Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1931, Page 18

~ B2 SOCIETY, SOCIETY President and Mrs. Hoover Entertain| Cabinet at Dinner—First Lady Attends National Symphony. HE President and Mrs. Hoover will entertain the members of the cabinet this “evening dinner, the first of the official State functions to be held this Mr. William Warren Barbour, has ar- | n. ‘The company at dinner will|Mr. William Warren Barbou?, W |bour and is at the Mayflower Hotel. | the Winter series Monday evening, De- | Barbour joined in Washington shortly by their Elizabeth, | Warren, 5, and Baby Sharon, who is 7 | was announced earlier in the season. 88501 not be limited to members of the cabi- net and their wives. but also will in clude guests from out-of-town. Ad- ditional guests have been asked for a program of music which will be given in the East room after the dinner. Mre Hoovar will occupy a box this|Weeks old. afternoon at the second of the after- noon concerts of the National Sym- phony Qrchestra, Hans Kindler, con- cuctor and will have several guests with her. Mrs. Hoover accompanied the Presi- | walner of Allentown, Pa. dent to the opening session of Conference on Home Ovwnership last evening Senator and Mrs. three young children, phy Comdr. Zenshiro Hoshina Turkish Envoy to Fete Sally Burch, at 3021 Forty-fifth street having moved from Wardman Park at [Inn the latter part of November. Bar- be | ot Representative and Mrs. Frank Mur- of Ohio have returned and are in ther home, 1934 Poplar lane. Representative Norton L. Lichten- and Mrs, the | Lichtenwaler have taken an apartment Bullding and | at the Shoreham for the Winter. assistant | bald L. Parsons, Capt. and Mrs, Frank | naval attache of the Japanese embassy, | D- Berrien, Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane, | Visitor From Hungary. The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. | Ahmet Muhtar, will entertain at tea December 9 honor of Countess Bethlen of Hungary | The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Fer were th anking guests at dinner last evening of Col. and Mrs M. Robert Guggenheim, who enter- tained in t home, in Georgetown, | in compliment to the former's mother, | Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim of New York Others in the company were the ister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. | MacWhite, the Minister of Egypt, Se- | sostris Sidarouss Pasha; the counselor of the Danish legation and Mme. de Wichfeld, Assistant Attorney General and Mrs. Charles B. Rugg, Maj. Gen. Stephen O. Fuqua, U. S. A, and Mrs. Fuqua, the military attache of the Ttalian embassy, Col. Pennaroli; Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman and Mrs. Eleanor Patterson ‘The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi be the honor guests this evening at the private view of an ex- hibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings to be held in the galleries of the Home Construction division of Sears, Roebuck and Company at 1106 Connecticut avenue, at 7 o'clock. ‘The_retiring Siamese Minister, Maj Gen. Prince Amoradat Kridakara, left Washington today for New York pre- paratory to sailing for his new post in Paris. The Minister was host at dinner last evening, entertaining at the May- flower, when his guests were the Am- | ‘bassador of France and Mme. Claudel, the Belgian Ambassador and Mme, May the Minister of Greece and Mme. Stmopoulos, the Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, the Minister of the Netherlands, Jonkheer Van Royen; the Undersecretary of State and Mrs. Wil- liam R. Castle, the newly appointed Minister of Siam, Phyra S Stanley F. Hornbeck, Mr. Marriner, Mr. and Mrs. Richard South- Sydney A. Cloman, Mrs. T. . Miss Mary Patten, Mr. and | Mrs. William