Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1925, Page 54

10 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHII“TGTON, D. ¢ Jey NOVEMBER _ 22, , 1925 PART Dr. and Mrs. Crandall Are Hosts at Bridge: Chcvy Chase Events Vanderbilt Home, Scene Of Gay Parties, Passing HSHO\VCd Ground Of Famous Mansion to EChO \Vitl’l Sound Of Wrecker‘s I’Ammcr to Give Way to Business. Mrs. Crane Entertains Club at Luncheon and Cards at Her Suburban Home. Mrs. Robert B. Cone left Tuesday for Atlantic City, N. J., where she will spend a1 week before returning to her home in Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Cone beer the house guest of her in-law and sister, Mr. and derick K. Parks, on Hasketh NEW YORK footsteps on memories of November 21 Hollow lowed ground, ndeur turned to dust to be scuffed »ut by throngs , of curiosity seekers, such ix the requfem of the famons Willlam K. Vanderbilt mansion on the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street. Within the last quarter of a ecentury this structure has been the scene of ainments which duzzled u | potentates. A few weeks more window frames wiil gaze on the thorough of fashion while the rool totters under blows of the wrecker's hammer The Vandert mansion. doomed and ripped of its imperial finery Vust pass out, hurried into the dis by advancing trade and ring taxes, So will end the transiti from the pinnacle of social brililancy. A busi- | ness bullding is to be crected on the | a prominent member of the Junior League. During the Summer Miss Gleason was identified with much of the xocial life centering about the en tertainments in the exclusive Hampton colonies. In the Winter she has taken part in a number of smart events of the younger set here. ign_ Withington Frederic 1d Mrs. Joseph B. Bowling, with son and daughter, Sinclair and . have returned to their home on rrison street after spending sev- 1 days in New York, whera they nt to meet their son-inlaw and ighter and grandson, Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Townsend and Robert Townsend, who have been traveling in Europe for a year and a half. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Crandall enter- tained Monday evening in their home on Jocelyn street at bridge and sup per P iThe members of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church will hold a_re- i | ception Tuesday evening at § o'clock | at the church in honor of Dr. and Mrs. | Douglas Putnam Birnie, who will sail next week for southern Franee, where they will spend the Winter. Mr. Marvin Farrington of Elm street left Friday for New York, where he will spend a week. The utility table of the Rector's 1| Aid Society of All-Saints' Protestant | Episcopal Church, Mrs. Stephen L man Tabor, leader, will meet tomor- »w for luncheon in the home of Mrs . Clark_on West Irving street Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson rrived Tuesday in New York from gland on board the S. 8. America and returned to their home on West Melrose street Wednesday Mrs. Jerome Crowley entertained sembers of her unit of the h of the Blessed Sacrament at iuncheon Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Jere Crane entertained the members of her club Friday at lunch- eon and bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B. Wiljiams entertained Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Palmer at dinner Sunday, November 15, in their home on McKinley street. Dr. Charles Russell, who was the week end house guest of his s inlaw and daughter, Mr. and the of Withington is son Rutherford, N. from Annapolis in ing uboard the L and now is o S West Vir n there is the engagement of Susan Gerildine Silver, daughte, Silver of Llewellyn to Floyd €. Fur. son of Mrs. Floyd . Furlow Iton House. The marriage is to e December 5 r is a graduate of Smith of the Colony Furlow was . and he 1 note In the tune to which | Glie ub of of the smart set danced | 3 ! adua’ f several decades the stately | Eraduated fr S edifice will be thrown open to the | 13 & memb o Siespy, Tibliow Bublic e ‘“"“ £ | Bloomink Grove Hunting and Fishing ! | nall sion fee New York etic my und i Ry e i New York Athletic and Army and oceeds given to | \. : Navy Clubs. some worthy cause. Thanksgiving W week has been set as the time for this dreary far Atter that _the | date of the wedding of Miss Enid Am laborer with his pickax and crowbar. | brose Riker, daughter of Mr. But what a series of chapter in |y Pierson Riker, of the social life of New York were com to Robert Bruce Estelle, piled behind the massive bronze doors, of Mr. id Mrs. Robert R telle of The building of the edifice was pro- | this city and Belmar, N. J. The cere jected by the beautiful Miss AIVa | mony is to take place in the Italia Smith wh she Lecune the bride of garden of the Amb dor, and will the late William K. Vanderbilt, in |pe owed by a reception. the early seventies. Tt was her idea | Miss Riker is a graduate of Dana to construct a home which would be | Hall and was introduced three years the mosttalked-about bullding in |ago. She is a granddaughter of Mr. America at that me. It cost $2,000.