Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1930, Page 47

e SO CIETY. * | Fort Humphreys Social Calendar Featured | By Military Wed&mgi Mies Atkinson of Chester-| town, Md., Becomes Bride of Cnpt. Leiber—Charm- ing Festivities in Week's Record. ’ | | FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, March 1. —An _interesting military wedding was held this afteroon at 4 p.m. at Chester- town, Md., when Miss Isabel Atkinson, daughter of Mrs. Cecil Reilly Atkinson, became the bride of Capt. Albert Cari Leiber, jr. of Fort Humphreys. Miss Margaret Atkinson of New York, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. ‘The best man was Capt. Leiber’s broth- er, Mr. C. H. Leiber of Detroit. The bridesmaids were Miss Mary Louise Maslin _of Baltimore, Miss Virginia Jones of Chestertown and Capt. Leiber’s sister, Miss Ruth Mathilda Leiber of Boston. The ushers were Capt. Leonard B. Gallagher of Washington, Mr. George Atkinson Braga of Alpine, N. C. and the following officers from Fort Hum- phreys: Lieut. Miles Reber, Lieut Charles E. Saltzman and Lieut. E. R. Heiberg. The bride was given in marriage by ber brother, Mr. Robert Emory Atkin- son of New York. At the conclusion of the wedding ceremony the bride and groom passed under the arched sabers of the ushers. A dance and reception was held after the ceremony at the Piney Grove farm. Capt. and Mrs. Leiber will be at home at Fort Hum- phreys after April 1 ‘The group of officers and ladies of Fort Humphreys who motored to Ches- tertown for the wedding included Maj and Mrs. R. T. Colner, Capt. and_Mrs. M. W. Marston, Lieut. and Mrs. B. C. Snow, Lieut. and Mrs. C. R. Bathurst. Lieut. Henry M. Underwood and Mrs. G. Rumaggi were hosts at a meeting of the post Bridge Club at Harris Hall Priday night. Col. and Mrs. E. H Schulz entertained at dinner before the bridge play. Their guests were Col. and Mrs. Russell C. Langdon of East Or- ange, N. J.: Lieut. and Mrs. E. S. Moale | of the United States Coast Guard of Baltimore, Lieut. and Mrs. C. B. Bath- urst, Capt. and Mrs. Harley Latsono, Capt. and Mrs. M. W. Marston, Mrs. G. Rumaggi and Lieut. L. J. Rumaggi. Lieut. and Mrs. D. P. Booth had as their dinner guests Friday evening, pre- | ceding the bridge. Col. and Mrs. Alfred J. Booth of Washington, Maj. and Mrs. | R. T. Coiner, Maj. and Mrs. L. E. Oliver, Maj. and Mrs. C. C. Gee, Capt. and Mrs. C. B. Cox, Lieut. and Mrs. H. B. | Loper, Lieut. and Mrs. J. R. Hardin, Lieut. and Mrs. B. C. Snow and Lieut. and Mrs. D. A. Watt. Col. and Mrs. Finch Hosts To Col. and Mrs. St. Gaudens. Col. and Mrs. H. A. Finch have as their guests Col. and Mrs. Homer St. Gaudens of Pittsburgh, Pa. Col. St. Gaudens is director of fine arts at Car- , megie Tech. He is preparing a course of instruction in camouflage for the student officers of the Engineer School. | Col. and Mrs. Finch gave a tea Wed- nesday afternoon for the faculty and | students of the Engineer School to meet | Col. and Mrs. St. Gaudens. Mrs. R. T.! Cofs F. R. Lyons, Mrs. H. | . McD. Shearer as- St. Gaudens and Col. | . H. A. Pinch were the dinner | guests Tuesday of Col. and Mrs. E. H. Schulz. Col. and Mrs. H. Schulz were at | home Sunday afternoon to their friends | in Washington and to the officers and | ladies of the post. Assisting at the tea ‘were Mrs. D. McD. Shearer, Mrs. C. B. Cox, Mrs. W. N. Thomas, jr.; Mrs. A. H. Burton, Mrs. K. R. Barney. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. E. Horn of Wash- inton were the dinner guests of Capt. and Mrs, F. H. Kohloss on Tuesday. | Lieut. and Mrs. J. S. Nesbit of Fort Hoyle, Md., were the week end guests of | Mrs. A. H. McDonough. Mrs. Sam Lockwood and Mrs. D. McD. Shearer attended the luncheon given by the Irving Wells Chapter, D. A. R., al the Crocker House, Alexandria, on ‘Washington's birthday. i ‘Women's Club Has Tea After Business Session. ‘The meeting of the Fort Humphreys JUNIOR LEAGUE CHAIRMAN MRS. HARRY L. RUST, JR, Chairman of arts and interest committee of the Junior League, sponsoring a series of lectures with Dr. J. Allen Hicks talking on “Discipline of the Young Child,” at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Willard, —Bachrach Photo. | of the birth of a son, Leland Berrel | [Jp; QWL H jr. to Lieut. and Mrs. Leland Berrei | -T1vVersity VVomen Ilonor Kuhre of Juneau, Alaska. on January | Prominent Visitors in City 15. Lieut. and Mrs. Kuhre were re- cently stationed at Fort Humphreys. ‘ ‘The American Association of Univer- sity Women has arranged for a spe- Lieut. and Mrs. D. A. Watt have as their guest Miss Ruth Dilley of Louis- ville, Ky. Capt. and