E. Goodman, Luang Chara, Becond secretary of the Siamese lega- | tion; the third secretary and Mm Mitradarm, Mr. R. F. Miller, Mr. Mur- gay Sheehan and Mr. Maxwell Hamilton. The Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs. Louw will entertain at | dinner this evening at the legation, | Mrs. Herridge, wife of the Minister of Canada, will be at home tomorrow after- noon from 5§ to 7 o'clock The Minister and Mrs. Herridge enter- tained at tea yesterday afternoon for Mr. Edward Thompson, Canadian tenor, of the Metropolitan Opera Co., who sang | at Mrs. Lawrence Townsend’s musicale yesterday at the Mayflower Senator and Mrs. Hugh Black of M- | Presented at Tea Today. was host to a small company at lunch- | eon yesterday at the Carlton. | ‘The Commissioner of the District, Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, and Mrs. Crosby entertained at dinner last eve- ning in their home on Massachusetts avenue. The guests included Assistant Attorney General and Mrs. Seth W. Richardson, Gen. and Mrs. Frank T ‘ Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Thorpe and | Dr. and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin iss Ekengren Formally i Miss Christine Ekengren, daughter of Mme. Ekengren and the late Wilhelm A. F. Ekengren, Minister of Sweden to Washington, is being presented to a small but exclusive group of Washing- ton soclety, resident and official, this | afternoon in her home at 2139 Wyoming avenue Assisting Mme. Ekengren and her daughters will be younger members of { [ soclety, including “Miss Janet | White, | | Miss Mary MacArthur, Miss Kitty Poe and Miss Elsie Tuckerman At the tea table will be Mme. Bos- trom, wife of the Minister of Sweden, | and Mme. Bachke, wife of the Minister | of Norway, also Mrs. Hollister Chap- | man, Mrs, Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. Henry Aspinwall, Mrs. John P. Jack- | son, Mrs. Robert Hinckley and Mrs. Joseph H. Bradley The home of Mr. and Mrs. Randall THE E Hagner will be the scene of & gay de- butante dinner this evening, given in honor of Miss Helen Robbins, Miss Carnealia Perin and Miss Mary Preston Gibson, buds of the season. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Hagner will act as hosts for the elder Mr. and Mrs. Hagner. Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi- dent general of the D. A. R., and the national officers of the soclety are patronesses for the benefit card party De- cember 12, which is being arranged by the clerical staff of the D. A. R. The proceeds will be used for Christmas boxes for the poor. Mrs, Hobart has | loaned her reception room in Constitu- tion Hall for the event, given to bright- en the Yuletide for the less fortunate. | Navy Yard Officers The new Senator from New Jersey, | Change Date of Dance. The officers of the navy yard com- mand wil' give their second dance of | cember 28, in the sail loft at the yard, | at 9:30 o'clock, having changed the date from Tuesday evening, December 29, as The major general, commandant of | the Mariné Corps, and Mrs. Ben H. Ful- {ler were hosts at dinner last evening, entertaining in compliment to the As- sistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. | Ernest Lee Jahncke. Others in the | company were the commandant of the |navy yard and Mrs. Henry Varnum | Butler, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Archi- ——— English Homes in FOXALL Double-fronts, six and eight rooms, with one, two and three baths, Bryant gas heat, maid's room, and garage. Outstanding valae at $11,350 to $14,950. Visit our Fur- nished Model Home at 4400 Volta Place, three short blocks south of Reservoir Road. Open until 10 p. m. 4 WAVERLY TAYLOR e 1822 K Street Nat'l 1040 turbanize with a new they are lovely at $5 Alabama have leased the home of Mrs turban so smart n metallic cloth, felt soled and tinsels iC IARRIS eyl ¥ [} Erlebacher TWELVETEN TWEVETWEMVE F STREET Starting Tomorrow! 