Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 38

SOCIETY. Society Stages Its Early 1931 Program in Annapolis Parties Given to Honor Visitors—Dinners, Teas, Suppers. Luncheons and Receptions Included in Entertainment Schedule. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 10.—The only athletic events at the Naval Acad- émy this week are the basket ball games between the Navy and George Washing- ton University and Emerson Institute, m&fiwly‘ both of ‘W'Asl}lnlgfon.sn4 nCs rs University of New Bruns- mnk.n;llm; After two weeks of holiday es Annapolis will have a quict k end. "lelr.mmd Mrs. William Byron, the former of whom has been chosen State Senator, have taken a house on Glouces- ter street, one of the Ridout homes. Mr. and Mrs. Byron also will keep their ‘home open at Willlamsport, Md., and veturn there at intervals. Mr. David ‘Winebrenner, secretary of State, will in Mr. and Mrs. Byron here when the Iature is in session. ‘Mrs. Howell Carroll, formerly of Bal- timore, has been a guest this week of Mrs. ; Albert Ritchie at the executive mansion here. Mrs. Carroll has been much entertained in Annapolis. Friday afternoon Mrs. Willlam J. Giles enter- tained at a card party and tea aboard the Reina Mercedes. Mrs. Arthur Ryan, mother of Mrs. Giles, of Washington, and Miss Mary Shearn presided at the tea table. Among those present were Mrs. Cooke, wife of Capt. Henry D. Cooke; Mrs, Newton, wife of Capt. John H. Newton; Mrs. Conger, wife of Comdr. Franklin D. Conger: Mrs. Logan, wife of Comdr. James A. Logan; Mrs. Dinger, wife of Capt. Henry Dinger, Mrs. Nixon, wife of Lieut. Comdr. liott B. Nixon; Mrs. Mason Porter O sachs, Mrs. James Bowdoin, Miss Eliza- beth Nott, Mrs. Thomas Manning. & lest at the exegutive mansiol arroll Van Ness of Baltimore, Mi Reinicke, wife of Comdr. Frederick G. Reinicke; Mrs. Basil Manly and Mrs. G. W. Simpson. Mrs. M. E. Manly, Mrs. Calvin Berto- Jete and Mrs. Temple Collins left Sun- day by motor to New York. Mrs. Col- lins joined her young son, Cutler, who #5 a student at St. George's School, Newport. Mrs. Manly joined Comdr. Manly, whose ship, the Arkansas, left New York this week for Norfolk and which will shortly sail for Panama. Mrs. Manly and Mrs. Bertolete will re- main for a short stay in New York. Comdr. Duncan C. Walton also left Sunday for New York, after a visit to his sister, Miss Margaret C. Walton, mn her apartment on Maryland avenue. Comdr. Walton sailed this week for Panama, where he will go for sea duty. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Valiant enter- tained at a supper party Thursday eve- ning in their home at Wardour. Monday Mrs. Samuel Brooke enter- tained at cards and tea for Mrs. John Craven of Jamestown, R. I, who for- merly resided herz. Mrs. Theodore Johnson, wife of Zomdr. Johnson, and Mrs. Weems, w/e of Comdr. Weems, presided at the fea table. Assisting at the at home whi¢h Dr. and Mrs. Waiton Hopkins gave Thurs- day were .. C. Philip Snyder, Mrs. , Miss " Julia Trenhol resided here. Capt. and Mrs. Charles C. Soule spent Sast week at Norfolk, Va. Capt. Soule's , -the Antares, is listed with the fleet leaving for Southern waters. Mrs. Soule returned to their home here the | + middle of the week. Mrs. Williams Wickham and _chil- Va., where t.h-xr ‘Winter and join Comdr. Wickham be- gore he legves for the Southern cruise. Mrs. Wickham and children will oc- eupy a house in Portsmouth with Mrs. D. Clarke, wife of