- ' and Mrs. Thomas Ambrose and u 000 to accomplish that project, but | great.zranddaughter of Gen. Patten she had the satisfaction of seeing her | who fought under Gen. Jackson in the daughter walk from fits portals as|Civil War. the bride of the Duke of Marlborough. | € one the foremost| A st time, the building | scene January 7 has been selected as the EAS;LEXD ell s A avenu: MR ASTINGS PURDUM, Formerly Dorothea McG daughter of Mr. and M Me Girls' Friendly Society Sponsors Benefit Party | The annual diocesan baz Girls' Friendly Soclety for of the Holiday House Tuesday in the ‘s Church from 11 ~ | chy ar of the | the benefit will be held | Al of st | and H | B o'clock. Mrs. W Woodward is chairman of the committee in cha Mrs. E. B.| Willilam T. Pollard, on Mc Meigs and Mrs. John . Boyd will be | street, has returned to his home at the table and assistinz will be { Herndon. Va M Hellen and Mrs. A | Mrs. Willlam A. Mills entertained Stewart. Mrs. W. Lewin, Mrs. Fulton | at_luncheon and bridge Friday wis, Mrs. Theodore Gill jr, and| Mr. Anthony Sanna of Minneapolis Alida be “at the| Minn., spent last week end with his work Miss Agnes | family in thelr home on Elm street and George Vest will Mr. Morris T. Baker of Minneapolis, the candy table. Miss Clara| Minn., s the house guest of his will have a Christmas table, | brother-inlaw and sister, Mr. and cards, s endars and | Mrs. Charles P. Penn, on Forty-fourth paper will be sold. Others as.| street at the bazuar will be Miss| The handkerchief and towel table Helen Mulliken, Miss Julia Brice, Mrs. | of the Rector's Ald Soclety of All H. . Bolton and Mrs. Grace Berry. | Saints’ Protestant Episcopal Church Mixs Alida Halnes is chairman of the [Mrs. Edgar Poe Allen, leader. wili ity meet for luncheon tomorrow in the eet in old Paris will be the f the Lafayette fete, December of stone imported | 1. at the Hotel Astor, for the benefit while the carvings|of the Lafavette memorial fund opean men.| Mr. Howard Greenley and Mr. James which adorn the in-| Hewlett, who have charge of the the best the world | decorations, are planning to trans In its ensemble the | form the hallroom Into a market £ building r smibled the place, or public square, and to repro famous chateau irs, France, | duce the scene of fetes and carnivi which served as a pattern for con- |in France at the time of Lafavette. struction. One of the m imgressive | All the lights are to be foctuised on features of the mansion is the grand | the center of the floor, where at mid staircase, which is regarded mas- | night famous Broadway stars will en terpiece of the stone carver's art, and | tertain, even as in bygone days, stroll probably has been traversed by more ing players would entertain in the famous people than any other stair- | middle of the square on carnival day case in America. Another The sides of the room will be hung attraction is the two-story banqueting | With bright flags and gavly colored hall in the rear of the home. with its | bunting, and cafe tables will encircle high-paneled wainscot of natural oak | the balircom floor. and exquisite carving. The upper part | Boxes will take the of the walls are Caen stone. and there | halconies of the house: is a mantelplece of the 1! the square and among those who period vlew the rev. from these poin S Sotior vantage are Mrs. Vincent Astor dainty appeal John Jay Chapman. Mrs. John the first Mrs. Stephen Pe her boudoir. It udjoins a bathroom |&eman, the Baron: lined with plate glass rs. in|Mr. James A. Blair, jr. Mr, H. J. which was a bathtub hewn from a | Whigham. Mr. Charles E. Kelley, Mr. solid block of Italian marble. Through- | (harles W. Luke, Mr. leb Bragg out the house nothing was forgotten | Mr. Otto H. Kahn, Mr. Charles D. which would cause soclety to gasp in | 1) hetmore, Mr. Charles Hayden, Mr. admiration, and the scores of rooms,|H. H. Rogers and Mr. Bernard M, even the servants’ quarters, were car. | Baruch. rled out on the same eluborate scale. | = - One of the historical events which took place in the Vanderbilt mansion' Mrs. Walsh Patroness was the famous fancy dress ball in | o1 1883. The lavish display set