Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1931, Page 47

SOCIETY. SOCIETY. Mrs. Gann at Luncheon ‘Complimenting Mrs. Yost Midwinter Social Given on biriiley: esisbeation, By Mrs. W. L. Marshall |ten and Barbera smith The Mdwinter socisl given by the| usriers acompented by wu'-numbmnmufi“ 5 d .-..‘hm. Association was held at the home several Mrs, W. L. Marshall, 5403 Thirty-ninth | B0, Gerdines, 0 T o v oY street, Chevy Chase, D. O, Saturday| prs Marshall. assisted by her Sect?tary of Agricultur, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann was & at the luncheon given yester- at the Mayflower by Mrs. Ellis & ‘Yost, director of the Women's Division of the Republican National Committee, in honor of Mrs. Fielding A. Yost of Ann Arbor, Mich. Others present were Mrs. William E. Borah, Mrs. Arthur H. v-nd!nher& Mrs. John M. Wolverton, Mrs. Franl L. Bowman, Mrs. Hugh I. Shotts, Mrs. Robert L. Hogg, Dr. Lillian M. Gil- breth, Miss Grace Abbott, Mrs. Eugene O. Sykes, Mrs. Harold A. Lafount, Mrs. mnk J. Loesch, Miss Mary Anderson, Belle Sherwin, Mrs. J. Darnell, Frankfort. Ky.; Mrs. Howard Suthfl; Willlam land, Miss Mary Stewart, Mrs. E. F. Morgan, Mrs. Paul Rewman, Mrs. Wal- ter H. Newton, Mrs. Clmrles -B. Jol- liffe, Miss Jessie Dell, Mi%. Flora McGill Keefer, Mrs. Robert ©. Bonnell, Bal- timore, Md.; Mrs. Stephen G. Brown- ing, Mrs. John Marshall, Mrs. John D. Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews, Mrs. ler, Mrs. John F. Sippel, Mrs. James M. Doran, Mrs. E. A. Harriman, Mrs. N. T. N. Robinson, Mrs. Charles Brooks Smith, Mrs. George B. Lockwood, Mrs. Laura Forrest Stewart, Mrs. Cornelia Templeton Hatcher, Mrs. James Wellen Hays, Mrs. Thad Brown, Mrs. Ernest H. Van Fossan and Mrs. David W. ‘Walker. Mrs. Gann was the honor guest at Juncheon Thursday of her niece, Mrs. George, wife of Maj. Charles P. George, who entertained in her quarters at Fort Myer in eomgument to her sister, Mrs. Webster Knight, 2d, of Providence, R. L P ‘Mrs. Enight spent several days with her h\‘.‘hfi. the Vice President, Mr. ter, Mir. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, in ‘tMeir apartment in the Mayflower. Mre. Knight returned to her Providence home Priday. fme Setretary of and Mrs. Hyde were guests at dinner Tuesday evening of Representative and Mrs. ZLeonidas C. Dyer, who had as other guests Representative and Mrs. James G. Strong, Representative and. Mrs. James A. FPrear, Representative and Mrs. Edgar C. Ellis, Representative and Mrs. John William Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. F. Dickinson Letts. Thursday night Representative and M¥s. Dyer gave s dinner in honor of the charge d’affaires of Egypt and Mme. Aly Ismail Bey, when other guests were Representative and Mrs. John J. Coch- ran, Representative and Mrs. Rowland L. Johnston, Representative and Mrs. Noble J. Johnson, Lieut. and Mrs. Louis Merrick, Mrs. E. S. Hyer, mother of Capt. James P. Mc- e e, B L Bt ‘were guests in w] Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming entertained at dmnzr“ m.l;“ !vznin'u e at the Mayflower. The other guests were Senator and Mrs. John B. Kendrick, Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson, Representative and Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, Gen. and Mrs. John M. Jenkins, Mr, and Mrs. Jouett Shouse, Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Drayton, Mr. and Mrs, Lee Boatwright, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Breckinridge, Mrs. J. Borden Harri- man, Miss Jessie Dell, Mrs. Robert W. Imbrie, Mrs. Robert Taylor, Mrs. Joseph M. Carey, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Col. Wade Cooper, Mr, Drew Pearson, Mr. Francis Bon, Mr. Charles Butler, Mr. Arthur Kirk- man, Point, N. C.; Mrs. Catherine Filene and Mr. Bradford Ross. Senator asted as host for Gov. Ross. Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham will entertain & small company at & tes and musicale Sunday aftern March 7, at 4:30 o'clock. . Senator and Mrs. Ben Williamson of Kentucky will be the guests in whose honor Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Reed will entertain at breakfast at moon today at the Mayflower. Sepator and Mrs. Guy D. Goff will be the guests of honor at dinner this evening in the Shoreham Hotel of the members of the West Virginia delega- tion in Congress. Senator and Mrs. Royal 8. Copeland entertained at dinner last evening at | ‘Wardman Park Hotel Representative and Mrs. Fred A Britten will entertain at dinner this evening in honor of the retiring Am- ‘bassador of Brazil, Senor 8. Gurgel do fornia the unveiling of the statues today in Statuary at the Oupitol of Father Junepero Serra and Thomas Starr King. “%ek other guests at dinner in- cluded Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, Representa- tive and Mrs. Albert E. Carter of Cali- fornia, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Philip, Judge