Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1923, Page 52

Co1 Tales of Well SOCIETY. ——— Known Folk In Social and Official Life Fair Coolidge Partisan at 1920 Convention to Become Bride—Lloyd George Speech Breaks Precedent. Those who attended the republican convention in CLicago will recall Miss Alexandra Carlisle of Burling- ton, Vt, one of the most atractive of the delegates of the gentler sex and one who could make as neat and forofble a speech as the seasoned vet- erans. M Carlisle was amqong those who addressed the convention in support of Mr. Calvin Coolidge as Vice President and her utterances were received with rousing applause. She was warmly congratulated, espe- clally when what she advocated was rried by the politiciahs. Now, not only did Miss Carlisle win a repua- tion for eloquence subjoined to clear logic and clean diction, but she so impressed one of Chica s rising young men, Mr. fott Jenkins, that the wedding bells ¢ to ring early iy December. Mr. Jenkins is the grandson of the slder Elliott Jen- kins, who died during the world war and while his son was serving in the ir force overseas. The +family has long been identified with mercantile interasts in Chicago and Mr. Elliott, Sr., was at one time in the firm of Ficld, Palmer & Leiter, now world famous as Marshall Field. The bride- Eroom prospective the nephew of Henry-Buckingham, whose ~ daughter Rose, now dead, married Harry Gor- don_Selfridge. nearly all bridal couples choose to pass a few weeks of the magic month in Washington, there is no doubt that should Mr. Mrs. Jenkins turn this way they receive a cordial welc at White House. All precedents were broken a tropolitan Opera I vhen that mendous ovati y' George o after she , for It was revealed thai, al the seats were open to first comers, nany of the soclal leaders had_to 1nb the grand stairway and find plac here they could. In fact, a Iink which extended to the street con- taifjed many of those who adorn the golden horseshoe when opera is sung. Mrs: Henry G. Gray, who was en- tertaining her sister, Countess Palffy of Hangary, spent the best part of an hour ‘waiting for the doors to open. Thes¢ ladles, who were formerly Misses He and Dorothy Deacon, and who are likewise sisters of the Duchess of Marlborough, had nev cen the upper ope hut v held i ecch related peri- Palft that who rince Wil wel, head lder branch of the house of will, in July, 1910, angd obtained il divorce from him five vears . Count Palff. who she mar- ried in 1919, is of an ancient feudal family of Euda-Pest and has a hand- some residence in that city. There is one son, born u year ago. Mrs. Henry Gray, the ouly one of this handsome trio of Deacyns who married in her own countryfhad been {nvited to the box held by \Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, But she falled Ko get within sight of it With buds booming in Washington profusely \as the June season zs forth dnother variety, it is «ting to arn that in several well established social centers of the south—Loulsville, Nash New Or- leans, Atlant; and Charleston—the 1s who how Rhis 3 have issued \ rules ford the guidance of the without tvhose presence their blooming 111 bé all in vain These pretty maids opiiie that it is a hard- on the yourg man of today to expect him ‘to Send a_bouquet to every bud in his.set. They wish no flowers, candy, géwgaws of any sort on the great day—in fact, absolve finally and irrevorably their mascu- line acquaintances from this unwrit- ten law. But If orfe is singled out for a speclal honor, lfke a dinner dance in her honor, not .glven by her par- ents or close relatives, then such friends that are concerned in her su S8 may venture a few flowers, an orchid or two or a cluster of violets, but none of those pyramidal offerings which require lon vase to ac- ommoda stéms. Undoubtedly such n ellent wesolution should e ported |y sity, for when th bers which are alr TUTHE Washingion. a man with wide acuazinta disposi to atiend th partiog must Le b pres to Al all obligations unless he belongs to whe most opulent Then much bf the beauty and grace of the floral offerings are submerged when there is such a pro- fusion, where just a few