Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1928, Page 36

[ Tales of Well In Social and Official Life Known Folk Ttems of Interest and Personal Sketches Collected in Review of Affairs in Old and New \Vorld- BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. President Coolidge does not break a speak, in eliminating the New Year reception. Many times before this has heen done and as recently as January 1, 1914, President Wilson and his family departed for the South and no flag flew aver the White House on the day that | fhteful year was ushered in. Ill-health, | bereavement, national calamity, have | been reasons why not only the New | Year reception but other of the official levees were omitted. Many will readily recall that the Army and Navy recep- tion scheduled for February, 1922, was postponed because of the sad accident | which befell the Shenandoah. But this | function at the White House held Janu- ary 1 is typical of official amenity, and every division of life has taken part, including during the late hours the | general public, and, no matter how grave the reason may be fof leaying it out | of the program, many are sotely disap- | pointed. But for the most picturesdue | part of Washington’s social world, the diplomatic corps, the breakfast given by the Secretary of State and Mrs Kellogg Will offer compensation. In | fact, this gathering, held in recent years in the Hall of the Americas, ap- peals 0 every member of the foreign contingent and to their ladies, whereas | many of the latter did not feel entirely at ease at the New Year reception at the presidential mansion which, ac- to all traditions, was given for | the masculine element alone. * % % x But since President Coolidge will not | hold a levee on January 1, 1929, a ques- tion which has agitated Washington for some past time will remain unsolved. is whether the Latin American diplomats have renounced regalia in the | evening and returned to the simple | days before 1900 when they met in | council and each nation selected an appropriate uniform for its diplomats to wear on what is known in Europe as “court occasions.” The Cuban am- dor, Senor Orestes Ferrara, has never worn a diplomatic uniform since he came to Washington and other Latins from the southern continent don them so seldom that it would seem they have privately reached an agree- ment to relegate the fashion to ob- livion. This was most pronounced at, the levee which the President and Mrs. Coolidge gave for the diplomatic corps November 15. Out of .the large con- tingent present from the 20 Latin American republics probably not more than 10 wore the former brilliant re- galia of their countries and these were usually newcomers to this Capital. Senor Malbran, the Argentine Ambas- sador, was in the conventional evening clothes of the men of this country, and the Chilean Ambassador looked like an official of the State Department, When the republics of Europe that wear no regalia, but occasionally a military or- der or two, are counted with the Latin | nations, it will be seen that in Wash- ington two-thirds of the corps have re- turned to republican simplicity and the gold lace and embroidery survives only in Oriental nations and among the European monarchies. * % % x Mr. William Phillips, United States Minister to Ottawa, will after the com- ing year no longer comprise the en- tire diplomatic circle at the Capital of the Dominion. Great Britain, France and Japan will exchange en- voys with the. government of Mr. Mackenzie King, and the foreign circle at Otv.avg; will_assume an impressive aspect. ‘he State Department has recently in a quiet way called attention to the fact that the diplomatic circle in Washington, now of such formidable proportions, is just 128 years old this December, and when President John Adams removed the Capital from Phila- delphia to the banks of the Potomac but four representatives of foreign gov- ernments were in his. wake—the Spanish minister, Senor Carlos de Trujo; the French charge d'affaires rep- resenting the consulate under Napoleon I, M. Louis L. Pinchon; the British charge d'affaires, Mr. Edward Thorn- ton, grandfather of the popular Min- ister who tame in 1868, Sir Edward ‘Thornton, who built the present Brit- ish establishment on Connecticut ave- nue and