Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1931, Page 44

SOCIETY, ch; Sbidmn Sorority ‘Giving Green Hat Hop i St. Patrick's Night Members of Washington Alumnae of Delta Gamma ! Gather for Annual Ban- quet. Zeta Chapter of Chi Sigma Sorority will give a “Green Hat Hop,” St. Pat- rick's night, at Indian Spring Country Club. The Dance Committee is com- posed of Miss Jennie Leashear, chair- man; Miss Clara Sorrell and Miss Catherine Kindsfather. ‘The chapter meeting was held in the rooms Tuesday, when the announcement :r made of the formal third degree, ich will take place in the Mayflower Hotel Saturday. Members of the Washington Alumnae of Delta Gamma gathered at the Hay- Adams House for their annual banguet last night. The date is commerating Fpunders' day, which is today, and marks the beginning of the fraternity at Oxford, Miss, in 1874. Those who participated in the program, with Mrs. Merle Thorpe as taostmistress, were: Miss Helen Hyer, Mrs. Willlam E. "ti-k . H. H. Jacobs, Mrs. George Clarke, Miss Julia Porter and Miss Lois Niswonger. The committee in charge ineluded Miss Northa Porter, chairman; Mrs. William E, Lee, Miss Elizabeth Van Brakle and Mrs. Gerald Flood. Rho Beta Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon National Honorary Musical Sorority will give a reception Saturday in the home of Miss Ruth Thomas on Sixteenth street in honor of the national secre- tery, Mrs. Alma Gelser. A program of music will be given during the recep- tion hours. z Mrs. Geiser will come to Washington at the end of the week for inspection of Rho Beta Chapter, which will take place Friday and Saturday. The in- tion will include, in ldddlf.lcm to the program. The Alumnae Club will co- operate in entertaining the guest. Miss Kathryn Sadler was the hostess a4 a_shower Tuesday evening, given in her home by Zeta Chapter of Tau Beta Phi Sorority to Mrs. Virginia V. Nagel, who before her marriage February 12, in Annapolis, Md., to Mr. Jumes G. Nagel, was - Miss Virginia Vander Sehaaf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Vander Schaaf. The decorations were in white. The members nt were THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHIi\*GTON. D. C, MARCH 15, 1931—PART THREE. SOCIETY. MARCH DAYS FIND. SOCIETY GIRLS DRILLING AT FORT MYER FOR ANNUAL CIRCUS Miss Virginia Ronsaville, Mrs. Charles Sammons, Miss Marion Stewart, Miss Mildred Trotter, Miss Phoebe Tauber- schmidt, Mrs. John Warlick and Miss Hglll ‘Wolworth. ta Teu Alpha Fraternity will enter- tain at tea afternoon Miss | nae members of the fraternity are in- Della Sayre. Gama Chapter of the Chi Sigma Sorority celebrated its birthday anni- versary at a party Friday, March 13, at the Blue Triangle Hut. Miss Stuart Gibson and Miss Dale Phillips arranged for a delightful dinner, during which the president, Miss Louise Lerch, cut the attractively decorated birthday cake. The table was decorated with baskets of flowers and favors for the 28 guests. After dinner there was dancing and novelty features. "The Jefferson room of the Mayflower B e Serier by Delta Gamma of Beta 3 mma :‘:tceome ‘Washington University, last e at 8 o'clock. -honor guests were Miss Carolyn Miss ~ Anne Bamberry, Miss tihe Fassett, Miss Florence Fritz, Miss Janet Prost, Mrs, Gertride Ger- bich, Miss Jewell Glass, Miss Mildred ‘Bernadine Haycock, Miss Kemball,- Miss Phoebe Knap- Omwake, Miss Edith |\ oirous which ‘Mrs, %flm Miss Gretehen | ouxdsy , Miss Btecle and Mrs. ‘Wilcox. of the sorority. During the ceremony of initiation, Hazel Bordon presided at the vited. ‘The Alpha Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma Sorority recently extended in- vitations to membership in the organi- zation to five local girls. Formal serv- ices were held immediately following the informal initiation of the new mem- bers, at the home of the president, Miss Anne Bourke, 1028 Connecticut avenue. Immediately