Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1927, Page 17

SOCIETY]| (Continued from Sixteenth Page.) Mr. and erick Farrar, Mr. Parker Nolan, James Nolan, Mr. Harold Smith Mr. Paul Lutz. Former Representative James Good, who is passing a few days at the Willard, had guests at dinner infor- mally with him here last night. Former Commissioner and Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph sailed this morning for Bermuda on the S. S. Fort Vie- toria, for an indefinite . They will be at the Princess Hotel, Hamilton. Miss Ruth Miller Green has re- turned from a fortnight's visit in New Orleans, stopping in Atlanta for a brief stay on her way home. Mr. and Mrs. F tained at dinner ening for their daughter, Miss Barbara Hight, in compliment to Miss Betty Ridsdale ind her guests, all being members he c! Scl Hight enter- Brant, Mr. ck Hayes and Goodwin, M anagh, r. Charles D. Hayes. Offutt-Ferris 5 Engagement Announced. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Offutt of Rock- ville, Md., announces the engagement of her daughter Ellen Patton to M Malcolm Ferris, son of Mr. and M Alfred J. Ferris of Philadelphia, the wedding to take place in the near fu ture. Mr. and Mrs, F s J. Kilkenney are spending a few s in Washing- ton and are at the Willard Hotel. The Art and Archeology League of Washington has issued invitations for the thirteenth annual celebration of the league at Gunston evening at 8:15 o'clock, Zelia Nuttall, F. R. tant in Me y Museum. v, will give a le American Indian Portrait Busts and Statues Recently Found in the Later- an Museum, Rome.” Mrs. Mitchell Carroll is president of the league and . honorary an archeol Har i Mrs. O. H. P, Clark is secretary. Mrs. Anne Tillery Renshaw has is- sued invitations for a tea in honor of Mrs. Robert Barrett Browning Sun- day afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at 1739 Connecticut avenue. Mrs. Joseph Washington has as her guest in her apartment, at 1302 Eight- eenth street, her daughter, Mrs. Stuart Hotchkiss, of New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Harold Coolidge of Boston has arrived in Washington for a short stay and is at the Willard. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, former- ly president general of the D. A. R., is at the Wardman Park Hotel for s eral days, having come to Washington to attend the meeting of the board of commissioners of the bicentennial cele- bration of George Washington’s birth. The Washington Unit of the Wom- en’s Overseas Service League will hold its annual meeting for the election of officers for the ensuing year tonight at the Grace Dodge Hotel. Following the election dinner will be served in the garden house. Gen. Summerall, chief of staff, U. 8. A; Gen. Lejeune, commandant of the Ma- rine Corps, and Rear Admiral Jacob Strauss, U. 8. N., will be the speak- ers. Guests of honor will be Mrs. Summerall, Mrs. Lejeune, Mrs. Strauss, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Miss Jessie Dell, United States Civil Service commissioner, and Mrs. Mina Van Winkle of the Women's Bureau. The installation of the new officers will take place after the dinner. The wedding of Miss Evelyn Fant and Mr. Maurice Hussey Avery of Nashua, N. H., will take place at noon Saturday in the home of the bride's brotherinlaw and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., at 3405 Lowell street, Cleveland Park. Because of the recent death of the bridegroom’s parents, the ceremony will take place in the presence of only members of the immediate family and a few in- timate friends. The ceremony will be performed by the Right Rev. Willlam Levering De Vries, canon of the Washington Ca- thedral, who was rector of the church Miss Fant attended in her girlhood. Mr. Phillip Avery of Boston will serve as his brother’s best man, and Miss Fant will be given in marriage by Mr. Evans. Miss Fant's small neph- ews, Joshua Evans, 3d, and Philip Wharton Evans, will carry ribbons to mark an aisle for the bride. Her 4-year-old niece, Mariana Mears Evans, and the bridegroom's 6-year-old niece, thereis to her Just a little light ironing! Xor our Rough Dry service uas relieved her of all the washing and the heavier ironing. Flat work comes back ready to use. Only the wearing apparel re- mains to be dampened and ironed whenever it is con- wvenient. Rough Dry service will simplify your washday. Phone—we'll send for your bundle. | West Enp LAUNDRY 1723-25-PA.AVE.NW. Joan Avery, will precede the bride, carrying baskets of flowers. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Avery will leave for a Med- iterranean cruise on the S. dam, to be gone until the late Sum. mer. Among the out-of-town guests present for the wedding will be Mr and Mrs. Philip Avery of Boston, Mass.; the Misses Evans of Phoenix, Md.; Miss Carrle Hepburn of Pied- mont, W. V.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hutchins of West Medford, Mass.; Mr. and M dward Kenerson of Win- chester, Mr. and N'rs. Fleet James of Purcellville, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Plass of New York City. Mr. . W. MacKenzie has returned from West Baden, Ind Eugene Byrnes, n of the annual v 22, for George W Hospital, ington entertained Baldwin shed one, Roger MacGregor, Scotch Who will be on the prog “Birthday reception given b Mrs. Washington at Mount in honor of their Scotch from ndria and be held February 1-Allen, distin- and. planist, m of the G and Vernoon neighbors 10 H street. Southern Soclety Reception and Dance for Commissione; The Southern Socief will entertain in honor of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and their wives in the ballroom of the Willard to- morrow evening. The receiving line ‘”“v be headed by the president of the society, Mr, David H. Blair, and Mrs. Blair, and they will be assisted by the District Commissioners and their wives, The reception will begin about 8:30 o'clock, and Mr. Charl Colfax Long will present his poetical d riptive story combined with an exquisite pic- turization of the wonders and glories of Washington. These views of Wash- ington will continue for about one hour, when dancing will begin and continue for the balance of the evening. The complete list of patronesses, which is headed by Mrs. Calvin Cool- idge, for the annual ball and card party to be held Friday at the May- flower Hotel for the efit of the District of Columbia Chapter House, D. A. R, includes Dwight F. Dav: Mrs. Harry , Mrs. Curtis D. Wilbur, Mrs. Willlam Jardine, Mme. Lipa, Mrs. Lawrence Tyson, Mrs. William McMaster, Mrs. J. Brosseau, Mrs. John Beaves Matthew Brewster, Mrs. Samuel Barle, Mrs. Herbert Lord, Mrs, Lowell Hobart, Mrs. Adam M. W Mrs. Eli A. Helmick, Miss Alice Mc- Duffee, Mrs. Horace Farnum, Mrs. Joseph Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Gerald Schuyler, Mrs. James Willey, 8. Caldwell, Miss Virginia Price, Harriet Chase, Mrs. Frank Mrs. Harry Thompson, Miss ance Goodman, Mr: Robert ng, Mrs. George White, Mrs. arz Anderson, Mrs. Edward Everett Eslick, Mrs. Josiah Van Orsdel, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. George Thorpe, Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Sarah Penn, Mrs. Amos Fries, Mrs. Willlam Dennis, Mrs. Willlam Sher- man Walker, Mrs. Rhett Goode, Mrs, Ballou, Mrs. Will Barnes, Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Speel and Mrs. Cabot Stevens. The regents of the several chapters, Rotter- | Mr THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1927. D. A { pacity. The committee in headed by Mrs. t., will also serve in this charge of Edw Mrs. Gertrude W. of the card part Mrs. Edward of the Women's Alliance, and John L. Hyde, president of the men’s League, will preside at joint meeting Friday evening o'clock Plerce Hall, and Harvard streets. Judge Theodore Granville Ri aker, his American will be the guest s veing “Building 0 o'clock. , announces a music ver tea in the home of M /. Phillips, jr., Saturday <. Wilbur J. Carr, M is, Mrs. Jc Tho afte and Ransley will be C, C. Kearns, v following membe sional Unit, who e Cramton, R i r Corning, . Horton, president at Fifteenth solicitor for the Department of Labor, is subject ting will be preceded by 1 and sil- Cha Bowman, ton, ¥ L Campbell. (-n-!)( . F. Cordova Davenport, Mrs. Hart Fenn, Mrs. L Mrs. Franklin Fort, 2 Mrs. Lindley H. Hadley | Hull, Mrs. Samuel B. Hill, Mrs | ton D. Hull, Mrs. E. M. Irwin, the Mc Mrs, , Mrs. M ; James McClinti Lay- Mrs. Thomas e amuel Major, at 8 , Mrs, James A. M. Peterson, Mrs. bone, Mr: Rowbottom, Mrs. D Mell Underwood, Mrs. Updike, Mrs. Otis Wingo, M 0. Woodruff, Mrs B and Mrs, V C. W ht | The prog hari sley, and Mr. harpist, s with at the Miss R i known Washington mill tenor, Riggs, , tenor, omaus Brooklyn and other la will sing f . As Februar M MADE TO ORDER AT FACTORY PRIC ). Bur- Mrs is the “Watch word” in Washington UYING a Watch is of s u c h importance that you will appre- ciate the value of our ex- pert, specializing service. 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