Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1929, Page 18

18 SOCIETY Mrs. Hoover Attends Parent-Teachers’ Meeting and Luncheon and Will Attend Concert Tonight. RS. HOOVER attended the mecting of the Parent-Teach- i ers’ Association this forenoon, and was a guest at the lunch- eon arranged for the delegates n the rose room of the Hotel Washing- “on at 1 o'clock. This_afternoon the President and Mrs. Hoover received the National Council of the Colonial Dames of America. Mrs. Hoover is expected to attend the fconcert tonight in Central High School, fwhen Sylvia Lent will be soloist, with a | chorus of 300 local singers under the | direction of Frederiok Alexander. The Postmaster General, Mr. Walter ¥. Brown, left last evening for Toledo, | wwhere he will join Mrs. Brown. The Postmaster General is expected to re- furn to his apartment in the Wardman ark Hotel tomorrow. British Envoy and Lady JTsabelia Howard Honor Guests. The Ambassador of Great Britain pnd Lady Isabella Howard will be the | guests in whose honor the Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs. W. Irv- ing Glover will entertain at dinner this evening at the Wardman Park Hotel. The Ambassador and Lady Isabella $ioward were hosts at dinner last eve- hing, having as their guests the Secre- tary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis, the Belgian Ambassador and Princess de Ligne, the Minister of Albania, Mr. Faik Konitza; Mr. Justice and Mrs. George Sutherland, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Edward Terry Sanford, Senator and Mrs. William T. King, Senator and Mrs. James Couzens, Representative A. Piatt ‘Andrew, Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Representative and Mrs. James M. Beck, the secretary to the President #nd Mrs. George Akerson, the secretary of the French embassy, M. Jules Henry, the rector of St. John's Episcopal Church and Mrs. Robert Johnston, Maj. Gen. Charles L. McCawley, Mr. and rs. Grosvenor H. Backus, Mr. rs. Mark Sullivan, Mrs. Joseph lJard, Mrs. George Cabot Lodge, Mrs. ‘William Barret Ridgely, Mrs. Henry ZLane Eno, Mr. Willlam Pheips Eno @and the second secretary of the British embassy _and Mrs. Huxley and Miss | Gytha Stourton. The Ambassador of Belgium and Princess de Ligne will sail for Havana Saturday. The Ambassador will repre- sent Belglan at the reinauguration of President Machado and will present the qresident with the Grand Order of the Cross of Leopold, conferred upon the distinguished Cuban by the King of the Belgians. { Prince and Princess de Ligne will re- turn to Washington early in June, after amaking a short visit in New Orleans. ‘The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. buchi will leave today for Columbia, 0., to attend the celebration of jour- lism week, on the invitation of the 'hool of Journalism of the University Missouri. ‘The Ambassador and, me. Debuchi will return Sunday. The newly appointed Minister of , Prince Amorabat, and his 4 dren will arrive in Washington ternoon. The Minister was met on arrival in New York yesterday e coun= d the Ile de France by lor of the legation, Mr. Loftus, and r members of the legation staff. 'Senator and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland ve returned to their apartment in the ardman Park Hotel after a short visit ;n New York. f i Miss Grace Burton will be at home morrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock d will receive again Thursday after- #00n, May 23, in her apartment at 2101 onnecticut avenue. { Mrs. Thatcher, wife of Representative aurice H. Thatcher, has issued invita- fons for a luncheon Friday, May 24, t the Congressional Country Club. ‘The Assistant Secretary of the Navy, . Ernest L. Jahncke, will be the hon- gues dinner this evening of Capt. d Mrs. W. R. Van Auken. . Brig. Gen. and Mrs. George 8. imonds will entertain at dinner this ening at the Army, Navy and Marine rps Country Club. £ ! Mrs.James E. Fechet, wife of the chief fof the Army Air Corps,was hostess toa fcompanyof 12at luncheon today in honor [ W' Mrs. Zara Hudtloff of Madison, Wis., ho is visiting her sister, Mrs. P. M. ‘Anderson, in her home in Chevy Chase. . § Col. and Mrs, Willlam J. Donovan mre in New York, where they are stay- §ln¢ at the Ambassador Hotel. Col. and Mrs. D. R. Rodney will en- rtain a company of 14 at dinner this !levening at the Wardman Park Hotel. 