Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1929, Page 56

SOCIETY Artists Bal Boheme Listed As Brilliant Social Event Plans for Club's Seventh Outline Rare Attractions, Including Colorful Decorations. Hundreds of Washington artists, all members of the Arts Club and students | of the arts in the Capital City, are bending every effort now to make the seventh annual “Bal Boheme” of the Arts Club of Washington, which is to be held on the evening of Monday. January 27, at the Willard Hotel, the | most gorgeous, colorful and brilliant | arts event ever held in this or any other city in the country. Plans already being executed by the | committee on decorations, under the| direction of Miss Anne Abbott, prom ise that the big ball rooms of the Wil- Jard will on that occasion be completely transformed into the vast open spaces | of the primitive Americas, with giant | mountain ranges, towering their snow- clad peaks above the hundreds bf stun- | ningly costumed guests and partici- pants, arrayed in alluring garb of many nations of the world, whose pioneers and adventurers came to this land and | made it what it is today. Several hundred participants will en- gage In the big feature of the Bal, to be called “The Masque of the Adven- | turers,” written by Mrs. Henry Have who has done so many successful play and pageants in Washington during | Ter residence in this city, and has won | more than one prize in the annual play- writing contests conducted by the Arts Club In the past few years. The cos tumes for the participants in this pa of the Bal are already under constru tion in the work rooms used by tl club committees in the Willard. where, under the direction of Mr. Wiiliam J. Peters, assisted by a large number of club members, the most stunning as- sortment of “properties” ever to be as- sembled for the Bal Boheme are even now being rushed to_completion. The garb of the floor committee, to | be captained this year by Dr. Frederizs V. Coville, former president of the club, will as usual, be one of the most strik- ing features, as that splendid body of | artists, sclentists, writers and other Jeading men of the Arts Club make their colorful and impressive annual entrance, opening the festivities, Entertainment Listed As “Ball of the Americas.” It happens that the theme of this #eason’s spectacular event, “The Ball of the Americas,” is one that gives free Tein to the wings of fancy, as it rangcs from the snow-capped mountains of Alaska, through the tropical jungles of South America, and 8l characters and costumes that fit .into the vast canvas of the American picture are highly appropriate. North, South, East and West—where the eagle flies or the condor soars—lies this_year's fertile field of playtime at the Bal Boheme. As always the Bal Boheme execu- tive committee has announced that “fancy dress is obligatory” but as Iways that ruling will be enforced in a liberal spirt. And while guests are | urged without exception to conform to | the ruling, a fancy headdress, colorful shawls, and other characteristic bits of costume, for the woman will be ac- | chairman, | given this honor to a woman member. | Pickett, | Peters, properties; Mr. Henry J. Staley,. Annual Fete January 27 cepted just as will, if need be, medals and sashes, and uniforms for the men guests, The committee on awards for this year's Bal have invited thé painters, sculptors. and craftsmen of the club to submit articles of handiwork for the costume prizes to be awarded to the wearer, respectively, of the most beau- tiful, the most amusing and the most original costume worn on that occa- sfon. In the past these prizes have been very beautiful and of great art value, and are highly prized by the winners _thereof. The annual poster contest which has been going on now for six weeks or | more will close on December 18, and the wide variety of posters submitted will pass into the hands of a commit- tee of prominent Washington artists who will judge their merits and will award three prizes, of which the first- prize poster will be reproduced, and made the official Bal Boheme poster for 1930. All the posters submitted will remain the property of the Arts Club and will be used throughout the city in January, to announce the Bal Boheme. Mrs, Duncan Phillips, Miss Eleanor Parke Custls, A.rs. Louise Rochon Hoover, Mr. L. Morris Leisenring and Mr. Eugene Weisz are the poster judges. The committee having_the contest in charge includes Miss Sibyl Baker, as assisted by Miss Ethel Prince, Miss Jessie Baker, Miss Ethel Foster and Mr. Clifford K. Berryman. Professional Woman Heads Committee of Managers. Mrs. John Otto Johnson, known pro- fessionally as Grace Peters Jonnson, is chairman of the 1930 Bal Boheme, and it is the firsi time that the board of governors