and Mrs. C. C. McChord, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt. Judge Marion DeVries and Mr. William B. Mathews of Los Angeles, tative and Mrs. Charles A. Mooney will entertain at luncheon to- day at the Congressional Country Club the Ohio delegation 1a Congress. Mrs. Willam V. Pratt, wife of the of Naval Operations, was the | Chief in whose honor Mrs. Charles E. Rfi. wife of the Surgeon General of the Navy, entertained at luncheon ‘Wednesday at the Chevy Chase Club. his brother-in-law and sis- | . e and Mrs. Hyde Are ki : Dinner Guests of Representative : : £ : : ik and Mrs. L. C. Dyer. % Rear Admiral 3 . Yarnell entertained at dinner last eve- ning in honor of Mr. Cleorge De ville Keim of Josep A Charles_Russell Train, Capt. Frank D. Berrien, Miss Soph: and Mrs. John Sylvester. Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien entertain at luncheon Sunday, March 8. 3 . and . B. d of Fort Myer; Maj. and Mrs. Chm 3 . and Mrs. Thomas Capron, Maj. and Mrs. Benjamin Maj. and and Mrs. Hopkins. Col. and Mrs. D. J. Carr entertained @ company at dinner at the Shoreham Hotel on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock will be hostess at luncheon today in her home on Scott circle. Mrs. Pendleton Mayo has issued in- vitations for dinner this evening. Mrs. ©. P. Kindleberger, wife of Capt. Kindleberger, entertined a company at :‘\:ncheon at the Shoreham Hotel Fri- y. Mr. and Mrs. Christian L. Christensen were hosts at dinner last evening at the Congressional Country Club. when the guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. March, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Mr, and Mrs. Karl Gartner. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Blee, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Nourse, Mr. Stephen De La Mater and Mr. and Mrs. John ‘Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Lucian H. Vandoren entertained at the dinner dance in the Shoreham last evening, when the com-~ Francis Hill, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Baly, ar- Teo M rury. Mrs. Margaret a r, f Kyle, Mr. and mwud Burroughs, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Drury, Mr. and Mrs, Hubbert Quinter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raffarty, Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van- doren’ and Mr, and Mrs. Thomas visiting them; Mrs. J. D. Noel and Capt. and Mrs. Harold Money. Mr. Henry Wright Newman enter- tgined at dinner last evening at Ward- Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. . velle, Col. and Mrs_John Thomas Tay- lor and Ma)j. and Mrs, R. G. Barrows. National Woman's Party lemg Afternoon Tea \A tea will be given by the National ‘Woman's Party afternocn at Alva Belmont House, it national head- quarters. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, na- tional chairman; Miss Leura Berrien, member of the Nattonal Council for Georgia; Miss Muna Lee, director of national activities; Mrs. Burnita Shel- ton Matthews of Mississippi, chairman of the lawyers’ council, and others will protest against the Southwide move- inating will be also an open forum discussing the serious economic plight of the women in the textile mills who are being dismissed in accordance.with a resolution of the Cotton Textile Insti- tute to discharge all women night oper- atives by March 1. Hostesses for the meeting, which will be to the public, are the national ci of the ‘Woman's Party resident in Washington. |Ohio Girls' Club Holds | Meeting Tomorrow Night | _‘The monthly get-togsther of the Ohio | Giris’ Club will be held tomorrow night at Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massa- chusetts avenue northwest, for which an | interesting program is announced by its | president, Mrs. Ethel J, Hess. After the business meeting, 8 moving picture lec- ture on our Western parks will be fol- lowed by cards, dancing and refresh- ments. | A special invitation is extended all members, and other Ohio girls living in Washington who are not members of the club, are cordially invited. Brothers 121 3 ¥ Muck in Demand... Will Be Seen Everywhere Collarless Models in Spring Here! Coats Now! Answering the purpose of two coats . . . a collarless coat may be worn with a fur for dress and without, for Handsome fabrics . . . ' $4950 $55.00 AND sport or street. . . original detail trim ... $59.50 MORE mmm.wnm:w Mel] t: Miss Ruth Elizabeth planned patriotic Eugene Meyer, February 21. Joan Kenna, is with her. McCormick, daughter of Representative Cormick, as a Colonial lady. : Miss Patricia Hurley, daughter of the Lower: Huyrley, arrayed for the party. of War and Mrs. Secretary —-Photos by Underwood & Underwood. Mrs. Borden Harriman To Be Supper Hostess Mrs. Borden Harriman will be host- ess at another of her Sunday supper parties this evening, when the com- pany will meet Miss Viola Tree, daugh- ter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree; Miss