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—_ Kappa Beta Pis Plan For National Home In the Capital Cfty Chapter to Raise Fund for Permanent Headquarters. Sororities Outline progrnm of Spring Social Festivi- ties. Miss Olive Beatty, chairman of the program committee of the Eta Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Pi Legal Sorority, and her committee, composed of representa- tives of the three local chapters, are planning a series of benefit card parties and theater parties in order to raise funds for the establishment of a na- tional headquarters in Washington for this international sorority. A card party to be held May 2 at the Women's City Club will be the first event toward the accomplishment of this undertaking. An added attraction at this affair will be a booth for the sale of home-made candy. Reservations for this bridge afternoon are being made and among those who have already subscribed are Mrs. Grace Riley, dean of the Washington College of Law; Miss Adele Stewart, Miss Eliza- beth Reed, Mrs. Clare Willison, Mrs. Marie F. Maddox, Miss Ruth Tech, Miss Beatrice Clephane, Miss Olive Geiger, Mrs. Gertrude Lyddane Pierce, Miss Catherine Regan, Miss Mildred Reeves, Mrs. Pearl B. Klein, Miss Grace Whe- lan, Miss Olive Beatty, Miss Marie Saunders, Miss Julia Banks, Miss Anna Boyle, Miss Katherine Pike, Miss Edith Cooper, Miss Etta Taggart, Mrs. Doro- thy Dunn, Mrs. Edwina Avery and Mrs. Bertha Lane. The members of the committee in charge are Mrs. Marie Maddox, Miss Ruth Tech, Mrs. Bertha Lane, Miss Lucy Brown, Mrs. Lida K. Cole, Miss | Mildred Rackner and Miss Hughes. Alpha Chapter of Theta Chi Sigma Sorority celebrated the seventh anni- versary of its installation Tuesday night with a banquet at the Carlton Hotel Miss Madeline Krogmann, president of the chapter, made a short address, re- viewing the activities of the sorority since it has been in existence and cit- ing its rapid progress. Others attend- ing were Miss Helen McGivern, vice president; Miss Kathleen Dorr, secre- tary; Miss Mary Earley, treasurer; Miss Prances Beckley, Miss Virginia Maguire, Miss Eileen Cush, Mrs. Joseph Pricci, Mrs, Martin Reis, Miss Helen McGivney, Miss Nora Ganey, Miss Josephine Beck- ley and Miss Margaret Earley. Following the banquet the girls at- tended a performance at the National ‘Theater. The Washington Alumnae Associa- tion of Kappa Delta Sorority will have a “pot-luck” dinner for the pledges of Sigma Mu Chapter of Kappa Delta of George Washington University Wednes- day at 7 o'clock, in the chapter house the wedding to take place late in June. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL +| Col. and Mrs. MISS FRANCES FUNSTON CASTLEMAN, ‘Whose parents, the Rev. Robert Allen Castleman of Falls Church and Mrs. Castle- ‘man, announce her engagement to Mr. David Norman Craig of Chicopee, Mass., —Harris-Ewing Photo. Maxwell Stokes, Mrs. John Bowles, Mrs. Stephen Vermillion, Mrs. G. G. Lewis, Miss Ellen Keane, Miss Emily Murray, Miss Winifred Keane, Miss Teresa Trant, Miss Nora Trant, Miss Helen Ryan, Miss Peggy Griffin and Miss Bobby Crittenden. 2 Mrs. John Bowles acted Is toastmis- tress and the program inciuded an ad- dress by the president, Mrs. Maxwell Stokes, the reading of the history by Miss Helen Ryan and prohpecy by Miss Ellen Keane and some charming verses by Miss Nora Trant. After the banquet the members were joined by their escorts for dancing and at 1815 H street northwest ‘Miss Isabel Robbins was hostess for the regular monthly business meeting of the association, which was held in her home at 5913 Thirty-second street ‘northwest on Wednesday evening, April 16. The meeting was followed by bridge and refreshments were served. The annual dance of the Immaculate Conception Al\llnnlle‘ w—}“ubfh ;leld ‘Wedne evening, May 7, e Na- fimflmym Clutg.