Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1929, Page 37

S0 ETETY. Program to Reflect Gayety Of SocigLEr Historic Central Park Ca Interesting Note Fashion NEW YORK, May 25 —The glory of the days that were, in the halcyon period of society in the early 90s, is About to return to the historical Central Park Casino. On June 4 the doors of this wayside hostelry will open, with suitable festivities, as a gathering place for the ultra-exclusive set. Of course the public is invited, but the primary intention Is to offer mealtime accommo- €eation for fashionable folk morning, noon and night A. J. Drexel Biddle, jr.. is chairman of a syndicate which has leased the building from the city. Those in con- %ol beside Mr, Biddle, are W. K. Van- erbilt, jr.; Willlam Rhinelander tewart, James P. Donohue, A, E. Lef- | afternoon. eourt, Curtis Hutton, Franklyn L. Hut- | ton, Robert Lehman, Jules S. Bache. Adolph Zukor, Joseph M. Schenck, Florenz Ziegfeld and Joseph A. Moore. More than $400,000 is being expended | to renovate and decorate the building | which stands in one of the most beauti- ful sections of the city between Fifth | avenue and Central Park West on a | line with Sixty-ninth street. | There are a number of glittering | features added to the structure which was a favored trysting place of socety three decades ago, There is to be an orange terrace, - tulip pavilion, silver | conservatory and black glass ballroom. There also is a glass-inclosed breakfast room. The four dining rooms will accommodate 600, while parking space Tas been provided for 300 automobiles. | Special attention has been bestowed | upon the horseback group and break- fast will await those who enjoy an early canter in the park. An attractive innovation will be the dining Tooms provided .for small wed- dings and receptions. Afternoon tea | will be served regularly while several | of the finest orchestras in the country | have been engaged to furnish music. There will be a special celebration pro- gram offered at the premier. Season's Betrothals Attract Interest of Social Set One of the most important of the late Spring engagements is that of Miss Florence Auchincloss, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss of 171 East Seventieth street. Sne is betrothed to Thomas Watson Armitage, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Armitage, of 125 East Fifty-seventh street. Miss Auchincloss, who is the grand- daughter of Mrs. Edgar S. Auchincloss and great-granddaughter of the late Samuel Sloan, was graduated from ‘Westover in 1927. She made her debut in November of that year at a large dance given by her parents at the! Colony Club. She is a member of the Junior League. Mr. Armitage was graduated from the Hotchkiss School and is a senior at Princeton, where he is & member of the Quadrangle Club. He is a brother of Miss Virginia Armitage, whose en- gagement to Harden L. Crawford, jr., was recently announced, and a grand- son of the late Gen. Thomas L. Watson. No date has been set for the wedding. Evarts-Bates Wedding Set for Present Month. Mrs. Henry Gaylord Bates of Berkeley, Calif.,, and Cold-Spring-on-the-Hudson, announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Bacon Bates, to Prescott Evarts 2d, of New York, son of Mrs. Sherman Evarts and the late Mr. Evarts. Miss Bates holds B, A. and M. A. degrees from the University of Califor- nia. Her father, Henry Gaylord Bates, who died in 1928 was an official of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. On her father's Miss Bates is a direct descendant of Na- thaniel Bacon, and is a niece of Mrs. ‘W. Boomer of Port Washington, Long Island. Her maternal ancestors are the Alexanders and Du Monts, who are con- mected with the early Colonial families of this State, Mr. Evarts was graduated from St. Paul’s School, Cancord, N. H., and from Yale in 1923. He is a grandson of the late Willlam M. Evarts, leader of the New York bar who was Secretary of State under President Hayes. He is a Imember of the Yale Club and Ex- Members' Association of Squadron A, 'and is connected with the New York ‘Trust Co. Nuptial Event Listed In the Present Month Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence Bailey of 135 East Seventy-fourth street have mnnounced the engagement of thelr sister, Miss Geraldine Bailey, to Mur- ¥ay Taylor of this city. Miss Bailey is a daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Pearce Bailey and is a senior at Bar- mard, and also a member of the Junior ague. Her father was a founder and ldirector of the Neurological Institute pnd at one time chairman of the merican Neurological Association. uring the World War he was chief of he Department of Neurology and (Psychiatry in the Army