Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1926, Page 50

9. 1926—PART 2. D. C. SEPTEMBER 1 IMr. W. P. MacCracken e Discharging Duties of SOCIETY. New YorkSmart Set Turns | t Announced ] Eyes Toward Tuxedo Park Social Program for Fall Offers Variety of Sports: and Dances, With Autumn Ball as Clirnnx. NEW YORK, September 18.—With the return of the smart folk from the Summer resorts the attention of so- ciety is directed to the social program at Tuxedo Park. Entertainments, sports and dances will number among the leading features of the Fall, with the long-awaited Autumn ball as a climax. For many years Tuxedo Park heen regarded as a place particul Aedicated tq affairs for debutantes and the sub-debutantes during the weeks which precede the beginning of the Winter season here. The social cal- endar is 8o arranged that the girls who are about to make their debuts in the ultra-exclusive circle occupy & prominent place, and Invitations are eagerly sought. One of the most important of the affairs took place today, when the annual junior Horse Show was held. This is a benefit for the Tuxedo Mem- orial Hospital and everything from the selection of the judges to the ndling of the entries is carried on the young people. Committee In Charge. The committee in charge included Miss Cornelia Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Morris: Miss Mary Beard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anson McCook Beard: Miss Edith Retts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyllys Betts: Miss Anne Wel daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Weld: Mis May Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rogers. and Miss Kitty Wickes. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth Wickes. There were hoth morning and after- noon classes held with saddle, pony and harness and jumping events. There were contests for the best rider and hest horse in the show; as well a8 one class for Rrown-ups. Miss Tito West, daughter of Garner West. well known horse show judge. was one Judge, and Lieut. Hamilton of West Point also judged. There is always an unusual amount of interesting entertainment in_con- | necticn with the junior Horse Show, and this year set a new peak. A dance given by Mrs. Henry M. Tifford, at her home in the park tonight,- was the high light of the fetes. Dog Show Next Big Event. The next big event will be the an- nual Dog Show of the Tuxeda Kennel Club, to take place on Sepiember 25. With the close of the reservation list last Monday it was disclosed that this exhibition will be the largest of its kind ever held in the park. Of course there will be many week end parties as side issues of the exhibition. The dog show will be held on the lawns of the si Chib. Tents will be erected there and the rings will be placed nearby. At noon a luncheon will be held at the club for v Mrs. David Wagstaff is pre of the show, Theodore I‘relinshuysen. vice president; Mrs. Edward M. Weld. sec- retary, and Frederic Foster Cary, treasurer. Besides the officers the committee includes David T Frelinghuysen. George B. ivan Iltichards, W Amoryv (', rt, llard. Pierre Lorillard, Frank B. Keech, A. 3 0. n Winter and judging Bradhurst Itield, jr.: Bush, H. W. Leigh, Joh Charles Patterson. Hunting and Polo Sets Busy. The hunting and polo sets on Long | fsland are now in the midst of one of the husiest Fall seasons ever known on that area of palatial estates. The polo championship play at the Meadow Brook Club is the greatest attraction and will remain so until early October. Almost all of the in- ternational stars take part in one game or another, and the reizn of hospitality is unbounded. Not since the Prince of Wales was here a cou- ple of vears ago to witness the polo contests has there been so much in- terest evinced in this sport. Country homes have been reopened all along the North Shore of Long Tsland by the members of the Meadow Brook and Westbury colonies and among the first of the entertainments miven waz the dinner at the Creek Clnb, Locust Valley, by Dr. and Mrs. lohn A, Vister Maj. Vivian N, Tockett. famous British international- f<t. ix the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Devereux Milburn, while C. N. Land, 1. 