Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1929, Page 26

THE 'ENING SOCIET (Continued From Nineteenth Page.) chestra, with the Berlin Orchestra and | with the Boston Orchestra, besides much individual work abroad and in| this country. | EARLY WEDDING DATE FIXED FOR HELEN WILLS, TENNIS STAR The League for the Larger Life will |’ give a Christmas party to a number of homeless orphans Saturday evening at 8 o'clock in its town house. at 1628 K street northwest. There will be a pro- gram of readings, vocal and instru- mental selections and dancing. A Christ- mas tree laden with presents, fruit and | nuts for all will be the outstanding feature of the evening. Each adult coming to the party is requested to bring two presents—one wrapped in red paper for a boy and one wrapped in white paper for a girl. Mrs. Helen McCoy will receive in- formaily tomorrow afterncon from 3| until 7 o'clock at Shadowall, her studio home, at 1525 Thirty-first street, Georgetown. No cards have been issued. There will be an interesting exhibition of artistic work. A number of Wash- ington and New York artists will be represented. Miss Katherine Morris | will preside in the dining room and Mrs. | G. R. Butts and Mrs. George T. Mankin | will assist. Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, national president of the National League of American Pen Women, has returned from Baltimore, where she was the guest of honor and speaker at the tea and reception given by the Baltimore branch of the League. This event, which was held at 3 o'clock yesterday nucmoun‘ at the Emerson Hotel, attracted a large company of Baltimore Society folk as | vell as members of the Pen Women. | Mrs. Pusch headed the receiving line. in | which were Mrs. Blanche Smith Fer- guson, president of the hostess branch: Mrs. Edward Croker, State vice president | for Maryland, and Mrs. Poe, president | of the Women's City Club of Baltimore. | Preceding the tea Mrs. Busch spoke on “Women in Literature Today.” Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clark of Chi- cago are stopping at the Ambassador while visiting in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson L. Ford, JrA.! entertained last night at the seventh of a series of bridg: parties they are giving in the Colonial Hotel. Mrs. N. Moore of Falls Church, Va.,, made high score for the evening. ] —— | Mrs. B. W. Morris, Miss Alice B. Mor- ris and Miss N. W.Morris of Cleveland, Ohio, are spending several days at the Dodge Hotel. - . and Mrs. H. Hewey of Paris, , are touring America. are planning an extended visit in Capital City, where they are stopping at the New Ambassador Hotel. Mrs, Philip Morrison, jr., entertained at luncheon yesterday at the American Association of University Women follow- ing Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard's lecture, on “Current Topics.” In this lecture, which was the last of the Fall series, Mrs. Howard spoke on the recent ac- tivities of Congress and the new ap- pointments, on Comdr. Byrd, who, it is reported, is to receive the rank of rear admiral, and also on the political situa- tion in Poland. £ These talks, which will be discon- tinued until after Christmas, will begin | January 17, and are open to the general public, and the courtesy of the club dining room 1is extended to those at- tending the lectures. Patronesses of the course include Mrs. Gilbert Gros. venor, Mrs. Paul Kaufman, Mrs. Wi lace Radcliffe, Mrs. John J. O'Connor, Mrs. Philip Sydney Smith, Miss Virginia | White Speel and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley. Mrs. John Y. McDonald of Charles Town, W. Va, is at the Dodge Hotel. MAJ. CAMPBELL SHIFTED.| Ordnance Officer Is Transferred to | Rock Island Arsenal. Maj. Lewis H. Campbell, Ordnance Department, has been relieved from duty at the War Department, effective Feb- ruary 4, and ordered to the arsenal at | Rock Island, Ill.; Chaplain Julian Yates, from Fort Orglethorpe, Ga., to this city for duty in the office of chief of Chap- lains, War Department, and Maj. Henry N. Sumner, Adjutant General's Depart- ment from the War Department to the Panama Canal Zone. Maj. Robert A. Gilmore, Philippine Scouts in the Philippines, and Warrant Officer Harry Smith at Fort McPherson, Ga., have been ordered to_their homes to await retirement. First Lieut. Richard T. Aldworth, Air Corps, has been placed on the retired list on account of disability incident to the service. TR CHRISTMAS AT HOME! F there's one time in the year vou want to be home it's Christmas. Go by motor coach ~the careiree comfortable way and the saving over any other means of transportation will allow you to buy another or & better gift for "someone.” Fares Prom Washington, D. C. TO ONE WAY Clarksburg, W. V| 3712 Cumberland, Md . 5.00 Fairmont, W. Va ..6.35 Frederick, Md. . 200 Gettysburg, Pa....... 3.00 Hagerstown, Md. X Morgantown, W. Va.. 6.20 Oakland, Md......... 580 Pittsburgh, Pa........ 7.00 Steubenville, Ohio.... 6.80 Uniontown, Pa....... 6.00 Washington, Pa.. .... 6.25 Wheeling, W. Va . 6.80 Winchester, Va....... 3.90 TERMINALS [ Raleigh Hotel, Pennsylvania Ave. | and 12th Street N.W. Telephone Number—National 3810. ROUND TRIP $12.85 9.00 n4s | 3.60 5.40 5.40 1115 10.45 12.60 12,25 10.80 N2 | 1225 | 700 | Vernon, Washington and | Alexandria Railway, 12th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.—National ; THE BLUE RIDGE Transportation Company OF THERE WEST @ PENN - TR “MOTOR COACH LINES ; FREDERICK MOODY, Jr. time and place, saying formal announce- d be made tomorrow. HELEN WILLS. By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif., December 18.— Formal announcement of the wedding | i at our Berkeley home,” said Mrs. Wills, date of Helen Wills and Frederick | “or at some Episcopal church.” Moody, ir. bond salesman, will be made | Former Scnator James D. Phelan will tomorrow o | entertain in Miss Wills' honor tonight e ey e, C. A. Wills, motReT | yitp &' dinner dance at the 8%, Prancis s star, | Hotel. Mrs. John Drum will be hostess Mrs. Wills said yesterday that the | at a dinner in her Fairmount Hotel marriage would take place “very soon” | bungalow Friday evening. at which Miss but declined to disclose any detafls of | Wills will be guest of honor. It was | ment_woul STA “The marriage will take place either | 2 R. WASHINGTON. D. WDNESDAY (COLD AND SNOW GRIP MIDDLE WEST STATES Freezing North Wind Also Bringsi New Seasonal Low Tempera- | tures in South. | €., understood the wedding would not take place until after these events. Meanwhile, in spite of Miss Wills® isu;u‘ment that all the talk about a ‘honeymoon yacht cruise is “guess work.” | the yacht. Galatea, owned by Cyril Tobin, is being prepared for a cruise, and there are some who insist that ! Moody and his bride will be aboard | | when the yacht sails for Mazatlan and | | other poinis on the Mexican Coast. | | Miss Wills and Moody have been | engaged for about a year. | 'TESTS FOR FEDERAL JOBS. . ; Civil By the Associated Press. ¥ KANSAS CITY, December 18— | Whipped by a freezing north wind, a snowstorm of near-blizzard proportions settle over much of the Middle Wes: | | now itiv ination. | today. with temperatures dropping to Bces Compstitive Exm ihuon | new_seasonal lows in Southern States. | The Civil Service Commission today | The wind and cold dispelled a fok | | announced that the following open | which had held Southwestern airmau | competitive examinations have been | lines virtually at & standstill for 10 arranged: days. 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