Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1929, Page 57

~HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. ©.” DECEMBER T, 1929—PART THREE. \ :apital Folk Observe Thanksgiving Period In Varied F iicr mim'ng, Dinners, Luncheons, Suppers and Teas Charmingly Fea-| ture the Calendar of Sea- son's Society Events. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stepher. O. Fuqua, | who postponed their tea ‘or the mem- | bers of the Infantry Association because | of official mourning, will be hosts to the association at tea Sunday afternoon, | December 22, for which Gen. and Mrs. | Fuqua have issued cards. | Mrs. Fuqua will be hostess at lunch- | eon Friday, December 20, entertaining in honor of Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, wite | of the Acting Secretary of War. Mrs. Anton C. Cron, wife of Lieut. Col. Cron, U, S. C., U. S. A, gave | a charming luncheon at her home on | 3302 McKinley street Wednesday. Her | guests were Mrs. Stephen O. Fuqua, Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, Mrs. Jessie Nichol- | son, Mrs. Berkley Merchant, Mrs. P. M. Anderson, Mrs. Walter Kenyon Lioyd and Mrs. Clarence M. Busch. | Former Gov. of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Gifford Pinchot entertained a small company informally at dinner last evening in compliment to Mr. Pinchot's gister, Lady Johnstone who is their house guest. Judge and Mrs. Samuel Jordan Gar- | ham will entertain at dinner Friday, December 13, in honor of the Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van | Royen. oy | DIPLOMATIC HOSTESS Luncheon Proposed in Honor of Group of Debutantes. | Mrs. Ollie James has issued invita- | tions for a luncheon to be given at the | Willard, Thursday, December 12, for | a group of the season’s debutantes, in | honor of her niece, Miss Barbara Nell | Thomas, Miss Katherine Lowman and | Miss Mildred Huston. | The Japanese consul general and | Mme. Sawada, who are stationed in | New York, will come to Washington for ihe dinner which Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie is giving in honor of the Japa- nese Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi at the Willard, Saturday night, De- | cember 7. | Mr. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse will be the guests in whose honor Mrs. Mark Reid Yates will entertain at dinner on January 3 in the Chinese Room of the Mayflower preceding the debutante ball to be given later that evening by Mrs. Yates for her niece, Miss Katherine Taliaferro Yates. Mrs. Walter Dwight Wilcox will give & dinner Wednesday night for Miss Laura Tuckerman and Miss Elsis Eken- gren, two of the season's debutantes. Mr. and Mrs. George S. Carll, jr. were hosts on Thanksgiving day at din- ner for Mr. and Mrs. George S. Carll, sr, Mr. Alexander Coale Columbus and and Mrs. Earl Coale Columbus ,and Mrs. Jane Rogers of Philadelphia. Hosts At Dinner Dance At University Club. | Mr. and Mrs. Alan E. Gray, 209 Shep- herd street, Chevy Chase, Md., enter- tained at the opening dinner-dance given at the University Club Tuesday evening. Their guests included Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Myers, Prof. and Mrs. Charles 8. Collier, Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Yates and Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Shorb. Mrs. Gecrge W. Phillips of Longfellow reet entertained at lunch%on and ‘bridge in. hones-ef A. B. .Grub- meyer of Harrisburg, Pa. The luncheon was one of a series that Mrs. Phillips is giving this Winter and among the guests were Mrs. C. F. Stewart, Mrs. Kemper Cowing, Mrs. Robert Parrott, | Mrs. John M. Waters, Mrs. Roland Ray | and Mrs. Thomas Mott. Covers were laid for 12. Mrs. John M. Waters of Forty-fifth street entertained recently at luncheon and bridge in honor of Mrs. Nat Keen of Baitimore. Covers were laid for 20 | and the table was decorated in yellow and green. The guests included Mrs. Nat Keen, Mrs. Lewis Turner, jr., and Mrs. William H. MacKay, on whose birthday anniversaries the luncheon happened to be given and who had sur- prise gifts presented to them by the other guests—Mrs, Roland Ray, Mrs. Ruth Ryder of New York, Mrs. George Phillips, Mrs. F. W. S. Evans, Mrs. J. L. | Vandergrift, Mrs. Marcus Elliott, Mrs. | Byers M. Bachman, Mrs. Herbert A.| Howell, Mrs. Frank Daniels, Mrs. C. H. Claudy, Mrs. Bryan Ogden, Mrs. George Unmacht and Mrs. Edgar Plerce. Among those who ent ined at the | dinner ce last evening in the gold | room of the Wardman ®Park Hotel were Mrs. R. D. Cole, Mr. Edwin M. Curran, Mr. James McQuire, Mr. Ed- win O'Brien, Mr. J. B. Moore, Mr. T. H. Diggs, Mr. B. Tailor, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Leighty and Mrs. Abner Drury. | The old custom of carrying a cat | aboard ship was the Tesult of an ancient Jaw of Henry II of England, which read | that #f only one beast came ashore alive from & wreck any salvage there might be could be claimed by the owners. I MME. WENDE, Wife of Mr. Alexander Wende, representative of the ministry of German labor, living at Wardman Park. —Underwood Photo. Bay State Society Plans Elaborate Entertainment Officers for the Massachusetts Soclety of Washington have completed plans for the big entertainment and dance to be held Tuesday evening, December 10, in the ball room of the Wardman Park Hotel. Dancing will begin promptly at | 9 o'clock and continue until 1 o'clock. The entertainment will include three numbers interspersed with the regular dancing. The artists are as follows: Mr. Ambrose Durkin, baritone soloist, accompanied by Miss Lucy Street; Miss Claire Sessford, impersonator of musi- cal comedy stars, including Helen Kanz; Fannie Bryce, Julie Sanderson and Kate Smith, accompanied by Miss Irma Beal, and the “Gypsie Dance