Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1925, Page 43

SO : ~Ania H 2 2 R New York SOClety Keeps "Bay State to Honor : VIRGINIA ENGAGEMENT Dr. Anna Howard Shaw to A CIETY. Park Aveglie_linviolate Effort to Add Two Blocks of Fourth Avenue to Street Defeated Business NEW YORK is refoicing over to prevent the Clusiveness of February 7 vietory in invasion of Park avenue. Sine ays when business erept in, then olized Fifth avenue al Park, there has been many stronghold esstablished in aside from the numbers follss who lived there for rations. he battle an in when it be known that a wovement had started to add locks of Fourth avenue to Park ven Such a conjunction would have the relative assimilation of ofl and water. Those few feet contain a ocial gulf as wide as the universe. Not until the board of aldermen had aken tentative action did old-time aristocrati nts of Murray Hill wake to the realization of what was ntended. Then came the rallying of the clans, with choruses of protests of every set from the digniticd dowa to the lately sented debutante. Mrs. Bacon Lends Fight. The forces in opposition were mar- shalod by Mrs. Robert Bacon, of the late A dor to France d a one-time partner of the firm of 1. P. Mor She discov- ered that the purpose of the street hange was to enable a realty project o appropriate the a distinett numeral which for many y graced the doorplate of the home. 1In fact, the procedu tall the renumbering of ho way up to Forty-second d bring about unbelievable unt the ex- the carly Win- reside most pre- Bacon s would confusion in sociul cir- of the homes involved landmarks for half a cen- and have ablished which would be seriously course proposed of hearings nost prominent people k part, the board of decided to re- previous action and allow to remain undisturbed of those who form that 1g known as the inner of soclety. Plan for Street Fair. One of the anuual events of Park avenue, which attracts nation-wide interest, is the street falr. Thsi ¢ takes place in the later days pring and contains a_variety of in- esting features. No expense is spared on the features and lucky is the debutante who finds herself select- ed ne of the elect to serve in the rilliant booths erected in the oroughfare. Traffic is forbidden uring the duration of the fair, which ts for several days. All of the charm and alluring touches of the Old World fetes are incorporated into the entertainment. Noted artists design the costumes and scenery. Thousands of dollars are realized for charity through this channel Plans are already under way for this year's fair, which Is expected to take place in May. The naming of commit- tees will be announced soon, which will be followed by rehearsals for those who are to take part. Among the outstanding affairs for Lincoln’s Birthday eve will be the benefit organized by Mrs. David H McAlpin Pyle to be held at the Win- er Garden to raise funds for the Lincoln Hospital and home soclal ervice work. A committee of debu- tes has been selected to sell pro- grems and boxes for the entertaln- ment. The insitution itself s one of the oldest of its kind in this city, hav- ing been established in 1839. As far as is known, it is the only one of that period founded and entirely managed by women 1ave be ury at dentities shaken by After of th New York t aldermen committee nd the rk possessio zlittering ri rele avenue has charge of vice activities includes Just dor Monday! New peak turbans of STRAW draped 1 with silk crepe. | SATIN trimmed | with bands of visca. High - colored FAILLES gorgeously | decked with lovely flowers. : che]-colored FELTS in dressy and tailored effects. —Jester crowns —Swanson pokes —DPjcture hats —Sports types ostume lxats ALL NEW HIGH SHADES smei J clety two ndignant | widow | n which | 804 Seventh Street N.W. and Advance of Is Halted. Mrs, Horace Havemeyer, Mrs. Van ySantvoord Merle-Smith, Mrs. Henry L. | Stimson, Mrs. Armitage Whitman, | Mre. James Warren, Mrs. William B. | Giv Jr.i Mrs. Alfred Olcott, Mrx. | Oscar Stevens, Herbert N. Strauss and | Mrs. Perey H. Willams. iuch interest is manifested in the Navy and ®Marine memorial dinner {to be held at the Army and Navy Ciub here on February 18. Rear I Admiral Bradley A. Figke has select- 1 a group of well known men and women to take charge of the affair. | The aim to stimulate interest in the proposed 00,000 Navy nd Marine memorial to be built in Wash- ington Heading the committee is Vincent Astor and associated with him are George W Burleigh, W Rut ler Duncan, Bdward P, Farley, Admiral Fiske, Rear Admiral Louis M. Josephthal, William Fellowes Mor- | ®gan. jr.; Admiral Charles Plunkett { Col heodore Roovsevelt, Col. E. W. | Simmons, Willlam K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Ethan Allen, Mrs, . L. Delafleld, Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler, Mrs. Charles abin, Mrs. Henry . Loomis and s. Samuel McRoberts. A program of patriotic features is being arranged nd tributes will be paid to the glorious deeds performed v these branches of the service dur- the late war. Misx Hackett to Wed. The first debutante of the season will become a bride next Tuesday, | when Miss Helen Grace Hackett is | married to Gilbert Williams Keech | The ceremony is to take pla at the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, Fifth avenue and Forty-eighth street. Miss Hackett is the daughter of Mr. Horace H. Hackett of 580 k avenue. M Xeach is the son of Col. and Mrs. Frank Browne Keech of this city and Tuxedo Park. Miss Retty Thorndike of Boston, a | cousin of Miss Hackett, will be the maid of honer at the wedding. The sther attendants are Mrs. Harold S. | Glendenning, Miss Franc Miller, | Miss Elizabeth St. John Whiting, all | of this city, and Miss Ella Luke of Piedmont, w. Va., Miss Peggy Thomas of Plainfield, N. J., and Miss | Marjorie