blossoms on a notable occasion more effective, dward Duer died last in _the ancient nanor of the Weehaw n, %t Haxhurst, grandehild of Presi- n Burer! passes from the annals. She was the daughter of Capt. John Van Buren, known in_his circle of friends as "rlnce" Van When Mrs. week Buren. because of his {courtly and manners. Capt.! Van Buren oungest of four sons of the eighth President t school while his - o \e White House. Th hth execu- tive w widower he came to from it in wife, like oider tionecrs was the In Otter Suede; Pair, $i2.50 —a new pump with guperlative fitting qualities and an entirely new strap footwear. l In Washingén ect—just arrived from S0RQSIS The double strap effect gives the instep the de- sired high-arched appearance, with double buttons to hold the Pump close at heel and side. The heels are Spanish type. All sizes'and widths, 3 to 8. Learn the beauty and desirability of Sorosis quality b ’ Rellefts lszsofm the Empire state, of Dutch descent, and was Miss Hannah Hoes of King- ston-on-the-Hudson. Mrs. Duer was reared in Albany and her marriage to Edward Duer occurred more than sixty vears ago. He also was of the ploneers and was & member of a fam- ily which had bullt a sturdy stone mansion at Haxhurst when the thrifty Dutch still ruled New Amster- dam. " Ar. Duer died about five years ago. He was the eldest son and head of his house and was the typical host to his enormous circle of rela- tives and nelghbors about Wee hawken. His son, Edward Duer, now living near Albany, will take up his residence in the old home. This Ed- ward has one sister, Mrs. Ewing Steed of New York, and his cousins are those well known members of New York society, Mrs. Joseph Blake formerly Mrs. Ciarence Mackay; Mrs Alice Duer Miller and Mrs. Joseph Laroque and Miss Caroline Duer. Henry Carnegle Phipps has he women on lorseback some. thing to ponder over, for she appear- ed the last day of the United Hunts Assoctation in Belmont Park riding her favorite bay, but Instead of trousers, coat and other masculine ap- parel she sat sidewise, her habit, dark green velvet, falling full and rippling almost to the ground, .and her hat look- ing as though it had been lifted from a dame In u Joshua Reynolds portrait— wide of brim, with a long, curling plume, whi ung down her left shoulder. Mrs. Phipps is the twin sister of Granard and resembles her This American peeress has attended all the autumn \meets near her. Dublin home, wh he and her children have been estab- hed since the Barl of Granard be came part of the new Irish govern- ment. Her habit has been of velvet, too, and her hat as effective as that worn by Mrs. Phipps. Quite a co- terie of British women are making war on the present mode of dressing for the ride. It is well known that no woman in trousers or astride her horse can ride in Rotten Row or in any assemblage where the King and Queen of England are in attendan What success Mrs. Phipps will have in trying to lure the Long Island devotees of the hunt a: from their familiar habiliments be seen. But from the viewpoint her costume ta, be desived bobbed hair, bowler hat and trousered | 1adies present look a bit crude. | One of the cozlest tea rooms i | Washington is that which Mme. Wi jfeidt _has established in the vas | drawing room on the second floor of | the German embassy, and where st | hus been recelving callers all during | this month and last. The table Is | set in the center of the room, where ere Is abundant space for any num- ber of guests to draw hospitably about the hostess and chat with her, instead of the usual procedure of just a word and then retiring, cup in hind, to the most distant part of the room. The ambassador has been gradually sending to Essen for the beautiful oriental rugs and hangings—a rare collection made by him and by Mme. Wiedfeldt during their eight Ts | residence In China and Japan. These give a touch of dignity to the stately | apartment, which is furnished In the {rith gold suite which once adorned the city palace of the Hohenzollerns in Berlin. Mme. Wiedfeldt's board is spread with some of the splendid china service also part of the old palace equipment. All her daintles are home-made, and