‘ ‘The dance, which promises to be a great event of the season, is in charge of Miss Mary Prances Shanahan, chairman, assisted by Miss Mary Sweeney, music; Miss Helen Higgins, patroness; Miss Helen Ryan, tickets, and Miss Margaret Hig- gins, publicity. Phi National Sorority held a well attended Easter tea at the b dence of the national president, Mrs. Martha Norton, 8728 New Hampshire avenue northwest. ‘Easter flowers in profusion were used in decoration and tea was served. The Sigma Kappa Phi Sorority held its fifth annual banquet in the Italian garden of the Mayflower Hotel on Easter Monday, April 21, 1930. Covers were laid for 51 at the charmingly ar- and beautifully decorated horse- shoe table. The sorority colors of purple the four local chapters and called upon them for brief speeches. Departing from the usual custom of giving jewelry for favors, each girl re- celved ‘'a beautiful, bronze bubble-ball lamp with the sorority letters neatly lacquered in blank on the base. The lamps, though quite small, were most practical and unusual favors. ‘The new sorority song, with lyric by Miss Virginia Parry, Gamma, was in- troduced and sung during the meal, each girl receiving & copy of the words on_her printed menu. Immediately following the conclusion of the banquet, the garden was cleared and the girls of the sorority were met by their escorts for dancing. Marceron- Colvin music was furnished for the g?:l::?[ couples until an hour past mid- ‘The flowers which had been used as decorations for the bariquet table were given to the Children’s Hospital to brighten up the wards following the cu%flufi.zs of the nflm‘-’. . e advisory council, composed of two members from each of the chapters, had complete charge of the banquet, and the entire success of the affair was due to its work. The council includes the following: Mrs. Evelyn Claypoole and Mrs. Lillian Fanshaw, Alpha; Miss Mildred Jennings and Miss Virginia Schmidt, Beta; Miss Martha Lacey and | Miss Mairon-Louise . Hayes, Delta, and Miss Loretta Lanahan and Miss Julia ‘Toomey, Gamma. A regular meeting of the Delta Chap- ter was held Wednesday, -April 23, at the home of Miss Verna Sanders on Oneida place northwest. Tickets for the chapter’s forthcoming theater bene- fit of “Dracula,” Monday, May 5, may be secured from any member of the chapter or Miss Marion-Louise Hayes, 1429 Taylor street northwest. ‘The Alpha Chapter of Kappa Tau Chi Sorority held its second annual banquet on Easter Monday evening in gumrllm‘enflne room at Wardman Park otel. Among those who attended were Mrs. Tefreshments in the supper room. Lovely favors in silver were presented, each member receiving a beautiful flexible bracelet with the insignia of the sorority, l.nld Ret escort a e smoking set. Credit for the success of the entire affair is due the committee in charge of arrangements, consisting of Mrs. Stephen Vermillion, Mrs. G. G. Lewis and Emily Murray. Wednesday, April 30, at 7:30 o'clock | pm. the Gamma Psi Alumni of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity are giving a card party for the benefit of the building fund of Gamma Psi Chap- ter. The party will be held at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachu- setts avenue northwest. e Elaborate Banquet Prodram Scheduled By Columbian Women G. W. U. Group to Entertain Distinguished Guests at Annual Social Affair Set for Tucsday Evenind‘ ‘The annual banquet of the Colum- bian Women of the George Washington University, to be held Tuesday evening at the Chevy Chase Club, will bring together a brilllant group of college women. ‘The list of distinguished honor guests for the occasion includes Senora Tellez, wife of the Ambassador of Me: ico; Mme. Veverka, wife of the Min- ister of Czechoslovakia; Mrs, James J. Davis, wife of the Secretary of Labor, and Mrs, Cloyd Heck Marvin, wife of the president of the university. Miss Elizabeth Cullen, president of the Columbian