Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1930, Page 19

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SOCIETY| and Ponca City will present an animated appearance, perhaps the most colorful | since the great run was made in 1889, ! after the Indian Territory had been in art opened for homesteaders. ~Mr 'homas Francis Bowler of Oklahoma, father of Mrs. Hull, who before her | marriage was Miss Norma Bowler, will be among the pioneer citizens who par- ! ticipated in this memorable day in Oklahoma’s history. Mrs. Hull will visit | her father's home and expects to e turn to Washington April 30. Mme. Josephine C. de Lagnel will give & musicale at 8:30 o'clock Thursday | evening at her home, in the Mendota | Apartments, in honor of Dr. Gertrude Richardson Brigham, founder of the Art Promoters’ Club. An invitation is extended to Miss Brigham'’s friends and | the members of the club. No cards| have been issued. Mrs. Robinson Downey will entertain ‘Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Willard Hotel in honor of Mrs. Percy Quin, national president of the Children of the American Revolution. ‘The board of vice presidents of the or- ganization will be special guests. Miss Martha Andrews, flower page at the D. A. R. ongress, and Miss Jane | Virginia Andrews, delegate to the C. A.l R. Congress, both granddaughters of | Mrs. A. B. Andrews, for many years re- | gent of Mount Vernon for North Caro- | Iina, and daughter of Col. and Mrs. W. | J. Andrews of Raleigh, have constantly been entertained since coming to Wash- | ington. Mrs. E. W. Pou, wife of Repre- | sentative Pou of North Carolina, was | their hostess; Miss Jessica Randolph | IN BENEFIT HORSE Smith entertained them at tea at the | & Club of Colonial Dames and Miss Annie Leo Graham also entertained for them. Sunday the Misses Andrews were en- tertained at dinner at Carvel Hall, An- napolis, with Midshipmen J. H. B. Young, W. R. Cox and William Marks. The Countess Karl Larich of New | f: ‘York, who accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Stirling Birmingham to the Harford | hunt races in Maryland, returned with { them last night to New York. The: were guests at tea yesterday in the palm | court of the Mayflower. The countess is the niece by marriage of the late Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Shelton will be joined today at the Wardman Park Hotel by their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Paul Weston, who will pass several days here on their way from Miami to New York, where they will make their home. y Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Milligan, cousins of Mrs. Shelton, have been passing 8 few days at the hotel with Mr. and Mrs. Shelton on their way by motor from New York to their home in Green- ville, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Moncill are at their new home, at 4543 Klingle street northwest, to which they moved from Potomac Heights. Mr. Moncill is connected with the Internal Revenue. ‘Mrs. Charles McGuiggan entertained at her home yesterday at a surprise bridge shower and supper in_honor of Miss Jeanne Gravatte of the Chastleton Apartments, who is marrying Lieut. Le | Page Cronmiller of the United States Marine Corps April 29. The guests besides Miss Gravatte were Miss Vir- ginia_Jackson, Miss Dorothy Collins, Miss Peggy Woods, Mrs. Nellye Gravatte, Mrs. Wilder Kintz, Mrs. Elmer Kintz, Mrs. Dallas Wainwright, Miss Margaret Hsrrison, Mrs. Colin Campbell, Mrs. Layton McGhie, Miss Evelyn Broun and Mrs. Albert Moore, who is the daughter of Mrs. McGuiggan. Mrs. H. M. Bates entertained at din- ner in the palm room of the Willard last evening, covers being lald for eight guests. ‘The advisory council of the Ameri- ean Legion Auxiliary of the District of Columbia gave a luncheon yesterday at the Hay-Adams House, Sixteenth and H streets northwest, in honor of Mrs. Donal McRae of Council Bluffs, Jows, national president of the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary, who is in Wash- ington attending the D. A. R. Congress. ‘The table centerpieces were of jon- quils and lavender sweet peas. Be- tween courses Mrs. Amos A. Pries, chairman of the advisory council, in- troduced Mrs. McRae, who spoke on the | work being accomplished by the various auxiliaries throughout the oountry. Mrs. Pries then introduced the presi- dents of the following local American | Legion Auxiliary units: Mrs. George Eckels, Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, Mrs. Franklin Nash, Mrs. C. Louise Fisk, and the following Gold Star Mothers: Mrs. Mary C. Costello, Mrs. John ler, Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, Mrs. ira Sonneman, Mrs. George Seibold ' and Mrs. Clara Doocy. | Mrs. McRae was presented with a shoulder bouquet of rose buds and a handsome handmade pocketbook, the work of one of the disabled veterans in Walter Reed Hospital. Maj. Julius 1. Peyser, vice president of the F. I. D. A. C. presented Mrs. McRae with a shoulder bouquet of orchids. Mrs. Ro- berta Fawcette was chairman of the luncheon. | Among those present at the luncheon were Mrs. Rice W. Means, Mrs. Amy Hammond, Miss Mildred Nash, Mrs. Leon Armold, Mrs. Ada