Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1926, Page 43

‘SOCIETY. New York Society Interest “Absorbed in Charity Ball 20th Annual Program, With “Stately Features,” at Waldorf-Astoria. January 18—Holiday Festivities Varied. NEW YORK, December 35—Thc Charity Ball, one of the oldest insti- tutions of New York soclety, always is a most impressive event. This year's ball, which is to be held in the Wal- dorf-Astoria January 18, will be the seventieth. A number of stately fea- tures are being planned that will re- flact the social life of a past genera- tion with all the splendor for which it was renowned. The proceeds will go to the support of the New York Nui and the Child's ¢Hospital With only two exceptions in Civil and World War days, the ball has been neld every year since 1857. st as the Charity Ball is the one ui convention in the social lite of New York, so it has become a ¢ the oldest art, was one of the founders of both. Mrs. Witherbee was_treasurer of the ball from 1910 to 1925, inclusive, and this year is an honorary president. Mrs. Algernon Sydney Sullivan's jong service in the cause is well known. She is one of the few now living who danced at the first Charity Ball, and it is related that the first Cornelius Vanderbilt was her partner in the grand march. Mrs. Sullivan was president of the ball for 36 years, and it was not until 1919 that she felt impelled to relinguish the work, and was succeeded by Mrs. Edward J. Berwind. Mrs. Charles W. Alexander was president in 1920, Mrs. James W. Gerard in 1921, Mrs, Henry Fairfield Osborn during 1922, Mrs. Alexander again was president in 1923 and was followed by Mrs. Osborn in 1924 and 1925. Mrs. John S. Rogers was presi- dent of the last ball and will serve again at the torthion’\‘lng event. * * e first of a series of private A e Fremibers and thel. fuests the St. Nicholas Club of the City of New York formally opened . its new home at 39 East Fifty-first street last week. The club was founded 51 years ago to “preserve the traditions re- specting the early history and settle- ment of the City and State of New York and to promo(;' soctal inter- course among its members. During the last 33 years the club hes been at 7 West Forty-fourth street in a home which lacked the capacity to accommodate the present membership and the growing collec- tion of Colonial books, prints, pic- tures, pamphlets, maps and docu- B e bership, membe: 3 al:::: 50 in 1875, is now more than 250, all of whom are descendants of families lving in one of the original 13 Colonies prior to 1878. About six months ago the house on Forty-fourth street was sold and growing from the ub .purchased the Robert C. )l:c:lrdy geuldenca on Forty-first streets. Two _stol treasurer, retary. ”;‘ho first president of the:eln::.-;nva cof “founders was Jam . ot a® O the first board of di- Beekman, were . besides Mr. iy~ g vice president; James M. McLean, Edward Schell, treasurer; Mills, secretary: Cornelius Vlndl!?l\l, Eugene Schief- geland, John ‘Willlam. 3 cwm::"n. Swords, Carlisle Norwood, Augustus_Schell, Bsumln H. ‘William Remsen, D. He Benjamin L. Swan, George W. Me- Lean, John Treat Irving and John A. Lowery. Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth Mackenzle Murchison have issued invitations for. the_wedding Of their daughter, Miss Katherine M. Murchison, to Ashbel Green, jr., on Saturday, Janu- ary 8, at 4 o'clock, in St. Thomas' Church. The ceremony will be fol- lowed by a reception at the Colony Club. ‘Miss Murchison will have her sis- ter, Miss -Aurelia de M. Murchison, for her maid of honor and Mrs. Albert Tilt, jr, for her matron of || honor. The bridesmaids will be the Misses Barbara Monell, Agnes Green, sister of the bridegroom; Helen Potter, Margaret Perkins, Esther Cochran, Margaret Stokes, Alice de Mauriac, a cousin of the bride, and Helen Gary, the latter of Washington. Mr. Green will have his brother, James L. Green, for his best man and his ushers will _be G. Barrymore Grace, Richard Rose, Samuel Barr, Harold Rockwell, Stockton Green, an- other brother; Ezra David Terry, all of this city; Justin Dempsey of Boston and Randolph Robinson of Paris, France. Mr. Green, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ashbel Green of 14 East Tenth street and Mount Kisco, N. Y., will give his bachelor dinner at the Yale Club January 3. John C. | Co; Frederic de Peyster, | M; jtor; Miss Maud Gould, managing