Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1930, Page 18

B2 # SOCIETY. SOCIETY President and Mrs. Hoover to Be Guests! of Congressional Club at Reception Tuesday Evening of Next Week. HE President and Mrs. Hoover will be the honor guests of the Congressional Club Tuesday eve- ning at 9 o'clock at the club house, 2001 New Hampshire avenue. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover will entertain a company at dinner this evening. The Sec: of State and Mrs. Stimson entertained at dinner last eve- ning at their home, Woodley, when the guests were the Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel, Mile. Claudel, the Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila, the Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter, the Minister of the Do- minion of Canada and Mrs. Massey, the Minister of Poland, Mr. Tytus Filipo- wicz; the Becretary of the Interior and Mrs. Wilbur, the Secretary of Agricul- ture and Mrs. Hyde, the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis, Dr. and Mrs, Vernon Kellogg, Miss Elizabeth Patter- son and Mr. Arthur W. Page. Gifted Musician Sponsored By Distinguished Company at Recital. The Talian Ambassador and Nobil Donna Antoinette de Martino are among those who will attend the recital this afternoon of Donna Or- tensia di Mignano, Countess Piercy, in the Cariton Hotel at 4 o'clock, when she will be assisted at the piano by Mrs. Mildred Kolb Schulze. Others who have taken boxes are Mme. Claudel, wife of the Ambassador of France: the Minister of Rumania, Mr. Charles A. Davila; Mrs. Tracy Dows and Mrs. George Mesta. ‘The Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila had guests lunching in- formally with them today. The Belgian Ambassador and Princess de Ligne with their two daughters went to New York this morning and the princess and her daughters will sail tomorrow for their home in Belgium. ‘The Ambassador will return to Wash- ington in a few days. ‘The Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van Royen will observe four Fri- day afternoons at home, Janyary 10 and 24 and February 7 and 21. ‘The Secretary of War and Mrs. Hurley will be the honor guests at din- ner this evening of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Briant H. Wells preceding the Army dance at the Willard Hotel. In the receiving line at the dance will be and Mrs. Hurley, Gen. and Mrs. Wells and Maj. and Mrs. Howard C. Davidson. Am¢ others who will entertain at dinner before the dance will be Col. and Mrs. John B. Shuman, who will entertain in honor of the chief of stafl and Mrs. Charles P. Summerall; Gen. and Mrs. Herbert B. Crosby, Gen. and Mrs. Colden I'H. Ruggles, Col. and Mrs. Arthur W. Brown, Col. and Mrs. : | Lean entertained at dinner Capt. and Mrs. Simpson R. Stribling. ‘The Minister of Hungary, Count Laszlo Szechhenyi, and his daughters, Countess Cornelia and Countess Alice Szechenyi, will go to New York to- morrow preparatory to sailing January 9 for Europe. Countess Szechenyli and the other children will join them in New York in time to sail with them. Senator and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan of Wyoming returned to Washington this from their home in Cas~ and are in residence at the May- ower. ‘Their daughter, Miss Margaret Sullivan, is making a brief visit in Pitts- burgh and will join her parents at the hotel tomorfow. Mrs. Joseph Richardson Baker, wife of the Assistant Secretary of State, will be at home informally tomorrow aft- ernoon in their apartment, 2032 Bel- mont road, from 4 to 6 o'clock. ‘Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West will entertain a company at dinner Wed- nesday evening. Maj. and Mrs. 'West will be at home informally Sunday afternoon afier 4 o'clock and will receive in their quar- ters at Soldiers’ Home Sunday after- noons through January. Miss Vera Bloom, daughter of Rep- resentative and Mrs. Sol Bloom, will entertain at the first of a series of in- formal suppers Sunday evening. Midshipman Willlam C. Butler, jr., has returned to the Naval Academy after spending the holidays with his rl’enu, Mr. and Mrs. William C. But. ler, at their home, 3917 Kansas avenue. Mrs. Deming Jarves entertained a party of 18 at dinner last evening at the Carlton, where she is spending the ‘Winter with Princess Kira of Russia. Wife of Secretary At Navy Relief Ball. ‘The ball given annually by the Navy Rellef !oek‘@ly took place last even in the ball rooms of the Willard Hotel, having the official mourning for the late Secretary of War Good. The scene presented at these parties is always gay and brilliant with the officers in dress uniforms and the military and naval aides of foreign embassies and legations appearing in their court and dress uniforms. ‘The ball room last eve- ning was hung with & profusion of flags, the Stars and ‘Stripes having the place of honor at the south end of the ball room and the officlal insignia of the officials and ranking naval officers hanging behind the boxes which were reserved for them. BStrung across the room were scores of signal 80 thick as to almost hide the large chan- deliers. The Navy and Marine Bands played for the dancing, and supper was served at midnight, Rear Admiral Andrew T. Long, chairman of the floor committee, made the introductions to Mrs. Charles Fran- cis Adams. wife of the Secretary of the Navy, who headed. the receiving line. She was assisted by Mrs, Charles F. Hughes, wife of the chief of naval op- erations, who was chairman in charge of arrangements; Mrs, Arthur Lee Wil- lard, wife of the commandant of the navy yard, and Mrs. Fuller, wife of Brig. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, U. 8. M. C. Mrs. Adams wore a gown of blue moire, fashioned on long graceful lines, the skirt slightly longer in the back than in the front, and there was a rhine- stone buckle marking the low waistline at the front. Mrs. Adams was accom- panied to the ball by her sister, Miss Alice Lovering, who is her house guest. The Secretary is in Boston for a short stay, having left the Capital shortly after their New Year day at home, on official business, Mrs. Hughes was in white satin, trimmed with crystal beads. She had with her her daughter, Mrs. Nimits, wife of Capt. Otto Nimitz, who is aboard the U. 8. 8. Cincinnati. Admiral and Mrs. Hughes entertained Mrs. Adams and her sister, Miss Lovering, at_dinner before the ball. Mrs. Fuller's gown was of black chif- fon, fashioned in the modernized prin- cess silhouette, the skirt falling longer in the back than in the front and the almost normal waistline marked by a flower design embroidered in silver. Box Parties Add Interest. The Vice President, Mr, Charles Cur- tis, was the honor guest at dinner of Mrs, Jacob Leander Loose. Mrs. Loose's other guests were Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of the Vice President and his official hostess, and Mr. Gann; Mrs. Dempsey, wife of Representative S. Wal- lace Dempsey of New York; Gen. Wil- | C liam E. Horton, Col. and Mrs. Charles B. Drake, Mr. Wade H. Cooper and Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong. Mrs. Loose and her guests, with the exception of the Vice President, went later to her box at Rthe balé, i i ear Admiral and Mrs. George R. Rock, Rear Admiral and Mrs. A:drew T. Long and Rear Admiral and Mrs. Henry H. Hough occupied a box to- gether. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richard H. Leigh were among those in another box sitting _with Rear Admiral and Mrs. a]svlg ; hse"er& %Ipt. and Mrs. Hugo - Osterhaus, and Comdr. an 3 Norman M. Smith. w Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ridley Mc- before the | ball and took their guests later to their box. The company included Rear Ad- miral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Davis F. Sellers, Capt. and Mrs. Alfred W. Johnson, and Capt. and Mrs. Friedell of Annapolis. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joseph Strauss were hosts at dinner, taking their guests later to their box at the ball. In the company were Mrs. John Caswell, Mrs. Frederick L. Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Knowlton, Mr. Henry Martin Clarke of Boston and Mr. Rich- “Rear Admivai William ar Admiral L. Rodgers and his sister, Mrs. Richard Gfles, had guests. dining with them, and later took them to their box at the ball. The company included Rear Admiral Sidney A. Staunton, Mrs. J. W. W. Brewster of Boston and Miss Lydia Biddle. In & box were Rear Admiral and Mrs. Albert M. D. McCormick, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Robert M. Kennedy, Capt. and Mrs. Theodore Richards, and Sur- gfleon General and Mrs. Charles E. s. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Luke McNamee and Comdr. and Mrs. Theodore 8. Wil- kinso shared Glazed and New Fur Buttons thorongh Geantng of your sost Special Prices in Remodeling Expert Workmanship NEW ENGLAND FURRIERS Benjamin Sherman, Prop, Cleaned s Where Needed 5 inside and out. ‘Work called for and delivered 618 12th Street Franklin 6355 After-Christmas Sale 50 Pieces Costume Jewelry $ 3.00 Formerly $5.00 to $7.50 REAL STONE, MARCASITE RINGS of ONYX, CORNELIAN, CHRYSOPRASE and CHALCEDONY : BRACELETS: PEARL RHINESTONE and CRYSTAL NECKLACES— FOR AFTERNOON and EVENING WEAR. “w BECKERS Mail Orders Prepaid The Travel, Leather and Gift Shop 1314 F Street N.W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.; FRIDAY, guests Capt. and Mrs. Willlam Halsey o{‘nAnnApolu. Mr. and Mrs. J. Whitta Ll Rear Admiral Richard H. Jackson and Miss Elizabeth H. Jackson had in their box Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Haskell, Comdr. and Mrs. Francis Cogswell, Mr. H. R. Barbee and Miss Mary Barbee. Miss Virginia Hunt had as guests in her box Gen. and Mrs. McKinley, Miss Alys Downing, Col. and Mrs. Lacey Hall and Comdr. George Pigman. Former Ambassador to Russia Guest. ‘The air attache of the United States embassy in Paris and Mrs. Willlam D. Thomas occupied the box of the lat- ter's parents, former United States Am- bassador to Russia and Mrs. George T. Marye, with whom Comdr. and Mrs, Thomas are spending a holiday vaca- tion. * . | Capt. and Mrs, Alfred W. Johnson were hosts to a company of 40 young people at dinner before the ball, enter- taining for their debutante daughter, Miss Elvira Lindsay Johnson, who was chairman of the young ladies’ commit- tee for the ball. Miss Johnson was as- sisted on the committee by Miss Mary Inghram Henry, Miss Marjorie Talman, Miss Janet Ball, Miss Priscilla Totten, Miss Alberta Perley, Miss Isabel Lam- berton, Miss Grace Stuart, Miss Jane Hana, Miss Clara Bolling. Miss Loranda Prochnik, Miss Elsie Ekengren, Miss Laura Tuckerman, Miss Margureta Wright, Miss Mary Martha Wren, Miss Greta Swenson, Miss Esther Wallace, Miss Virginia Cheatham, Miss Frances Morse, Miss Helen Walker, Miss Mary Carolyn Henry, Miss Virginia Yellott, Miss Mary Bradley, Miss Betty Thorp, Miss Janet Murray, Miss Eunice Lee Evans, Miss Ellen Stirling, Miss Eliza- beth Kennedy, Miss Wanda Webb, Miss Josephine Tompkins, Miss Neville Gherardi, Miss Alice Kempff, Miss Hel- en Strauss, Miss Polly Larimer, Miss Martha Ellis, Miss Helen Standley, Miss Dorothy Bierer, Miss Bertha Coontz, Miss Dorothea Richards, Miss Anna Jayne, Miss Susan Kintner, Miss Louise Bruce, Miss Mary Jacobs, Miss Kath- arine Fechet and Miss Emiscah Davis. A complete list of boxholders in- cludes the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon; the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Adams, the Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy for Aeronautics and Mrs. Ingalls, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke, Admiral and Mrs. Charles F. Hughes, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Willard Brown- son, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hilary P. Jones, Rear Admiral Willlam L. Rodgers, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joseph Strauss, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Andrew Long, Rear Admiral and Mrs. George H. Rock, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Harry F. Hough, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richard H. Leigh, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Luke McNamee, Rear Admiral and Mrs. David Sellers, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ridley McLean, Rear Admiral and Mrs, T. Grayson, Rear Admiral and $3.95 Very fortunate under-priced chase. Mrs. Arthur L. Willard, Rear Admiral George C. Day, Rear Admiral Richard H. Jackson, Mrs. Eguene Hale, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood and Mrs. Henry W. Fitch, Col. ley Hunt, . and Mrs. George T. Marye, Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs. Frederic L. Chapin, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Capt. and Mrs. Chester Wells, Capb. and Mrs. Hayne Ellis, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. John Wise Morse, Comdr. and Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo, Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Warren and Comdr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Wilkinson. Commandant of War College And Mrs. Connor Future Hosts. The commandant of the Army War College, Maj. Gen. Willlam Durward Connor, and Mrs, Connor will entertain at dinner Saturday evening at the Chevy Chase Club in honor of Miss Virginia Cheatham and Miss Mary Ingraham Henry, debutantes from the Army circles in Washington this season. Gen. and Mrs. Connor will observe their afternoon at home Sunday, re- celving in their quarters at the Army War College from 4 to 6 o'clock. Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones was Lumed last evening Xg Mrs. Jones, who as been visiting in Philadelphia. The Secretary of the Rumanian legation and Mme. Popovici, who have been passing some time in the West, LEN Under ordinary conditi 1217 G St N.W. have seldom before seen! 6,500 Prs. of the newest and choicest “Hahn-Specials” now go into -our great “CLEARANCE” Wardman Park Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Oaspar Miller will entertain at dinner this evening. Commissioner Jefferson Myers of the United States Shipping Board and Mrs. Myers have as their use guest Mrs. William G. Thomas of Wrangell, Alaska. Mrs. Thomas, who is the wife of the United States commissioner of Alaska, is returning to the West Coast after a visit in Hartford, Conn. Mr. and Mrs, T. A. Scott Thropp will return to their Washington home Sat- urday, accompanied by their interesting little family, having spent Christmas and the holidays with Mrs. Thropp's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Willlam Holland Wilmer, in thelr country home at Boyce, Va. Mrs. Charles H. March, wife of the Federal Trade commissioner, will ob- serve Monday afternoons at home through January, receiving in her home, at 2101 Connecticut avenue, after 4 o'clock. Mrs. James Mapes Dodge of Phil- Made to Window Shades i . at low factory prices ESTIMATES FREE Remember our new address. McDEVI - Lenses require changing every two years abouts. Are your Glasses giving the most satisfactory results? Glad to have you consult us. The experience and research we have devoted to equipping our organi- zation enables us to offer exceptional service. See Etz and See Better” Change Your SES! ons Eyeglass and Spectacle dr there- SUCH busy selling as we’ve been doing in this great $4.75 and $5.85 “Clearance” of “Hahn Special” $6.50 shoes—our stores A larger proportion of these splendid styles now go into the $4.75 group. Choice of all wanted mate- rials—suedes—reptiles—and others. But you'll lose decidedly— by each day’s delay—so we urge you, get here, tomorrow!} At 7th St. and “Arcade” Stores Dozens of women’s smart shoe fashions $3.95 Wonderful styles—won- derful quality and value! Shoes taken from our own regular stocks—and others bought, 'way under price, from overstocked factories. Forty different styles to choose from—all new and up-to-date. All the new leathers. All sizes! PECIAL reduction “Lady Luxury” all- silk chiffon hose. Sale of chic pumps for junior women pur- Junior Women's high-grade low-heel step-ins and wide-instep strap sandals. Tan and browns— patents—novelty tips and reptile trim. Sizes 23 to 7. AAA to C. (At 7th St. and “Arcade” stores only) 7th 81.39; 3 prs., $4 “Women’s Shop” 1207 F & K 3212 14th M Exclusive Agency—“ENNA JETTICK” Shoes for Women -dalph‘h is -mo;ng cheh uvu‘nl' m—l portant persons from the society of other elup ‘who have taken bunly for the Bal Boheme of the Washington Arts Club at the Willard Hotel the night of January 27. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lioyd Aspinwall will be at home tomorrow afternoon at i | JANUARY 3, 1930. have returned to their apartment at the I ) 'SOCIETY. uary. Miss Sarah Wendell Clark, who has been spending the holidays with her parents, will receive with them to= morrow afternoon, and will return Sun- day to her studies at La Salle Academy. The assistant naval attache to the United States Embassy in Paris and (Continued on Page B-3.) their home, 1314 Eighteenth street, and the following Saturdays in January. Miss Jean Peeples, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Howell Peeples, has recovered from a recent illness. 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Tomorrow our regular prices—acknowledged the lowest in Washington— will be cut $25 to $100—mak- ing it possible for you to buy coats the like of which you have never seen before. 38 Formerly $55 to $69.75 Formerly $65 to $79.75 Formerly $75 to $89.75 Formerly $85 to $99.75 Formerly $95 to $125