Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1928, Page 19

SOCIETY . (Continued from Eighteenth Page.) mel::i and L:Lw fihme& l;, Rl:'nowles. are passing & few days ashington at the Mayflower nn‘theh way to War- Tenton for a short stay. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Carusi, who recently returned from Florida, spent the week end at Carvel Hall. in Anna- Polis, 10 be near their son, who is & mid- shipman at the Naval Academy. Engagement of Miss Todd To Capt. Webb, U. S. A, Announced. Dr. and Mrs. William J. Todd of Mount Washington. Md.. announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Redford Walker Todd, to Capt. Rich- ;Yrdsnmce Webb. 11th Coast Artillery, Mrs. Fraser Brown announces the marriage of her niece. Miss Helen B. Roy. to Dr. Thomas F. Lowe. Thursday, FPebruary 9. in St. Gabriel's Rectory, Rev. William J. Sweeney officiating. The | seremony was witnessed by relatives an & few intimate friends. No cards have been issued. Mrs. Allen Sumner. who is & descend- ant of Thomas Jefferson, will be hostess in the Jefferson box at the Mi-Careme dance Thursday, March 15, at the May- flower Hotel, which will be occupied | M members of various branches of the Jefferson family. Miss Margaret Sum- ner, daughter of Mrs. Sumner, and Miss Dorothy Morris, her niece, are serving on tlre girls’ committee for the ball. Col. and Mrs. Randolph Jefferson Kean, the former one of the Thomas Jefferson line, will occupy seats in the box and will entertain at dinner for the Jeferson descendants preceding the dance. Mrs. Samuel E. Foreman of Paducah, Ky., is the guest of her uncle. Mr. E. C. States Shipping Plummer. Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Mack of Buffalo are at the Carlton for a few Board, _and Mrs. €ays on their way to Florida, accompa- | ranged that the Mayflower reserve .a | Co., nied by their daughter. They will re- tumn to the Carlton about the end of the month. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Marshall of Ne York are at the Willard. where they plan to remain until tomorrow. Miss H. M. White will entertain a group from the Business High School & gmn]rr this evening at the Grace Dodge otel. Dr. and Mrs. Ca ‘Wallingford, Pa.. are at the Carlton for 8 week. accompanied by their daugh- ter. Miss N. P. Mille Mrs. G. W. Crampton of Brookline Mass.. is possing a few days at the Willard. Mr..and Mrs. Walter L. Goodwin of Hartford. Conn.. are at the Carlton for a few day Mr. Goodwin will return to Hartford tomorrow and Mrs. Good- win will remain until the end of the Mrs. Albert B. Lowr the Willard from her home in New arrived today Mr. and Mrs. R. J. McMurray of Buffalo are at the Grace Dodge Hotel for an extended stay. With them is Mrs. E C. Malcolmson, also of Buffalo. Mr. snd Mrs. C. M. Pessenden of Stamford. Conn.. are at the Willard, ;h-_re they plan to remain until Sun- y. ‘The Ohio Girls' Club will give its St. Patrick’s dance in the Denlee, at 1519 R street, Saturday evening. and Thurs- day, March 22, the club will give a ben- efit bridge party at the Burlington. Leap Year Dance Saturday Given by Franklin Ledge. Th: cxecutiv: committee for the grand leap year dance under auspices of Franklin Lodge. No. 2, Knights of Prthias, which will be held Saturday night in the Willard ballroom, met jes- terday to complete final arrangements. Mr. Albert Rouse, chairman of the prize commuttee, reported the prizes both beautiful and expensive. There will be prizes for the ladies dancing and for the card tables, which will be located on the balcony. Mr. Hugh Brown of the reception committee has planned a large welcome for the visiting members of announced until after the final meet- ing of the general committee tomorrow mnight. The main feature of the dance will be the large orchestra, which will furnish continuous dancing from 9 to 12. No expense has been spared to make this dance the outstanding affair of this kind of the season and an en- Joyable evening is promised to all that sitend. Mr. D. W. Brown, chairman of the invitation committee, has matled invi- tations