Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1923, Page 32

NDERWOO O & NOERWOGD, SENORA DONA ANGELA EL&Z%L‘DE de YCAZA T Q sister and guest of the Minis New Year Day Reception At White House Leading Feature of Coming Week| Function Proposed on Gigantic and Novel Scale. Diplomatic Breakfast Also an Attraction. Week's Events Listed. SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. ITH a vision of New Year day and the gigantic and novel recep- tion at the White House confronting one, the luster of Christ- i mas period dims a bit, and finally settles down into a week of rollicking fun for the student element on school leave for the | holidays and an unusual number of cadets and midshipmen here from West Point and Annapolis. The girl and boy party given by Mrs, Coolidge at the White House Friday afternoon, when less than fifty young folk enjoyed the hospitality, brought back a vision of the gay life there in the Roosevelt and Taft administrations when parties for young people ‘were not unusual. | LESS general but equally brilliant as the White House reception January. 1 will be the- diplomatic breakfast in the Pan-American Union building a little later, with the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes as hosts. The entire corps will attend, and there will be music, gay decorations and a buffet bgeakfast. There will even be dancing.if the guests wish to take a.few turns. All of the cabinet homes will be open to. visitors in the afternoon, except those of Secretary and Mrs. Hughes and the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis, the visitors for the most being the officials. and personnel of the various bureaus’ the cabinet official represents. IN keeping with the official side of the day, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Mrs. Taft will receive from 2:30 to 7 o'clock and will be assisted by the wives of associate justices of the Supreme Court. Not many private homes will be open to visitors, in line with the old traditions of “open house,” but those receiving will have large parties of assistants and will entertain in a bigger way. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pembroke. Thom will be at home from 5 to 7 o'clock, and the rector of St. John's Church, Dr. Johnston, and Mrs, Johnston will keep open house in the rectory. E CONGRESSIONAL CLUB will observe the open door rule for ‘its members and their friends. A debutante will blossom on New Year day in the person of Miss Anne Devereux, whose parents, Dr. and Mrs. John Ryan Devereux, will give 2 tea dance at Port Ledge, their suburban home, for her. Numerous dinner parties and smaller dances will be given that night. E entire week will be replete with interesting social affairs like the cotillon Prince Caetani will give at the Italian embassy Friday night, and the large reception at the Siamese legation Wednesday afternoon, ‘when the minister will have several hundred guests to assist in celebrating the birthday anniversary of the King of Siam. Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry wi'l give a dinner, followed by dancing, Saturday night, and the same evening Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West will give a dinner in honor of the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs, Hubert Work. 'I'HE Children's Hospital ball Wednesday night is the one particular big dancing event of the week around which all lesser similar events circle. It will be a night of smart dinner parties, which will later enjoy the ball from boxes lining the walls at the New Willard, where both ballrooms have been requisitioned. Monday night Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Leiter will give a ball in their home on Dupont Circle, and this event, too, will be préfaced by many dinner parties. Among those’ who will entertain preceding this ball are Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Garrison . Mc- Clintock and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin E'lis. Mrs. Stephen Pell Assists In Congreésman's Home Albert Schott Concert Representative and Mra. Charles E.