the raisin cake fresh from the oven is a most tempt- ing adjunct to the steaming tea on these nipping days. One or two ladies from the German embassy household always aid at these informal Friday receptions, and there is an atmos- phere of comfort and of old-fashioned hospitality. Miss Agnes Peter, granddaughter of the late Mrs, Beverley Kennon, and for many years her companion at Tudor Place, has returned to Wash- ington, after an absence of several years In Europe. During her re: dence abroad Miss Peter studled so- clology. and she has recently served | with distinet n the war-de % particular atten- t shington up her old inter thusiasm, and one of her activities will be to act as chairman for the Sulgrave Institution in connection with the efforts of the Colonial Dames, under Mrs. Joseph Lamar, and of the Colonial Dames of the District of Columbla, over which Mrs. Albert Janin presides. She is also active in the Monticello purchase, and will take charge of the forthcoming bene- fit performance of “Antony and Cleo- patra” by the Shakespeare Soclety of Washington on December 12. Miss Peter 13 the great-great-grandniece of Martha Washington, and she rep- resents the fifth generation of her family which has been identified with ‘social and patriotic affairs in | the District of Columbia. It was her granduncle, twice removed, Thomas Peter, who married that charming adopted daughter of Gen. Washing- ton, whom he called *‘Patsy”—Martha | Parke Custis, to give her full name and to whom so many affectionate letters were addressed when he was absent from tie home circle at Mount Exclusively at MRS, JAMES Wife,_ of Representative Begg of Ohi & popuiar congression: eral month: Vernon. Pat eld ster tamily, and ried, ‘respectively the 'Federal city Mrs. Dguglas Robinson, - the bril- " THI SUNDAY STAR. hontess, who to Washington after sev- byence. —— | part of the ustis was Her the mar- v or Martha the second of the Custls children. Elizabeth—Betty nor, nd Fielding Lewis of Fredericksburg, Va llant sister of Theodore Roqsevelt, who has gone in so enthusiastically for a public career, is making as strenuous a campaign for the perfect- 1y groomed woman as she is for po- litical reform. She is unalterably op- posed to untidiness or the least care- lessness In apparel, and especially in the woman who mounts the platform to proclaim political doctrines or to Jaunch crusades. Mrs. Robinson gives much time to the selection of hef hats and they fit snugly and are always becoming. It is the common remark that her hats alone are an inspiration and invariably call forth as much commendation as her speeches, and no one ever saw her steady her head- piece even in the most impassioned flights of oratory or have to catch up a stray look even after an open-air demonstratfon. She presents the per- fect sartorial appearance, nearly al- ways in black, strictly tailored and without frills of any sort, and L wears her raiment as gracefully and unconsciously as a bird wears its plumage. Under her example and precept the stroug-minded women, & the term goes, are outdistancing the sisters of the clinging vine type in the distinction of their appearance and their feminine charm. The bachelor prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, the Hon. Mac- kenzie King, is making his first visit to London since he became the ou standing politival figure from his ‘worl nd he is receiving tion than is general- t the Londoners call The Canadian states- man has been dined at Buckingham ‘ot | Palace by the King and Queen Tepresentative company w. meet him later in the evening. Lady Astor snatched a day from her busy program and had him down to Cliv den, where all the youth and beauty “colonials. NENIRIRIRIL left nothing { fo) and really made the |\ . Women's Coat — K it Fox Mar- vella, with half shawi collar of taupe fox. $115. WASHINGTON, D. C, = Mellon habitually wears a brown soft ‘of fact, and so far his London visit NOVEMBER of the British Isles were invited to|and Miss Selfridge will occupy the ald in entertaining him. Mr. King is what the movie authors cal an proof.” Many times he has been rumored to be paying marked atten- tion to this young lady