direct 1o the ladies this year, as it is leap year, giving the ladies the op- portunity of asking the gentlemen, mak- :;g that one of the novel features of the afiair, Lieut. Col. H. Edmund Bullis will be guest of honor at the Thursday night szlon of the District League of Ameri- Women, 1108 Sixteenth street . tonight st 8 o'clock. Col. » the Calendar. Assisting Dr. Anita Maris Boggs and Miss Patricia Poe Ben- nett a5 hostesses will be Mrs. Victoria Faber Btevenson, Miss Nellle Thomas, i A AR, 4 found in straw binations or felt, all the wanted shad --gh. a York and plans to remain several days. | ) Hat sketched con be com- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Miss Isabelle Story and Miss Helen Fields. Mrs. Ferris, wife of Senator Wood- bridge N. Ferris, is a_patroness for th Friday morning book reviews bein given at the Willard Hotel. The fol- lowing books will be discussed this week: “As I Knew Them." by Henry "i"rfi‘ndd"i and “Ambition,” by Arthur ain. Mys. Miss s Mabel ~Walker Mary Winfree, Willebrandt, Dr. Elizabetl Sallie V. H. Pickett and Mrs. Wilson | mittee. who are sponsoring the dinner to be given by the business apd pro- fessional women’s department of the Y. W. C. A tomorrow night, at 7 o'clock, when Secretary of Labor James J. Davis will speak on the sub- ject “Advancement—How It Comes.” All business and professional women interested in this subject are invited. | Mrs. R. J. McFall, soprano. will give |two groups of songs. She has recently |come to Washington from Boston and Amberst, where she was often heard {in concert. The list of su lectures to be given Friday mornings at pacher, tomorow, | Mrs. Taft. |the Minister of Czechoslovakia, | Fierlinger, Mme. Peter. Mrs. | D. Tyson, Mrs. Henry Winfield Watson, beginning 25 Mrs. D. W. Meak. Mrs. Brewster Mrs. Stokes Halkett, Mrs. { moll { Prank y | pinwall. Miss McCullock Miller. Mis: { Bessle Kibbey, Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, | Mrs. Davenport i 1 1 Jordan Graham, Mrs. L. |Henry Leanard. Mrs, iS(mflK. Mrs. Walter Wilcox, N Bloom, Mrs. Edward C. Walker, | Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs. Jose {E. Washington. Mrs. John Linds: Morehead, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs | Charles G. Mathews, | Dunn McKee. Mrs. Georze C. Thorpe |is chairman of the committee, which is | headed by Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, and | includes Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham, | Mrs. Brewster Marwick, and has ar- i part of the dining room for the sub- | seribers to the lectures, where a spe- cial luncheon will be served and where many parties will be given. with a large table reserved for the committee and its guests. special lecture entitled be given by Miss Janet Richards for | the benefit of the patriotic work of the Mary Washington Chapter, D. A. R er W. Miller of | Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the | | Washington Club. | The list of patronesses for the first | public concert of the Young Women's {Christian Assoclation Glee Club headed by Mrs. Coolidg: ‘The concert perienced. Featuring many matel 1 designs Springtime, £10 10 £14.50 k on “The Romance of ' Hat sketched made of French felt, trimmed with feathered Pom. Pom—3$10, . Advanced Spring Hat Models for Every Individual n [z A “Our | t | Strained International Relations” will is | | | | Kittredge, Miss Jessie La Salle, Mrs. | Dean Cole, Mi Compton are’ the members of the com- [ Compton, Mr. | o G. ibors to the four | are assisting in the plans for the ban- quet of the Ancient Order of Hiber- | the Mayflower by Dr. Louis K. Ans- | hians and the Ladics' Auxiliary, which | includes | Will be held at the Hotel Willard Sat- A partial list also includes | Urday evening, March 17, Dr. | ers will include Representative Frank Lawrence | Murphy of Ohio and Representative J. the Misses Con-| s man; Freyer, Mrs. Clarence A. As- | arations for the banquet are Miss Eliz- Mrs. Francis Pope, ' Neland. M Plummer. vice president of the United | Mrs. Loren Johnson and Mrs. Willlam garet Squires. Mrs. Ella