Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1927, Page 8

SOCIETY.” The Chief Executive and Mrs. Coolidge Will Attend Army Relief Carnival This Afternoon. HE President and the First Lady of the Land will witness the “stunts” at the military exposition and carnival this afternoon at Washington Bar- racks, given by the branches of the Army Relief Society. They will ar- rive in the grounds about 4 o'clock. Czechoslovak Envoy Host in Honor of Gen. Dumont. The Minister of Czechoslovakia, Mr. Zdenek Fierlinger, entertained a company of nine at luncheon today in honor of the retiring military attache | of the French embassy, Gen. George A. L. Dumont. The charge d'affaives of Cuba and Senora de Altunaga entertained at luncheon yesterday in honor of Dr. Fernando Fanghez Fuentes and Senor: de Fuentes. Dr. Fuentes is a professor of the University of Havana and came to Washington June as the Cuban delegate to the Commercial Pan- American Council. Dr. and Senora de Fuentes will go to Charlottesville, today to visit the University of Virginia, and from there will go to Havana. The charge d'affaires of Ecuador, Senor Don Juan Barberis, was host at dinner last evening at the Cariton in compliment to the newly appointed United States Minister to Ecuador, Dr. Gerald Bading, who will sail Wed- nesday for his new post. Senor Bar- beris took his guests later to the the- ater. Senator Kenneth McKellar of Ten-" mnessee, who has returned to Wash- ington for a short visit and is at the ‘Willard, entertained at luncheon there | yesterday. Mrs. Edge, wife of Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey, entertained at a card party yesterday afternoon for the benefit of the Woman's Club of Atlantic City. * Representative Clausen of Florida entertained informally at luncheon yesterday at the Willard, where he had four guests. Mrs. Willlam Trumbull, wife of the Governor of Connecticut, is spending sometime in the Berkshires and had luncheon yesterday at the Curtis Hotel. The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Charles S. Dewey and their family will come to Wash- ington tonight from New York, where Mr. Dewey went to meet his family, who are arriving today aboard the Roma from Italy. Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt has returned from a cruise on his yacht Atlantic to Bermuda and has joined Mrs. Vanderbilt in their home in New- port. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Lewfs C. Lucas have with them at their home, 1710 Thirty-seventh street northwest, their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gannon of Chicago, and their baby daughter, Paula, who arrived ‘this morning. Mr. Gannon will remain here but a few days before going to New England, but Mrs. Gannon and Paula will make a longer visit. Lieut. Col. William H. Cowles, who has been stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex., is attending the Army War College, and has an apartment at the Ward- man Park Hotel. Maj. and Mrs. Delos Carleton Em- mons have arrived from San Fran- cisco, where Maj. Emmons has been in command of Crissy Field for three years. Maj. and Mrs. Emmons have taken an ‘apartment in the St. Nicho- las at 2230 California street for the ‘Winter, Maj. Emmons having been transferred to Washington as execu- t§v; officer to Maj. Gen. Mason Pat- Tick. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Eaches Fen- dall and the latter’s son, Mr. F. Ad- dison Brastow, 2d, will return to their residence on N street today to spend the Winter after having been absent from Washington for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Appleton Clark will en- tertain at dinner followed by bridge this evening at the Columbia Country Club. Former Senator Nathaniel B. Dial will entertain at the third of a series of dinners he is giving at his home on Kalorama road. Former United States Ambassador to Germany, Mr. James W. Gerard, was the honor guest at luncheon yes- terday in Paris of Dr. Marcel Knecht. Dean and Mrs. Berryman Green en- tertained Wednesday evening in honor of the junior class at the Virginia The- ological Seminary. Army Relief Fete Mecca For Society Again Today. All roads today will lead to the “Washington Barracks, where the mili- «vary exposition and carnival for the ““benefit of the Army Relief Society i3 "heing staged. A large and notable au- dience was in attendance yesterday, both in the afternoon and evening, but today will be the “big day.” The Pres- ident and Mrs. Coolidge and practical- ly all of his official cabinet will attend and there will be a 1arge contingent from