son were the hostesses of the even- ing, and the introductions were made by Mr: Gist Blair and Mr. William Bowie Clarke. Mr. Thilman Gohis- borough Pitts of Baltimore led the cotillion, assisted by Col. Jennings C. Wise, and there were five figures. The favors consisted of blue and yel- low vanity cases, fans, bonnets, | cockade and vari-colored balloons for the ladies and canes, rosettes, cigars and electric flash- lights for the men. Several dinner parties preceded the ball, and among the prominent guests present from out_of town, many of whom came on for the oocasion, were: Miss Potter, who is the guest of Mr. and adelphia. i !at Luncheon Today. Mrs. Clarence A. Kenyon was hostess at a beautifully appointed lunchedn to- day at her home on Rhode Island ave- nue, when her guests included Mme. Calderon, Mrs. Perry S. Heath, Mrs. William 'Kearny Carr, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs. Tyree Rivers, Mrs. Charles Fairfax, Mrs. Joseph Hampson, Mrs. Williard Holbrook, Mrs. D. R. Anthony, jr.; Mrs. Eliphalet Andrews and Mrs. T. L. Macdonald. Mrs. Kenyon entertained at a bridge - ";"" ’ Court 22 < i @ 1106 G Street 150 Trimmed Hats One of a Kind $5, $7.50, $10 L The Better Jersey and Ski-Bo Tweed Suits Are $19.95 Fashionable Spring Dresses Of AN the New Silks and Creges 235 Store News The Houso of Fashion For Wednesday, April 6 Buy Your Outer Apparel at Leverton's—It-Pays 200 of Our Handsome Tailored Suits AT A SAVING OF -$10 TO $20 b .5 [ ] $39°° ad *55° Box Coats Tricotines Poiret Twills All Women'’s s e M iAo ey MR Dresses You Will Be ‘49 Proud to Wear Satin Capes and Coats TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1991 Representative and Mrs. Frederick | l Gittings, Mr. Walter Howe, Mr. Shel- SOCIETY man, Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, Mrs. Randall H. Hagner and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson. The event is planned brilliantly, and will undoubted one of the most spectacular and beautiful balls seen in Washington in many moons. The ballrooms have been entirely trans- formed into & rich setting of oriemtal splendor, and the ambassador of Ja- pan and mialster of China will occupy boxes. The list of boxholders, as announced, includes Mrs. Henry Prather Fletcher, Mrs. John B. Henderson, Mrs. Govin, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Owen Roberts, Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse, Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Mrs. Robert W. Bl M Edward 3 B. McLean, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs. Sumner Welles, Dr. Yen, Dr. C. T Ching, Mrs. S. B. Elkins, Mrs. Du Puy, Senator Capper, Mrs. Warren D. Rob- bips. Mrs. Herbert Stabler and Mrs. Francis T. A. Junkin. The floor committee includes Capt. Thomas Schnelder, Commander Allen Kell, Signor Andrea Celesia, Maj. W. A Johnson, Mr. D. Peachy, Gen. C. C. Williame, Admiral A. T. Long, Lieut. Willlam Doeller, Maj. Robert E. Lea, Mr. Henry May, Capt. Clarence Henry, Capt. John Harker, Mr. Maurice Prter- son, Mr. George A. Garrett, Mr. Ran- dall H. Hagner, Mr. Fleming Newbold. Mr. J. H. de Sibour, Mr. Franklin Ellis, Mr. Scott Thropp, Mr. Sterett don Whitehouse, Mr. Mandeville Car- lisle, Mr. Clarence Wilson, Col. Fred L. Huldekoper, Maj. Stuart Kramer, Maj. Charles Bridge, Mr. Herbert Stabler. Mr. Horace Westcott, Mr. Mc- Cormick Goodhart, Mr. Arthur Camp- beil, Mr. George F. Silsbee, Mr. Copley Amory, Representative Richard Olney, Mr. Henry Spencer, Maj. George O. K. Patton, Col. William Horton, Mr. Man. ning Stead, Mr. Robert Stead, Mr. Sumner_ Welles, Mr. Fidridge Jordan, Lieut. Lansdowne, Maj. Harrington, Mr. Espil, Mr Lagerberg. Mr. Plam- son and Mr. William Bowie Clark. Mrs. Lamar R. Leahy was at home on Monday afternoon. Miss Mildred Dilling, the harpist. who is her house guest, gave an informal program. Miss Dilling will appear in recital this aft- ernocon with Mme Tarasova at the New National Theater. . Mr. and Mra. Ennals Waggaman will be hosts at a buffet supper this even- ing and will take their guestsdster to the Chinese ball Denham—W hittlesey Wedding Held Yesterday. The marriage of Mrs. Dorothy Mere- dith Whittlesey to Mr. Albert Qliver Denham took place vesterday. The ~(Continued on Ninth Page) This Store Is Closed Saturdays at 1 P-M. For Misses and Girls Entirely new and youthful showings in apparel that is lovely and different for spring in town, country, school and col- lege. CRAE R MRS. FREDERICK A. BRFITTEN in the costume she will wear at the Chinese ball this evening at Wardman s matchmaker at the Chinese wedding, with Miss Adeline Ox- party yesterday afternoon for her house guest,” Mrs. John Gibbs Shaw of In- dianapolis, who returned to her home last evening, and tomorrow Mrs. Kenyon will entertain again at bridge. | Miss Peggy Martin entertained at | luncheon today at the Chevy Chase Club in honor of Miss Helen Cowles Tucker, whose marriage to Mr. Eliphalet An- drews will take place next Saturday afternoon. The other guests at lunch- eon were the members of the bridal party, which includes Miss Jean Tucker, Miss Marcia Chapin, Miss Delphine Heyl, Miss Elizabeth Beach, Miss Ann Hight and Miss Taylor Logie. Miss Martin will also be one of the bridesmaids. Miss Tucker was hostess at luncheon vesterday, when her guests were the members of her,bridal party. Mr. and Mrs. George Mathews, who have been the guests of the Serblan minister and Mme. 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