Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1923, Page 42

vVisiting Barnkers' Wives To Be Guests at Luncheon| Mrs Joshua Evans, jr. will be|'® hostess at a luncheon to be given 'all the Chevy Chase Club Wednésday for. the wives of the delegates to the, Bankers' Assectation convention to Pe in progress this week.- Her com- mittee. on entertalnment Includes Mrs. Evans, chairman; Mrs, Corcoran Thom, Mrs. F. G. Addison, jr.f Mrs. Menry K. Peachy, Mrs. George O. Walson and Mrs. A. S. Gatley. Mrs. Thomas W. Brahany is chair- man of the committee which tomor- row will arrange for the trip to Mount Vernon, and-with her will be Mrs. Bugene E. Thompson, vice chair- man. Mrs. W. J. Waller, Mrs. Charles E. Howe,' Mrs, Richard W. Hynson and Mrs. A. 8. Gardiner are assisting. Mrs. Harry V. Hlaynes is thairman of the theater committee in charge of taking the.guests to see “So This Is London” Tuesday evening, and assist- ing her on the committe are Mrs. Robert V. Fleming, Mrs., Vigtor B. Deyvber, Mrs. Howard Moran, Mrs. Donald McKnew, Mrs. Boyd Taylor and Mrs. Charle: Light. ©Ohio Girls' Club Plans Halloween Mask party The Ohio Girls' Club of Washing- ton will entertain members of the club and friends at their second an- nual Halloween masquerade in their clubrooms at Mount Pleasant Lodge Hall on Wednesday evening. The club was organized in 1917 and has a membership of about 100 girls who are natives of Ohio. Many Ohijoans In official life are patrons and patronesses and Mrs. Frank B. Willis is sponsor for the club. Catholic Women's Club Plans Halloween Party A Halloween dance will. be held under the auspices of the Catholic Women's Service Club at the Catholic Community House, 601 E street north- west, Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock. ~ Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Official Life| (Continued from Thirteenth Page.) blaze with war and, less than a year later, the Pripce and Princess Canta- cuzene and young Michael had fled in disguise from Russia. Princess Ber- tha will be widely entertalned in Chicago, where the Palmer family is | much esteemed and where the mem- | ges S, Grant, whose great s, will add im- The Boys' New York needing funds, many of the pronfinent Southampton leade including Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sa\)ln the latter formerly Morton, daughter of the one- r. and James Schley, Robert aud Goodhue Livi Auchincloss, .. Strawbridge, ston, have planned & series of supper dances called “the high jinks" and the dates selected are December 13, January 17, February 14 and April 3. These dances are by subscription only and at a figure which will cover all expenses and vet leave a good Indrg! u( profit for the worthy cause. will be at Plerre’s after thé ph) and will in- sure a busy evening for all con- All of Gotham’s serial dances inter are for philanthropic causes and no less than six series have already been announced, and some of the beneficiaries are the Jun- for League, the Girls' Friendly So- viety and several invalid homes. The mew way in New York is not a char- ty ball, buten set of balls, and these are in progress six days of each week. Private balls seem tabooed except for buds or brides or for some exceptional family celebration. iss Beatrice Selfridge, who is the daughter of Harry Gordon Selfridge, the famous American merchant of London, occuples ‘a unique position of importance because she is her father’s hostess In the splendid home which he recently purchased, Landsdowne House. Mrs. Selfridge, who was Miss Rose Buckingham of Chicago, died five years ago and Miss Beatrice, though only in her early iwenties now, is the head of this stately mansion, one of the richest in appointments and most spacious in London. Mr. Selfridge has succeded in making his vast stores, known under the name of Selfridge & Co., figure tn London's business world as_Bert- hetmer's does in Berlin or Wana- maker's In Philadelphia or Marshall Field's in ©hicago. In fact, he began Wwith the last named establishment and brought all the features to his hig enterprise which had been tried out in Chicago in the years when mammoth department stores were an experiment. Rumor has it that last year this much esteemed American merchant refused a peerage, for he stlll clings to his American citizen- ship. He was born in 1864 in Ripos l. and passed his early years in ilwaukee. He began his London venture in a_gmall way in 1906 and n ten years had built it up to be one of the most important retail estab- lishments in all of Britain. The stores are in Oxford street and are a land- mark for all visiting Americans. Mr. Selfridge built a handsome residence dn Portman Square and only two years ago acquired Landsdowne FHouse. Here he presented his daugh- ter to London