the diplomatic and smart resi- dential set. One of the popular corners of the fete is the bridge party, held in the Officers’ Club, under the direction of Mrs. Colden I'H. Ruggles. Tables can be taken for a few hours’ playing of this popular game and for those not taking a table, partners may be had. Mr. and Mrs. Livingston Crounse have closed their Summer home, Spruce Cove, at Chester, Nova Scotia, and are spending a fortnight at the Hotel Ambassador, in Atlantic City, and will come to Washington the mid- dle of next week and open their house on Wyoming avenu Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Paul John- son and their little daughter will lcave today for an extended trip through the Middle West, after which they will be the house guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gustav J. John- son, of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Nolan have France for six weeks' stay on the con- tinent. Mr. and Mrs. Kingman Brewster, who returned early in the Summer from a honeymoon trip abroad, have taken possession of thelr home, at 2206 Wyoming avenue. Before their rriage, May 4, Mrs. Brewster was S. F y of Greenwood, passing a few days at rtained at dinner ast evening for her daughter, who will attend a local seminary here this Winter. Covers were laid for eight. Charles F dolph Manning of ancisco, Calif.,, and her sister, Mrs. William Bruce Edwards of New York, were the guests of Mrs. M. A. Jordan Markley at a bridge luncheon ¥ ay. s. Manning and Mrs. Bruce will be in Washington for the month of October before going to Palm Beach, Fla., for the Winter. . Wade Cothran of Greenville, who is passing a few days at lard, had guests lunching in- formally with her there yesterday. Miss Imogene Tayloe has canceled all social engagements, owing to the death of her friend, Miss Alice J. Conklin. Miss McDonald Hostess to Alumnae of Her Alma Mater. The alumnae of the Academy of the Sacred Heart were entertained at bridge and 500 Thursday evening by Miss Mary McDonald. Those present were Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Burn, Mrs. Gallagher, Mrs. Shea, Mrs. John R. Fitzpatrick, Miss Gertrude Bogan. Miss Rita Downey, Miss Virginia Trauty, Miss Edna Smith, Miss Doro- thy Smith, Miss Catherine: Flynn, Miss Marion Smith, Miss Rose Mec- Connell, Miss Juliana Downey, Miss Dorothea Buettner, Miss Catllerine Carr, Miss Mary Haltigan and Miss Helen Haltigan. The first meeting of the Board of Immaculate Conception Academy Alumnae was held Thursday in the home of the president, Miss Alma Happ. Tentative plans for future ac- tivities of the association were out- lined, and a tea will be given early in October in compliment to Sister Ger- trude, new superior at the academy. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Calhoun of Atlanta, Ga., who expect to spend the Winter in Washington, have taken a residential suite at the Wardman Park Hotel and have with them their three children. Mrs. S. E. Armstrong of Los An- geles has arrived at the Willard for a short stay. Miss Mae Adelle Raphael Markley, who has been spending the Summer in her home, on_ Seventeenth street, has returned to New York, where she will resume her studies at Columbia University. Miss Clementine Overman and Miss Elsie Thornburgh, both of Richmond, Ind., arrived today at the Willard, where they plan to remain several days. Mrs. H. N. Rickey, who has been visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Eelles, in Cleveland. will rejoin Mr. Rickey in their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel next week. Mrs. T. E. Doremus, accompanied by Miss Grace and Miss Carolyn Doremus and Miss N. A. Weston of New York City, is at the Carlton for about a week. 1 . Mr. and Mrs. Elbert M. Vail of Oak- land, Calif., arrived in Washington toda){ and are at the Willard for a week. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Spilman of War- renton, Va., are at the Carlton for several days. @ URGES STORE MERGERS. British Merchant Holds U. 8. Has Too Many Department Retailers. NEW YORK, October 1 (#).