Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1931, Page 18

SO CIETY. OCILTY Miss Bancroff. Niece of the Attorney Gen- eral and Mrs. Mitchell, Completes Plans for Wedding August 4. 188 GERTRUDE BANCROFT, niéce of the Attorney General and Mrs. Willlam De Witt Mitchell, has completed the arrangements for her wedding August 4 to Mr. Hubert Brian Holland of Germantown, Philadelphia, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Holland of Philadelphia. The wedding will take place at 8 o'clock in the evening in the St. John's Episcopal Church in St. Paul and will be followed by a reception in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fyank Churchill Bancroft. Miss Bancroft has chosen for her a tendants Mrs. R. H. Bancroft, matron of honor and Miss D. Anne Slocum, malid of honor. and the others will be Miss Eunice Holland of Philadelphia, Miss Ellen B Senkler and Mrs. J. M. Scanlan of St. Paul and Mrs. W. D. Cuddebach of Youngstown, Ohio. The | little ring bearer will be Richard Hunter Bancroft, jr. Mr. Bradley B. Gilman of Washing- ton will be the best man and the ushers selected include Mr. Richard H. Ban- croft, Mr. Willlam Mitchell, cousin of the bride-elect, and Mr. Merrill Shep- ard, all of St. Paul; Mr. Malcolm Minat of Janesville, Wis.. Mr. Erwin Griswold of Washington and Mr. Harlan Collins of Cleveland. The Attorney General and Mrs. Mitchell will leave the end of the month to attend the wedding. Several pre-nuptial parties have been planned for Miss Bancroft and Mr. Holland. A picnic supper will be given Saturday, August 1, by Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Stutz, and the following evening Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Senkler will give a dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft will entertain at dinner the evening preced- ing the wedding for the bridal party. Miss Bancroft, who is & namesake of her aunt, Mrs. Mitchell, came to the | Capital early in the Spring of last year to assist the cabinet hostess with her secretarial work. She made a wide circle of friends in Washington durigg | her stay, and attended many of the | functions for the younger official set. The engagement of Miss Bancroft and Mr. Holland was announced in | ‘Washington by the Attorney General and . Mitchell March 7 simultane- ously with the announcement by the prospective bride's parents in St. Paul. The Italian Ambassador, Nobile de Martino, entertained at Inucheon today At @he embassy in honor of members | of the American Legion. Argentine Independence | Celebrated at Embassy Today. The new Ambassador of Argentina, Senor Felipe Espil, entertained infor- mally at luncheon today at the embassy in celebration of the 115th anniversary of his country’s independence. . The guests were limited to the members of the embassy staff. This is the first fete the Ambassador has given since pre- senting his credentials as Ambasador to this country to the President. | The Minister of Panama and Sencra | de Arias and the latter’s brother, Senor Don Thomas Guardia, of Panama, were the guests in whose honor Maj. Edward H. Conger, U. S. M. C., and Mrs. Con- ger entertained at dinner last evening | in_their home on Alaska avenue. Senor Guardia is president of the | Interamerican Highway _Ccmmission and chief engineer of the Central High- | way Board of Panama, and was the guest of honor at luncheon today at the | ~Metropolitan _ Club_of the Executive Committee of the Pan-American Con- federation for Highway Education In addition to Senor Guardia, those | present at the luncheon included: The Minister of Guatemala, Senor Dr. Adrian Recinos; the Minister of Nica- | ragua. Senor Dr. Juan B. Sacasa: the Minister of Panama, Senor Dr. Har- | modio Arias; the Minister of El Salva- | dor, Senor Dr. Carlos Leiva; the charge | d'affaires of Costa Rica, Senor Don | Guillermo E. Gonzalez: the Assistant | Secretary of State, Mr. Wilbur J. Carr; | the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. | Francis White: Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union | and chairman of the Executive Com- | mittee of the Highway Confederation; Mr. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads of the De- partment of Agriculture; Mr. Edwin Warley James of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agricul- ture; Mr. Pyke Johnson, director of the National Automobile Chamber of Com- merce; Mr. George C. Peck, commercial nttache of the United States at Panama, | & and Dr. William Manger, chief of the finance division of the Pan-American Union. The Minister of Bolivia, Senor Don Eduardo Diez de Medina, entertained last_evening at the supper dance on the Le Paradis roof garden. The Assistant Secretary of the va_v“ and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke will leave | tomorrow to spend the week end at DISTINJCTIVE APPAREL F AT TE;JTH /TREET, N.W. FINAL CLEARANCE the season’s Outs 750 Brand-New Dre | Archbold, is a patron for the concert| | Mrs. Charles J. Bell, was the scene of a | ning when her granddaughter. | tantes and subdebutantes, | escorts. that sell for $10 and $15! Biltmore, N. C. They will visit their younger daughter, Miss Cora Stanton Jahncke, who is nearby camp. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George Windle | Read have taken the apartment of Mrs, Clinton Grove at 1367 Connecticut aye- nue, near Dupont Circle. Gen. Henry C. Whitehead, U. S. has his daughter, Miss Louise Whil head of New York City, staying with him at his apartment at Wardman Park | Hotel. Maj. and Mrs. Sidney G. Brady are en route by motor from Fort Leaven- worth, Kans., and will join the latter's brother-in-law and sister, Maj. and Mrs. Leonard C. Sparks, In New York. Maj, and Mrs. Brady will come to Washington about the first of August to visit Mrs. Brady's uncle and aunt, the Postmaster of the District and Mrs. William M. Mooney, before going to Maj. Brady's new post at Fort Bragg, N. C. Maj. and Mrs. Sparks will come to the city the latter part of August for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Mooney en route to Maj. Sparks’ new post at Fort Bliss, Tex. Mrs. Sparks was before her marriage Miss Bessie Speer, and Mrs. Brady was Miss Lella Speer of Wash- ington. ~ Mr. Amos W. W. Woodcock, director of the Bureau of Prohibition, will sail to;iny to spend several weeks in Porto Rico. Capt. and Mrs. LeRoy Shoemaker and Mr. and Mrs. James F. Nolan will be joint hosts at dinner this evening at| the Congressional Country Club. Mrs. Strauss, wife of Lieut. Elliott B. Strauss, and formerly Miss Lydia of the Newport Art Association ‘o given at the resort Monday evening. Miss Fortescue Hostess At Dance Last Evening. Twin Oaks, the charming estate of | delightful young peoples’ party last eve- Miss Rion Fortescue. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Fortescue, entertained at a dance for her sister. Miss Helen For- tescue, to celebrate the latter’s seven- | teenth birthday anniversary. Miss Fortescue was hostess to a small com= pany at dinner preceding the dance, which was attended by about 150 debu- | and their Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Ripley, jr.. of New York, cousins of the Misses For- tescue, came to the city for the event and will be guests for several days at Twin Oaks. . The Misses Fortescue will go next week to Long Island, where they will spend the Summer with members of the family. Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo. wife of the former Secretary of the Treasury, and daughter of the late President Wil- son, entertained at luncheon yester- day in New York, for her sister, Miss Margaret Wilson. The party was given in the garden of the Plaza. Former Senator and Mrs. William M. Calder are spending some time in the | NORMANDY FARM Drive out Massachusetts Avenue to Wisconsin, then to River Road, follow River Road to Potomac, tu“rn right three-quarters of a mile. Luncheon, Tea, Dinner Sunday Breakfast Phone Rockville 352 At Normandy Farm you will have delicious meals with fresh vegetables and savory meats served in an_at- mosphere vincial. Decorations by Genevieve Hendricks, ne. charmingly French Pro- REMODELED Bring in your usec furs and we will make 5 c them into the latest style neck @ pieces. Pur_coats handsomely remodeled at'very moderate Summer brices. Fur coats cleaned, lazed T and ont ‘and stored tor $5-00 We Call for and Deliver »NEW ENGLAND FURRIERS Benjamin Sherman, Prop. 618 12th St. N.W, NAT. 3] 5, tanding Values! SSES A pleasing array of gay M Chiffons. .. Washable Crepes. ..Senouci...Prints... in charmingly styled fashions for Evening...Street ...Sports...and Afternoon . misses and juniors. uslin de Soie. ..Flowered . . Sizes for women, We Advise an Early Selection! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY:'9, 1931 On rth Shore pem— MISS KATHLEEN KNOX, With Ler mother, Mrs. McCook Knox, spending the season at Eastern Point, Gloucester, Mass., where Mrs. McCook Knox is pursuing her literary work. __—Underwood Photo. Lido Country Club at Lido Beach, Tong Island. Former Representative and Mrs. Ed- ward Keating entertained a small party | at the dinner dapce on the Shoreham | Terrace last evening. | Mrs. Louis A. Frothingham, widow of | the Representative, sailed yesterday | on the Majestic from New York, to, spend several months in Europe. Mr. Ernest L. May has as his guest | for several weeks his niece, Miss Kath- | arine Linwood May, daughter of Judge | and Mrs. J. H. of Staunton, Va. Mrs. Frederic Willlam Wile and her | daughter, Miss Helen Isabel, will go to | New York to meet Mr. Frederic Willlam Wile, jr., who sailed from France this | weck aboard the S. 8. Paris. Mr. Wile, following graduation from Princeton | with the cless of 1930, has completed a | year's assignment as private secretary to Thousands Suva FartoatraT Mr. John W. Garrett, United States Ambassador to Italy, and is now resum- ing his former post at the headquarters of the Columbia Broadcasting System in New York City. Mrs. Armstead Davis, who is at Hot Springs, Va., for several weeks, enter- tained at dinner last evening at the Homestead, when her guests were Mrs. James B. Weir, Mss, Henry M. Earle and Mr. Ballard Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbert R. Quinter en- tertained a small company at dinner last evening on the S8horeham Terrace. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Marr, Col. Joseph Reddy, Mrs. Carl E. Mates, Mr. and Mrs. Luclan van Doren, Mrs. M. J. Breeding and Lieut. Edward Strobehn. The Rev. James Henderson of 8t. Alban’s School for Boyy sailed from Baltimore on the 8. 8. Chatham for Boston, going from there to Holderness, N. H, for the Summer. Miss DeGroot Bride of Mr. Compton in New York. A wedding of interest in Washington took place yesterday in New York when Miss Ethel J. DeGroot, daughter of former United States Attorney Willlam DeGroot and Mrs, DeGroot of Rich- mond Hill. Queens, N. Y., was married to Mr. Willlam T. Comptol deputy vy ing commissioner in the United Customs Service at Cristobal, Canal Zone. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. J. Lane Miller, pastor of the Central Methodist Epis- copal Church of Brooklyn. The bride's only attendant was her sister, Mrs. Helen DeGroot Sauerbrun, and Mr. Lester Atkins DeGroot, brother of the bride, was best man, The couple will motor to San Frar- cisco and sail from there to Cristobal. Mr. Compton, formerly of Delaware, Ohio, was graduated from Ohio Wes- leyan University and from the Harvard School of Business Administration. ‘The President of Lafayette College and Mrs. 