Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1928, Page 19

=____———_—_ SOCIETY (Continued from Eighteenth Page) Mr. R. Y. Slater, Mr. William Walter Smith, Mr. Campbell Turner, Mr. John T. Wainwright, Mr. John Price Weth- erill and Mr. Kenn Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prentice Benns have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margery Benns, to the Rey. Charles Paddock Johnson, Episco- pal student chaplain on the Proctor Foundation at Princeton University. Great interest in officlal and_diplo- matic ¢ s being shown in the an- ofit for George Wash- al. which is to n' the evening known as A Gal v on_the Potomac in Honor of nd Mrs. Washington.” Head- Coolidge and the wives of binet members, the list of is further distinguished by the inclusion of Lady Isabella Howard, wife of the Ambassador of Great Bri- tain: Mme. Matsudaira, wife of the ssador of Japan: Mme. Reine wife of the Ambassador of Mme. Sze. wife of the Minister Mrs. William Howard Taft, e Chief Justice of the United States: Mrs. Edwin T. Sanford, wife of e Sanford: Mrs. Harlan Fiske e of Mr. Justice Stone; Mrs. is Brandeis. wife of Mr. Justice 15, and Mrs. George Sutherland. Mr Justice Sutherland, all of the United States Supreme Court. More than one-half of the boxes for the ball have already been taken from | Mrs. John B. Larner. chairman of boxes. and returns already coming from the tickets to the treasurer of the Do M K. Shute, give evidence 1 this vear's occasion. v important as a local an historic celebration r of Washington's birthday, and wise a part of the annual Mid- winter convocation of George Washing- ton University. Mrs._Shute is assisted by Mrs John Paul Eamest and Mrs. Thomas A in charge of the tickets re- a and Mrs. Charles E. Munroe are in charge of the ribution of tickets. Mrs. Joshua Evans is chairman of patronesses for the ball. Mrs. William C. M'Clintock will en- tertain at dinner this evening for six guests at the Club St. Marks, later taking her guests to the theater. Mrs. Mrs. Willlam Cline Bordon | 'THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, n. ©, M'Clintock is the mother of Mrs. Asa M. Lehman of Walter Reed Hospilal. Mrs. George Alphonso Gray enter- tained at tea yesterday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock at her home in Chevy Chase in honor of her niece, Mrs. Pres- ley M. Rixey, 4th. Lieut. Rixey has | been ordered to Quantico, Va., on duty at Marine headquarters there. Mrs. Rixcy was a bride of the early Fall. ‘There will be a dress rehearsal of the | entertainment _and pageant committees | of the Junior League cabaret ball Tues- day afternoon, the day of the ball, at the Mayflower Hotel, at 3 o'clock. The league members and their guests who are unable to attend the ball will thus have an opportunity to see the show. Miss Alice Davis, chairman of the debutante committee, which will dis- ribute the programs and act as cigarette ®irls, announces she will have assisting | her Mlle. Jeanne Cretziano, Princess | Elizabsth de Ligne, Miss Eleanor Hard, | Miss Helena Lodge, Miss Frances Mc- Kee. Miss Ellen Thoron, Miss Victoria Tytus and Miss Eleanor Wilson. The floor committee, under the direc- | tion of Mr. Richard Wilmer, will include Mr. Hugh Auchincloss, Mr. Breck Mc- | Allister, Mr. G. Howland Chase, Mr. Wil- {liam D. Doeller, Mr. Gilpin Ervin, Mr. | David E. Finley, Mr. Leander McCo! mick-Goodhart, Mr. Chauncey G. Par- | ker, Mr. E. Cortlandt Parker, Dr. Robert | Ransdell, Mr. Eugene Roberts, Mr. | Charles Stone, jr.; Mr. Thomas Stone | and Lieut. Comdr. William D. Thomas. The Secretary ot the Treasury, Mr. Andrew Mellon, has taken one of the | center boxes, and Mrs. Frederic Brooke |and Mrs. C. L. Marlatt will entertain | their guests at ringside tables. Mrs. Gil- ; pin Ervin is in charge of the tables and | l(;oxcs and no tickets will be sold at the oor. Mrs. Minnie E. Keyes entertained at a luncheon of 12 