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S 7 ' Quantico Young Folk Hold Center of Stage In Social Activities School Children Principals in Charming May Festival. Other Feature Events in Record of Week. QUANTICO, Va., May 18.—The May festival of the Post Children's School was held on Wednesday afternoon out- flde of the administration building. ‘fHiere was a maypole dance and other features, including games and feature dancing given by the various grades in the school. All of the children who attend the school participated in the festivities. A popularity contest was held at the enlisted men's dance in the post gym- nasium ‘on Friday night, May 10, and Miss Aane Nettekoven. daughter of Capt. a0d Mrs. J. I Nettekoven, was elected to be queen of the May ball given by the enlisted men of the post May 24. The princesses elected to at- tend Miss Nettekoven are Miss Her- minia Vila and Miss Virginia Fitzgerald. Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler will crown the queen. Tha regular monthly smoker was held 1n the post gymnasium Tuesday evening. There were six boxing bouts and special vaudeville entertainment was furnished between bouts by Miss Jeanne Beverly and Miss Evelyn Hastings of Washing- ton. The base ball schedule for the week has been commanding a great deal of attention. The post team played Vir- ginia Military Institute Tuesday after- noon, and Washington College was the visiting team Friday and Saturday afsernoons. Botn teams were the guests & the post at the Officers’ Club while here, and committees of officers and thelr wives took the visitors on sight- seeing tours to points of interest. The monthly meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association was held Monday afternoon in the Post Children’s School. Post Band Takes Part In “Adventure Day” Fete. % The post band participated in the Adventlm day celebration in Rich- mond, Va., Saturday, May 11. Others who were guests of honor at the cele- bration and who were given the key to the city by Mayor Bright were Col. and Mrs. Eli T. Freyer and Capt. and Mrs. Oma T. Pfeiffer. They were enter- tained by Mr. Saunders, secretary of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Henry Schwarzchild, chairm of the parade committee. The celebra- tion was to give Richmond her place OCIETY.’ among the industrial cities as well as being the Capital of the Confederacy. Wednesday six planes left Brown Fleld to participate in the opening of an_airport in Richmond, Va. The Friday morning speaker for the staff and students of the Marine Corps Schools_last week was Lieut. Comdr. Albert E. Schrader, U. 8. N, of Wash- ington. Comdr. Schrader was the luncheon guest of Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. R. J. Valentine. Chaplain R. W. Shrum of Washing- ton will b the visiting Protestant chap- lain to heid services in the post chapel | tomorrow morning. There are four officers and about sixty enlisted mex of the Coast Guard here at present fot =ifie practice. They are being quartered wi's the rifle range d tachment during tf;\:r stay. The offi- | cers with the team ¢re Lieut. Comdr. W. J. Kossler, captain; Lieut. Grogan, Lieut. Linholm and Lieut. Thiel. Lieut. and Mrs. Grogan are the guests of Lieut. and Mrs. E. S. Shaw while here. Miss Edwina Putnam, daughter of Lieut. Col. and Mrs, Russel B. Putnam, entertained a party of eight at dinner Thursday night prior to the dance given by the newly formed Junior League. Miss Putnam also entertained a party | of the Virginia Military Institute boys | at luncheon Tuesday afternoon before the base ball game. Mrs. Powers, wife of Maj. W. C. Powers, was hostess at a bridge tea ‘Thursday afternoon. The Tuesday Clubs were entertained this week by Mrs. Spicer, wife of Capt. Donald Spicer, and Mrs. Webster, wife of Lieut.'F. H. Webster, Medical Corps, United States Navy. Mrs. Winter, wife of Capt. R. W. Winter, who left last week for Nicaragua, where he will be on duty, entertained the Thursday Club. Lieut. Col. C. R. Sanderson, who re- cently returned from Nicaragua, left the post this week and will be on duty in Washington. Aeronautic Officers Given New Assignments. Lieut. Col. T. C. Turner, now in com- mand at Brown Field, will relieve Maj. Brainard as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, and Maj. R. S. Geiger will come to the post in