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THE EVENING, STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1929. SOCIETY (Continued From Page Eighteen.) Theodore H. Tiller were Mr. and Mrs. Willlam E. Martin, Mrs. Hoxie Custer, Miss Janey Martin, Miss Elizabeth Boyken and Miss Hattie May Ewing. Mrs. Sterling J. Foster of Birming ham, Ala.. mother of Mrs. Black, wife of Senator Hugo Black of Alabama: Mrs. C. B. Smith and Mrs. Benjamin Potter were guests of Mrs. C. Leonard Chambers, who was sponsor for the table at which were seated Mrs. E. Grove Cullum and her guests, Mrs. Miles Poin- dexter, Mrs. Arthur E. Wilbourne, Mrs. Harding Polk, Mrs. Ashton Embry and | ister of Denmark. Mr. Constantin Brun; | Mrs. Blondelle Malone. o | Radewa, the Minister of the Irish Free Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Representative |gigte and Mrs. MacWhite, Mr. Justice Louis Ludlow of Indiana, had with her as her guests Mrs. R. H. Hudson and Mrs, Samuel A. Hudson of Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Crowther, wife of Repre- sentative Frank Crowther of New York, cntertained in her party Mrs. Hill, wife of Representative Samuel B. Hill of Washington State; Mrs. Ragon, wife of Representative Heartsill Ragon of Ar- kansas, . M. Porter of Kentucky, who is visiting Mrs. Crowther: Mrs. Theodore F. Shuey and her daughter, Mrs. Kappler, and Mrs. James R. Penn of Virginia. Mrs. Hoch, wife of Rep! sentative Homer Hoch of Kansas, was hostess to a company of 10. Mrs, William P. MacCracken, jr., wife of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, was the guest of Mrs. d Miss Kingston. Mrs. Henry T. Allen was there with a guest, as Randolph Hopkins, who was hostess to | Mrs. John W. Caughey. Mrs. James W. Orme had at_the table for which sh was sponsor her daughter, Miss Ma guerite Orme: Mrs. Thomds W. Power, Mrs. Merton Enelish, Mrs. Gardner P. Orme. Mrs. Joseph Ailer Hayden, Mrs. Robert Bruce Emerson. Mrs. Eleanor Adams Gillies, Mrs. Humphrey Cissel and Miss Susan Prazier. Mrs. Willough- as also MIS. |charter day at an informal dinner to. unhmmn branch of the association, will preside at the dinner to which a | number of guests have been invited to | | meet, Miss Helburn. Several members of the Bryn Mawr alumnae group will be present, and Baroness Korfl and Mrs. A. B. Barber will be among the | guests. Miss Helburn will be intro- | duced by Miss Sybil Baker, who has | been one of the leaders of the drama guild work of the community center, |and by Mrs. E. G. Nourse, chairman of | | the committee which is sponsoring her | lecture. | The Ambassador of Great Britain | and Lady Isabella Howard were hosts | at dinner last evening, their guests be- | ing the Itallan Ambassador and Nobil | Donna Antoinette de Martino, the Min- the Minister of Bulgaria and Mme, | and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Senator Millard E. Tydings, Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick, Undersecre- tary of State and Mrs. J. Reuben Clarke, jr.. Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Francis White, United States Am- bassador to Argentina and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. Everett San- ders, Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, the president of George Washington Uni- versity and Mrs. Cloyd Hee“ Marvin, | Mr. and Mrs. Wilmott Levis, Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Oulahan, Mr. and Mrs. | Eugene Meyer, Sir Thomas Bazley, Miss Bazley, Sir Herbert Ogilvey, Mrs. Hack ett, and Second . Secretary and Mrs, Torr, Second Secretary Mr. Michael H. Huxley and Miss Gytha Stourton of the | British embassy. { The. Washington branch of the Cali- fornia Alumni Association will celebrate morrow night in the Men's City Club. This is the sixty-first anniversary of the founding of the University of California. | Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, | will be the toastmaster. - The honor guests and speakers of the evening will be United States Commissioner of Edu- cation Mr. Willlam J. Cooper’and Mr. Horace Albright of the National Park by Chesley was sponsor for a group |Service, which included Miss Mary Elizabeth