Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1929, Page 43

SOCIETY. Special Events of Yuletide Of Interest Residents Entertaining Visitors and Laying Plans for the Coming New Year—General Ifld pel’!nn Rear Admiral and Mrs. William A. Moftett have with them their sol Ensign George Moffett and Midshipman Willlam A. Moffett, jr. Mrs. Robert J. Clarke, wife .of the United States vice consul at Victoria, Brazil. will return today from Cumber- land, Md., where she passed Christmas, and will join her sister, Mrs. Jessie R. Darragh. in her apartment at the Ward- man Park Hotel for New Year. ‘The Mexican consul general to New York and Mrs. Enrique D. Ruiz are {;::slmz a few days in Washington at Mayflower. Col. and Mrs. John Otto Johnson have ‘reopened their home in Forrest Hills, 2842 Allendale place, which has been’ closed since the end of Septem- | ber, when Col. Johnson left to attend | the World Engineering Congress held in Tokio, Japan. Comdr. Hamilton Harlow. U. §. N., is the guest of his father, Capt. Charles | H. Harlow, U. §. N., retired, and Mrs. Harlow at the Mayflower. Maj. and Mrs. R. H. Jacob have ar- | rived from their home in Waukesha, | Wis.,_and have taken an apartment at | the Wardman Park Hotel for several | months. Maj. and Mrs. O. W. Gralund are visiting New York during the holidays and are guests at the Hotel McAlpin. Mrs. Mahlon Pitney will return to Washington just after the New Year. Miss Chipman Specially Entertained in Paris. Miss Elizabeth Louise Chipman, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Cline N. Chipman of 1420 Rhode Island avenue, Who is a student at the Sorbonne, in Paris, where she is specializing in French and medieval history, has been extensively entertained by both prom- inent Americans resident in France an by distinguished French people during the Winter. For Christmas week she | is & guest of Mme. Dorothea Charmor- row, with whom she is motoring to Barcelona to attend the Spanish Ex- position. Mme. Charmorrow is a nota- ble traveler. She is well known in social circles of the capitals of Eu- Tope and the Orient and also in Cali- fornia, where she maintains an estate which she visits frequently. | Miss Chipman's father is & professor | ©f George Washington University and s a member of the hospital staff. | Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer of Washing- ton and New York has gone to Atlanta, Ga. to spend the Christmas holidays | With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Grant, on Paces road. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Leighty have with them at the Wardman Park Hotel their son, Mr. Carl Leighty, who will return this evening to New York. " Mr. and Mrs. Leighty have just re- u irned from Chicago, where they passed Christmas. Midshipman Walter Clark is spending Christmas week with his parents, Maj. and Mrs. Walter L. Clark, at their home on Lowell street. - Mr. Byron Price of Lowell street is leaving early in January for London, where he will represent the Associated Press at the Naval Arms Conference, Miss Frances Zimbelmann of Corona, N. Y, is spen several days at the Dodge Hotel while in Washington. ‘Mr. and Mrs. L. Quintanilla of Wash- ington have taken an apartment at the Carlton, where they will remain for sev- ‘eral days. Mrs. J. J. A. Van Kaathoven is av 2633 Fifteenth street for the Winter, She has been in Los Angeles for several years. Mrs. Kaathoven was formerly Miss Alice Belknap, a famous belle in the Capital a score of years ago. Her gz.her was at one time Secretary of ar. In all this time Mrs. Van Kaatho- ven has been only a very occasional Vvisitor in her old home. She was mar- fled first to Mr. Barklie Henry and made her home in Philadelphia, going to the West_Coast after her marriage to Dr. Van Kaathoven and continuing to make here home there after his death, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Woodhouse have | Mmotored to Washington from their