Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1931, Page 37

SOCIETY. After-New Year Receptions In Capital Society World Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett and her sister, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, will leave ‘Washington Friday by motor for their ‘Winter home at Miami, Fla., where they will be until Spring. They will be Joined the middle of this month by the former’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, and their two daughters, little Aileen and Mr. and Mrs, Erwin and their okmren will x&millnhn monAubx beg;‘rte turning to their home, Abrems veriooking Rock Creek Park. Miss Barbara Korff, Corfl, debutante daugh- fer of Baroness Korff, 'who has been with her mother for the holidays, will re- turn to her studies at Bryn Mawr to- MOTTOW. Mr. and Mrs, Francis E. Pope of Dresden have been called to Du uoln. 7., by the illness and death of the Jatter’s mother, !"fl C. A. Wall, widow of Judge George W. Wall. Gen. H. C. Whluh!ld will return this week to his apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel after spending cm-mA mu and New Year day with his fam- fly at Fort Reno, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. !hoc‘h N\B&O&h;‘n !s: thek est_their niece, ‘ere: m“:’:r Northampton, Mass. Miss Marks is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Marks of Superior, Wis,, and at- tends Smith College. Mr. J. A. Hunter, jr, of St. Peters- bury Fia. and Liewt. W. Hamilton Hunter of Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., have been spending the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hunter, in Chevy Chase. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter also have had as house guests for the holidays Mrs. Hunter's mother, Mrs. Hamilton, widow of Judge W. T &, Hamilton of Hagers- Md.. and Miss Margaret P. Reed % Philadeipaia, P Miss Catherine 1 l‘y Howe and Miss rd Howe are booked on the M. V. tannic, sailing January 8 for a cruise the Mediterranean, visiting lers, aco, Nice, Monte Carlo, Nlples‘ Athens, Istanbul, Palestine, Cairo an the Nile. They also will make exunded trips to the Holy Land, Egypt and ce, returning by way of Cherbourg. Howehfie ’well kx;ol,'n lln ashington. especially in musical cir- oles. Miss Willard Howe is a writer of Tepute and a member of several Rerary organizations of the city. They will be luent from the city two months. Mr. and Mrs. H. A George, jr., of le, Va.. have been at the | Hotel several days, accompanied Miss Florence Culin and Miss Mary s, sis0 of Chaslotiesville. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Danforth Stim- are receiving congratulations on the of & son, Richard Danforth Stim- ir, New Year day. Mrs. Stimso: was before her marriage Miss Margaret Smith of this cll\v. S Mr. John Palmer Hodges, who spent the holidays with his wenb‘.' Drn:nd Mrs. P, L. Hodges, has returned to his studies at the Harvard School of Busi- ness. Mr, and Mrs. Aldrich Dudley of Mid- dleburg, Va., have taken an spartment in the Hay-Adams House for the Winter. Mr, and Mrs. Georne Hyatt of Colum- bia, 8. C, and Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Hyatt of Louisville, Ky., spent the Christ- mas holidays with their mother, Mrs. Cihlrles Hummer at Cathedral Man- slons. Mr. and Mrs, Dion 8. Birney of Ca- thedral avenue have as their guests the latter’s brother-in-law .and sister, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Broekett of Cleveland, Ohio, who are leaving on Sunday for their home. Mr. William B. Mann has left Wash- ington by motor for an extended tour of Florida, Texas and California. He will return to his apartment at Wardman Park Hotel in about three months. Mr. and Mrs. Francois E. Matthes have sold their house on Nineteenth street and are at the Westchester Apart- ments on Cathedral avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Woodall of Chi- cago are at the Dodge Hotel while in ‘Washington. Mrs. Leo David of the Argonne Apartment attended the twenty-sixth annual national convention of Phi Epsi- lon Pi Praternity in Pittsburgh Decem- ber 29, 30 and 31, representing Alpha Mu Chapter of George Washington University. Mr. David is president of the local chapter. Miss Helen Simon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Nat Simon, with Ronnie Ney, Jack Adler and Jr. Wachstein, all of the University of Virginia, motored from Washington to be the house guests of Dr. and Mrs. Buddy Wach- stein of West Orange, N. J., where they remained for the New Year Y. Miss Helen Simon will leave for New York to spend several weeks. Mr. R. M. BMMNWYOIKOIW visited his sister, Miss Bessie Orme Sweet of Northbrook