Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 62

1 SOCIETY. Midshipmen’s Hop Features Annapolis Society Program Many Visitors Share in Week's Festivities. Honor Functions Listed and House Guests Entcrtained——Persanal Notes. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. December 8 —This | week in Annapolis was marked by en- | tertainment of visitors and there were | many social functions. The regiment of midshipmen had only one day holi- day—Thanksgiving—but the Thanks- | hors and bridge. The first took place | giving eve hop, always one of the| largest of the season, brought many | visitors here. At the hop the guests | were received by Mrs. C. Philip Snyder, wife of hte commandant, and Midship- man P. L. Miller. Maj. and Mrs. Arthur B. Owens of | The Hi their country home near | Annapolis, spent last week in New York Mrs. Samuel Brooke entertained | Tuesday at a small bridge party for her sister, Mrs. Lee Reid of Haverford, Pa., who was her guest for the week | in Mrs. Brooke's home on Southgate enue. Mrs. George Mentz, who spent last | Winter in Annapolis, has returned and | will spend several months at Carvel Hall. | Miss Helen Brewer had as her guest during the week, her cousin, Mrs. James Gould of Washington. Saturday Mis Brewer entertained at a card party fo Mrs. Gould, with a few additional guests asked in for tea. Mrs. Harry Knox and Mrs. Enoch Barton Garey assisted in the dining room. Among those pres- ent were Mrs. D. Claude Handy. Mrs. Prancis W. Rockwell, Mrs. Charles Doyen, Mrs. Joseph Valiant, Mrs. Lew Atkins, Miss Mary R. Magruder, Miss | Laura Steele, Miss Rosalie Magruder of | Cambridge, Mass; Mrs. Carlos Cusachs, | Mys. Howard Morton, Mrs. J. S. Bow- | doin, Miss Elizabeth Nott, Mrs. H. E. Atterbury; Miss Marion Duval, Mrs. Thomas Wade, Miss Mollie Milligan and Mrs. S. S. Hepburn. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Atterbury have elosed their Summer home near St. Margaret's on the Chesapeake and will t the Winter and early Spring in lew York City. | Mrs. Ridgeley Melvin entertained lt‘ luncheon Monday in her home, Aber-| deen, on South River, in honor of Miss Prances Beverley of Winchester, Va. Among those invited to meet Miss Bev- erley were Mrs. Augusta Burwell, Mrs. Robert Burwell, Mrs. D. Claude Handy, Mrs. as Wade and Mrs. Frank Rockwell. Miss Beverley has left for New York, where she will spend several days, and then return to her home in | ‘Winchester, Va. Annapolis Reads Club Scene of Festivities. Thursday evening, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Morton L. Deyo entertained at dinner at the Annapolis Roads Club. ‘Their guests were dr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith, Comdr. and Mrs. John B. Pollard, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Edwin D. McMorris, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Richard Barry, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Julian B. Timberlake, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Walden L. Ainsworth, Mrs. Sydney Bunting, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Charl- ton E. Battle and Comdr. Paul J. ‘The same evening at the Annapolis Roads Club Mrs. John Pitcher enter- tained in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crist of Brooklyn, N. Y. and Mrs. Crist’s sister, Mrs. Leonard Nicholson of Rockville, Md. Mrs. Pitcher's other guests were Mrs. Willlam Giles, Mrs. Thomas Wade, Mrs. Carlos Cusachs, Lieut. William S. Heath and Lieut. H. E. Regan, Lieut. W. L. Wright and Mr. ‘Tinseley Herzog. the same evening at T party the club included Lieut. and Mrs. Wil- liam A, 8. Macklin, Mrs. Juanita Par- golotti and Lieut. Comdr. Robert L. Maury. Mrs. Carlos Cusachs, who has been visiting Mrs. Walter McLean, wife of Admiral McLean, at her residence on King George street, is leaving this week to spend the next three months in Bal- timore, Was] and New York. While in Baltimore, she will visit her r and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Il Van Ness, at their home in the Green Spring Valley, And In New York will join her daughters, the Misses Cu- sachs, who are spending the Winter there. | Miss Sara Keen entertained Satur- day afternoon at a card party in honor of her sister, Mrs. Esther Keen Herzog of Philadelphia, who is spending some time Here as the guest of her mother and sister at their residence on Prince street. Sunday afternoon Capt. and Mrs. Halsey entertained at tea on the Reina Mercedes, in honor of their daughter and Miss Dobie. A number of midship- men and girls of the younger set were present. Mrs. Richard Morton, who has been visiting her fllu{Rur. Miss Evelyn Mor- ton, at Peekskill-on-the-Hudson, will return at the end of this week to her| home on the Severn. Mr. John Widdicombe and Mr. F. G. Ormsby of the University of Virginia were the guests over the week end of Mr. Tench Tilghman at the residence of his grandmother, Mrs. Robert Milligan, on Maryland avenue. