Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1922, Page 8

Three Important Reductions Dressy Suits—Tweed Sport Suits—and A Silk Dresses v This is a case of “while they last”—for the quantities of all three are limited—and the in- centives of value and price are most témpting. The Dressy Suits are in Twill Cord, Poiret Twill, Tricotine—designed on the new long tailleur X Jlines. S Formerly sold up to . .50 $6950 . oo 492 The Sports Suits are in Imported Tweeds, in wanted colors; best of the Sports designs and silk lined. The Dresses are in Canton Crepe, Crepe de Chine, Taffeta, Tint-o-Sheen, etc., taken from our regular stock. F ly sold up to - ; $65.00 e n . 32028 Charming Summer Frocks A most comprehensive showing in these dainty Dresses is before you here—exclusive in effect; exquis- ite in execution. New and original designs—in Organdy, Dotted Swiss, Imported Voile, Normandy Voile, French Linen, Ratine, Crepe, Tissue Gingham and Imported Gingham. White and colors. Handmade—some of them—and all of them attrac- tively embellished with lace and embroidery. $795 to $50.50° 1219 1221 G - Street N.W. Store Hours: 8 to 5:30 An Extraordinary Sale of 3,000 Yards Finest Tissue Ginghams 50c Grade These are the well kifiown “Lor- raine, Jr.” Tissues—lpok for the l name on the selvage. This is your _ Guarantee for Quality and Fast Color. All Fresh, New Goods in a wide variety of color combinations, in plaids, also stripe effects, etc. 1,500 Yards Colored Dotted Swiss, 36 79 Inches Wide. Very Specially Priced. . . § JC In Navy. Browns, Copen and Black baclgrounds. Plenty of the wanted smaller Dots—White on Navy, Red on Navy, White on Black, etc. _Beautiful. High Luster Sports Satids, in White, Ivory, Orchid, Sand, Henna, Turquoise, Copen, Brown and Navy. oy g:::;’d Two-Tone Sports Satins. $2.39 These have the heavy Barre effect. All the wanted colors. While they last at this bargain price. ‘ 700 Yards Sports Satin. Another ship'ment of the same quality that caused such excitement last week when we placed it on sale. Almost every wanted color, with plenty of Light and Dark shades, Navy and Black. 1 : “SigKnit Ring Yarn This very popular Yarn is shown in solid -colors and handsome combini- tions. It takes but five: or six balls _to make the Slip-on Sweater. Spe- cially priced, per ball.......c...... " | . | Experienced Alvertisers Prefer The St § The President and Show This - HE President and Mrs. Hard- ing will o¢cupy the executive box at the National Capital . horse show -late this after- noon, having with them a few guests. fihfi President . and Mrs. Harding will .be the guests of hornor &t a re- ception Friday evening, June f th president of Princeton University and Mrs. John Grier Hibben at Prospect, their home on the university campus. The President and Mrs. Harding wiil g0 'to Princeton for the dedication of the Princeton battle monument June 9,.which commemorates.the battle of Princeton, fought in 1777. The Presi- nt. will also receive-the. degree o doctor of laws from the university. He. is the twelfth President of the United States to receive this honor- I.z degree from Princeton, the others belng Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleve- James Madison, Thomas Jeffer- land, es Buchanan, John Qujncy son, Adams, James Monroe, Benjamin Har- rison, Chester A. Arthur and former Presidents Willlam Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson. rs. Harding attended the circus last night, having with her Mrs. Ed- ward Beale McLean and the latter's children. Mrs. Harding has accepted a box for the performance of “As You Like| It.” to be given Thursday and Friday | afternoons at 3:45, standard time, for the benefit of the Vassar endowment fund, at the Women's Foundation. The other box holders include Mrs, Henry C. Wallace, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Signora Cuniberti, Mrs. H. Wilfred Du Puy, Mrs. Thomas W. Sidwell, Mrs. Henry S. Graves, Mrs. O. L. Veerhof and Charles Boughton ‘Wood. s. Charl ans Hughes is a patroness of the Vassar endowment: fund movemex ‘The Sec: of State and Mrs. Hughes are i g invitations for the marriagé of their daughter Cath- erine to Mr. Chauncey Lockhart Wad- dell of new