Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1930, Page 17

SOCIETY (Continued From Second Page.) gown of leaf brown lace. They each wore a shoulder bouquet of sweetheart roses and sweetpeas. Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Bergh started for a wedding trip, the bride traveling in a tailored suit of rust-rose color basket-weave material and A straw and grosgrain ribbon hat of the same shade. They will be at home on_their return at 5424 Nevada avenue, Chevy Chase, D. C. Among_the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Collins of Oteen, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Randall and Miss Arline Beck Medina, Ohio. , Mrs. Samuel E. Foreman has returned to Washington after an extended stay South, and is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Col. E. C. Plummer and Mrs. Plummer. at the Burlington Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Snoddy enter- tained at dinner in their home on Thirteenth street last evening in com~ pliment to Miss Fannie May Huff. ‘Mrs. Rex Cole of New York is at the | ‘Willard to remain over Sunday. = Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Carman of New York, who passed some time at_ the Wardeian Park Hotel last season, have | returned to Washington for a few days’ visit and are again at the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moy of Chicago have arrived at the Carlton, accom- panied by their daughter, where they will remain for several days. Mrs. Josephine M. Conover of Ger- mantown, Pa., is spending several days at the Willard. Mask and Wig Club Will Come to Washington Friday. Distinguished senatorial leaders from Capitol Hill will be among those present at the Washington performance of the forty-second annual show of the Mask and Wig Club from the University of Pennsylvania when the 1930 musical travesty, “John Faust, Ph. D.” will be giver Friday night in the Belasco Theater. Senator and Mrs. Oddie, Senator Fess. Senator Grundy, Senator Hastings of Delaware and Senator Shortridge will be guests of Mr. Warren F. Martin, a former Mask and Wig man, who always entertains a big theater party here for the Spring advent of the Mask and Wig Club. Mr. Martin will also have in his party Friday night Repre- sentative Ruth Bryan Owen, Miss Laurd Harlan, Mrs. George W. Wickersham. Admiral and Mrs. Chase, Admiral Hutch- inson Cone, Col. J. Hodgins of the British army and Mrs. Hodgins, Col. Gilmore, Maj. and Mrs. Charles F. Wil- son, Maj. Wirt Howe and Mr. and Mrs. | Frederick de Courcy Faust. ‘The number of reservations for this season’s show is unprecedented and the | most brilliant audience in the history | of the club will attend the performance in the Belasco Friday night. Mrs. Harold Pellegrin entertained the committee in charge of arrangements for the benefit card party to be given by the Wesley Heights Parent-Teacher Association at the Wesley Heights Club ‘Tuesday evening, April 29, at 8:30 o'clock. The members present were | Mrs. Horace Albright, Mrs. Carl W. Mitman, Mrs. Wesley M. Gewehr, Mrs. Charles R. Stark and Mrs. Arthur B. Farnham. Mr. Joseph H. Himes, chairman for the Easter Monday bal masque of the Congressional Country Club, entertained at dinner at the club last evening for the chairmen of the various commit- tees for this brilliant masquerade ball that ushers in the post-Lenten season. It was planned to have this bal masque inaugurate an annual series of such picturesque festivals for the club. Mr. John C. Koons, president of the Congressional Country Club, was among the guests. The committee chairmen present were Mr. James F. Nolan, vice chairman for the bal masque; Mr. ‘William E. Leahy, Mr. Mark Lansburgh, Mr. Harry S. Duylin, Mr. Charles P. McGinley, Mr. Lewis Turner, jr, and Mr. A. J. Wilkins. Mrs. Richard Henry Lynn, chairman for the Junior Bachelors’ ball Easter Monday night, announces that the invi- tations that were sent out for the ball at the Willard for Monday, April 21, can- not be used for admission cards. Mem- bers are expected to obtain their cards of admission from Mrs. Lynn, as there will be no tickets sold at the door, Members must also secure their guests’ tickets from Mrs. Lynn before the night of the ball. SPRING FASHIONS AT BROOKS Most Moderately Priced! @ Every one knows the smartness of black, the smartness of flat furs like galyak and kid- skin, and the chic of the cape. together and you get triplicate smartness. The coat sketched is of black Cresella cloth, with cape and collar of black kidskin. $39.75. M. Brooks Co.