home | in New York City and are at the Carl- ton for several days. Miss Adrienne C. Mayer and Miss Victoria H. Peyser have returned from | A Christmas visit in Baltimore, where they attended the dance given by M. and Mrs. Norton Goldenberg in honor of their daughter Jane at the Hotel Belvedere. Mrs. Franceska Gasch and niece, Miss Marie Christine Frech, have sailed for :nnm and will be absent for several Midshipman Waiter Dan Coleman, who has been a house guest of Mrs. Gillett-HIill for a week, left for his home in Illinois today. He came from polis for a round of teas, balls and dinners. Mr. and Mrs. Miller Plan Trip to Honolulu. Mr. and Mrs. Willing C. Miller ot Cathedral avenue are leaving early in January for San Franciseo, Calif., from which point they will sail for Honolulu, where they will senpd some time. They will stop at Phoenix, Ariz., en route to San Francisco to attend the Winter gssion of the National Real Estate rd. Mr. and Mrs. Prederick B. Pyle of Forty-fourth street have as their house guests their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Law- rence Pyle, and her two young children of Wilmington, Del. Dr. and Mrs. Wesley M. Gewehr of Lowell street have as their house guests and Mrs. A. W. Lindsay, who motored from Princeton, N. J. Dr. Lindsay is spending his sabbatical year at Princeton University, being a mem- ber of the faculty of Dennison Uni- versity in Ohlo. B. Woods of American Clearance of All Winter Hats Distinctive dress and sport models—in vogue at present—and values from $15 to $35...now at clearance prices. 5 $7.50 $10 1143 Connecticut Av. . | daughter, a | M to Social Set al Notes. University, with Mrs. Woods and their Miss Margaret Woods, is spending some time in Cleveland, Ohio, as the guest of Mrs. Wood's mother, Mrs. Sara Orchard Smith. They will return to their home on Cathedral ave. nue early in January. While in Clev land. Dean Woods will attend the ses- sions of the national ineeting of the ‘Modern Llnfinge Association, of which he is a member. Mr. and Mrs. Allison N. Miller of Cathedral avenue are leaving early next week for Palm Beach, Fla. Miss Caroline Sutherland is spending the Winter at Long Beach, Calif. Rl Four-Opern Music Treat In Early January Program The German grand opera,_, season | opens one week from tomorrow eve- | ning, bringing a four-opera feast of the | music of Wagner and Mozart, with | Wagner's brilliant “Die Walkure" of the Nibelungen Ring presented as the first grand opera of Washington's season. Many parties are being planned for these four days that extend into the following week, offering a promise of | gavety and art for this after-the-holi- days music festival. | The Washington committee for the | German Grand Opera Co. has many | notable names of both national as well as civic interest, the complete commit- tee including Mrs. Richard S. Aldrich, | Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Mrs. Sol | Bloom, Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, Mrs. James F. Curtis. Mrs. Carl Droop, Mrs. Franklin H. Ellis, Mrs. Willlam Cor- coran Eustis, Miss Laura Harlan, Mrs. Frederick C. Hicks, Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Miss Elizabeth Howry, Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, rs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Edwin B. Parker. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and Mrs. John F. Wilkins, the patronesses are Mrs. Longworth, Mrs. Hugh D. | Auchincloss, Mrs. David H. Blair, Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Fred A. Britten, Mrs. B. F. Cheat- ham, Mrs. Willlam 8. Corby. Parker Corning, Mrs. James Couzens, | | Livingston Crounse, Mrs. F. Tmbeel Mrs. | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., DECEMBER 29, 1929—PART THREE. SOCIETY. SCHOOLGIRLS Mrs. John Thayer Cushing, Mrs, W.