York in Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Cathedral, at 4 o'clock Sal une 10. Following the remony there will be a reception at :30 o'clock at the Pan-American Unfon, to which are invited the entire executive family, the diplomatic corps and Congress, with many' personal friends of the Setretary and Mrs. Hughes from Washington, New York and elsewhere. The seating capacity of Bethlehem Chapel is limited -and the company there to witness the ceremony will be much smaller than for the reception. Farewell Dinner for Departing Diplomats. The ambassador of France and Mme. Jusserand entertained a dis- tinguished company at dinner last evening in honor of the ambassador of Argentina and Mme. Le Breton, who will leave hington tomor- row for New York, from where they will sall Saturday for France. The other, guests were the ambassador of Chile and Senora de Mathieu, Senor Aldunate, delegate to the Tacna- Arica conference; Senator and Mrs. Joseph S. Frelinhuysen, Represen tive and Mrs. Frederick C. Hick: Representative and 'Mrs. John Philip Hill, Mr, and Mr: Lars _Anderson, Mr. Robert S. Brookings, Prince and Princess Cantacuzene, Miss Ramona Lefevre, Miss Manuela Lloveras, the counselor of the Argentine embassy, Espil; Miss Sara Lee, Miss Mary Patten, Commander - Rigal, Baron Fournjer-Sarnoveze and M. Guerin. of the embassy sta Sas The ambassador of Peru and Senora de Pezet entertained at luncheon yesterday at the Shoreham, following the .opening of the Chilean-Peruvian conterence, when their gu includ- ed the- Peruvian deleg: and the members of the embass: 1. ter in, the afternoon the ambassador, wilh the delegates and members of | Ro. the staff, went to Mount Vernon, where they placed a wreath on the tomb of George Washington. The ambassador of Argeatina and Mme. Le Breton will be the honor guests at dinner tomorrow evening of gl ‘minister of Switserland and Mme. eter. : The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Denby, with their two children and Mr. H. Thomas Thurber of Detroit, brother of Mrs. Denby, will leave Washington Friday for. Norfolk, Va., from ‘which: port they will [ day with the class of ‘81 of the Naval Academy- aboard the transport Hen- derson. The party, made up of the membars of the class-and their guests, are bound for Japan, where they will hold their class reunion. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Barpett and the latter's daughter, Miss Anne orf, will also make the trip. which will last until October, and will include stops at other Pacific ports as well. Much official entertaining has been arranged for the party, which is being managed. mator O. E. ‘Weller of Maryland, who is president of the ol 5 The Secretary .of Agriculture -and Mrs. Wallace will be the honor guests at dinner this evening of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Compton, who will entertain in compliment to their house guest, Mr. J. J. Donovan of Billingham, ‘Wash. Among the other guests will be Senator and Mrs. George H. Moses, Judge d Mrs. Wendell P. Stafford, the forester and Mrs. Willlam B. Gree- ley, and Mi d Mrs. Ernest Trigg of Philadelphia. The minister of Persia, Mirza Hus- sein Khan Alal, will entertain a no- || table company at dinner Thursday vening, May 35, when the Vice Presi- ent and Mrs. Coolldga will be the guests of honor. 7 Senator and -Mrs. Lawrenece C. Phipps will return today from New York, where the senator joined Mrs. EAUTY that endures, senti- weddiag and en- ‘g::emenf _rings and-wrought with orange blossoms. Express ‘your be- _patrician " elegance Mrs. Harding Will Occupy the Executive Box at Horse Afternoon. Phlpg- for the week end. ;Mrs. Phipps has been in her home in Denver for several weeks and made a brief visit In New York before returning to ‘Washington. The third secretary of the German 'embassy, Baron Plessen, and Mr. Dur- ham Rogers will be joint hosts at din- e|Dier this evening at Wardman Park Hotel. Mra, Joseph H. Defrees, wife of the president of the National Chamber of | tained a compkny of twenty at lunch- eon at the Shoreham today, when her Buests included the wives of the di- 7| rectors of the National Chamber and wives of delegates to the congress