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Battle Hosts at Two Functions. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Charlton E. | Battle entertained at two buffet sup- st Friday evening, when there were about 18 guests, and the second on the evening of December 4, at their resi- dence on Upshur road. Among others dining at the Annapelis Roads Club Thursday evening was a party of four composed of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll Dunn and Ensign and Mrs. Edmund Tweedy. Capt. and Mrs. Fred Poteet of Wash- ington spent several days last week as the guests of Comdr. and Mrs. M. E. Manly and of Mrs. L. C. Bertolete, another sister of Mrs. Poteet’s and Mrs. Manly's, in the home of Comdr. and Mrs. Manly on King George street. Comdr. M. E. Manly spent several days last week in North Carolina, where he was called by the death of an uncle, Mr. Clement Manly. Ogle Hall, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Cusachs, is being_occupied for the Winter months by Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Willlam L. Culbertson, who arrived last Friday. Miss Marguerite Dressel, _young daughter of Comdr. and Mrs. Alger H. Dressel, was at home for the week end with her parents on Upshur road. Miss Dressel is a student at Hannah Moore Acedemy, Reistertown, Md. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. William M. Fechteler entertained at bridge and a buffet supper Tuesday evening at their apartment in Randall place. Miss Margaret Handy and her cousin, Miss Anna Douglas Valk, spent Thanks- giving and the week end with their aunt, Mrs. Shellman Brown, in Eas- ton, Pa. Miss Rosalie Magruder of Cambridge, Mass,, was the guest for the week of her sister, Miss Mary Randall Magruder of Hanover street. Mrs. Juanita Pargolotti of Havana, Cuba, who is spending the Winter in Washington, was the guest over the week end of Mrs. R. L. Walker at her residence on Martion street. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baldwin of ‘Waterbury, near Annapolis, entertained Saturday evening at the Annapolis Roads Club at a dinner in honor of their guests from New York, Mrs. Wil- lard Baldwin, Mrs. James Garretson and Mrs. Edmund Dexter, Their other guests were Mrs. Columbus Baldwin and Mr. C. Columbus Baldwin of New York, Mr. John Henry Barnard, Mr. Forbes Calhoun of Ivy Neck, South River, and Col. Harold F. Wirgman of Newport. Wirsig-Ridgely Wedding An Event of Tuesday. Miss Anne Ri was married on Saturday last to Lieut. Frank H. Wirsig, U. S. M. C, at St. Anne's Church at 6 o'clock in the evening. The bride is the daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Reginald H. Rit of Annapolis. Prof. Ridgely is one of the faculty of St. John's Col- lege. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Lewis Gibbs of Staunton, Va. & cousin of the bride. The bride’s sister, Miss Elizabeth Ridgely, was her only attendant, and the best man was 8 brother of the bride, Mr. Graham Ridgely. Admiral and Mrs, Samuel S. Robison motored to Washington last Saturday ; for afternoon, and were guests at the Navy- Marine foot ball game. Lieut. and Mrs. John W. Beckett, who have been spending the Fall here at Miss Sue Munford’s home on Prince George street, have gone to San Diego, where they will spend a short time a then sail for China. Lieut. Beckett was one of the coaches for the Naval Acad- emy foot ball team. Comdr. Paul J. Dashiell gave a din- ner Tuesday at the Annapolis Roads Club in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William Ingram, who are leavi shortly for their home in Jeffersonville, Ind. Mr. Ingram has been head coach of the Naval Academy foot ball team and he and Mrs. Ingram have been stopping at Miss Sue Munford's residence on Prince George street. Comdr. Dashiell's guests numbered 20. Mr. Floyd-Jones, who spent two weeks in Annapolis left Saturday for