Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1924, Page 9

" Society (Continued from Bighth Page.) PACKERS OUTLINE SHIP TONNAGE NEEDS HERE Parm Bureau Leaders Also Give . Shipping Board Estimate of ‘merican and foreign flag ships. In addition to their present tonnage in the North Atlantic-United Kingdom service, the board informed the d es that five new refs M. Barber, Miss Katharine Mimack and Mrs. A. C. Oliphant. A large house dance is scheduled to take place at Meridian Mansions tomorrow night, a number of dinner parties preceding the dance. The llroom will be decorated lavishly th spring flowers, which will also be used in the lobby and cafe. Sev- eral rooms on the reception floor will be set aside for bridge and a radio program in the radio room will be an additional raction. A buffet supper will be rved. State Soclety to Celebrate Maryland Day Tuesday. The Maryland State Society will glve a reception, with members of Congress as guests of honor, in cele- bration of “Maryland day,” Tuesday, March 25, at the Washington Club. In the receiving line will be Mrs: O. E. Weller, Mrs. Willlam Cabell Bruce, Mrs. C. T. Linthicum, Mrs. F, N. Zihlman, Mrs. Blackistone, wife of the president of the society, and Miss Ritchie of Maryland. Commander C. ‘W. Fisher, U. S. N,, will make the in- troductions. ~Addresses will be made by Senator Bruce, Representative Linthicum, Representative Mudd and Representative Zihlman. Represent- ative Tydings will give as the prin- cipal address of the evening a resume of the state’s history. Musical num- bers will be furnished by local talent, after which there will be dancing. Hostesses for the evening are Mrs. Charles Shaw, Mrs. John Mason Brown and Miss Catherine Morsan. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, the retir- ing president of the District of Co- lumbia Society of the Dames of the Loyal Legion, who has been indorsed by the local society for the office of national president, yesterday enter- tained at tea in honor of the local officers of the society: Mrs. Hugh Smith, president; Mrs. Willard Hol- brook. senfor vice president; Mrs. Isabella Morrow Boniface, junior vice president; Miss May Clark, recorder: Miss Selma M. Borchardt, registrar; Mrs. John N. Speel, chancellor, and Mrs. Julia Bodfish, historian. party of bridge, five hundred and mah-jong will be given under the auspices of the entertainment committee of the Women's.City Club, 22 Jackson place, Monday evening at 8 o'clock. There will be a prize for each table. An informal auction MRS. FREDERICK 1. COX, Wife of the Interstate Commerce Comminsloner = Augustine, Fla., to visit her sister, Mra, Horace Ld The program of plays to be given |April. fomorrow "evening at 'the national r et e U ol rene | Mattingly, viee chairman: Dr. Elmer |ard, chairman: C. D. Houston, vice Women. " 1655 Fye ttreet, nelades | S. Newton, Miss Alice Deal, Walter | chairman; Charles Hary, Allan Davis, e he Gaol Gates mres | I Smith and Miss Mineola Kirkiand. | Henry W. Draper and Harold K. sented by Mrs. Horace Torhert, Mrs. Commercial branches—Dr. A, L. How- | Warner. . C. Mendenhall and Mr. T. C. Read. - The program is given under the di- rection of Mrs. H. Foster Bain, chair- man of the drama group of the ‘Washington branch. MANY TO TAKE U. S. TEST. Patent Examiners’ Posts Attract Sixty Applicants. More than sixty applicants have been received for the April 9 exam- fnation by the Civil Service Commis- sion for positions as assistant patent examiners, and at least 100 are ex- pected by that dfl.le.‘_ Many will not pass, it is anticipat- ed. so that additional examinations will be necessary.. The commission intends holding these examinations until the hundred needed are secured. and a few extra to provide for future needs, The patent office positions offered carry an entrance salary of $1.860 a year and increases are provided up to $5.000 a year. Both men and women may take the examination. AFPOINTED BY BALLOU. Committees to Co-Ordinate High School Courses. Three committees of school officers ¥ere appointed today by Supt. Frank W. Ballou to work, out & pian for the co-ordination and articulation of subjects in the ninth grades of the Junior high schools and the first year of the senior high schools. An ar- rangement that will enable a pupil to be graduated from the juniar to the senior high school without break- ing the continuity of his course is the aim of Dr. Ballou. The committees follow: English— Miss Sarah Simons, chairman; Miss Otelia Cromwell, vice chairman; Ste- E. Kramer, Howard P. Safford mith Wormiley. Mathematics y English, chairman; H. N. Just left for St. until some time in < Charming Girlish Frocks THEY are the embodiment of youth- fulness, these Charming Frocks of Taffeta, Crepe de Chine and Roshanara Crepe, in all the lighter shades for Spripg. $12.95 [Erlebacher Exclusively Different TWELVE-TEN TWELVE-TWELVE F STREET FOUNDED 1109 F. N.W. A REMARKABLE PURCHASE N FOR OUR WY SUB-SALON 1,000 New Hats on ) Sale Tomorrow A marvelous collection of individual modes, each rep- resenting the whims of the season. This new charming display, all st the one price. This special selection rep- resents roproductions and ‘adaptations from the best New York makers. 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