| Davison, Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Mrs. | Alvin Dodd, Mrs. William J. Donova: Mrs. Robert C. Dove, Mrs. Stephen B. | Elkins, Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. Hamilton | Fish, Mrs. Henry D. Flood, Mis. Herbert Friedenwald, Mrs. Plerce Gail- lard, Mrs. John H. Gibbons, Miss Bell Gurnee, Mrs. Bertha Helm, Mrs. Chris- tian Heurich, Mrs. John A. Hull, Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay, Mrs. Samuel H. Kauffmann, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mme. Paul Lessinoff, Mrs. Byron Andrews, Mrs. Wilmott Lewls, Mrs. Seymour Lowman, Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller, Mrs. George Maurice Morris, Mrs. Ruth Pratt, Mrs. James B. Reynolds, Mme. J. E. Roso, Mrs. Frederic M. Sackett, Mrs. Fred S. Schow, Mrs. Walter Wil- cox and Mrs. Clarence C. Williams, jr., Of Peraannl‘lntereut to Wasl’lington Reeid:ms‘ Miss Elsie Behrend, who is attending | school in Boston, is spending the holi- days with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Behrend, on Biltmore street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith are in their new apartment in Woodley Park Towers. Miss Alma Lansburgh has taken an apartment in Woodley Park Towers and had as a recent guest Mrs, William Elkan of Philadelphia. Miss Mayone Sigmund _has been | New “York and spending a week in Baltimore. Miss Elizabeth Ann Kaufman is the guest of relatives in-Nashville, Tenn. Dr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis were hosts at dinner last ni{ht in their apartment in Wardman Park Annex. Mrs. Leonard Weill, with her twin daughters, Sue and Marjorie, of Phila- delphia, are spending the holidays with the former’s mother, Mrs. M. Herman. The Misses Sue and Marjorie Welll Will be hostesses at a luncheon at the Carlton Tuesday. Miss Lorraine Leon will entertain at & luncheon at the Madrillon, followed by a theater party, tomorrow night, in honor of out-of-town guests. Miss Claire Meyers of Baltimore is the week end guest of Miss Ruth Leon. Miss Helen Simon of Randolph street has as her guest Miss Dorothy Newman of Baltimore, in whose honor she gave an at-home Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. M. Hess are spending a ‘eek in New York as the guests of reia- ves. The Friday Bridge Club was enter- tained at luncheon and cards recently by Mrs. Edward Kohner in her home, 1838- Belmont road. The Pi-Tau-Pi Frate: formal dance last night at the Wood- mont Country Club. number of guests from Baltimore attended. Sup- W‘;h“'l-l served at small tables at mid- night. Mr. and Mrs. A. Langrock and Miss Elaine Langrock of New Haven, Conn., ;‘reu%uesu this week at the Mayflower otel. Miss Esther Bendheim is in Rich- mond, Va. over the holidays and will |attend the New Year eve ball at the | Hotel Jefferson. Mrs. Belle Rothschild is the guest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rothschild. Mrs. Jess Kornicker and young son of New York are the guests of the for- mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kahn. Miss Bernice Kleeblatt is visiting her w th rnity gave a | offering drastic p: | ‘Woodson, for the holidays. Asheville. fax Apartments. guest of Miss Louise Stephenson, a Holi Georgia. Lower: Miss Julia Wheeler Harris, is spending the holidays with her parents, PASSING Harrrg & cwing Center: Miss Virginia Carvel Hall, who has come from her home at War- renton, Va., to pass the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Carvel Hall, at the Fair- Upper right: Miss Mary Ann Harrison, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Pat Harrison of Mississippi, who has gone to Marion, Ind., for the holidays as the ton Arms student. a student at Bryn Mawr College, whi , Senator and Mrs. William J. Harris of Upper left: Miss Jean Woodson, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. She is entertaining Miss Suzanne Faucette of 0 sister, Mrs. Jerome Antel in Cleveland, ©Ohio, during the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fishel and two children of Brooklyn, N. Y., are spend- ing the holidays here at Tiiden Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Nathan and daughter, Miss Lucille Ostheimer, are now located in their new apartment in ‘Woodley Park Towers. Mr. Robert Baum and Mr. Arthur Lyon, students at the University of Pennsylvania, are at home for the holi- days. Miss Marjorie Blumenfeld was host- ess yesterday at & luncheon in her home. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Brylawski are entertaining at a young folks’ house party over the week end for their son, Mr. Julian Brylawski, jr., in their Summer home near Annapolis. Mrs. Leonard Schloss and daughter, Miss Evelyn Schloss, leave Saturday next for California, to spend a month. Mrs. Schloss was given a luncheon yes- terday by her afternoon club prior to her departure. The Misses Kohner of Ontario road are entertaining at a tea this afternoon in honor of Miss Elaine Langrock of New Haven, Conn. Louis Fox, Randy Rothschild, Ber- tram Fox, Freddy Nassauer and Dan Crone of Baltimore are spending the | week end in Washington and attended the Pi Tau Pi Fraternity dance at the Woodmont Country Club last night. Miss Nanette Dembitz is spending the holidays in Baltimore, as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Katzenberg. Mrs. Norman Luchs was hostess Tuesday in her home on Fulton street, in honor of her nieces, Misses Dorothy and Corinne Samek of New York, who are her house guests. Bridge, mah- jongg and lotto were played and dur- ing the afternoon a tea was served from an attractive table having for a centerpiece holly and Christmas greens. Covers were laid for 16. Mr. Carl Woerner of Cincinnatti | spent_Christmas with his mother, Mrs, Otto E. Woerner of Columbia road. Mrs. Louis Cohen is spending the holidays with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Abrams, in Hopewell, Va. Mrs. P. Lazarus entertained on !Chflstmn.l day at a bridge luncheon in her apartment, 4700 Connecticut ave- nue, in honor of her sister, Mrs. M. Salmson of Baltimore. Mrs. Melville Fischer has as her guests her sister, Mrs. Eugene A. Katz, ‘ Pasternak Semi-Annual Clearance Sale now in progress rice reductions on all winter clothes for women and misses, including fur coats and scarfs. excellent values assure quick disposal early selection is advised All Sales Final 1219 ConnecTicuT Ave and two children, Marguerite and Eu- gene, of Chicago over the holidays. Mrs. Fischer was hostess at a luncheon Monday at the Carlton in honor of her niece. girls. Mr. and Mrs. A. Weil of Evansville, Ind, are guests of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. Weil of Legation street. been in Louisville, Ky., return today to their home on Rittenhouse street. A foint meeting of the Senior and | Junior Hadassah will be held tomor- |row evening at 8 o'clock at the Com- munity Center. Dr. Abram Simon will be the principal speaker. Miss Lena Hyatt, the Junior president, will give a talk on “The Festival of Lights.” A musical program will be given by Mrs. Bessie Davis Levinson. Mr. and Mrs. L. Behrend and Mr. Melvin Behrend are now located in Woodley Park Towers. The Sunday school of the Eighth Street Temple will give an elaborate Channukah program and party this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the temple. Mr. and Mrs. Jullus Peyser have been spending the past two weeks in Atlan- tic City. from Baltimore, where she attended a dance on Christmas eve given by Miss Jane Bernheimer at the Hotel Belve- dere. Several other guests from here attended. Miss Terese Herman was hostess Fri- day at a bridge luncheon at the Hay- Adams House in honor of out-of-town guests. Attractive prizes were given at each table. Mr. and Mrs. J. Stein announce the DROOP'S Piano Covers a Reproducing-Pi Covers were laid for 12 young | and Mrs. Arthur| Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Jacobs, who have Miss Victorla Peyser has returned | Piano Stools and Benches Music and “Roll” Cabinets