Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1931, Page 19

SOCIETY (Continued Prom Second Page) been assigned to duty in Atlanta, Ga., s chief of stafl of the 4th Corps Area. Col. Wade H. Cooper had in his box st the concert yesterday afternoon of the National Symphony Orchestra, Hans Kindler conductor, Mrs. Morris Shep- pard, Mrs. Joseph E. Washington, Mrs. Chester Marwick of New York and Mr. Henry Martin Clarke of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Poe Present Daughter at Tea This Afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Prancis Bennett Poe will entertain at tea this afternoon in their apartment, 2540 Massachusetts | avenue, from 4 to 7 o'clock, when they will present their daughter, Miss Cath- erine Stewart Poe, to soclety. Assisting | at the tea table will be Mrs. Henry ing, Mrs. Mark Willing and Mrs. Wil- | liam Sowers. Assisting Miss Poe will | be Miss Evelyn Willing of Chicago; | Miss Christine Ekengren, Miss Harriet | Anderson, Miss Helen Lee Washington, Miss Carnealia Perin, Miss Mary Pres- fon Gibson, Miss Carma Burgess and Miss Pansy Bloomer. ‘ The debutante will wear a gown of | [ le blue velvet and will carry Amer- | can Beauty roses and Mrs. Poe will be in & gown of dark green velvet. | | Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Marsh will entertain a small company at dinner Monday evening in their home at 3515 | Lowell street and with their guests will | Jater attend the patchwork party | CLARKE, which the Junior League will give that | evening in the ball room of the May- | Late November bride, formerly Miss Helen Newell Cannon, daughter of Mr. P |and Mrs, Ira E. Caimon of Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Randall Hagner enter- | B0W making her home in Washington. tained st a debutante dinner party last | 5. - grening in thelr home in honor of Miss | ss y Preston Gib- | B and Mlas ORTSEe Barts, e s | TAlae A Roxok HAvps GCre AndM:s, guests were Miss Louise Brooks, Miss | Campbell Prichett. Patience McCormick-Goodhart, Miss | ape Robinson F. Downey of Wash- Charlotte Mayo, Miss Elsie Tuckerman, | yoton and Pennsylvania is at the St. Miss Betty Shouse, the second secretary | péviy 1n New York for the Winter. of the Belgian embassy, Count Francols | i de Bulsseret; Mr. Herman Van Royen,| Mrs. J. R. Cook of Somerset, Ky., is Mr. Atwater Kent, jr.; Mr. Joseph Noell, | the guest for the Winter season of her Mr. Eugene Roberts, Mr. John Sweeney, | sister, Miss Bertha Wolfe, at the Mr. Sheridan Biays and Mr. James Gib- | Roosevelt. Hotel. son. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Hag- | ner acted as hosts for Mr. and Mrs.| Mrs. Sadle B. Yates has as her guest Hagner. | this week her sister, Mrs. Mary T. Welr, of New York City. Mrs. Yates and her Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, who came | guest, as we]l &s the former’s son and to Washington to attend the dinner at| daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John H. the White House last evening, is the | vates, will motor to Baltimore Sunday, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H.|where Mrs. Weir will spend a week Brooke until she returns to her home | visiting her other sister, Mrs. Stella in New York. Swallow, at Guilford, before returning | to her home. Former surgeon general of the Army, | T Maj. Gen. Merritt W. Ireland, U. S. A | Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lorimer of retired, and Mrs. Ireland, who have been | philadelphia have taken a sulte at the abroad since early in the Summer, will | Cariton, where they will remain for a arrive in New York todsy aboard the | few days. President Roosevelt. MRS. CHARLES FRANKLIN W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, hostess and will introduce Dr. Schilue- ter-Hermkes to the guests when ‘she f | will speak on “Modern Architecture in ‘Repeal | Germany,” accompanied with illustra- tions. Four beautiful blue wedgewood vases, once the property of Alice Lee, h- ard_Henry Lee's sister, will be in the exhibition. White :ru and garlands of flowers grace e vases, two of which are a foot Bhigh, and two are shorter. Mrs. Harry B. Zbjmele will have & number of ts a1ad writers assisting tomorrow afternoon ‘from 2 to 5 o'clock in the studio of thy. League of American P;n"w%lmm‘-t JT06 L street, where she is show a up of ofl paintings of New England m:gu. Mrs. Jesse W. Ificholson has gone to Louisville, Ky., where she will make a speech at a bayquet given under the auspices of the daughters of the Amer- ican Constitution at the Brown Hotel this evening. = Mrs. Nicholson will sgfid the weelc end in the Southern city. Mrs. John Lilvingston of leadelrhh is spending seferal days at the Cariton, as is also Mrs. J. Willis Martin of Phil- adelphia. QDr. lng{ us. Chfl’leflkw. ‘Waters of ueens, N. 1., are making s lengthy stay in this city and have ukenm:n apartment af, Wardman Park Hotel for the duration of their visit. Mr. and ¥irs. J. E. Nagle of Lockport Hants, Engl.and, are at the Dodge for several days. lVglu. }'{‘rqto.!oe}.sw&tt of ?nr‘nd View- on-the-Huiison visiting ‘Washing- ton and is. at the Willard. = Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Donaldson of Daytona Beach, Fla, have come to ‘Washingfon for a few days, and they are stayilig at Wardman Park Hotel, Mr. gnd Mrs. William Bartley of Clevelarfd, Ohio, are at the Carlton for » few dhys. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Duffieldyof Sum- mit, N. J., are passing a brie! time at the Doclge. Mr. sAnd Mrs. L. Eger of Baltimore, Md., sre at the Cavaller Hotel for a short sstay. Card Party Funds Will Brighten Yuletide for Needy. Talfles are being reserved for the cerd party which is being arranged Decp:mber 12. The event will take place in ¥he reception room of the president genteral of the D. A. R, and Mrs. Loysell Fletcher Hobart and the na- tioxml officers of the soclety are patrons for ‘the party. Tor. Maria Schlueter-Hermkes, who is Jecturing in the United States un- der the auspices of the Carl Schurz M emorial Foundation and was formerly by the clerical staff of the D. A. R. for | the guests at the hostess’ table be the third secretary of the German embassy, Herr Alexander von Wuthenau; Miss Belle Sherwin, presi- dent of National League of Women Voters; Miss Mabel Turner, it of the Cathedral School; Miss Maguire, head of the National Catholic School of Social Welfare; Mrs. Otto Veerhoff, president of the local branch of the A. A. U. W, and Mrs. Luke Wilson. The senior prom of the National University Law School will be held the Willard this evening. Dean Hs; den Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, Judge Balley of the District and Judge Hatfleld Court of honor, and year will hold if Mr, and Mrs, home at 636 Massachusetts avenue northeast. Miss Margaret Louise Duckett of Luray, Va, is at the Hamilton Hotel for a few days stay. Mrs, Reese Geere of Boston, is at the Carlton for a brief stay. Lace-Top Silk Hose 99 Lovely lace-top stop-run pure silk chiffon stockings—the gift of gifts for milady. Veil weight, picot top and French heel. Colors include Negrita, Tahiti, Moonbeige, After Dark and Smoketone. WHELAN'S Women's Specialty Shop 1105 F Street Northwest 1931. St. bet. 11th and 12th olinsky or Fox gorgeous Coats Most unusual values at $59.50 This year it's Brooks for coats! For coats of fine woolens, finely made, to fit right and to wear nobly! This year it’s Brooks for values beyond anything we've had before! : Boucles in black, brown, green, luxuriously furred with Dyed Blue Fox Dyed Cross Fox Red Fox Skunk Russian Fitch Kit Fox Black Fox Pointed Fox Squirrel Beaver | “Stamp Act” Silver on View fon of University Women, will be en- Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie will be | At Lee Exhibition Next Week. ertained at a luncheon tomorrow at assisted at the reunion to be held in| Women of soclety will be interested|il o'clock in the club house of the her home tomorrow afternoon by Mrs.|in the Landon Carter set of silver | American Association of University Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. William Henry | spoons to be in the exhibition of rare ]Wmnen, on I street. ?Je secretary of the German Federa- Phone National 8225 King, Mrs, George Higgins Moses, Mrs. | relics and works of art at 2330 8 street { Dr. Esther Caukin Brunauer will be Tasker L. Oddie, Mrs. William Shepherd | Wednesday and Thursday of next week, Benson, Mrs. Willlam V. Pratt, Mrs. |for the benefit of the District of Co- o Mark Lambert Bristol, Mrs. Davis G.|lumbia Robert E. Lee Memorial Foun- pat Arnold, Mrs. William Baggley, Mrs. | daticn. i & Alexander L. P. Johnson, Mrs. Phillip [ Landon Carter ordered a set of silver ne Lee Phillips, Mrs. Sydney Amos Cloman, | spoans from his silversmith in Londoj1 E ' fox, Mrs. Willlam Barrett Ridgley, Mrs. with the direction that if the stamip E 4 $59.50 ° (3 | For juniors, misses, women, little and larger women. Other New Coats $49.50 to $165 Brooks Coats, Second Floor Grey Broadtail with Squirrel What a Glarious Gift It Would Make! Any woman would welcome its shimmering, silky perfection s 1 7 9 Adam A. Weschler & Son, Auctioneers Importer’s Sale of Unusual Collection of ORIENTAL RUGS By Auction At Weschler’s, 915 E St. N.W. Monday, December 7, 1931 Two Sessions, 2 P.M. and 8 P.M. 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