| ~Mrs. Stephen Pell of New York has Winter entertained ‘last evening in|added her name to the list of pa- their home at 1671 Madison street |tronesses for the Albert Schott con- northwest in honor of some of the|cert which will be given at the head- ‘Wyoming young people Wha are at- | quarters of the National Woman's tending schools in the east and|Party, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday spending the holidays In and aroundevening, January 8, at 8:30 o'clock. ‘Washington. Beside Mrs. Pell the patronesses a: Dinner was served at 6:30, and the | Mrs. Anne Archbold, Mrs. Alice evening’s entertainment consisted of | 3arney, Mrs. Wymond H. Bradbury, a yarled program, cards, music and [Mrs. Henry Roser Casey, Mrs. Peter dancing. Drury, Mrs. Herman Gasch, Mra Wyoming Students Guests Lyman Kendall, Mrs. Oscar Under- The guests included Miss Theddors | wood and Miss' Emily Waite. Roberts of Vassar, Miss Jeanette ———— Leckie, George Washington- ~Unl- . versity; - Miss Mary Leckle, Miss Tea p&"’“‘a for Relief Evelyn Smallwood, Mrs. Willa B. Child: 1 Hammond, Miss Mary Alice Ham- ren in Greece mond, Mr. Tom Csmeron of Annapo-| The committes for the relief of the lis, Mr. Edward Murane of Ann Ar- | fatherless children of Greece, . of| bor; Mr. Leroy Crotfts, George Wash- | which Mme. Tsamados is honorary ington University; Lieut., Willlam E. |chairman, has decided to open a t ‘Winter, West Point; Stanley T. Win- [room at their headquyrters, 1622 ter, Western Military Academy, Alton, | H street. J1l.; Warren Winter and Franklin; Included in the arrangements is a Wiater. Diplomatic day once In week, to which Mrs. Winter was assisted in enter- | th6 “:F':"“ ot :;:. diplomatic taining by her mother, Mrs. Pauline | °°; a8 besh promi Maitby, ister, Miss, 8 ‘.'?-'- will be mv\oa by the season’s THE ‘SUNDAY Ecuardo,DrAlizalde. mn areut o Dinners, Luncheons, Teas, Conspicuous In Society Calendar Secretary and Mrs. Work to Entertain Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand — Other Noted Functions. The Secretary of the Interfor &nd Mrs. Work will entertain at dinner Thursday evening in honor of the ambassador of France and Mme. Jus- serend. Secretary and Mrs. Work have is- sued Invitations for dinner Saturday evening, January 12, when their guests are asked to meet the Secre- ‘tary of State and Mrs. Hughes. Judge and Mrs. Daniet Thew Wright entertalned at dinher last evening at Wardman Park Hotel for their son, Mr. Danlel Thew Wright, §r., In honor of Miss Evelyn Gordon and Miss Ruth Stoddard. The guests included Miss Nina Diamantopoulos. Miss Janet Moffett, Miss Bessie Me- Keldin, Miss Eugenia Lejeune, Miss Betty Byrne, Miss Elizabeth Adams, Miss Claudia Read, Miss. Helen Strauss, Miss Agnes Ashford, Miss Natalle Hammond, Miss Elsa Dieder- fch, Miss Margaret Zolnay, Miss Jean Conrad and Miss Joan Bird of New York, Mr. James McKeldin, Mr. Jo- seph ' Stoddard, Capt. Ganberry, Mr. Hall McKenney, Mr. Robert Ashe, Mr. Norris Gadde: Mr. Huntington Turner, Mr. Tchernikoff, Mr. an- ning Stead, Mr. Edwin Graham, Mr. Fulton Lewis, Mr. Lanston Moffett, Mr. Albert Thorne and Mr. Detlow Marthison. Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann enter- tained at_ lunch yesterday for her daughter, Mrs. Murray, and Mrs. Her- bert Wood of Lima, Peru, both house guest: Mrs. J. Butler Wright, wife of the third istant secretary of state, will entertain a company at luncheon tomorrow. Rear Admiral and Mrs. W. E. Rey- nolds entertalned at dinner Wednes- day evening In their apartment, 2029 Connecticut avenue, in honor of Rep- resentative and Mrs. Martin B. Mad- den. - The _solicitor general and Mrs. James M. Beck will entertain at din- ner January 4 for their daughter, Miss Beatrice Beck. Miss Dorinda Rogers entertained at dinner at the Chevy Chase Club Fri- day