Lieut. Comdr. , who with her family also is the Winter there. For the refnainder of the Winter and early Spring the residence of Comdr. Mrs. jckham here will be oc- by mdr. and Mrs. Cary W. Magruder and their young daughter, Miss Polly Magruder. Comdr. er is on duty at the Post-graduate School. Later in the Spring the same home will be taken by Mrs. Robert N. Cabaniss Birmingham, Cabaniss and sister 3 . Giles, who, with her family, has the Wickham house for a num- of years. Mrs. Richard Baldwin entertained Sunday in her home at Waterbury with one of the largest at homes which have followed the holidays. Mrs. Bald- ‘was assisted by Mrs. John Pendle- ton of Baltimore, Md. There were Mrs, . | the president of the society, the di-| Feder: | many guests from Baltimore, Washing- | ton and Annl;)lll. | Mrs. Allen F. Westcott entertained at luncheon Friday in honor of her | mother, Mrs. John Craven of James- | town,” R. I, who is her guest. Among those invited were Mrs. Lawrence Mil- ler, Mrs. Edward Darlington Johnson, Mrs. Dennis Claude, Mrs. Walton Hop- kins, Mrs. James Cresap. Mrs. Willlam H. Beehler, Mrs. Middleton Semmes Guest, Mrs. Carryl H. Bryan, Mrs. Henry Gearing, Mrs. Robert Dashigll, | Mrs. Thomas L. Gatch, Mrs. Joseph | Graham, Mrs. Charles Doyen, Mrs, Joseph Valiant, Mrs. PFrank Munroe, | Miss Eliza McCormick and Mrs. Wil- | liam Marcy. 1 | s e |Church Sodality Plans | Card plrty Thursdny A card party under the auspices of the Sodality of the Church of St. Thomas, Apostle, Twenty-seventh street and Woodley road, will be held Thurs- | da{rnt the Shoreham Hotel. Among the | patrons and patronesses sponsoring the party are Senator Thomas J. alsh, | Mrs. Davis Elkins, Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mrs. Joseph Tumulty, Mrs. John R. Williams, Mrs. George Auth, Mrs. Nellie | Bartholomew, Mrs. Robert Berberich, | Mrs. Robert Bourke, Mrs. James Cahill, | Mrs. Robert Cahill, Mrs. D. J. Calla- | han, Mrs. William Callahan, Mrs. John | Cammack, Mrs. Daniel Casley, Mrs. | J. J. Cotter, Mrs. Patrick H. Davis, Mrs. Robert A. Dore, Mrs. David Dunigan, | Mrs. Walter Dunigan, Mrs. John A. Eckert, Mrs. C. Louis Eckloff, Miss Raphael Ellis, Mrs. F. A. Eustace, Mrs. John Foote, Mrs. Daniel R. Forbes, Mrs. John J. Fuller, Mrs. M. G. Gormley, Mrs. J. W. Guider, Mr. M. B. Harlow, Mrs. James G. Haskell, Mrs. Joseph Hayden, Miss Nan Hickey, Miss Sarah Hickey, Mrs. Samuel Hoover, Mrs. Wil- liam Hughes, Miss Katherine Keane, Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, Mrs. Kern. Mrs. Thomas Lane, Mrs. Le Comte, Mrs. Margaret Lynha: James MacDonald, Mrs. James ville, the Misses McInerney, Charles McInerney, Mrs. Leo May, Mrs. | Harry Meem, Mrs. M. Milburn, Mrs. Gardner Moore, Mrs. Charles Moran, Mrs. John Morris, Mrs. Benjamin J. | . Mrs. Charles Neil, Norris, Mrs. Daniel W. O'Donoghue, | Mrs. William O'Donnell, Mrs. Francis Ostmann, Mrs. Louis Payne, Mrs. T. E. Rhodes, Mrs. P. D. Riordan, Mrs. M. | Brooks Ritz, Miss Katherine T. Rover, Miss Mary Rover, Mrs. M. Frank Rup- pert, Mrs. George Salb, Mrs. Frederick | Seibold, Mrs. William Shannon, Mrs.