Courts, last week. (o Mr. Leo Kasehagen, 3d. of Charles n, W. Va., who was the guest over the Hoidass ‘of Bis pasents, Mt and Mrs. Leo Kasehagen at their home on Jeffer- son place, has gone to Pittsburgh to visit at Carnegie Tech, his alma mater, before returning to West Virginia. Mr. Oliver Devers is spending the week end with Mr. and_Mrs. Thomas Taylor in their home st Richmond. Mr. John T. Barnett of Denver, Colo., is visiting in Washington for a few days n jand is at the Willard. Grl Scouts Planning For Spring Festival, Opening on April 27 District Organization, Hav- | sates ing Mrs. Hoover as Hon- orary Commissioner, to Entertain on Elaborate Scale. The Board of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbis, Incorporated, ‘Hoover, Brooks Fithian, who for many years has spectacles. office at the Roosevelt HmeL Mrs. Ray Hagner has Under her leadership will be mwm of publicity, speakers, exploitation and and the staff secretary. group, with the 200 or more assistants, will comprise the promotional staff. Mr. Kurt Hetzel, as musical director on the production staff, is another well known Washingtonian and enjoys the confidence of musical Washington. His task will be the organization of a male chorus of 50 voices, a women's chorus of 75 voices, a children’s chorus of 30 voices and a mixed chorus of 200 voices. ‘setting for the production and all music used in the various scenes will'be au- thentic and typical of the countries that the music represents. Among those who have already bee given parts in the cast of this produc- tion are Misses Harriet Anderson, first | 1 qura Barkley, Catherine Berry. commissioner; Phelps Stokes, second deputy commis: sioner; Mrs. Prederick Atherton, third deputy commissioner; Mrs. Earl W. Chasee, recording secretary; Mrs. Wil- liam McKee Dunn, corresponding sec- l'wy Mrs. Monte Appel treasurer; Mrs. Harris tant treasurer, i Beooke: Mee . Amos Fries, Mrs. Theodore Wilkinson, Mrs. George Scri- ben, ur-. sunml D. Sturgls, Mrs. T. It is hoped. according to Mrs. Gerrit 8. Miller, jr., comm! i.sllunn‘ of the Girl that 1 become an annual movement, both nationally and inter- nationally. The festival will be unique due to the fact that it will be a demon- stration of international co-operation. It will present the dancing, music and the art of four countries in four major scenes and will present the peo- ples of many countries in the finale. The State Department has expressed s interest in this festival, and four countries have been invited to present major scenes in the spectacle. These countries are Mexico, Japan, and Crechoslovakia. = Al:-d]o'erfiooo(theleldefllflflm eity have volunteered their services in this enterprise and are going to give their entire time to meke it a success. ‘The official beginning of production ac- tivities will be at a meeting to be held ll the Carlton Hotel the night of Jan- 7 at 7:30 o'clock. At this meeung will be present the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of the Dis- trict of Columbia, Inc.; the production staff, the promotion staff and all of tfe participants who have been chosen so far in the dancing, singing and dra- general chairman of the special Executive Board being created for the purpose of carry- out this enterprise is Mrs. John n Dougherty. Her name is synony- mous with achievement in all types of NIB civic and charitable affairs. She will return from Chicago soon and will complete the formation of her Executive Board. This board will be composed of leading Fel!onflifiel of the ‘city and they will be announced in the near future. ‘The producers of the great spectacle will be the Duffield & Triner organi- zation of Chicago, affiliated with the Thearle-Duffield Corporation, the largest producers of feature creations in the world. The production will be under the general direction of Chalmers Start the ““New Year’’ Right Get one of “Jack's” opecially- treated waves for all textures of hair at the very special of 5 Megularly at 810 “Always the Marcel Top” “Always the Ringlet Eul" “THE WAVE THAT STAYS IN LONGER” OALL DISTRICT 9118 Jack’s Permanent Wave Shop 1320-1322 “F” St. N. W. T S e Stuart Birdsall, Clara Bolling, Mary P. Bradley, Eleanor Calvert, Mi t Calvert, Jane Crosby, June Betty Edson, Lillian Emory, Vlrnnh Glazebrook, Rosa Hayes, Mary Ingra- ham Henry, Jane McHarg, Margene Musser, Isabel Perry, Sallie Hews Phillips, Betty de Beauvais Richards, Lucille Swift, Marjorie Talman, Suzanne Wallace and Betty West. It is expected that Mrs. John Allan Dougherty will be in Washi n to present the notables that will constitute | her Executive Board at the meeting Wednesday at the Carlton Hdlzl Participation