of the Arts Club has ever the vice chairmen are Mrs. Fulton Lewis and Dr. John Ryan Devereaux, and the members, each of whom is in charge of one cf the Bal's leading fea- tures, are Mrs. Will C. Barnes, cos- tumes; Miss Anne Abbott, decorations; Miss Caroline McKinley, dances; Mrs. Marie Moors Forrest, music Maude Howell Smi.n, cast, s Baker, posters; Mrs. Sallie V. H. publicity: ir. William F. Baker, masque director; Mr. William J. hotel and tickes; Mr. Carlton Van Valkenburg, costume judges, and Dr. Frederick V. Coville, floor committee. Miss Bess Davis Schreiner, a member of the club, is assisting the executive committee in the direction of the Bal publicity. Boxes are rapidly being reserved at the Arts Club and tickets to club mem- bers have now been received. The public sale of tickets will begin at once at the club, and in January will also be available at the leading hotels in | the city. This season the number of | tickets to be sold to the Bal Boheme | has been limited by the committee to 1,600 in order that the occasion may not be overcrowded as in past seasons. Many Social Events Of Importance Mark Season in Capital | were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peters, Mr. and Mrs, Christian Heurich and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gosnell. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Nolan enter- tained at the Cafe Le Paradis Monday for Mr. Jean Henri, assistant purser of the Tle de France. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs, Victor Cahill. (Continued From First Page.) to a distinguished company at dinner Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs, Charles David Hayes were hosts to a small company at the dinner-dance_dn. the palm room of the Willard Hotel last evening. Mrs. E. H. G. Slater will be hostess et dinner Wednesday evening, enter- taining in her home on Eighteenth street. Mrs. Gann Honored By Mrs. F. C. Henry. Mrs. Frank C. Henry will give a Juncheon in the Willard room at the Willard Hotel tomorrow which ~was planned in honor of Mrs. Edward Everett> Gann, sister of Vice President | Curtis, Senora de Alfaro, Mrs. Wil-| liam E. Borsh and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen” will be among Mrs. Henry's| guests. Covers will be laid for 112 guests. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Turner will be hosts at dinner Wednesday evening at the Mayflower in compliment to the | latter’s cousin, Miss Betty Compson of Hollywood, who will be their house guest for a week or two. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Carpenter will entertain a large company at luncheon in the presidential suite and cabinet room of the Willard Hotel Tuesday. Mr. R. Golden Donaldson will be host at dinner tomorrow evening. Mrs. Arthur B. Heaton will entertain at tea Saturday afternoon, December 28, from 4:30 to 7 o'clock in her home on Indian Lane in Spring Valley. Mrs. Heaton will have as guest her mother, Mrs. W. E. Williams. At the tea table will be Mrs. Robert O. Saun- ders, Mrs. Herbert Kerslake, Mrs, Lanier P. McLachlen and Mrs. G. W.| Chiswell. Miss Doris Heaton will have as her assisting hostesses, Miss Louise Turner, Miss Marjorie Brockett, Miss Marina Yung Kwai, Miss Elizabeth Saunders, Miss Dorothy Saunders, Miss Ruth Kimball, Miss Peggy Berry and Miss Hilda Lynn. rs. Lloyd Montgomery Shepard was hn’;{eu wyn small company at dinner Jast evening in herxausrtmenl in the man Park Hotel. w;ayg,:. Shepard and her 10 guests later attended the dance which, Col. and Mrs. Augustus Macomb gave. | Entertains for Daughter In Honor of Guest. Mrs. Lewis Turner will be hostess at | tea New Year day for her daughter Miss Louise Turner, in compliment to | Miss Betty Richards, daughter of Mrs. Ralph Richards, who will return to Washington for the holidays from La- gell Seminary in Boston, where she is a student. Miss Elizabeth Larcombe was hostess 5 her card club in her home in Rock- ville Monday evening, when Miss Vir- ginia Karn made the high score. Mr. Robert Cahill had a small com- | him last evening at the din- | any with g!r’ndnnce in the gold room of the Wardman Park Hotel. Mr. V. Lake and Mr. C. R. Denny were also among those who entertained at the dinner. Mr. and@ Mrs. Morris Ervin enier- | tained at their home on Forty-fourth street Tuesday evening at bridge and a buffet supper. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Ralph, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis and Mrs. Guy D. Mc- wminnoey. