Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1928, Page 18

SOCIETY. SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1928.° MORROW DRIVE CURVE OCIETY ~ . . ¢ | Highlands Citi Urge District 2resident and Mrs. Coolidge Guests at ‘ . _ | Tt Siighon, Bt Dinner Tonight of Secretary Sistemth Strest. © | and Mrs. Kellogg. 1 !ices of & second traffic officer during school hours. Speakers included Deputy Fire Chief P. W. Nicholson and Lieut. H. H. Chap- man, president of the City Fire Fighters' ‘A&mclati;m&hwhg e;{?lnlndcd the orgal;n- and Experiments Continue. zation of e District department for - coping with fires and dealing with | The Department of Agriculture yi | emergency relief calls. The officers | torday reported that experimental plant- I FLORIDA GROWS RUBBER. West End Laundry Tests Show Climate Is Favorable Lownderers and . Dry Cleamers 1723-25_Peansylvania Ave-N'W Phone Main 2321 also sketched fire prevention measures | ing Of tropical rubber plants in Florida — oo~ o ; Before the meoting, whioh was. in | has demonstrated that rubber yielding before thep,megting, which 82 17| trees and plants are able o sursive snd ur oats dent of the association. J. W. Hollings- | flourish in that State. orth is secretary. At present, however, the department | can be made as good as new if they are con. n scientiously handled. You will be surprised if you haye them remodeled here, At the next meeting it is expected |iS not ready to make predictions as to i SPECIAL PRICES the association will renew its ef- | the possibilities of commercial rubber WOI FURRIER orts to have the District government | 8rowing in the State. 1008 Street The Sixteenth Street Highlands Citi zens' Assoclation, in monthly sessi | last night, passed a resolution urg Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, superintendent | public buildings ‘and grounds, to take | steps toward drive at its Sixteenth street terminus, | | 50 as to eliminate the sharp curve and | | make the drive conform to Kennedy reet on the opposite side of Sixteenth. East and west traffic at the Morrow | drive entrance to Rock Creek Park is | | inconvenienced by the inconsistency, the author of the resolution, George B. vert the abandoned reservoir, at| The department, through the Bureau | of Plant Husbandry, expects to cmnlnuvi xteenth and Kennedy streets, into a ; its experiments. HE President d s. Coolidge | to Philadelphia to attend the Assembly straightening . Morrow ity will be ent h at dmu!‘rlb:\ll the following evening. the I ning by Sccretary —_— ilr";v.:(\:.l_m Mrs. Kellogg. Th ;} Mrs. Francis F. Nash and her daugh- is the second of the annual din- | ter, Miss Caroline Nash, have arrived wers given in honor of the Chief Execu- | in hington to remain until Janu- tive and First Lady, by the members of | ary, and have taken an apartment at the President's I family. the Hamilton. _They have recently re- — turned from Europe, where they are The Secretary of State and Mrs. Kel- E; N. - making their home, and remained in jngg have sent out invitations for a re- | New York to attend the wedding of | Miss Estelle Manville to Count Berna- coption at the Pan-American Union, | dotte. Tecember 10, at 10 o'clock, in honor of rnational Con- the delegates to the T es on Concilia- f~rence of American S tion and Arbitration. Mr. ank W. Stearns of Boston. who, with Mrs. Stearns, has been the uest of the President and Mrs. Cool- ge at the White House for some time, returned to Boston. Mrs. Stearns, has recovered from ight indis- position suffered at Thanksgiving time »nd which prevented her accompanying Coolidge to Virginia, has recov- Postmaster General a Mrs. New to Entertain. The Postmaster General and Mrs. New will have as their guest later in the week Mrs. Parker Hitt of New York. ‘The Mme. York, with their Mr. and Mr: Tinister of Venezuela and Senora anti have cards out for a re- n at the Mayflower Hotel Decem- M Pet: ¥ where ve returned from New they spent a few da; nd daughter-in-law, in honor of the delegates to the| ference of American international con i n and arbitration. states on conciliati Scnator and Mrs. Charles W. Water- man of Colorado, who are at the Wil- lard for the present, entertained guests there at luncheon yesterday. Scnator and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen and Senator and Mrs. Otis F. Glenn will be the honor guests at dinner this evening of Mrs. James R. Mann. Scnator Kenneth McKellar of Ten- | nessee, and Senator Arthur R. Gould of Presque Isle, Me., are in the group of Senators staying at the Willard. Representative Katherine. Langley and her daughter, Mrs. Catherine Bent- ley of Kentucky, who came to Washing- ton several days ago, are at the Wil- lard. Representative and Mrs, Clyde Kelly entertained a group of friends at din- ner at the Willard last evening. ister of Switzerland and | | The Friday Evening Dancing Class will give its first dance this week at | the Willard. This dancing club started | in the home of Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh | and was called the 20-20 Club. It soon | outgrew Mrs. Walsh's ballroom and has | since been having its dances at the | Willard. The one on Friday is the | first of the seven of the season, the last | one in May being a dinner dance. On | the committee are: Honorary chair- | man, Mme. Alfaro; active chairman, Mrs. W. H. King, wife of Senator King of Utah; Mrs. Wallace Dempsey, Mrs. George ' Barnett, Mrs. George W. Thorpe, Mrs. Charles B. Drake, Mrs. | Peyton’ Gordon, Mrs. Frank Mondell, | with Mrs. Parker West as the secretary and treasurer, | Representative and Mrs. James Igoe of Tllinois arrived in Washington yes- | terday from Chicago and, with Repre- | sentative and Mrs. Morton D. Hull of Tllincis, are at the Mayflower. Repre- sentative and Mrs. Hull will soon oc- cupy the house they have taken for | the Winter. | _Representative and Mrs. Royal H. Weller of New York are in residence at the Mayflower for the duration of the congressional season, and Representa- tive and Mrs. Pranklin W. Fort of New Jersey have returned to the May- flower for a short stop before opening their house on Fifteenth street. Mrs. George Mesta returned to Wash- ington today and is at the Mayflower. Mrs. James H. Patten has returned to Wakhington after a visit to her mother, Mrs. Latimer, at Belton, 8. C. Miss Eppes Hawes entertained at the Club_Chantecler supper dance last night. Colonial Dames Lend Charm to Kenmore Ball. Small but exceedingly interesting and distinctive was the Kenmore ball given at the Willard Hotel last evening for the benefit of the Kenmore Association building and furnishing fund. Ameri- can flags gave a patriotic air to the MISS GERTRUDE PAIST, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Paist of Wayne, Pa,, visiting her uncle and aunt, the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs, Wilbur. at Stoneleigh Court. -—Harris & Ewing Photo. | Bishop, told the meeting. Other resolutions adopted at the meeting, in the Sixth Presbyterian | Church, Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, called for the surfacing of the Bright- | wood_School playground, purchase by i!hr‘ Board of Education of a small lot adjoining the playground and the serv- : S(yle E Must Be Fore- most —in choosing Your new Fur Coat. See our large array of fashion’s " lat- est decrees. Al of our Coats are made in our own "shops — in- suring quality and style at its lowest vrice. | Repairing and Remodeling large ballroom, huge flags spreading behind the boxes occupied by the Colo- nial Dames, who were for the most in | historic costume, only a few wearing gowns of the present period. Mrs, Thomas H. Taliaferro, Wash- ington’ chairman of the Kenmore Asso- ciation, headed the receiving line, wear- ing an’ old-fashioned costume of ivory brocade and emerald-green velvet with touches of rare old point lace, She wore her hair high on her head, with a curled ostrich feather to match the green in the gown caught at the left side. Others in the line were Mrs. E. A. Harriman, in a colonial costume of | " (Continued on Nineteenth Pay ‘ Brothers Announce for Wednesday ~J.E Canningham 314~316 SEVENTH SI..N) 5ANNIVERSARY EVINT EXTRA - VALUE DAY Fresh new merchandise carefully selected and specially fea- tured for this Extra Value day of our Anniversary Chic, New, Youthful & Modish The Assistant Postmaster General, Mr. W. Irving Glover, will leave tomor- Tow for Chicago, where he will attend the sessions of the International Aero- nautical Exposition. He will return to the city on Sunday. Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of Sen- ator Swanson; Mrs. John B. Hender- son and Mrs. Robert Henderson, have been added to the list of chaperons for the bachelor’s cotillon, December 10, at the Mayflower Hotel. The debutantes of the season will all dance in the co- tillon and rehearsals will be held Thursday and Saturday, under the di- rection of Miss Minnie Hawk. Attrac- tive favors will be given at the cotillon, which bids fair to vie with the gayest day Evening Dancing Class. Miss Faith Phillips will be presented to society at_a tea tomorrow by her | parents, the Rev. and Mrs, Ze Barney Phillips. Mrs. Emerson Howe will entertain at dinner Friday evening before the Fri- day evening dancing class. Miss Sydney Sullivan, debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sulli- van, will attend a dinner tomorrow evening in Baltimore and will then go 'WASHINGTON T is a great joy to markable coats as we they are trimmed. extra effort. A NOTHER ASSORTED TEA SANDWICHES 45¢ per dozen; $3.25 per hundred Also Sandwiches for all occasions THE PASTRY SHOP 1616 H St. N.W. Frank. 5303 sess 40 years in the same loca- tion means reliability and good merchandise. Uptown Prices on Watches Diamonds Jewelry Clocks Silver Toilet Ware TERMS PLITT Jeweler and Optometrist 1330 7th St. N, Apartments Available The Highlands “4 Most Desirable Permanent ddress” Conn. Ave. & Cal. 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