Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1928, Page 66

pen. Women's Carnival Costume Ball Listed Outstanding Event program Outlined for Tues- day Eyening Embraces Picturesque Features Rep- resentative of History and Fiction. Mrs. Aaron D. Newman, president of the District League of American Pen Women, will head the receiving line at the reception which will formally open the carnival costume ball of her or-! fmmtlun Tuesday evening at the Wil- ard her Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, national president of the Pen Women; Mrs. Eli A. Helmick, chairman of the ball, and Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, first vice presi- dent of the District League. ‘The ball will open at 10 o'clock, and dancing will be continuous until 1 o'clock, interrupted only by the inter- mission for supper at midnight. The large ballroom of the Willard will be a picturesque scene with the gayly deco- rated boxes filled with characters that will have stepped forth from history or fiction for an evening’s merriment, and who will be escorted to their seats by the attractively costumed pages. mem- bers of the Junior League of American Pen Women of the District Two striking figures, reminiscent of gie masquerade dance given by Mrs. ber home, Prospect Cottage in George- town, now the property of the National League of American Pen Women and the site of its future memorial club- house, will be “Night.” to be portrayed by Mrs. Ernest Wiggins, and “Dawn,” by Miss Agnes Winn. They will be dressed in fashion similar to the young ladies who enacted these parts at Mrs. Southworth’s ball. “Night” in filmy black with silver stars, and “Dawn” in pale blue with golden stars. Vice President-Elect Curtis Is Listed Among Guests. The Vice President-clect, Senator Charles Curtis, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward E. Gann will attend the bali and will be guests in the box of Mrs. Busch, the ladies of whose party will represent the wives of the Presidents. In this company will be Mrs. Henry Clay Car- penter and Mrs. Fulton Le: h will be rival Dolly Madison: liam Wheatley, who will imper: Mrs. James Monroe; Mrs. Charles Hotel and will have in line with | D. E. N. Southworth years ago at | will occupy Mrs. Larz Anderson’s box and will have with them Miss Jessie Booth, their son, Lieut. George Helmick, and other guests. In keeping with the |name of the box, “Cruising Around South America,” by Mrs. Larz Ander- | son, the hostess and some of her guests will be in authentic costumes of South American eountries. Miss Booth will | represent Winnie the Pooh. | In the second District League box will |be Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Amos A. Fries, | Dr. Elnora C. Folkmar, Mrs. Ella O.| | Howard and guests, Miss Agnes Winn, Miss Jean Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret Zimmele and Mrs. May H. Bloedarn. Maj. Gen. Eli A. Helmick is chairman of the men’s floor committee and will be assisted by a distinguished company of aids; Mrs. Ernest Wiggins is in charge |{of decorations and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun |is chafrman of arrangements for the | pages, who are members of the Junior League of American Pen Women. | ! A few boxes are still available and | | reservations may be made and ndmls-i sion tickets secured from the Willard Social Bureau. ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY | | Anderson | ‘Thomas have issued invitations for a | and Mrs. tea F y afternoon, December 28, | from 5 to 7 o'clock at their home on North Washington street, when they | will present their daughter, Miss Nellie Sclden Lloyd Sommers. Following the |tea Mr. and Mrs. Sommers will enter- | ‘mm at & buffet supper, when their | daughter and the girls assisting her | | will be joined by a number of young |men, who will stay for an informal | | dance afterward. | Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Carlin, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Westbrook, Mr. and | Mrs. Sherman B. Fowler, Mrs. Alfred Churchill Moss and Mr. John Fowler | have returned from Ellicott City, Md.. | where they attended the wedding of Miss Jennie Fulton, daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Willlam Frankiin Fulton, to | Mr. Carroll Kilbourne, which occurred on Saturday, December 8, in St. John's Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blunt