Mrs. C. B. Cox entertained the Monday Night Bridge Club. Mrs. R. T. Coiner was the luncheon guest Thursday of Mrs, R. C. Crawford of Belle Haven, Va Mrs. E. M. Markham and Miss Grace Markham of Cleveland, Ohio, are the guests of Lieut. and Mrs. E. M. Mark- ham, jr. Lieut. and Mrs. A. T1. Burton are en- tertaining at a-tea Sunday from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. E. H. Schulz and Mrs. H. A. Finch will pour and in the re- ceiving line will be Mrs. Burton and her mother, Mrs. J. F. Duhamel, Mrs. A. H. McDonough and Mrs. F. R. Lyons, Miss Charlotte Grey and Miss Doro- thy Carter were the week end guests of Mrs. Nell Clement in Washington. ‘The Misses Nancy Hardin, Frances Hastings, Katherine Hastings, Monita Shearer, Doll Ree Baish and Sheila Baish, pupils of Miss Jane Elsie Has ings, gave a piano recital Thursday at the post school, which was attended by a group of parents and friends. Bridge >Lum:]'|=on L;otea At Woman's Country Club | The National Woman's Country Club will have & bridge luncheon on Tues- day as the first function in the Spring schedule of this new club. There will be another one on March 18. A dinner dance will be given next Satur- day .night, the dinner to be served from 8 to 10 o'clock, and dancing to be from 10 to 2 o'clock, which will attract also many other dinner parties in and around the city. Mrs. George Randol has out in- vitations for a lunc at the club ‘Tuesday. | cially interesting function this week in | the tea at the club house, 1634 I street, | tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock, in honor of [sir Archibal Flower and Lady Flower. Sir Archibald, who is in Washington for the opening performance of the Straf ford-on-Avon Festival Co., will speak in | the interest of the Shakespeare Memo- | tial Theater as chairman of the board of governors. Miss Ruth Kentzler is hostess and will be assisted by other | members of the hospitality committee, | Mrs. C. M. Jansky and Mrs. F. F. Es. | penschied. Miss Isabelle Stone and |Miss Anna D. Halberg will serve tea. | The members of the board of directors | will receive with the honor guests. | Texas Society to Observe | State's Independcnce Day | The George Washington University | Glee Club will give a short but inter: esting program at the meeting of the Texas State Society which is to be held Tuesday evening, March 4, at 8:30 p.m. at the City Club, 1320 G street north. | west. {,, The meeting is in commemoration of the declaring of independence of Texas from Mexico March 2, 1836. The a niversary falling on Sunday, it was d Pen Women's Cloaing Celebrity Breakfast : Noteworthy Event Miss Ethel Barrymore, Stage Star, and British Visitors Among the Prominent Guests at Festive Board. Bringing its celebrity breakfast series to a close Friday with a brilliant cre- scendo finish, the National League of American Pen Women delighted the large atidience assembled in the ball Toom of the Willard Hotel with a pre- | gram which for interest and variety | has not been exceeded this season. Miss Ethel Barrymore, America’s re- nowred star of the stage, was the cen- | ter of attraction and received an ovation ! when she was introduced and also at the conclusion of her reading of the! She _respond: ed with a brief verse of humorou: | The beauty of her voice was ‘npmrem as ever and her faultless diction was a delight. | Sir Archibald Flower, Provost William | | Atlen “Wilbur of George_ Washington | | University, former Gov. Nellie Tayloe | Ross, Rear Admiral Robert Edward Coontz, Dr. Mary Atkeson, first vice president of the National League of | American Pen Women, and Mrs. Am- . Diehl of Pittsburgh, corre. sponding secretary of the league and chairman of motion speakers for the | General Federation of Women's Clubs, | completed the roster of speakers. Oth- | er guests at the head table were Lady | Flower, Mrs. William Allen Wilbur, | ‘Miss Evadne Flower and Mr. Lorenzo | | W. Martin. | | Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, national | president, presided, and in a witty play | upon the phrases used in court phrase ology greeted the audience ana the: | turned the program over to “Judge Nina Swalm Reed, to bring the speak- | ers before the bar of public opinion and pronounce judgment. | _Pes guests of Mrs. Clarence M. Busch were Mrs. William Wheatley, Mrs. A. Topliffe, Mrs. Frank Baccn, Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs. A. C. Cron, wife of Lieut. Col. Cron; Mrs. George Baker, Mrs, Fred Kline Smith, Mrs. Helen Hagner, a Miss Eleanor Shutt and Mr. Frank Kelly. Mrs. John W. Bennett and Miss Patricia Poe Ben- nett