and for his rvices here and overseas received the gm\nxulshed Service Medal. Her gnother. the former Miss Edith Law- nce Black, was active in the campaign For “Sroman suffrage. Miss Bailey is descended from Dutee earce, & Governor of Rhode Island, nd William E. Bailey, senator from the me State during the administration President Madison. Mr. Taylor is a son of the late Mr. nd Mrs. Howard Taylor. He a wyer. He went to Groton School and was graduated from Harvard in the *18 class. He served overseas in the World War in all of the battles and en- agements of his regiment, the 106th nfantry of the 27th Division, with the ucceeding ranks of lleutenant, captain ind major; and received two citations. He is a member of the Knickerbocker nd Harvard Clubs. The wedding will take place this Eunth and will be small, owing to the e cent death of the bridegroom’s other. her Notable Weddings a in Early 90’s | ir., a student at the university. sino to Reopen Its Doors. s of New York World. | Miss Conhstance Fox, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Littleton Fox, to W.| | Barclay Harding. It will take place in the Italian Garden of the Ambassador. | A reception will follow. Miss Fox has chosen her sister, Miss Genevieve Fox, for her maid of honor. | Her bridesmaids will be Miss Cathleen Fox, another sister; Miss Laura Har- ding. a sister of Mr. Harding; the Misses Polly Potter, Katharine Tod, | Marian Batterman, Pauline Dodge, | Frances Gillmore and Nora Robinson. |~ Another notable wedding of late | Spring will be that of Miss Kathleen | Baker to Louis Starr, which will take place in Grace Church on Tuesday After the ceremony there will be a reception at the home of the | bride’s uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. | Henry Worthington Bull, 171 East | Sixty-second street. The matron of honor will be Mrs. Eliphalet Nott Potter, jr, and the bridesmaids will be the Misses Margaret Starr, a sister of Mr. Starr; Barbarg Babcock, Frances Ottley, Jean Regan, Helen Potter, Alice Winthrop, Elizabeth Bliss and Polly Potter. |President and M;s. | Hoover Hosts at “Plenic Luncheon ___ (Continded From First Page) ning for their home in Boston to spend about a week. Tuesday the Secretary will attend the graduating exercises at the Naval War College. ‘The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James J. Davis will return to Washing- ton tomorrow after a short stay in Philadelphia. Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft To Spend Summer in Canada. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft will close their home on Wyoming ave- nue Monday, June 10, and start for Murray Bay, Canada, where they will occupy their Summer home through the season. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Edward Terry Sanford will close their apartment at 2029 Connecticut avenue the middle of June and go to Nantucket to spend the season in their home there. Mr. Justice and Mrs. George Suther- land will leave Washington Thursday, June 6, for California, where they have taken a house in Burlingame for the Summer. Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, wife of Senator Copeland, and Mrs. Edward J. King, wife of Senator King, will go to New York Friday. Mrs, Copeland and Mrs. King will motor to Syracuse, N. Y., e 1. They will return to New York accompanied by Mr. Royal S. Copeland, Senator Copeland will close their apartment in the Wardman Park Hotel and will go to Buffalo the first of the month for a short time. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen and her daughter, Miss Helen Rudd Owen, are week end guests of Mrs. Al- vin Dodd at Upperville, Va. Representative and Mrs. William E. Hull are entertaining in their apart- ment in the Wardman Park Hotel for their niece, Miss Virginia Harris, her former roommate at Mount Vernon Seminary, Miss Eleanor Miller of Evanston, Tll. Miss Harris will enter- tain at a luncheon at the hotel tomor- row when the guests will be the mem- bers of her class that were graduated last year from the seminary. Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, wife of the As- sistant Secretary of State, will go to Virginia Beach tomorrow by motor and will be joined Thursday by Mr. Carr. They will motor to Richmond to be the guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. ‘Weddell in their home, Virginia House, which they brought from England and rebuilt near the Virginia capital. Mr. and Mrs. Carr will return the first of next week. Mr. and Mrs. Glover Plan Trip Through the West. ‘The Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs. W. Irving Glover plan to close their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel later in the season and go West for a trip. They will visit the Grand Canyon and other points of in- terest in the Southwest and will return to Pennsylvania for the month of August. Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Denegree will close their Washington home next week and go to their place at Man- chester, Mass., for the Summer. Mrs. E. H. G. Slater will leave Wash- ington this week for her Summer place at Newport. Miss Alice Huston, Miss Mildred Huston and Miss Katharine Huston, daughters of the former Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce and Mrs. Claudius Huston of New York, have returned to the Wardman Park Hotel after passing a short time as the guests of the Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover at the White House. The United States Ambassador to Argentina and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, who closed their home in Georgetown the 15t of May, will spend a few weeks visiting in London and Paris before sailing for South America. The Am- bassador and Mrs. Bliss sailed Saturday, May 4, aboard the Leviathan after being in Washington for a month or more. Mrs. Joseph E. Washington is spend- ing the week end with Mr. and Mrs. | Late Spring Period One of the outstanding events of | Memorial day will be the marriage of Thomas B. Scott in Richmond, Va. Col. and Mrs. Henry M. Morrow will of The fet. The Lingerie Shop 3408 14th St. N.W. Open Evenings mHE gown is hand- blocked imported chiffon exquisite coloring. e jacket is softest taf- The color Skylark a. Complete en- semble. Price, $59.50 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. Upper left: Mrs. Roger J. Wenk, bride of May, who, befor: y-seventh street, was Miss Doris E. White. Mif Andrew W. West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lyles and before her recent marriage Miss Evelyn t 1703 Twent: and Mrs. W Cente Louise Lyles of Potomac, Va. te, e _her out-door we D. €. MAY 26 1929—PART 3. a B SOETETY. dding at the home of her parents, Mr. Right: Mrs. George A. Ryan, bride of April 16, who was formerly Miss Mary L. Stonik. Lower: Mrs. Wilbur Gass, formerly Miss Mary Drennan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Drennan of Green- in Cuba. wood, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Gass return the middle of the week from a motor trip to their former home in Iowa, where they spent a fortnight. Lieut. and Mrs. James G. Bain sailed from San Francisco today for Manila. They visited Maj. and Mrs. E. H. Thompson at Fort Amador, Canal Zone, en route to the coast. Mrs. Bain was formerly Miss Anna Brock. Miss Helen Clifford, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Edward Clifford, is spending | the week end in Annapolis. Mrs. William A. Welch Guest at Florence Court. Mrs. Willlam A. Welch, wife of the general manager of the Palisades In- terstate Park, has been the guest during the week of Mrs. Otis J. Rogers of Florence Court. Mrs. Welch was accom- panied by Mrs. George Levison of San Prancisco, who is Mrs. Welch's guest at Bear Mountain, N. Y. They will return to New York Monday, and will be ac- companied by Mrs. Rogers and Miss Ethel Rogers, who will visit at Bear Mountain, and with Mrs. Rogers’ son, Joel Townsley Rogers, and family, a% Westport, Conn. Mrs. E. T. Burgin, wife of Maj. Bur- gin of the Wardman Park Hotel, and her mother, Mrs. Richard Derby, who has been passing the Spring at the hotel, will go to New York today. They will meet the latter's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Richard Derby and her two chil- dren, who are arriving from Europe, and expect to return to Washington at the end of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Chamberlin re- turned to Peonia Springs, Va., yester- day after a brief visit in Washington where they were accompanied by the former’s brother, Mr. Edward Chamber- 1in, who went on to Boston Friday to joln Mrs. Chamberlin and their chil- dren. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Chamberlin will open their home, Clearfield, this week after spending the Winter in Mr. Chamberlin’s family home, Graystone. They have with them for several weeks Mrs, Wellman, mother of Mrs. Cham- berlin, who spent the Winter in her former home in Canton, Ohio, and motored East a week ago with her niece, Mrs. George Clarke. Mr. R. Golden Donaldson has as his guest at the Wardman Park Hotel his daughter, Mrs. Harold E. Irish, of New | York. Mrs. Irish will pass a few days | here. Mrs. George N. Rose, jr. and her daughter, Miss Marion E. Rose, arrived in New York yesterday on the America from England. Miss Rose has been living in London for seven years. Mrs. Rose and her daughter will be at home to their friends, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rose