night, for Capt. Bakenhus, U. 8. N., and Mrs. Bakenhu who are spending the holidays here. Maj. and Mrs. R. W. Kingman en- tertained at dinner Thursday eve- ning for their daughter, Miss Kath- arine Kingman. The guests wero Miss Catherine Carr, Miss Henrjetta Carl, Miss Katharine Voris, Cadet G. Arthur Hadsell, Mr. John Cham- blinn, Midshipman John Fitzsim- mons’ and Midshipman Henry Ripley. The company Tater went to the dance at the Washingtoh barracks. The dinner to be given at Rausch- ers January 2 by Mr Thomas D. Robertson I8 for Miss Caroline Lewis of Richmond, Va. who s visiting Miss Norville Munford. The Alfaifa Club will give its first dinner of 1924 the night of Satur- day, Maroch 1. - Mr. Leonard Wood, manager of the Prosident Theater -and son 'of Gen. Leonard ‘Wood, will entertain the members:of the company playing there at’ a supper dance at Le Paradis. Mra. James A. Emery luncheon today at tha Che: Club for her daughters, M Mary Aloise Emery and M Emery, in compliment to Mi; Gordon. entertain- Mirs Eunice Taylor and Mi: at home December 23, when Mrs. ded at the tea tabl win D. Abernath; gon and Mrs. John H. Small, Miss Claudia debutante sug " Beverly STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, DECEMBER 30, 1923—PART 2. M1SS ANNALEE RMAN, s My.and Mya Jmu}tJbAGE e aunounce ey engagement to Mr. £ H agermanJr. Jga.ywardfrgxdd M G‘uestthwug folidays o arents Mt tice and, Jui: hn.h%on, P M I the B3 fer & ’Pflg/v 18S PEGGY ‘WEST, Daughter of Mra William D a disnyer party, preceéds Jr,of Stlouis e ons' Receptions New Year Day Chief Events of the Week Secretary and Mrs. Hughes to Be Hosts to Diplo- mats—Hospitalities in Official Life to Be General. The Sccretary of State and Mrs. Hughes will give the annual New | Year breakfast in honor of the diplo- matic corps Tuesday at 12:30 o'clock in the Pan-American Union building. |Secretary and Mrs. Hughes have 'asked to meet the diplomats the mem- | bers of the cabinet, the justices of the | Supreme Court, the President pro | tempore of the Senate, the Speaker |of the House of Representatives, the {chairmen of the forelgn relations and | forelgn affairs committees and their wives, in addition to the officials of the State Department and their wives. The Secretary of State and Mrs. { Hughes will not recelve New Year afternoon because of the breakfast which they will give to the diplomats earller in the day. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, and his daughter, Miss Allsa Mellon, will receive in their apart- ment, at 1785 Massachusetts avenue, from 4 to 6 o'clock. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Weeks will be at home from 4 to 6 o'clock in their home, at 2100 16th street. #he Postmaster General and Mrs New will be assisted by the wives of Allen Read, has sent out cards for a small tea this aftermoon in compli- ment to Jean Conrad, who is the guest of Miss Margaret Zolnay over the holidays. Mrs. Guy T. Scott entertained at dinner last evening to announce the engagement of her daughter, Leila Voorhees, to Mr. Peter Hill Dunn. The other guests were Miss Anne Scott, Miss Anne Devereux, Miss Vir- ginia Edwards, Miss Elizabeth Valiant, Miss Julia Valiant, Miss Vir- ginia_Graham, Miss Lettice Caullan, Mr. Charles Dunn, Mr. Malin Crais, Mr. George Crosby, Mr. James Devereux, Mr. Nathan Scott, Mr. Ed- ward Hannajan, Mr. Thomas Sweeney and Mr. Ralph Hill Mrs. C, C. Long will entertain at a luncheon at Wardman Park Hotel January 10. Mrs, Catherine Loffier entertained a family dinner party Wednesday eve- ning, December 26, at her apartment in the Ontarlo, the party numbering :lwen(y-ona. including her grandchil- ren. - Mrs. D. Agnew Greenlees entertained Wednesday evening at a large buffet supper for her daughter, Miss Eliza- beth Addison Greenlees, later taking }ger guests to the Georgetown assem- ly. Col. Robert E. Thompson enter- tained a company of eight at the Le Paradis supper dance last evening. Signal