command of Brown Field. Lieut. and Mrs. F. D Weir went fuesday to Pensacola, Fla, where Lieut. Weir will be an instructor in the Naval Aviation School. Lieut. and Mrs. T. J. Crawford left Wednesday for York. Va, where the lieutenant will be on duty at the ammu- nition depot Miss Betty Bennett, daughter of M and Mrs. R. H. Davis, left Wednesd: for her home in Parris Island after a visit of several weeks with Capt and Mrs. Jesse Nelson at the post. Mrs. True, wife of Lieut. Norman E. True, spent last Sunday visiting friends at the post prior to sailing for China, where Lieut. True will be on duty. Mrs. Stanners, wife of Lieut. J. E. Stanners, sails early next week for Nicaragua to join her husband, who is on_duty there. Capt. and Mrs. Donald J. Kendall have with them for a short visit Capt. Kendall's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Kendall of Brockton, Mass. | Lieut. and Mrs. G. H. Towner took | quarters at the post last week. Lieut. Towner recently returned from Nica- ragua. Among other recent arrivals from Nicaragua to take quarters are Lieut. Elmer Hall, who is aide to Gen. Butier, and Lieut. W. J. Whaling. who will be here till the rifle team leaves for the matches in June, when he will accom- | spending some time visiting relatives in New York. Miss Walden of the nurses’ staff of the Family Hospital spent last week in New York. Official Fan':i]y and Other Prominent Folk In Special Mention (Continued From Pirst Page.) ton, will join her mother Friday. They | will come from their home in Birming- ham, Ala. Mrs. Rushton will be an attendant ar | f’l;e wedding of Miss Hester Anne Le vre. | Representative William R. Eaton will | 0 to Denver today. He will join Mrs, ton in their apartment in the Ward- man Park Hotel in a week. Mr. and Mrs. Davison Plan Air Trip to Capital. Mrs. F. Trubee Davison, wife of As- sistant Secretary of War for Aviation, will go to Dayton, Ohio, early this week to meet Mr. Davison, who is flying across the country on an inspection trip. Mrs. Davison will accompany Mr. Davison to Washington by air the latter part of the week. Mrs. Carl T. Schuneman, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, will go to St. Paul, Minn.. Tuesday. From there she will go to White Bear Lake, where she pass the Summer. Mr. Schuneman will remain in their | apartment in the Wardman Park Hotel. Former Attorney General and Mrs. Mitchell Palmer have been joined sophomore at Swarthmore College, came to Washington to attend the horse show. She will return to college this evening. Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, who has | made her home at the Mayflower for | the past six months, has gone to her Summer home in Ventnor, N. J. Mrs. Elkins will return to Washington on June 3 for a few days before leaving for the Summer. Maj. Gen. Benjamin A. Poore will start today by motor for Fort Leaven- | worth, Kan,, to visit his son-in-law and | daughter, Maj. and Mrs. Donald A. Robinson, for several weeks. Gen. Poore | will return to his apartment in Tilden Gardens the end of June, Mrs. Enos Newman, who is spending | & week at the home of the commission- er of public works of New York, Mrs. J. Johnson, and his daughter. at | 1170 Fifth avenue, will return to Wash- | ington tomorrow. Consul and Mrs. van den Arend | Return to City From Leipzig. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Drain of wife of Capt. Russell returned this week after Exclusively in Washington WITH cHaracteristic cl'\;c. KflOX defmes the in this charming, A deep inverted pleat accents the smart irregularity of brim with a typical Knox touch. $18. Raleigh Haberdasher 1310 F Street felt. Spokane, Wash., who are passing the Spring at the Wardman Park Hotel, importance of line c]ose-fltting new af the Wardman Park Hotel by Miss | Mary Palmer. Miss Palmer, who is a | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MAY 19, 1929—PART 3. have with them their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frederik van den Arend, and their two children, who have recently returned to this country. Mr. van den Arend has been the United States consul at Leipzig and is now on leave before being transferred to a new post. Mrs. van den Arend formerly was Miss Gertrude Virginia Drain. Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Martin of Chi- cago, who arrived yesterday morning from’ their home in Chicago, entertained informally at luncheon yesterday at the Willard, Mrs. E. T. Osborne and her young granddaughter. Ellen Gardner, left Washington Saturday for Southampton, | Long Island, where they will spend the | Summer. Mrs. Osborne makes her home | at the Mayflower during the Winter and | early Spring season. Miss Clara Breed, who has been stay- | ing at the Cairo this Winter, has left for Atlantic City and New York and will | sail on the Adriatic for Europe. | Mrs. R. O. Kerlin of Atlanta, Ga., has {arrived in Washington to attend the | Florence ~ Crittenton convention _here | this week and is staying at the Grace | Dodge Hotel. Judge J. C. Austin, jr., of Toledo, Ohio, is at the Grace Dodge Hotel, hav.: ing come to Washington for the Flor- ence Crittenton convention. Miss Em At Gold’s Monday 1 A Sale of 55 Silk Ensembles $22.75 Cleveland Davis was for now and wear. with short for long and Lovely creation all and smartest shades. in every style. Second Floor 9 1214 F St. Formerly Priced to $49.75 FASHION-RIGHT ensembles all Summer One-of-a-kind models, coats. oc- casions. In the leading fabrics All sizes in the group, but not every siz Upper left: Mrs. Sidney T. Thomas, active member of the Junior League and assisting Miss Dunlop. Center: Mrs. Gwinn Rust, another active Junior League member on the committee. Right: Miss Katherine Dunlop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Dunlop, chairman of the group of Junior League members serving refreshments at the Davis Cup matches May 23, 24 and 25 at the Chevy Chase Club. Lower: Mrs. Charles Parker Stone, formerly Miss Frances Dunn McKee, also assisting Miss Dunlep. guest at the Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, graduation exercises of her brother, last week in attendance at the Ameri- |Cadet Humphrey Daniel, at the Vir- can Psychiatric Association held there. | ginia Military Institute in June. The ¥egiure event to the visitors was | == | an elaborate barbecue at the Druid Hills Gt Gy Mrs. W. B. Romine of Pulaskl, Tenn., - | who has been visiting her sister and Dr. Everett M. Eillison and his daugh- | nieces, Mrs. F. W. Hooper and Miss ters, Misses Alice Elizabeth, Margaret | Elizabeth Hooper and Miss Florence sabel and Naney Doris, are spending | Hooper, at the National Woman’s the week end at Hagerstown, Md., as | Party headquarters, is now the guest of | the house guests of Dr. and Mrs. Frank | her relative, Miss Judith L. Steele of | J. Inman, Kalorama road. Mrs. Romine is'a well known platform reader and newspaper writer of Tennessee. She came to at- Rev. W. T. Steele and Family Here From China on Visit. Rev. W. T. Steei. Mrs. Steele and their little daughter .larianne Steele have returned to their home in Nash- ville after a visit to Miss Judith L. Steele of Kalorama road. Rev. Mr | Steele 1s at home on a visit after five | years spent in China in work under the supervision of the mission board of the M. E. Church South. He occu- pied, in addition to his missionary work while in China, the chair of Eng- | lish in Soochow University. The little | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stecle was born in China, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Daniel left for | New York yesterday to meet their | daughter, Miss Eleanor Danlel, who ar- rives Wednesday on the Homeric after | a tour of several months in Europe. | Miss Daniel is returning to attend the PTETOM BYRNTERW ST tend the recent National D. A. R. Con- gress as past post laureate of the Ten- nessee Division, D. A. R. and U. D. C., and also as honorary member of the Naney Ward Chapter, Chattanooga. et Committee Named for Junior Holiday Dance ‘The committee for the junior holi- i day dinner dance announces the date of December 26 for this popular sub- debutante entertainment at The Wil- lard. The committee is composed of sub-debutante mothers including Mrs. Richard S. Aldrich, Mrs. Chandler P. Anderson, Mrs. Archbold, Mme. Eken. gren, Mrs. U. S. Grant, 3d; Mrs. Mc- Cook Knox, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mrs. Lindsay Russell and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman. Bridie Shower }x’\‘};l;nor Of Prospective Bride Miss Thelma Greeley entertained Thursday evening at a bridge shower | in honor of Miss Helen Martin Wells, whose marriage to Mr. Merritt A. | Greeley will take place June 1. The | gRuests included Miss Helen Martin Wells, Miss Margaret Mannix, Miss Juliet Aukam, Mrs. Arthur J. Hilland, Miss Catherine McCann, Mrs. Joseph Richards, jr.; Mrs. G. Meredith Win- ship, jr.. Miss Mary Wildman, Miss Evelyn Binnstead, Mrs, Edwin Plassnig, Miss Vida Varela, Miss Kathryn Varela, Mrs. Edward M. Taber, sister of the bride to be; Miss Dorothy Mannix, Mrs. Kenneth Sherman and Miss Thelma Greeley. A buffet supper was served later in the evening. Value of Church Work. OLD LYME, Conn. (#).