society about a year and a half ago. He has a fine country place, Highclifte Castle, at High Church in Hants, All the great ladies of Britain, and that means Queen Mary, Vis countess Lascelles and the Duchess of York, together with all manner of peeresses, are adapting Knitted frocks 1o street wear and invariably lace robes for more festive occasions. All, to help home industries, the wool !l merchants of Scotland and Wales and | the bright lassles from the ume countries who spend all their waking | hours fashioning these intricate gar- ments. Princess Mary wore a s(eal mrey. knitted gown to the cnckat! game at Eton, and it was buttoned up almost to her chin and the uleevas fairly came over her knuckles. The gown was ome plece, mouse * effect, fastened by a dull grey silk sash lined with scarlet silk and there were flashes of scarlet on the cuffs and collar and a bLright red tam- o'-shanter lightened the costume wonderfully. Lace robes are made in Nottingham as in the olden days, ®nd marvelously fine Honiton lace ig made by the girls of the industrial schools all over England. To help un- employment, all the the royal family and most of the nobility are eschew- ing foreign gowns and giving orders to the manufacturers in Manchester, Liverpool and the smaller textile art centers. Don Gelasio ~Caetani, \ the Italtian dor, will, it is sald, erect on eights of 16th street a replicg of | one of the grand old palazzos of Rome ! which have figured in history and fiction for many centuries. Should he desire to use one of the mammoth dwellings of his own family, which would be a natural choice, he will no doubt seék his model in that former ! grim old fortress now quite tran: formed both-in the exterior and in- terior, which readers of Francis Ma- rion Crawford will remember as @ominating the only straight street #n Rome, the Corso. This vast man- &ton served when the powerful barons of Rome, of whom the Caetani were &mong the oldest and most influen- tial, would barricade the surrounding #treets and open warfere on offend- ing neighbors. o the street 1t presents a long, stout, forbidding front, but the gar- den to the rear is one of the most ex- tensive and.lovely in the city and such a feature would naturally adapt itself to the plot of lan@ which Prince Caetant selected for the new emi Diplomats of the present era realize that in building a permanent estab- luhment the long, fhlnflon must hot summers of be considered as seasons, for it is a e i Congress ‘does Tt st through the heated term and When the President and his counsel- loro are aok kept In the'city through- [l out the year, This.means portant affairs may arise moment for the mm,n envoy d la- care to be absent an extended 'l Those ~eminent ~citisens ot lhel United States who occaslonally fail afoul of the prohibition laws will be interested in a recent discovery made in Boston. When certain improve- ments along the water front caused the demolition of some anclent b ings it was found that one contained | many secret passageways leading to the water and that secret stairs in &ood state of preservation led to the rear enirance and thence to the street. Looking up old title deeds, it was soon diseovered that John cock owned this property and lived in the house all during the strenuous days when tea and other imposts were levied and which eventually Amerfcan in order o smuggle In liquor and the Jess ardent tea, and some textile goods on which hé angd his fellow citizeng deemed the British government extorted an unjust duty. As a signer of the declaration and first Governor of Massachusetts, John Hancock’s memory will not be tar- nished by this knowledge, now made public for the first time, that he con- nived at the bootlegging activity of Eis day and encouraged smuggling as patriotic duty. He was at this Ime one of the Wealthiest merchants in Boston and offered for sale these{ same @oods, which were thus secret- Iy introduced i{nto the country. ' The old passageways now exposed to the l1ight of day have not yet been mo- lested and are visited by hundreds of interested spectators. Black gowns are having unprece- dented vogue in New York despite the dictum of Paris that this is to be a fiowery winter and that_all modish frocks “are to look llke a meadow in May. Mrs. Vincent Astor, who is not long from Paris, has already dis- played no less than eight stunning robes, all dead black unrelieved ex- cept by some jewelry or an orchid or two. Entertaining some young girls at luncheon before a matinee last week, Mrs. Astor wore a black velvet in straight princess lines with a deep V-back and front of the neck and some gold strands marking the belt and edging the sleeves, while a heavy cable chain gold' was wrapped choker fashion about her throat. Mrs. Astor, who