Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1929, Page 43

0 ' Mid-Week Sports Program| Draws Throng to Annapolis| Schedule of Society Events Unusual]y Attractive. Luncheons, Dinners and Teas Listed. Personal and Specia] Notes. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 27.—This | been a crowded week at Annapolis. Wednesday there were the usual mid- week sports of the Spring, including base ball with the Polytechnic Insti- tute of Baltimore, and Saturday a very full program of base ball, tennis, la- crosse and track. The crew race be- tween the Navy and Columbia Univer- sity of New York was held at New York. The hop which took place in Dahilgren Hall brought a large crowd, especially of young girls, to Annapolis. The hop included the first, second and third classes, making it one of the largest hops of the year. At the past week end there were many visitors in An- napolis for the first crew race, Saturday a beautiful luncheon was given by Capt. and Mrs. William F. Halsey on the Reina Marcedes. After lunch the guests were taken to witness the race which had to take place on the upper course owing to the weather. Among the guests at the luncheon were Mrs. Harris R. Lanning, wife of Rear Admiral Larning: Capt. and Mrs. Roscoe F. Dillen of Washington. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Elroy L. Vanderkloot and their house guest, Mrs. Emest Jordan of Ontario, Canada; Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Wallis Gearing, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Horace D. Clarke, Mr. William Ingram, head coach of the Navy foot ball team, and Mr. Tench Tilghman. Tea for Midshipmen An Elaborate Affair. Sunday afternoon Miss Mary Alford, | daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Alford, who with her mother and father is spend- ing the Winter and Spring at the Peggy Stewart Inn, gave a large and beautiful tea for midshipmen and girls of the younger set. The tea was given at the Peggy Stewart. Mrs. W. Thomas Kemp is in An- napolis as the guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ridgely P. Melvin, at their town house in Murray Hill. Mrs. Kemp is being extensively entertained. Saturday she was a special est at a dinner given by Mrs. Gaston 't at her residence in Cumberland Court, and on Sunday Mrs. John Bowers entertained at tea for Mrs. Kemp at her residence on Charles street. Mrs. Nicholas Green poured tea and there ‘were about 50 guests. Mrs. Kemp will spend the week end with her sister-in-law, Miss Hester F. Kemp, at her home at Trappe, on the Eastern Shore. Md.. and about the 1st of May will join her son and daughter. Mr. W. Thomas Kemp and Miss Louise Kemp, at Saranac , N they have a cottage. Wednesday Mrs. Walton Hopkins en- tertained at tea for Mrs. Kemp. Among those assisting in the dining room were Mrs. James Ferguson, . Ridgely Melvin and Miss Eleanor Hepburn. Thursday Mrs. Walter Norris enter- tained at & card party for Mrs. Kemp in her home at Wardour. There were five tables of bridge, with additional guests for tea. Friday evening Mrs. John De Peyster Douw entertained at bridge for Mrs. Kemp at her residence in the Murray Hill section. spend a part of next Y., where Mrs. Kemp will ‘week in Baltimore. Two Dinners Given By Capt. and Mrs. Snyder. At the second dinner Capt. and Snyder's guests were Capt. and Henry Dinger, Capt. No. 1 Murray avenue to a house on Prince George street, next to the corner | of College avenue, where she and her | l{adbcry Miss Julia Trenholm, will re- | side. | Mr, and Mrs. Henry T. Wickham, | who have been visiting their son and | daughter-in-law, Comdr. and Mrs. Wil- | lams Wickham on Maryland avenue, left on Monday for their home at Hick- ory Hill, near Richmond, Va. Mrs. Ernest Jordan of Ontario, Canada, is the guest of Mrs. Elroy L. Vander- kloot, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Vander- kloot, at her residence on Bowyer road. Saturday afternoon Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Wallis Gearing entertained in- formally at tea for Mrs. Jordan at their residence on Bowyer road. E Comdr. and Mrs. Battle Hosts At Roads Club Dinner. At the dinner, which was given by Comdr. and Mrs. Charlton E. Battle on | Saturday evening at the Annapolis Roads Club, the guests were Mrs. Wil- liam J. Giles, Mrs. Ernest Jordan of Ontario, Canada; Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Elroy L. Vanderkloot, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Norman Scott, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Richard Barry, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Walden L. Ainsworth, Comdr. and Mrs. John B. Pollard and | Lieut. Nicholas B. Van Bergen. | Miss Bonnie Todd has returned from Newport, R. I, to her residence at 247 King George street. Miss Todd spent the Winter in Newport as the guest of her cousins, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joel