edi- tor; Miss Elizabeth Kountze, circu- lation manager; Miss Amy Ashomre Clark, advertising manager; Miss Alan ‘the Book Case"; Mrs. John B theater and music, and Miss Helen Appleton Read, art. A Russian ball for the benefit of the Russian Church Association will be held at the Ritz-Carlton January 10. Miss Rachasl Hammond is chairman of the debutante committee. The mem- bers of the committee will sell flowers during the affair. The members in- clude the Misses Claire Birge, Ellen Comly, Anne Colby, Constance Fow, Shirley Behr, Hope Foote,Ursula Gris- wold, Elinor Knapp, Eleanor Langley, Camille Miller, Polly Potter and Kath- ryne Wylle. —_—e Pretty Debut Party Leads Holiday Week Social Festivities (Continued from Fifth Page.) Fanny Dial, Miss Frances Larner Gore, Miss Harriet Stearns Whitford, Miss Harriet Huntress, Miss Margaret Howard Kerr, Miss Frances Hopkins, Miss Florence Keys, Miss Violet Whelan, Miss Eleanor Bryan Smith, Miss Helen Gatley, Miss Dorothea Richards, Miss Nancy Hamilton, Miss Mary Page Julllen and Mis Kath- arine Amory. Gen. and Mrs. Joyes will entertain jointly with Capt and Mrs. Cleland at the New Year’s eve dinner dance at the Officers’ Club, Washington Bar- racks, the honor guests heing Miss Joyes and Mrs. Cleland’s brother, Cadet John L. Hines, jr., who is here for the holidays from West Point. Cadet John W. Joyes, jr. will also be a member of the company. Maj. and Mrs. Edward A. Keyes en- tertained at a charmingly arranged dinner dance Christmas eve at the Mayflower Hotel to present their daughter, Miss Florence Keyes, to so- ciety. Mrs. Keyes received alonc with her daughter, standing before a screen of flowers which had been sent to the debutante. There were 60 guests at the dinner and about 200 guests Joined the company for the dancing. The table had a pretty centerpiece of roses #nd the ballroom was gay with Christmas berries and greens. Keyes wore a gown of green georgette crepe beaded in crystals and carried Sweetheart roses and Miss Keyes was in a dainty frock of white taffeta, designed along old-fashioned lines with a close-fitting bodice and a bouffant skirt made with an uneven hem line edge with old point lace. She carrled an arm bouquet of Sweetheart . roses. ‘The guests at the dinner were Miss Faith Adams, Miss Muriel Bliss, Miss Dial, Princess Ida Cantacu- Adelaide Douglass, Miss 'y, Miss Nancy Hamilton, 't Hanger, Miss ra Hight, Miss Frances Hopkins, Miss Dorothy Johnson, Miss Geol Joyes, Miss Jane Kendall, Miss Frances Lee, Miss Rebekah Lipscomb, Miss Florence Marlatt, Miss Margaret Merrill, Mut‘t \;l'olet ‘Whelan, Miss Harriet Whitford, Miss Anne Wgod and Harryette Zimmele, Mr. Willis J, Ballenger, Mr. Chatles Car- penter, Mr. A. W. Cook, Mr. J. X, Mr. J. B.. Crary, Mr. Mills Fries, r. W. J. Glascow, Mr. Wallace Haager, Mr. Philip Herrick, Mr. John L. Hines, jr., Mr. Frederick Hitts, T. Jewell, Mr. Rodd Lang- Mr. Edward Lull, Mr. Martin, Mr. Franklin Ped- rick, Mr. Stanton Peelle, jr., Mr. Roger Robb, Mr. Frederick Rope: Luis Alfaro, Senor Vic- r The debufante was assisted by Miss Georgiana Joyes, Miss Harriet Whit- ford, Miss Faith Adams and Princess Cantacuzene. THE SUNDAY Benefit Ball Given At Mayflower Hotel De]iihtful Affair (Continued from Fifth Page.) Miss Rosemary Griffin, Miss Jullette Ca ter, Miss Lilla Tuckerman. Miss Winifred West, Miss Allenita Crenshaw, Miss Francesca McKenney, Miss Betty Ives, Miss Pearl Smiddy, Miss Cecll Smiddy and Miss Eleanor Hard. The box holders included the Secre- tary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon; the Secref of War and Mrs. Dwight | Davis, the Minister of Hungary and Countess Szechenyi, Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, jr.; Mrs. James A. Reui‘ Rear Admiraland Mrs. Willard Brown- son, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Charles 8. Dewey, Mrs. Richard Townsend, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs. John R. Wil- llams, Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Mme. Hauge, Mrs. William McClellan Rit- ter, Mrs. Sherman Flint, Donald Wood- ward, Mrs. Everett, Mrs. Henry Spen- cer, Mrs. Richard Aldrich, Mrs. Morris Ernest Locke, Mrs. A. P. Garrett, Mrs. Joseph Himes, Mrs. Alfred Thom, Mrs. Alexander Legare, Mrs. James F. Mitchell, Mrs. Harold Walker, Mrs. Arthur _O'Brien, Mrs. W. Harry Brown, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs. Jo- seph_Leiter, Mrs. Joseph Noell, Mrs. Lee Warren, Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs. George Mesta, Mrs. Lyman -Kendall, Mrs. Ashton Rollins, Mrs. Horace Lut- | trell, Mrs. George Downey, Mrs. El-, mer Schlesinger, Mrs. Cecil Barret and Mrs. R. R. Hitt. Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood enter- tained in her box Miss Marfon Trum- bull, Miss Mary Morgan, i1 i Trumbull and Maj. Reginald L. 10 Dr. and Mrs. James F. Mitchell en- tertained at dinner preceding the ball, later occupying their box, having as guests Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chappell and Mrs. John 8. Webb. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bastedo enter- tained at a family dinner before the ball, Miss Rosemary Griffin, daughter of the latter, having a number of W. |and is both forceful and charming . | Church, whose accompanist will be young people in their box. Mrs. D. C. Stapleton was host in her box to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. M. Barber of Paris, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hamliton of Omaha, Maj. and Mrs. William F. Tompkins, Miss Mary Ham- iiton and Mr. Fred Hamiiton. Mrs. Hamilton entertained Mrs. Stapleton’s guests at dinner preceding the ball. Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Rinehart had in their box Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rinehart, jr., and their son and daugh- ter, Miss Mary Roberts Rinehart and Mr. Frederick Rinehart. Mrs. Joseph Noel entertained at a dinner for her son, Mr. Joseph Noel, Jr., and Mr. Thomas Lee, later taking thelir guests to the ball. . Mrs. Sumner Wells occupied the box of Mrs. Townsend, and Mr. and Mrs. ‘Willilam McClellan Ritter were hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Langhorne, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke and Col. and Mrs. McKee Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thom entertained at dinner, later tak- ing their guests to the ball, the com pany including the assistant military attache for aeronautics of the French embassy, Maj. Georges Thenault, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Snow, Miss Rowena Thom, Maj. E. Lombard, assistant military attache of the French em- Nbanfir; Miss Laura Bryn and Capt. oell. Kentucky Society Has Holiday Treat in View The presence on the program of former Gov. Edwin P. Morrow of Ken- tucky will feature the holiday meeting of the society ofthat State at the ‘Willard Hotel at 8:30 o'clock p.m. Tuesday evening. Kentuckians every- where acclaim Gov. Morrow as a true Southern entertainer of the highest type—orator, actor, raconteur—-who loves the traditions of his native State in their recital. appearance on thé program insures the attendance :‘t,de the entire membership of the ty. Another delightful feature of the Proj will be a group of songs by EN Neil Rowe, the accompished soprano of Mount Vernon Methodist Mary Mathews Taylor. After the short formal program there will be dancing and bridge, the soclety having added cards to its other amusements. Mrs. Maurice H. Thatcher, as presi- dent of the soclety, will preside. Mrs. 614 12th & CREERON Between F and G Streets N.W. Millinery Clearance Sale Hats Mado St. N.W. Extra Large Head Size Hats $5-9 o $85° Trimmed Hats STAR, WASHINGTON. B O DECEMBER MISS MARION CARMICHAEL, ‘With her parents, Col. and Mrs. Roderick L. Carmichael, at 2511 Cliffbourne place for the Winter. the guests by Representative That er, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Representative and Mrs. John W. Moore, Gov. and Thatcher will be assisted in revnlvlnn) 1 McCormack Mrs Mrs. Edwin P. Morrow, Capt. and Mrs. €. C. Calhoun, Mrs. Marie Tyler Mrs. Ollle M. James and Morgan Shuster. ‘\\%\)\\\\mmw,]//{//’ N (e] % o . [ NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION An evening of jovous festivities and whole-hearted good fellowship. A fond farewell for the old year— a cheery welcome for the new. A happy good time for all. Celebration starts at 10, De Luxe 8-Course Dinner Dance Music and Special Entertainment - |g By Mc¢WILLIAMS CLUB ORCHESTRA Elaborate Souvenirs—Novelties—Noisemakers $5.00 Per Person Reservations Now—Phone Main 2782 THE LEE HOUSE, 15th & L 4 A Great .. ortunity for the Women of Washington Take advantage of this After Christmas Fur Sale! Once cach year, we hold a JA SALE! ARY NU- This scason are we starting it a little in advance to