Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1931, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, i). C., MONDAY SOCIETY (Continued From Second Page.) spending a few cays in Washington the Mayflower en route to Summit Point W. Va. where they will spend Christ- | Mrs. Thomson was formerly Miss | Gnpvieve Clark, aaughter of Mrs. Clark mas and the late Spigier Champ Clark. Mrs. Robert Davis and her aaughters, Miss Barbara Davis and Miss Edw Davis, guests of Lieut. N. L. McDowell. urday Lieut. McDowell entertained luncheon for Miss Barbara Davis. dinner dance will be given Friday night at the Annapolis Roads Club by Lieut. . Clarence Wine- cock in honor ¢f Miss Barbara Davis Miss Barbara Miss Elizabeth honors at a dinner be given Mr. C. W. B. Hurd, at the Kennedy-Warren. A. C. Hurst and Lieu and Miss Edwina Davis Davis and her sister, will share Saturday evening to by Mrs. Bolick Hurd and her son. have returned from Annapolis, | where they spent the week end as the Sat- Engagement Announced at | | ina at A Former United States Ambassador to Russia and Mrs. George T. be hosts at dinner thi: Marye will evening, enter- taining for their son-in-law and daugh- ter, Comdr. and Mrs Themas. in the latter’s house, stone, which they are occupying the season. Comdr. and Mrs William for the Army-Navy Their guests tonight 'Tmplr and will nun ater attend the will be er 30 helor’s Former Senator and Mrs. George P.+ Conn., have gone the season and and Mrs. McLean of Simsbury to Augusta, Ga. for have as their guests there Mr Joseph R. Ensign, also of Simsbury, and their daughter, Miss Polly Ensigi D. Gray- Tor Thomas will return to Washington this after- M noon from New York, where they went game Saturday.| g young They wiil| ™™ Cotillion. MARION EAD! e parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander die, announce her engagement to Ralph T. French of Natick, Mass. —Brooks Photo. taken the Fairfax Hotel an apartment at Committee Decides on Postponement of Opera. The Metropolitan Opera Committee Mis. Charles C. Deming, who lives at 0 Washington through its chairman, the Shoreham, Biddle of Philadelphia. guests were Mr. and Mrs. Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs B. Howry, Mi Capt. W. V. Andrews and Mr. bald C. Wells. Her Walter Miss Elizabeth Jobe preceding the first of Cotillions in, the Mayflower. Dr. Charles Noble Gregory entertain- ed at dinner Sunday evening in honsr Roger of his counsin. Rear Admiral Wells Ensign George H. Wales, U. S. and Robert C. Wales of the Univer: come to Washing- ton for the Christmas holiday to jomn Service Commis- George R. Wales, of Pennsylvania w their parents. Civil sioner and Mrs their home, 3609 Norton place Mrs house. Mrs. Dodd has als for January 6. Col. George Marcaka, military fache of the Legation de Bolivia entertained at dinner last night in_honor of Mrs. J. Wilmer other Charles William Bowie Clarke, Archi- will entertain a small company at dinner this evening the Bachelor Catherine Filene Dodd enter- man, tained last evening at her Georgetown S extended invitations for Wednesday evening and Tra announces that the ittle season” of grand opera from America’s foremost opera house will not R be given in the NationaP Capital this - | coming Spring Washington Opera Association, Inc., feels that for this ar alone it is scarcely fair to the guarantors to ask them to pledge so large an amount of money, with the risk of perhaps not filing the houses at this time. Grand opera is a very big luxury, un- like concerts that may be given at a | moderate price. Seats must be high, when the public demands all-star casts and the glamour that a Metropolitan Opera performance means. The Washington N. Inc. had the genuine satisfaction of sity Ppresenting last April a three-opera sea- "~ son of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany at a profit, with a premiere here Deems Taylor's “Peter Ibbetson.” It at established a precedent that the asso- ciation desires to maintain. The asso- ciation, with Mrs. Tracy Dows as chair- includes Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Charles J. Bell. Mrs. Franklin H. Miss Elizabeth Howry, Mrs. George Mesta. Mrs. James S. Parker, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and Mr. Andrew | Wylie at- ° has C: Nejib Hekimian announces OPENING of his new EASTERN RUG GALLERIES Tuesday, December 15th Nejib Hekimian. Inc. ESTABLISHED L1901 1214 CONNECTICUT AVENUE LAy GOWNS LU Bresls LT COATS (NIRRT 1307-9-11-13-15 G St. N.W. A SPECIAL PURCHASE! 