R. P. Pringle. Friday afternoon Mrs. Theodore W. Johnson entertained at a small and informal tea for her cousin, Mrs. L. Craven Bruce of New York. Mrs. John de P. Douw and Miss Lucy Holladay assisted in the dining room. Mrs. Bruce formerly lived in Annapolis. | Real Admiral and Mrs. John Halligan left the West Coast accompanied by | their daughter, Miss Kitty Halligan, | on April 20. sister, Mrs. Hamilton Gale, for a short visit before going to Norfolk, Va., where they will reside during Read Admiral Halligan’s new tour of duty in com- mand of the aircraft squadrons. Comdr. and Mrs. M. E. Manly and Mrs. Manly’s sister, Mrs. L. C. Bertolete, | were among those who went to Balti- | more Saturday to attend the Maryland Hunt Cup race. for luncheon of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar | Allen Poe at their residence in the Green Spring Valley. | Mrs, ~-nion Hall Pollock of St. Louis is the guest of her daughter and son- | in-law, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Josesph | Malcomson, at their residence on Prince | George street. | ‘The Tuesday Bridge Club met at the | residence of Mrs. Julian Timberlake on Bowyer road. R SRS FS France Sues for Electricity Tax. | NANCY, France (#).—Electric cure rent is merchandise because it can be measured, in the opinion of the Court of Cassation here. As a result the cus- toms authorities have sued the local electricity corporation for $3,200,000, representing current imported between January, 1925, and January, 1928. Wt iss red Claude, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. Claude, will spend the Summer abroad. She will sail in June to visit ber sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lovell, at Marlowe, England, who were recently guests of Ir. and Mrs. Claude, Mls: Claude will travel on the conti~ nent. Miss Fleanor King, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Ernest J. King, is visiting at West Point, N. Y., where she is the , which she and Prof. Leiper recently purchased. Mrs. James Fe! n DrofEoN The fashionable world has gone feminine . .. alluringly, dardingly feminine, and the dainty supple figure of budding maidenhood is every smart woman's preference. Slender and average figures will delight in the brocade and elastic Red- fern Step-in pictured above, for it will persuasively mould the hips to a lovely slender line. Two tiny bones concealed in the lining of the back panel give a youthfully flat, straight WHELAN’S 1105 F St. N.W, “My Dear They were the guests | I | usually observed by Minnesotans THE SUNDAY AGEMENT ANNOUNCED I l MISS MARIE LOUISE ALBERS, Frost was graduated from the N They are expected here | Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Albers, announce her engagement to Mr. be the guests of Mrs. Halligan's | Lawrence Hugh Frost, ensign, U. S. N., the wedding to take place in June. Mr. val Academy, class 1926.—Harris & Ewing Photo. Senator and Mrs. Schall To Entertain Minnesotans | Senator and Mrs. Thomas D. Schall will entertain the members of the Min. a State Society at Wyncrest, the eautiful suburban home in Berwyn, | Md, Saturday, May 11, o'clock at a garden party. May 11 is one of tnc outstanding day: | in the history of Minnesota, Being the | seventy-first anniversary of the admis- sion of the State into the Union, it |15‘ n Washington in commemoration of the | founders of the State. This meeting, it is predicted, will be an occasion of more than usual in- terest from every standpoint. A cordial invitation is extended to every Min- nesotan, whether a resident of Wash- ington or a visitor, to attend. | The president of the society, Miss Bede Johnson, announces this as the last meeting of the season. A brief business session will follow the garden party, when the annual election of of- | ficers will be held. Announcement cards are being sent out by the secretary, Mrs. Percy M. Bailey, on which are printed directions on how to reach Senator Schall’s home by street car and automobile. | Store Your | FURS! ' WITH BERNARD | | Free Glazing and Servieing before en- try into our Cold Vaults. 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J., s | : | lle Socnety | spending several weeks in Rockville as | Listed During Week | the guest of Mrs. Porter Ward. | { Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schropp and | By Rockvi |son have returned to Hazleton, Pa., Wedding Listed in Early |of Mrs. Schropp's father, Mr. James uture Calendar — | McLaug! , AN rs. cLaug] i B Calend News;ymy_:_umm d Mrs. McLaughiin in i ville, Notes From Adjacent| Communities — Numerous |U. of M. Glee Ciub Social Events. Record of Activities Charmingly Entertains. A concert by the University of Mary- | land Glee Club proved one of the most enjoyable events of the week in Rock- |ville. It was given under auspices of ‘the Rockville Parent-Teacher Associa- ROCKVILLE, Md., April 27.