Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1921, Page 37

¢ April Benefit Ball for Blinded in War Is Assured Success " Mrs. Harding Heads List of Prominent Patronesses. § .l Many Features Planned ' for Affairs This Week. Among the patronesses of the Aprit ball. a benefit for the men blinded in the world war. which is being ®iven under the auspices of the Roy McKinley Basford Unit, American ‘Women's Legion, at the Raleigh, April €7, are Mrs. Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Wood- Tow Wilson, Mrs. John A. Le Jeune, Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, jr. Mrs. T. Grayson, Mrs. Stephen B. Thoun, Mrs. e, Mrs. Q. Q. Don- aldson, Mrs. Abiel Park Barnes, Mrs. Nathaniel D. Dial, Mrs. Maude How- ell Smith, Mrs. "Alexander Newton . Mrs. Ernest Wiggins. Mrs. A. . Mrs. James Pleasant Woods, Theodore Triller, Miss Byrd Mock, Mrs. J. F. Johnson, Mrs. Bates Warren, Mrs. Pat Harrison. Mrs. R. Carison. Mrs. J. J. Mansfield, Mr: Louis D. Waldron, Mrs. « Longworth, Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. Tucker. Mrs. Fall, e of the Sec- Tetary of the Interior; Mrs. Sterling, Wwife of Senator Sterling; Mrs. Koch, Mrs. Charlotte Freeman Clark. Mrs. Benjamin 3 Gantz, 1 son, ; Mrs. Frank Murchison, Mrs. Ida O. Tre- Webb, Mrs. Charles Mrs. Albion Wilkins u William F. Gude.- Mrs. William M. Connor, wife of Maj. Con. S Pershing, ing will be Gen. John B. z 1 H John Le A, and Maj. G Jeune, commandant, Capt. Ea make the The presi Jrene W Miss Margaret Scott and tR™ tre; wrer Mrs. Helen Hall. Ass * the ball are Mrs. James W. worth, jr.;. M Benjamin Gantz, and the various committees under the direction of Mrs. James G. McKay, entertainment; Mrs. Helen Hall, ; Miss Margaret Scott, Marie J. McGuire, Albion Wilk: Mrs. ] < . young ladies: Miss Virginia Price. the men's com- mittee; Mr. Fred E. Britton, floor: Capt. King, tickets, and Mrs. C. Viola Fellows. press committee. An added attraction will be fortune- telling by the expert, Xrs. S. J. Tur- + ney. wife of Maj. Turney. Miss Marie J. McGuire and Miss Margaret Mansfield will be at the New Willard Monday and Tuesday from 1 to 5 for sale of tickets. War Deparn'nent POIO Association Dance May 2| The War Department Polo Associa- tion will give a dance at the New Willard Monday evening. May 2, at! 10 o'clock. for the purpose of ‘pro- moting polo in Washington. The dance is under the patronage of the Secretary of War, John W. Weeks; the assistant secretary of war, Mr. Mayhew Wainwright; Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff: Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth, chief of infantry; Gen. Jobn J. Pershing, Gen. Willard A. Holbrook. chief of cavairy, and Gen. William J. Snow, chief of field artil- lery. Maj. J. G. Quakemeyer, War Department. is chairman of the com- Iittee on tickets. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Weeks, the assistant Secretary of war and Mrs. Wainwright and_Gen. Pershing will receive the $hests. The boxholders inciude the Briish | embassy. Gen. Pershing. Senator Wal- ter E. Edge, Mrs. Marsha_] Field, Mrs. Richard H. Townsend, Mrs. Thomas | F. Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. +Oxnard. "Mrs. Cromwell Brooks, Mr. Mrs. Irwin Laughlin, Gen. and Charles B. Drake, Mr. and Mrs. William _ Littauer, Mr. and Mrs. ‘Thomas F. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Govin, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Mary Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs. George D. Hope. Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Del- ano Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Al- sop, Maj. and Mrs. George S. Patten, Mr. Horace Luttrell, and Mr. Arthur Bradley Campbell. Treat for Music Lovers Tuesday Evening, May 3 Music lovers of Washington will have a treat in a song recital to be given by Mr. Paul Bleyden, concert and operatic tenor, assisted by Mrs. "Bleyden at the piano, Tuesday even- ing. May 3. at 8:30 o'cldek. The re- cital will be for the benefit of Grace Episcopal Church and will be held in the Parish Hall, 9th and D streets southwest. s SOCIETY ! Epmonston. MRS. ARTHUR KEITH, Prominent in social, scientific and col- Nicholas | lege circles, who, with Mr. Kelth, hax Jjust returned from a stay of several months in Cambridge, Mass. DINNER, LUNCHEONS, TEAS KEEP SOCIETY FOLK BUSY (Continued from Fourth Fage.) . Bush, s Shinn, were _her daughters, Mrs. S. Mrs. 1. §. Childs and the Misses and her little granddaughter. Margaret Elizabeth Bush, and little Miss Eliza- beth Woxford. In the dining room Mrs; L. C. Brooks and Mrs. Sam B, Katon poured. while Mrs. M. T. Dixon and Miss Isabel Collins dispensed dainty refreshments. SR 2 Spring flowers of many varieties were in_profusion throughout the dining and' reception rooms, a color scheme of yellow and green-predom- inating. Mrs. Forrest F. Vrooman will en- tertain at a tea this afternoon from 4 to 6. at her residence on Massa- chusetts avenu, in honor of the officers and members of the board of control of the Robert E. Lee Chapter, U. D. C. A charming musical program has been arranged in_which Mrs. Paul Ander- son, Mrs. Ruth Simpson, Miss Lily Wimer, Miss Wilmuth Gary and Mr. Irving Bucklin will take part, and the rooms will have an effective deco- ration of spring flowers and palms. Those assisting in the hospitality will_include Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, president of the board; Mrs. Claude N. Bennett, vice president; Mrs. Wal- lace Streater and Mrs. Maud Howell Smith. past presidents, and Mrs. How- ard L. Hodgkin®, president of the District Federation of W3men's Clubs. Representative James V. McClin- Mr. and Mrs. C. Dikeman, at their home, street northwest, son, [ Helen Miss Beit, Madeline son, Mr. John i Outcault, Mr. Henry i | Agent Dr. Jaeger’s Woolen Goods | 5 i i i Mr. and Mrs. Dikeman Entertain for Daughter H. Dikeman, recently returned from their winter home in Florida, gave a dance in hon- or of their daughter, Miss Clara E. Saturday evening. The guests were Miss Marie Dike- |man, Miss Anna Schatz, Miss Frances Beach, Miss Irene Deuterman, Miss Lucille Johnson, Miss Elizabeth John- Vaughn, Miss Julia McDermott, Mr. Charles Dudley. Mr. Oliver Wil- Pearson, Mr. Norman Jacques, Varrell Calker, Mr. Crawford J. Smith. S Mr. Edward Leckie, Mr. Richard Out- Charlott 2o 9. Que 4" Miss | cault. and Mr. Herve L'Heureux. An Offering Distinctly Worthwhile _Sport and Dress Hats Formerly Sold Up to szs.<.$ ]_ 5 SAILOR HATS REDUCED 109% Beautiful Silk Sweaters ............ Wool Sweaters mow ................. The Latest Siyle Creations { tic of Oklahoma, will make the intro- duction and Mrs. Thomas T. Gore, Mrs. Harreld and Mrs. James V. Mc- Clintic will preside at the tea fable. Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis_enter- tained guests at dinner last night at the Chevy Chase Club, in honor of | Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Guerin, when { their guests included Senator and Mrs. Atlee Pomerene, Senator and Mrs. Frank B. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. David Jayne Hill, Judge and Mrs. Fardinand Jelke of Cincinnati and Mr. and Mrs. Cole of California. who 3138 19th Mrs. luncheon for Mrs. e entertained at at Rauscher's yesterday Crosley, wife of Capt. Walter D, Crosley, who is _the guest of Mrs. Horace Macfarland. Others of the company included Mrs. C. C. Calhoun and her house guest. Mrs. L. C. Leidinger; Mrs. William C. ivers, Mrs. Sherman Miles, Mrs. Francis T. A. Junkin, Mrs. Horatio Armstrong, of Hartford, Conn.; Mrs. | Loren Johnson and Miss Natalie | | Sellers Barnes. Miss ! Mr. YSSOWSKI 1419 G St. N.W. Opposite Keith’s The Men's Shop * With Specialties For