Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1931, Page 30

6 SOCIETY Capt. and Mrs. Creecy Are Recent Arrivals At Marine Corps Post Maj. and Mrs. De Valle Motor From Quantico to North Carolina. ' QUANTICO, Va., July 26.—Captain Bnd Mrs. Andrew Creecy are recent ar- rivals in Quantico, where Capt. Creecy will be on the staff of the Marine; Corps Schools. They have come from Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Maj. and Mrs. Pedro de Valle have motored to Madisonville, N. C., to visit Commodore Valentine Nelson, retired, Mrs. De Valle's father. After a two- week visit there Mrs. De Valle will be n Annapolis for about a month. Mrs. Maurice Berry, wife of Maj. Berry, and her mother, Mrs. Stead, spent several weeks at Atlantic City. Capt. and Mrs. Reynolds Hayden have returned from a six-week motor trip through Eastern Canada and the New England States. Maj. and Mrs. Carl Buse and their daughter Louise, who have been visiting in Charleston, S. C., have returned to Quantico. Monday morning the Girl Scouts of famp Fidelas, Quantico, under the di- ectorship of Mrs. Roy Geiger, wife of iVa). Gelger, left for a two-week outing across the Potomac on the Maryland # hore. ‘The councilors are Miss Grace | Whitg assistant director, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Arthur White; Miss / Betty Price, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. John Price; Miss Elizabeth Barber, ! daughter of Col. and Mrs. Tom Barber; Miss Virginia Henley, daughter of Col. and Mrs. John Heniey, and Miss Ethel Butler, daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Smedley Butler. The childrén who are attending camp are Abble Dora Ansel, Jean and Margaret Boschen, Margaret, Catherine and Bernadine Hines; Mar- garet Jeschke of Washington, Frances Lewis, Ruth Strong, Margaret Davis, Mary Alice Sturdevant, Phyllis Potter, Ruth Buchanan, Mae Zagan, Catherine Henley, Celeste Shannon, Nora Quigley, Anna and Catherine Diskin and Jean Clarke of Washington and Joyce Geiger. Gordon Campbell, son of Capt. and Mrs. Earle Campbell; Jack Pearson and Knoles Henley have gone to the Dis- i trict of Columbia Boy Scout encamp- ment on the Chesapeake Bay for two weeks. Maj. Chester B. Gawne Yas gone to Asheville, N. C., for a month to visit his little daughter Elizabeth, who lives there with her grandparents. Maj. and Mrs. John Marston and family have come to Quantico, and Maj. Marston will be attached to the Marine Corps Schools. He has re- cently come from Nicaragua, and Mrs. Marston and the children stayed in Annapolis while he was away. ‘The entire post acted as host Tues- dey to the members of the fire depart- ment of Baltimore and their families. The occasion was to play off a return base ball game between the firemen and the Marines, and to show the visitors a good time. They arrived on a special train and while the firemen were guests of the Marines, in the mess hall, the officials of the party and their families had luncheon at the Officers’ Club. Those who attended the lunch from Quantico were Gen. and Mrs. S. D. Butler, Gen. and Mrs. R. C. Berkeley, Capt. and Mrs. R. Hayden, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. J. J. Meade, Lieut. Col. and Mrs. E. W. Sturdevant, Maj. and Mrs. J. Marston, Maj. and Mrs. R. C. Gieger, Maj. and Mrs. J. Sebree, Maj. and Mrs. C. 1*Buse, Maj. and Mrs. C. D. Bar- rett, Comdr. and Mrs. Noble, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. W. D. Davis, Capt. and Mrs. N. M. Shaw, Capt. and Mrs. L. 8. Swindler, Lieut. and Mrs. W. C. Ansel, Lieut. and Mrs. E. D. Miller, Lieut. and Mrs. F. S. Fenton, Lieut. and Mrs. G. W. McHenry, Lieut. and Mrs. C. Pritchard, Lieut. and Mrs. J. C. Burger, Lieut. and Mrs. D, F. O'Neil, Chaplain V. J. Gorski, Maj. R. C. Pitts, and Maj. G. K. Shuler. The same group of people were invited to @ din- Ter after the game and sunset parade. In the evening a smoker was held in the post gymnasium. The referee was Maj. Miller, and the judges were Lieut. Sol Levensky and