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18 SO CIETY. SOC Japanese Envoy and IETY Mme. Debuchi Hosts Informally to Dclegates Monday Evening After Arrival. formally at dinner Monday eve- ning the members of the Japa- nese delegation to the naval con- fetence which will be held in London next month. The delegates will arrive in Seattle today and will come to Washignton, arriving here morning. HE Japanese Ambassador and l Mme. Debuchi will entertain in- Mrs. Taft Honor Guest of Mrs. Kelley at Lunch Today. Mrs, William Howard Taft was the guest of honor at luncheon today of Mrts. William Fitch Kelley, who enter- tajned her guests in her box at the second of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's morning musicales this morning in the Mhyflower. Others with Mrs. Kelley wére Mme. Hauenschield, wife of the colinselor of the Austrian legation: Mrs_ | Victor Kauffmann, Mrs, Perry S. Heath, Mrs. Karl D. Klemm and Mrs. Edward | Everett Robinson. Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Vanden- berg will entertain a house party through the Christmas holidays in their Grand Rapids home. Miss Barbara Vandenberg left Washington today for her Michigan home and Mis. Vanden- berg will start Thursday, December 19. They will be joined in Grand Rapids by the Senator a few days before Christ- mas and they will all return to their apartment in Wardman Park Hotcl Monday, January 6. Mrs. Parker, wife of Representative James S. Parker of New York, who en- tertained at luncheon today at the May- flower, had as her guests Mrs. Brewster | Marwick, Mrs. Chandler P. Anderson, Mrs. John W. Dwight, Mrs. Andrew T. Long and Mrs. Robert W. Locke. Mrs. Crail, wife of Representative Jo Crail of California, entertained at lunch- eon today at the Mayflower, following the morning concert, in compliment to the wives of the members of the Cali- fornia delegation in Congress. Covers were lald for 15. Representative and Mrs. Adam Wyant will entertain at a buffet supper in their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel New Year-eve for their daughter, Miss Anne Wyant, and her cousin, Miss Polly Cooke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cooke. Following the supper. Miss Wyant and her guests will attend the dance which Mr. and Mrs. Cooke will give in their home at 2409 Wyoming avenue. Representative George R. Stobbs has been joined at the Mayflower by Mrs. Stobbs, who came from their home in ‘Worcester, Mass. Col. Michael Gallagher and his son, Mr, W._A. Gallagher of Cleveland, are again at the Willard for a few days. Maj. and Mrs. Leonard T. Gerow will entertain at dinner Wednesday eve- ning, December 18, in honor of the new Secretary of War and Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley. The dinner will precede the Army dance at the Willard Hotel. Former Representative and Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, jr., will entertain at a dance in their residence on Six- teenth street Saturday evening, January 18, in honor of their daughter, Miss Katharine Phillips, who made her debut at their beautiful home in Pennsylvania | in September. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips will entertain a | small dinner party for Miss Phillips Friday evening preceding the Junior | League performance. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Price Wright | will entertain at dinner this evening. | Mrs. Wright will be hostess at luncheon | Sunday for her debutante daughter, | Miss Margaret Bayard Wright. Mrs. Horace G. Macfarland will be Joined at Stoneleigh Court by her son, Mr. John Melton Hudgins, the first of January, when, after a short visit, he will resume residence in his home in Georgetown. Mr. and Mrs. Hudgins left ‘Washington _early in November for Charleston, S. C., where they are visit- ing Mrs. Hudgins' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Bigelow. Mrs. Hudgins and their two children will remain in Charleston with Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow until early in February, when Mr. Hud- gxns will go South to accompany them ack to Washington. THE WOMEN’S SHOP OF THE The Woman’s Shop of the Raleigh Haberdasher Monday | Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor Backus will leave Washington December 19 to spend Christmas in_California. They will re- tal January 6, and will dams house until March, when they plan to go abroad. Mr. and Mrs. Backus will entertain at luncheon Sunday in honor of Mrs. French Baldwin of Boston. They were hosts at luncheon yesterday at the Carl- ton, when their guests were the Minis- ter of Switzerland and Mme. Peter, Mr. and Mrs. Torrence Shone, Mrs. Louise Willard Rogers, Col. and Mrs. Oscar T. Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey G. | Parker, Mr. and Mrs. L. Corrin Strong, Mr. and Mrs. William Floyd Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Poole, Dr. David Jayne Hill, Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- brandt, Mrs. Robert Locke, Mr. Chaun- cey Parker, jr., and Canon Willlam L. De Vries. Mrs. John Hamilton is spending some I((flme with her mother, Mrs. Charles err. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Lowe, the lat- | for California Saturday to remain until February 5. | Mr. and Mrs. David St. Pierre Gail- | lard will entertain informally at dinner | this evening in their home, the Rocks, in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. James Roland Lowe. b Mrs. Charles Campbell Worthington and the Misses Worthington will enter- tain at dinner this evening in honor of Miss Eleanor Morgan Crain. Mrs. Charles Redding Williams be hostess to a small company inform: |ly at tea this afternoon in her apart- ment, at 1661 Crescent place, when her guests are asked to meet Mrs, Margaret Sanger and Mrs. Hugh de Haven of New York, daughter-in-law of the hostess, and who is spending the week with Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt and Miss Annabelle Matthews will be at home, in their Georgetown residence, at 3018 Dumbarton avenue, Sunday ‘aflemoon. from 0 until 7 o'clock. | No cards have been sent out. | Midshipman Richard C. Drum-Hunt | will arrive in Washington Saturday | morning, December 21, to spend the Christmas holidays in his home, on Six- | teenth street. Former Resident Commissioner of the Philippines, Mr. Isauro Gabaldon, has taken an apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Warren Jackson Haines has re- turned after a short stay in Paris. Miss Elizabeth Haines will spend the Winter studying at the Sorbonne, and will visit in Germany and other countries before returning to Washington. Mr, and Mrs. G. E. Marchand will en- tertain at the dinner dance the gold room of the Wardman Park Hotel this evening. Mr. Marchand is the presi- dent of the National University Soclety of New York, and, with Mrs. Marchand, has been passing several weeks at the hotel while holding a series of programs at the Masonic Temple. Miss Eastman Bride Of Mr. Fenwick Yesterday. A pretty wedding which united two families long resident in Falls Church TR AT L Lifetime Reminder Give Oriental Rugs for your Christmas Gifts Ideal . . . Durable Special Prices Neshan G. Hintlian 818 17th St. NW. E Sonmmmmmmm——— RO SR ter formerly Miss Betty Ives, will leave | RALEIGH HABERDASHER THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, took place yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock when Miss nor Russell East- man, daughter of Mr. snd Mrs. Frank Hall Eastman, became the bride of Mr. Charles Rogers Fenwick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward ‘Taylor Fenwick. Historic Falls Church, erected in the 17005, where George Washington was one of the vestrymen, the building antedating both Christ Church in Alex- andria and old Pohick Church in Fair- fax County, was decorated with yellow roses and yellow chrysanthemums, in- terspersed with ferns and laurel. Nup- tial music was furnished by Mrs. James Brown, organist of the Falls Church Presbyterian Church. The bride, who was escorted by her father, was dressed in eggshell shade of satin made with long tight sleeves and a train. She wore a tulle veil and carried calla lilies. 'Mrs. Howard Berger was matron of | honor, Miss Jean McCardell maid of honor, and the bride's other attendants included Mrs, Albert Francis, Miss Jane Roberts, Miss Ellen Fenwick and Miss Carol Eastman. The matron and maid of honor wore capucine chiffon with brown tulle and velvet turbans and brown slippers and carried bronze roses. The others were gowned in brown chif- fon with brown tulle and velvet hats. ‘They all carried butterfly roses. Mr. Edward G. Fenwick of Falls Church was best man for his brother and the ushers were Mr. Lincoln Gow- ard of New York, Mr. Richard Shands of Washington, Mr. Thomas De Lash- mutt of Arlington, Mr. Joseph Crupper, jr., of Chevy Chase; Dr. Howard Berger and Mr. Lawrence Fenwick of Falls Church. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Alton B. Altfather, pastor of the Falls Church Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Rev. R. A, Castleman, rector of the Falls Church. A reception followed in the home of the bride’s parents, the bride’s cake was decorated with the tiny bride which was used 60 years ago at the wedding of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Albert P. Eastman. The house was beautifully decorated in roses and ferns. The wedding party was assisted in receiving | the guests by Mrs. Eastman, who we:» brown velvet, and Mrs. Fenwick, ~ho ‘was gowned in black velvet. . The bride is a graduate of Mary| | Baldwin College, at Staunton, the bride- groom of the University of Virginia. Following the reception they left for a | wedding trip to Cuba, the bride wearing | a blue tweed ensemble with caracal scarf. They will make their home in Falls Church. Mr. and Mrs Fenwick have been the recipients of numerous pre-nuptual festivities. Mr. Thomas De Lashmutt, one of the groomsmen, enter- tained a party of 14 at dinner Saturday night in the Washington Golf and Country Club. That afternoon Mrs. Howard Berger, the matron of honor. gave & bridge luncheon and shower, and | Mr. and Mrs. Edward Taylor Fenwick gave a huffet supper in their home Monday right for the bridal party. Say It With Flowers This Christmas A bouquet, box or basket of fresh, crisp Flowers, or a Blooming Plant from Shaffer’s, conveys the very spirit of Yuletide. MODERATE PRICES Telegraphic Deliveries Anywhere in the World GEORGE C. SHAFFER 2% 900 14th St Nat'l 6108 and 2416 Our Women’s Shop offers A Special Imported Tweed Coats The smartest most wear- able Winter fashions . . . the finest im- ported tweeds, mixtures and novelty Raccoon, Jap Fox, Grey Wolf, Beaver, Kit Fox, Caracul and Lapin. $ decidedly underpriced! Sizes for Misses and Women 1310 F Street Value in 1929 coat fabrics . 25 D. ¢. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1929. Rigby, Mr. James Healy, Mr. James Fleck and Mr. Floyd S. Fomeroy. Officers and members of the Pan- hellenic Association will also be present at the opening performance, including Miss Judith Steele, Miss Vivian Ward, Miss Betsy Booth, Miss Helen Drew, Miss Margaret Mitchell, Miss Ruth Griggs, Miss Margaret Selvig, Miss Sarah E. Sanders, Miss Elizabeth Lowell, Miss Virginia Mitchell and Miss Elizabeth Zoll. Mrs. Ralph Richards will entertain at a tea dance for her subdebutante daughter, Miss Jean Richards, Christ- mas day in the palm court of the May- flower., Tea dances will be given daily in the palm court of the hotel begin- ning December 23 and continuing until January 4, instead of Wednesday and Saturday only, as has been done since these functions were resumed several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson L. Ford, jr., entertained last night at the sixth of a series of bridge partics they are giving 4n the Colonial Hotel. Judge E. J. Bin- | ford made the high score for the | evening. and their son met her uPon her arrival in New York the first of the week. Among the well known women of the Capital City who_are sponsoring the performance of “Gyped in Egypt.” by the Troubadours of George Washington University, which will be staged in Mc- Kinley High Auditorium tomorrow, Fri- day and Saturday nights, are Mme. Peter, wife of the Minister of Switzer- land; Mrs. Larz Anderson and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. The list of recent sponsors also in- cludes the names of Dr. De Witt C. Croissant, Dean William C. Ruediger, Prof. Willard Hayes Yeager of the uni- versity faculty and Mr. L. H. Sutton. ‘The opening performance tomorrow Art and Arcchelogy League To Meet at Democratic Club. The Art and Archeology League of | Washington, through the courtesy of | the Woman's National Democratic Club, SOCIET will hold the next meeting of the league in the national club house, at 1526 New Hampshire avenue, Saturday after- noon, December 14, at 4:30 o'clock. | Mr, €. 0. J. Morgan will give a_talk | on his current paintings. Mrs. O. H. P. Clark is secretary of Mrs. Mitchell Carroll is president. Y. is the league and There is great interest being shown in the “Fete de Nuit,” the cabaret show (Continued on Nineteenth Page.) 1143 Conn. Dr. and Mrs. William McDougall have an apartment at the Cavalier Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Philip O. Macqueen were dinner hosts Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Durward Dennis of New Cristobal, Panama. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis came from Panama via the West Coast, motoring from San Prancisco. Mr. and Mrs. S, C. Mead of New York | City are spending several days at the ‘Willard. night will be notable for the attendance of members of all college fraternities and sororities, including the oficers of the_inter-fraternity council, Mr. Harol O. Farmer, Mr. Norment Hawkins, Mr. | , Sypremely Fine Quatity & William J.'Snow, Mr. J. H. Highsmith, | e Mr. Prancis Tompkins, Mr. Robert M. ’MCDEVITT Gray. Mr, William Karnes, Mr. Scott 48-IN. LUSTRE MARQUISETTE, yd. 650 tural Shade 1211 F St 2nd Floor Disirict 3211 Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Whitley of Salisbury, Mass,, are at the Dodge Hotel for a short sta; Rev. S. H. Patterson of Denver arrived | at the Willard yesterday for a stay of several days. | Mr. and Mrs. Winship Nunnally of | Atlanta, Ga., and their young son, Mc- | , are at_the Mayflower, en | route South. Mrs. Nunnally has just returned from Europe and Mr. Nunnally Pasternak Clearance Sales Women’s and Misses’ VELVET GOWNS Reduced to $39 and $49 Regularly $65 to $110 A limited group of velvet after- noon gowns. 2 Black, regularly $145, now $65.00 2 Black, regularly $145, now $75.00 1 Brown, regularly $145, now $89.00 1 Wine, regularly $165, now $85.00 1 Black, regularly $149, now $89.50 1 Blue, regularly $135, now $89.50 1 Black, regularly $135, now $89.50 1 Black, regularly $159, now $98.00 1 Black, regularly $125, now $79.00 Many large sizes in this group. No credits; all sales final; no returns A Most Amazing Purchase! Creating a SENSATION i QALK of RESSES We took advantage of an opportunity to secure the entire floor stock of a high-grade maker . . . thousands of HIGH-GRADE DRESSES . .. the price we glld for them represents only a_fraction of their actual worth, and at $8.95, the sale price we are quoting, THEY REPRESENT THE GREATEST VALUES WE HAVE OFFERED IN OUR ENTIRE HISTORY ... we wish to impress that IT 1S IMPOSSIBLE TO FULLY APPRECIATE THE SEN- SATIONAL VALUES IN THIS EVENT WITHOUT SEEING THEM—co! downtown tonight and see them in our windows—SALE STARTS TOMOR- ROW MORNING PROMPTLY AT 8:30 A.M. Y frm— ALL SIZES Junior Sizes 13 to 19 Misses’ Sizes 14 to 20 Women's Sizes 36 to 52 H&lf size‘ for the Short Stout Woman All Colors Including Light Shades NOTE the Wonderful Details The Newest Styles and Materials Lustrous Satin Dresses, innumerable styles. .. ......$8.95 Chiffon Dresses with attachable sleeves, all colors. . . . $8.95 Flat Crepe Sport and Business models. . .........$8.95 Georgette Dresses, afternoon and evening shades. . . . . $8.95 Chiffon Velvet Dresses, combination and solid colors. . . $8.95 Transparent Velvet Dresses, straightlined and draped . . $8.95 Sport Dresses, tweeds, worsteds, novelties. . . ..$8.95 Wool Jersey Sport Dresses. ... ................58.95 Imported Lace-trimmed Dresses, gorgeous designs. . . . $8.95 Printed Crepe and Satins, floral—modernistic designs . . $8.95 Tweed and Photo Prints, one and two piece models. . . $8.95 Ensembles of Crepe and Satin, one and two piece models, $8.95 Taffeta and Georgette Dinner and Dance Dreses. . . . . $8.95 TONIGHT 5 Until 7:30 In conjunction with our rex- ular menu_we are festuring— SEA" FOOD DINNER 75(: Special Steak or o T $1.00 Roast Turkey desiring_Regular Menu The Famous Columbia Road e 18% OPPOSITE AMBASSADOR Columbia 5042 SN TRy HATS VMBI S GOWNS QUL The new modified Silhouette — T h e Newest Shades — Finest Fabrics— EVERY ONE IS FRESH FROM ITS CRISP TIS- SUE WRAPPING. Regular 415 392 Values W T, 7 Exchanges Or Refunds. [ The Friendly Shop BRESEAU 1307.9-11-13 G St. N.W. | Avenue Clearance A portunity to secure notably Announcing Our Semi-Annual of Hats SALE that always meets with a prompt and gen- erous response from women who await the op- smart millinery at prices GREATLY BELOW ACTUAL VALUES. Prices from $7.50 to $15 Formerly From $15 to $30 New Crepe Tuck-Ins You’ll Adore Wearing These are the sort of bags that you will buy by the dozen for Christmas gifts . . . and in twos and threes for yourself .+« they carry the true Christ- mas message of smartness and individualityl * Hesatiaravnracs tical bags . . . frivolous bags Giges for- destimewand bags for evening, each with the Becker cachet of distinction and good taste. “Tricky” little outfits, to say the least—for their smart young wearers may tuck in the blouse one day, and tuck 'em out the next. waistlines Fashioned of flat crepe. 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