is of the purest type of blonde with abundant golden tresses, smoothed snuggly about her hair, wore a toque of black tulle with a gold butterfly on the brim. One of | her loveliest evening robes worn last week to the theater iz of black tulle threaded in gold on the corsage, which has chalns of gold holding the bodice in place and each end of the chain fas- fened by a twisted serpent with splen- did rubles for ey Like 0 many just back from Paris, Mrs. Astor has discarded earrings, which, of course, would be useless, since her hair is twisted below her ears, concealing every vestige of that important or- gan.” She has some mammoth fans in uncurled ostrich and of various col- ors and these take off the dullness of the entire black costumes. The Store of Fur Supremuy Featuring JACQUETTES OF CARACUL IN TAN AND GRAY 12 Fashion’s Choice for Fall Wear Special Reductions . In Fur Coats NATURAL MUSKRAT COATS, 45 to 50 inches of exceptional s clally reduced to NATURAL RACCOON COATS of excellent s dark quality; now selling for NUTRIA COATS —45 to 50 inches long; & beautiful coat of ex- ceptional quality for A Deposit Reserves Your Selection YOUR FUR COAT MADE OVER INTO NEW STYLE JACQUETTE AT A SMALL CO! FURS OF ~EVERT DESCRIPTION REMODELED IN THE _LATEST STYLES AT MODERATE CHARGES. WM. ROSENDORF 1213 G Street ars Honest Dealing For More Leisure For Less Work For a Brighter Home Use a L CleaneDyAir-Alons] It Gets More Dirt Runs Easier—Lasts nger It Won’t Wear Out Your ugs Free Trial in Your Home Small Monthly Payments J. C. Harding & Co., Inc. J. C. Harding Haag Electric Washers 1900 Cataract Washers 709 12th St. NW Franklin 7694 E. D. Erwin Appliances. Victory Chapter held its first meet- ing of the season atthe home of Mrs. W. C. Ruediger, 2836 28th street, Mon- day. 'The assisting hostesses were Mrs. James Sheridan and Mrs. J. L. Owens, jr. Mrs. David D, Caldwell's name for state recording secretary was ratified by the chapter. A paper on Benjamin Franklin was read by Mrs. Thomas M. Roberts. The chap- ter took up the study of the Consti- tution of the United States. Keyntome - Chapter held its first meeting of the season Saturday at the home of the hostess, Mrs. Clyde Kelly, Chevy Chasé. Mrs, Ida J. Kin: sell,” regent, presided. Plans made for the work of the chapter, a program was declded upon and mem- | Ly bers were appointed by the regent to i gerve on the various state committees. After fhe business meeting there was & soclal hour. Federal City Chapter met Tuesday In building this. business we have built carefully and substantially until today our stability i #s our success is apparent. OUR REPUTATION OF HANDLING ONLY THE FINEST OF SKINS AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT LOW. ER PRICES ALWAYS PRE- VAIL AT OUR SHOP make it doubly satisfactory for you to select here. LOW PRICES ARE ALWAYS ‘A FEATURE.' With Medallions that Flatten the Lower Back Model 1508 Back Lace, $4 FOR Medium ;:b:::nge Lightweight and flexible. Coutil, $4. Other similar designs are 1524, pink , $5.50; and 1532, $6.50: Sold at Stores If unable to get them, write were | | at_the home of ‘the A. Winter. Plans for wi work were o\l(llned and comm! 'tpz;l:‘u'ry these plans out were ap- Independence Bell Chapter met Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. M. T. Sparrow, -vice regent. ent, entn, e winter tees lwnl-d and eo-opcri- enty members, two L )| Md. Mr. | »mmnuve members and t'o gyests re present. A social hour was en- lond. lnllul numbers were dered by Miss Jessie Pearce and Mrs. Marshall Brooke Stine. The Janet Montgomery Chapter met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Edgar Moore, Kensington, Md mt, Mrs. Frank Stone, who ‘Drolld submitted a report of the executive board meeting at Baltimore Plans were formulated for the- marking of severajhistoric spots. Upon the recommendation of the registrar, Mrs. Lewis Jackson, Mrs. Charles L. Griesbatier, Kensington, was elected to membership. On motion of Mrs. Stone, the chapter adopted a resolution indorsing t l;lct enforcement of the Volst act. e Following the business session, M FOR LARGER WOMEN —coats ‘in special sizes, fur trimmed or plain, with all the style and beauty of fabric and fur to be found in reguar ‘size garments. $65 to $165. Michnel C. Wei nected with visits by her durifig the past summer to hlllorin spots in the New England statu: ‘The next mmlnl wl“ bl held No- of Mra. Prank Marriage licenses have been lssued to the mv'v'x‘:'a'u- Carter and Louise Jul— haries Lowe and Oaroline Sewiss Heigais, D. C., Eills of acren of this city. 1216 F St. NW. Coats--Rlchl F ur-Tnmmed A Sale at $95 Coats of such style and beauty that you will appreci- ate their quality at a glance. Fashion features that include the tubular, tiered and