in the pageant in any department is by invitation only. THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D. HOLTON ARMS STUDENT MISS CATHERINE EVANS, Daughter of Representati is also being entertained with the younger o ‘vacation. Mount Pleasant Chnptcr Announces Annual Fete ‘The annual dance and card party of Mount Pleasant Chapter, No. 34, Order of the Eastern Star, will be held Friday evening, January 23, at the New | Shoreham Hotel. The event is being sponsored by ths following past matrons and past patrons of the chapter: Mr. and Mrs, Coleman Crampton, Mrs. Clarence Keiser, Mr. and Mrs. Noble Larner, Mr. Charles Morgan, jr.; Mr. Edward Swan, Mr. George Smith, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Alfred Sherman, Mrs. Charles Taylor, Mr. Ralph Wolfe, Mrs. Sarah Williams and Mrs. Helen Everett. The dancing will start with a march led by Miss Mil Chl-rltl Taylor, Lhe W Tables are for many of the mmben o! the chapter who will entertain at bridge during the course of the evening. Mr. Alfred Sherman is chairman of ‘This | the committee in charge of all arrange- ments and is bein; mittee of 20 mem! assisted by & com- rs of the chaptes ve and Mrs. W. E. Evans of California, while a student, ongressional gis irls during her school —Harris-Ewing Photo. Mrs. Roaenberry Hostess At Bridge and Supper of Lamont and supper cember 30, Mrs, O. Wesley Rosen street entertained at brid at her home Tuesday, when the guests were Mrs. Ruth Thy- | son, Mrs. Margaret Prather, Mrs. Ruth Maher, Mrs. Julian Brown, Miss Kaverina Briscoe, MLBI )(Iflln Schul- Playhouse Inn 1814 N St. N.W. Just OF Conn. Ave. Sunday Dinner Onmly 5:30-7:30, $1.00 Rates by the Week—Charlotte Parker Our January their regular price: when reduced, judgment, Reductions in FURS Something that need- not: be shouted - from the housetops. . .because Sper- ling patrons know that Sperling created furs are desirable at purchase reflects both good taste and good business .mber Master Furriers’ Guild Joseph Sperling, Inc. 709 13th Street Northwest An annual sale that is eag awaited because of the unusual values it aords. ONE-THIRD to ONE- HALF reductions on our entire stock i o' Fur Coats and- Scarfs. May we 1 C., JANUARY 4, 1931—PART THREE. Society Rallies in Support Of Bal Boheme of Arts Clubj More than ever before, the Bal Bo- The h!me of the Arts Club of Washington creating & tremendous . interest thmuxhout the city in all social and art groups of the Capital. The 1931 Bal Boheme will take place at the Wil- lard Hotel Monday evening. February 2, in reality, but atmospherically it wl.ll be staged in the Court of King Loon: XIII, “on the Moon,” with visiting am- bassadors and representatives of the greater and lesser planets much in ev- idence throughout the high ceremonies incident to the occasion. ‘The Bal Boheme office in the base- ment of the Arts Club, at 2015 I street, is a busy place, taking orders for tick- ets and reservations for boxes for_ this nll event of the Winter season here. John E. Gaynor, who for several ye-n has presided over the assignment of boxes at the Bal Boheme, is again in service this year, while Mrs. John Otto who was chairman of last successful Bal, is chairman of The book for the spectacle—or the “big stunt”—is ready for the action of the Executive Committee, led by William F. Baker, which will meet at the Arts Club Tuesday evening of this week, January 6, at half past 8 o'clock, to condider matters in connection with the casting and assembling of the play- ers of important roles in the event, which always takes the form of lureful pageantry and masque. ‘The poster contest, which opened in December, will close January 10, and all posters must be in the hands of the wording on the posters has been chnnled by the Executive Committee to read: “Arts Club Bal Boheme, The Willard, February 2d,” but in all cases where the posters have been completed and delivered, the committee will acoept them for the contest, and the words “Arts Club” will be added. ‘The judges for the prizes are Mr. James W. Hardey, Mr. James Rotto, Mr. Orin F. Ballou, Mrs. Duncan Phillips and Miss Eleanor Parke Custis. Following the announcement of the prize winners in the 1931 poster contest the original posters will be displayed ghg)u(hwt the city, announcing the all The Costume Committee, comprising Miss Harriet Garrels, Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond Hoyt, and Mr. F. Shepard ‘Taylor, will be glad to assist all persons desirous of obtaining information re- garding the “last word” in apparel m be worn “on the moon.” although it is needless to say all kinds of fancy dress will be worn by the hundreds of persons