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Burklin en- tertained at a supper party Sunday eve- ning, December 8, in their home on Hawthorne _stree hen _their gu THE PARRO 1643 Conn. Ave. LUNCHEON TEA DINNER “Speaks for Itselr” | Locus, N. J.; Miss Priscilla Totten, Miss | a ball to be given Friday evening in the Mrs. Ruth C. Butler was hostess Sat- urday, December in honor of her| house guest, Miss Phyllis Tomlinson of | Bridgeport, Conn. A buffet supper was served and cards were played. Among | the guests were Mr. and Mrs. William | Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Allison Miller, Mr. | and Mrs. Bernard Smyth, Dr. and Mrs. | J. W. Turrentine, Dr. and Mrs. Guy W. Leadbetter, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gheen, Mr. and Mrs. Dion 8. Birney, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Bell, Mr. and Mrs, Chester C. Caywood, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bent, Mr. and_Mrs. Archibald Straub. Mr. and Mrs. Devere Weedon, Mr. Edward Pardoe, Miss Katherine Shoemaker, Mrs. Richmond Keech and Mr. John Rector. -— Honors Multiplying For Debutante List In National Capital’ (Continued From First Page.) Emiscah Davis, Miss Susan Wallace, Miss Caroline Howbart of Colorado Springs and Miss Alice Krauz of Cin- cinnati. The bud wore a gown of chis- fon and carried a bouquet of sweei- heart roses and lilies of the valley and Mrs. Swenson was in a beige crepe and lace gown. Will Make Formal Bow At Ball Friday Evening. Miss Mildred Huston, daughter of Mr. Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee, will make her bow to Washington society ac ball room of the Mayflower Hotel, pre- ceded by a dinner dance in the Chinese room of the hotel. Miss Katherine Knox Berry will en- tertain at dinner Friday evening be- fore the ball to be given by Mr. Claud- ius Huston for his daughter, Miss Mil- dred Huston. Mrs. Berry will also en- tertain a small dinner party before the ball. Mrs_James Alexander Lyon will en- tertain at luncheon Tuesday in honor of Miss Berry. Miss Jean Hay joined Mr. Jules Hay and Miss Nancy Hay at Bolling Field Friday and went with them by airplane to the Island of Manteo, in North Carolina for the week end. Mrs. Ollie James has sent out cards 9—PART THREE wARRIS «wine CNPERWOOD Center: Mrs. H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, wife of the newly appointed United States Minister o Costa Rica, soon to leave Washington with him for his post. Left: Mme. Weidel, wife of the commercial counselor of the legation of Sweden, Mr. Gustaf Weldel, livin, Lower right: Mrs. Robert J: Clark, wife of the United States vice consul at a post in Brazil, visiting her s t Wardman Park. ter, Mrs. Jesse Darragh, at Wardman Park Hotel until after Christmas. Upper right: Mrs. H. H. Sims, whose husband is attached to the British embassy. They are living at 1824 R street, after spending some months in Canada. BACHREEH at the Mayflower Hotel, when she Wflll present her niece, Miss Barber-Nell | Thomas. bl Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilmer Boli- ing have issued invitations for a tea| with dancing to present their daughter, Miss Clara Lutz Bolling, Thursday afternoon, December 26, from 4 to 7 o'clock, in the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna have sent | out invitations for a tea dance at the | Willard on December 30, to present | their daughter, Miss Jane Hanna, to soclety. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Cook Macatec will entertain at a tea dance Tuesday in the Chinese room of the Mayflower when they will present their niece, Miss Margaret L. Olmstead, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Oimstead, of Front Royal, Va., who is spending the season with them in their home in | Washington. Miss Mary Macatee and Miss Gertrude Macatee made their debut at a tea dance given last season at the Mayflower by their parents, Dr, and Mrs. Macatee. Miss Elizabeth Browner will enter- tain at tea this afternoon in her apart- ment at 2101 Connecticut avenue, in compliment to Miss Eunice Lee Evans. After the tea Miss Evans will enter- tain a small group of young people at her home at a buffet supper in honor of Miss Caroline Sanderson. Mrs. Harry S. New Aiding Woman.s Co\lntfy Club Mrs. Harry S. New, wife of the for- mer Postmaster General, is a charming addition to the board of governors of the National Woman's Country Club. She will represent her section of Indi- ana on the advisory council of the board. While Mrs, New is not an ath- letic woman, she is an out-of-doors woman and is an enthusiastic member of the unique new club. The formal opening of the pretty club house on Bradley Boulevard will take place about the middle of next month, having becr: much delayed by the period of official | mourning for the late Secretary Good | and the congestion of dates of post- | poned functions immediately following | for a tea dance Tuesday, December 24, HIS collection includes mal ‘wear in satins, chiffons. T TWELVE " Sundays Dinner, 1 to 8 B.M. Brothers