following the initiation a supper was served in honor of the new girls. Miss Ruth Duckett, chair- man of the Committee on Arrange- ments, was assisted by Miss Cornelia Reed, Miss Emily Pomeroy and Miss Mildred Duckett. Society Circus to Have Distinguished Sponsors Many acceptances already have been received by Col. Harry N. Cootes, com- mandant at Fort Myer, from those in- vited to act as patrons of the society will take place Priday and ;. March 27 and 28. including persons of p'mlmm, have indi- entertaining pose the maintaining of athletic and recreational activities at the fort. The early requests for ticket reservations also indicates that the circus will rival in attendance th: Friday rides which drew such large numbers from Wash- ington and vicinity. The committee has itly gauged the desires of the public by holding the entertainment this year on two days. ‘The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson have ‘accepted the invitation, and among others who have are the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Ambassador of Cuba, Senor ; bassador Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay; the Am- bassador of Peru, Senor Santander; Senator and Mrs. James J. Davis, the Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Fred- erick H. Payne; Admiral and Mrs. Cary ‘T. Grayson, Gen. G. V. H. Mosley, Gen. William E. Horton, Gen. Henry C. ‘Whitehead, Gen. Thomas Q. Ashburn, Gen. James E. Pechet, Gen. and Mrs. Guy V. Henry, Gen. William D. Con- nor, Gen. E. T. Collins, Lient. Col. M. Robert Guggenheim, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Col. and Mrs. Edward Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson B. Prichett, Mrs. Sherman Flint, Mrs. Kar] D. Klemm, s | Mrs. Prank C. Letts, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Burke and Miss Mabel T. Boardman. Upper left: Miss Beatrice Patton, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. George Patton, resting after her strenuous practice. Upper right: Well known society girls of the Capital and Fort Myer lined up for the drill at the fort, preparing for the Society Circus there March 26-27. Center left: Miss Elvira Johnson and Miss Ruth Riley resting at Fort Myer after practice for the circus. Center right: Miss Susanne Meredith, Miss Mary Ruden and Miss Ruth Denham, the latter from Nicaragua, watching the practice. Lower: Miss Paula Swift, debutante of last season, taking the burning hurdle, with other debutantes coming on behind. Photos by Harris-Ewing. under the auspices of Rea Chapter, Disabled American Veterans of the ‘World War. Lent ends at noon on that date, making this the first post-Lenten dance of the season. Adjt. George W. Phillips of the D. C. Department, D. A. V. yesterday re- ceived a letter from Lawrence Richey, secretary to the President, in which Mr., Richey stated that the President “di- rects me to say that Mrs. Hoover and he will be very happy indeed to have their names used as patrons for this event.” In addition to the President and Mrs. Hoover, the Secretary of the Navy, Owen of Florida, Senator Arthur Cap- | per of Kansas and Mrs. Henry R. Rea, | chairman of the “Gray Ladles” at Wal- | ter Reed Hospital, have also consented | to act as patrons and patronessss and a list which is being prepared by the | Women's Overseas Service League, of | which Miss Katherine R. McKiever is president. ‘The entertainment and dance is be- ing held for the pur&ose of raising funds to pay for the pillar which is to be dedicated to the Disabled American Veterans of the World War in the new non-sectarian memorial chapel being erected at Walter Reed General Hospital for all service men regardless of creed and to offer a fitting setting for services for those men who have fought their last fight. While the dance and entertalnment are designed primarily as a benefit, every effort is being made to furnish a splendid eve