N street, and the Danish con- sul, Pedro Petersen. Four years earlier, when President Washington was in- ducted into office, April 30, 1789, but two envoys of kings, those of France and Spain, asked recognition, M. Otto for Louis XVI, a secretary under the special messenger of the Bourbon mon- arch, who presented his felicitations to President Washington on his election and then withdrew, and Count Jose de Viar, who came on a similar mission from Carlos IV of Spain. ik Almost coincidentally with the ending of Mr. Phillips’ isolation in Ottawa, Mr. Frederic A. Sterling, dispatched by | the Washington government to Dublin, capital of the Irish Free State, has re- ceived colleagues from three other na- tions, and, like the envoy to Ottawa, he will become dean of a corps which | will no doubt increase by leaps and bounds. Canada soon is to send an en- voy to its sister state under the British Empire act, France will do the same and the Commonwealth of Australia already has selected its representative. Great Britain maintains a high commissioner, Permanent law of the Medes and Persians, SO to | who holds diplomatic rank, as does the representative of Australia in the Unit. ed States. In Dublin several of the new members of the corps will arrive before the new year and Mr. Sterling | can preen his modest feathers. Natur- ally he can wear no gold lace nor rich embroideries, but he can pin a decora- tion or two, especially that conferred | for heroic service in the stormy days of Chinese civil war and on several THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, WISCONSI VISITOR occasions in London during the World | War. tive one from the college of heralds. of apparel. ki Montgomery Blair, Postmaster Generai in the Lincoln cabinet, has on the en- trance portico two marble baskets of fruit*“age-old emblems of hospitality and good cheer. These baskets are especially timely now, and they appear to be the sole survivors of such em- blems, once often seen at the vestibules of the older houses of Washington and its mother city, Georgetown. The Blair mansion, which has been appro- priately marked by the Historic Sites Commission, is an evidence that Penn- the Mayfair of the Capital's residential section. But with few exceptions this distinction has passed. Graceful mar- ble baskets of fruit were one time to be seen on the gleaming white portico of the Bancroft house nearby. But at good cheer are visible. Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood has on her doorstep a basket of holly tied with gay red rib- bons, but this way of bidding the passer- by the compliments of the season is not so universally observed as it was even 10 years ago. The Italian Ambassador, like Col. Blair, has a permanent em- blem of welcome and hospitality at the front door of the Italian establish- ment on Sixteenth and Fuller streets. These are gleaming, highly polished discs of brass placed on each of the panels of the double carved mahogany doors. One means welcome and the other conveys, in the ancient form of the Romans, the pleasure of the in- mates in offering hospitality. el T When Mr. Myron Herrick purchased the palatial mansion in Paris of former President Grevy of France in 1924 for something less than $187,000 he se- cured a memorable bargain for his country in the long-discussed site for a permanent United States embassy in Paris. M. Grevy had died and left several heirs, all of whom wished the estate divided, and they avidly seized on the gold which the Ambassador of- fered instead of the rapidly declining franc. Then Mrs, Auguste Wilson, daughter of President Grevy, liked the idea that the property should pass into the hands of the United States Gov- ernment, as her husband’s father was a native of Pennsylvania who came to Paris on a business venture. The Gov- ernment appropriated $300,000 for the embassy in Paris, and in 1919 this sum was sneered at in all real estate circles of world capitals. M. Grevy spent more than a million dollars, or 500,- 000,000 francs, on his mansion, for it was built on land enormously valuable and comparable to a site on Lafayette Square in Washington or on the busy streets intersected by parks and Gov- ernment buildings.. After being re- munerated for the sum he spent the Ambassador had a tidy sum left