Corps officers joined in giving a large farewell dinner in honor of Gen, George O. Squier, retiring chief of the corps, at Meridian Mansions Hotel Saturduy evening. Gen. Charles | McK. 8 altzman, incoming chief of the signal corps, and Gen. Henry C. Dunwoodie, former chief, were spe- clal guests of honor, oocupying seats near Gen. Squier. Sixty-five guests were present, inoluding practically all Signal Corps officers stationed in the District of Columbia and the 3d Corps Area. Many of both the junior and nior. officers present had seen war service under n. Squle Among those present were Col. and X Mrs. George S. Col. and Mrs. J. B. Allison, Miss Grace Freysinge: Mrs. D, Col. an Col. ‘and . J. 3 5 Mrs. Alvin C. Voris, Col. and Mrs. F. J. Grifin and Miss Grace Griffin, Col. and Mrs. oeorg- E. Kumpe, Col. and Mrs. C. A ane and Miss Seoane. It is understood that Gen. will remain in Washington retirement and Interest himself in radio work. He will retain his chair- m?lhlp of the national board of 0. Squier tor hi Davis was host to Col. H. C. party at 1 the assistant.postmasters general— Mrs. John H. Bartlett, Mrs. Paul Hen- derson. Mrs. W. Irving Glover, Mrs Harry H. Billany—and by Mrs. Fred- erick Dent Grant, Mrs. Parker Hitt, Mre. J. C. Montgdmery and Mrs. Al lan Kirk. After the reception, which will be from 4 to 6 o'clock, in their home, at 1869 Wyoming avenue, the Postmaster General and Mrs. New will entertain their assistants at a buffet supper. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Denby will have receiving with them from 4 to 6 o'clock in their home, at 2224 R street, the assistant secretas of the Navy and Mrs. Theodore Roose- velt. Mrs. Robert E. Coontz and Mrs. John A. Lejeune will preside at the tea table and will be assisted by Mrs. Hayne Ellis. Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Charles Denby. The_Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Work will be at home from 4 to 6 o'clock in_their apartment at Wardman Park Hotel. Among those assisting will_be Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps, ‘Mra. B. Carroll Reece, Mrs. Merritte W. Ireland, Mrs Hugh S Cumming, Mrs. J. Butler Wright, Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs. Rush Holland, Mra. Frederick Dent Grant, Mrs. Guy 8eamrd Goff and Mrs. Edward A. ann. The Secretary of Agriculture and Mra. Wallace will receive from 3 to 6 o'clock In thelr apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel, having with them their daughters, the Misses Wallace. Mrs. Arthur Capper, Mrs. Simeon D. Fess, Mrs. James E. Watson and Mrs. John T. Adams will preside at the tea tabie alternately, and others as- sisting will be Mrs. John Hull and Mrs. Wilson Comptor The_Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover will have with them from 4 to 6 o'clock their home, at 2300 S street, the assistant Secre of Commerce and Mrs. J. er Drake and the chiefs of bureaus of that department and their wives. Those assisting will include the s lcitor and Mrs. Stephen E. Davis, jr., the director of the census and Mrs. William M. Stuart, the director of the foreign and domestic commerce bu- reau and Mrs. Jullus Klein, the di- rector of the bureau of standards and Mrs. G. K. Burgess, the commissioner of fisheries and Mrs. Henry O'Malley, the commissioner of lighthouses and Mrs. George R. Putnam, the director of the coast and geodetic survey and Mrs. E. Lester Jones, the commission- er of navigation and Mrs, D. B. Car+ son and the chief of steamboat ins spection and Mrs. George Uhler. ‘The Attorney General and Mrs. Daugherty and the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis will be the only members of the cabinet who will not in some way entertain in celebration of the New Year day. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Willi Howard Taft will recelve Tuesday afternoon from 2:30 to 7 o'clock at their home, 224 Wyoming avenue. They will have assisting them Mrs. Plerce | Butler, Mrs. George Butler, Mr o Sanford and Mrs. Willlam Presiding at the tea le will be Mrs. Ezra B. McCalg, Miss Nannie Bell Maury and Mrs. Frederick Manning, daughter of th The_deputy chiet of staff and Mrs. John L. Hines will receive New Year 7 o'clock in thelr quar-! They will have ' residing at the tea table Mrs. Dennls - olan, Mrs. Robert C. Davis g Franklin Bell, Mrs, William J. Snow and Mrs, Lansing H. Beach. Other: assisting will be Mrs Bonneycastle, Troup Miller, Mrs. Charles Lu Mrs. Charies K. Klibourne, Mrs, Leland Stanford Hawkins and th | rs. | Bolte, Goldsborough, Mr Conness, Miss Nancy Misses Gramme Gen. and Mrs. Hanson D. Ely will be at home New Year afternoon in thelr quarters at Washington bar- racks, trom 3 to § o'clock, to the la- fa|dles of the barracks and the War College. Gen. H. M. Lord, director of the bu- reau of the budget, and Mrs. Lord will at me Tuesday afi the supper dance at on E P;&‘znlhn o:m::y: Ball PMrs. Siddons, Miss Sally Burch, Mis: est, entertaining | Children's Hospital January 2. "At Homes" Are Listed Of Spccial Interest To Washington Folk| Society Leaders Announce! Dates on Which Tl'lcy' Formally Will Receive Friends. The Misses Cummins, sisters of Senator Cummins of lowa, who is President pro tempore of the Senate, will be at home Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock at 1509 16th street. Mrs. Swanson, wife of Senator Claude A. Swanson, will be at home the first and third Thursdays in Jan- uary and February. Mrs. John Breckenridge Kinnear will be at home informally New Year day at her residence, 1882 Columbia road, from 5 to 7 o'clock. The president of the George Wash- ington University and Mrs. Willlam Mather Lewis d their daughter, Miss Sarah Durand Lewis, will be at home Tuesday after 4 o'clock. Mrs. Guy Tyrrell Scott and _he daughters, Miss Anne Scott and Mis: Leila Scott, will be at home New Year day in their home at 1620 Bel- mont street at 5 o'clock. Mrs. Pearle Moore Gray and her daughter, Miss Murlel Eleanor Gray, will be at home this afternoon after 4 o'clock, which will be in the ure of a New Year reception as well as their regular day at home, and they will not recelve Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Jullan Zolnay will be at home informally this after- noon from 4 to 6 o'clock, when they will have with them Dr. Remi Kwiatowski. Mrs. Sinclair Bowen will observe two days at home, January 4 and January 11, at her new residence, 3125 Cathedral avenue. Mrs. Eugene Byrnes will be at home informally this afternoon at § o'clock, at 2120 Le Roy piace Mrs. Willlam Atherton Du Puy will be at home this afternoon from 4 to 7 o'clock 2819 28th stree t] their new residenc: Miss Genevieve Rusk, daughter of Mrs. Robert Vinton Rusk, will be at home this afternoon from 4 to 7 o'clock at her' home, 1301 Belmont road. Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Harned and Miss Jessie Maasters will be at home New Year day from 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon at their residence at b Columbia avenue, Takoma Park. Dur- ing the reception there will be inci- dental music. Betrothals Announced Foreshadow Weddings The engagement of Miss Annalee Hagerman, daughter of Mrs. James Hagerman, jr., and the late Mr. Hagerman, to Mr. Frederick Philip Heyward Siddons, son of Justice Fred- erick L. Siddons of the District Su- preme Court and Mrs. Slddons, is be. ing announced this afternoon at a tea given at the residence of Mrs. Hagerman, 3317 Newark street. Mrs. Hagerman is being assisted by Mary Happer, Miss Margaret Yard, Mrs. George Starr Lasher of Ann Ar- bar, Mich., formerly Miss Elizabeth Siddons, Miss Peggy Hagerman, who attending Smith College, and Miss ssie Adkins. The date of the wed- -has not been set. iss Hagerman was formerly of 8t. Louis, Mo: Her father, ames Hagerman, was one of the presidents of the Ameérican Bar As- sociation. Mr. and Mrs, Earl announce the en daughter, Miss Ji Charles E. Lobdell, Charles Lobdell of Kan: fngton. Miss Hopkins is a debutante of this season. Mr, and Mrs. Grahame H. Powell 1day evening for their two daughters, the late| ., OERWO OO B ZibeRwoos. MRS. MORRIS SHEPRARD, She ife i Wi ot Sewstor gie ppard of Texas, re in official life. 