Women $28 | Corsets de Luxe | Gossard Front Lacing, | Mpme. Irene Back Lacing, i Betty Way speciaylly designed French and Elastic Girdles. Made-to-Order Corsets. (Adjoining Columbia Theater) Also— Front and Back Lacing, 1 | | | 1110 F St. N.W. 1106 G Street Wonderful Big Suit Sale Values Monday Store News The House of Fashion For Monday, April 25 Women’s and Misses’ Our Entire Stock of Suits 15 % | 12 At Special Prices 19292 53950 950 $59.50 Regular values $39.50 to $85 Ski-Bo Tweed and Jersey Sport Suits Good $25 and $29.50 Suits—Special 500 F ashionable Dresses All the New Silks, Georgettes, Crepes and Foulards 25 Values $25 to $70 Monday—209 Wraps and Coats For Sport, Traveling and Street Wear Values $25 to $95; Monday, $15 to $69.50 39 2192 45 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 24 1921—PART 2. Sharp Reductions In Spring Apparel! Beginning tomorrow many lines of spring apparel will be of- fered by us at considerably below the usual prices! There are purchases made from our manufacturers who are now turning their workrooms over to the making of summer goods, and there is a goodly proportion of our stocks which are too heavy for for you! From day to We are ready to make mental comfort. The combination spells big business—extra savi SOCIETY = - NI, SOITNE c Jelleffs day new features, highly interesting, will be announced. Our buying organization in New York is alert to take advantage of opportunities made possible by the changing seasons. proportionate adjustments in our own stocks. Five Hundred Dresses Five hundred Dresses, and all new styles! Five hundred Dresses, and sizes for every one! Five hundred Dresses, and all underprice! ; $32.50t0 $45.00 Dresses Just to give you an idea, will say $ dainty lace collars. Canton Crepes, with fringe trim- mings, sash basque, low waist line and ribbon trimmings. Crepe de Chines, with latest blouse bodice and many tanic styles. Tricolettes, in coat. overblouse and tunic models, loose tucked panels and trimmed w h braid or hand embroidery. Tricotines, in embroidered and braided models, including the new chemise style. A big assortment—you must agree! $ 3 3$49.5o to $65.00 These dresses are impressively fine materials. Dresses Soft chiffon taffetas with puffed and corded tunics or silk lace tunics—adorable collars and cuffs. Canton Crepes in smart tailored styles with plaited loose panels, self-cording, hemstitching and dainty lace collars. Paulette Chiffon Dresses with eyelet embroidery and draped tunics. Lace Dinner Gowns combined with georgette crepe. Satin Meteor Afternoon Gowns—soft blouse style, ¢ with elaborate embroidery and lace vests. New Sailors, $3.50 to $21.50 Smartest of New Sailors in our millinery depart- ment. Rolling brim, roller-straight brim and straight brims; trimmed with folds of canton crepe or with grosgrain ribbon. Milan hemp, liserre legnorns and smart combinations and soft, double- brim Italian milans. Sale of Spring Suits Representing suits of every type and affording wonderful chances for saving! Navy Blue o . o Tricotine Suits Suits which have been sell- ing at from $55 to $62.50. This—a collection of what might be termed sample suits— although representing the best fashion ideas in the tailored suit as preferred by the Ameri- can woman. There are jackets in all lengths, including the very long (knee length), un- belted slashed panel jackets, long notched revers with one- utton fastening and narrow belted styles. There are also trimmed styles with hand em- broidery and silk braid—all beautifully silk lined and fin- ished by man tailors. that these are— Taffetas with narrow ruffles, eye- let embroidery, fitted basques 100 Fine Costume Suits $89.50 Suits which have been from $115 to $145 These suits are prac- tically all different styles and include the famous Milgrim models. They are made in twillcord, piquetine