—An-|tion in the high school auditorium last nouncement has been made that the | evening and attracted a large gathering. marriage of Miss Louise Griffith Mob- | A dance followed. Mrs. J. Somervell ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter | Dawson, Mr. L. Fletcher Schott and | W. Mobley of near Rockville, and Mr. | Mr. Kenneth Petrie composed the com- | William Glasscock Fletcher of Upper- | mittee in charge. ville, Va., whose engagement was re-| Miss Mamie Waters of Baltimore | cently made known, will take place at | spent the week end of April 20 at the | noon on Saturday, May 25, at the home | home of her sister, Mrs. Laura Griffith, of the bride-elect’s parents. at Laytonsville. Mrs. Roger Shaw of Rockville and | Miss Virginia Moeore was hostess at | mother, Mrs. Lawrence Flack of Ken- |bridge and luncheon in her home at | sington, motored to Chester, Pa., Sun- | Gaithersburg Wednesday afternoon, her | day and spent several days visiting Mrs. | guests numbering 15. The high scores | Flack's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. | were made by Miss Annie Trundle and and Mrs. Frank Smith. | Mrs. F. Carroll Waiker. 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. Willlam Wiley of | Mrs. Ewing O. Herberi of Hollywood, | Galithersburg were the last week end Calif, is a visitor at the home of herl guests of relatives in Lovettsville, Va. | brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. | Miss Mary Kingdon, Rockville, was | Milton D. Kirby, at Germantown. i the guest a week ago of Mrs. Henry | Dr. and Mrs. August Hund of the | White at Dickerson, | Bethesda neighborhood satled from New | The annual card party of Court York Thursday for a European trip. Archbishop Curley, Catholic Daughters | Mrs. Harlowe Burt of Washburn, of America, of Gaithersburg, was held | Colo., has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wednesday evening in St. Martin's Hall, | Edward Bosw Galthersburg. It was attended by a large number of guests from various |card parties in Rockville was given at parts of the county and elsewhere and | the Montgomery Country Club, Rock- ville, this afternoon, Mrs. Zadoc M. Cooke and daughter, Miss Alverda proved a social and financial success. Mrs. Hannah Schwartz, grand regent, after a visit of two weeks at the home |y 7 Cooke, of Gaithersburg being the holt~lflorldl. Mr. George W. B. Bartlett re- esses. turned a few days ago to his home in Mrs. Harry A. Dawson and sons, Har- | Gaithersburg. ry and John, of Rockville motored to| " Reading, Pe.. on Thursday for a stay| 2 h Lauder Song Writer Dies. of several days. OF Spconl: atrast: Alexander Melville, who wrote songs M Sarah E. Beatty of Ossining, ! for Sir Harry Lauder and many other 16 at the home of Mr. and Mrs, | Scotch comedians, died recently in a Klin B. Charl Somerset, for a | Glasgow hospital. Although paid well Fran| . Charles, Somerset, | for his songs, his generosity soon got T e e wan to the | Dim into debt and in his last years he Mrs. Calvert Clssel was hostess to the | frequented common lodging houses and Gaithersburg Thursday Night Bridge | Jii“0n"tne charity of & few friends. ,Club at her home in Gaithersburg thlai “Killiecrankie,” “Risin' Farly in the week. Prof. Quincy Wright, instructor in in- ternational law at the University of Chicago, is at the home of his parents, | —— Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. Wright, at Capi- | tol View for a short visit. 3 Mr. Allle Jones of Darnestown spent | several days during the week visiting in ‘Washington and Baltimore. Mrs. John C. Brennon entertained at bridge at the home of Mrs. Willlam Dudley at Woodside Tuesday afternoon. | The high-score prize was rded to Mrs. J. Herbert Cissel. Mr. Gardner Hunting, well known author and prominent in motion picture circles, and Mrs. Hunting of Detroit were guests the greater part of last week of Mr. and Mrs. F. Barnard Welsh in Rockville. Miss Edna Bell has returned to her home in QGaithersburg after spending several weeks in Rockville. After spending several months in | Morning,” and “Tobermoy” were among | the songs he wrote for Lauder. Tonight, 4:45 to 7 Fried Chicken Dinner Have you enjoyed one of our Delicious Chicken Dinners? Everything is home cooked and the menu embraces hot rolls, excellent coffee and a variety of desserts. Desirable Apts. Reasonably Priced Portner Apts. be repaired and looked over before | You will save money ur_work FURRIER | 8 Eye St.N.W. No Exchanges No Phone Calls No Refunds No Credits No C.0.D.’s Monday and Tuesday—Two End-of-the-Month Sale Specials in Our Third Floor Dress Department 112 FROCKS Formerly Sold to $19.75 $1 2.75 Georgettes, Chiffons, and Flat Crepes in plain and printed effects. One-piece models, two-piece models and chic ensembles. Better hurry! 25 1 Evening Wrap (slightly soiled). - Monday and Tuesday Was formerly $69.75. 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