—Second Floor—Coats M.Brooks-Co WEEN | oG- STREET MISS HELEN DOUGLAS ROBINSON, Daughter of the former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, guest of Mrs. Richard Porter Davidson. Miss Robinson recently to Mr. John A. Hinckley will take place THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. ‘The officers, delegates, alternates and iting members of the National lfiu‘%e the to 25, will be received by the President and Mrs, Hoqver Wednesday afternoon, April 23, at 4:30 o'clock, in the White House, Mrs. Theodore Tiller is chairman of the social committee of the National League, and other outstanding social events of the convention will be the re- ception and tea to be given to the Pen Women Thursday afternoon, April 24, at 4:30 o'clock, by Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and hostess for Vice President Curtis, in her ®partment ut the Mayflower Hotel, and a reception and tea at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 25, by Mrs, James J. Davis, wife of the Secretary of Labor, in her home at 3012 Massachusetts avenue. Special guests of honor on this occasion will be the delegates and visiting Pen Women from Pennsylvania. Admission to these events will be by card only. The convention sessions will be held at the Willard Hotel. Professional and Business Women Dining at Y. W. C. A, Tonight. Mrs. Anne Tillery Renshaw is to be the chief speaker tonight at the final Business and Professional Women's din- ner of the season, to be held in Barker Hall of the Young Women's Christian Association at 6:30 o'clock, with Miss Eleanor Eckhardt, president of the Quota Club of the District of Columbia, as chairman of the occasion. Mrs. Renshaw’s subject, “What Price Success?” is unusually attractive to all business and profesional women, and her well known ability as a speaker has at- tracted a large number of guests for the dinner tonight. Miss Minna Nieman, one of Wash- ington’s exceptionally gifted planists, a popular member of the Arts Club, Friday Morning Music Club and other art or- ganizations here, will play the musical program tonight. ‘The season just past has been the most successful in the history of the business and professional women's groups at the Young Women's Christian Asso- clation, due in Very large measure to the interest and assistance of the advisory committee of the department, which in- cludes Dr. Elizabeth Kittredge, Maj. Julia_Stimson, Miss Mary Jane Win- free, Miss Jessie La Salle, Mrs. Sallie V. H. Pickett, Miss Edna E. Pyle and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt. Senator Arthur Capper and Mr. Nor- man Baxter, president of the National Press Club, will be the guest speakers at a dinner given by the business and pro- fessional section of the Women's City refurned from Europe and her marriage - Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Burgess of Mont- clair, N. J., are passing some time at the Carlton. Miss Martha Van Rensselaer of Ithaca. Nfle" is at the Dodge Hotel for a brief} visit. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Hills have | been joined at the Wardman Park Hotel by their daughter, Miss Mary G. Hills, and Miss Sourette Diehl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Diehl of Houston, Tex., who have come from Boston to spend a fortnight. Mrs. Frederick Allen of Pelham Manor, N. Y., is at the Carlton for a few days, accompanied by her daughter. Mrs. Stanley Lyman Otis of New York | is at the Willard, having come to Wash- | ington for the annual meeting of the | Society of Founders and Patriots con- vening at the hotel. She will remain for the annual meeting of the Daughters of American Colonis! Mr. and Mrs. Lake, N. J., are p the Cariton. Mrs. William P. Mason and Mrs. Mar- garet Gibson of New York have come to ‘Washington for a visit of two week: d DR'APERIES Made to Order ‘We specialize in designing and making draperies to harmonize with the interior | of your home. 1202 G St. N.W. 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