cir- cular flounced mode—that emphasize the flatness of the back and the charm of rippled side godets. Glistening deep-pile fabrics like Gerona and Marvella, Arabia, Fashona and Lustrosa, whose richness alone is sufficiént reason for the coats’ existence. Lavish use of furs—muffler and shawl collars, some- times with fur cuffs, sometimes without, borders of fur on hem, panel or drape, deep shawl collars with becoming line in furs such as beaver and squirrel, fox and wolf in the lovely new shades, and rich black lynx. The quantity is limited—only 50 in all—of these stun- nmg new coats. For Fashion—for Service—for Value—CHOOSE NOwW! Coats for Little Women, $65 Five New Styles—All Fur Trimmed Fashioned of soft Vellona and Formosa, or in the deep corded pile of Cordara, with all the charm of regular size garments, but none of the inconvenience that comes of greater length. shades. Circular, draped, tiered and flat-back styles, with collars of beaver, platinum wolf, or collars and cuffs of wolf in the darker Save time and expense and assure your sausfactmnvby choosing from these coats, designed specially for the little woman. ‘Wemen’s Coat Shop—Second Floor—Jefiefs. Handsoine New Gowns Of the SemiFormal Type All the beauty of the new mode pouring in daily in fashlon ship- nients from New York and Paris. Emphasis on the semi-formal type, that fits in so acceptably for the afternoon reception, dinner, the theater. The slender silhouette, straight or, gracefully draped, styled in supple chiffon velvet and tastefully beaded. Charming adaptations of the tiered and draped and pleated modes in satin and satin crepe. Rarely a duplicate in this attractive assortment—an opportunity for 'style exclusiveness most unusual at these marvelously mod- erate prices. Do come and see what the new mode holds for you in these charmingly practical semi-formal gowns. ' $49.50 to $75.00 Wemen’s Gown Shop—Second Floor—Jellefl's , Kenaington, Md, r_on the “Correct Use offof, P irtshorne N. Hickok and Elisabeth Herb, both ’i fi ebd iien O enckenm. Seorwe H. Emek ang Mabel H Arthur T Bell and Maude E. Lo Thompeon and lmnnn L. con- the House of inspection. Mre. Fitch to Preside At Mercy House Tea At the tea tomorrow afternoon at Mercy Mrs. Winslow Fitck will preside at the table and the home wi'l be open for Henry Opision. Mrs. u-n-:-Prvp—l certainly shan't ;nvln Mrs. Hokey to our “at home.” entertained her once before and she never recuperated! —_— The cat was unknown in Engl till the ninth or tenth cenmnf‘!w:\:g there w. ocument stating ‘that a flmn:ould lb. fi;edl {:llr pence for a cat and eight 1 killed the king’s et hgI high prices. CENTEMERI KID GLOVES —from France, in smart suede finis: clasp “Bandalettes,” with contrast coior banded top and two-tone embroidered backs; gray and mode. Pair, $3.25. To helé win the Washington Post Prize for ! the prettiest foot we suggest wearing “Mobile “Mobile’’—More than just a smart pump — because Sorosis stands behind it— f With a factory that designs and manufactures its own lasts— { With leathers and fabrics selected with utmost care— EWi(h an experimental laboratory that tests each last for perfect t— With a permanent organization of skilled workmen to fashion the shoes— i With a corps of specially trained salesmen to fit them— 1 Small wonder then that Sorosis shoes rctain their shape and smartness and give maximum wear as well. “MOBILE”—the Smart Pump Pictured— In Log Cabin Suede, pair. . . ..$12.50 In Patent Leather, pair. . . .. .$12.00 'O-PIECE SUITS of Vellona and Veldyne, 1 hly trimmed with beaver and squirrel— surplice side fastening styles—Women’s sizes— $65 PORT SUITS in a “special purchase”—im- ported mixtures and novelty broche plaids, many fur trimmed—Women’s sizes— $49.50 Fox SCARFS, extra large and full furred; matural red, walnut brown, Hudson Bay, blue, sand, brown; specially priced— ' $29.50 IASHIONABLE FUR JACQUETTES; in the popular beige and platinum caracul, fox trim- med—specially purchased, small quantity only— NTIRELY NEW — blouses of novelty silk broche, slipover styles, with side sash; in com- binations of brown and thrush, navy blue with " gold or tan, black with silver— 15 EW SILK UMBRELLAS, in Country Club and ring styles; ‘unusually fine, strong silk, and generous color assortment—specially priced— $5.00 BAGS with the new cascade beading, red, black and two-toned amber, with match- ing silk top and draw cord— $5.00 ILK AND WOOL STOCKINGS, in fancy drop- stitch effect; two-toned colorings, in grays, tans, browns and blues— -$2.00 reir CHARM' ING NEGLIGEES, quilted and draped ‘ —<crepe de chine and satin, in pastel and derker shades, and the smart black— RUCKER & RUCKER ‘Wall Papering and Painting. High quality work, but not M. 7422. 1210 HSt. N.W. STED oyeteape LIS