and that, and there were many assurances that he would soon lead a well known belle of Montreal to the altar. But ob- viously all these reports had no basis has not given rise to a similar sug- gestion. -~ As & young man the prime minister was a protege and trusted friend of the Jate Sir Wilfrid Laurier d_frequently accompanied him to Washington when the high .commis- sion on the Canadian boundaries and fisheries controversies was _sitting here. Even then he was shy and d!l~ ficuit to obtain for social purposes. Sir Wilfrid left his handsome country estate, outside of Ottowa, to his pres ent successor and Mr. King lives there entirely rather than in the spacious and formal palace which the Domin ion provides for its loftiest elective officer. iss Beatrice Selfridge of London kas definitely announced that she will spend part of the winter in her old home, Chicago. She is coming under the chaperonage of her ' venerable grandmother, known in England as Mme. Selfridge, the mother of M Harry Gordon Selfridge, London's merchant prince. Mme. Selfridge is just about to celebrate her ninetieth birthday, but she is active and alert and free from/all infirmities of ex- treme old age. Her two older grand- children, Rosalie, now Mme. Serge de Relotoff, and Violette, who married Viscount di Sibour last summer, made a debut in Chicago as well as in Lon- don, and she wishes the youngest girl, Beatrice, and the present chatelaine | of Lansdowne House, to revive th ceremony. During thelr visit, Mme. | b 5 b A ) D, EAG'AWAQA@;GJAEXAEA@AE’/tE‘}EA(') ANTNININININT) =E2 18, 1923-PART 9. Chandler residence, on Rush street, where the venerable woman was mar- ried and from which she sent her now famous son into the bus'ness world. The Selfridges have miany relatives still resident in Chicago, and their visit will be brilliant, though brief, for both must return .to London_ in mid-January. The first amenity has been_scheduled by Mr. and Mrs. Ho- bart Young and will be a dinner dance during the second week of December. After that Miss Selfridge will mingle | in all the gayeties which _encircle Countess Felicle Gizyski and Princess Bertha Cantacuzene, The National Horse Show. which opened Saturday last in Squadron A Armory, in New York, did not, as usual, confiict with the advent of the Metropolitan opera, and in cons quence. the soclal galaxy was daz- zingly brilliant. Miss kdith Wet- more was in ciiarge of the bevy of pretty maids who were waitresses in Jhe tearoom. This adjunct to the Na- ‘tional Horse Show attracted enor- mous patronage this year, because the room had been transformed into a perfect semblance of the dining room in Mount Vernon, and the maids, who were chosen entirely from the circle introduced to society last year, were gowned in the sprigged muslins, be- ruffled and held out by hoops popular in the last decade of the eighteenth century, and they wore adorable lit- tle poke bonnets wreathed in wild flowers. Miss Ailsa Mellon was much in_evidence, but she did not act as | waitress, but spent much time in her | riding togs, which are the very smart- est which London can boast. But it | must rejoice the hearts of American hat manufacturers that, no matter | how far a-field the native woman will | travel for novel raiment, she alway gets her head covering at home, least when she goes riding. M Surpasses Any Previous Year's Event! Greater in Variety- Greater in Values- SOCIE felt Dunlap. This autumn’s is a trifle higher in the crown and wider In the brim, but seemingly like those she has been accustomed to since she left oif short frocks. Mrs. Jack Gardner of Fenway Court.