Women, will preside and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., of the board of trustees of ‘the university will be the hostess of the evening and will deliver the greeting. ‘The Miss Alice Hutchins Drake, well known b spelxer, president of the Worns er, president of ‘om= en’s Club of Maryland; a program of plano solos by Mme, Louise Coutinho and a group of songs by Miss Henrlette Le Menager. ‘This will be the twenty-second an- nual banquet of the Columbian Women and will mark the thirty-sixth anni- versary of its founding. The organization was founded in 1894, upon the suggestion of Dr. Charles Edward Munroe, internationally known scientist and inventor, who was at that time dean of the graduate school of the university, and has worked inde- fatigably since that time in behalf of will_include talks by |sh the university and its woman students. In. addition to founding a number of scholarships for girls of recognized abil- ity, it has raised a $10,000 fund for buil purposes and has lent its ald to many other projects. From an orig- inal membership of 13 the organization has grown to number 600 women who are associated with the George Wash- ington University as the hostesses trustees, administrative officers and twt&ty ‘members as alumnae or as stu- dents. The membership includes many women who are leaders in the civic, ed- ucational and social life of Washing- among those who have taken an ac- tive interest in the work of the or- ganization. Among those who have made reser- vations for the banquet are Mrs. Wil- liam Cline Borden, Mrs. William Carl Ruediger, Mrs. Walter Bloedorn, Mrs. illam Woolard, Mrs. John Donaldson, Mrs. Frankie M. Johnston, Mrs. Alfred Francis Willlam Schmidt, Mrs. Harold G. Sutton, Mrs. James H. Taylor, Mrs. Samuel F. Bemis, Prof. Frances Kirkpatrick, Prof. Anna Pearl Cooper, Mrs. Paul Heyl, Mrs. F. E. Edginton, Mrs, Edwin Behrend, Miss Jesse Coope, Mrs. John Paul Earnest, Mrs. D. Kerfoot Shute, Miss Erma Brown, Miss N. B. Weyman, Miss Mary Hynson, Miss Helen Lawson, Mrs. Daisie 1. Huff, Miss Margaret Maize, Miss Lil- { MRS. EDGAR R. BATURIN, " 'Who before her marriage, some weeks . ago, was Miss Edith Greenberg. % . —Underwood Photo. % lian Carpenter, Miss Sophie B. Kent, Miss Lucille Wilkinson, Miss Laura K. Pollock, Miss Julia H. Strobel, Mrs. R. W. Howell, Miss Lula B. Thom, Miss Viola Offutt, Miss Elizabeth Berryman, Miss Annie Getty, Miss Caroline Getty, Miss Mildred Getty, Miss Anna M. Ken- nelly, Miss A. H. Drake, Miss Julia and Miss Florence Prisby. o B e ‘The superstition of the “third man™ lighting a cigarette with one match arises out of the Russian funeral rites, in which three altar candles are lit by the same taper. To apply the same method of illumination to three worldly things, like cigarettes, was regarded as “l:lulfi.ol :nput.y. and therefore as MRS. JAMES MURPHY. Before her marriage of recent date she was Miss Eileen Flannagan. —Carter-Biiley Photo. High Officials Listed As Horse Show Devotees Boxes for the National Capital Horse Show at Bradley Farms on May 14, 15, 16, 17 are being taken up rapidly. More boxes have already been sold than ever before so far in advance of the horse oW, Among those who have taken boxes for the four days of the show are Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont, Senator James F. Couzens, Countess Szechenyi, Representative Medill McCormick, Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Mrs. Bernard Gimbel of Port Chester, N. Y.; Mrs, William Howard Good of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. Clarence H. Osbourne of Cleveland, Ohio. Other box holders are Representative Ruth Baker Pratt, Mr. R. S. Smith, Mr. Karl Corby, Mr. Thomas P, Bones, Mr. Joseph E. Davies, Dr. James Alexander Lyon, Mr. Willlam R. Ritter, Col. Robert M. Thompson, Maj. Ennalls ‘Waggaman, Maj. Georgs S. Patton, jr.; Mr. Prancle