Lieut. Theodore Cart- wright. Special trains returned the visitors to Baltimore in the late evening. T Arts Cixb Members to Ride Their Hobbies The closing garden entertainment of the Summer season at the Arts Club will be held next Thursday evening, when Mr. Clifford K. Berryman, chair- man of the Program Committee, and Mrs. John F. Gaynor, vice chairman, will be the hosts and will preside over the “hobbles” which are to be ridden full tilt by several of the club mem- bers. Mrs. Ralph Richards will give a prac- tical demonstration of her hobby, the theremin. A short musical program on this instrument, accompanied by Mr. Malton Boyce at the piano, will be pre- ceded by a brief description of “the principle of this weird instrument, which draws its chords from the air. Mr. Artgur White will speak of the hobbies of a dramatic director, which HAVE YOU NOTICED THE AURORA BOREALIS ? ® Well, perhaps those unusual atmospheric disturbances around Con- necticut Avenue and L Street can be entirely traced 4o the powerful artificial cooling system of The May- I RECENT VISITOR l MRS. A. G. DUGAN, JR. Of Windsor, Conn., with Mr. Dugan, recently the guest of Mrs. Hobart Brooks. Mrs. Dugan is vice president of the League of Women Voters of Connecticut and a progressive clubwoman. —Clinedinst Photo. in this case will include one of lh!‘nutl!ue her work for the beautification | famous speeches from “Romeo and |of the Bicentennial. Mr. Glenn Madi- | Juliet.” Mrs. William Wolff Smith ‘Iill{non Brown will tell of his hobby of relate her personal experiences with|“Work With My Hands,” and Mr. Ben | ‘Authors I Have Met” at home and|de mier Miller will dilate upon “Little | abroad. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest will | Adventures With Poets and Poetry.” | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Benson-Snyder and Other Engageme nts Announced Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Benson announce the engagement of their daughter, Mar- jorie Alice, to Mr. James Jacob Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Snyder of Germantown, Md., the wedding to take place August 15. ‘Mrs. Jennie )M. Robertson. of 500 Flower avenue, Takoma Park, announces the engagement of her daughter, Ollle Mae, to Mr. Andrew J. Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Strawn M. Robbins, of Morgantown, W. Va., the wedding to take place later in the Summer, The ennflement of Miss Mary Har- rison of Milbank, Lockerble, Scotland, and Mr. John J. Wylde, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wylde of Boston, has been announced. The ma will take place in Scotland in the late Summer, Miss Harrison spent some time in this country last Fall as the guest of her un- cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax Har- rison, at Belvoiy House, near The Plains. She is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Archibald Harrison. For & num- ber of years before his death Mr. Archi- b-lg Harrison made his home in Scot- land. Convic‘ts Are Lashed. CANBERRA, Australia, July 25 (#).— ‘The birch and the s have been re- stored to & place in the administration of justice in some Australian states. Boys convicted of certain misdemean- ors in Queensland are being subject-| ed to a public birching. In Victoria the | lash is being used on habitual criminal: D, C. JULY 26, 1931—PART SUITS ‘ASK $75,000 FOR GLASS IN MILK Father Bays Two Children Drank Bottled Dairy Product and ‘Were Injured. Otho Mullineaux, 719 Florida avenue northeast, has filed three suits in Dis- trict Supreme Court, asking a total of 475,000 damages from the Chevy Chase Dairy for alleged negligence in deliv- ering at his home bottled milk con- taining particles of glass. Mullineaux said the milk con- sumed by his two children, Otho, jr., 3 years old, and Lorraine, 5 years old, and that particles of glass caused seri- ous injury to them. He asked $26,000 damages for the alleged injury to each dren and another $25,000 damages for himself for the expense incident to thelr