and tricotine, and are elaborately trim- med with iridescent, steel, self-color and wood bead- ing, and with eyelet em- broidery. They are hand tailored throughout by men tailors, lined with the /v finest silk and are an ex- ceptional “buy.” The colors are navy, black, tan, wren, pewter gray and collie brown. New Blouses Ready at blouse department tomorrow’! smart and quite unusual values! Costume Blouses, $13.50 Newest crepe de chine blouses with the well-shaped round neck and kimono sleeves, beaded in attractive designs; lower part of front heavily beaded in deep girdle effect, finished with tie at back—another model of georgette crepe with sleeves heavily beaded—also beading around neck and down center of front. Navy, New, black or Harding blue, with white beads, also all black, all white or white with black. Blouses at $8.95 Tailored and dressy blouses—of crepe de chine, georgette crepe, pussy willow, taffeta and crepe satin, in overblouse or tuck-in styles; some elaborately beaded in contrasting color, others with dainty touches of hand embroidery, and tailored- models with roll or flat collar; also high necks; white, flesh, bisque, gray, tomato, navy and black. This is a splendid assortment. Tie-On Blouses, $6.95 Novelty tricolette blouses in small design or large block patterns, in best shades, including honeydew, cinnamon, Copenhagen blue, flesh color, gray and black, The surplice crossing at front finished with back tie; long sleeves wjth turnover caffs. Lingerie Blouses, $2.95 Sheer Batiste Blouses—with roll collar of madeira embroidery m eyelet pattern; vest front; long sleeves with turnover cuffs of embroidery—others in fine voile with touches of hand embroidery and real filet or Irish laces, and some with wide frills or with vests or center front fastening. <5 ! and sy s o e With so many dresses and so many styles it’s a pretty hard task to “get over” the real importance of this event. They represent five different purchases—selected styles from as many different manufac- turers and perhaps one hundred dresses from our stocks— silk ) dresses and cloth dresses. They represent savings of from $10 on some dresses up to $50 on the bet- ter ones—and you can fill any dress need from a street frock to any evening gown at these savings. $ 4 4 $70.00 to $95.00 These include many high-class Dresses dresses from our stocks. Taffetas—the new lustrous “Puppy Skin"—in fitted basque and ruffed tunic styles—lace vests—and ribbon trimming. Canton Crepes—irilled and loose panels, grosgrain and satin ribbon sashes, two-tone embroidery and elab- orate beading. FOR WOMEN AND MISSES Dress Sale Tomorrow in both departments. Silk laces combined with net and with Dresden ribbon girdles—or with chiffon draped tunics and wide -satin sashes. New Colors For afternoon and dinner gowns— Baroque—a pearl gray. Slynx—A duller gray. Eponge—a light collie brown. Harding blue. Sorrento blue. Rust. Plenty of brown, navy, sorrento, henna and black, for street dresses. GLOVE SALE $1.50 Silk Gloves, 95¢c Pair 2-clasp Heavy Milanese Silk Gloves, ck. All sizes. white and $2.50 Silk Cloves, $1.50 Pair Special—16-button-length Fine Milanese Silk Gloves—all sizes from 5% to 7. Can’t Get Enough Plaid Skirts Because We're Selling $30.00 Prunella Cloths at Plaids and stripes in these fine prunella cloth pleated Skirts (pleats stitched to the hips), and these are the colors you want—tan and blue, gray and blue,. collie brown and copenhagen blue, light and dark brown, copenhagen blue and gray—black and white. Tweed Suits One of the season’s fads—and most sensible. So we've gathered big assortments of well tailored ;suits in tweeds and homespuns of splendid quality—fo be placed on sale at 5 524.50 and $34.50 : They are the usual $30 to $50 suits—in English " tweeds, rough mixtures and homespuns—made in street and sport styles—Tuxedo, inverted