Player-Piano Music Rolls Portable and Cabinet Organs HAR /S - | engagement of the former's daughter | Prances to Mr. Albert Pomerantz of | Rochester, N. Y. Mr, and Mrs. Max Kohner will leave Washington today for Pittsburgh, to spend 10 days with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kohner, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simon are in their new apartment in Woodley Park Towers and will have with them this week their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ryttenbérg of Sumpter, S. C. Mr. Wafner HO“O" Gue!f Of American Pen Women| The League of American Pen Women of the District of Columbia has an- nounced as the guest of honor and speaker at the next meeting of the Old English Coffee House PFriday, January 10, Mr. Harry Warer of moving pic- EVERYTHING MusicAL We Are Showing a Comprehensive Stock of Dependable Merchandise Everything Strictly Guaranteed as Represented Budget Payments Accepted STEINWAY and oTHER LEADING PIANOS New Grands : $495 up—New Uprights : $250 up—Used Uprights: $100 up THE VICTOR-RADIO WITH ELECTROLA Styles: “R-32 $178; “R-52,” $238; “RE-45,” $298; “RE-75" $373 FACH INSTRUMENT COMPLETE WITH 10 TUBES OrtHopHoNic VicTor Rep-SeaLRECoRDs nd Scarfs Violins, Bows, Guitars—Ukul Saxophones ano Music Rolls Harmonicas— E. F. Droop & Sons Co, 1300 G ' Producers & Distributors of America. | vitations will be extended Cornets—Trombones, Etc. Drums—TFifes, THE HOLIDAYS IN VISITING HERE AND ture fame. The talk will be followed by the showing of a film. In bringing Mr. Warner to Washington the chair- man, Mrs. Willlam Wolff Smith, is having the co-operation of Mr. Will Hays, director of the Motion Pictune Owing to the large demand for tickets the Coffee House will be held in the | National Press Club auditorium. In-| to persons | prominent in the social, official, diplo- | matic and educational life of the city and also to officers of national and local | organizations and representatives of the | press. In keeping with the old English cus- tom, coffee will be dispensed during the social half hour preceding the program and the guests will be seated at tables, | with a hostess for each one. Among the Pen Women who have taken tables and who will serve as hostesses are Mrs. E. | Richard Gasch, district president; Mr: Clarence M. Busch, national president; | Mrs. Willlam Wolff Smith, Mrs. Nina | Swalm Reed, Mrs. Edward Nelson Ding- ley, Mrs. Warren N. Akers, Mrs, Ernest R. Grant, Miss Agnes Winn, Miss Pa- tricla Poe Bennett and Miss Myrta Cawood. ~Mrs. Robert Sherrill, 921 Nineteenth street northwest, is chair- man of reservations. Mme. ;:Lngnql Pays Honor To Dr. Gertrude Brigham Mme. Josephine C. de Lagnel will be hostess to the executive officers of the Art Promoters’ Club at & breakfast this morning at her home, on Kalorama road, in honor of her guest, Dr. Ger- trude Richardson Brigham. Mme. de Lagnel will have as her guests Mr. Felix Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gans, Miss Mac ‘Henrlette Vance, Mr. Jess Rohr- back, Miss Pauline Bruner, Mme, Su- zanne Oldberg, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, Miss Matalee Lake, Miss Mary | Virginia Leckle, Miss Eleanor Colborn | and Mr. Willlam Elderkin Huntington. | Miss Colborn and Miss Leckie will aseist | Mme. de Lagnel in receiving and Mme. | Oldberg and Miss Bruner will take part | in the musical program following the breakfast. DROOP’S Cases eles Mouth Organs Ete. | L. B. Kemon, Mrs, Carl F. Keeler, Mrs. | | Alexander Gordon Hamilton, Mrs. C. | ciation of University Women at 12:30 ELSEWHERE Michigan U. Women's Club To Be Host at Card Party ‘The holiday event of the University | of Michigan Women's Club is to be a card party, given by the associate mem- bers to the club, and will be held to- morrow evening at the home of Mrs. Charles D. Cole, 5305 Forty-first street, Chevy Chase. Assisting Mrs. Cole will be Mrs. James S. Carpenter, Mrs. Norman C. Damon, Mrs. Martin Luther D'Ooge, Mrs. Samuel Willard Beakes, Miss Jane Fra- lck, Mrs. Norman F. Harriman, Mrs. B. Hurrey, Mrs. Paul P. Magoffin, Mrs. Alfred T. Newbold, Mrs. Dennis P. Quinlan, Mrs. A. James Robertson and Mrs. Durand W. Springer. The regular monthly luncheon of the club will be held Friday, January 3, at the clubhouse of the American As o'clock. 