Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1928, Page 18

o s S SOCIE1 Y. TIHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON L WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1998.° SOCIETY. SOC IETY - President Coolidge Dined With Dr. Work,| Secretary of Interior, Last Night. Mrs. Coolidge Unable to Attend of Interior, Dr. Hubert Work, ‘ last nigh has not_sufficient! «cold to leave the White House. RESIDENT COOLIDGE attended and is expected to return to Washing- the dinner given for him and|ton Friday. Mrs. Coolidge by the Secretary i | | ! Assisting Mrs. Herbert Hoover at her | but Mrs. Coolidge Wednesday afternoon reception today recovered from & | will be Mrs. A. W. Bissell of Evanston, | It is| daughter of the Secretary of Interior, | the first time the President has dined | Dr. Hubert Work, who will receive with | out alone. except at a man'’ ‘since he came to Washir wPres! Apon by the other guests present. 1 “dhe Americas, in the Pan-American n Bufiding. where hundreds of gay blossoms turned the marble interior o a truly tropical picture of great Peauty. Mrs. A. W. Bissell of Evanston, 1. daughter of the host. acted as his Sostass in receiving the guests and pre- sided st the dinner. with the President on her right. Others at Isabella Herbert Hoover, Mr. Constantin Brun, Minister of Donmark; Senator and Mrs. rren, Senator Charle Mrs. Lawrence C M n S. Fisher of vernor of Connec- Frederick W. nd Mrs. Fred ank R. ur Mecker of Chicago Mr. » Picree of Des Moines, Towa John H. Trumbull and ss Florepce Trumbuil. Vice President and X onor gu at the d ing by Mr. D. Albert Douglas, entertained in his apartment at eleigh Court. The other guests Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan “Fisge Stone. Mrs. Morris L. Johnson ©f Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor Backus, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Denbv, Ars. Hennen Jennings and Dr. David ayne Hill. Mrs. Johnston, who is Nisiting her father, acted as hostess for ba him. ¢ Mrs. Dawes will assist Mrs. W. H. McMaster and Mrs. Peter Norbeck, &ives of the Senstors Irom South Pakota. at their home tomorrow after- ;oon from 4 to 6 o'clock in the home ©f Senator and Mrs. McMaster at 4810 nnecticut avenue, and others assist- ng will be Mrs. Rice W Means. Mrs. iliam Williamson, Mme. Lundh. Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, Mrs. John A. Zejeune, Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Mrs. Wil-| Jard A Pollard. Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry, Mrs. John Nicolson. Mrs. James father and Mrs. Willlam Harrison ing of South Dakota. ; The Ambassador of Great Britain, Bir Esme Howard, was host at luncheon f last year of the heads of the Association The delegation is com: ? Britich Chambers of Commerce. the | leration of British Industries and ghe Chambers of Commerce of North Jreland and of the Irish Free State. and they came to this country at the govitation of the Virginia State Cham- ber of Commerce and later toured the Btate and the Middie West. In the ¢ompany at luncheon today were Mr 4 P. Pishburn. Mr. B. W Herrman, Mr. A Horwitz. Mr. Julien Hill. Mr. Le Roy Hodges Mr. Goldsborough Serfell, Mr H L Caravati Mr. J. Gordon Bohan fon. Mr. John }. Bright, Mr. C. Wiley Gandy, Mr Nelson, Mr. Edward Stone, $ir. Richard Crane, Mr. Thomas South- te. Mr. Thomas Thompson, Mr. Lor- n Cooke and Gen. Samuel Walle, 2ll ©f Virginia. and Sir John Broderick, 34r. Ronald Campbell and Mr. McCor- snick-Goodhart of the embassy stafl. Dinner Party at Italian Embassy This Evening. : The Ambassador of Italy and Nobil Donna Antoinietta de Martino fertain a company at dinner this eve- Bing. The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don arios G. Davi] ending a few days New York at the Ritz-Cariton Hotel. hili 606 - 0614 10 Some of the many Spring Shades Crispine Ming Algerian Jeane Hossignal Flori Joestacy Varis ‘Tourterell Moonlight See Our Window Display > dinner, n as Viee | will be Mrs ident and the change was remarked Frank C. Page, Mre T The dinner was given in the Hall of | Bowman, the dinner | Assisting Mrs. Hoover generall Trvine L. Frederick H. Dwight Clark, Mrs. Edwin Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller Henriques. | her. Brooke, | and M | The Postmaster General and Mrs. Harry S. New are at Key West, Fla. { where they will spend some time. The { Postmaster General is | from a recent illness. | Mrs. Jardine, wife of the Secretary slture. was the guest of honor con vesterday of Mrs. Frank Mrs. Hiram Bingh wife of Sen- ator Bingham of Connecticut. and Mrs. ton. wife of the ii, shared honors at | the luncheon Mrs. George C. Thorpe {gave in her home on Woodley road today. | Mr. Justice and Mrs Stone will be the guests of honor at dinner this ¢vening of Maj. and Mrs Parker W. West, who wiil entertain a ccmpany of 16. Mrs. Kendric e of Senator John B. Kendrick. will. be at home tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock in her apartment at 2400 Sixteenth strect. Harlan Fiske recuperating | WARRIS ® EWMNG. Left. Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss, as the Russian; right, Miss Epps Hawes, representing Persia, at the Junior Leaxue‘ | Cabaret ball last night. Mrs. Moses, wife of Senator Moses of | N. J.. will receive tomorrow afternoon! Mr. Benjamin Royall Holcombe wns‘ New Hampshire, will discontinue her days at home until after Lent. Mrs. Lawrence D. Tyson. wife of Sen- | hostess at luncheon today at the GrAce gance was done ator Tyson, will not receive this after- noon. after 4 o'clock. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr.. was Dodge Hotel in compliment to the Women's National Press Club, of which Miss Cora Rigb~ is president. The Mrs. Hawes. wife of Senator Harry luncheon was scrved in the large din- B Hawes of Missouri, and Miss Hawes | ing room, Mrs. Rockefeller, with Mrs will receive 4omorrow afternoon from 4| Mary Lindsley. sitting with the officers to 7 o'clock at 2548 Massachusetts ave- nue. . end Mrs. Homer Hoch dinner last evening lentine dance at the b. The guests in- Senator Charles W. Thompson of Topeka, Kans.. and Mrs. ‘ Thompson; Representative and Mrs. W, ¢ California, Miss Dorothy Al- iss Margaret Leatherwood, Miss iss Katherine Evans, Miss n Miss Jean Hoch, Mr. | Eme v. Mr. Walter Greer. Mrs. yles. Mr. George Sharp. Mr. Huntress and Mr. Wallace Mc- | Repres: | entertained at | preceding the V: Congressional Ci cluded Stale Douglas Keown. Mrs. William E. Hull, wife of Repre- sentative Hull entertained at luncheon vesterday at the Wardman Park Hotel for her . Mrs. Ruth M. Strode of tillwater. Okla. Mrs. Strode is re- turning to her home the latter part of the week. Mrs. Hull entertained at luncheon again today. followed by bridge, when she had 14 guests Representative Frank H. Funk spending several weeks at his home in linois. Mrs. Funk will go to Atlantic | City today to remain until Mr. Funk's eturn. when she will join him at the ardman Park Hotel. ‘The second secretary of the Prench embassy. M. Frederic Knobel. was host at luncheon today in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Groffils of London, who are making a short visit in Washington. Miss at dinner this evening. Assistant Post ing Glover rejoined Mrs. Glover in their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel yesterday morning after a bricf trip to Florida. He accompanied the Postmas- ter General as far as Key West, from ¢ where the latter saiied for Cuba. Col. Wade H. from New York City :vening. he delivered an address in com- memoration of the birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln. Lady Lister Kaye of London arrived in Washington last night and i a guest at the Mayflower, having spent the past fortnight in New York Mr. and Mrs Harry Marshall Wheel- er and Miss Mary Y Wheeler and Mrs, Thomas Clark Brown will receive to- morrow from 4 to 7 oclock at 2308 Tracy