\ Maurice Sheehan, Mrs. D. E. Spangler, Mrs, Vincent L. Toomey and Mrs. ‘Travers. Bay Staters Announce Meeting on January 20| The Massachusetts State Society of | ‘Washington will hold its third meeting of the 1930-31 season Tuesday evening, January 20, at the Shoreham Hotel, when a reception, entertainment and dance will be given in honor of the | Congressional delegation from the Bay State. ‘The reception to the honored guests will take place about 10 o'clock and among those e: in the receiving line are Senator Prederick W. Gillett, Senator David I. Walsh and Senator- elect Marcus A. Coolidge, Representa- tive Allen T. Treadway, Representative Frederick W. Dallinger, Representative Frank H. Foss, Representative George R. Stobbs, Representative Edith Nourse Rogers, Representative A. Piatt An- drew, Representative William P. Con- nery, Representative Charles L. Under- | hill, Representative John J. Douglass, Representative George H. Tinkham, Representative John W. McCormack, Representative Robert Luce, Repre- sentative Richard B. Wigglesworth, Representative Joseph W. Martin, jr., | The receiving line will be headed by | rector of Sanford Bates. Reception T, al Prisons, and Mrs. | The Committee will be | headed by Mi H. Kempton and the dancing will be in charge of Mr. Lewis W. Hart and others of the En- tertainment Committee, including Mr. | John L. McDonald, Miss Grace Cham- berlain, Mr, Charles F. Sharkey, Miss Ruth M. Noyes, Mrs. Patrick J. Mur- - | ray, J- | wilso and Representative Charles L. Gifford. | | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 11, 1931—P:&RT THREE. | NEW OFFICIAL HOSTESS | MRS. ALFRED TRAFFORD KLOTS, Recently arrived from New York with her husband, who was appointed special nt to the Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Mr, William R. Russell, Miss Eleanor Carleton, Miss Barbara Butler, Mr. Robert H. Kempton, Mr. John Nes- | line, Mr. John T. Slattery and Mr. n McCray. Mr. George A. Her- man is secretary. American Legion Ball | Program Being Outlined At a recent meeting of the com- mittees of the District of Columbia de- partment of the American Legion, when | arrangements were made for the annual Legion ball at the Mayflower Hotel the night of January 23, Col. John Lewis Smith, chairman of the Distinguished Guest Committee, reported many ac- ceptances for the evening. Among those who have accepted are Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president gen- eral of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Mr. Frederick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary of War; Brig. Gen. Prank T. Hines, Veterans’ adminis- trator; Lieut. Col. Morris Pitzmorris Day, military attache of England; Capt. | Nobile Luigi Notarbartolo dei Duchi di | Villarosa, naval attache of Italy; Lieut. Col. Marco Pennaroli, military attache of Ttaly: Mr. Merchant Mahoney, first secretary Canadian ministry; . Vie- tor Podoski, first secretary Polish em- bassy; Mr. F. C. Nano, it secretary Rumanian legation. ‘The chairman of the Box Committee, Mr. Thomas E. Franklin, reported that boxes had been reserved by the Secre- tary of State, Secretary of the Treas- pry. Chief Justice Charles Evans BURLINGTON HOTEL Banquets, $1.25 Up Bridge Parties, Dances Special Dinner, Daily, $1.00. 1120 Vermont Ave. Decatur 0500 Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. '{g: Route Agent will collect at end of each month, at the rate of 11, cents per day and 5 cents Sunday. TWELVETEN TWEVETWEVE F STREET Regrouping and Further Reductions JANUARY CLEARANCE Party and Dance FROCKS Dinner and Evening GOWNS Increases Interest in This Event OFF Street COATS, MI New groupings have been made . . . further re- ducing ready lowered prices. 