Offer Monday A Sale of Evening Gowns 55 Formerly $69.50 to $110 the end of the mourning. gowns for formal and infor- lames, velvets, moires and ALL SALES FINAL THIRTEEN F Capital Society Folk Have Guests Listed For Holiday Period (Continued From First Page.) and Mrs, Harry E, Hull will be jolned in_‘their’ apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel for Christmas by their son, | Mr. Harris Hull, who will come from Philadelphia. ‘The Governor of Panama and Mrs. Harry Burgess will arrive in New York this morning aboard the Calamares, and will come to Washington to spend the Christmas holidays. The Governor and Mrs. Burgess have many friends here, where Col. Burgess was stationed for some time before taking the post in Panama. Gen. and Mrs. Chamberlain Will Pass Winter in Florida. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John L. Cham- berlain have leased their home on Jef- ferson place and have taken an apart- ment at the Fairfax. Gen. and Mrs. Chamberlain will leave early in January for Florida. Capt. Hayne Ellis, U. 8. N, will come Saturday from New York and join Mrs. Ellis and their children in their apar ment in the Wardman Park Hotel. Capt. and Mrs. Ellis and their chil- dren will leave that evening for Kansas City, where they will be' the guests of Mrs. Ellis’ father, Mr. R. A. Long, until after the holidays. Mr. Long has been visitjhg his daug] ter, Mrs. Ellis, in her apartment in thrl Wardman Park Hotel, having come to Washington for the layving of the cor- nerstone of the new Christian Church. He returned to his home in Kansas City & few days ago, accompanied by Miss Martha Ellis. Maj. and Mrs. R. H. Jacob will arrive Priday, December 27, from their home in Waukesha, Wis., and will be at the Wardman Park Hotel until the latter part of April. ‘The United States consul at Nassau, Bahamas, Mr. Charles C. Broy, has been transferred to the American consulate general in London. Mrs. Broy, who has been with the consul Nassau, was formerly director of Washington's com- munity centers, and they have a host of friends in the Capital. b Army and Navy Juniors Invited to Club Dinner The Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country Club has sent invitations to the superintendents of the Military Acade- my at Annapolis and to the Coast Guard School at New London, Conn., for the cadets of those institutions who will be in Washington during the holi- days to attend a subscription dinner Monday evenmf. December 30. The dinner, which will be given at 8 o'clock, will be followed by dancing. 'Naw-MTrin:éorpa Dance Set for Thursday Evening | ‘The second of the series of Navy and Marine Corps dances will be held in the Willard Thursday evening. . . . timely Pre-Christmas REDUCTIONS Our Fine Collection of FUR COATS reduced as much as . « . Unusual Gr'ft Opportunities in Fur Scarfs Pointed and Red Foxes, and othe in all the season’s popular most ; shades, —in many instances the savings are even LIEBSTER s FINE FUR S 1307 F Street Women's Army-Navy League schedules Card pfll’fy ‘The Women's Army and Navy League, of which Mrs. Hoover is honorary pres- ident, is preparing to give its annual card party at 2400 Sixteenth street the evening of Thursday, January 9. This organization has for its object the re- lief and welfare of the men of the three services which the Army Relief Society by its charter is prevented from assist- ng. The entertainment to be given at 2400 Sixteenth street is unique in that it | welcomes men as well as ladles, and it promises this year to be especially suc cessful. Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley head the lists of patronesses. Others who have already taken tables include Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, Mrs. Benjamin F. Cheat- ham, Mrs. Willlam D. O'Connor, Mrs. Aruthur L. Willard, Mrs. Benjamin H. Fuller, Mrs. Joseph Strauss, Mrs, Wil- liam H. Carter, Mrs. Henry T. Allen, Mrs, David C, Shanks, Mrs. George F. Downey, Mrs. Alfred Taylor, Mrs. Wil- liam P. Hall, Mrs. George M. Dunn, Mrs. Colden L'Hommedieu Ruggles, Mrs. Herbert D. Crosby, Mrs. Reginald Mrs, William Howard Taft and | Nicholson, Mrs. Frank M. Coe, Mrs. L. | Germain Slocum, Mrs. Montgomery Ma- | comb, Mrs. Samuel D, Sturgis, Mrs. Charles G. Treat, Mrs. J. F. Shafroth, Mrs. Frazier Head, Mrs. Lloyd Aspin- wall. Miss Emma J. Nourse, Miss Sophie P. Casey, Gen. George O. Squier, Mrs. Frank Weedon, Mrs. Renwick 8. Mc- Iver, Gen. Edwin St. John Greble, Mrs. Francis Winter, Mrs. Lloyd Horsefall, gdrs.lwnl'er Hume and Mrs, John N. peel. Christmas Dance Listed. For the Younger Set One of the interesting parties for the | younger set during the holiday season | is the Cinderella Christmas dance to | | be given at the Willard Saturday, De- cember 28, under