place Mrs. WAllace ‘Thomas J. per has returned Radcliffe and Mrs Cauldwell of Morristown, psbo ELEVENT Irreguiars of Our Higher- White Jade Gun Metal a4 gy fabel Boaraman will entertain | er General W. Irv- | where, cn Moncay | of the club at a long table in the al- | cove of the room, and facing the small- | er round tables where the guests, num- | bering about 80, were seated. The dec- | orations were all in keeping with the master of ceremonies and announced the numbers. “A Study in Black and White,” an eccentric by Miss Jeanette Hume and Miss Rebecca Davidson and | was followed by a Hawailan dance in| native costume and barefeet | |Charles McVay. The “Surprise” was solos on a saw by'Miss Elizabeth Mary | | Robinson, debutante daughter of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson, ac- |companisd on the pfano by a Sister | for the cabaret by Mrs. | valentine season, including many of the | dishes for the luncheon. | Mrs. Samuel Price of Chicago, who is | spending the Winter in Washington | was hostess at luncheon today at the | Carlton. Among her guests were Mrs. i Ja H Draper, Mrs. Samuel A. Kim- | berly, Mrs. Elic Scott Carroll and Mrs | Mary Logan Tuck Mrs. William D. Connor, wife of Maj Gen. Connor, new commandant of the War College, will be the honor guest at 4 luncheon tomorrow of Mrs. Willlam C. | McCain, who will entertain in her home, | 2006 P etreet | Col and Mrs Francis T. A. Junkin | are giving a house warming today from 4 to 7 o'clock. Those assisting are: Col | Junkin's sister, Mrs. John Holliday La- | tane of Baltimore, Mrs. Z. B. T. Phillips, {Mrs G. F. Bratenahl, Mrs. Lawrence is | Phipps. Mrs. Clarence C. Dill, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, Mrs. Thomas Newton Wood and Mrs. Robert H. Dunlap. Col. and Mrs. Junkin are at home in- | formally on Sundays after 4. M:s. Ella E. Payne announces the engagement of her daughter, M. Amelia Payne, to Mr. Donn Birckhead Thomas. | both ot Washington. No date has been set for the marriage. | Washington society was given a sur- prise yesterday in the marriage of Miss Adelaide Cannon Douglas and Mr. Allen Rushton of Birmingham, Ala., which wok place at 4:30 oclock yesterday afternoon in the Church of the Trans- figuration in New York. The step- father and mother of the bride, the ner of Internal Revenue and H. Blair, went to New York pres nd other friends from | Washington were also there. Imme- iately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. | Rushton left for a wedding journey. iThey will live in Birmingham. 1 Junior League Cabaret | Balt Scored Success. | The Junior League gave its annual benefit last night, the entertainment being in the form of a cabaret ball The ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel and the Chinese room were both crowded with tables, each with an in- teresting party, and every box, both upstairs and on the main floor, was filled. Guests were asked 10 be in their places by 10:30 o'cl and the pro- gram began promptly at 11 o'clock m 'H ST. Each and Every Pair Silk from Top to Toe ach and | Full ery Pair Fashioned Vigure your stocking budget for several months ahe then this BIVINE event prepared 1o purchase attend marvelous value to the very limit. Kyen though they are irregulars they will render amazingly O meet ewvery desire for every occasion § BETTIE FROCKS $150 3160 The Va'ue Supreme! ° ZsHoP 1316 G St. ty CiubB 933 F St. debutante, Miss Katharine Carlisle. At the conclusion of several short num- bers Miss Helen Robinson, elder sister of the “saw virtuoso” joined her and they danced a modern dance, later being joined by Miss Carlisle, who finished the dance with them. Miss Virginia Peters gave a finished Rendexvous o)é 52 A2 ROBERTS tas the train of her go and artistic “Dream Tango,” which was followed by the “Pageant of Civiliza- tion,” of which Mr. Wilmott Lewls was master of ceremonies, introducing each period. The costumes were carried out in silver cloth and