'Diplomats Are Prominent In Winter Hospitalities Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand Among Guests at Dinner——ltaly's Ambassador HOSt to Signor Pirandello. The ambassador of France and Mme. Jusserand and others of the corps have entered on the midwinter exchange of hospitalities. ‘The ambassador of France and Mme. Jusserand were the honor guests at dinner last evening of the Solicitor General and Mrs. James M. Beck. The other guests were the third assistant secretary of state and Mrs. J. Butler Wright, former Secretary of State and Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Charles War- ren, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Mitchell of New York, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock and Col. Robert M. Thompson. The ambassador of Italy, Don Gelasio Caetanl, will entertain at a small dinner this evening, to be fol- lowwed by a reception in honor of the Italian writer, Signor Lugl Piran- dello. The ambassador will give a cotil- lion Friday evening. The ambassador of Cuba, Senor de la Torriente, will be joined today by Senora de la Torriente and their daughter, Senorita Maria Luisa de la Torriente, who will come from their home in Havana. The minister of Norway and Mme. Bryn will entertain at dinner Thurs- Miss Inger Bryn and Miss Laura Br.{m 'he Misses Bryn will entertain at luncheon Saturday. Senora de Elizalde, wife of the minister of Ecuador, will receive Friday afternoon at the legation. The minister of Uruguay and Mme. Varela will entertain a company at dinner Wednesday evening, January 23, in_honor of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes. The minister of Rumania and Prin- cess Bibesco, who now are in Paris, e expected to sail for this country the end of next month. The minister of Sweden and Mme. Wallenberg have with them until the middle of the week their son, Mr. Bertin Wallenberg, who will return to studies at Harvard University. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Wallenberg, who were with the minister and Mme. Wallenberg over Christma; have returned to New York. Mme. Panaretoff, wife of the min- ister of Bulgarfa, will be hostess to a company at luncheon Thursday. The minister of Guatemala and Senora de Sanchez Latour will enter- tain at dinner Friday evening, Janu- ary 25, in honor of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes. Senora de Sanchez Latour will hold her Friday afternoon at home Janu- ary 1L The minister of Siam, Phya Buri Navarasth, will entertain at a large reception 'Wednesday from 5 to 7 o'clock at the legation, 2300 Kalo- rama road, in celebration of the birthday anniversary of the King of Siam. The charge d'affairs of Greece and Mme. Tsamados will have as their guest Miss Elizabeth Howry, who isar- riving Wednesday from New York, to remain several days. The counselor of the Japanese, embassy, and Mme. Saburi, will entel tain a large company at the Shoreham New Year eve. The military attache of the French embassy, Gen. George A. L. Dumont, is expected to arrive in New York the first of the week on the Rocham- bezu, after passing several weeks at his home in France. The military attache of the British embassy and Mrs. Charlton and their son, Mr. Wingrove Charlton, will go to Niagara Falls, N. Y., Tuesday eve- ning and return to Washington Fri- day morning. Col. and Mrs. Charl- ton will accompany their son to New York next week when he will sail for England January 10 to return to his school there. The naval attache of the French embassy, Capt. Jean Rigal, is spend- ing the week end in Philadelphia. The naval attache of the Argentine embassy, Commander R. A. Vago, and Senora de Vago entertained at dinner