for furnishings, and Mrs. Parmely Herrick, his daughter-in-law, has proved to be an excellent person to perform this valuable service. Besides this, many generous Americans who pass much time in Paris have presented fine paint- ings, rugs and historic bric-a-brac. Among these are Mrs..Whilelaw Reid, who furnished superbly a bedroom suite in the new embassy, and her brother, Mr. Ogden Mills, who main- tains a permanent home in Paris, presented modern paintings. Mrs. Vin- cent Astor gave historic Persian rugs, and Mr. Thomas Lamont, Mr. and Mrs. George Widener, Mrs. Hamilton Rice and Mr. John Ridgeley Carter have expressed a desire to aid in the equip- ment if the Ambassador will name articles he desires. A Alexander I of Jugoslavia celebrated his fortieth birthday during the past week but modestly refused to make the occasion other than a domestic event in the palace. Among Europe's youug- est monarchs, this scion of the peasant Mothers Have Been Waiting For UR CLAIM is that we give the most beautiful and last. ing wave that can be given at any price. Our staff of specialists are al- ways seeking improvements, and when found, no matter how small or how drastic, we immediately give you the benefit. Maison Victoire, Inc. Phone Franklin 6965 203 Westory Bldg. Corner 1ith & ¥ Crepe. 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Stringer, gave a tea for M; T BECK! s Becker, line of Karageorgevitch is also one of its most striking in appearance, and with his Queen Marie, second daughter of the late King of Rumania and the sprightly queen dowager of that king- | dom, as the major part of the hand- | somest royal couple on the continent. | Queen Marie is considered the lovaliest | of the three daughters of the Ru- manian_royal family and the young Crown Prince looks as though he had | stepped from a canvas by Murillo. Alcxander was born in Cattinje when his father, Peter of Serbia, was in exile and then there seemed a remote pos- sibility of his succeeding to the throne. He has made a good ruler of the larges! slice carved - from the old empire of Austro-Hungary and added to Serbia, and he is making a fine reputation as a builder of churches, public edifices and palaces. Alexander finished the splen- did Valhalla begun by his father, which | is of gleaming white marble from Dal- matia on the site of the hut where the great Karageorgevitch, founder of the royal line, dwelt in his youth. It is| designed after a middle age Serbian | basilica and is to be the mausoleum of | the Serbian kings. Another recent| palace is near Sarajevo, the scene of ths assassination of the Hapsburg Grand Duke Pranz Ferdinand, the event that led to the World War. The King was commander-in-chief of the Serbian army and led it during the terrible re- treat through Albania, when Serbia was wiped from the map of Europe. * oK oK The President-elect and Mrs. Hoover | have heard unceasingly of the heroes of | Latin America. San Martin and Boiivar, | during their momentous journey, and | in a restricted way the citizens of this | republic are becoming more familiar with these great men. A splendid statue of San Martin, replica of one which stands in the principal park of Buenos Aires, may be admired in Ju- diciary Square, and a spirited statue of Bolivar is in Central Park, New York City. This past August, the anniver- sary of Gen. Martin's death, the Sons of the American Revolution held for the first time the same solemn services at the base of the statue as mark such days for other sculptured heroes of the city. The Argentinan Ambassador Senor Malbran, was guest of honor and he was profoundly moved by the knowl- edge and_appreciation shown by the Northern Republic for the mighty com- mander of the South. Gen. Jose de of Independence or other wars in which the United States has engaged, and he also is ths first military alien whose statue has been erected in a public park of the Capital who was not a tac- tar in its armed conflicts. The govern- ment of Argentina presented the bronze memorial in token of the tremendous impetus given the campaigns for pol! ical freedom by the example and sym- pathy of the republic of the North. * %X % % Hon. Drogo Montagu, son of the Earl of Sandwich, is London’s latest | journalistic recruit from the peers. He has joined the