enter- | tained at bridge Tuesday evening in Ihonor of the former’s brother-in-law |and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Francis Lawler, whose -marriage oc- | curred last month. Mrs. Wise Rixey | entertained at bridge vesterday after- noon in_honor of Mrs. Lawler. | Mrs. Noel Garner Monday afternoon | South Fairfax street. | been visiting Mr. and M | who entertained one of the { Hotel yesterday. Church. I= | George Uhler, on North Washington | Mrs. Thomas Johnson is home from | | street. | B. C. Brown of Richmond g | for the past week end of Mr. and Mrs { Roy G. Craver. D. C. DECEMBER 16 MRE. FRANK C. HENRY —Har! a visit to relatives in Culpeper. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Vaugh City, where she will remain for sever: weeks. . Mrs. F. C. M. Nunez has returned | friends in New York Cit: £ Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Strader and the! Mrs. John S. Jenkins of Norfolk is| Mrs. William T. Wilkins, who has | the guest of Mrs. Norris S. Cummings | young daughter have returned from a Touis Bar- |and Miss Helen Norris Cummings, on | visi gamin on South Patrick street, and Miss | Cameron street. sit Silver Spring. Md. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Beavers spent Mrs. T. M. Jones has returned from | rgest luncheons of the season at the Willard | Ewing Photo. Mrs. Frank R. Perkins is in Atlantic Mrs. Margaret' See is again at the entertained the | from a visit to relatives in Marwood, home of her son and daughter-in-law. bridge club of which she is a member | Va., And is the guest of her sister, Mrs. | Mr. and Mrs. O. F. See, after a visit to in her home on | W. T. Jones, to Mr. and Mrs, John Marsh in met last week Daniel C. Book. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Waters of Ham- ilton spent last week as the guests of Mrs. R. J. Yates. Recent Nuptial Events Formally Announced. Mr. C. H. Loving of Nelson County has announced the marriage of his daughter, Louise Loving Bragg, to Mr. Lewls Gibson Walker in Trinity Epis- copal Church in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Friday, December 7. Mr. and Mrs. | Walker are spending their honeymoon |in_the far South, and after January 1 will live in Alexandria. i The marriage is announced of Miss ! Myrtle Cator of Alexandria and Mr. | George Smith of Washington on Tues- day, December 4, in Rockville. | Mrs. Holland Ball Judkins, who has been living in Atlanta for the past sev- | | eral Years, visited relatives in town last | week and has left to join Mr. Judkins in Rye, N. Y. where they will make]| their home in the future. Mrs. Judkins | was formerly Miss Esther Burke of | Alexandria. at the home of Mrs. 1928—PART 'WOMEN WILL URGE DEFENSE MEASURES| Axnual Meeting of Patriotic Can-i ference to Open Here on January 29. By the Assoclated Press. | In time of peace prepare for war is| the motto of the Women's Patriotic | Conference on National Defense, which | will have its fourth annual meeting in Washington January 29, 30 and 31. Though backing the Kellogg peace treaty, now before the Scnate, delcgates to the conference also will work for | national defense measures. They have been active supporters of the cruiser bill, the universal draft bill, limitation of immigration and appropriations for citizens' military training. | Thirty-tnree societies, with member- Mrs. John B. Cox is home from Fred- ericksburg, where she and Mrs. W. P. Smith of Baltigore spent the pa | week with friends. weeks with friends in Mobile, Ala. Mis. William West has returned from has his headquarters. visit to relatives in Luray. Miss Hilda Fairfax and Miss Edith Thursday evening. Miss Elizabeth M. Crute is home from a visit to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. | M. Crute, in Farmville, Va. |~ Miss Daisy Foster and Miss Sue Flor- |ence have returned from Richmond, | where they were delegates to the State | Teachers’ Association. Mr. Alexander Speer left last week to visit relatives in Purcellville, Va., be- fore going to Florida for the Winter, Miss Louise HawKins is at home after a visit to friends in Philadelphia, Additional News Notes, | General and Personal. | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beaton have | returned from a visiti to Mrs. Charles Vetter in Wellington, Va. Mr. W. Talbot Sinclair of Syracuse, N. Y., spent the past week end as the