of amusement in keep- ing with the ending of the Lenten pe- riod. One or two bands of Happy Walker’s music will be used, an elal rate although brief floor entertainment is being prepared. Crayon Talk to Feature Kentucky Society Meeting‘l Mr. Clifford K. Berryman, one of America’s foremost cartoonists, will give an illustrated crayon talk, with amusing anecdotes, on famous orators of Kentucky at the mw of the Kentucky Soclety which in the grand Hotel on Tuesday evening, at 8:30 o' clock. hld room of the Willard March 2 Locturs, on Cathedrals In Alexandria Friday Unusual interest is being shown in the illustrated lecture on ‘“Cathedrals in England” to be given by Mrs. Frank Anderson in Alexandria in the audito- rium of the Virginia Public Service Co. Priday at 8 o'clock. ‘Though Mrs. Anderson has given this talk in Washington, she is constantly being asked to repeat it. This time she is doing it for the benefit of St. Agnes’ Episcopal School for' Girls. This school, for both day scholars and boarders, is in its seventh year and already has graduated girls to three colleges. It les on a hill ovsriooking Washington and Alexandria and has the tremendous advantage of country life close to the city. Tickets may be obtained frem the school or from Mrs. Andrews, chairman of the Lecture Committee. LM INZ T Mrs. Steel Is Tea Hostess, Mrs. Gann Honor Guest Mrs. Edward Everett Gann and mem- | bers of the young women of the Na- tional Capital Republican Club were honor guests at a tea given yesterday in the presidential suite of the New Willard by Mrs. Virginia White Spel, National Republican committeewomsn for the District of Columbia. The tea was the initial meeting of the group which has been within the National Capital Republican Club to interest L:.m Repul throughout the Nation. Assisting Mrs. Speel were Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, director of the women's divi- sion of the Republican National Com- mittee; Miss Ailene Loveland, chairman of the group; Miss Louise Beachley, Mrs. Malcolm M. Edwards, Miss Mar- flnt Helmke, Miss Virginia Miss lldred Reeves and }4rs. Douglas Whit- lock. Among the guests were Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, Mrs. J. Garfleld Riley, Mrs. L. L. Andrews, Mrs. Paul Rewman Rood, Mrs. Frank Hight, Miss Pearl McCall, Miss Kathleen Lawler, Mrs. Carl B. Bachmann, Mrs. James g"fl‘f Jones and Mrs. Charles Brook m! — Two Woman: Authorities On' China Visit Capital Mrs., Willlam Chapin Huntington will give a tea Saturday afternoon, March 21, in_her home, 1906 Twenty-third street, for Lady Dorothea Hosie of Lon- don, who will arrive in Washington Friday preparatory to making an ad- dress at the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Alice ‘Truesdale Hobart will entertain at din- ner Monday night for Lady Dorothea and undoubtedly a number of other hos- pitalities will be arranged Lady Dorothea Hosie is Sir Alexander Hosie, British geogra| who, among other wonderful a - ments, made 8 map of China, in which work he was assisted by Lady Dorothea. Yesterday another remarkable Eng- lish woman, Mrs. Florence Ayscough of London, who has traveled much ahd lived in China, was the guest at lunch- eon of the Women of Washington, at_the Cosmos Club, = WHOA! s On Olney Farm OLNEY, MARYLAND Luncheon : Tea : Dinner Lenten Dishes 13 Mi. North fi-fi%fi Georgia Ave. Ashton i64. NOON TO 8:30 P.M. Phillip-Louise por by The season’s smartest creations in Millinery and Gowns now on display. Models created to suit { - the individual in our work rooms. We are pleased to re- model your last sea- ¢ son’s hats. Prices conservative. ILLER t‘urtionN INTERNATIONALS FASHION ADOPTS ... 10 Mr. Charles Francis Adams, and Mrs. Representative Ruth Bryan by the “Gray Ladies.” This chapel is intended to serve as a place of worship ber | Mr. and Mrs. Hoover Head D. A. V. 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