'William Mather Lewis 1 sail July 16 on the Lafayette for Europe. Dr. Lewis recently was ap- pointed honorary assistant to the rector general of -the American ex- hibit at the International Colonial Ex- position in Paris. Mrs. Henry P. Davison, mother of t! Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Trubee Davison, has loaned her Pe cock Point estate, at Locust Valle; Long Island, for the second annual ga: den party, Saturday, in aid of the Nas: sau Safety Council. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Ekins and their three children of New York and Wash- ington have opened their home, at Mar- Special Flower Sale! Roses, 50c po-. Gladidlas, 75C Doz. You may live quite as long without Flowers, but Flowers beautify the path through life. C. & C. FLOWER STORES 807 14th St. N.W. Metre. 7438 “DYNAMIC” Style Shoes Genuine white bucks, black or brown trim—Linen Lace —white kids— and other charming $6.50 Summer styles—now— “Carltons” Our entire $850 to $12.30 stocks, white and many other superb “Carlton” shoes —at our F St. shop— “DYNAMIC” Service Shoes White kids—bucks—beige— blacks—and all these other famous $6 and $6.50 “Dy- namic” Service Shoes—now Hahn ‘Supers’ of pairs wi cloths, bucks, kids, linens and other materials— in a Sensational Sale. (7th St. & Arcade stores) Misses’ and Child’s $2.95 Woven Sandals $1.39 tones — sensation- ally reduced. Women’s Shops 1207 F 7th & K 3212 14th 804 17th St. N.W. Metro. 7945 609 12th St. N.W. Metro. 9309 New Styles in Popular “Sun” Sandals, $].95 Suvacloth—moire silk and awning stripes. (Child's sizes to 2, $1.50). SOCIETY. ate, N. J., where will - gu e they Temain un Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury have m their Summer home, Wing- ‘wood , at Bar Harbor, for the season. Another Fri ay , 1C . Another HA[\) D IS sale == '.STIEE Summer Dresses from our regular stocks $5 $7.95 Were $10, $16.50 Were $10, $16.50, $25 Plain and printed wash silks . . . print crepes . plain and printed chiffons . . . crepe ensembles Mrs. Ivins Jones was hostess to a y at dinner last evening on the horeham terrace. Her guests inciuded Mr, and Mrs. Orme Wilson, Maj. and Mrs. Beverly Dunn, Mrs, inald Co- croit, Maj. Raymond Lee and Mr. J. T. Kodding of the State Department. at Special Prices Now To quickly move short dui?'lglio y‘ a hkr ic a.o s“nn:sg enoug make odd chairs, 3 and _— sets. Priced for odd chair, complete, for Other Sets in Proportion ’ McDEVITT’S 1202 G St. N.W. Decorators Dis. 3211 Draperies, Upholstering, Window Shades L Beginning Tomorrow! S5th Anniversary Sale 14 to 13 Reductions On Selected Groups of Merchandise From Every Department Women’s Handbags $10 to $15 Costume Bags. . ..$7.50 $7.50 Costume Bags. . .$4.95 35 Costume Bags............$2.95 $2.95 Costume Bags.........$1.95 Costume Jewelry $7.50 and $10 Costume Jew- L JCTIRIRRE. $5 Costume Jewelry.........$2.95 $2.95 Costume Jewelry......$1.95 $1.95 Costume Jewelry......$1.00 Gloves $4 and $4.50 Chamois Gloves.$2.95 Eggshell and White $3 and $3.50 Glace Kid Gloves.$1.95 Willow and Eggshell Leather Goods $5 and $6 Wallets...........$2.95 $7.50 Cigarette Cases........$4.95 $3 Cigarette Lighters.......$1.50 §7.50 Fitted Toilet Kit.... Women’s Luggage $10 Week-End Cases. .. .....$7.50 Black and Brown Cowhide $27.50 Fitted Tray Cases.. . .$20.70 Tan and Green Onyx Fittings $20 Fitted O'Nite Cases.. ...513.25 $7.50 Week-End Cases.......$5.50 Men’s Luggage $20 Oxford Bags.... Cowhide and Seal $25 Gladstone Bags.........$18.75 * Cowhide and Walrus $15 Gladstone Bags.........$11.25 Cowhide Trunks & Tourobes $360 Vuitton Wardrobe. .....$270 $55 Hartmann Wardrobe. . .$41.75 $35 Wardrobe Trunk.......$29.75 $40 Hartmann Tourobe.. .. .$29.75 BECKERS 1314 F Street N. W. THETRAVEL, LEATHER & GIfT JHOP