covers yesterday at the Grace Dodge Hotel. | Mr. and Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson are spending two. weeks motoring in Florida. Mrs. Samuel Knight of San Francisco, ‘who has been a guest at the Mayflower for the past two weeks, will entertain a | party of 10 at luncheon today in the | presidential dining room of the hotel. | Mrs. Knight is accompanied by Mrs. | George T. Pettengill, wife of the former | naval attache at the United States legation in Peking. Col. and Mrs. Russell Langdon of New York are guests at the Mayflower on their way to Charleston to attend the wedding of the latter’s'son, Lieut. Edward S. Morale, U. S. N., and Miss Henrjetta Hanckel, who is the daughter Others at $25 and Up 316 Seventh St. %m | Reduced | in Price the PRINCESS attractive optic pat- tern in hand- made table glassware— Bristol yellow bowls and spi- val amethyst stems. 410 Goblets, doz............$18 | formerly %10 Tall Sherbets, doz.......$18 $30 dozen 350 Finger Bowls, doz.,... . $18 now 120 Finger Bowl Plates, doz,, $18 s 1 8 $:0 Low Sherbets, doz,.. ... $1% §¢ Fomed Refreshment Tum- the blers, doz.. ... A ... 818 dozen HOURS: #8:45 TO 5:30 PHONE MAIN 129% Dulin & Martin Co. GQur Only Shop Ho Uptown Branch 121418 G Strent 12185-17 ¥ Sireet l of Mrs. Thomas Means Hanckel of Charleston. Their wedding will take place Saturday evening in historic St. Michael's Church. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Loose of Wash- ington and Paris will entertain at the third of a serles of dinner parties at the Wardman Park Hotel Saturday evening. Mrs. Loose will entertain at luncheon and bridge on Wednesday. Twenty-fitth Dixie Ball Taking Place Tonight. The twenty-fifth annual Dixie ball, which will be held at the Mayflower this evening, will be one of the leading social events of the season, the funds to be used for charitable and memorial purposes. Many distinguished persons 1 its long list of patrons, those re- added being Mrs. Charles S. Thomas, Rear Admiral Edward H. Jackson, Mr. Joseph B. Eastman, Mrs. Anthony C. Addison, Mrs. Arthur B. Lane, Mrs. James Walsh, Mrs. Howard L. Bishop, Mrs. N. T. Rayner and Mr. Charles S. Stewart. A number of boxes have been taken in honor of Confederate officers and soldier ancestors. as follows: President Jefferson Davis, Robert E.Lee, Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson, Gen. B. Humphries, selected by Miss Catherine Harrison, chairman of the girls’ com- mittee, for the Mi: ippi _box: Col. Asher W. Harman, t. S. R. Thomp- son, Capt. D. H. Salley. Sanford D. Embrey, E. A. Embrey, Peyton G. Rich- ardson, Sanford Thomas Huntington, James William Huntington, Clement Sewall Ford and a_ box reserved for Camp 171, U. C. V. Miss Mary Embrey, president of the Robert E. Lee Chapter, that is giving the ball, will be assisted in receiving by Judge Charles B. Howry, commander of the camp. Mr. William P. Kent and Mr. Ernest Daniel will present the guests. Mr. F. C. Baggarly and Mr. Fielding M. Lewis will be in charge of the floor. Mrs. Walter E. Hutton and Mrs. W. A, Swallow are chairman and vice chair- man of the ball, and Mrs. Lorena e ol s e fih;lstering Tapestry 50 inches wide, an 81.95 unusual value..yard ve You Money Hewett 18 in charge of boxes, Mrs. Hutton is in charge of tickets, which may also be secured at the Mayflower social bureau. Miss Quincy-Smith, who is to lecture on Tripolitania at the Wardman Park Theater this evening under the pa- tronage of the Itallan Ambassador and Nobil Donna Antoinette de Martino, will entertain the group of young girls who will act as her ushers at a supper party at her home on Woodland drive following the lecture. In the group are Miss Laura Shepherd, Miss Ruth De- vine, Miss Vera Stafford, Miss Mar- garet West, Miss Dena Quintard and Miss Marjorie Whitfield. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Grosner have returned from a week's visit at At- lantic City to their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel. The Republican members of the House of Representatives are to be special_guests at the reception to be given Tuesday evening of next week, February 14, by the council of Luther Placc Memorial Church, on Thomas Circle, when the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis, Senator and Mrs. Henrik Shipstead, Senator and Mrs. P. M. Norbeck are to be the honor guests. Thos? who will be present are: Repra sentative Fred H. Dominick, Repre sentative Charles Kading, Represen tive and Mrs. John M. Nelson, Repre- sentative and Mrs. Godfrey G. Goodwin and Miss Goodwin, Representative and Mrs. Alfred L. Bulwinkle and Miss Bulwinkle, Representative and Mrs. C. B. Burtness, Representative and Mrs. Choice_std 7 Canton Ginger 14 Size Pots Preserved.....65¢ 2 Size Pots Preserved. .. .$1.25 No. 1 Size Pots Preserved.$2.40 1% Size Pots Pres. Stem...$2.85 Vi-1b. Tins Crystallized.. 1-1b. Tins Crystallized. . V2-1b. Tins Crys. Stem. N. W. Burchell 817-819 Fourteenth St. N.W. Harold Knutson, Representative C. J. Kvale and Representative and Mrs. Butler B. Hare. be worn. UNDER RALEIGH HABERDASHER MANAGBMENT $ 685 Reduced from $]1250 Street — sports — afternoon — evening models in patent leather—suede— calfskin—brocade—satin and kid- skin; strap slippers—oxfords— ties and operas—a wonderful selection in our Semi-Annual Sale, reduced to $6.85. StersoN SHOE SHop 1305 F Street FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928. Frederick W. Magrady, Representative| The for the Larger Life will and Mrs. Franklin Menges and the | entertain its members and friends at & Misses Menges, resentative and Mrs. | leap year Valentine costume pa: Samue) A. Kendall, Representative and | its headquarters, the ballroom of the Mrs. M. A. Michaelson, Representative | Stoneleigh Court, tomorrow evening at and Mrs, Carl Chindblom and Miss|8:30 o'clock. There will Chindblom, Representative Gilbert N. Haugen, Representative and Mrs. | musical and dance numbers will enliven August H. Andresen, Representative | the evening. Prizes will be awarded to the ledles and gentlemen wearing the most beautiful costumes. No masks will New York Cantors Here. For the fi ports into New Zealand from the Jnited northeast, tonight at 6 o'clock, and to- | Kingdom now exceed 50 per cent of the morrow morning at 9 o'clock. 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The Hat—- —is the Dobbs’ Bobbe, of gray “Leisure-Light” felt, with an up-turned brim, slashed and narrowed to form a perky bow. $19.50. (Third Floor, The Hecht Co.) The Shoes —are I Miller's new French ties of black pat- ent lcather with tongue, The B.d insert and tie ends of i gray snake skin. $16.50, —is of dark gray leather, (FIfth Floor, The Hecht Co.) in envelope, back-strap style, with inserts of snake grain in lighter grays. Moire lined with purse and mirror. $10 (Main Floor, The Hecht Co.) The Clovel —are imported from France and are slip-ons of gray suede. The slip remains the smartest glove for Spring. $3 The Jewelry (Maln Floor, The Hecht Co.) ~in the modernistic man- ner combines copper, enl«l and silver shades. Pins, necklets, pendants, ear- vings, 81 ; The Coat (Main Floor, The Recht Co.) —~In of gray kasha with a large shawl collar of black monkey. ITnteresting fabric detail in the modern manner trims the sides and sleeves, Silk lined. $59.50 Third Floor, The Heeht Co.) -l glcal concert nhxl; will be given Sunday evening at 6 o'clock, at the same con- Cantors Meyers Feldman and Louis Lel w0 of the most prominent gregation. The public is Invited, | cantors of New York, will conduct’the Sabbath services t time in several years fm- “Say it with Flowers” “Sweetheart” Baskets of Flowers, %5 For Your Valentine Floral Valentines are when of Blackistone’s creation. Exquisite Corsage Bouquets, $3.50 up VIOLETS $1.50 Bunch Sweet Peas $1 Bunch Gardenias $1 Each TELEGRAPHIC DELIVERIES ANYWHERE eI