915 A M. Unrestricted Choice of our entire stock of Fur-trimmed COATS Dress and Sports An unusually warm Autumn season has left our collections of coats much larger than usual at this t us to hold this sale ime . . . prompting several weeks earlier than has been our practice in the past. OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION is in- cluded, all regular stock . . . each coat is brand-new, purchased from the leading fashion creators of America . . . each one is typical of what the smartest women in the world are wearing today. 4 OFF Their quality is superlative, their workmanship is exquisitely fine. They are, in fact, the kind of coats that make women interested in fashion. We speak first of coats with SILVER FOX, BLUE FOX, CROSS FOX, Persian Lamb, MINK, but there are other lovely furs represented. It is a notable occasion, one not to be overlooked. Sizes 12 to 48 Charge Purchases Acceptable! No Returns ¢ All Sales Final No Exchanges VENING STAR, WASHI U. 8. M. C,, and Mrs. Chester Fordney, daughter of the hosts. Mrs. Clark, wife of Rear Admiral Frank Hodges Clark, and first national vice president of the National League of American Pen Women, will entertain at buffet luncheon tomorrow in her apartment at the Dresden, in honor of America’s noted woman composer, Mrs. H. H. A Beach of New Hampshire. Sharing honors with Mrs. Beach will be Miss Elena De Sayn, violinist, of this city; Mr. Walter Kramer, composer and editor, and Mr. John Powell, composer and native Virginian. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Beach are fellow | pen women, and in honor of this fact 2 number of the national officers of the league are among the invited guests, as well as persons of importance in the music world of Washington. Col. and Mrs. Louis S. Chappelear, Wwho make their home at the Shoreham, will give a small reception this after- noon in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Chappelear Hall of St. Louis, Mo. Maj. and Mrs. J. Clinton Tribby en- tertained at dinner and dancing last evening at the Army and Navy Country Club. Their guests were Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Benjamin Soule Gantz, Lieut. Comdr. and Capt. and Mrs. Richard F. Lussier, Because Mrs. Thomas Kelliher, Stone, U. 8. A.; Lieut. and Mrs. Oliver K. Robbins, Lieut. and Mrs. Vernon Lowrey, Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Trenis, Mrs. Robert Turner Darrow, Miss Mary Ruden and Miss Elizabeth Harrison Owen of Newport, Ark. Miss Owen is Mrs. Tribby’s niece and | guest in their apartment in the West- | chester. Capt. Lloyd W. Curtis, U. S. N., re- tired, with Mrs. Curtis is staying at Wardman Park Hotel for the duration of their visit to this city. Capt. and | Mrs. Curtis came here from Point | Pleasant, N. J., where they are now | making their home. Capt. and Mrs. Walter Jacobs will | entertain at tea in their home at 3311 | Rowland_place this afternoon from 5 | to 7 o'clock in honor of their debu- tante daughter, Miss Winnie-Fred Ja- | cobs. Assisting Mrs. Jacobs will be Mrs. George Calver, Mrs. Edmund D. Almy, | Mrs. Richard K. Turner, Mrs. Henry | D. F. Wallace, Mrs. Lyman F. Perry, | Mrs. H. R. Thurber, Mrs. Stephen | Dougherty and Mrs. Willlam Chambers. T (Continued on Third Pag: they The Greatest Saving Opportunity in Our Entire H istory HE event that is eagerly awaited by hundreds of women who know ZIRKIN quality and appreciate an opportunity to share in the unusual savings of this an- nual store-wide reduction. A grou 8175, ilcf revelation in value’ A splendid assortment of ZIRKIN Fur Coats, formerby 5150 to $175. Included are Black Pony, 46° ANNIVERSARY SALE ———FUR COATS—— of fine quality Fur Coats, $12% » uding Silver and Geldes Muskrat, Lapin, Black Pony, in *ha wewest models. A fit the foot in Motion Foot Saver Shoes retain their chic lines longer! JFOOT SAVER Shoes owe their good_ looks and blissful comfort to their patented i built construction that flexibly hugs the mov- ing arch . . . and to FOOT SAVER'S new “Free-Walking” lasts that fit the heel and in- step while the foot is in motion. The *“Seneca” —a very smart oxford of light- weight calfskin —in hlack or brown at $10.50. Similar Strap Slipper in black or brown at $10.56. THE NEW elleffs 1216-1220 F Street N.W. Fall and Winter Shoes—$ 4-35 Formerly $7.50 and $10 for Friday Clearaway Just three hundred pairs of shoes. .all late Fall and Winter styles...whose size range has become so badly broken that they have to be discontinued. In each style there are perhaps two to a dozen pairs, yet the entire group includes 3% to 9, AAA to C. Tt will pay you to come in early! There are sports shoes, town shoes, and a few evening slippers...suedes, ealfskins, patent leather, and fabrics...pumps, ties, oxfords and strap slippers +..military, Cuban, and slender Louis heels, No Approvals All Sales Final —Please! SHOE SHOP—STREET FLOOR General Clearaway Friday in Our Corset Section! Brassieres, girdles, corsettes of well known makers . lines to be discontinued . . . odd sizes . . . surplus pur- chases at sweeping reductions beginning Friday. 26—$5 Flexo-back corsette-brassieres, brocade and swami models. Sizes 36, 38 to 4. ..... ereseiiniiieane 8—87.50 Flexo-back corsette-brassieres, in h_brocade and swami...with firm inner belt. Sizes 36 to 39, 41, 44. $5.00 21—$5 Girdles...Dorothy Bickum, Treo, Vagabond and other models, in white and pink crepe de chine, slightly boned, 12 and 14 inch lengths. Sizes 26 to 34 included 1—$5 Treo step-in, all-clastic girdle, slightly boned, 12-inch length. Size 26.. ¥ SIS o 1—$5 Treo wrap-around brocade girdle. Size 20 8—8350 Rayon satin and brocade girdles, boned, length. Sizes 25, 30 and 31 3—$250 Treo step-in girdies inch length. Sizes 24 and 29 9—$5 Voile corsette-brassieres. Sizes 34, 35, 41, 42 3—$3.50 Vagabond girdles in lace. Sizes 20 and 30 3_«) \'a{uhond sash girdles in net, 12-inch length 29 and 30 . 1—$5 Silk Vagabond sash, 12-inch length. Size 30.. . 3—85 White silk corsette-brassieres. Sizes 3 and 38.. 2—$10 Corsette-brassieres ..brocade and faille tilk. Sizes 34 and 35 $3.95 $1.95 $1.95 12-inch e vesso SLIB all elastic, peach, in 10- $1.95 $2.95 $1.95 Sizes .. 8395 $2.95 $3.95 chine, with lace brassiere. Size 35..... 2—$750 Corsette-brassieres.. hrocade and inner belt. Sizes 41 and 46.. 1—$15 Corsette-brassiere in broca sicrelll Sre a8 T I 2—85 Corsette-brassieres in brocade. Treo models. 2—$3.50 Junior model corsette-brassieres in brocade. Sizes 1—$10 Corsette-brassiere in princess line, with lace bras- siere. Treo model. Size 48...... 2 11—$10 Treo corsette-brassieres for aver. 34, 35, 40, 43 and 46 e BRASSIERES AND BAND 1780 Brassieres in ‘brocade and swami. Sizes 34 to 38. 83—$1 Brassieres and bandeaux in brocade, lace, jersey, crepe de chine and swami. Sizes 30, 32, 34, 40, 42 GREY SHOPS—SECOND FLOOB vami, with ace uplift bras- figure. 25¢ 75¢ Leypin, Silver ond Golden Muskrat and Cocoa Caracul Coats. Beautiful self-trimmed and trimmed Hudson Formerly sold for $250. An out- standing feature in the Anmiversary Sale. Seal Coats. Others Reduced in Proportion FUR-TRIMMED COATS All Cloth Coats that were §\ All Cloth Coats that were §. Others Reduced in ZIRKIN All Dresses that were $16.50 Others Reduced in Pr $59.50 $88 $179.50 65 to $75 79.50 to $89.50. . Proportion DRESSES e $Q.95 oportion Jirkin® Incorporated 821 Fourte \ons enth St. N.W. 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