'Lm-s Buckner, wife of Maj. Simon Boli- i$yar Buckner, jr., a student at the Army iwar College, will entertain a few ifriends at tea this afternoon in honor ‘of Maj. Buckner'’s mother, Mrs. Simon {Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky, widow of fthe Lieut. Gen. Buckner of the I{Confederate Army, one-time Governor jof Kentucky and nominee for Vice ‘President on the sound money Demo- cratic ticket in 1896. Mrs. Buckner, las first president of the Kentucky Bo- {eiety of Colonial Dames, has many ifriends in Washington. ‘Maj. H and Mrs. William Rupertus, fwho will sail for China this month, ‘have given up their apartment on Con- inecticut avenue and are the guests of | Maj. Rupertus’ mother, Mrs. Charles upertus, at 2943 Upton street north- iwest Maj. Rupertus has been ordered ito China and will be attached to the {United States legation at Peking. {Many Luncheon Parties on Schedule. § Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert entertained *at luncheon today when her guests were _Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst, Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson, Mrs. Arthur R. Robinson, rs. Morris Sheppard, Mrs. Willlam J. Grace Burton, Mrs. Perc IN HISTORIC GEORGETOWN 3410 P St. N.W. Compléle in Every Detail See this attractive home with garden. The first foor consists of library, spacious drawing room, dining room and com- Pletely equipped_kitchen, in- cluding gas refrigerator’ and SOCIETY.” | Quin, Mrs. Joseph H. Himes, Mrs. | Everett Sanders, Mrs. Robert F. Mac- | Kenzie, Mrs. Edwin S. Puller, Mrs.| James Gannon, Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, | Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mrs. Charles Colfax Long, Mrs. Jack Hayes, Mrs. Robinson Downey, Mrs. A. A. Jones and Mrs. Nathaniel B. Dial. Mrs, Duncan McKim was hostess to a small company at luncheon today. Mrs. William F. Dennis entertained | at a morning bridge, followed by lunch- | eon today, in honor of Mrs. John Glover | Smith, wife of the United States Min- | ister to Panama and Mrs, Edwin | Morrow. | their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and | Mrs. George Henry Shaffer Snyder, will | be at home, informally, Sunday after- | noon from 4 to 6 o'clock in the home of | Dr. and Mrs. Willson, at 2940 Albe- marle street. No cards have been issued. | Mrs. Snyder was before her marriage | Miss Eleanor Everett Willson and Mr. | Snyder is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George | H. Snyder of Kensington, Md. | Mrs, Percival S. Ridsdale and Miss | Betty Ridsdale left yesterday for a two | weeks' stay in Atlantic City. Mrs. Carl H. Kadie entertained a company of 12 at luncheon today in her home, at 102 Oxford street, Chevy hase, Md., in honor of her mother, Mrs. James Agnew Grigg of Norfolk, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Cabot Stevens enter- tained at dinner last evening for their house guest, Miss Mary Allen and her niece, Miss Anna Weld Gage, who left this morning to return to their homes in Cambridge, Mass. Miss Dorothea Lane will be hostess at a buffet supper this evening in honor of Miss Kathleen Johnson of Cheshire, England, who is her house guest for several days. Miss Lane entertained at the Club Chantecler supper dance last night. ‘The Misses Hickey entertained at| dinner last evening at the Wardman | Park Hotel, when there were eight in the company. Mrs. E. M. Statler of New York City has motored to Washington and is at the Carlton for a few days, accompanied by Mrs. E. C. Green of Buffalo. Meloy-Greenlees Wedding Last Night. A pretty wedding took place last eve- ning at 8 o'clock when Miss Elizabet] Addison Greenlees, daughter of Mrs. David ew Creenlees, became the bride of Dr. Willlam