the direction of Miss Minnie Hawke. Among the patronesses for the event are Mme. Debuchi, Mme. Prochnic, Mrs. Richard Wilmer Bolling, Mrs. William D. Chandler, Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. John Spaulding Flan- nery, Mrs. Robert V. Fleming, Mrs. Frank S. Hight. Mrs. John Philip Hill, Mrs. Willlam F. Sowers, Mrs. D. Marriages Listed Of Special Interest In Capital Circles Charming Nuptial Ceremo- nies Grace Late Autumn Calendar in Washington and Other Cities. Mrs. Charles Grayson Dulin an- nounces the marriage of her daughter Beatrice to Mr. Douglas C. Cornwell, yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell will be at home after January 1, at 3015 Farty-fourth street. The marriage of Miss Mary Sanford Howe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank- in T. Howe of Washington to Mr. virgil Parks Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Wallace of Little Rock, Ark., took place December 4 in Mem- phis, Tenn. The bride wore a lace gown with a hat to correspond. Mr. Wallace is United States district at- torney of Little Rock, and he and she bride returned to that city immediately after the ceremony. They are nbw at home at Florence Courts, in Little Rock. Mrs. Wallace is a graduate of Holy Cross Academy, where she was_violin soloist. She graduated from Trinity College last June, and was organizer of the Washington Club of that college. Mr. Wallace is a graduate as honor man of the National Law School, in this city and was vice president of the junior year class of that school. He is a member of Sigma Nu Phi Fra- ternity. Mrs. Howe, who accompanied her daughter to Memphis, and remained for the ceremony has returned to Wash- ington, and Mrs. Wallace, mother of the bride, also attended the wedding. A marriage of particular interest in this city was that last week of Miss Jeannette Catherine Burgess, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilbert Bur- gess of Capitol Hill, to Mr. David Wil- llam Lewls, son of Mrs. D. H. Lewis of Clarendon, Va. The ceremony was performed Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock in St. Augustine’s rectory at Elkridge. Md., the Rev. John P. Norton officiating. Only the im- mediate families of the couple were present. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis left after the ceremony for Atlantic City, and will be at home after January 15, at the Stan- ton-Manor, this city. Mrs. I Priedman announces the mar- riage of her daughter Ruth to Mr. william A. Loewenberg at Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday, December 11. Mr. and Mrs. Loewenberg are making an extended trip to Guilport, Miss; New Orleans, Cuba and Florida and will be at home after January 15 in the Park- view Hotel at Memphis, Tenn. Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity House was the scene of a lovely wed- ding Friday afternoon, December 6, when Miss Mena Rubina Edmonds, daughter of Mrs. Ruby and the late Willlam J. Edmonds of Washington, be- came the bride of Mr. Joseph Harbold Bafford, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Joseph Bafford of Solomons Island, Md. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Clyde Brown of Hyattsville, Md. The bride, who was given in marriage by her brother, Ralph M. Edmonds, wore a becoming gown of eggshell color satin and tulle, made on princess lines. She carried a shower bouquet of Kil- larny roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs. W. Preston Lore, sister of the bridegroom, was the matron of honor and wore a gown of peach coior satin and carried butterfly roses and lilies of the valley. Mr. Lore was best man. After the ceremony a tea dance was given to friends and members of Kappa | Kappa Gamma and Sigma Nu Frater- nities. Lafer in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Bafford left for a motor trip, the bride wearing & brown costume. After the Christmas holidays the bridegroom will return to New York to continue his work there and the bride will resume her studies at the University of Mary= land where she is a graduate student on a fellowship in home economics. e S Educational authorities of Russia say that within two years every child of school age in the country will be ate tending school. Tea House 115 B St. S.E. Opposite Library of Congress The tea room for discriminating people Luncheon Tea Dinner Closed Sunday Stapleton and Mrs. Hewitt Wells. $85 and $110 Reduced to $59.75' 13;0 F Street THE WOMEN’S SHOP OF THE RALEIGH HABERDASHER Pre-Christmas Coat Sale! Fur-Trim Coats Gorgeous “‘Ra-Leigh” Coats make very desirable Christ- mas gifts. Imported [1ama, English tweed and Worumbo cloths. Beaver, raccoon, kit fox, caracul and wolf collars. Handsome coats at savings of $25 to $50. Raleigh Haberdasher