at 1241 Geranium street, where they will make their home until the return of Mr. Rose in July. Capital Residents Back From Trip Overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Rapley have returned from a cruise to the Mediter- ranean and & short stay in Paris and will spend & short time in Washington before going_to their Summer home, Lake Stafford, in New Hampshire. Mrs. W. H. Plummer has returned to Washington after visiting her daugh- ter, Miss Helen Plummer, a student at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Mrs. Plummer toured through France accompanied by Miss Eleanor Danlel, who went abroad with her. Mrs. Plum- mer and Miss Daniel arrived in New York Wednesday on the Homeric. Miss_Marie Rosalle Blatz of Sair- ville, Pa., is the week end guest of Capt. and Mrs. Louis G. Givney. Mrs. W. T. Plerce and daughter, Miss Ruth Charlotte Pierce, of Kewanee, TIL., | are staying at the Annapolis while at- | tending the various _commencement events of National Park Seminary. | Miss Pierce was a member of the class of '27 and wears the Insigna of the | Theta Sorority. Mrs. and Miss Plerce | will remain in Washington for about a week. They made the trip East by motor. | Mrs. Harold A. Mack of Boston is spending a few weeks with her parents, | Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Loetsch, and her sister, Mrs. Louise Loetsch Foust now | residing with her parents at 3629 Ful- ton street northwest. Societ;rNotes Listed Of Special Interest In Diplomatic World — | (Continued From First Page.) Thursday evening to a company of 28| | which included a delegation of Persian importers who came from New York in | connection with the discussion in Con- gress of the tariff. The delegation re- turned to New York Friday by airplane. | ‘The Minister of Norway snd Mme. | Bachke will go to New York the middle | of next week and Mme. Bachke will sail Friday, June 7, aboard the Paris to visit her son in Paris. The Minister will return to Washington shortly after Mme. Bachke sails. The Minister of the Irish Free State, Mr. MacWhite, will go to Chicago Tues- day to attend the banquet w! ich the United Cathollc Societies will give in celebration of the centenary of Catholic emancipation. ‘The Minister will be absent about & week, remaining there for other celebrations of the centenary. Mme. Wu, Wife of Chinese Envoy, Hostess to Large Reception. Mme. Wu, wife of the Minister of China, gave a delightful reception Fri- day afternoon in the legation. This was her first formal day at home. Among the large number who _called during the afternoon were Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, Mrs. James J. Davis, Mrs. Guy Despard Goff, Mrs. George H. Moses, Mrs. Plerce Butler, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Senator Arthur Cap- per, Representative and Mrs. John Q. Tilson, Representative Stephen G. Porter, Representative Leonidas C. Dyer, Mrs. James S. Parker, Mrs. Mer- ritte W. Ireland, the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor and Mrs. W. W. Husband, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr.; Mrs. Tawrence Richey, Mrs. George Acker- son, Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Briant Wells, Commissioner and Mrs, Proctor L. Dougherty, Com- | missioner and Mrs. Sidney F. Tallaferro, the Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, Mrs. James E. Free- man, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation and Mrs. William P. Mc- Cracken, jr.; Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles B. McVay, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Barnett, the director general of the Pan-American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe; Mrs. R. W. Dunlap, wife of the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; Mrs. Henry W. Watson, the Assistant Secre- tary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joseph Strauss, Miss Helen Strauss, Mrs. Everett Sand- ers, the Assistant Attorney General and Mrs. George R. Farnum, Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, jr.; Judge and Mrs. De Forest Payne, Miss Vera Bloom, Dr. Stanley Hornbeck and Miss Elizabeth Howry. The counselor of the French embassy, Comte de Sartiges, will sail at the end of June for a vacation of several months in France. Comte de Sartiges curls, just as you wish. Phone Franklin 6965 Large deep marcel effect with ringlet ends or all We endeavor to give the most suitable wave for your individual contour of face, and no more lovely or lasting wave can be had at any price. Maison Victoire, Inc. 53 No Other Charge! No Waiting! Our Permanents famed throughout the United States for their beautiful, soft, natural ap- ‘pearance. are 203 Westory Bldg. Second