Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1928, Page 15

SOCIETY (Continued From Fourteenth Page.) E. Horton. Mrs. Loose entertained her guests at dinner before the ball. Boxes were also occupled by Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, Mr. and Mrs. \Frederick H. Brooke, Princess Margaret Boncompagnl. Others at the ball were the Slamese Minister, Lieut. Gen. Phya | Vijtavongs; Senator Arthur Capper, resentative and Mrs. Richard S. ich, Senator and Mrs. David A. Reed, the personal secretary to the President and Mrs, Edward T. Clark, and Mrs. Paul Myron Linebarger. Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Karolik, Mrs. Ef- fingham Townsend, Mrs. Samuel A. Kimberley, Miss Florence Worthington &nd her nephew, Mr. Edgar Rebie, who 18 spending the holidays with her from Rhis studies at Lawrenceville, and Mr. Lawrence R. Lee and his daughter, Miss Frances Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Granville Fortescue en- | ¢ertained at dinner last evening for thelr _subdebutante _daughters, Miss Rion Fortescue and Miss Helene For- tescue, later taking their guests to the | Children’s Country Home ball at the Mayflower. The guests were Miss Laura ‘Tuckerman, Miss Carol Grosvenor, Miss | Barbara Korff, Miss Harriet Anderson, Miss Polly Foote, Mr. Charles Ritley, Mr. Julian Ritley, Mr. Wolcott Ritley, Mr. Upshur Moorehead, Mr. Sam Bid- dle, Mr. Malvern Morse, Mr. Henry Baggs, Midshipman Cummings and Mr. Don Foley, mas greens and flowers were used in the decorations. Mr. and Mrs. William Marston Seabury gave a dinner last night at their residence, 150 East Thirty-seventh street, New York, at which they an- nounced the engagement of their youngest daughter, Muriel Gurdon Seabury, to Mr. Willlam White Howells, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mead Howells of 430 Park avenue, New York. Miss Seabury attended Miss Chapin's School, and spent last Winter at the | American legation at Budapest, Hun- gary, as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Edward Savage Crocker, the former Miss Lispenard Seabury of this city, and Mr. Crocker. Mr. Crocker is first secretary of legation at Budapest. Miss Seabury made her debut Decem- ber 1, and is one of this season's pro- visional members of the Junior League. Miss Seabury is a lineal descendant of many distinguished families of the Colonial period, including those of Gov. ‘Winthrop, Gov. Saltonstall, Gov. Dudley, Leonard Lispenard, after whom Lispenard street was named, and of | Bishop Samuel Seabury, the first Bishop of America. Mr. Howells is a graduate of St. | Paul's School, Concord, and is now at | Harvard, where he will graduate in June. Mr. Howells comes of a family long well known in literature and archi- tecture. His father is an architect of note, who has designed and erected many important buildings here and in Chicago, and his grandfather, William Dean Howells, was for years the recog- nized dean of American literature. Mr. Howells is also the grandson of | the late Horace White, former editor of the Chicago Tribune and later the | itor of the New York Evening Post. ed Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest | ““yi¢ ®Auctin’ Kautz is in New York gave a dance last evening in the Wil- | with her sister, Mrs, Seabury, and at- lard suite of the Willard in honor of | their daughter, Miss Henrietta Forrest. Among those invited were the debu- tantes and subdebutantes and a large group of midshipmen. The guests were: Miss Mary Maria Butler, Miss Dorothy Dial, Miss Celeste W. Page, Miss Caro- line Brossius, Miss Laura Tuckerman Miss Betty Alexander, Miss Julia Lewis, Miss Marguerite Orme, Miss Mary Ellnor Orme, Miss Margaret Boss, Miss | v Lee Phillips, Miss Louise Harrison | Gwynn, Miss Edwina Vawter, Miss En- gracia_Freyer, Miss Eunice Evans, Mrs. E. T. Andrews, Miss Francis Key Matthews, Miss Faith Phillips, Miss Susan MacBride Guignarg, beth Kennedy, Miss Edna Betty McAn- drews. Miss Helen Schmid, Miss Frances W. Wall, Miss Evelyn Walker, Miss Eu- genie Lejeune, Miss Phyllis High, Miss Alice Louise Hunter, Miss Claire Straton, Miss Mary Devereux, Miss Betty Smith, Miss Elise Collins, Miss Claire O'Don- nell. Miss Louise Drescher, Miss Vir- ginia Harrigan, Miss Elizabeth Trescot, Miss Mary Kolb, Miss Eleanor Whit- aker, Miss Roberta Wright, Miss