pleated back, semi- fitted and belted models. The colors are out-of-door tones, in tans, grays, horizon blue, rose, brick and lavender—and the jackets are all silk lined. Sorosis Suede Pumps Just Arrived—$14.40 Pair, With Tax Everything new in footwear is found in Sorosis. Just now we are trying hard to supply the demand for suede pumps, Sorosis quality, at moderate price. Sorosis Pumps in Brown Suede With circular ankle strap; cut low on the sides, giving a very high arched effect—medium short vamps, new New York heel—$14.40 pair, including tax. Sorosis Pumps in Patent Leather With gray suede back—medium short vamps and very higl}: arched effect, with New York heels—$14.40 pair, with tax. Sorosis White Buck Brogues —A smart summer oxford with wing- tips, low flat heels and white ivory soles—$10.55 pair, tax included. Henry Cort Sport. Oxfords —the real mannish styles .in-finest-leathers and work- manship—in tan calf with wing. tips.and low .flat.heels —and in dark brown calf imitation stitched wing tips and low flat heels—$12.50 pair, tax included. Silk Petticoats, $3.95 A few left from last week, so you may still have the opportunity of buying splendid guality Silk Jersey Petticoats—usually $5.00 and $590—for $3.95. Pleated ruffles of plain and fancy silk, values we cannot dupli- cate. ‘ . o » . 175 Georgette crepe gowns—charming- ly traced in crystal or seli color. Satins—soft and lustrous, wonder- fully distinctive in many styles—each Tomato. one an example of superb designing. Tangerine. Elaborate daytime dresses in twill Jade. cord and tricotine—hand-tailored by man tailors. $12.50 Umbrella Sale, $7.50 A very special lot of Silk Umbrellas with all white and colors Smartly All high bakelite handles: fancy shapes: to match the silks. Sun and rain sizes. finished with bakelite tips and ferrules. quality silks and extraordinary value! Coats and Wraps In Special Sales -Sport Coats, Wrap Coats * and Dressy Wraps—what a sea- son for the coat makers. Every one seems .to want two coats instead -of one, and prices now almost enable you to buy two for' the price of one! $25 Sport Coats, $16.75 ySr;lart hhig -and - lengt! port C‘oats. full flare, plaited, yoke backs and belted styles, in both -~ heather and polo mixtures—tans, grays, sky blue, brick, green and brown. A lot for quick selling! $55.00 to $69.50 Satin Wraps, 4 Quilted capes, Tuxedo coats and draped wraps in navy, black and taupe satin—full silk lined. Not a great many, but all good styles. $40 and $45 Coats and Wraps, $25 Smart Covert Top Coats, camel’s-hair Polo Coats, heather mixture straight-line coats, embroidered Blouse Coats, Watteau pleated-back wraps and upper capes— a $25.00 sale, with everything to choose from—Suede- tex, tricotine, serge and bolivia—tan, brown, jade, gray, reindeer, rookie, navy blue and black. Don’t you want $95 to $125 Wraps, $65 One of a kind—Wraps and Tuxedo Cape Coats in the finest of materials—florizelle, marvella, Ramona, twill cord and velucia—elaborately embroidered or frimmed with self-cording and cable stitching—Here are soft shades—beige, tan, gray, ormond, collie, sor- rento and navy- blue and black—and the new navy tricotine sash coats with shiny lacquered ribbon trimming. - Sport Suits, $24.50 In the Misses’ Section Misses’ styles—in tweeds, mixtures and velour checks—Tuxedo revers, Norfolk and belted styles— best of colors—jackets silk lined. Showing only a limited number of any one style. You never-see your dress walking down the street if you buy at-JellefP’s Misses’ department. - Our Smart Little Belmont Sweater $Q).75 Is Now Priced at , A light-weight zephyr wool slip-- -over, with round neck and hand-fin- ished pockets—nawy blue, black, em- erald, water blue, buff,- tomato, gray and leather shades. Tuxedo Style Sweaters Fiber silk, plain weave, $9.50. Fiber silk, fancy weave, $12.50.