staff of a daily as a | reporter and proposes to work his way upward. A godson of the former Kaiser, and frequently a guest in the imperial palaces at Charlottenburg and in Berlin, Mr. Montagu declined an | agricultural or legal career and, being a second son with slight prospects of inheriting money, he has turned a natural inclination for investigation into a lucrative channel. A direct de- scendant of that Lord Sandwich who was a military commander in Crom- well’s army and high in his esteem, he has written several historical essays on the negotiations which led to the truce between the naval adherents of Crom- well and_the surrender of the British fleet to Charles II. Mr. Montagu had some brief experience in newspaper work in New York City, for he is half American through his mother, who was Miss Alberta Sturges, daughter of the late Willlam Sturges of the metro- politan city, and from boyhood had | made frequent visits to his relatives. Newspaper work runs a close second to | the stage and the framing of dramas for Britain's ennuled nobility. Lady Eleanor Smith, daughter of the Earl| of Birkenhead, writes a weekly feature | on peculiar phases of London life for a well known Sunday illustrated paper. In the press gallery of the Commons may be found as daily scribes Hon. Patrick Balfour, eldest son of Lord Kinross, and Lord Walter Le Lennox- Gordon, son of the Earl of Richmond. e Mrs. Henry Gassaway Davis, 3d, is with her cousin, Mrs. Harry C. Cush- ing, the sole representatives of the Vanderbilt_family at the momentous events at the Metropolitan Opera House | this Winter, including its brilliant opening night and the celebration of the forty-fifth birthday of this famous music temple. Willlam H. Vanderbilt San Martin is the first foreign hero so0 honored not associated with the War At the Juvenile Shop © © . was among the heaviest subscribers. The box which he purchased when the | those of any previous seasons. D. C. DECEMBER 0, 1928—PART Series of Brilliant Fetes Planned for New Year Eve New York Society to Celebrate on Elaborate Scale. Important \Vedding Scheduled January 9. Welfare Work Listed. NEW YORK, December 29.—There is always a serles of brilliant fetes glven by New York soclety folk to celebrate New Year eve, but the at- tractions this year bid fair to outdo There will be a large number of dinners, dances and midnight cabarets to mark the passing of 1928. One of the outstanding affairs will be the Harvard-Toronto hockey game to take place at Madison Square Gar- den. There will be dinners preceding the contest and many of the guests will go directly from the garden to midnight entertainments. Among the first to reserve boxes for the game was Mrs. Frank A. Vander- lip. Invitations have also been issued | by Mrs. William Fellowes Morgan, Mrs Samuel A. Lewisohn, Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, John W. Blodgett, jr., and Wil- liam A. Burden. Memories of the past will be revived at the celebration to be held in the Waldorf-Astoria. Since the news of the sale of the hotel was published requests for reservations have poured in from those who wish to take part in the last New Year eve celebration in the hotel. Not only will the jade room, formerly the Bradley-Martin ballroom; the rose room and the empire room be filled, but the management anticipates it may be necessary to open the palm, regarded as the most fashionable din- ing room in New York during the days of Ward McAllister; the blue room, the lounge, with the three-story ceiling, and the oak room, originally the bar of the old Waldorf, where the late George C. Boldt introduced to Ameri- can men the custom of sitting down to drink their cocktails and their sherry and their absynthe. All the ballrooms on the first floor and the roof garden have been engaged by varlous organizations, preparatory to celebrations. Prospective Wedding Event of Special Interest. One of the interesting announce- ments of the last week was that plans have been completed for the marriage of Miss Faith Douglas Severance, daughter of Mrs. Faith Griswold Severance of Roslyn and Harold Craig Severance of 1138 Fifth avenue, to George Frederick Hackl, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Hackl of Chicago. ‘The ceremony will take place the afternoon of January 