had with them Mrs. John Irwin O'Brien, Mrs. Vincenzo di Girolamo, Mrs. Peter John McGovern, Mrs, Sam- uel Burleigh Milton and Mrs. Daisy | Fronheiser. i Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, president of | the District branch of the league; Mrs. | Charles W. Allen, Mrs. G. G. White, Mrs. Lily R. Hunt, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, Mrs. Virginia King Frye, Mrs. | Edith Kingman Kern, Miss Elizabeth Mallott Barnes, Mrs. Sade Catharine | Coles, Mrs. William H. Moses, Mrs_ Eu- gene E. Peters, Mrs. Lillilam N. John, Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, Miss Fanny Wolf- son and Mrs. W. 8. Ruckman were | |among the many prominent Pen Women | present. Among others who attended were Mrs. Gerald P. Nye, wife of Senator Nye |of North Dakota, who had with her Mrs. M. N. Cecil of Wheeling, W. Va.; Mrs. John McCoach and Mrs. J. A, Se hon, both of Huntington, W. Va.; Mr: Herbert J. Drane, wife of Representat Drane of Florida, and her guests from the congressional set, Mrs, | Byrns, Mrs. Henry E. | Clarence F. Lea, Mrs. Ear] and Mrs. Ulysses S. Guyer, also Mrs. | | Luther E. Gregory, wife of Rear Admiral | Gregory, retired; Mrs. James H. Mc- | Lafferty, Mrs. Anderson Walters and Miss Helen Wright. cided to hold the celebration on March | tor Schall of Minnesota, was there a: 4, as that is midway between the date | the guest of Mrs. J. Irvine Steele, Mrs. | | of the declaration of independence and |Milton C. Garber, wife of Representative | | the date that marks the fall of the |Garber of California, and Mrs. William | Alamo, when a small band of 144 brave | E. Culbertson, wife of the United States Texans held at bay between 2,500 and | Ambassador to Chile, were guests of 3,000 Mexicans until they were finally | Mrs. Jennie B. Summers, who also en- overpowered after having killed hun- |tertained Mrs. Burks Summers of Phila- dreds of the Mexicans. 'delphia and Mrs. McLean Gander of 1 Mrs. James Griswold Wentz enter- tained a company at luncheon at the Maryland Engagement MISS AGNES R. DULEY, Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Duley of Croome Station, Md., an- mnounce her engagement to Mr. William Francis Wyvill of Upper Marlboro, the marriage to take place in the near uture —Naiman’s Photo. New York. Mrs. William E. Brock, wife of Senator Brock of Tennessee and the latter’s sister, Miss Minnle Brock, were in Miss Alice Driggs’ party. Mrs. Henry T. Allen, wife of Maj. | Gen, Allen, had at her table Mrs. Wil- bur W. Hubbard, Mrs. Frazier Head, Mrs. E. St. John Greble, Mrs. Ollie James, Miss Bertha Norse, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman and Mrs. Alice Wakem. With Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews was her guest, Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, also Mrs. Willlam Codman Sturgis, Mrs. Nye's party, and Mr. and Mrs, John ‘Walker Holcombe. Mrs. J. W. Poole, wife of- the con- troller of the currency; Mrs, Wilbur R. Turner, wife of Judge Turner; Mrs. Archibald L.. Parsons, Admiral Parsons, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks; Mrs. Philip Lau- | man, wife of Comdr. Lauman; Mrs. PFrank E. Cunningham, who entertained a company of 10 in honor of Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, wife of Dean Hodgkins of George Washington Uni- versity; Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, wife of Dean Doyle of George Washington University, who was the guest of Mrs. Danijel C. Chace: Mrs. Elizabeth Bur- gess Hughes Collister, sponsor for the table of the national board, who enter- tained a party that included Mrs. Robert Love Taylor, widow of Gov. Tay- lor of Tennessee; Mrs, Cabot Stevens, Mrs. Boyd Carpenter, Mrs. Theodore Tiller and Miss Mathilde Eiker were in attendance. - Miss Joan Norton, who is 22 and part owner of several Australian newspapers, land, at a London register office. wife of Rear | | | | | | | | | | was married recently to Ben Shashoua, | K. E. Dunkhorst, Miss E. J. Griffin, Mrs. a cotton merchant of Manchester, Eng- | Perley, Mrs. Clyde Wendleken and Mrs. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 2, 1930—PART THRER. Bay State Society Meeting ‘The fifth meeting of the Massachu- setts Society of Washin for the present season will be held Friday eve- ning, March 21, in the gold room of the Wardman Park Hotel. Dancing will | begin promptly at 9 o'clock and continue until 1 o’clock a. ccompanied by one-| of the leading orchestras in the city. ‘The new president, Mr. Sanford Bates, has issued a call for a joint committee | meeting to be held this week for the | purpose of devising ways and means of caring for the large attendance antici- ted, based on the numerous requests for tickets from the members, and by unanimous vote of the committee t same orchestra has been engaged. The entertainment committee is arranging ‘X‘"mm and the names of the artists wi SOCIETY. Interesting Bride I be announced later. | It is the aim of the officers and com- | mittees to make this affair as big so- cially as the much talked of entertain- ment and dance held February 18 in| honor of the new president, Mr. Bates, | and the Washington Alumni of the| Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The dancing will be in charge of Mr. Lewis W. Hart, Mr- Robert H. Kempton | and Mr. John H. Springer, and the music, Mr. Frank E. Hickey and Mr. | Charles F. Sharkey. The officers of ‘the soclety are Mr. Sanford Bates, president; Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty, Mr. Charles A. Bowm: and Mr. Prank E. Hickey, vice pret dents; Mr. George A- Hi , Mr. William T. Simpson, treasurer; Mr. Charles E. Sharkey, Dr. Willam I Ogus and Miss Eleanor Carlton, execu- tive committee: Representative Fred-| erick H. Dallinger, Representative | Charles L. Gifford, Mrs. John A. Cham- | berlain, Miss Martha H. Gould, Mrs. Robert H. Kempton, Mrs. Patrick J. Murray and Mr. Albert Michaud, trus- tees. Application blanks for new members and guest tickets may be secured from | the secretary, Mr. George A. Hernan, | 1345 Girard street northwest. Tennesseeans to Honor Army and Navy Officers| Patrons and patronesses for the re- ception and dance to be given by the Tennessee Society in honor of Army and Navy officers from Tennessee. at the Willard, March 15, include Sen- ator and Mrs. Brock, Representative ind Mrs. Browning, Representative Jere Cooper, Mrs. Edward E. Eslick and Col. Wade H. Cooper. Mr. Callam, master of ceremonies at the Fox, will sing for the Tennesseeans. Mr. Bob Barker is president of the soclety. Woman's Alliance Sponsors Benefit Bridge and Tea A benefit tea bridge, under the auspices of the Woman's Alliance, Lay- men’s League, Lend a Hand Soclety and L’Allegro Club will be given Fri afternoon and evening, March 7. Mrs. Frank Steele is chairman of the bridge committee, assisted by Mrs. Proctor Dougherty, Mrs. Truman Abbe, Mr. and Mrs. John Hyde, Dr. Percival Hal bridge and will have assisting her, Mrs. J. M. Doran, Mrs. H. L. Darling, Miss outy. MRS. J. 0. WATSON, Formerly Miss Virginia E. Gay, her marriage taking place February 1. —Clinedinst Photo. Mr.and Mrs. Williams Mark Their Silver Wedding Day Mr. and Mrs. Stephens R. Williams, formerly of Washington, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary Satur- day, February 22, at their home near Wallace, N. C. Miss Ethel Johnson of Philadelphia, who was flower girl for her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liams, was a guest, and en route from Wallace to Philadelphia she visited relatives in Washingtos 7 Kenwood Club Scene Of Charming Social Fete Mr. and Mrs. Emory I Ireland, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Lee Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Evans and Mr. d Mrs. Dallas H. Watson entertained a number of friends in the Geological Survey at a dinner and bridge Tuesday evening at the Kenwood Club. The tables were beautiful with Spring flowers, roses and ferns. ‘The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. H. A, Bean, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Blackburn, Col. and Mrs. C. H. Birdseye, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Borden, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chenault, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. . Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Dickey, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad A. Ecklund, Mr. and Mrs. | C. R. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Floore, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Fowler, Miss Helen PFrye, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graff, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hain, Mr. and | Mrs, Edward B. Hill, Mr, and Mrs. H. | H. Hodgeson, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt L. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde B. Ken- dall, Mr. and Mrs, James B. Leavitt, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. McCammon, Miss Madeline Mc- Grath, Mr. R. R. Mondeck, Mr. and Hersey Mr. and Mrs. d Mrs. A. J. Ogle, Mr. S. T. Penick, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pike, Mr.-and Mrs. J. M. 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