~Boston, has just held her an- nual public obening of her art mu- seum, and her guest of honor was the lilustrious John Sargent, now a resident of London. With the hostess of Fenway Mr. Sargent entertained the hundreds of guests and explained the best points in the newest offer- ings and, on the whole, proved almost as much of an attraction to the ex- hibit as the paintings and sculpture, or the marvelous hangings and dra- peries, or the superb floral display which' always marks these annual openings of the finest private mu- seum of art on the Atlantic seaboard. Mrs. Gardner, who is active and en ergetic despite the passing yea spares no expense or trouble to ke her handsome collection and its en- vironments up to the last point of perfection. Mr. Sargent, whose fine | portrait of the chatelaine of Fenway | “ourt always calls forth renewed ad- miration, has been retouch his choicest work in the Boston Pub- lic Library and incldentally visiting many_old friends in New England and New York. He has returned to Lon- don and begun another exceedingly 1 some of busy season. Gardner will pus part of the winter in Florlda, as for the past few yea her usual prog Jurope. She may drop by W ton en route to visit the F lery, the one collection of art in the National Capital which she has not visited. _— Letters sent to foreign ports not t | contalning sufficient postage will be | with the cow ! returned to the sender. Our Thanksgiving Sale of ine Coats —ALL FUR TRIMMED 37 New Styles---Women’s and Misses’! $20 to $50 saving on each coat! One hundred new coats in the very finest fabrics and furs of the season. Sale prices— 116—135—15—175—195 Each Coat a maste These Coats are a sele 3 with the public in their coat buying. There is a great proportion of shawl collars—both very deep and the half-shawl; brown coatings in several new ble (dyed squirrel), or with brown fox; black coatings with black fox, with blue fox, with platinum lynx, also the kit fox shade with kit fox fur, with locked squirrel, or with taupe fox, i Collars, too, are muffler and shoulder styles in these same colorings and furs. Nearly every beaver fur, with rock s or with kit fox. There cluding Alaskan, and the navy blue ¢ of the coatmakers’ art—sty ion of what we deem the mos Lach separate Coat es and tailoring in accord with the superb fabrics and furs. desirable to be obtained, after several weeks’ close touch was chosen with great care. hades with well as other grays, in- Coat in the sale has also deep fur cuffs. and many have fur-trimmed panels or tiers or borders of the fur as well. Women's Coat of Black Marvella, shoulder yoke style, with hal collar and cuffs of taupe, for $135.00. shawl Misses’ Coat of Kit Fox Mar- vella, with collar and cuffs of platinum fox. $155.00. MATERIALS Marvella Gerona Turnella Oriona Tarquina Velmara Arabia Broadtail STYLES Slim straight coats, side fastened, or, again, slim and straight until they end in a deep flounce; coats with stunning circular drapes caught with a gor- geous ornament; coats whose sump- tuous fur collars graduate into panels that extend to the hem; beautiful shawl collar styles; sleeves with flares or with deep circular flounces, side godets, rippled or fur-bor- dered, rs of furs and many other be- witching individualities whose charm fails of description. IRENE CASTLE’S THANKSGIVING SPECIALS —include new and lovely dance frocks at $65 each—and a few coats at $155.00 fur-trimmed We cannot too strongly recommend this sale to one wishing a fine zoi coat. Richer furs or be fabrics are not obtainablc. The styles speak for them- selves. $115.00 each. Both are now on sale in our Misses Shop—Third floor, For Afternoon, Reception and Evening Wear Are Offered This Weck at Informal Prices $35 $45 $65 All of these are exceptional at the prices quoted, and seldom zwill one find such charming creations at such moderate cost. There are Georgette crepes, crepe ‘Elizabeth, laces, satins, velvets and metal cloth. Delightfui beads, some headed—panels very fine round beads. Styles Are Slender and and bespeak prominence for sinuous metal cloths and gold and silver embroideries on supple vel- Many show long pan- vets and lustrous satins. eled effects, the stunning_buckles, Other Evening Gowns, $79.50 to $125 outlined mes with beaded motifs or girdles, and, again, gorgeous all-over beaded designs. The Beadings Divide Favor almost cqually between the lovely crystal bugles combined with large, round crystal beads, glitter- ing rhinestones, beautiful iridescent effects and colorful Persian patterns exquisitely done with waistlines frequently no more than a bit of shirring at the hips, others with drapes caught with gorgeous velvet flowers or sweepingly dispose: $35 and $40 —in fine twill