—Old-fash- ioned church work is the best possible training for public usefulness, in the opinion of Miss Katharine Ludington, vice president of the National League of Woman Voters. Miss Ludington has taught Sunday school here 30 Summers. The large hat is now in Vogue 8 Baku, Hair, Sis Prices begin A o B2, cameil) 7 N R e e SN\ A most unusual coll, Hats, beginn S 147/ Where Smart Buy Th ol and Balibuntl v at $12.50 f8— The really Smart American Girl Wears an American-made hat of the large and distinc- tive type to appropriately carry out the flow- ing Summeriness of her vacation wardrobe. ection of Bridesmaids ing at $12.50, Washingtonians eir Hats' SOCIETY. ENortl’\ Suburban News Of Special Intertst To World of Society| | House Guests Entertained. | Attractive Dinners, Bridge Parties and Luncheons in Week's Record—Personal Mention. Miss Martis Gano, Mr. Robert oley.‘ Mr. George Jackson and Mr. Irving| Demrask have returned to New York,! after being the guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Griffith in Silver Spring. Miss Rebecca Griffith of Balti- more is spending a week with her parents, Mrs. H. Bradley Davidson entertained Wednesday afternoon at her home in Edgemoor with a bridge luncheon. | Miss Mary Dickson, who has been the | guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Dickson in Kensington, will re- | turn to New York today. She will be accompanied by Miss Fiorence O'Gara, Miss Marie Klein and Miss Ruth Lein- | hard, who have been her guests during the past week. | Col. J. B. Bennett has returned to his home in Battery Park after being the guest of his brother, in Tampa, Fla. | Mrs. Alden Carpenter entertained | Monday evening at her home in Kens- | ington with a bridge party. Her guests numbered 20. Col. Carpenter returned ' last week from Jacksonville, Fla., where | he went to attend a meeting of the Republican State central committee of which he is a member. Mr. and Mrs. E. Johnson Gray have returned to their home in Edgemoor after attending the horse show at Front | Royal, Va. Mr. Gray has also been spending some time in Roanoke, Va. Mr. Alfred Hastings of Kensington left this week for Tennessee, where he will spend some time. | Miss Margaret Griffith entertained at her home in Silver Spring yesterday | when her guests for luncheon were Miss | Dorothy Deveau, Miss Ruth Alexander, Miss Florence Bradley, Miss Marion Ostermayer, Miss Kay Tierney, Miss Blanche Griffith, Miss Billie Vincell, Miss Rebecca Griffith and Miss Mabel Griffith. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sherman Paschal | have returned to New York after being | the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah W. | Jones, at the Briars, in Olney. Mrs. Emnest J. Wakefleld of Kensing- | ton was called to Watertown, N. Y., this | week by the iliness and death of her niece. Maj. Horace Foster has returned to his home in Edgemoor aftét being on temporary duty in Baltimore for sev- eral months. Mrs. Bache Abert of Rockville will entertain on Thursday at the Mont- gomery Coumty Club with a bridge luncheon. Mrs. Steadman Prescott and Miss Mary Lee Cashell will entertain on Saturday in the former's home in Rockville with a bridge luncheon, Friends' School Class Charmingly Entertained Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Sidwell en- | tertained the members of the graduat- | ing class of Friends’ School at a dinrfer and dance at their home, 3901 Wiscon- | sin avenue, last evening. The graduates are Miss Mary Elizabeth Acker, Miss Janereed Anderson, Mr. Charles B. Bryan, Mr. David W. Dennis, Miss Mary Virginia Foote, Mr. Thomas Glover, Mr. Benjamin Guy, Miss Kath- erine Norman D. Hawes, Miss Catherine Pendleton Hoover, Miss Elizabeth Vir- ginia Hoover, Miss Louise Gautier Hoo- ver, Miss Ellen M. Kelly, Mr. Youart H. Kerslake, Mr. Arthur Vincent