25% 534% 50 DRESSES , SUITS, FURS SPORTSWEAR EVENING WRAPS al- the and Afternoon LLINERY, Hughes, Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Mrs. C. C. Willlams, Senator John B. Kendrick, Representative Ruth Baker Pratt, Senator Frederick C. Walcott, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Senator David A. Baird, jr.; Mr. A. J. Tyer, Mr. Isaac Gans, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American War Mothers, Capt. Watson B. Miller, Col. John Lewis Smith, Col. J. Miller Kenyon, Depart- ment Commander B. C. Neil and the various posts of the " A unique feature of the American Legion ball will be several esthetic dances by Miss Doris Rosedale. —_— “Capital ships” will be the term rein- troduced, according to new British ad- miralty orders, as a generic title to in- clude both battleships and battle cruis- M Quiet Period Follows Gayeties of Holiday Season at Qulntico Br;d‘e P-ny for N-vy Relief Among Special Society Events — Honor Dinners and Other Entertainments Listed. QUANTICO, Va., January 10.—Fol- lowing the gayeties of Christmas and New Year weeks, the younger set has returned to schools and colleges, and Quantico society has experienced a lull. Most notable of the social events of last week was the benefit bridge party given at the Officers’ Club last Priday evening. Practically all of the officers of the post gathered to play bridge. The Girl Scout troop, under the leadership of Mrs. John P. 8. Norris, provided re- freshments for the evening. post charities to ‘benefit by 3 s pt. and E. Bourke, Capt. and Mrs. W. ‘Walter Rogers, Capt. and Mrs. John Kaluf, Lieut. and Mrs. Richard H. z’l:a?n and Lieut. Francis M. Mc- Capt. and Mrs. Cambell H. Brown en- several out-of-town ts at dinner last Friday evening. Their guests were Capt. and Mrs. Harold Blakeley of the 16th Pleld Artillery at Fort Myer; Mrs. McKee Montgomery of Washington, and Lieut. A. Kastner, U. 8. A, sta- tioned at Princeton University. Entertaining for their guests, Miss Mazie Thompson, Maj. and Mrs. Russell H. Davis gave a dinner party last week end. 'mefr guests for the evening were Lieut. and Mrs. Earl 8. Piper, Lieut. and Mrs. John H. Stillman, Capt. Jesse L. Perkins and Capt. Jonas H. Platt. The Tuesday Bridge Club met this ‘week with Mrs. John B. Sebree, wife of Maj. Sebree. i pt. and Mrs. Henry D. Linscott, " | Campbell's mother, Mrs, Capt. and Mrs. Charles are recelving congratulations upon the arrival of a son, born on December 27 at the Columbia Hospital in Washington. New arrivals at the PO“ include Ma)j. and Mrs. Pedro A. Del Valle, Maj. Del Valle returns from duty of six months in Nicaragua, where he served on the election board. Mrs. Del Valle recently returned from a trip abroad. Miss Kitty Del Valle is in school at Notre Dame in Baltimore, Comdr. D. H. Vance, his daughter, Miss Eulalie Vance, and his son, Pred Vance, were week end guests of Maj. and Mrs. John P. 8. Norris. Dr. Vance is at present attached to the U. 8. 8. Cincinnati. . Patton, ",f-. United “LMILLER INZTITUTION GNTERNATIONALS BARGAIN PRICES PREVAIL! 