Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1929, Page 19

SOCIETY *» (Continued From Eighteenth Page.) in her apartment at the Mayflower Mi Saidie Orr Dunbar of Portland, Ore, Mrs. Dunbar is a member of the public health division of the White House Conference on Child Health and Pro- tection, which was and is in session at the White House yesterday and today. Mr. and Mrs, Chgries Pierce of Do- troit, Mich., are at the Wardman-Park Hotel for a short time. Mrs. Hobart K. Bailey, Harrisburg, Pa., is at the Hotel Grafton to remain | for about two months. Mr. and Mrs. Ossocd of Haverhill Mass.,, are staying at the Ambassador while visiting Washington. Mrs. Meyer Honor Guest of | Women's City Club Tomorrow. | Mrs. Eugene Meyer will b> guest of honor_and speaker at the Women's| City Club forum luncheon tomorrow at 1 oclock. “The Recreation Move- | ment” will be the subject of the talk. | Mrs. Laura A. Bradley will be hostess. | Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt will present | the speaker and preside at the lunch- Among_those making reservations Mrs. J. J. Blaine, Miss Myrtle Bunn, Mrs. Charles Willcox, Miss V. S. | Benjamin, Mrs. Louis Bradley, Miss | Sarah Grogan, Mrs. Jennie O. Berloner, Dr. O. Josephine Baird, Miss Catherine Watkins, Mrs, Gladys B. Middlemiss, Miss Sarah Cushing, Miss Ethel Bagley, Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Mrs. C. H. Curl, Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, Mrs. Caroline B. Stephens, Mrs. Henry T. Rainey, Miss Elaine Eppley, Mrs. Frances Merchant, Mrs. 1. B. Dodson, Mrs. C, H. Clandy, Mrs. Robert J. Bates, Mrs, Susie Root | Rhodes, Mrs. S. S. Martin, Miss Meda ‘Ann_ Martin, Mrs. J. J. Stephens, Miss E. Kensett Vail, Mrs. Gertrude Bishop, Mrs. Edward Keating, Miss Violet Ham- | bleton, Mrs. Alice Minch, Miss Mary Hayden, Miss Margaret Hayden, Mrs, J. F. Mayer, Mrs. Hénry Seyhour, Dr. A Frances Foye, Miss Grace N. Wright, Miss Grace Cummings, Miss Anna C. Cummings, Mrs, Edith Sears, Miss S. P. Casey, Mrs. L. L. Snow, Miss Bessie Fisher, Mrs. J. Garfield Riley, Miss Florence Brook, ‘Mrs. L. K. Benton, Mrs. John Allen Munson, Mrs. A. B. Stewart and Mrs. K. Crossthwaite, Miss Miriam Davenport Gow, the dramatic reader and impersonator, will | read Booth Tarkington's —three-act comedy, “Intimate Strangers,” this eve- ning at 8:15 o’clock in the Immaculate Seminary. Miss Gow is a reader of unusual artistic ability and is head of the speech department at Mount St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia. Miss Dorothy Wulf, Miss Marie Delonglee, Miss Bernice Moler, Miss Bernice Field, Miss Iva De Witt and Miss Mary Louise Brown will be host- esses at a recital of old English music to be given by Mr. Edward L. McAdam at the Women’s Residence Hall on the us of American University. The 1t y and their wives will be !he of this occasion, ‘The Wlshlnmn Unit of the Women's Leay will hold an Boardman, Maj. Julia Btunson Capt. Blanche Rulon, Miss J. Beatrice Bow- man, Miss Lucy Minnegerode, Miss Lena Hitchcock, Past National Presi- ‘dent of the Omnlmfinn Miss Mary Lindsley, Mrs. Alfred E. Bradley, Mrs.{ ‘Thomas H. C. Reed and Miss I. Ma- linde Havey. About 60 are expected, all of them women who served overseas aurm; the World War. Faustine Dennis, president of '.he local unit, will preside. ‘Theater parties will be the order of the evening Thursday and Friday, No- vember 14 and 15, at McKinley High School ludltol"lum. when the Commu-~ nity Drama Guild of W: will offer the initial presenuucn of its sec- ond season to all lovers of the amateur drama in the Capital City. The play chosen by the 'd of governors for that occasion, “The Torch Bearers,” by George