Young and Miss Jane Randolph Young. { who had as their guests Mrs. Eflwll‘di Graves, Mrs. John H. Wilkins and Miss Bell Gore.” Mrs. J. Harry Cunningham was hostess to Mrs. William I. Lewls of | Kensington, and Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes entertained Mrs. R. J. Stracten; Mrs. E. A. Goldenweiser and Mrs. J. N. Brister. Mrs. C. C. Calhoun_was there with her house guest. Mrs, Edward Greer of | Indianapolis;. Mrs. James Brown Scott | attended, as did also Mrs. Harllee, wife of Col. Willlam C. Harllee; Mrs. John Mock, Mrs. Turin Bradford Boone and her guest, Mrs. Robert Wilbur Morse Mrs. Cary Randolph, Mrs. Edson Briggs. | who had with her an interesting com. pany, as did Mrs. W. H. Hessick; Mrs. Bessie W. Palm and Mrs. Ashmun Brown; Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, hostess to a company of six; Mrs. Cabot Stevens and her guests; also Mrs. Monroe- Hopkins, Mrs. George Neal, Capt. and Mrs. Frank B. Freyer, Rear Admiral Robert Kennedy, Capt. Abele, Mrs. Paul Myron Linebarger, Mrs. E. J. Grayson and her guests, Mrs. Eugene E. Peters and guests, Mrs. Bates Warren, Mrs. Frank Morrison, . Cora L. Thomas and Miss Faye mas, Mrs. Emma W. L. Flack, Mrs, Wallace Streater, Mrs. | Robinson Downey, Mrs. Frank L. Bacon, | Mrs. James R. Willcox, who was hostess to a company of four, and many others | prominent in the various circles of | ‘Washington society. ; The next event on the .calendar. of the National League of American Pen | Women will be the annual authors' | breakfast, Friday, April- 12, -in +the | ‘Willard Hotel. | attending this meeting of ti ‘The Citadel Club of Washiraton will hold its annual banquet at the Hot Occidental tomorrow night at 7 | o'clock. | There are about 40 members of the | local chapter, and practically all of | these have signified their intention .of | alumni | of the South Carolina Military College. Two promincnt speakers will entertain the guests. Miss M. Eloise Wymer of National at Forest Glen, Md.. is | Dodge Hotel for few | your costume = Book Sale of Women's PAFRISE Legion Continues Tomorrow. | The American Women's Legion bene- fit book sale, which began March 13, | will continue through tomorrow. Among | those who have donated books for this | sale are Mrs. Guy D. Goff, Mrs. Robert | J. Bates, Mrs. Raymond S. Patton. Mrs. | Frederic A. Delano, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mrs. L. V. Dann, Mrs. W. L. Pi ley, Miss Annje Hulett, Mrs. E. C.| Shields, Miss Henriette Metzerott and Mrs. Prederic William Wile. pro- | ceeds from this sale go to help World | War veterans. Miss Theresa Helburn, executive di- rector of the New York Theater Guild, will be the guest of honor at a dinner to be given tonight at 1634 I street by the American Association of University Women, which is sponsoring the lecture on “Why the Theater?” which Miss Helburn will give at 8:15 o'clock in the | Y. W. C. A. auditorium. This lecture | is one of a series in a course on the | “Renascence of Art,” which is being | sponsored by’ the organization, and is open to both members of the club and 1_Fenning. president of the | Food and Service Unsurpassed S P l{t @ollier Tl COLUMBIA'RD. ar 18 ST OPPOSITE »MRASTADOR ssazax TONIGHT;; 5 Until 7:30 > H “Our Famous® 75 SEA FOOD DINNER Or your choice of our regular menu AN Phone—COLUMBIA 5042 ~S = ‘é' SSS AN A A A pENRN Now is the time for New Draperies Slip Covers Window Shades Leave Your Order Now Choose from a wide range of pleasing fabrice and let us start making them now. Our low factory prices will save you money: Phone Main 3211—-TODAY! é; g | v | | Let your Easter footwear be a counterpart of The “Agnes” typical - Spring- time shoe of -heige -or brown- kid at- $13.. “Spring Song Spring's entire symphony.of smart- ness is dominated by the Ensemble. Lending itself with utter facility to the mood of the moment and accom- modating itself to' Fashion’s entire b repertoire of color arnd fabrics, the | Ensemble dominates. : ARREST.IN BURNING AUTO DEATH NEAR New Orleans Police Say Startling Disclosures Will Be Made in Case of Mrs. Baker. i By the Associated Pres NEW ORLEANS, ., March 22 — Casting ‘aside all theories other