of the chamber now in session in Wash- Ington. Surgeon General and Mrs. Merritte W. Ireland will entertain at dinner this evening In honor of the Postmas- ter General and Mrs. Work. lt:ommerce of the United States, enter- The charge d'affaires of the Polish legation and Mme. Kwapiszewska re- turned this moraing from Atlantic City, where they spent the week end. me. Kwapiszewska will be hostess at tea tomorrow afternoon in honor of Princess Radgiwill, wife of the honorary counselor of the embassy, who will come from New York tomor- row and remafn a day or two with the charge d'affaires and Mme. Kwapis- |zewska, joining Prince Radziwill in New York Thursday or Friday. Mr. George Bond Cochran will en- tertain at dinner tonight for his house Buests, Gen. and Mrs. Joseph E. Kuhn. Former Senator and Mrs, Willard Saulsbury are closing their Washing- ton house this afternoon to return to their home in Delaware. They will #ail from New York on the Hpmeric ‘:;l:: 10 to spend the summer fn Eu- A large number of guests from New York will attend the wedding tomor- Tow of Miss Antoinette Wood Eno Graves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- llam Leon Graves of Paris and New. York, and Maj. Robert Charles Fred- erick Goets, fleld artiflery, U. S. .A., which will take piace in this city at the residence of Mrs. Charles Bough- ton Wood, the bride's aunt. n;l;l;e I:;r:'h":“l{ wll(.l’"ha performed at ev. Olver H. Srdnate e er H. Bronson ride’s family, and 2 breakfast will follow at the residence of the bride’s uncle, Mr. Willlam Phelps Eno. The bride, who will be given in marriage by her father, will be at- tended by her schoolgirl sister, Miss Marfe Leontine Graves, as maid of honor, and Maj. Raymond E. Lee,, U. 8.°A. will act as best man. The Buests from out of town, who will ttend the ceremony, will include Mr. nd Mrs. Hokan Bjornstrom Steffan- son, Mrs. Aline Moffat, Mr. Robert Graves, r. and Mrs. Willlam Ehr- hart, Mrs. Alfred Hawes, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Pinchot, Mrs. Coigate Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. William Nelson Crom- well, Mr. and Mra. Philip Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Horton Lipp! cott and Miss Katherine Mackay, all of New York; Mrs. Benjamin Knower of Hartford, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lyman of Boston, the Misses Harjes of Paris and Mrs. James B. Montgomery of Portland. Dinner Party at Serbian Legation Last Evening. S ‘The minister of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Mme. Grouitch were hosts at a dinner party last evening, entertaining for the aasistant secre- tary of war and Mrs. Mayhew ‘Wainwright. Their guests included the minister of Uruguay and Mme. Varela, the counselor of the Belgian embassy and Mme. de Selys, the counselor of the Polish legation and e. Kwapiszewska, Representative and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Dr. L. S. 'we, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Macey Dulles, Mrs. Alexander Glass, Wainwright and Mr. Gardner Coogan. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft sirable in every respect. Millinery Up to $4 Values 95¢ 300 models of every description choose from! Women of judg- ment will flock for these! "-Crepes, etc. » Women’s Apparel Sacrificed - MANUFACTURERS' CO-OPERATIVE - SALEL The fact that Washington women haven’t seen such sensational Bargain Offerings in years is proven by their response to this Sale in the past two days! Had we not been selected by New York manufacturers as a Clearing . House for their unsold stocks, we could never hope to duplicate these amazing values! The merchandise is all fresh, seasonable and de-" 155 Imported Gingham and 4.4 The very finest dresses obtainable at $7.50, their original value. Comparison will prove it! Large and small checks, besides all the other leading patterns. in the most charming styles, too. s 150 DRESSES ) N $17.50 to $25 .values; Canton Ratines, Sports. models, —_— THE ' Lessner-Meyer Co. . 