on the ball room floor. Mrs. Wilkins and Sister New Year Day Hostesses Mrs. G. T. Wilkins and sister, Miss Taylor, of 5120 Thirty-ninth street, Chevy Chase, entertained at a bridge luncheon New Year day. They were also hostesses at an eve- ning b party on December 26 in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Hodges Mann of Virginia, guests dur- committee, headed by Mrs. Louise ing the Christmas holidays of their Rochon Hoover, on or before that daf mother, Mrs. Wilkis Washington’s Reliable Furriers Since 1888 Nothing in Fashion i Permanent But Good Taste —— Beautiful Cloth Coats radically reduced for the January Event If your choice runs to Cloth M Coats, now is the time and Saks is the place to acquire a really dlstmguxshed garment . . while price reductions are the order of the day. Trimmed in Saks furs, there’s every shade and material available . . . but let these typical mark-downs tell our story: o500 ... 345 to $95.00 Including black Imperata, Vilo, Norma, ete., trimmed in Persian, Caracul, Wolf l‘pm and other furs. Brown, Green and Black are among the popular colors. oo ... 385 to $150 Including Kasmirita, Chonga and other preferred méterials. Black, Brown, Green; all beautifully fur trimmed. SAKS FUR CO. 610 TWELTH STREET MEMBER MASTER FURRIERS' GUILD‘ Washington’s Reliable Nothing in Fashion is Permanent But Good Taste LFTH §TREET Now in Progress The Annual Saks Fur Classic! January Salel The wide selection of furs—al- ways offered through the season— means, of course, a number of ex- cellent Fur Coats, Scarfs and Jackets must be sacrificed in Jan- uary. True now as in other years —but better than ever due to the extraordinarily low Prices prevail- ing at the peak of the season. The traditional Saks quality . . . the dependable Saks workmanship, and the inimitable Saks styling will continue to intensify the ad- vantages of genuine price reduc- tions! SAKS FUR CO 610 TWELTH STREET MEMBER MASTER FURRIERS" GUILD SOCIETY. Charming Dance Given By Miss Ann Nelson Miss Ann Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nelson, entertained with informal dance at her home, 2001 Connecticut avenue, December 27. The guests were Miss Nellie Coleman, Miss Clarita Rios, Miss Evelyn Boerner, Miss Laura Roberts, Miss Dorothy Rems- burg, Mr. Russell Rowell, Mr. Norman Williams, Mr. Bradford Ross, Mr. Jack Merkling, Mr. Guy Caponetto, Mr. Robert Schnetfe, Mr. Harry Palmer, Mr. Alan Tate, Mr. Roberto Odriozola and Mr, Jack Harris. Miss Nelson was also hostess at a theater party at the National Tuesday evening, her guests being Miss Ulm, Miss Coleman, Mr. Merkling, Mr. Schnetfe and Mr. Harris, e AR Mrs. Bachtell Entertains At Sunday Afternoon Tea Mrs. Margaret Bachtell entertained at tea in her home on Calvert street last Sunday afternoon in honor of the students of the White School of Cos- tume Art. Assisting the hostess were Mrs. R. F. Knipfer, Miss Hilda Grund, Mrs. H. Brody, Mrs. J. H. Bachtell, Mrs. J. Kernan, Mrs. G. M. PFisher, Mrs. B. F. Rover, Miss Maud V. Murphy, Mrs. G. A. Weschler, Mrs. Claud Siller, Mrs. H. Noble and Miss Anne Mach Were to 39.50 Were to 58.50 P. | China.” COATS, SUITS, EVENING WRAPS All Sales FINAL J. E.Cunningham Co, 314~316 SEVENTH ST.NW. JANUARY . CLEARANCE of . Children's Party to Be Held - At Riding and Hunt Club . The children’s show to be held at « the Riding and Hunt Club Saturday, January 10, gives promise of belng a great success, conducted entirely by a Jjunior committee. Miss Ruth Ellen Patton, chairman; Miss Margaret Cotter, Miss Betly Couzens and Miss pose the committee. ranged a very interes expest a full entry list. horsemanship classes for all ages, sady dle horse events and, of course, ing, the whole to be climaxed by always picturesque Corinthian ‘The committee has chosen as it judges Mrs. of city and Mr. Dion Kerr burg, Va. i Miss Bosrduinn < Ghsas of Twentieth Century Club Unit She will introduce Gen. zler, who will speak on Miss Mabel Wimsatt speak on “My Peking Neighbors.” meeting will be presided over by vice chairman, Mts. George F. Bower man. 1213 F SEMI-ANN UAL CLEARANCE SALE Drastic Price Reductions Every garment from regular stock, all im- portant Fall and Winter fashjons included. DRESSES Street, Afternoon and Evening 19.75 2975 3975 4500 S55.00 Wer: to Were to Were to .50 1 ongmal price 2 COATS 28 Actual Values Super-Quality Materials Paris Copies the Cunningham Quality Tradition Misses Bright, New All-Occasion FROCKS $1 475 Crepes.- Chiffons { Distinctive Coats of Sizes for Women and . « . and youw’ll get the value-surprise of your {shopping career . . . when you see they’re just—. 38 $69, $59.50 and $49.50 Each Coat True to W