Ethel Borden Harriman and Mr. Mertin 1y | powell, all of whom are appearing in ‘“Let’s Pretend,” a repertoire of mono- logues and duologues being ' presented at the Belasco Theater earlier in the evening. - ‘The performance will mark Miss Har- riman's debut in the Capital as & pro- fessional, and Washington soclety is turning out en masse to see her co- ¢| star with Miss Tree, whose acting in “The Truth Game,” one of Broadway's greatest successes, has won the plaudits of the New York critics. A week ago their character with great success. All of the boxes have been sold, and the sale of seats is proof positive that ‘Washington is going to give the artists a gala night. Mr. Powell, who will gc- company the two girls on the piano in several of their sketches, is New York's Jazz king. A distinguished list of patrons for the performance includes the German Am- bassador and Frau von Prittwitz, the British Ambassador and Lady Lindsay, the Speaker and Mrs. Longworth, Sen- ator and Mrs. Hiram Johnson, Senator Millard E. Tydings, Representative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, the Undersec- retary of the Treasury and Mrs, m;n Mills, Gen. John J. Pershing, Mrs. - tun Beale, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P, Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Blair, Chanler, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs. Dows, Mr, and Mrs. Leland Harrison, Sir Willmott and Lady Lewis, Col. and Mrs. Louis Little, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Méyer, Mrs. Frank Mitchell, the Misses- Patten, Mme. van Kaathoven, Mr. and Mrs. Sumner ‘Welles, Mrs. Frank West, Mrs. John R. Williams and ‘Mr, and Mrs. John F. Wilkins. ‘The fact that Olin Dows, son of Mrs. Dows, who is making a name for himself as a painter, has done all the scenes for the sketches, gives an added interest to the performance. most fashion centers. G. W. U. Columbian Women Arrange Entertainment Columbian Women of the George ‘Washington University will entertain at “g Bohemian evening” at the Arts Club on two successiye nights, April 10 and }1. ;?r the benefit of their scholarship fun A fml'l’lm of entertainment, followed by dancing and_ supper, is being ar- ranged by Miss Virginia Diedel, chatr- man of the benefit. a different form from those given, but equally entertaining. . Officers of Columbian. Women are’ Cullen, president; ° Mrs. Edwin Behrend, first Miss Virginia Diedel, second vice presi- dent; Miss Maxine Girts, recording sec- retary; Miss Marcelle Le , cor= responding secretary! Miss Esther Fos- ter, treasurer; Miss Mildred Getty, as- sistant treasurer, and Mrs. Theodore M. Knappen,_ historian. Lebanon Chapter O. E. S. Holding Reception Today Lebanon Chapter, No. 25, O. E. 8., | will hold a reception and tea at ‘the residence of the associate matron of the chapter, Mrs. Ruth 8. Cromelin, 3806 Gramercy street, Chevy Chase, D. C., this afternoon between the hours of § and 7 o'clock. Invitations have been extended to present and past officers of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and to the matrons and patrons of the various chapters of the various constituent chapters of. the present year. ° Exhibition Washington Water Color Club Corcoran Gallery March 1st to 25th Individuality ‘The benefit this year will"take quite ‘previously | * Outstanding Creations in the Realm of Spring Fashions APPAREL which has been assembled with rare skill and discrimination from the world’s fore- Dresses, Suits, Ensembles, 'Sporlxwur, Coats, Wraps, and Hats. A most charming assemblage of modes with & distinctive appeal to smartly gowned women. To conform with the trend for lower prices. Special Offering genuine black-and-white RING LIZARD The most ex- # pensive - and most sought of the spring reptiles. BROOKLYN turns - = - worth several dollars more. But we made an advantageous pur- chase - - - making pessible this exceptionally attractive price. A ¥ el 1207 F St evening. Fur Trimmed ess, served refreshments appropriste The program was in the nature of a'the occasion. J.E Cunningham Co, 314~ PRING COATS of Rough Spongy Woolens That Cling and Mould the Figure Like a Knit Fabric. 16 SEVENTH ST..NW, in New “Monotone” Shades That Make Real Paris Chic AT A CUNNINGHAM THRIFTY PRICE small reserves OTHERS 4 $35—345—355 L AT A Straws Very Fine Pea- - nite Linen Straws— Rough Straws— Novelty Straws— By far the smartest array of new SPr;ng Hats ever Because the alnpes are smart and the shown. materials fine—the trims so flattering and the 'values are such as you never saw before! ‘ 325 Easter’s Leadin The New Wattean Styles— . New Halos— Irregular ‘Brime— Bandeau Effects— Off-the-Face Hats Colors are prettier than shown in many a season: Clematis Blue, Sea Sand, Noisette B rdsman lew Green, Grey and Blacks. L;rge and Blue, Talisman Red, all Headsies " - ngham Co.— 'neryD‘pt.. Main Floor . & i