9, in St. Barthol- omew's Church, with Rev. Dr. Norwood officiating. A reception will follow in the Italian garden and Louis XV ball- room of the Ambassador. Miss Severance has chosen Miss Madeline Childress of Scarsdale as her malid of honor, and as her bridesmaids, Miss Mildred Hackl, sister of the bride- groom, and Misses Virginia Chapin, Marion R. Cartier and Eleanor de Liagre. Mr. Hackl has selected Griswold ‘Tasker, cousin of the bride, as his best man, and for ushers he will have Harold Tasker of Princeton, James Garard of Chicago, William Gower, Frank Warburton and Thadeus Beck of New York. Miss Severance attended the Spence School and later studied abroad. Mr. establishment threw open its doors is one of the cherished possessions of his family, but apparently only in the third generation are lovers of opera sufficlently enthusiastic to occupy the family box at least on gala events. No one bearing the name of Mills was present at the superb rendition of Richard Straus' “The Egyptian Helen.” ‘This box is owned jointly by the Under- secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Ogden L. Mills, and his sister, Mrs. Henry Phipps, and the Countess of Granar but it is rented almost the entire sea. son. The same is true of the Astor box on the diamond horse shoe, where the great Mrs, William Astor held court and made social history 45 years ago. Many of the grandchildren of Jay Gould are musical and they are regular attendants during the entire opera season. Mr. August Belmont owned a well placed box, but his family sold | this some years ago to Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Bliss. The two boxes of John Pierpont, sr., remain in his fam- ily, but there are no Gerry, Stillmans or_Bakers among the present owners. ASSORTED TEA SANDWICHES 45¢ per dozen; $3.25 per hundred Also. Sandwiches for all occasions THE PASTRY SHOP 1616 H St. N.W. Met. 6939 Clearance Sale All Girls’ Fur-Trimmed Coats All Boys’ Winter Coats All Boys’ Wool Suits All Knitted Sweater Sets Rompers Boys’ Suits Knitted Hea: 3.95 Rayon Vests Silk and Wo 795 Carter’s Sill 1.89 for Boys and Girls. lar 1.95. Knitted wool. duced to and bru 1.95 Broken Assortments of Wash Dresses . Girls’ and Boys' Hats Handmade Baby Dresses 2 for Union SuitsRegu_ 1.00 3 and 4 Piece Sweater Sets Slightly soiled. Re- Bathrobes, dwear A Raincoat S ol Baby Shirts .00 k-and-Wool Boys’ and \/ shed all 2.95 ALL SALES FINAL runschiwiqs E Street Corner 8™ Jersey & Knitted Leggings. . Leatherette Leggings. . . ... Children’s Wearing Apparel for Much Less— «1:1.00 soel A9 oo 1195 s+ 1185 2 to 14 years. . ets, to 14 years. , Sweaters up to size 36........1.95 Wool Bootees, pink or blue. . ...15¢ Infants’ Flannelette Wrappers, 3 for 1.00 1 Group of Little Girls’ Coats. . .3.95 Girls’ Gloves. . ......50c Girls’ Bloomers, wool serge....1.95 Boys’ & Girls’ Lumberjackets. . .1.95 10 to 16 Dresses, white and colors. .1.00 1t06 Wool Scarfs for b:iyx and girls. .50¢ Dr. Denton’s Sleeping Garments, 89¢ e 7 A g s Hackl was graduated from Princeton in | '26. He is a member of the Cottage, Princeton, Midlothian Country Lakvw ville and Manasquan Clubs. Annual Charity Ball Attracts Active Support. There is no doubt that the old attrac- tive power of the annual charity ball, | now in its 72d year, has been revived. In fact, it almost equals the fame of | 20 years ago. There are many new | subscribers in the list announced re- | cently by Mrs. F. Ashton de Peyster, secretary of the ball committee. The event, which is for the benefit of the New York Nursery and Children’s ¥ pitals, will take place on January the Ritz. The additional list of those who have taken tables or boxes includes Mr. and Mrs. John S. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Milbank, Mrs. Edward Liv- ingston Burrill, Mrs, Frances L. Rob- | bins, Mrs. Williams Goadby Loew, Mrs. | Edward V. Harford and Miss Bessie G. | Stillman. Among the subscribers are Mr. and Mrs. Enos Throop Geer, Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Carse, Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond D. Little, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. C. Low, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard B. Lambert. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C Plater, Col. and Mrs. Charles E. War- ren, Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Cammann, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munroe, Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Pennoyer, Mr. and Mrs John W. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bernard Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Schuvler and Dr. and Mrs. Henry S. Fenimore Cooper. Bal Guignol January 18 Foreseen as Big Success. Members of soclety already have assured the great success of the Bal Guignol at the Ritz-Carlton on January 18. It will be for the benefit of the Reconstruction Hospital. The com- mittee in charge has announced that list of patronesses have been completed and that invitations have been sent out. The active committee includes Mr: Robert Liddell, Miss Alice Morris, Mrs. | Durno_Chambers, Miss Sally Quimby, Mrs. Robert F. Masters, Miss Harriet Worden, Miss Marjory Blake, Miss Aurelie Murchison, Miss Mabel Geer, Miss Louise ‘Trippe, Miss Madelene Pressprick, Miss Grace Tingue, Miss Ottilie Schrieber, Miss Alice” Williams and Miss Cynthia Quimby. by Miss Cynthia Quimby and includes the Misses Grace Birge, Polly Curtis, Bluffy Spencer, Esther Carrott, Virginia Willys, Jane ' Breed, Marcia Allen, Eleanor Whitney, Mary Whitman, Flizabeth Ballantine, Claire Prentice, Eleanor Flick, Camilla Cole, Margaret Werrall, Elizabeth Roome, Louise Burke, Maris Auchincloss, Barbara _Corlies, Geneveve Kelloge, Breda Godfrey, | Teresa _Townsend, Mary _Uppercu, Lavinia Riker, Anne Crawford, Dorothy Legg, Jasmine Goddard, Alice Babst. Anne Miles, Josephine Colgate and Agnes Green, Fraternity Groups Unite In Christmas Festivity Delta Sigma Fraternity's three local chapters—Pi Epsilon, Pi Kappa and Pi Lambda—gave a very successful closed Christmas dance at the Manor Club Thursday evening, December 27. Sixty couples danced, and smart favors for both ladies and gentlemen were given | and there were refreshments. Mr. Louis W. Joynes was chairman of the | | committee of representatives from the | three chapters, who were: Pi Epsilon, Mr. Jack Rice, Mr. Norman Glasco, | Mr. Hugh Hussey and Mr. John Bright- enburg: Pi Kappa, Mr. Marshall Cooke, Mr. Louis Eaton, Mr. Edwin Hay and Mr. David Wilson; Pi Lambda, Mr. Frank Patton, Mr. John Brady, Mr. Robert Carbant and Mr. Vincent Sim- The debutante committee is headed | JONR E. Upston, A. C.; Lieut. James C. Society Happenings In Rockville Noted During Holiday Week Guests Entertained and Yuletide Gatherings Spe- cial Features of Season's program—Dances and Din- ners Scheduled. ROCKVILLE, Md, December 29 Dr. and Mrs. Millard F. Minnick had as | their guests, at Christ Episcopal Church | rectory, Rockville, several days during | the week, their son-in-law and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones, and | their two children of Yonkers, N. Y. | M Miss Margaret Jones entertained at dinner in her home near Darnestown Thursday evening, her guests including . J. Willlam Wiley of Gaithersburg: Mrs. Lucille Mullineaux, Miss Margaret | Scherrer, Miss Helen Kirkland and Miss | Helen McLaughlin of Rockville and Miss | Elizabeth Fearson of Pittsburgh. MRS. EDWARD ELICK NORRIS, Fermerly Miss Edythe Klavans, daugh- | ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Klavans, | her marriage taking place December 23. —Clinedinst Photo. Army-Navy Junior Dance Set for Tuesday Night The first of the series of Army and Navy junior officers dances will be held at the Willard Tuesday evening, when the young ladies of the committee, headed by its chairman, Miss Lilla Le Garde, will form the receiving line. Those who were debutantes of last year will introduce the guests to this sea- son's buds. The committee consists of Miss Alice Davis, Miss Eugenia Le- jeune, Miss Alice Cutts, Miss Sarah | Major, who were presented to soclety last year, and Miss Anna M. Robbins, Miss Julia Robbins, Miss Margaret Bates, Miss Jean Crosby, Miss Carroll Henderson, Miss Beatrice Littlefield, Miss Marian Russell and Miss Elizabeth Kennedy of this year. The men of the committee are: Maj. Alvan C. Sandeford, U. S. A.; Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. C. Carey, U. S. N. Lieut. Comdr. Frank L. Lowe, U. S. N. Capt. Edward A. Craig, U. S. M. C. Lieut. Tighlman H. Bunch, U. S. N.; Lieut. Kenneth