Monday evening.in compliment to the naval attache of the Japanese em- bassy, Rear Admiral Osami Nagano. The acting naval attache of the Brazflian embassy, Lieut. Eugenio da Rosa_ Riverio, has returned to the Hotel Lafayette, after spending a few days in New York. Mr. A. H. Hamilton-Gordon, third secretary of the British embassy, will return this week from New York, where he has been the guest of Mr. Douglas Willlams for the holldays. The third secretary of the German embassy, Baron Plessen, has return- ed from New York, where he went to spend Christmas. P linlestsh B A ————————— Willlam B. Walker of Cromwell, Conn. No date has been set for the ‘wedding. Mr. and Mrs. J. Willlam Ridenour announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy to Mr. M. Parker Nolan, son of Mr. and Mrs, Walter D. Nolan. No date is announced for the wedaing. Mr. and Mrs, Wells Alvord Sher- man of Vienna, Va., announce the en- ement of their dasughter, Mar- s Thatcher, to Mr. John Ronald Blake of Washingto! Miss Sherman is a pupil nurse at Emergenoy Hospital and Mr. Blake is & senfor at Iowa State College, Ames, Towa. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Schaf- hirt announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Catharine, to Mr. Elwood W. Flood. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Witcher Smith have snnounced the engagement of their daaughter, Mary Lucile, to Mr. Julian Trevolyan Baber, formerly of this city, now living in New ©rleans. The wedding will take place in the i spring. nd Mrs. Frank G. Sibman an- the engagement of their daughter, Dorothy M, to Mr. Rembert Gary len ‘ul Smll:l Cl;fi;éln:. . Mri Allen is professor of architecture al the Clemson College, Clemson, 8, C. Mr. nounct Mrs. Simon Klein announce ment _of their daughter. to Mr. Oliver Atlas, so! rs. 8imon Atlas. ' _Mr. and he ERE Bertha Adel of Mr. and : Mr, and Mrs, Aba Kershenbaum an- nounce the engagement of their daughter Rae to Mr. Harry J. Fried- man. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Stein will re- | celve Sunday _evening, January from 7 to 10 o'clock in their home, 1401 Madison street, in honor of their dnqgur H.olm.'_. whone _ engagement to Mr. Isadore Levinson of Alex- o] Miss Joseph M. Stoddard Entertains for Daughter Mrs. Joseph M. Stoddard entertained at a dance Friday evening at the Hamilton Hotel, when she presented her daughter, Miss Ruth Stoddard, to soclety, The ballroom was decorated with palms and smilax, and a buffet 0 supper was served about midnight, | Mrs. Stoddard wore a gown of bro- caded gold metal cloth, made ou draped lines with jeweled shoulder straps. Miss Stoddard was in a gown of white taffeta and salome velvet, the skirt of taffeta cut in petals ane outlined with the velvet, and the straight bodice falling well off the shoulders. A corsage bouquet of morning glories in dainty shades was caught at the waist line, and the cos- tume was finished with an inch-wide velvet ribbon tled in a small bow at the back of the bodice, the ends fall- ing to the hem of the skirt. She car- ried white flowers presented by her brother, Mr. John M. Stoddard. Assisting the bud were Miss Ruth Wallace, Miss Janet Moffett, Miss Helen Strauss, Miss Laura Winder Marshall, Miss Claudia Read, Miss Natalle Hammond, Miss Ellen Blair, Miss Bessic McKeldin, - Miss El Diederich, Miss Anne Devereux, Miss Eiizabeth Taylor Adams, Miss Betty Byrne, Miss Margaret Zolnay, Miss Norvel Clark Munford and Miss Eve- lyn Gordon, Commander C. Theodore mm, Maj. Theodore Barnes, Capt. 14 Granberry, Mr. Diamanto- poulos, Mr. Octavius Mendez, Mr. Wil llam Bowle Clark, Mr, Manning Stead, Mr. Henry Lee, Mr. Detiow Maineh Marthinson, Mr. Norris Gaddes, Mr, Daniel Thew Wright, jr.; Mr. William Blair, Mr. James McKeldin, My. Ed- ¢ ward G. Lowry, Mr. Fulton Lewis, Mr. Richard P. Crenshaw and Mr. Jose M. Stoddard, brother of the debu- tante, The assistants were entertained at a buffet dinner preceding the dance. ph