a new | For Mayflower Exhibit standard for society to follow and the | smart set of the old world paused to| rs. Thomas F. Walsh's name has absorb the brilliant detalls. Since | been added to the list of patrones that time there have been many af-|for the picture exhibit to be given by fairs within its doors which oR et o Prince Romanovsky at the Mayflower | Hotel from December 8 to 14, under Among the important engagements | the direction of Mme. Mishtowt, which have interested the smart set |widow of a former naval attache to lately 15 that of Miss Loulse Gleason |the Russlan embassy in Washington. to Ensign Irederic S. Withington. | Other patronesses include Briscoss Both of the voung folk have many | Cantacuzene, Mrs. George T. Marse friends in society here. Misy Gleason | Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mos, Waltes & is the daughter of M | Tuckerman, Mrs. E. H. G. Slater, Mrs. leason of Frederick Dent Grant, Mrs. John Al- lan Dougherty, Mrs. William B. Noble, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood and Mrs. ephen L'H nade terior wer could pro magnificent n plac ancis exceptional beauty Mrs is that which s Mrs. Vanderblit as ss de la Grange and 1005 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C, Amnnounces Entire Stock of Gowns and Coats 25% to 35% Below Marked Prices All Sales Final. Madison avenue Long Island. She Miss Porter THE COAT HOUSE OF WASHINGTON Femms] A F Cunningham Co [emmst] ~ At Cunninghams Yes! This is Coat Week at Cunningham’s—and, my, what wonderful coat values! There are coats here now that were bought to sell for as much as 509, more than our prices. There are the new flare and straightline models—in colors and fur effects that are truly adorable. and satins. Many of the coats. are lined with silks There are coats in the lots you’ll be proud to wear upon the most fashionable occasions—coats for which the fashion-loving women have been searching. Plan to Purchase From One of These 4 Remarkable Groups 28)|'33 /49| 69" Slenderizing Coats for Stout Women I¢s usually hard for stout women to find their exact size in colors and furs they like. But it is an exception to the rale here, for we made a special selection of extra size coats in sizes 42 to 52. Third Floor—Cunningham’s home of Mrs. Henry Schoenborn, on Connecticut_avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Pace enter- taied the members of their club at bridge and supper Saturday evening, November 14. Mrs. Pinkney Harmon will entertain the members of her club at Juncheon jand bridge tomorrow in her home on Ollver street. Mrs. George W. Welker, Jr., enter- tained at bridge and tea Saturday afterngon. November 14, in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Cooley, on Bast Irving street, as a farewell to her friends fn Washing. ton. Mrs. Welker will leave tomorrow for New York City where she will Jjoin ign Welker United States Navy, who has been crulsing for sev eral months with the Atlantic fleet in Cuban waters. Among the guests were Mrs. Lowe 1. Bibhy, Mrs. Tucker Humphries. Miss Kathleen Lakeman, Miss Anne Pollar Mis: Frances Major, Miss Ruth Colemarn Miss Madeline Brown and Miss Ellen Reinmuth. Mr. and Mrs a dance Saturday evening 14, in their home on Living: for their son, Samuel Representative and Mrs. Newton of Minnesota have taken house on Northampton street for the Winter. and Mrs, ams entertained their club at brid day evening in th itary road. Mr. and Mrs. Carl W\ the members of the at dinner and bridge ning, November 14. Dr. and Mrs. Roger Mackey Mar: ichols of the Robert hool, Catonsville, Md. and Dudley Atherton of the Severn paratory School were the week house guests of Dr. and Mrs. J Crandall. Mrs. A. E. Cornir enterts members of section 4 of the Guild of the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church at luncheon Thursday in her on Cummings lane. assisted by Mrs A Horace ¢ Clampitt. Miss Helen Willlams, dat Ladies’ Mears ovembe James A gave Henry the members of nd supper Fri home on Mil Is entertained a-Lot Club Saturday eve- Miss Beech My Pre. end W Royal Gillett avenport and This latest floor. It is the bat} atest in hathdos U v with Wardman Park H = = = third fine e Only Authorized 1 NO PAIN—NO NE Moncy Refunded ( Transformations? 1221 Conn. Ave on street | DeCoursey | e the | home, | Mrs. Corning wis | Mrs. | addition to Emile's Mr. and Mrs. Nathan B. Willams of | Sorority Opens Social McKinley street, left Wednesday for Miami, Fla., where she will spend the Winte; Mrs. Lugene Wesley Shaw gave a tea Thursday in her home on T: strect in honor of Mrs. M. C. erfe. Mrs. Gutherie sang two groups of songs, with Mrs. Rea Shaffer at the piano. Mrs. Theodore W. and Mrs. Charles Moon offic the tea table. Mrs. Abner 11. Ferguson entertain. ed the members of her club at lunch- eon ard bridge Fuesday In her home | on Huntingion street. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lewis | Tto Be Honor Guests President and Mrs. William Mather Lewis will be the guests in whose honor the Columbian Women of George Washington University will give a reception at the Washington Club Friday evening, December 11, at 9 o'clock. In the receiving line with the guests | of honor will be Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the Columbian ted at | istratic Charles L. Corby, Mrs. <ant, Mrs. Frank R. rene M. Pistorio, Mrs. nd Miss Ruby Nevins. us committees in charge of angements for the receftion re: Place, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.. »stesses, Miss Alice Henning, chadr. man; invitations, Mrs. C. H. Squire (chairman), Mrs. Samuel F. Bemis, Alan’ Deibert and Miss Rhoda tkins; music, Miss Helen Gregg E Miss Grace Harris, and flowers, Miss Dorothy Overstreet and Helen Stoutamyer. | Thanksgiving Tea to Aid annual Thanksgiving tea and for Georgetown Uni Hospital will be held In the ary hospital Tuesday from 13 to 6 o'cl wuspices of the assisted by the isters of St. Francis dies’ board, of which is president 7RI e h Baths Hydrotferapy and Electrotherapy Electric Cabinet Baths Nauheim Baths Beau v in W supervision tel” Baths alon is located on the on. Fquipped with of Miss Ida FEssex, Banish Forever Superfluous Hair By the Tricho System EDLES—NO SCARS Why. of course, at Emile’s 7, Main 7792-3-4 Cash or Credit, The Price Is the Same payments. Walter A, | Women, and the officers of her admin- | Season With Dance | The Beta Gamma Phi Sorority open ed its socla) season with a dance at the New Willard IHotel, Friday eve- ning, November 13. The chaperons for the dance were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Conity, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. | A. Stockton King and Dr. and Mrs. Reilly. Miss Kathleen Gaffney was chalr man and had assisti :r Miss Grace Butler, Miss Lucille « Miss Mary Cavanaugh, Miss Alice Wofle, Miss Ar- villa Mechling, Miss Eleanor Furr and ss Virginia Hilyer. £ d fi n T TCB Scl’lcdulcd mn Ald Of Garfield Hospxtal}" The Ladies’ Aid Soclety of Garfield | Memorial Hospital, of which Mrs. |f Clarence (. Wilson' is president, will |1 ive a tea tomorrow afternoon from | 3 to o'cloc in the new Kel Building, and all interested in work are cordially invited. Mrs Hacker and Miss Aileen Solomons will { preside at the tea table and recefving ill be Mrs, Clarence €. Wilson, Mrs Sfmon Wolf, Mrs. Frances Hagne nd Mrs. Richard Walnwright, the R Fv Fully Equipped for Hike. From the San Franciaco Chironicle. Issential equipment for across country includes manner of asking for a ride i \ hiking pleasant Georgetown U. Hospital‘ Miss A Specially PRE-HO = Benefit Card Parry at Home of Mrs. Armold The 8 Chapeaux ive a benefit card ay evening u f Mrs. Leor 1629 T fth street northwe The pres Kolhos has & Marseban “dith Warren, . Kenneth A. 1 Arnold. Reserv with members t 40 Femme party on Sat at the nittee: ice Desser. ommittee. ———e Tea and Donation par'g to Aid Catholic Home Mrs. Plerce ustice B Vhite wwill t the anr or the Ladie 100n to the ng, Remodeling, prices. FURRIER 32-38 Florid, Ave. N.w WOLF T TR TR e PASTERN 1219 CONNECTICUT AVENUE Prepared LIDAY DRESS EVENT OFFERI.\'G a com pre’hnzsu'r variety of smart frocks for street, afternoon and evening wear—all taken from our regqular collection an terest to those “who d of particular in desire a dress of the Pasternak type at a most moderate price. $49.50 A VERY attractive group of higher priced gowns, for daytime and formal wear, including the new fabrics and fashionable models of the season mnow moderately priced at $59.00 and $75.00 9 Without Cash Here is another of Grayson's generous offers. (,.hoose whatever you wish from our wonderful selec- tion of luxurious Fur Coats with as little as— Here are assembled a magnificen Cash or Credit, The Price Is the Same 17 F St. N.W. t selection of ladies’ Fur Coats, all in the newest styles. These coats are shown in Caracul, Marmot, Sealine, Silver Muskrat, Squirrelette. Genuine Fur Coats Think what a handsome gift one of these elegant Fur Coats would make. at Christmas time. We will gladly set aside any of these coats for you with a deposit of only $5.00 down. The balance on easy Specially Priced for Monday Other Fur Coats Up t Genuine Sealine Coats o $600 Pay a Little Down and a Little as You Can Spare It