silver gauze com- {bined with crystals and pearls, e;cog gemw' ! the fashioned after the country and as announced. Mrs. Benjamin Jr., was Egyptian: Miss Jeanette Hume, Greco-Roman; Miss Eppes Hawes, Per- slan; Miss Janet Phillips, Chinese: Mrs. Drew Pearson, Japanese; Mrs. Henry L. d’A. Hopkinson, medieval; Mrs. C. Matthews Dick, Venetian: Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, Russian, appearing with a Russian wolf hound: Miss Janet New- bold, French, and Mrs. Juan Mayer, American, her Indian costume includ- ing feathers of silver. The climax of the pageant, and prob- ably of the cabaret, was the Twentieth Century. depicted by Mrs. Richard Porter Davidson, appearing as an air- plane in flight. Her very long and very full skirt was of transparent velvet with flecky white clouds on a background of sky blue at the top and at the bottom the green of flelds, the very long and very full train carrying out the same idea. Her bodice was of gold gauze covered with shimmering gold disce. and her headdress was in keeping with the bod- ice. with the additicnal points of gold | and silver gauze flowing hackward from ner head. On her choulders she bore | the wings of a golden :?um biplane, the ng 6 feet ACTOSS spread of the wings i 3 almost as lomy and the tail spreadl Other numbers on the program were a Viennese waltz by Frau von Selzam and Mrs. Chauncey Parker, jr., followed bv a dialogue. “Merry Moments at a Night Club.” by Miss Olyve Graef and | Mr. F. Marion Law. They appeared as| he proiessional dancers who found Rear 1734 N St. N.W. And Federation of Women's Clubs Special Dinners, $1 Wednesday and Friday A delight to lovers of real fresh fish dinners—served to satisfy— on Wednesday and Fridey of every week. S to 7:30 p.m. le CAS i ¥e Fines;y-::e chiffon all silk, $1.95 As the mannequins of Paris forecast the ad- vancing modes... new displays of subtly tinted Dexdale Hosiery are constantly inviting the voguish dresser to the latest in beautiful silk stockings. You will delight in the luxury of our Salon at 1348 F St, N.W_ Washington, D.C. 933 F St. OUR FIRST SALE of DRESSES in 12 YEARS LAST WEEK WE BROKE DOWN THE BARS—we ran our FIRST NEWSPAPER AD—OUR FIRST NEWSPAPER ADVERTISED SALE! The respcnse was overwhelming—WE CLOSED OUT OUR ENTIRE MIL- LINERY DEPARTMENT IN ONE-TENTH OF THE TIME IT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE—and now we are wcndering how mistaken we have been to overlook telling the general public cbout ROBERTS’ VALUES!! To make this first event one that will be long remembered—WE HAVE TAKEN BRAND-NEW SPRING MERCHANDISE AND SLASHED THE PRICES! We are sure the values in this sale sur- pass even the sensational values offered in our Millinery Close-out last week! 438 Brand New Spring DRESSES Worth $10.95 to $16.50 While they $) Every imaginable style—DRESSES for SPORT, STREET, BUSINESS or Satins, Flat Crepes, Georgettes, PARTY WEAR. Combinations, etc.—all of the newest Spring shades and effects. All of Our Winter COAT REDUCED For Clearance Opposite Metropolitan Theater after their dance two of the “guests” as‘eeptmn the applause meant for them. ‘The pantomime was vivid and very | funny. Miss Virginia Peters in her sec- ond appearance had a “masked part- ner,” and they did a beautiful 4ance, the “partner” being recognized as Mr. Paul Tchernikof. n%’he last number on lt e program was the Dutch Valen- | tines—Miss Katharine Wilkins as the 5irl and Miss Louise Spencer as the boy. Brilliant Gallery of Guests. A distinguished “gallery” at table: and in boxes watched the cabaret an enjoyed the supper. of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz at fl?clr table. e Assistant Secretary of the N: |and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson entertained in their box Capt. and Mrs. i GREAT 10% All Shoes ords of Big Selling. We include The Ambassador | Gaffron had several guests with him | AWAIT YOU! 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