Floor—605 14th St. N.W. Shops all over the Southland will give up the house at 1713 R street, which has been leased by Mr. James R. Lowe, whose marriage to Miss Elizabeth ' Ives, daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. James E. Ives will take place Sat- | urday. ‘The military attache of the Italian embassy, Brig. Gen. Augusto Villa, who is traveling in the South will return to his apartment in the Wardman Park Hotel the latter part of the month, Argentine Embassy Attache Observes Nation’s Holiday | The chief of the financial department of the Argentine embassy, Mr. Eckart was host to a large company yesterday afternoon in his country place on Columbia pike in Virginia for an Argentine barbecue to celebrate the national holiday of his country. Small tables were placed on the grounds and tents were arranged in case of sudd rainstorms. The commercial secretary of the British embassy and Mrs. Leander Mc- Cormick-Goodhart are spending the week end in their country home. Meedowbrook, on the Patuxent River, where they are entertaining a small company of guests. The attache of the British embascy and Mrs. Harold H. Sims left yesterd: morning for a 10-day visit in the f mer's home in Montreal, Canada. | Mme. van Schuylenburch, wife of the | attache of the Netherlands legation, en- | tertained a small company at the Club | | Chantecler supper dance Friday night. | The former military attache of the Brazillan embgssy, Capt. Villar, who is traveling in the Middle West, will sail from New York Saturday for his South American_home. The new attache Capt. Jose Aquirre, who s established in an apartment in Stoneleigh Court, will be joined in the Autumn by Senhora de Aquirre and their family who will remain in England through the Summer. Bay State Society }‘fost At D:lightful May Party At the May meeting given by the | Massachusetts Society of Washington, Thursday evening, May 23, approxi- mately 500 members and guests were | present. There was card playing, with | | a handsome prize for each table. The | entertainment consjsted of a duet by Miss (irace Chamberlain and Miss Dorothy Skinner, and soprano solos by Miss Dorothy Skinner, both accom panied by Mrs. John H. Chamberlain; tap dancing by the popular Billy Mc- | Intire and other pleasing features. Dancing began at 9 o'clock and con- tinued until 1 o'clock in charge of Mr. Lewis W. Hart. Card tables were in charge of Mrs. Frank E. Hickey. Among the prominent guests of the evening were Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, Representative George R. Stobbs, Representative Joseph W. Martin, Representative Richard B. Wig- lesworth and Mr. Ralph W. Mulligan. This was the last monthly meeting of the season. George R. Farnum, president of the society, announced that the annual chicken dinner will be held | at the Olney Inn June 15. MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON BRIDES WHOSE WEDDINGS WERE OF RECENT DATE Children to Entertain At School Garden Party Garden party at St. Gertrude's School, Sargent road, Brookland, Satur- Elaborate May Ball Leading Social Event Of Week at Quantico Enlisted Men of Post Enter- tain Many Guests at Gym- nasium—General and Spe- Cial NO‘CS Of Intefcst. i | | QUANTICO, May 25.—One of the most, aftractive celebrations given by the enlisted men of the post was hel¢ on Friday evening in the post gym- nasium when they entertained severdl hundred guests at their annual May pole ball. The party was most elabo- rately arranged with a May pole in the center of the gymmnasium and the entire place decorated with a_profusion of Spring flowers and shrubs, Miss Anne Nettekoven. daughter of Capt and Mrs. J. I. Nettekoven, was crowned | “queen of the ball” by Brig. Gen. S. | D. Butler, and the quesn was attended { by two princesses, Miss Herminia Vila | and Miss Virginia Fitzgerald. A crown | bearer and flower girl also attended | at the coronation ceremonies. Follow- ing_the coronation the quecn retired to her throne, which was a bower of | lovely Spring flowers, and reigned over | the festivities | “Music for the evening was furnished | by the post orchestra and refreshments | were served during the evening. This | was one of the most elaborate and at- | tractive parties ever given by the en- | listed men of the post, All officers | and their families were invited to at- tend and numerous invitations were | sent outside of the post. The regular | “get-together” bridge assembly _also was held Friday evening at the Officers’ ;Club with a record attendance. Guests Entertained At Charming Functions Capt. Robert G. Heiner, Medical Corps, United States Navy, and Mrs. | Heiner entertained with a charming tea Thursday afternoon for the class of visiting naval