illness. This began, he said, with the drinking of the milk onHM:‘y 6. e is represented by Attorneys Jam: A, O'Shea, John H. numu“-f:’a Ama Goldstein. Burlington Botel 1120 Vermont Avenue Dinner, W Every “COLONIAL” Comfort Chair True Colonial Reproduction A “custom built” “colo- nial” comfort chair with loose-cushion seat and your choice of 20 varieties of art tapestry. Remember, this colonial armchair is built by hand by expert craftsmen. Visit our store and plant and see how real lasting fur- niture is built and to your liking. SEGAL BROS. 1232 14th N.W. We live our profession Estab- lished Two Genera- tions A Season of Sensational Prices Gives Emphasis to Saks High Quality in the annual Saks Mid-Summer ‘FUR SALE Normal August Values were not consid- ered—Our one aim dcas to make Wash- ington’s leading Fur Stylists set a prece- dent for value—unheard of and certainly never before equaled in Washington. The efforts—the time—the thought put behind this Sale—makes it the Drum-MAJOR of Saks long Parade of Value Giving Events. Shop Saks and See for Yourself. FUR COATS 585 i 15145 "= (5195 Three new low prices—prices that do not even hint of Saks Style—of Saks Quality—but every popular fur is here— every phase of the newest fitted sil- houette—every fashion detail—they’re worthy of the Saks label despite their new low prices. Shop Saks and see for yourself! At CLOTH COATS: 548 At New THRE SOCIET in the Forty-Six Yeors of H. ZIRKIN & SONS, Ine. This August Sale overshadows any, event in our History. We took advantage of conditions in the Fur market this spring and purchased for cash tho. most unusual skins at prices only a fraction of thexr.actual value! This alone makes possible these drastic reductions. However, while prices are so low, QUALITY IS PARAMOUNT! We have not deviated from usual ZIRKIN standards ‘specials.’ in affecting these You will find...the LOWEST PRICES the t INTRIGUING STYLES in themost BEAUT"’I’#U!L n"‘?:s. %eFURCOATS 88 Russian Pony, Last Year's Price $135 August Sale Price Muskrat, Bay Seal. Lapin, itely designed Hudson Seal (dyed Musk- apecial price 3396—marked epecial at ... 295 G FURCOATS Last Years § Price $165 August Sale Price Caracul, Muskrat, Lapin, Black Russian Pony. Group Three FUR COATS 195 Hudson Seal, Ocelot, Leopard Cat, Racoon. American Broadtail, Caracul and Grey Squitrel. Last Year's Price—$265 AUGUST SALE PRICE e 7o FUR QOATS Last Year's Price—$395 AUGUST SALE PRICE $295 Hudson Seal, Squirrel, Japanese Mink, Persian Lamb, Russian Caracul. The Advance Season 1931-1932 Sale of Cloth Coats Now #n Progress—Featuring the Most Unusual Values in Our History H.Zirkin & Sons Incorporated 821 Fourteenth Street N. W. // \.MILLER SUMMER ana STREET SHOES - RECORD-MAKING SALE PRICE Think of»it! Every pair of stunning summer shoes—the most coveted fashions of the moment—and quality street shoes that will be correct for months to come . . . now less than eight dollars! But we are determined to move our exquisite creations into the smartest wardrobes at the height of the season—when they're Early fashion reports on cloth coats have verified our selection of novelty woolens—with the unbroken Princess silhouette—Fur trims are stressed more than ever! And what could be more inviting than a coat elaborately trimmed with Saks,Furs—at the new low prices? Shop Saks and see for yourself, flower . .. . @ Regardless of outside temperatures, the Presiden- tial Dining Room remains just about the coolest spot in Washington . .. . @ The cuisine is sure 1o re- vive even the most jaded appetites on these July days. most needed! %68 388 Low Prices At this new low price of $7.85, these |. Miller Shoes are by far the most remarkable values in town! We urge you to respond early . ., size ranges will not be complete very much longer! LMILLER 1222 F STREET N. W, Sidney’s Music at Luncheon and Dinner in PRESIDENTIAL DINING; ROOM FURRIERS SINCE 1888 Repairing and Remodeling at Low Summer Rates Repairing and Remodeling at Low Summer Rates MEMBER MASTER FURRIERS QUIRD