Kimball of Pittsburgh Manutin Livingston Delafield, bgen announced as best while the ushers will liam Maddox of this Dunlop and Harry Lee of Washing- ton and Llovd Renshaw, Wheeler Page and Stewart Wurts of Phila- delphia Engagements Announced. With the announcement of the en- gagement of Miss Esther Stoddard Butterworth of New Haven and this city, another prominent member of the Junior League joins the ranks of prospective brides. Her flance fs Hayden Newhall Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Smith. Miss Butterworth is a niece of Mr. and Mre. Louis E. Stoddard of this city. The family is especially pop- ular among the Long Island set, and is among those identified with the entertainment of the Prince of Wales during his visit here last Fall. Re- cently Mr. Stoddard was elected presi- dent of the American Polo Associa- tion. Their daughter, Miss Betty, is a popular debutante. . Mr. Smith, who was graduated from Yale in 1922, now is studying at Yale Law School Mr. and Mrs. A. Fillmore Hyde of 67 Park avenue and Morristown, N. J., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sybil Edgerton Hyde, to Mr. William Gilmar Low, 3d, son of Mr. William Gilman Low, jr. of this city, and Mrs. Willlam Gilman Low, jr., of Philadelphfa. Miss Hyde is a member of the Junior League, and has taken an ac- tive part in the social life of the younger set since her debut. Her 2d, | has man, (7th and X Sts. N.W.) 650 New Ultra-Smart SPRING HATS $2.69 Worth to $6.50 Rear | { I | | | |evening. | Chaney; "THE SUNDAY . STAR, WASHINfiTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 8, 1925—PART 2. President and Wife The Massachusetts Soclety of Wash- ington 1s ready for the red-letter event in its long history—a reception and ball In honor of the President and Mrs. Calvin Coolldge at the City Club, 1320 G street northwest. Tuesday eve- ning. The evening’'s program will be- gin promptly” at 8 o'clock ' with the reception. The President and Mrs. Coolldge are honorary members of ‘the Massachuseits Soclety and have al- ways manifested friendly interest in its development. Arrangements have been made to handle an attendance of more than 1,000 guests Tuesday night. The advance sale of tickets and the many new members who joined during the past month Indfcate. according to ofelals of the soclety, that the Mas- sachusetts colony here will be excep- tionally well represented. No tickets will be sold at the door. Members | will be admitted on presentation of | their 1 membership cards. Guest | tickets may be obtalned only through members or by sending names -of guests and checks to Mr. Frederick W. Carpenter, chairman of the socl- ety’s executive committee, 1329 Joce- Iyn street northw Further evidence of the interest of the White House circle in the soclety came during the week, when Mr. and | Mrs. Frank W. Stearns became mem- bers. They will be present Tuesday Other Government officlals, including, it {s hoped, Secretary of War John W. Weeks, and most of the Massachusetts membors of Congress and thelr ladies will attend. AMrs. Weeks is out of the city. Following the reception to the Pres: ident and Mrs, Coolldge there will be a spceial program by the followink artists: Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gaw- ler, soprano; Mr. Earl Carbauh, bari- tone; Miss Mildred De Hart, contralto, and Mrs. H. B. Bowersox, violinist. The music for the dancihg and ulso special numbers will be given by the United States Marine Orchestra of 16 pleces. Ofcers of the society are: Presi- dent, Representative Louis A. Froth- ingham; vice president, Mr. Elfot Wads- worth; secretary, Mr. George A. Her- | nan: treasurer, Miss Harrlet M. | chairman of executive com mittee, Mr. Frederick \W. Carp- enter: chairman of - auditing com- mittee, Mr. Guy T. Callafato; chalr- man of welfare committee, Mr. Wil- liam D. Lowder; chairman of enter- tainment committee, Miss Annie M. Jeffers, and chairman of the recep tion committes, Mrs. Lottle D, Jack- man. . MISS LAURA McCLURE ALLISON, Whense father, the Rev. Dr. John Lee Allison, form. y of Washington, but new of Virginia, announces her engagement to Mr. Krancix Eugene Hagy of Mary \;:shingtdn D. A R. Chapter Anniversary The Mary Washington Chapter, N. S. D. A. R, will celebrate its thirty- third anniversary Tuesday evening at the Washington Club, at’ Seven- | teenth and K streets. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president general of the D. A. R, will be the guest of honor, and Miss Aline Solomons, re- gent of the chapter, will receive. As sisting in receiving will be Mrs. Ed- ward A. Keys, vice regent, and for- mer regents, including Miss Virginia | Miller, Miss Dorinda Rogers, Miss Janet Richards, Mrs. Eugene Hern- don and Mrs. I'rederick Johnson. An attractive program has been arrang- | ed, which will include an address by a well known political writer and a short song recital by Mrs. Reuben Robert Smith. WE would impress that the average patron does not understand the difference in FUR QUALITY and must there- fore rely on the word of the FURRIER. We suggest that you FIRST SELECT THE FURRIER and THEN SELECT THE FURS. brother, Mr. Fillmore Van §. Hyde, is a national aquash tennis champlon. A sister, formerly Miss Elizabeth T. B. Hyde, is married to Mr. Richard H. Cobb. Mr. Low is a student at Yale. His sister, Miss Rhoda Low, a member of the Junior League, made her debut this season. She was pre-; sented to society on December 27 at the Colony Ciub by her great-aunt, Mrs. Seth Low. No date *has been set for the wedding. Be Honor Guest at Tea In honor of the birthday anniversary of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, who was born on St. Valentine's day, a tea will be held at the clubhouss, 1709 H street, Saturday, February 14. 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