Toledo, Ohio, where he will be the guest of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Floyd-Jones. Later he will join his_daughter, Miss Emily Floyd-Jones, in St. Louis. Lieut. Col. Harold F. Wirgman, U. S. M. C., spent the week end in_Annapolis at the Annapolitan Club. Col. Wirg- man was greeted by many old friends, having been stationed here about two years ago in eharge of Marines of this station. After a tour of duty in Haitli, Col. Wirgman is now at the Naval Wai College, Newport, R. I. x Baron and Baroness Honor Guests at Luncheon. Mrs. John Pitcher gave a large lunch- eon Sunday in her new home at War- shoes for 22 Mid - Season social activities bring with them new de- mands for smart ward- robes and smart acces- sories. women Mid - Season atyles call for h armonizing styles in foot- wear—in other words, HANAN STYLES. Hanan Styles Harmonize Because They Originate in the Style Centers Silk Hosiery “AS YOU LIKE IT” The mew colors which the winter costumes re- veal are duplicated in the new shades of Silk Hosiery, “AS YOU LIKE IT.” B $1:801080:85 croerichS TWELFTH-F STS. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, VISITOR FROM PHILADELPHIA MISS MARIE GILLESPIE, Guest of Judge and Mrs. Peyton Gordon and Miss Evelyn Gordon. —Harris & Ewing Photo. dour. There were about 75 guests, in- cluding many from Washington and | Baltimore. The luncheon was given in honor of the Baron and Baroness Hans von Wiprieht Barby, recently married, the latter formerly Miss Dorothy Riggs of Howard County. They were Mrs. Pitcher's guests for the week end. They will sail shortly for Germany and after a short stay‘there will go to the Hague, Holland, where they will reside. Mrs. Pitcher had as her guests also for the week end Mr. and Mrs. Allen Thomas, her father and mother, of Howard County. Mrs. Leonard B. Austin, wife of Lieut. Austin; Mrs. Horace D. Clarke, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Clarke, and Mrs. Robert G. Tobin entertained at tea at the residence of Lieut. and Mrs. Austin on King George strcet Saturday after- noon. Mrs, Walter McLean, wife of Admiral McLean, was again at home to her friends Friday at her residence on King George street. There were many visitors. Mrs. McLean will be at home on Fridays. Miss Emily Dobie of Norfolk, Va., who is a student at the Shipley’'s School | at Bryn Mawr, was the guest over Lhei week end of her cousins, Capt. and | Mrs. William F. Halsey, on the Reine Mercedes. Miss Margaret Halsey also was home the holidays and the week ‘end from school at Great Barrington, Mass. Betrothals Feature Early Winter Calendar Mrs. William F. Cush announces th: engagement of her daughter Elizabeth Beatrice to Mr. Stephen Francis Fegan, | the wedding taking place January 2. | Mrs. James Boyd Maughlin of Boyds, | Md., has announcéd the engagemen: of her daughter Mary Jane to Mr. | Howard Thomas Fiher of Kensington. | Mr. Fisher is the son of Mrs. Mary C. | Fisher, formerly of Boyds, M Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heidingsfeld | announce the engagement of the latter's daughter, Miss Jeanne Flesher, to Mr. | Edward Sonneborn of Baltimore. Exhibit of Silhouettes With Miss Andrews' Address Mrs. Cooiidge is a patroness for the informal talk by Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews Tuesday afternoon at the Washington Club, when there will also bz on view new silhouette portraits of a group of well known Washingtonians cut recently from life. The silhouettes which illustrate the “Studio Windows,” Mrs. Andrews’ latest book, will also be on view. Among the portraits to be exhibited will be one of Dr. Charles s, Miss Jessica Harvey of Bureau; Mr. Allen C. Clark, president of the District of Co- lumbia Historical Society; Miss Mary Anderson of the Woman’s Bureau, Mr. Frederic William Wile, Miss Tracy Copp of the Federal Board Vocational Educa« tion; Mr, Louis Pennington of New Jer« s2y and Washingten, and a silhouette of Mrs. Edna M. Colman in conference with Mr. George F. Nilton, editor of the Chattanooga News. Mrs. Andrews will entertain the out- of-town guests at a small tea after the| 5 exhibition. Mr. A.