Kelly, will be presented with a cast of outstanding Washington players, directed by Mr. Denis E. Connel, one of the clty 's most popular dramatic artists. e date of the opening play of ueuon comes nearer, each day vrlnes additional patrons of*the drama to the list of Washingtonians who are guarantor members or subscriber mem- bers of the Drama Gufld. and every man and woman in the Capital City is in- vited to ally himself with this forward movement in one way or another. it guarantors are Miss Hazel King, Miss Dorothea Lewls, Mr. Robert M. Mtllar }r Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, U. 8. A Miss Pauline E. Oak, Miss Beatrice Peters, Mr. Cuno H. Rudolph, Miss Annie Russell, Miss Mary Webster and Miss Dorothy M. White. Subscribers include’ Mrs, Will C. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Bush-Brown, ttingly, Miss Mary McKenny, Miss Helen Nicolay, Miss Becty Ridsdale, Mrs. Henry W. iss Dorothy Skinner, Miss Clara K. Btld.hlm. Miss Jessie Urner, Miss Bessie B, Warren and Miss Anne Webster. ‘The Curley Club of ‘Washington gave & banquet at the Hotel Continenul last evening in honor of the Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, who has been spiritual di- rector of the club for more than three years. Mr. Willlam J. Boyd, past presi- dent of the Curley Club, was toastmas- ter. The address of welcome was made by Miss Gretchen Baden, president pro tem. Other addresses were made by Father Cavanagh, Miss Mary L. MoGee founder of the club, and Mr, William J. Boyd. A viol companied by Miss Helen Herbeck; Mr. Sllvio H. Poli, tenor; Miss Margaret Gauges, mnu‘llm and Miss Mary Fran- ces Glenn, soprano, all accompanied by Miss Gretchen Baden; Mrs, Estelle Dean, soprano, accompanied by Miss Gauges; a recitation by Miss Helen Her- beck and a specialty number by Mr. Billy Kelly. There were more than 50 members and guests present. The ban- quet hall and tables were most attrac- tively decorated in the ¢lub colors, biue and white, Miss Monica Gordon, chair- man of the entertainment committee and treasurer o! t.he club, had charge of all arrangem The teachers of the John Eaton Bchool gave a dinner in honor of two of their faculty last evening in one of the private dining rooms of the new Ambassador Hotel. The guests of honor were Miss Viola Offut, who has recent- 1y been appointed vrlncipul of the Grant School, and Miss Rebecca lrry a for- NEW! Bell Shaped Parchment LAMP SHADES —for Bridge Lamps, $2.00 —for Table Lamps;, $2.50 —for Floor Lamps, $300 | to Mr. Alvin Parker of Washington the STAR, WASHING'TON, D 0s FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, .1929. ’l‘HE EVENING ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED MISS CORA MARCH, Whose parents, the Federal Trade Commissioner and Mrs. Charles Hoyt March, announce her engagement to Mr. Chris L. Christensen, chief of the division of co-operative marketing of the Department of Agriculture.—Underwood Photo. mer Tech High and Wilson Normal student, who is resigning as a teacher of the John Eaton School to be married Ohio Alumni to Celebrate. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 8 (#). —Ohio State day will be celebrated by alumni of the Columbus school in 100 cities in the United States and foreign countries December 6, John B. Fullen, secretary of the Ohio State University Association, said yesterday. A central radio program will supplement local ob- servances. latter part of November. In line with the government policy of reducing the number of banks in Japan, 54 died there in six months of this year. The silhouettes which took Paris by storm and triumphed equally in New York, are shown in these Lanvin and Vionnet models Vionnet Tan Suede with Natural Jap Foz Trim $110 Formerly The Harris Shop aOSBPH -R°HARRIS ==1224 F STREET — Brown Broadcloth Russian Fitch Trim $198 ¢ Carry Aa Black Antelope Bag with your black afternoon costume —and with all the vivid shades that call for black accessories. Such bags as you'll find here add distinction to your costume. Shapes that are different and the new ornaments of metal, of metal with marcasite, of marcasite with aemi-preciouu stones and carved crysta . 