3 Social Fetes Listed By Sorority Groups For Holiday Season Luncheon Scheduled l'iy Mt. Holyoke Alumnae—Christ- mas Party and Tea Spon- sored l’\y Other Fraterni- ties, The annual luncheon of the Wash- ington Association of Mount Holyoks Alumnae in honor of Mount Holyoke students from Washington who are at home for the holidays will be given on January 3, at 1 o'clock, at the Madril- lon, New York avenue near Fifteenth street. Guests of the association this year will be: Miss Virginia Deyber, Miss Frances Gernand, Miss Mary Mc- Millen, Miss Nola Sanborn, Miss Kath~ erine Scott, Miss Marjory Smith, Miss Josephine Stevens, Miss Nancy Van Buren and Miss Elizabeth Wheeler. Mount Holyoke alumnae and students who may be in the city are cordially invited. = Reservations should be made through the treasurer, Mrs. Walter L. Clark, 4400 Lowell street northwest, not later than January 1. Sigma Theta Sigma Sorority will start the new year with a tea held on New Year day from 5 to 7 o'clock at the home of Miss Alice D. Taylor, 3720 Ingomar strest northwest. Hostesses for the occasion are Miss Alice Taylor, Miss Margarete Mitchell, Miss Isabelle Stieg. Miss Elizabeth Price and Miss Marjorie Walker. A delightful Christmas party was en- joyed by the girls of the Delta Phi Sigma and a number of their friends Wednesday evening, December 18, at, the home of Mrs. Florence Derrick, 9 Poplar avenue, Takoma Park. Many of the girls were in costume, which added to the cheerful atmos. phere. Santa presented each of those present with a gift from the Christmas tree. Refreshments were served by the hostess. As the club expected to send a Christmas basket to some needy family, each member brought a donation for that purpose. A formal Christmas dance for the members of Alpha Chapter, Beta Chi Sorority, was held at the attractive New Idea Country Club, near Arling- ton, Va., Thursday, December 26. A Marianne Spellbring and Miss Wini- fred Hirsh composed the committee in charge of the dance, which lasted from 10:30 until 1:30 o'clock with a delicious buffet supper served at midnight. The holiday spirit prevailed throughout the evening and all present voted the af- fair a great success. The Phi Alpha Fraternity, convening at the Willard tomorrow for a three- day session, has many social functions scheduled in connection with its meet- ing. ‘Tomorrow night members will be guests at a supper dance being given in the large ballroom; on Tuesday there will be a card party and tea for the wives and daughters of members in the presidential suite and cabinet room; on Wednesday there will be a luncheon in the Willard room, and the afternoon session will be followed by a tea dance in the Willard room. ‘The Delta Phi Sigma Sorority will give a dance in the cabinet room at the Willard on Friday, January 3. Miss Cornelia Hill, St. Mary’s Seminary, St. Marys, Md., is in charge of the ar- rangements for the affair, Miss Irene Schmidt and Miss Mary Schmidt were hostesses to the Alpha Chapter of the Kappa Phi Delta Na- tional Sorority at a Christmas party Monday night in their home, on Far- ragut street. The hostesses had carefully planned that the girls would enjoy many sure prise: ARTCRAFT TWICE YEARLY CLEARANCE EVERY FASHION . * EVERY STYLE EVERY FABRIC . - EVERY LEATHER What o Wondcr’u’l Slippers,. . . now $9.85, §: going so quickly itis Sale. Artcraft's Famous 11.85, $13.85. All wise to shop early and ake complete selections while modes in your. ze are still available. (Man far-seeing women . e buying 6 to 8 pairs each). The same selections are available at b-olh shops. “ART 131 £ (RAFT ITREET