thm‘l murder, police today concentrated their | efforts in an -attempt to find two men seen running from the flaming automo- bile in which the charred body of Mrs. Janet Baker was found early Tuesday morning. Police say an arrest and | startling disclosures are near, Based upon statements of a boarder in the home of Mrs. Baker that he saw a man enter Mrs. Baker's car with her and drive off less than an hour before | the machine was a mass of flames in | Audubon Park, police believe the woman may have - been murdered in | her home and the body taken to the park . for disposal. Mrs. Edwin Booth, driving ‘in the park, saw two men run | rcm the scene of the fire. Mechanics who have gone over Mrs. Baker’s automobile discount the theory that the fire was caused by a short cir- cuit in its wiring days, ‘to- be with her mother. Mrs.| Charles J. Wymer of Danville, il | Mrs. Kate Speaks Penney of Birming- | ham. Ala., arrived at the Willard yes- | terday, to attend the celebrity break- | fast, ‘and will go tonight to New York for .a fortnight. ~Mrs. Penney will re- turn to the Willard, to remain through the month'of April, when Mr. Penney will join her, and they will motor home, vm:.in‘ places of historic interest en Toute. ¢ Miss M. E. Taylor of Toronto is at the Grace Dodge Hotel for a few days’ visit in Washington. — | Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Alter of Grand | Island, Nebr., are passing some time at the Carlton. 5 PLEATING I Hemstitching ; M. E. HOLLEY 2651 15th St. NW. Columbia 9378 the dominant theme in the of . 'Fashion” jon “The Growing | The Georgetown Citizens' Association | chine 1s in use, said a Detroit official. —— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. - Gamma and Delta Chapters of Sigma Beta sorority wihl give a dance wnmt' at the Lee House. Trinity Chapter, No. 23, O. E. S., will give a card party at the Gavel Club, 719 | Thirteenth street, at 8:15 o'clock. Pub- | lic invited. | Mrs. Charles Augustus Hawley will | entertain at a tea from 4 to 6 at tyh- La | will meet: Monday, 8 p.m., at.Pot ] 3 . sy Lml i s Marriage Licenses. |, Gragy ‘L. Knott. 28, Dinwiddle, Va., and Mid-City Citizens' Association will Ewnero:nnl. 72, Butierworth, Va.; Rev. John meet Monday, 8 pm. at Thomson Com- | soiit®s. ponerty, 22, and Rose M. Lavine. | munity Center. Entertainment. Pub- | 23. Hartford, Conn.: Rev, Thomas G. Styth |lic invited to meet with farmers from | o Atioll A Balderson, 24, and Mary Jessie Maryland, Virginia and the District to | wienry m’;xln.' 21 and '{covuin Wwilliams, discuss plans for permanent Farmers s th “7 s‘n."#u?ui'nnmm-, ;i rry ebe: Market. and Eliza A, Hoit, 44, Lawrence, Mass.. i s '""‘:' I.j}‘::”isfinfl. and Alma S. Gossell. Outwitting Corn Borer. ndre I Salle, 1028 Connecticut avenue, to meet | Great qu'nflues‘ of Ravaibion| ette. 33. and Jane Rev. A. H. McKinler. | Mrs. Clarence Bush. . l’n) '.x'.‘.d '):-vme Jette, 24. The Men's Club and Wor o Golld destroyed in the past few years by the h Lepahampgen. &1 man’s’ Guild | 23 Rev. U, of ‘Mount Pleasant Congregational ";"‘J‘m”;‘;:'b:""“l """'J ':‘fl the Church will give a “free fun fest” for | Sclentis en investigating the all members, families and friends of |matter with the hope of combating the | the church, 8 o'lock. In' the church |pest. One agricultural expert says: -“In Y 3 olumbia road. - Tade stunts and free refreshments, |OFder to destroy as large a number of Roy G. Plerce of the Department of Agriculture, will give an illustrated talk Lilies in the Dis- triet of Columbia,” 3 o'clock,, in the | | |cut early and low and placed in the sflo. |11 the practice is followed large numbers | of borers will be removed from the fleld rc‘l’-»‘u‘fclh t‘;fn dc??!:g':g;nnl 'P}x;pabeyterhn {Where practicable the stubble = should 3 e o fown Garden Glub. Admission free. all | o, "eRIo e under deeply and clean- invited. A . other debris-left in the fleld gathered The Big Sisters of the District will |UP,8nd burned in the Spring. = meet, §lo/clack; . In 84, Putrickis; f¥ctony. | s shiould be plowed and cleaned b | Rapberry Jam PUTURE. Iby the middle of May. 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