750 to 390 Many are from France and all are beautifully lined % MUDDIMAN g, 911 G St. N.W. Phone Nat. 0140-2622 ! FUGITIVE INDICTED IN DOUBLE MURDER Former U. S. Marshal, in Mexico After Rum Accusation, May Be Extradited. ! By the Associated Press. LAREDO, Tex., November 8—Allen Walker, who fled to Mexico after a charge of violating the prohibition law was filed against him, yesterday was indicted by the Webb County grand jury for murder in_connection with | the deaths of Gen. Lucio Blanco and Col. Aurelio Martinez of Mexico, whose | bodies were found handcuffed together {in the Rio Grande near her2 in 192z. Walker, a former dept United States marshal and a captain witn the Philippine Scouts during the Span- ish-American War, is the second man to be indicted in connection with the death of Gen. Blanco. Duke Carver, San Antonio constable, was released ‘Wednesday under $10,000 bond after he was charged with the slaying. Officials said they would seek extra- dition of Walker. PEDESTRIAN IS KILLED. ) Mrs. Alice Sedgwick Runs Over Man at Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 8 (), —Clarence R. Saunders, 51, of Cleveland, Ohio, was killed by an auto- mobile as he was crossing Memorial drive here last night. The driver, Mrs. Alice de Forest Sedgwick, 21, wife of Prancis M. Sedgwick, a young Harvard | graduate now studying at the Harvard | School of Business Administration, was arrested on a charge of manslaughter and released on $1,000 bail for ap- pearance in District Court today. Saunders had been staying at a Boston hotel for the past two months. WASHINGTON smart y ATTEMPT TO DESTROY GRAFT EVIDENCE BARED Prosecutor Opens Probe Into Fires in Room Holding Municipal Records. By the Assoclated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, November 8.—Be- lieving that a bold attempt had been made to destroy evidence of graft of which several local aldermen already have been convicted, William G. Comp- ton, assistant county attorney, yeste: day launched an investigation of a hi dozen fires at the municipal ware- house in the past six months. Charred and oil soaked, thousand of records, covering a number of years, have been removed to a guarded vault, while Mr. Compton pursues his inves- tigation. The attorney believes the fires may have been started by a city employe on orders cf “some one higher by Marriage Licenses. Achilles wilson, 26, end Josephine Cole- man, 27, both of Orange, Va.; Rev. Johi znmfzh"d Dennis, 23, and Carrle Sweeney, odell” Ygui. 23, and Lottte Proctor, 20; Rey. W. D. Jarvis. James H' Ford, 20, and Margaret A. Lee, T T Josep] cIntire, - ane rtha A. Craige, 28; Rev. John E. Briggs. Willlam E. Wenban-Smith, 54, SBussex, England., and H!l!l’l P. Riley, 42, this city; Rl.gUGJE“PI 29 d_Elizabeth 8 son, 29, an 2, bnzh 9t Wichita, Kins.* RevuM:rk Bepp: in Cu .la'nl Anna M. ‘Young, 18; 3. Purcellville, Va., and am, 22, Hamiiton,” Va.; lnd Jiolet M. Ketm. d.; Rev. H. M. nig. Floyd W.Brown, 21, and Sallie O. L e ik e £, v Lous 11 Srampner. 33 and Bt Claire M. DenSten' S, Rovison 35, ffid“!:m:o Rey- o iekander H. Barker. 3o and Hagel E. Emett. 2. both of Baliimore, Md.; Rev. J. JuLius GARFINCKEL& Co. 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