suest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Swann Sinclair. Mr. Wilmer Myers and Mr. Charles straus, jr., have arrived home from the Jirginia Pdlytechnic Institute in Blacks- ourg to spend the Christmas holidays. Mrs. W. R. Parsons and her young son, Bobbie Parsons, of Washington are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Timberlake. Miss Roberta Stuart is the guest of al | ir a Miss Ruth Bryant is spending several | a visit to Atlanta, where Mr. West n(\\lfi Mrs. A. D. Kirby is home from a| Fairfax entertained® their bridge club | chip of more than 500,000 women, | joined in forming the conference four | years ago to actively stipport measures of defense before Congress and to cor bat pacifist propaganda. The organi 7ations are chiefly those designated as | “lineal socleties,” the membership be- | |ing based upon’the service of relatives | in_the wars of the United States, be- | ginning with the Revolution. | Mrs. Boyce Ficklen, national presi- fdent of the American Legion Auxiliary, |and Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president MISS MARIE HELEN LANGE. _|general of the Daughters of the Ameri- | . H. J. Lange, | €0 _Revolution. joined in issuing the D o e ernent to Mie,| invitation to the conference. The ses: Clarence E. Geiger, the wedding to take | slons will be held in the D. A. R. Mémo- | Shstrodts e ol | rial Continental Hall. —Harri Ewing Photo. French Lick. Springs, Ind, and will go from there to Southern California for the remainder of the Winter, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bartlett were | week end guests of the latter's parents, | Mr. and Mrs. John N. Molter, in Fred- sricksburg. * Miss Dorothy Ward of Washington : ; ONE DAY SPECIALS ter, Mrs, Mary Bemon. T |50-in. Sunfast Damask Miss Augusta Bode is at home after | v a visit to Mr, and Mrs. Harry B, Lane | gepoen va o e $1.47 in Fredericksbarg. B | X Pl = O Mr. James T. Ballard was the guest | §4.in. Sunfast Velour |last week of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. | N Mulberry, Blue, Old Rose, Arthur Ballard, in_Fredericksburg. Js y Miss Ella Lee Gardner of Orange, Taupe, Walnut, Va., has returned home after a visit | Red Mr, and Mrs. Hayward Hamilton are McDE‘}l l ; l ’S at home afler a visit to relatives in | to Miss Elizabeth Timberlake. Farmville, Va, 1211 F St. NW. (2nd floor) M. 3211/ British plano manufacturers claim to | have captured both the Australian and | New Zealand markets from their Ameri- can_rivals. e McDevitt'e—1211 F St. HOLD FEDERAL POSTS. Three Cincinnati Graduates in Key U. 8. Positions. ' CINCINNATI (#).—The University of Cincinnati has.had three of its graduates presiding over three branches of ‘the Federal Government during .tht_ same period. S ‘While Vice President Dawes has pre- sided over the Senate, Nicholas Long- worth has_wielded the gavel in the House of Representatives, and former President William H. Taft, as chief justice, has headed the Supreme Court. All are Cincinnati alumni. Three graduates of the university's law school have served as Speaker of the House more than one-third of the time the House has existed. They were Joseph_G. “Uncle Joe” Cannon of Illi- nois, Champ Clark of Missouri, and Longworth. Russia, which stands third in the countries of the world as regards high- way mileage, is thirty<fourth in the number_of automobiles. HRISTMAS | GREETING CARDS r.y'nm'eJ with the artistry and destine. tion n/"%rvwoar/ en ml‘l.ny have an added warmth and cordiality. See our diisplay now. 7t ‘Brewa®D éfqm;w and/ flationers " eir-12th St.N.w. == Baker. who will be Mrs. Martin Van | a0re Viuns, who, bas been the | her niece, Mrs. Robert Shackalford, at | Fort Leonard Wood, Md. Mrs, Blaine Elkins left Tuesday for rt of last week as the guests of Mi: ances Goff in Warrenton. The Tuesday Morning Music Club | Atlanta, where she joined Mr. Jones for a trip to Jacksonville and St. Au- | gustine. X . . 20 |guest of Miss Elsie Wine on Prince | 3‘;?12;",“5;5.“}‘0’;3.",«3:{?’ i n)}l‘!’ v‘};‘l" | street, returned Thursday to their home liam Trevor of New York, house guest of | ! Strasburg. Va. Mrs. Busch, who will take the part of | CaPt. and Mrs. Charles Gilerist of | Mrs. Thomas Jefferson. and Mre Edna | Quantico and Mrs, William A. Van Ness | M. Colman. who will be Mrs. Abraham |Of New York City were guests last Lincoln, and who will wear the dress | Week of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Mon- | worn by that character in the Drink- | Cure. 3 | water play of “Abraham Lincoln.” Mrs, | _Mrs. Henry Bvrd Lee, ir., of Towson. Busch, hostess in the box, will imper- | Md.. Who has been visitine Mr. and Fonate “Gossip.” in keeping with the | Mre. William Hurd Hill in Washington, name she has selected for her box, | Was the guesf last week of her brother “Seventy-five Years of White House Aand sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Gossip.” after Mrs. Colman's book of | N. Rust, and her son, Mr. Henry B.| that name: Mrs. Busch will ‘dress in | Lee. 3d, at the Episcopal High School. black with a white wig, and will carry | Miss Mary Lincoln of Cincinnati was an old-fashioned reticule and her knit- | the recent guest of Miss Ellen Coolidge ting, picking up siories as well s | Burke. 8t es. ler est In rs. Busch's | box. will be. former Senator and Mrs, | Alexandrians Attend Eobert L.”Owen. Miss Clarie Busch, | Barrett Portrait Unveiling. president of the Junior League of | Mrs. | ‘American Pen Women: Mr. Henty Clay | Batrett. My and phor Oint };‘:?::msdi Carpenter, who will impersonate George | and Mrs. John W. Price were in Wil- | Washington: Comdr. Charles Baker, | ; | liamsburg for the unveiling of -a por-| Comdr. Wiley Baker, M~. Fulton Lewis, | t, H Dr. W. M. Perry and Mr. | trait of the late Dr. Kate Waller Bar- Lawrence | rett at William and Mary College Sat- | Campbell. |urdar afternoon, Decembsr 8 My mMrs- Aaron D. Newman. hostess of | Saugstad painted the portrait and the | e eve;flng‘.‘ will have as the guest of | unveiling was done by Miss Viola Bar- | mhmoerm B her i:ox,r s eedore J.| rett and Mr. Waller Barrett Smith, | fovett, president of the Woman's Na- | grandchildren of Dr. Barrett and both | tonal Club and an honorary | students at William and M member of the League of American Pen Women. Others in her box party will be Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, presi- @u@e&%reax@%%@%%%z@z@w@xwxfiwmv&? See Beautiful “Miss Washington” Give Personal Demonstrations This Week USEFUL XMAS GIFTS at the Christmas. Apparel Store ; | rett Chapter, D. A, R. dent of the Soroptomist Club: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dearfoss, Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald Ward Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Law- rence Gilbert Newman, Miss Christine Gropucke, Miss Emily C Davis, Mr. Mrs. Samuel Rixey of Culveper is the | guest of her son-in-law and daughter, | Mr. and Mrs, Malcolm Moore. | Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Bannon Coop: er are home from a visit to friends in | Philadelphia. Miss Lillie Marbury has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Warren Poindexter Taylor, in Richmond. Mrs. Arthur Selden Lloyd has gone {o T home in New Yo Lio; Aaron D. Newman and Mrs. Hugh Win- Her box has been named “The Spangled Banner” and will be decorated with the Nation's colors. the box taken by the officers of | the local branch of the Pen Women, wnder whose auspices the ball is to ba | Visit _to Bisho given. will be Mr. and Mrs. E. Richard | Gasch, Miss Evelyn E. S. Weems and | guest, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bagley and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Grant. The box has been called “The Thirteen Colo- nies,” and many of those in the box will be in attractive Colonial costumes. Executive Box Named For Mrs. Southworth. The national executive board has !'Ill.l'\m,e‘d'".‘l'?.se mx for g;s.hysouthworlh.‘ Wl persona Mrs. Theo- | § dore Tiller. In the box will be Dr. Mary | % Corsage Meek Atkeson, first vice president, and | her guest; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C.| Chace, Mrs. Faber Stevenson, Mrs. C.| W. Allen, Miss Elizabeth Malott Barnes, Mrs. William H. Moses and Mrs. Tiller. | Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton | will have in their box Senator Pilson of | Connecticut, Representative Stephen G.|# Porter of Pennsylvania, Mr. and Mrs. | Edward Hood Watson, Mr. and Mrs. | Eugene Collister and Mr. and Mrs. | Henry J. Staley. Mrs. Seton has named | her box “Chinese Lanterns.” It will be | attractively decorated, snd the hostess and her guests will be in Chinese cos- | tumes. o Maj. Gen .and Mrs. Eli A. 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