Helen Chafee, Miss Margaret Concklin, Miss Betty Ridsdale, Comdr. Jewell, Midship- man J. H. Newsome, Midshipman G. F. Chaffee, Midshipman G. G. Hern- don, Midshipman B. F. McLeod, Mid- shipman Hiram S. Walker, Midshipman A. P. Douglass, Midshipman Clayton C. Marcy, Midshipman R. R. Craighill, Midshipman Donald Gladney, Midshlp— man Milton Dickinson, Midshipman G. | D. Williams, Midshipman Rosasco, Midshipman W. L. Rosasco, Midship- man K. M. Gentary, Midshipman M. R. Richer, Midshipman B. C. Fuesch, Midshipman T. S. Webb, Midshipman Nathaniel Dial, Midshipman David Ferris, Midshipman J. B. Webster, Mid- shipman C. E. Mitchell, De Atley Ingalls Davis, Midshipman Dealey. Midshipman F. J. Thornhill, Midshipman Charles McKinney, Mid- shipman Clyde Roberts, Midshipman B. C. Van Voorhis, Mr. Edward Brod- erick, Mr. James Orme, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. G. La Gorce, Mr. Concklin, Mr. Shepherd Tayloe, Mr. Dune, Rev. Meade Bolton MacBryde, Mr. James Nielle, Cadet Millard Lewis, Cadet Samuel Morrow, Mr. William G. Ford, Mr. Renier Straton and Mr. Cuthbert Train. Mrs. Forrest wore a gown of black and silver, and Miss Forrest had a becoming frock of red and gold brocade. Christ- Miss_Eliza- | Midshipman | tended the dinner last evening. Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe will not ob- serve her day at home tomorrow, but will receive as usual Thursday after- noon thereafter. | Additional names of donors of dolls |to the Christmas sale at the Thrift | Shop, 504 Tenth street, were made pub- |lic today. The doll sale was a success, netting funds for the benefit of the Children’s Hospital, the Child Welfare Society, the Children's Country Home and the Prenatal Clinic of Columbia Hospital. A very few dolis still remain on sale. The additional donors were: Mile. CLAFLIN Opticians—Optometrists 922 14th St. EsTETSON JgHOE sHoPS @ 5 LOCATED AT RALEIGH HABERDASHER 4 1310 F °ST. {n FINE SHOES or MEN ~WOMEN 13 1316 G ST. Reduced Prices COATS DRESSES Noteworthy Fashions Styled a Year Ahead CITY CLUB BUILDING GOWNS refila -y HATS N 7'9"11-13 G StNW EVERY EVENING DRESS Secure your New Year's Gown mow, while th- stocks are at their =zenith. The most gorgeous showing, both i style and color in the city, At HALF PRICE you buy them below cost! shade imaginable of Satin Velvet, Georgette, Me- tallic Cloth of Gold, Chiffon and Tulle. Beads, R| stones, Bri liants, Se- quins and Jeweled Crea- tions. Every EVERY COAT Our reputation for enly. the HIGHEST GRADE of when vast stocks of over you see our 500 garments to select from, your buying is easy, as they are all marked be- low actual cost. EVERY COLOR; EVERY SIZE; EVERY NEW STYLE.‘ SALE The Friendly Shop BRESLAU’S 1307-6-11-13 G St. THE EVENING Cretziano, daughter of the Rumanian minister; Mrs. H. B. Spencer, Mrs. G. A. Converse, Mrs. Charles G. Treat, Mrs. William J. Donovan, Mrs. Parker Corning, Mrs. Randall Hagner, Mrs. J. H. Gibbons, Mrs. Robert Wynter Locke, Mrs. Albert Livingstone Stavely, Mrs. Louis C. Lehr, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Mrs. J. W. Turrentine, Mrs. Woodbury Blair, Mrs, Victor N. Cushman, Mrs. Irwin Laughlin, Mrs. Paul Henry Bastedo, Sannie Munsell. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chairman of the committee in charge of the shop, is planning a china sale soon. Arts Club Dinner With Mrs. Linderman as Guest. Mr. J. Rowland Bibbins will be the host at the Arts Club dinner tomor- | row evening when Mme. Fannie B. Chicago Uptown Conservatory of Music, will be the guest of honor. Mme. Lind- erman will render a program of dra- matic readings with musical accom- paniments. She comes to Washington for this occasion at the special request of Mr. Bibbins. Mr. F. W. Foster Gleason and his mother, Mrs. 8. A. W. Gleason, have as thelr house guest the Rev. Frederick And every Dre STAR, WASHINGTON, Linderman, dean of dramatics at the | All Afternoon Dresses All Street Dresses All Sports Dresses Except the $16.50 group All Sperts Coats All Dress Coats All Evening Wraps W. Dickinson, Ph. D, vice president of College Mount St. Joseph, Ohio. Miss Helen Walker and Miss Flossie Melman are the holiday guests of Miss Leonore Rosenthal. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Humphrys of White Stone, Va., who motored to ‘Washington for the holidays, is stay- ing at the Grace Dodge Hotel. Mr. Fred 8. Young of London, Eng- land, is spending the Christmas sea- son in Washington, staying at the Grace Dodge Hotel. Count and Countess de Benque are spending the Christmas holidays in New York, staying at the Ambassador Hotel. Sweet Briar Col]ege day will be cele- brated in Washington tomorrow with a luncheon at the Carlton Hotel. This is an annual affair, observed through- out the country, wherever alumnae | chapters are located. | Among those expected to attend are members of the local alumnae chap- ter and students at home for the holi- days. Reservations are being made | through the chairman, Mrs. William B. | 8Sims, jr., 1757 K street northwest. Thie LOUVRE 1115 1117 F STREET Coat and Evening Wrap of you make your selection. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. McConnell of New York City are at the Carlton for a short stay en route to Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell are passengers on the Santa Claus airship, new tri-motored Fokker plane of the Western Air Express, flying from New York to Los Angeles. Other members of the party are Mr. Philip H. Philbin, jr.; Mr. Otis Huebner and Mr. Silas Morehouse. Mrs. Gerrit Miller, jr. will address the Woman's Alliance of All Souls’ Church, Fifteenth and Harvard streets, at noon tomorrow. Mrs. Miller, who accompanied her husband on a recent sclentific_expedition, will give an ac- count of his discoveries in the caves of Santo Domingo. The talk will be illus- trated with stereopticon slides. The Junior Alliance and L’'Allegro Club will be guests of the alliance. Luncheon will be served at 10 o'clock, with Mrs. Blaisdell hostess. = For saving another child whilz her baby boy was drowning, Mrs. Eliza- beth O’'Hagen of Derry, Ireland, was recently presented a Royal Hurmne Society medal. Here is that famous After-Christmas Clearance Dresses and Coats the Fall and Winter season is included—with exception of the Dresses in the $16.50 group. Not a price ticket has been changed—you make the deduction when 4 o 1/3 OFF! Please make note—that every selection must be final —no returns can be accepted, or-exchanges made. A Month in Advance! December Instead of January We Announce A Much Awaited Event &rlebach “Jeminine cApparel of 7ndi-vzdualzly e TWELVETEN TWELVET\]IELVE F STREET DRI'-SSESj l | Yo S Sunes — D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1928. Tomorrow, Thursday—Second Day of Tl Brosts #% and tomorrow we’re featuring . . . [ AMAZING REDUCTIONS ON Slenderizing Styles LARGER WOMEN’S Coats and Frocks The Frocks are Reduced to So New In Colors! In Styles! In Details! Satins Georgettes Flat Crepes New Prints Velvet Combinations Regularly Sold from $19.75 to $39.75 Here's Sizes from 40%5 to 6014 a sale that you women who are not slender will welcome with open arms...For no matter what kind of new frock you want, be it for BUSINESS, STREET, SPORT, AFTERNOON, or especially PARTY wear, you're bound to find the very thing you wanted in this remarkable reduction event. And they are all designed most skillfully to give a graceful, slen- der impression. Try to attend early! DRESSES—THIRD FLOOR Larger Women’s Coats! FABRICS Fine soft imported and domestic Broadcloths, Suedes, Supremas, Mo- destas. In smooth and rough finishes. COLORS Plenty of All Blacks! And Tans, Browns, Greys, Blues, Reds. FURS Fox, Lynx, Baby Seal, Wolf — Plain or Pointed Civet Cat, Fitch-dyed Skunk, Caraculs. Regularly Sold from $79 to $98 You'll be so delighted with these coats. They're ‘really unbelievably wonderful values at this reducuon price. Typically Brooks in quality of Furs and Fabrics and tailored to achieve the chic, slender silhouette. Re- member they are all taken from our regular stocks. Not one piece of ““sale merchandise.” So hurry down for best choice! SECOND FLOOR COATS. And Whether You Are Large or Small— These Special Reductions Continue! FUR NEW COATS COATS! | FROCKS A REDUCED 1 Offt $1275 | 53850 On Every New in materials, in | Formerly Sold From Coat 5 | styles and in colors and $58 to $69 c featuring misses’ day | Fine fabrics, lavish- in Our and evening modes. 1y trimmed with choie- Entire Stock! Very sharply reduced. est furs. In all sizes. SECOND FLOOR FURS THIRD FLOOR SECOND FLOOR DRESSES COATS el M-BRWKS & CO G - STREET BETWEEN 11th & 12 th