Carey Meloy, son of Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Meloy. The cere- mony took place in St. John's Episcopal Church in Georgetown, Canon Freeland Peter officiating. The church had an effective arrangement of bridal wreath, palms and ferns and Mrs. King-Smith played the n\gl:l music. .. The bride given in marriage by grandfaf , Mr. Charles H. Cragin. et was lovely, fashioned of o d'dsprit over a chiffon and &lip, from her mother's wed- ing gown. Her tulle veil was held by orange blossoms and she carried roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs. ing Nelms was the matron of honor, wearing lavender organdie, with a shaded lavender and green sash, and her bouquet was of Spring flowers. Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson was the maid of honor, wearing a frock fash- ioned iike that of Mrs. Nelms and she also carried Spring flowers, The brides- maids were Miss Margaret Mackall and Miss Eloise Young and they were in green organdies made lie the frocks of the other attendants and carried simi- lar_bouquets. Dr. William Ryan was the best man and the ushers were Mr. William Brady, Dr. Morse, Dr. Wilkinson, Mr. Richard McCarteney and Mr. Hugh Meloy. Mrs. Greenlees, mother of the bride, wore a gown of violet lace and Mrs. Meloy was in white lace. After a small reception for the fami- lies, wedding party and their families, Dr. Meloy and his bride left for a wed- ding trip, Mrs. Meloy wearing & dark lb:l;‘f silk ensemble with a ht blue , Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. Gibson and Miss Gibson of - lottesville, Va.; Mrs. Donald Holt of isconsin, Miss Elizabeth Wilson of Cambridge, Mass, and Mrs. Howard Avery of Norfolk. A number of prenuptial parties were given in honor of the bride, Miss Mary Bromberg entertained at bridge Satur- day afternoon at 2400 Sixteenth street and Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Meloy gave a stag supper for their son, Monday evening. Mrs. Greenlees, mother of the bride, entertained the members of the bridal party and out-of-town guests at supper Monday evening. g:gn-laml Club to rate Anniversary. ‘The Congressional Club has sent out cards for a buffet supper Wednesday evening, May 15, from 6 to 10 o'clock, in celebration of the twenty-first birth- day anniversary of the club. Mrs. Willlam F. McKnight will be the honor guest at the Friday afternoon tea of this week. Mr. and Mrs. James True will be hosts tomorrow evening at the weekly dinner of the Arts Club, when Mr. Wil- liam Atherton DuPuy will be the guest of honor and will speak on “Solving the Indian Problem.” Mrs. Thomas Spence of Milwaukee, national president of the American War Mothers, will arrive in Washington to- morrow’ and_will be at the Willard Hotel. Mrs. Spence is coming to attend the Mother’'s day ceremonies at Arling- ton Sunday afternoon, under the joint auspices of the Congressional Club and the American War Mother's Soclety. Miss Gertrude Minthorn of Ketchi- kan, Alaska, is at the Grace Dodge Hotel for the week. With her is Miss Kitchen - Maid cabinet. The drawing and dining rooms overlook a_beautiful garden profusely with__flowers. . Tloor an & bed mber. "inclosed ‘porch _and fwo complete black and white tile baths, with showers. Osk floors, random width through- out. ' Great taste has been displaysd in_the selection of papering and electric_fixtures; there are three open frgplaces th colonial mantel. The lot 40X100, with 2-caf gar Open all day Sgturday and Sunday. For Price and Full Particulars J. McKENNEY BERRY clusive building deserve you remain only three: mediate inspection is cent Place at 21400 16th Str REALTOR 1363 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. The charming co-operative apartment homes M. and R. B. WARRE NG STAR, WASHINGTON, HOSTESS: AND G - | Dr. and Mrs. Prentiss Willson and | | Miss Fannie Dial (left), daughter of former Senator and Mrs. Nathaniel Dial and her house guest, Miss Sallie Wilfong Schenck of Charlotte, N. C. Annabel McEwen of London, Ontarlo, Canada. Mrs. Geneva Dunham has gone to New York to spend a fortnight with Mrs. Griffith Robinson at the Ritz Tower. Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison Phelps of Detroit, Mich., are passing some time at the Carlton, accompanied by their son, Mr. Harrison S. Phelps. Beautiful Gardens In Georgetown on View. One of the most charming of the Spring festivals is the pilgrimage to gardens in Georgetown, scheduled for Tuesday, May 14. The season is early this year, which means that all the sweet, old-fashioned flowers will be blooming together and the gardens will be even lovelier than a year ago. Evermay, the home of Mrs. F. Lammot Belin, now occupied by Representative Ruth Pratt, is one of the interesting gardens to be shown. Other hostesses will be Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, Mrs. Fernando Cuniberti, Mrs. Charles ‘Warden, Mrs. Hermann Hollerith, Mrs. John Ihlder, Mrs. Frank Bright, Mrs. Henry Leonard, Mrs. Alvin Dodd, Miss Frances _Sortwell, Miss Catherine Weaver, Mrs. E. R. Finkenstaedt, Mrs, h | Walter Peter, Miss Katharine Dougal Mrs. Dean Acheson, Miss Bertha Looker, Miss Lucy Bentley, Mrs. R. F. White- head, Mrs. Frank West, Mrs. Archbold and Miss Madeleine McCandless. Tickets will be on fale at each garden in the tour and the list of gardens, with addresses, will be attached to each ticket. Where tea will be served will also be designated on the tickets. The tour can be started at any one of the gardens named. Between 50 and 60 will ride in the various classes for the younger genera- tion at_the society horse show to be staged Saturday at the Preece Riding School at 2602 Massachusetts avenue. This is the largest number of entries ever made for this show held every year for the purpose primaril; ing children to ride correctly. Miss Connie Rogers, one of the best riders at the school, will be one of the three who will compete for the coveted prize in the hunt team. Miss Helen Davis, daughter of the former Secre- tary of War and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, and Miss Margaretta Rowland are the other two in the team. All three are expert equestriennes and keen com- petition is expected in this event. “Molly Howe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe; Edith Carlisle, daughter of Mrs. J. Mande- ville Carlisle; Margaret Garrett, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Garrett; Betty, Teddy and Sarah May Perot, children of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Perot; Marguerite Hagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randall H. Hagner; little Cynthia Dunn, Mary Brantly and Eleanor Sheldon are among those who will compete for the cup as best rider, Preece School. Mrs. James F. Curtis, whose four children are all expert riders, has W.Grege Natio airys MILK — A REPUTATION SEALED in EVERY BOTTLE Qur reputation’s what we stake On every. bottle that You take 14c Quart Delivered to Your Home Phone North 1436 in this ex- There r first consideration. A Duplex of seven rooms and two baths, and two apartments of four rooms and bath, invited. Im- * ¢ Enter Cres- ct—or phone Adams 9900. N v —Harris & Ewing Photos. brought her horses up from Aiken for the show. As chairman of the com- mittee assisting Mrs. Ambrose Preece and Miss Maud Preece, Mrs. Curtis has secured uniform cups for the children. these to be presented to winners of first, second and third places in each race. Miss S. Helem Pields has just re- furned from Pittsburgh, Pa., where she went to gather historical data from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baird, jr., have motored to Washington from their home in Marshall, Va., and are at the Carl- ton for a few days. Mrs. E. M. Townsend of Oyster Bay, N. Y., is staying at the Grace Dodge Hotel while attending the meeting of the Colonial Dames. Mrs. Grosvenor to _Speak ‘Tomorrow to Pen Women. . Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor will be the guest speaker of the art group of the League of American Pen Women of the District of Columbia tomorrow in the clubrocms at 1108 Sixteenth street, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Grosvenor's talk, “My Summer Trip Through Siberia and Japan,” will be llustrated with colored lantern slides. A social hour will follow. Mrs. C. Leon- ard Chambers is chairman and has NEW YORK BUFFALO 1215 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N. W. THE YOUTHFUL MISS There is that indefinable vividness of yautll, l‘l.fllf, coIorfu”y lxpr:.fud in t]le Jprl'ng aml summer co”tctx'on o/ GOWNS * FROCKS * HOSIERY FOOTWEAR * MILLINERY SUMMER FURS W here smartness is achieved and appriciated... Priced to meet the limitations of your allowance> BOSTON SOUTHAMPTON WASHINGTON, D. C, I O, cordially invited all members of the league to attend. Miss Maud Aiton, administrative prin~ cipal of the Americanization School, will speak at the Woman's Alliance of All Souls’ Unitarian Church in Pierce Hall tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Miss Aiton’s subject will be “Americanization Work of the Public Schools of Wash- ington.” Luncheon will be served at 1 p.m., with Mrs. Rudolph Schneider as hostess. Among those who will be in line at the Wakefield memorial assembly, in the Women's City Club, at 22 Jackson place tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, will be Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, presi- | dent; Mrs. H. L. Rust, national vresi- dent of the Wakefield Memorial Associ- ation; Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkuns, Dis- trict of Columbia chairman of the &s- sociation; Mrs. Lowell Fletche: Hobart, president general of the National So- ciety, G. A. R.; Mrs. David D. Cald- well, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Mrs. Thaddeus Jones, Miss Lillian Norton, Mrs. John M. Beavers, Miss Whidden, Mrs. J. K. Freiot, Miss Helen Harman, Mrs. Henry B. Paiten, Mrs. Nellie Grant Ross, Mrs. George Hillyer, jr.; Mis. Ldgar B. Meritt, Mrs. Frederic R. Whippler and Mrs. William L. Corbin. | The receiving line will form at 8 o'clock. Prof. William Lee Corbin, Mrs. H L. Rust and Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins will be among the speakers. A purse gathered by the club committee for presentation to the National Memorial Assoclation will be presented Mrs. Rust by Mrs. Merritt O. Chance. Members of the Capital Society, C. A. R., will dance the “Minuet.” Mrs. Gertrude Lyons and Mrs. Eleanor Baker Spencer will sing one number, written for and presented to George Washington by the composer, Francis Hopkinson. Miss Georgla Lee Brown will give a piano solo. Members and friends who have been contributors and enjoy a member- ship in the Wakefield committee and association will be among the guests of the evening. Another of the series of card partles given for the restoration fund of St. Dominic’s Church will be held Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Sacred Heart_Church hall, at Sixteenth street and Park road. ‘There will be given silk hose as prizes for_every table, also a door prize. The card party is under the auspices of the McAllister Club. Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis will keep open house at her historical home, Oatlands, Saturday, May 18, in honor of the group which will make the annual pilgrimage to Richmond with the Asso- ciation for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. ‘The trip is under the direction of Mrs. George Tully Vaughan, who will provide means of transportation for those wishing to accompany the party. ‘The Alumnae Association of the Im- maculata Seminary will hold a card McDEVITT DRAPERIES _ SLIP COVERS WINDOW SHADES 1211 F St. 2nd Floor Main 3211 INC OF NEW YORK PARIS e N T T i G e e Paris Mates these Bags... Here's an ombrage bag French as its name . . . from the little balls that Jift up to open the lock to the most inside pocket, lined with white kid, Pastel colorings $13.50. the silk Summer ou see The smartness of down in black and white . . . and as broidered has a nonchalance its own . . . and to think this bag is—$5! 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