V. Murray, Mrs. E. Bach, Miss Fisher of Iowa, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Reta Callahan, Mrs. Dickson, Mrs. Thuney, Mrs. Ethel Wilt, Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, Miss Mary Wid- meyer, Miss Irene Keys, Miss Gilbert Cone, Mrs. Ethel Fowler, Mrs. Preston, Miss Edith O'Connor, Mrs. Amos A. Pries, Mrs. C. Louise Pisk, Mrs. George Eckels, Mrs. Mary K. Killean, Mrs. Franklin Nash, Mrs. George Seibold, Mrs. Mary C. Costello, Mrs. Clara Son- neman, Mrs. Clara Doocy and Mrs. John Spengler. A large delegation from Baltimore will sttend the authors’ breakfast of the National League of American Pen Women at the Willard Hotel Easter Monday, led by the president of the branch, Mrs. Blanche Smith Ferguson, ‘who will be seated at the speaker’s table. The remainder of the delegatic ocoupy two tables known as the more tables,” the list of those having made reservations including Mrs. Elea- nor E. Carroll, Miss Janet H. Ross, Mrs. Grace S. Parks, Miss M. Theresa Dal- lam, Mrs. Geneva Ziegfeld, Mrs. Erma Helena Davis, Miss Mary Stuart Bell,! Mrs. Eleanor W. Hemsley, Mrs. Harvey Jobs Bbberte Sboe Co., Makeme MISS GERTRU Daughter of the Secretary of Commerc THZ EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SHOW DE LAMONT, e and Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, with her favorite mount, which she entered for the Wardman Park Saddle Club show May 3, given for the benefit of Women's Legion. the Shaumont Post of the American —Harris-Ewing Photo. K. Fleck, Miss Anne S. Robinson, Mrs. | Lillian Edgar Gaddess, Miss Louise Mal- | loy, Mrs. Rita Gans Solmson, Mrs. Edna | F. Ruse, Mrs. Edith B. Beck and several guests. Mrs. E. Hathaway Turnbull. president | of the Connecticut branch; Mrs. Con- | stance Towne, first vice president: Miss | Margaret Fitzgerald, secretary: Mrs. Eva Thomas _ Nettleton, Waite, Mrs. A. A. Watson, Mrs. Con- verse Tyler, all of the Connecticut branch of the Pen Women, and Mrs. Ross, guest of Mrs. Tyler, will attend the breakfast. Mrs. Turnbull will be at the speakers' table. Other Pen Women guests from out of town will be Mrs. A Stevens of Mrs. Emma N. Kalkas F AT TENTH ST. Distinctive Apparel EASTER .. We've copied Paris’ most successful New Coats, and priced them special at . .. Moderately Priced C O A T S New Chiffon Frocks Smart flowery chiffons . . . new pastel «hiffons. cluded pastel crepes. 3-piece ensembles and covert suits. All styles and sizes. Also in- and printed *1 the Newport, R. I, branch; Mrs. R. T. Skiles of Texas, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Robb of Philadelphia, Mrs. Clara Keck Hefle- bower, president of the Cincinnati, Ohio, branch, who will be accompanied by delegations from that city and from Cleveland; Mrs. Edward T. Smith of St. Louls, Mo.; Mrs. Kate Speake Pen- "'K of Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. Kath- e Hopkins Chapman of Selma, Ala ; Mrs, May F. Hoisington of New York, Mrs. Lucy Seward Noble of New York and many others from various sections of the United States. Mrs. Miles Cooper, wife of the Gov- ernor of Ohlo, is a guest at the Wil- lard, having come on from her home in Columbus for the congress of the D. A. R. Her daughter, Mrs. Miles Judy, of Cincinnati, is here with her anG is a personal page to the presi- ldz:'r‘tt general, Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Ho- King—Colket Engagement Announced From Warrenton. At a dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Burrus King at the Warrenton Hunt Club, Warrenton, Va., Saturday evening, the engagement was announced | of their daughter, Mary Forbes, to Mr. Harrison Caner Colket of Philadelphia. Miss King, who entered society last year, is the daughter of the headmaster of Stuyvesant School, Warrenton. She is a granddaughter of the late Murray | | Forbes of Warrenton, and granddaugh- | | ter of the late Capt. James North of | | Savannah, who was the Confederate | | commissioner to England for the pur-l | chase of ships and munitions of war. | As a young officer in the United States Navv he also assisted in the laying of the first Atlantic cable. Through her father she is connected with the Neil- son, Pish and Stuyvesant familes of New York. Mr. Colket is a son of the late Tirs- tram C. Colket of Philadelphia, and is treasurer of the North American Smelt- of the moment and comfort. that only years of knowing how could produce. But the comfort is concealed— only smartness is revealed. ing Co. of that city. He is a graduate of Stuyvesant School and of the Uni- versity of Virginia. Guests at the dinner numbered about 40 intimate friends of both families. The rooms and tables were decorated with Spring flowers, and dancing fol- lowed. Among the out-of-town guests were Miss Eleanor Colket, Lippencott Colket, Richard Buccholtz and Louls Bodman of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton of Pittsbus Mi Jane Love, Miss Sally Harris, Robert Reuphclstering Refinishing Ask About Our Easy Monthly Payment Plan Wl ((rcd M S-Piece Parlor Suites’ Antiques 3.Piece Overstuffed Suites For Men and Women 603 Thirteenth Street Long Coats contrasting colors. color. 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