917F Street NW. l | the Borse show for thee bemefit of the Children’s 'Hospltal. were the honor guests'at dinner last evening of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, who entertained a companv of twenty-four .at their residenrs 1520 18th street. TH® assistant military attache of the British embassy and Mrs. C. B D Bridge have gone to Mattapoisott, where they have taken a cottaxe for the summer months. Maj. Bridge will return to his duties at the em- bassy after a short stay in the north. Mr. and Mrs. H. Campbell Graef were hosts at a dinner party last evening, when the company included their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. George Hasbruck of Philadelphia, Miss Allsa Mellon, Col. and Mrs. Clarence O. Sherrill, Miss Olyve Gra and Mr. Leander hart of the British embassy. staff. Mrs. Stanley Rinehart will leave tomorrow for Atlantic City, where she will spend several days. Col. and Mrs. A. L. Fuller have given up_their residence, 3505 16th street. n old friend of the; Before our % vaults are filled. 6 Phone Main 4530-31 - Q s Charges very small ‘considering the service rendered. Every garment steam cleaned and glazed before returned. 75 Skirts ’ i Up to $20 Values 2. © Of cloth and silk; all models; sizes only to 30: no try-ons. Come see the values for yourself!: SOCIETY. daughter, Miss Grace Vanderbilt will sall from New York today the Mauretania for Europe, to spend the summer abroad. -Mr. and Mrs. Cornellus Vanderbilt, jr. went to New York last week with the for- mer's ‘mother and sister, and will (Continued on Ninth Page.) DULINEMARIIN(©. 1215 F STREET and 1214 to 1218 G STREET Hours—$:15 to § The re'lult of our lnlf-a-century of serving Washington with good refrigerators gives first place for— THE “EDDY” REFRIGERATOR It has proven to be a better preserver at a small iceconsumption than any other re- frigeratoratan even cost. € return this week to their apartment at Wardman Park Hotel, Mr. Lawson H. Treadwell has re- turned to his apartment at the Bur- lMngton after spending two months Col. Puller has t for' duty and Mrs. children are re they will remain until the schools close, when they will join Col Fuller, in Portland. Representative and Mrs. Thomas B. ‘| Dunn_entertained Representative and Mrs. Ward. at dinner at the New Wil- lard last night. Mrs. Julisn C. Smith of Washington | has joined Maj. Smith in New York and they are living at the Commodore Hotel. ‘Maj. and Mrs. Smith will en- tertain st dinner tomorrow evening ! aboard the U. 8. 5. Wyoming, now located at the Brooklyn navy yard. Miss Charlotte Freeman rk has as lYlerkqllelt Miss Edith Sanl of New ‘ork. Dr. and Mrs, Enright, Dr. and Mrs. Friedman and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Joconson, Yonkers, N. Y., motored to ‘Washington and are at the Burlington Hotel for the week. Mrs. Mendum R. Blumenberg has can- celed all cher . soclal’ engagements be- cause of the death of her father, Capt. John J. Torbert. Mrs. Robert Hammond Adams enter- tained yesterday afternoon at the ‘Women's National Foundation in honor of - the senior class of the Fairmont School. Miss Helen Harper, with Mrs. Paul Bleyden at the piano, sang ef- fectively a group of songs. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and her — e e lzl;lé St. N.W.@! Special Prevailing Discounts Apply J McCormick-Good- | 4—~~s1-Pbilipshor-~-a—5 For the present, open TO 614 ELEVENTH ST, 8:15 a.m., close 5 p.m. p % ) ) ¢ j ) The House of Courtesy | Special Sale of Skirts A most superior assortment—embracing unexpected values marked for selection at Plain Models 0= Plaited Models There 'is endless need of a separate skirt all- through the summer ~N season—and for ?hat reason we were interested to assemble this collec- tion, exceptional in values and variety. Baronet Satin, Sport Satin, Silk - Faille, Eponge, Ratine, Serge, Flannel, Tweed. =~ ° . . Plain. White, Navy and in'a host of effective . plaids, checks, stripcs and novelty patterns. Silk Skirts Flannel Skirts Wool Skirts N < They provide just the touch ‘of comfort one needs—and in addition A handy_slip-on for the warm season— Three special groups— in all the staple and arg an effective adjunct light . colors—some to the'wardrobe. Plain trimmed " Wwith ~ astra- colors, Reman stripes; also .some Grenadine Scarfs. Heavily fringed ends. chan, Tuxedo irontg, * patch pockets and nar- * Towhbelts. . -