Hoeffel, U. S. N.; Licut. White, U. S. A.; Lieut. William W. Davidson, U. 8. M. C.: Lieut. Hugh B. Waddell, U. S. A, treasurer. Reservations may be made at the ‘Willard. Assembly Costume Ball Due Tuesday, January 15 ‘The board of governors of the Wash- ington International Assembly have issued invitations for a costume ball, Tuesday evening, January 15, at the Willard. While a costume is a matter of personal predilection, the committee feels that the spirit of America's founders may be most aptly expressed if each person who attends established his and her right to membership in this exclusive society by assuming for one evening the costume and character of ||| hl;l own earliest ancestor on American soil. ‘The members of the board of gover- nors are Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Laurence D. Tyson, Mrs. Charles Stuart Alden, Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, Mrs. Frederic Atherton, Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs. Gordon-Cumming, Mrs. Marshall | Field, Mrs. Joseph E. Washington, Mrs. | Henry W. Fitch, Mrs. McCormick- | Goodhart. Mrs. Charles Boughton | Wood, Miss Gurnee, Mrs. Stokes Hal- kett, Mrs. Charles Graves Matthews, Mrs. Ze Barney Phillips, Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong and Mrs. Walter R. ‘Tuckerman. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock is chairman of this ball. She traces her lineage to Mrs. Nannie H. Hollis of Wa: ton, is at the home of her son v and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. George I Edmonds, in Rockville, for an extend~d visit. Miss Dorothy Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifard L. Howard of Rockville, and her cousin, Clark Kline of Winston-Salem, entertained at a dance at the Montgomery Country Club, Rockville, Wednesday evening. Their guests included about 50 of the younger set of Rockville and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Howard and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Blandford were the chaperons. Mr. and_ Mrs. Robert Higgins of Richmond, Va., spent the week at the home of Mr. Higgins’ brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John McDon- ald, in Rockville. Among the events of the coming week that is being looked forward to with interest is a dance at St. Mary's Hall, Rockville, Friday night. It will be given bv the choir* of St. Mary's Catholic Church and is in charge of a com- mittee headed by Miss Jessie Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clagett of New Castle, Pa., spent the week at the home of Mr. Clagett’s mother, Mrs. Mary Clagett, in Poolesville. Rev. Nolan B. Harmon, formeriv pastor of the Rockville Methodist Church, and Mrs. Harmon and son, of Baltimore, were visitors at the hom= of Mrs. Harmon's parents. Mr. and M. George H. Lamar, Rockville, during the week. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Clendaniel and three children, of Kent County, were guests at the home of Mrs. Clen- daniel’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. George L. Edmonds, in Rockville, several days during the week. Mrs. Charles E. Larkins and son, Harry, of Los Angeles, Calif., are visit- ing relatives here. Mrs. Larkins was formerly Miss Bessie Viett of Rockville. Miss Helen Price of, Washington visited friends in Rockville several days during the week. Mr. W. Russell Brewer of Cumber- land visited his mother, Mrs. Virginia Brewer, and other relatives and friends in Rockville during the week. $10,000,000 Bet on Paris Races. PARIS (#).—More than $10,000,000, 281,456,410 francs to be exact, were het at the Longchamp race track during the last Summer racing season. Grand Prix de Paris day, with 27.- 386,510 francs wagered, proved to be the banner day of the year, as far as bets were concerned. Gordon Hotel 916 16th Street N.W. | Dinner Sunday and Monday || December 30 & 31, 4:30 to 7:30 | A Delicious Meal Celery Radishes Olives Tomato Bouillon or Cream of Split Peas Roast_Young Turkex, Cranherry Roast Long Island Duckling Celery and Raisin Stuffing Broiled Gilt Edze Steak (Mushroom Gravy) Vegetables in Season First Lady of the Land S: Choice of Puddings. Custard Hot Bi Phone M. 8530 d | | - IDRE ONE DRESS $6.50 Bradford of Plymouth. A Word To The Wives Daughters. SSE.S nd | 95 v