Oriental,” and Miss Dorothy Skinner, soprano soloist, chompcn!ed by Mrs. John A. Chamber- in. ©One of the leading orchestras of the city has been engaged for this affair. The joint committee, headed by Mr. Gecrge R. Farnum, president of the so- ciety, has held several meetings for the purpose of making the December dance one of the stand-out social affairs of the ses ason. ‘The reception committee will be head- ed by Mr. Edward L. Bacher and Mr. James J. Sweeney; the floor committee, Mr. Lewis W. Hart, Mr. Robert Kemp- ton and Mr. John H. Springer; music committee, Mr. Frank E. Hickey and Mr. Charles F. Sharkey, and Miss Elsie V. Phalen has charge cf the Massa- chusetts Society pins. Guest tickets and application blanks for new members may be obtained from the secretary, Mr. George A. Hernan, 1345 Girard street northwest. Group of Pen \;/omen To Preside at Dinner Members of the Chevy Chase Branch of the National League of American Pen Women are giving a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. The guests of honor will be the Ital- ian Ambassador, the Persian Minister, the national president, Mrs. Clarence nd the State vice chairman. THE PARROT 1643 Conn. Ave. LUNCHEON TEA DINNER Sundays Dinner, 1 to 8 P.M. WHELAN'S ANNOUNCES THAT MISS LONGON OF NEW YORK CITY STYLIST WILL BE AT THE DISPOSAL OF OUR December PATRONS 2nd to 7th IN OUR CORSETRY DEPARTMENT SHE will be glad sonal attention and type of foundation g your figure and to modelsin o to give you her per- help in choosing the arment best suited to show you the newest - > L d * BEYJouie FOUNDATIONS Mrs. more. Ameng those who have taken tables aye the president of the branch, Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, who will have among her guests Mr. and Mrs. Murray Boccock of Keswick, Va. Representa- tive and Mrs. Richard Yates will enter- tain a table. Miss Mary Bird Clayes will have as her guests Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, the new Ambassador to China; Miss _Elizabeth Johnson, Representa- tive Florence Kahn, Dr. William John Cooper, United States Commissioner of Education; Mrs. Willlam John Cooper, Dr. Frank Forrest Bunker, editor of the Carnegie publications; Mrs, Frank Forest Bunker, Mr. Willys Ruggles Peck, secretary of the legaticn at Peiping, and Mrs. Peck; Miss Bertha A. Morgan, director of studies, National Cathedral School, and Mrs. L. MacD. Sleeth. Miss Cynthia Cleveland, a relative of former President Grover Cleveland, will entertain a table of guests; all of the officers will entertain parties. Fol- lowing the dinner there will be a pre- showing of one of the Fox films. The George Washington Glee Club will furnish music. Maria Briscoe Croker of Balti- Womar?s Party pla_nning Elaborate Dinner Rregram The dinner to be given December 7, during the national convention of the ‘Woman's Party, will be a brilliant and interesting affair. The program of in- ternational work for equal rights for women Wwill be the subjec discussed. Mrs. Inez Haynes Irwin, the novelist, will preside. The speakers will include Miss Doris Stevens, chairman of the | Inter-American Commission of Women, created at the Havana Conference of the Pan American Union; Ambassador Ores- tes Ferrera of Cuba chairman of the National Council of the Woman's Party; Senator Arthur Capper; Mrs. Willlam Kent, chairman of the California branch of the Wom- an's Party, and Mlle. Fanny Bunand- Sevastos of Paris. The dinner will be served at 7:30 o'clock in the Willard ball room. ; Jane Normal Smith, | Army and Nnvy Circles In Varied Activities Of the Early Winter Chief of Army Air Corps En- tertaining Guest—Social Functions Enjoyed—Per- sonal Notes of Interest. ‘The chief of the Army Air Corps, Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet and Mrs. Fechet have as their guest the latter's | brother, Col. W. L. Luhn, in command of the Fourth Cavalry at Fort Meade, South Dakota, who came to Washington for Thanksgiving with his daughter, Miss Nancy Luhn, a student at Holton Arms School and who is staying with |Gen. and Mrs. Fechet through the Winter. Colonel Luhn, who will remain in| Washington several weeks, and his daughter went to New York for the Army-Notre Dame foot ball game yes- terday. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stephen O.| Fuqua will be joined today by their | daughter, Miss Jeanette Puqua, who has | | Miss Fuqua will remain in Washington | through the Winter. | Helmick will sail from New York Fri- | day, December 20, for Honolulu going |by way of Panama and the Pacific Coast. They will visit their son-in-law |and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Ma- caulay, in their home in Honolulu for | several months and return to Washing- | ton in the Spring. Gen. and Mrs. Charles Wilmot Ken- | nedy will give a tea during the Christ- | | mas holidays for their niece, Miss Janet | Murray, who was presented to society | yesterday by her mother, Mrs. Peter | Murray, and Miss Catherine Lowman, | who will be presented by her parents, | the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Seymour Lowman, at a tea s:nczeo at the Mayflower Hotel, Decem- T 20. Gen. and Mrs. Thord-Gray | Pass Week End In City. |, Gen. and Mrs. I. Thord-Gray and | | their daughter, Miss Frances Thord- Gray, of New York City, are passing the week end at the Mayflower having arrived in Washington on Friday in time to attend the debutante tea given by Representative and Mrs. Charles A. Eaton of New Jersey for their daughter, Miss Starr Eaton. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Clarence C. Cul- ver have as their guest Miss Fredeen Beaird of Yazoo City, Miss., who arrived yestkerdly and will remain several wesks. Col. and Mrs. Weston P. 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