—There are decidedly too many department stores in America, says H. Gordon Selfridge, head of Selfridge’s, Ltd., who is here for a business tour of New York, Boston and Chicago. Mr. Selfridge, who arrived from London on the Aquitania, said he thought the solution of America’s de- partment store problem lay in mergers, but he does not think mergers are probable. Concerning England, he deplored the harm he said had been done to British youth by the dole system, which he believes should be gradually de(;rganed until it can be entirely elimi- nated. Church Goes in for Farming. Correspondence of The Star. WELLINGTON, Kan: Con- gregational Church at Udall, Kans., has gone in for co-operative wheat growing in order to raise enough money to build a new church build- ing. ~Already a committee has been appointed to look after the wheat and 100 acres of land have been secured on a grain rental basis. —The Y. W.C. A. MUSIC DIVISION 1ith and K Streets Plano. = Volce, Fretted _Instruments, Song leading, Music Appreciation, Glee Chuby, Orchestra Ciasses berin October 10. Registration open Sentember 26. Catalog will be malled upon request. WESLEY CHURCH Connecticut Ave. & Jocelyn St. Chevy Chase, D. C. Sunday School at 9:45 A.M. Classes for All. closed their house in Wesley Heights end sailed today aboard the Ile de J’/t’ylllfd Cousens $13A50 Shoes, Second Floor. Come Cousins inter- prets the*Fall mode in this dainty model of patent leather trimmed with genuine lizard. Graceful lines are achieved by the snug-fitting arch and moderate heel. W. . Moses & Sons Established 1861 F Street and Eleventh NG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. SATURD\Y. ¢ Miss V lette Whelen, sitting in the official box, with the chief of Infantry, Gen. Robert H. Allen, at the Military Exposition and Carnival at Washington Barracks yesterday. The fete will continue through this afternoon and eve- ning. $468,620 DONATIONS TO CHURCH RECORD Baltimore M. E. Conference Leads 53 Bodies, Roanoke Session Told by Dr. Ellis. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va.,, October 1.—Dur- ing an address before the Baltimore conference last night on the occa- sion of the anniversary of the con- ference board of church extension, Rev. Dr. T. D. Ellis of Louisville, Ky., secretary of the general board of church extension, made the statement that the Baltimore conference has contributed the largest amount of money to the board of such extension of any of the 53 annual conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the total amount to date being $468,620. ® He stated also that this conference has received a larger amount from the board in loan fund for church and parsonage erection than any other conference of the church, the board having loaned to this confer- ence $655,000. This money, he said, had aided in building 811 of the 644 churches in the conference and 62 of the 197 parsonages. Dr. Ellis furnished also the follow- ing figures, touching on the church extension work: The total amount the board has handled during the forty years of its existence in money that it has given to aid in church building throughout Southern Metho- dism is $7,335,858 and the total amount loaned is $5,943,134, a total of $13,- 278,992. This money has been used in the erection of 17,680 churches and in aiding in the erection of 11,622, and in the erection of 6,583 parson- ages and in aiding in the erection of 3,134. This board, he said, operates upon an expense of only 1 per cent of the funds it handles for the church. —_———. The Norwegian government is build- ing a church for Norwegian sailors in London at a cost of $200,000. GOV. SMITH CLUB _FORMED IN CAPITAL Patrick J. Ryan Is President of | Democratic Group Organized Last Night. Permanent organization of the Al Smith Democratic Club of the District of Columbia was effected last night, with the election of the following of- ficers; Patrick J. Ryan, president; Mrs. William H. Clagett, first vice president; John J. McGinnis, second vice president; J. L. Gallagher, third vice president; Martin A. Beehan, sec- retary; Dr. G. W. F. Boyd, treasurer, and Joseph A. Donovan, sergeant-at- arms. Joseph Y. Reeves was named chairman of the executive committee, the other members of which will be announced later by the president of the organization. A declaration of principles was adopted, in which Gov. Smith was de- clared to be “the most sincere and in- trepid exponent of the principles of Democracy bequeathed to posterity by Jefferson and Clevelan Tt further stated that “‘we view with alarm those ercroachments upon our State rights by ‘the proponents of centralized government, who are tak- ing from us the last vestige of power and right to settle our own domestic affairs in our own way, thereby re- ducing us to a shameful state of vas- salage.” The purpose of the club, it s fur- ther stated, is to combine efforts to restore to the people their cherished rights through the' nomination and election of Gov. Smith to the presi- dency of the United States. —— SOVIET ENVOY HIT. 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