medical officers who have been here for the past couple of weeks taking some special work at the Naval Hospital. Capt. and Mrs. Omar T. Pfeiffer entertained 10 guests recently at a charmingly appointed Japanese supper rty. PeMis. Butler, wife of Brig Gen. §. D. Butler, with her daughter and young son, arrived at the post Monday. Mrs. Butler, who has been ill, has been spending some time at Atlantic City recuperating. Mrs. Platt, wife of Comdr. C. B. | Platt, United States Navy, returned to | the post Tuesday after an absence of veral weeks spent in Westminster, Md. Mrs. L. V. Waterbury of Mount Ver- non, New York, is spending several weeks at the post as the guest of Capt. and Mrs. L. D. Hermle. | Capt. and Mrs. S. C. Cummings of Washington spent last Sunday here as the guests of Capt. and Mrs. L. C. | Shepherd. | The Tuesday Clubs were entertained i this we€k by Mrs. Bacon, wife of Lieut. | Harry W. Bacon, and Mrs. Poehlmann, | wife of Lieut. E. A. J. Poehlmann, U. | S. N. Miss Wright of the nurses’ i staff of the Family Hospital, enter- tained for the Thursday afternoon Bridge Club this week, David I. Walsh, United States Sen- ator from the State of Massachusetts, spoke in the post gymnasium Sunday evening last. School Staff and Students Addressed by Mr. Eder. The Friday morning speaker for the staff and students of the Marine Corps School last week was Mr. George J. Eder, chief of the Latin American section of the Department of Commerce. { a charity bazaar held at a small town nearby. Other literary souvenirs which brought surprisingly low prices in the London auction included a black cloak formerly worn by Tennyson and a ban- nock toaster once owned by Robert Burns. The cloak sold for £30 and the toaster for £25. | day afternoon, June 1, from 3 to 7 o'clock. The new building of St. Gertrude's School of Arts and Crafts will be open | for inspection on that day, an interest- |ing exhibit of the handicraft of pupils being displayed for sale. The TAX HITS RUM TRADE. DUBLIN (#).—The manufacture of children will entertain on the 1awn | peer and spirits, once a huge indust with songs and_characteristic SDring | pa' Ireland, has shrunk amasingly stace dances. The officers of St. Gertrude's | the war. Guild are Mrs. D. J. Callahan, Mrs. | Twenty-five distilleries were making Joseph P. Tumulty, Mrs. George Scriven, Mrs. Milton' E. Alles, Mrs. | George Whitecotton and Mrs. James |19 to 14. McKavanagh. Other members of the guild include Mrs. B. F. Saul, Mrs. R. L. Graves, Mrs. Charles Semmes, Mrs. R. J. Murphy, Mrs. Pere Willmer, Mrs. P. J. McGoyern, Mrs. Charles P. Neill, Mrs. James Haskell. Mrs. Thomas F. Keane, Mrs. Annie E. Murphy. ‘The officers and members of the guild will assist the chairman, Mrs. E T. Kilkoff, in dispensing the hospitality | of the garden party, to which all visitors of the school on this occasion are in- vited. \FLOWERS VALUED HIGHER | THAN IS DICKENS’ DESK LONDON (#)—A little bunch of primroses, picked in a modern English garden, brought more at auction the other day than Charles Dickens is said to have writ- ten his “Pickwick Papers.” ‘The desk was knocked down for £25 in an auction room here; the roses, gathered by Queen Mary in the grounds of Craigweil House, Bognor, where the King convalesed, brought £32.50 ANNGUNCING The Arrival of Mr. Frank A. Silver Boston, Mass. Shoe Shoppe National Theater Buildi MONDAY TO FROM2TO4P.M. Mr. Silver has spent years in research work for the Ground Gripper Shoe Company and ha from improperly fitted shoes. Silver while he is here. Eminent Shoe and Foot Expert Affiliated With the Ground Gripper Shoe Co. Whe Will Be at Stach’s Ground Gripper 1315 E Street N.W. 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W hite and pastel colors in co fortable fitting headsizes, — Mr. Eder spoke earlier in the year at one of the Monday night lecture periods arranged by Chaplain M. M. Wither- spoon in the hostess house. Capt. Lucian Burnham of Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, accompanied Mr.Eder to Quantico. Mr. Eder was the luncheon guest of Col. and Mrs. James C. Breck- inridge. Lieut. F. S. Gilman, who is on duty in Philadelphia, is here temporarily with the rifle team preparatory to the rifle matches in June. Miss Dorothea Nolan of New York and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Eugene No- lan of Washington, were the guests last week of Mrs. Powers, wife of Maj. W. C. Powers. Lieut. and Mrs. E. S. Shaw are spend- ing a week touring the Shenandoah Valley. Mrs. Sanderson, wife of Lieut. L. H. McP. Sanderson, and Mrs. Ridgeley. wife of Lieut. R. H. Ridgeley, are among those sailing for Nicaragua May 30 to join their husbands. 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