Stanton and First of all— Lovely to Behold! Then, for good measure, more com- fort, more support, more foot freedom and foot-joy than you've ever ex- “Arch Preserver” Shoes for Women new mo- for ow in larger, more convenient quarters, at our F St. Shop Also at Our Tth St. Store will take place Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Barker Hall, at Seventeenth and K streets, under the direction of Miss Imogene B. Ireland, music secre- tary of the local assoclation. The patronesses also include many Washing- ton women prominent in music circles and keenly interested in the activities of the Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation in the National Capital. Among them are Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs, William Hamijlton Bayly, Mrs. Charles Wood, Mrs. J. B. Kendall, Iss Jean . Thomas Edwin Brown, Humphrey, Mrs. Wilson William Chapin Hunt- ington, Mrs. Woodbury Pulsifer, Mrs. Benjamin T. Webster, Mrs. John T, Schaaff, Mrs. William D. Mitchell, Miss telle Foster, Miss Elizabeth .Pierce, I Swope and Miss Lois E. W, Mrs, Gorman. Miss Marion Holmes of New York is to be the guest soloist of the occasion. Miss Holmes, in addition to being a young singer of prominence in_New York, is particularly interested in Y. W. C. A. music and is associated with the | work of the national board. Many prominent Washington women The speak- J. Douglas of Massachusetts, as well n prominent local men. Mr. Patrick J. Haltigan will be toastmaster. On the committee in charge of prep- | abeth Lynn, Mrs. Catherine Feagan, ssie Lawton O'Leary, Miss The- ollins, Mrs. Margaret B. Daly. Julia Linskey, Miss Mary Cleary Mrs. Frank J. Berres, Miss Annie Cads R 1‘2‘1“\ Catherine Downing, Miss Louise | "¢ tein, Mrs, Maria Frick. Mrs. Dora Mrs. Nellie B. Kelser, Mrs Maria McCarthy, Miss Bessie McGin- | niss, Mrs. Rose S. Martin, Miss Mary . Emily Quinn, Mrs. Mar- Mrs. Irenc Wheatle, Washington society has shown ex- ceptional interest in the forthcoming Iocal season of the Metropolitan Opera which will be held at Poli's Theater during the week of April 15. The fact that Rosa Ponselle will be heard Wednesday evening, April 18, in heard Wednesday evening, April 18, in | OLD COLONY | LAUNDRY CO. Damp Wash... 4clb. | Thrifty Service, 7c lb. Rough Dry....10c Ib. | All-Finished ..18c Ib. Ga. 200. Takoma Park | \ A\ Just one of the many amart felts always well geleeted at Dann & Co.—$10, her greatest role, “Norma,” one of the outstanding performances of the current season in New York, and that Chaliapin in “Boris Godounoff,” Lucrezia Bori and Beniamino Gigli in “Romeo and Juile! and an all-star cast in ‘“Tannhausel will also be presented, indicates that the coming season will be one of the most brilliant operatic events Washington has witnessed in years. Among those who have already made reservations are Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the Minister of Poland, Mr. Clecha- nowskl; Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Mrs. Willlam R. Ca: Jr.; Mrs, Charles Boughton Wood, . Thomas B. Sweeney, Baroness von Roetzalaer, the Misses Cullen, Mrs. Alexander Rogers, Mrs. Kenneth Gilpin, Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs, B. B, Jones, Mrs. Hayne Ellis, Mrs. Charles R. Shepherd, Mrs. Ridgely Hunt, Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons, Mrs. Robert L. Bacon, Mrs. Ross Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. B. Sum- ner Welles, Dr. and Mrs. Ward Denys, Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Richards, M Henry Fitzhugh, Mrs. George Mesta, Mrs, Frederick Dent Grant, Mrs. Clar- ence C. Williams, Mrs. Victor Kauff- mann, Mrs. C. C. Glover, Mirs. Charles B. Howry, Mrs. W. P. Tams, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs. John F. Wilkins, Mrs. Copley Amory, Mrs. Benjamin R. Hol- combe, Mrs. Frank C. Baldwin, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. John Biddle, Mrs. Ernest G. Walker and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh. Marriage Licenses. 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