B, Saul, Mrs. Tracy Dows and Mrs, George Hewitt Myers. A luncheon for the purpose of reduc- ing the debt on the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club House, will be served each day at the horse show at Bradley Farms. Mrs. Lutz Wahl is chairman of the committee and will be assisted as usual by the members of the Woman's Army i and Navy League. Mrs. Wahl and Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, president of the league, are taking a keen interest in planning a different luncheon for each of the four days of the horse show. Parents Celebrate Son'’s Natal Day Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Charles R. Stark, Jr., entertained at a dance at their home on Forty-fourth place northwest Friday svening in honor of their son, Mr. Charles R. Stark, 3d's, birthday anniversary. The guests were Miss Jane Henderson, Miss Helen Henderson, Miss Dorothy A. Saunders, Miss Dorothea Hagedorn, Miss Mary D. Hagedorn, Miss Elinor Hall, Miss Janie Scanthin, Miss Miriam Daly, Miss Evelyn Haines, Miss Priscilla Bar- rows, Miss Marjorie Brockett, Miss Eli: abeth Bates, iss Gladys Steven, Mr. Charles A. Mentzer, Mr. Thomas Shryer, Mr. John A. Miller and Mr. Willilam L. Sweeney, all of Gettysburg College, where Mr. Stark is a_student; Mr. John Swartwout, Mr. Frederick Green, Mr. Roland M. Rice, Mr. John ‘Woods, Mrs. Francis Daly, Mr. Robert C. Oberlin, Mr. David Penny, Mr. Alton Keller and Mr. Brenton Stark. Luncheon Given as Farewell to Mrs. Taylor Mrs. Margery L. Taylor, who is mov- ing to Baltimore, was the guest of hono! at a luncheon at the Aster Restauren: yesterday given by several of her friends. The party included Miss Margaret I. du Flef, Miss Ruth Inez Calhoun, Miss Kathryn Clark, Miss Alice E. Elliott, Miss Nan Phelps, Miss Irma Craille, Miss Grace Sahm, Miss Mabello Rhine, Mrs. Gladys C. Bailey and Mrs. Ethel Dornberger. Mrs. Taylor was presented with & silver Tre- membrance. s 1G. Lieut. Miles Reber. Second Hop of Season At Fort Humphreys Was Charming Affair Officers’ Club Host to Gay Tl’\rong—Delig}\tful Din- ner Parties Precede the Ball—pclo Tourfley Sched' “1ed-4 FORT HUMPHREYS, Va., April 26. —The second hop in the series of dances to be given this Spring by the Officers’ Club was held Friday night in Harris Hall. Receiving at the dance were Maj. and Mrs. R. T. Coiner and Lieut. and Mrs. D. P. Booth. Several very delightful dinner parties were ar- ranged before the hop. Capt. and Mrs. F. R. Lyons enumén%d “mdim" :: 's Hill Inn and had as their gues! e E. H. Schulz, Mrs. W. A. Hausman, Col. and Mrs. F. E. Williford of Washington, M: and Mrs. C. J. Taylor, Maj. and Mrs. L. K. Anderson, Maj. ad Mrs. H. C. Johaxnes, Capt. J. M. Ward, Mrs. Sam Lockwood, Capt. and Mrs. H J. Conner, Capt. and Mrs. H. P. Oram of Belle Haven, Va.; Maj. and Mrs. G. B. DuBois of Washington, Lieut. and Mrs. C. R. Bathurst. Another charming dinner given be- fore the hop was that by Maj. and Mrs. C. C. Gee, who had with them Maj. and Mrs. R. T. Coiner, Capt. and Mrs. M. W. Marston, Capt. and Mrs. A C. Leibre, jr.; Lieut. and Mrs. H. B. Loper, Lieut. and Mrs. B. C. Snow, Lieut. and Mrs. M. C. Thompson, Lieut. and Mrs. Henry Berbert. Ll?\’xl. and Mrs. D. A. Watt, jr, had as their dinner guests before the dance Maj. and Mrs. L. E. Oliver, Capt. and Mrs. D. A. Watt of Washington, Capt. and Mrs. C. B. Cox, Capt. and Mrs. R. McK. Herrington, Lieut. and Mrs. C. F. Baish, Lieut. and Mrs. N. A. Mat- thias, Lieut. and Mrs. W. H. Powell, Lieut. and Mrs. Standish Weston. | A group of Fort Humphreys people enjoyed the opera Wednesday night. Those attending were Maj. and Mrs. R. | T. Coiner, Maj. and Mrs. L. E. Olivel Lieut. and Mrs. F. H. Oxx, Lieut. and Mrs. C. R. Bathurst, Lieut. and Mrs. Miller, Lieut. and Mrs. D. A. jr.; Miss Geraldine Leslie, Lieut. C. Reinhardt, Lieut. W. C. D. Bridges, The polo players of the post