1. Nelson and Manuel Andrada of the Argentine team are guests of the Aeadow Brook Cluh Carleton F. Rurke, California player. is being ef. tertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Wehh. Stephen Sanford. who has the home of Philip Stevenson Westbury, is host to Capt. ¢, T. L. Reark, R. F. Strawbridge, jr. and others. F. H. Prince, jr.: Lord Wode. leased in ' |and Weybridge, England. site of the old, Tuxcdo | Wagstaff, | house and Wing Comdr. P. K. Wise | are among the notcd players at the Knickerbocker Club. Alr Meet Scheduled for September 26. | Next in' importance to.the polo | matches will be the air meet, which is to take place September 26 at | Curtiss Field. It will be held under the auspices of the Nassau County American Legion, and the proceeds will be for the county welfare fund, | which cares for disabled veterans or those 1n need. Among the members of the committee are Assistant Sec- retary of War Davison, who is one of the active members of Brengel Post jof the American Legion of Sea CIiff; | Col. Theodore Rooseveit, Col. Benja- min D. Foulois and Frank Russell. There will be parachute jumping, air | malil transferring, pursuit flights, and the dirigible Los Angeles will take part, if in the East at that time. Capt. Rene Fonck has promised the exhibit the Sikorsky plane, and other planes will be there from stations along the coast. Engagements Announced. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt of 1027 Fifth avenue, and the Braes, Glen Cove, have announced the en- gagement of their youngest daughter, Miss Florence Gibb Pratt, to Francis E. Powell, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Powell of Covington, Ky., | Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Hadden of 106 East Eighty-fifth street. have announced the engagement of Miss A. Lilian Hadden, their daughter, to | Robert Monroe Sanderson of 927 Park avenue, and Rumson. N. J | Mr. and Mrs. W. Albert Pease, jr., of 112 East Sixty-fourth street, have | Announced the engagement of their | daughter, Miss Martha Carroll Pease, | to Lewls Mills Gibb. of 410 Park ave. | nue. Miss Pease, who is a graduate | of Miss Chapin’s School, spent a yvear in Paris before she was Introduced to society. She is a sister of Perry R. He was graduated from S aul's Public School at Concord, N. H., in 1925, and from Harvard, where | he is a member of the A. D. Club. The wedding will take place in the | early Spring. Mr. and Mrs. Albert | Pease, jr., Miss Pease and Mr. Perry | R. Pease recently returned from | abroad, where they spent the Sum- | wer in an extended motor trip. i Notes of th;.c;bin;t ( And Other Officials | The Secretary of War, Mr. Dwight . .l)a\ls. will return tomorrow aft attending the tennis matches at For-| est Hills. The Secretary was in New | York last week end to bid bon voyage | t0 Mre, Davis, who sailed Saturday. September 11. to spend the eariy Autumn abroad. | The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur were hosts to a smail company aboard the U. S. S. Sylph, to witness the final races for the President’'s Cup in the regatta on the Potomac yester- duy afterncon. In the party were the retary of Agriculture ‘and Mrs. | rdine and their daughters. Assistant cretary of the Navy and Mrs. Theo- | dore Douglas Robinson and their chil- dren. Admiral and Mrs. John Halligan, | ir., and Capt. and Mrs. Walter R.| Gherardi. | | The Commissioner of the District | and Mrs. Cuno H, Rudolph and the | Misses Lejeune, daughters of the com- | mandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs, John A. Lejeune, were among those on the Apache for the Friday races. The-Attorney General, Mr. Sargent, returned yesterday afternoon from his home in Ludlow, Vt., where he has spent : short vacation with Mrs. Sargent. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs, Hoover are expected to arrive in Washington tomorrow from thelr home in California, where they have been staying through the late Sum.| mer. i The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. | James J. Davis, accompanied by their | children, will arrive in Washington the first part of the week and will reopen their apirtment at Wardman Park Hotel. The Secretary was called to | on, Pa.. hy the death of his| mother. Mrs. sther Nichols Davis, September ‘14. Mrs. Davis and the children, who have heen spending lhe} Summer at their home in Mooseheart, Joined him at Sharon for the funeral, | which took place on Thursday. ! Chief Justice and Mrs. Campbell have returned to their Washington home after_spending the Summer in | Asheville, N. C. | Thelir daughter. Miss Jean Campbell. Si Coats and Frocks For Early Fall Wear A splendid collection of the newest modes for Misses as well as Matrons. In the new imported and domestic weaves and new shades for usually low prices merchandise offers surprise. Fall wear. The un- for such seasonable a very pleasant Charge Accounts Imvited | is also back from an extensive tour in RS. CLAUDE B. MAYO, y Wife of Comdr. Mayo, U. 8. N., who has returned to Washington from Bar Harbor with their children, Charlotte and Virginia and the baby Nancy. Europe. Mrs. Yates, wife