-SiRi—ggs ch;r Guest At Fraternity Banquet Mr. Arthur Stanley Riggs, F. R. G. S., director of the Archaeological Society of’ Washington and author of many books, “was the guest of honor and the principal speaker last night at the banquet of the PI Kappa Chi and Delta Upsilon F‘mumu?; at the Southern Hotel in Baltimore. After 25 years as a. local Johns Hopkins organization, the former has been ab- zorbed by the national fraternity and the banquet celebrated the merger. About 150 guests were present, includ- ing President Goodnow of Johns Hop- kins, President Aydelotte of Swarthmore. Dean Ames of Hopkins and an unusually representative showing of Delta Upsilon men from all cver the East. Mr. Riggs, whose new book, “The Spanish Page eant,” has just been published, spoke on the scductiveness of Spanish art and Ljul',urc;l and their influence upon zation. D. C. DECEMBER 9, Pen Women's Ball. Set For Dec. 18, Heralded As Rare Social Event Opportunity is Offered to Dress Up and Disport in the “Land of Make- Belicve." The Pen Women ball on December 18 | offers another delightful opportunity to | dress up and disport one’s self in the “Land of Make Believe,” from pages of books that have delighted readers down the ages are to empty their characters helter-skelter into the Willard ballroom on that occasion. Some of them will have really lived and have become to- day “historical characters,” and others will be creations of an author’s imag- ination, but all will rub shoulders to- gether at this carnival for the joint benefit of the memorial club house of the National League of American Pen Women and of the work being done by the District branch of the league, un- der whose auspices the event is to take lace. + A number of the “first ladies of the land” will appear in the box taken by Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, national presi- dent of the league, for in compliment to the National Capital she has named her box for Edna M. Colman’s “Seventy- five Years of White House Gossip,” and the hostess and her guests will represent. | the charming chatelaines of the home of the Presidents volumes. Heroes and Heroines To Feature Program. Heroes and heroines from the novels of Mrs. Southworth will be present, as it is on the land on which now stands aistoric Prospect Cottage, once the home of Mrs. Southworth and now the prop- erty of the National League, that the clubhouse will be erected. The box taken by a group of members of the national executive board will be named the “Southworth box ™ Mrs. Aaron D. Newman, president of the District of Columbia branch of the League of American Pen Women, will be the hostess of the evening. She has named her box the “Star Spangled Banner” and will' personally entertain a box party. Mrs. Newman, it will be recalled, is the author of the “Hymn of Washington,” a patriotic song, which has been indorsed by the Chamber of Commerce of this city, the Board of Trade, and other organizations as the official song of the National Capital. The lure of the Orient will be found in the box of Mrs. Grace Thompson Seton, past national president, who has discussed in these | named her box after her “Chinese Lan- terns” and who will be in Chinese cos- tume as will the guests in her box. The members of the executive board of the District league have taken a box and have named it “The Thirteen Col- onies” as a tributeyto the early founders of America. The box will be attrac- tively decorated and Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, first vice president of the Dis- trict league, will be in Colonial cos- tume, as will some of the other guests in the box. Leading Society Ladies Listed As Patronesses. Among the patronesses for the ball are Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, jr., Mrs. Walter R.. Tuckerman, Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs. Stokes Halkett, Mrs. William Wheatley, Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mrs. . Geary Johnson, Mrs. James R. Mann, Mrs. Edward T. Walker, Mrs. A. T. Clark, jr, Mrs. Leander McCor- mick Goodhart. Mrs. Eugene E. Meyer, Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mrs. Robert Mac- Kenzle, Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Mrs, Duncan Phillips, ‘Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs. Amos Fries, Mrs. Harriet DINNER TODAY Roast Chicken with Dressing, Bake - finia Ham. Deliclous Hot Rolls, a variety of 75¢ Served 12:30 betry flsc Cémpbell Coffee Shoppe W. Candy Store Next to Martha Washingto: A Group of $69.75 Fur-Trimmed Raleigh Coats 497 Novelty Imported Tweed Smart novelty imported tweed fabrics with the fash-| ionable furs of the season. Large fur collars, also some shawl