suitin; jackets. with jackets. — Women's Coat of Y. D. A. R. Chapter Plans i Card Party Seriag The Louisa Adams Chapter, D, A. K., is arranging to give a serles of cdd parties as a means of raising fun o carry on {ts work. The first one be at the residence of Miss Nellle C, Brown, 514 Quincy street, Tuesday evening, December 4. Reception Is Planned For Alabama Visitors In honor of the Alabama delegates to the convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Alabama Society of Washington will entertain with a reception and dance in the ballroom of the Hotel Wash- ington from 5 to 7 o'clock the ev ning of Friday, November 23. Some Oyster Dres=_g. From the Kensas City Star. The newly married ~waple having turkey for the first time. “I don't know how it is" he re- marked, but this bird's got bones an over {t. Just listen to the knife on them, my dear!” “Oh, how silly of 'hose aren’t bones. worn you, darilng! Those are thu . Don't you remember, you vou liked turkey with oyster Stu The Alaskan yak will be crossed to produce an animal that withstand the cold. will Women's Coat of Black Oriona with huge llar and cuffs of plat- i Iynx. Black Gerona, with black caracul. $115.00. Extra Size Coats, $95, $115, $135 Here is an announcement iraught with_interest for all women who wear larger s garments. These coats—many of them have just arrived—are particularly good values. The beauty of their rich pile fabrics, the luxury of their furs, will find few equals among coats in the larger size even at much higher prices. Straightlines, side drapes, panels and circular flares offer generous style Fabrics are Ormadale, Fashona and Tarquina with deep muffler assortment from which to choos collars and cuffs of golden beaver, natural gray squirrel and rich black or kit fox. to 54 bust. Large Size Coats—Second Floor—Jelleff's. Tomorrow—Our Entire Stock of Women’s Suits at Great Reductions! d of. Instead of waiting until gs—long strapped pancl $59.50 Navy Blue, Strictly Tailored Suits —in Wooltex tested twill cloths—tucked panel le suitings, in number of smart styles to choose from. —in Velmara and Vel flare and panel jacke kit-fox and natural tiered skirts. Evening Gowns for Larger Women $49.50 to $95.00 New arrivals during the past few days. Regular and Large Women’s Sizes, Second Floor embroidered sleeves fox or wool collars, some with cuffs and panel borders. llona. Short box, ripple, ts, trimmed with beaver, gray squirrel. Wrap or and borders and Viatka $34:50 $69.50 to $89.50 Fur-Trimmed Costume Suits —fine vellona _and veldyne s : navy, brown kit-fox and black—trimmed with beaver, Viatka squirrel, wolf and caracul—a 54950 $125.00 to $165.00 Costume Suits 58950 $95.00 to $110.00 Two and Three Piece Costume Suits —of beautiful vellona with choice of mavy blue, Tampa and kit-fox shades—styles with 56950 Qur complete assortments, comprising Tailored, Sport and Two and Three-piece Costume Suits, to be v vear place our suits on sale before Thanks- giving, and you are therefore enabled not only to secure the suit you wish at the greatly reduced price, but have it to wear in the height of the season. Navy Blue and 51950 Black Strictly Tailored Suits January, we this num wolf, fox and Viatka smart, indeed, in navy blue and $125.00 to $135.00 “Milgrim” Suits—Tailored with true “Milgrim’ and Juina cloth in kit-fox, navy —now— —novelty suiting $125.00 Costume Suits Vellona—tucked and embroidered jacket styles.with huge collars of Scotch mole, distinctiveness! $45.00 Sport Suits in gray and camel color— straight, panel jackets, some button trimmed. Sizes to fit 46 nole, plati- squirrel—very it-fox shades. 594.50 Vellona blue and black $94-50 524.50 $59.50 to $69.50 Sport Suits—Fur Trimmed Collars of opossum, raccoon and fox with novelty mixtures, plaids and stripes or plain collar styles of Flamingo—big value at— $37.50 $89.50 to $95.00 Fur-Trimmed Sport Suits —all imported suitings, Kasha cloth, Turnella, plaids and mixtures with collars and cuffs of opossum or collars of brown or kit fox, or raccoon. §7450 WOMEN’S SUITS—SECOND FLOOR—JELLEFF' CENTEMERI NOVELTY KID GLOVES—SMARTEST SHADES IN GOLD STRIPE SILK STOCKINGS—CHIC HATS—SOROSIS FOOTWEAR!