of Representative Richard Yates of Illinois, will motor tomorrow to Philadelphia, where Mr. Yates will meet her, and Wednesday they will attend Illinoiz day at the Sesquicentennial Exposition. Repre- sentative Yates, who has been in their home in Springfield, Tll., will return to Washington with Mrs. Yates later in the week. The Assistant Secretary of Srate.i Mr J. Butler Wright, went to Non. quit, Mass.. vesterday and will spend | the week with Mrs. Wright afd their | children In their cottage there, and on his return the first of next week will be accompanied by Mrs. Wright and their children. The Assistant Secretary of War| and Mrs. Hanford MacNider will re- turn tomorrow from their home in Towa, where they have been for a | brief vacation. i | The Director of the Mint and Mrs. R. J. Grant have returned to their apartment at Wardman T Hotel, | after spending a w: in Philadelphi Brothers A D?lightfully Replete Array of FALL MODELS Afternoon Gowns THIRIEE N the feel that it is only logical to continue with the popular low \ prices which caused our record-breaking odels—compare our values.| A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Selection The Best Furs for Over Sixteen Years | York to greet her daughter, who ar- where they attended the dinner given last Tuesday by the United States commissioner to the Sesquicentennial Exposition, Rear Admiral Stickney, in honor of the Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg. The Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue, Mr. David H. Blair, will be joined in his apartment at Wardman Park Hotel by Mrs. Blair and their daughter, Miss Adelaide Douglas, to- morrow. Mrs. Blair, who returned lust Sunday with Mr. Blair from a brief sojourn abroad. remained in New rived yesterday on the Veendam, after spending the Summer in Europe with a party of young girls from the Holton-Arms School. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Heath have re- turned from the Big Horn Mountains, northern Wyoming, where they spent the Summer, and will leave today for New York and Boston. In the latter city they will attend the marriage of their niece, Miss Dorothy Stetson, and Mr. Elvyn K. Mentzer, October 2. Ibn Saud, King of the Hedjaz of Arabid, is the father of 24 children. Announce: & Evening Gowns Street Gowns Coats—W raps greater the volume the greater theprofit| O. | committee on_ aeronautics. Two U. S. Positions ___(Continued from Fif sons and the children of the Secre- tary of Labor and Mrs. Davis. The Assistant Secretary of Aeronau- tics is a graduate of the University of Chicago, and had been prepared for college in ,the grade and high schools of his home city. He chose the law & profession, though he is the son of one of the Lake City's notable physicians, the senjor William Patterson MacCracken. He received the Ph. D. in the university in 1909 and the LL. D. in 1911, and at once began the practice of law in the firm of Montgomery, Hart & Smith. He resumed this connection after he had been discharged from the Army Air Service in 1915, and was forging ahead when he accepted the appoint- ment in the 'Department of Commerce to build up this branch of the national expansion of trade. Dr. MacCracken, father of the Assistant Secreta ed.in France with the l1st Division of soldiers from Illinois. He remained throughout the hostilities and received official recognition for his services from his own Government and that of France. Dr. and Mrs. MacCracken are among the social forces of Chi- cago, being among the older and more influential members of its citizens, whose residence dates previous to the great fire and the building of the new Chicago. The senior Mrs. MacCracken was Miss Elizabeth Avery. These recent additions to the social official circle are well equipped for their position in Washington. Both have belonged to the leading clubs of Chicago, and Mrs. MacCracken to those in Waco and adjacent Texan cities. They were members of the Sunset Club of .Chicago, and the As- sistant Secretary holds a position on the board of the American Bar Asso- ciation, and is besides chairman of its He is a leading member of the American Legion in Chicago, and also of the well known political organization. the Hamilton Club of Evansville. Mrs. MacCracken is fond of athletics. and is, llke nedrly all the daughters of Dixie, a superb equestrienne, and she will join the riding and hunt clubs about Washington when she has set- tled the perplexing question of a home. MISS CHARLOTTE SIMON, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan J. Simon, who announced her engage- ment to Mr. Arthur 1. Ross of Boston and New York. 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