1. Miller’s famous Ingénue Models are now within the reach of EVERY lover of beautiful footwear! High style, fide quality and excellent fit, plus incomparable I. Miller service, are being “sold for a song.” And this message will be music to the ears of so many women who have been eager to shop at the I. Miller Salon but have usually found its offerings to be beyond the purcha- sing power of their pocketbooks. A group of I. Miller Beautiful Shoes at Sale of I. Miller Hosiery ... the pair on the famous INGENUE MODELS offered in the 1. MILLER Semi-Annual SALK at .985 3115 Mr. Theedore Do and Mrs. daughter, SOCIE uglas Robinson, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, | Robinson, with their daughter, Mrs. J. Blaise de Sibour, and her baby Mary Elizabeth. Mrs. de Sibour was formerly Miss Elizabeth Robinson. —Underwood Photo. alry.” Maj. Pation is attached to the chief of Cavalry office in Washington. Capt. and Mrs. James W. Fleet had as a house guest recently Miss Frances Gaines of Culpeper, Va. Miss Gaines w"i'h on Bhlfl ng;l Iw gle; Y?‘rh e Bi-mon! ul bridge this week in theyhnme lf’ ire. Capt. and Mrs. Daniel E. Campbell, their son Gordon and their daughter Ann, returned last Sunday from a holiday visit in the home of Capt. D. - Campbell of Baltimore, At the last meeting of the Entertain- ment Committee of the Officers’ Club dates were chosen for the dances to take place in the near future. January 23, February 20 and March 20 were the dates decided upon for the dances and February 6 was chosen for bridge. Commanding a squadron of Marine aviators, Lieut. Lawson H. Sanderson left last Tuesday for the all-American Air Races which took place in Miami, Fla., January 8, 9 and 10. His squadron was made up of Lieut. David Cloud, Lieut. Willlam D. Saunder: Lieut. 1 | I m "i- 7» T A e » ¥, Frank H. Wirsig, Lieut. Williard Reed, nd Lieut. Warren E. Sweetser, jr niautics, Washington, and Capt. Thomas R. Shearer, also of Marine headquarters, Washington, were passengers in the transport_plane going to the races. Capt. Ford O. Rogers of the Ist Brigade, Port au Prince, Haiti, was a house guest for several days last week of Maj. and Mrs. Roy 8. Geiger.. Coming to spend Sunday with Lieut. and Mrs. Lawson H. Sanderson, Capt. and Mrs. Pred G. Patchen and Miss Esther Coleman motored from Washing- ton. Capt. Patchen reported for duty at the post this week, having finished a tour with the Natiohal Guard in Nicaragua. Mrs. Frank H. Wirsig has gone to Annapolis to spend a week with her parents during Lieut. Wirsig’s absence from the post. Additional arrivals at the post are Capt. A. T. Lewis, who comes from the 2d Brigade in Nicaragua, and Lieut. Clinton Fox, recently on duty at Pensacol Ll nt m\ rY. Week of Activity Planned By Congressional Club ‘The Congressional Club will be the scene of much activity this week. Be- ginning Monday with a tea given by Mrs. Douglas, Tuesday morning opens with a book review and Tuesday eve- ni brings the regular ca ‘Wednesday evening Mrs. Lioy ton entertains at dinner. The first formal luncheon is held Thursday, for which many reservations have beem made. Priday afternoon Mr. Huston Thompson speaks on “‘Where the West Ends” an Mme. Valentino A, Ksarova will sing a group of Russian songs. 'fl:e hostesses to preside at tea Friday are Mrs. Duncan U.- Fletcher, Mrs. Charles Aubrey Eaton, Mrs. William E. Evans, Mrs. Harry A. Estep, Mrs, Ed- ward E. Eslick, Mrs. William R. Eaton, Mrs. Charles G. Edwards. Mrs. Stephen | Elkins, Mrs. Richard N. Elliott, Mrs, Edgar C. Ellis, Mrs. Harry L. Engl bright, Mrs. E. Hart Fenn, Mrs, Ham- iiton Pish, Mrs. Hubert F. Pisher, Mrs. Roy G. PFitzgerald, Mrs. Frank H. Foss, Mrs. Israel M. Foster, Mrs. James Archibald Frear, Mrs. Arthur M. Free, Mrs. Richard P. Preeman, Mrs. Burton L. French, Mrs. Claude Fuller and . Mrs. Hamplon P. 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