collars trimmed with| Jap Fox, Raccoon and Beaver.Women’sand Misses sizes. The Women’s Shop of P~leigh Haberdasher 1310 F Street : J928 PART 3 SOCIETY. B e e o o o et o e CHRISTMAS DANCE MISS HENRIETTA MARIE FORREST. ‘Whose foster mother, Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest, is giving a dance for her at the Willard Hotel Christmas night. Hawley Locher, Mrs. Jesse W. Nichol- son, Mrs. Frank W. Pyle, Mrs. Swalm Reed, Mrs. William Wolff Smith, and Mrs. Theodore H. Tiller. ‘Through this ball Washington eiti- zens will have an opportunity to aid in the erection of a memorial to American ‘women of genius which is what the new clubhouse of the National League of American Pen Women is to be. No invitations are necessary for attendance at the ball and reservations may b2 made through Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, at the Willard Hotel. Thrift Shop Committee Members Announced The first group of members of a large supply committee for the Thrift Shop, child welfare venture at 504 Tenth street, was announced last night by Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, who had previously appointed to the chairman- ship of this committee Mrs. Edward B. McLean. The members of the supply com- mittee, it was explained, have no offi- cial duties other than to send to the Thrift Shop housechold materials suit- able for sale in the shop and to help the shop generally by calling it to the attention of their friends and acquaint- ances at social gatherings. The names announced last night are: Senora de Tellez, wife of the Mexican Ambassador; Mrs. James J. Davis, Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Minister of Pan- ama; Mrs. Edward T. Sanford, Mrs. Wil- liam E. Borah, Mrs. David A. Reed, Miss Alice Clapp, Mrs. Isaac T. Mann, Mrs. Floyd Waggaman, Mrs. _Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Henry A. Strong, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs. Hannah Locke, Mrs.. Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Glenn Stewart, Miss Janet Richards, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs. . Joseph Leiter, Mrs. James E. Freeman, Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Irwin Loughlin, Mrs. Lyman Kendall, Miss Kate Judge, Mrs. Frederic A. Keep, Mrs. Abram Simon, Mrs. Clarence Aspinwall, Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, Mrs. Ezra B. McCagg, Mrs. Robert Hollister Chap- |man and Mrs. Mary Phillips. ‘The assistance of the group of prominent women will greatly heip the Thrift Shop, Mrs. Dougherty belleves. The shop is making a success as 3 perpstual rummage sale operated for |the benefit of the Children's Hospital, the Child Welfare Society, the Chil- dren’s Country Home and the prenatal clinic of Columbia Hospital. Miss | Missourians to Honor Congress Delegation The reception which the Missourl State Soclety in the District of Colum- bia will give December 15 at 8:30 o'clock in the hall of nations, Wash- ington Hotel, in honor of the Missourl delegation in Congress and their wives, will have a gala aspect. There will be a Christmas tree and a Santa Claus. Preliminary to this phase of the pro- gram there will be an address by Senator James A. Reed, senior Sena- | tor from Missourl. Mrs. Reed will | assist Mrs. Joe Manlove, wife of the | president of the society, and the fols | lowing ladies in acting as hostesses for the evening: Mrs. Edward C. Hayes, | Mrs. Marion E. Rhodes, Mrs. Otis Rogers and Mrs. John B. Gordon. | "Dancing will conclude the program for the evening. | " The members of the Missouri delega= | tion in Congress and their wives who jwfll attend the reception and dance are: Semator and Mis. James A. Reed, Mrs. Harry B. Hawes, Representative and Mrs. C. C. Dickin- son, Representative and Mrs. L. C. Dyer, Representative and Mrs. M. A. Romjue, Representative Charles L. Faust, Representative and Mrs. Samuel C. Major, Representative and Mrs. Jacob L. Milligan, Represcntative and Mrs. Clarence Cannon, Representaiive and Mrs. Ralph P. Lozicr, Repressnta- tive and Mrs. William L. Nelson, Rep= resentative and Mrs. Joe J. Maniove, | Representative and Mrs. James F. Pul- bright, Representative and Mrs. Jobn J. Cochran, Representative George H. Combs, jr,; Representative Henry F. Niedringhaus, Representative and Mrs, Clyde Williams. Mrs. Charles P. Keyser, Mrs. W. W. Badgley and Mrs. E. H. 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