allow 26, 1926—PART 2. Tweedy-Price Wedding Date Is Postponed Mr. and Mrs. Harry Price have an- nounced the postponement of the mar- riage of their daughter, Dorothy, to Ensign Edmund Tweedy, U. S. N., which was to have taken place Janu- ary 1. _Due unsettled conditions in Nicaragua, where Ensign Tweedy's ship, the U. S. S. Rochester, is sta- tioned, his coming North has been de- layed. The wedding will take place upon his arrival in the United States and the date will be announced later to SOCIETY. Miss Jameson to Wed Mf. chk Tomorrow The marriage of Miss Katrina Jamo- son, daughter of Mr. John Franklin Jameson, to Mr. John Hislop Jack of Havana, Cuba, son of Mr. and Mre. Archibaid Jack of Largs, Scotland, will take place tomorrow at noon. The ceremony will be performed n Al Souls’ Memorial Church on Cathedral avenue, the rector, the Rev. H. H. Sterrett, officlating, and a wedding breakfast for the members of the fam- ily and a few close friends will fol- low in the home of the bride’s parents on Q street. Mi" sm.nwwd l"loetess. In Honor of Miss Le Sucur Miss Evelyn Smaliwood, 1352 Madb son strest northwest, entertained lasg week with a surprise party in honor of Miss Harrfett Le Sueer of Louis. ville, Ky. ’ The guests included Mrs. T. Lindsiy D. | Moore, Mrs. W. Ballinger. Mrs. Joh Preston, Miss Pauline Burtog Misg Ruth Holmes, Miss Virgam Fry Miss Foy Aston, Miss Christine Lagpe sen, Miss Elizabeth Farnham § Miss Ruth Danfel. Sports COATS 5165 0 34930 Street and Sports DRESSES $7 (-8 ana 1 625 M&fib 1108 F Street Semi-Annual Sale * Starts Tomorrow Morning at 9:15 ’I"HIS is our regular Semi-Annual Sale and our patrons always welcome the announcement, because of the values offered. Afternoon, Dinner and Evening GOWNS $1620-525-539¢ g Fur-Trimmed, Dressy COATS 1392 150z2. 4791 Semi-Annual Clearance Sale B AL QEC.US.PAT.OFF. Y.&.R CO.. Famous Footwear 2175 Pairs Reduced to 65 those women who receive “money” as gifts to be able to share in the SAVINGS! REMEMBER TWO THINGS—first, Francke & La tick furs are of the finest qualities, with prices very moderate, and sec- ond, this SALE offers you the very same fine qualities at PRICES LOWER THAN YOU 'ARE ASKED TO PAY ELSEWHERE FOR QUESTIONABLE QUALI- TIES. Here are just a few of the reductions. . $195.00 $245.00 The Beaver Dam Winter Sports Club at Mill Neck, Long Island, had its first skating of the season recently. Many luncheons and tea parties were given at the clubhouse. Soclety was well represented from many neighbor- ing localities. An automatic hurdy- gurdy furnished music for the skaters. Some played hockey, while others took the long ride on the toboggan. Mrs. J. P. Fairchild was one of the many Who entertaihed at luncheon, with a party of 14. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Doubleday, Mr. and Mrs. J. Norris Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. F. McCann, Mr. and Mrs. Percy ‘Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Loeb, || Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Acosta Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Vanderpool, Mrs. Matthew Loorsn, Mrs. Cravath Larkin, Mrs. Frank Doubleday, Mrs. Felix Double- «day, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Frederic Coudert and Gardiner W. White. Much interest and favorable com- ment have been aroused among ex- clusive folk here by the Junior League Bulletin, which now is a monthly magazine. This publication was found- ed in 1911 as a news bulletin for the members of the organization. So well was the work carried on by the so- ciety journalists that the public at Jarge became attracted by the bright style and unbiased information carried gramn 92 citfes In every part of the ¢ountry. Now it becomes a feature among magazines on sale at the news- stands. On the editorial staff of the Bulletin are: Mrs. Charles A. Lindley, editor; AMiss Dorothy Milburn, assistant edi- T\RAPERY MATERIAL Your Choice of 60 Styles— Inclading Operas - Step-ins Gore Pumps Strap Pumps and Oxfords Patent Leather, Black and Brown Kid, Tan Calf, Alli- gator Calf, Reptilisz Leathers and, Cherry Patent. Sizes AAA to C, 2% to 8 This vast number of Queenf Quality Shoes wili go on sale at this one price in order to reduce ::r stock prior to taking inven- ry. Shoes for every oceasion, n— suring you of the latest .::Lh perfct fit and lasting satisf: n. 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