Meigs, Miss Isabel Tracy Perry, Mr. Asa E. Phillips, jr.; Mr. Frank L. Pinney, Miss | Ruth L. Rogers, Mr. Monroe E. M. Stearns, Miss Lydabeth Tressler, Mr. Lawrence Wilson and Mr. Harvey W. Wiley, Jr. More than $1,500,000 worth of toi- | let powders were sent from this to | other countries in the last 12 months. | Asmartcalfoxford, particalarlysnited to thisyear's tailored mode. Cool and light and completely comfortable. | Frederick famous Caatilever lasts, wi wcicatifically designed to make walking easy, and resilient, s e g 3 Musicale Given in Honor Of Madame de ngnel Miss Margaret Louise O'Brien enter- tained at a musicale in her home, the Portland Hotel, last evening in honor of Mme. Josephine C. de Lagnel. In the receiving line with Miss O'Brien were Mrs. Clara O'Brien McCrone, | Mme. Josephine de Lagnel, Mrs. Harry Phelps, Mrs. Fairfleld Carpenter. Mrs. Corbin’ Thompson and Mrs. Robert Cooper Kidd. Among the guests invited were the Persian Minister, the Chinese Minister and Mme. Chao Chu Wu, Prince Pirouz, Mr. Nourzad, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Charles Finkel, Judge and Mrs. John Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Patrick Drewry, Mrs. Samuel E. Allen, Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Henmenman, Dr. Ger- trude Brigham, Mr. and Mrs. Alfreq Ball Carter and MIss Gertrude Carter, Miss May Phelps, Mrs. Medorem Craw- ford and the Misses Crawford, Mrs. Gideon A. Lyon, Mrs. Helen Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Turin Bradford Boone, Mr. and Mrs. Norvel Wilson Betts, Mrs. James Barnes, Mrs. Willlam Vickery, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Newton King, Mrs. Willlam Wheatley, Mrs. William Boyde, Mr. and Mrs, James Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Grover, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Syme, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Anthony Atcheson, Mr. and Mrs. Kurt' Hetzel, Mr. Felix Lake and Miss Matalee Lake, Mrs. Willard Warner, the Misses Eliza- beth and Mildred Persons, Miss Ruth Butler, the Misses Mulhofer, Miss Mar- garet Lindsey, Miss Peters, Mr, William Elderkin Huntington, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, Mr. George Edwin Ma Lean, Mr. A. John Lenzen, Mr. Alex- ander Warrington, Mr. Jack Hoffman and Mr. Wallace Wright. Miss O'Brien sang several selections. Mr. Mortimer Davenport and Mr. Kurt Nothnagel also sang. Mr. Davenport, whose tenor voice is attracting wide- ;pread interest, is the soloist at the cathedral and recently received the highest award in music. Miss Eleanor Coiborn and Mr. Victor Neal, concert pianists, and Mr. Bruce Wallace, vi ist, were on the program which Miss O'Brien arranged. La Colline Garden Fete Program Is Outlined At the garden party at La Colline, 3900 Cathedral avenue, Saturday after- noon, May 25, Mrs, Karl D. Klemm will be in charge of the Coffee Shoppe, where homemade candies of all varieties will be sold. and assisting will be Mrs. Campbell Turner, Mrs. George Cyrus Thorpe, Mrs. Preston Ord, Mrs. William Augustine Scully, Mrs. J. Whitla Stin- son, Mrs. Raymond Lee, Mrs. William D. Chandler, jr.; Mrs. Floyd P. Wag- gaman, Mrs. Edward Everett Robbins, Mrs. Robert Mackenzie, Mrs. Ernest Dawley, Mrs. Harold Smoot, Mi Frank B. Freyer and Mrs. Barkeley T. Merchant. Assisting Mrs. Ray Ovid Hall in the gipsy camp will be Mme. Atwater, Mr: Francis Peirce Stratton, Mrs. Hen: Clemmen, Mrs. Willlam Dunlop, Mrs. E. Smith, Mrs. Al Jam; Ogston, Miss Elizabeth Dunlop, Miss %‘rbflh Brawner and Miss Nao er. ‘The proceeds will be used as an edu- cational fund for the orphans of thc officers of all branches of the United States service. University Women's Tea Hostesses Announced ‘The Monday tea of the Americ: Association of University Women w !i have as hostesses tomorrow memb:: from Colorado College, Washingt: State College, Whitman College and ti. Universities of Colorado, Denver, Or:- gon and Washington. Mrs. Norman M. Smith, Mrs. Herb-rt A. Whitney, Miss Anna P. Cooper ar: Mrs. Merle Thorpe will preside at th tea table. + The club will welcome the new menm bers: Mrs. George Akerson, Miss Berti Bass, Miss Stella R. Clemence, Mr Charles B. Eliot, Mrs. L. W. Erickso; Mrs. A, M. Hannay, Mrs. Harry LeRc Jones, Mrs. Charles W. Merrill, M. George K. 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