have been organized into four teams. A tournament has started to determine the champlonship of the post. The first game of the tournament was played Wednesday afternoon. The “Tomcats,” composed of Capt. C. B. Cox, Lieut. F. H. Oxx, Lieut. F. A. X Purcell, Lieut. R. B. Ezekiel and Lieu E. C. Hayden, defeated the “Wildcats, 6 to 5. The informal Spring horse show will be held tomorrow afternoon. Following the horse show, Col. and Mrs. H. F. Pipes are having tea for the officers and ladies of the post. Assisting Mrs. Pipes will be Mrs. E. H. Shulz, Mrs. H. X. Finch, Mrs. H. C. Johannes and Mrs. L. K Anderson. Col and Mrs. E. H. Schulz have canceled their at home which they were | to_have Sunday afternoon. Mrs. F. H. Oxx and her children are | visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Shove of Mount Vernon, N. Y. Capt. G. F. Hobson has received or- ders to report to the Quartermaster School in Philadelphia. Capt. Hobson and Lieut. E. C. Hayden atfended the | Quartermaster luncheon Tuesday at the Hotel Carlton. Capt. and Mrs. Hobson had as their guests Easter Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin P. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace and Dr. B. Augilinovitch of the Jugoslavian legation. Capt. and Mrs. B. H. Bowley and their family spent Easter as guests of Capt. and Mrs. Glenn H. Stough of Alden, Pa. Capt. J. Moultrie Ward has as guests over Easter Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ward, jr, and their daughter of New York. Lieut. L. J. Rumaggl and Mrs. G. | Rumaggl had as dinner guests Wednes- day Mrs. W. A. Hausman and Capt. and | Mrs. R. McK. Herrington. Capt. and Mrs. M. W. Marston had as their week end guests Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Perkins of Indianapolis and Dean Anson Marston of Ames, Iowa. | _Mrs. A. H. McDonough and Lieut. | R. K. McDonough entertained over the | week end Mr. Willlam Nesbitt of Fort Adams, R. I, and Lieut. and Mrs. J. S. Nesbitt of Fort Hoyle, Md. Mr. W. H. Powell of Fayetteville, | N. C,, has been visiting Lieut. and Mrs. W. H. Powell, jr. Mrs. H. S. Miller gave a birthday party for her son Hubert this after- noon. Lieut. and Mrs. B. C. Snow had as their guests over Easter Dr. and Mrs. Neyer Ninimkoff of Lewisburg, Pa. Dr. Ninimkoff is a professor at Bucknell | University. | Lieut. and Mrs. M. C. Thompson of | Annapolis will be the week end guests of Lieut. and Mrs. Snow. N Constitution Chapter, DAR., Entertains for chent Constitution Chapter, D. A. R., enter- tained with its annual luncheon to the regent, Mrs, Robert H. McNeill, Friday, April 18, at the Willard Hotel at 12:30 o'clock in the main dining room. There were 45 members and guests present, including national and State officers. The table was decorated profusely in Easter lilies and cut flowers. Mrs. E. Richard Gasch, vice regent of Constitu- tion Chapter, was toastmistress and in- troduced the regent, Mrs. McNeill, who responded, expressing appreciation of the two luncheons the chapter had given in her honor. Mrs. Willlam Rus- sell Magna, national librarian general, was present and responded with greet- ings, as did Mrs. David D. Caldwell, Mrs. John M. Beavers, Miss Helen Har- man, Mrs. Fred C. Morgan, national chairman of legislation in United States Congress, and many other dis- tinguished guests. The arrangements of | the luncheon were in the hands of Mrs. Gasch and Miss Mae Helm. Takoma Park Bride: | | | | | | MRS. JOHN A. MORAN. Before her marriage, Sunday, April 20, she was Miss Helen Alberta Orton, daughter of the late William D. Orton. Following a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Moran will live in Milwaukee, Wis. —Harris & Ewing Photo, 27, 1930—PART THREE. SEARS. ROEBUCK anp CO. FREE PARKING SERVICE RETAIL DEPARTMENT STORE Bladensburg Road at 15th and H Sts. N.E. 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