300 of the Most Gorgeous Creations Ever SALE of DRE Not 5159 byt Not $1995 but Not $259 byt Not $29-50 byt YOU NEVER WERE ABLE BEFORE . . . to buy such handsome crea- tions as we are offering in this sensational sale! 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Leiber—have ruled that gnity and simplicity will be the ki notes of this affair, which s to be held | in the grand ball room of the Willard. Colorful standards of the many Army Idlvulons. as well as the various Navy flags, will be the decorative motif. Comdr. Sydney M. Kraus, U. S. N., | came to Washington from Philadelphia {to spend the weck end and was at Wardman Park. !at the U. S. Naval Air Station in Squantum, Mass., to spend a few days, has engaged an apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel while here, | | Mr. H. St. John Herfurth of New | York is at the Raleigh Hotel. He was i called to Washington by the death of | | his mother, whose burlal takes place { . Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F. Pollock, | 3411 Quesada strect, Chevy Chase D. C. were at home yesterday after- | noon from 4 to 6 o'clock to meet Mr. iand Mrs. James B. Stouffer, who were married in Washington November 25, Mrs. Stouffer being formerly Miss Alene Graham. The rooms of the home were charm- | ingly decorated in pink and white, and assisting Mrs. Pollock were Mrs, Lelia Kestler and Mrs. Manley Michaels, who were at the tea table, and others sisting were Mrs. Carville Bowen, M: Diller B. Grofl, Mrs. Marion Pollock and Mrs. Clarence Purcell | Mrs. Pollock wore a gown of black ! velvet and Mrs. Stouffer was in blue crepe, | Gov. Floyd B, Olson of Minnesota is | at the Willard for a few days. Miss Monica Selwin-Talt is in Wash- The commiitee, now formed into_the 5-Piece Parlor Suites—Antiques 3-Piece Overstuffed Suites Dining Room Chairs | | Lieut. John Joseph Shea, U. S. N..| | who came to Washington from his post | ington as the guest of her brother, Capt. | G. M. Selwin-Tait, in his home on Thirty-fourth street. Miss Selwin-Tait is a well known author, her most re- cent book being “Three Ships Come | Sailing.” She will make a talk on Japanese art tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Sears-Roebuck Gallery. Miss Barney and Miss Crippen have ilcflscd their residence, at 3243 Thirty- eighth street, and Miss Crippen will | move to 2310 Twentieth street. Miss Barney is about to return to her former home in Fredericksburg, Va. Miss Margaret McNeirny, who makes her home at the Shoreham, entertained | informally at dinner last night. Among | her guests were Representative and ! Mrs. Francis D. Culkin of Oswego, | N. Y., and Mrs. M. D. Bond. ) Mr. and Mrs. Alvord Calvin De Voe! entertained a large company at supper and bridge Saturday evening at their home on Otis place in compliment to: their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and | Mrs. Max George Dennison Prentice. The list of guests included Dr. and| Mrs. Arnold Hull McNitt, Mr. and Mrs. William Kerlin, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harr: Lapish, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Woodworth, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Appleton Clark, Miss Margaret Eckles, Dr. Howard Lee | Smith and Comdr. and Mrs. Morton | Ring, i Following the game a late supper was | served. The prizes and table decora- tions carried out the color scheme of | the coming holiday season. Mrs. Guy P. Gamett, Republican na- tional committeewoman from Maine, at_the Carlton for a few days, having (Continued on Fourth Page.) | | | - | 1715 | G ST. NW. Reupholstering & Repairing Pay a little down uhen furniture is returned; thereafter a little each month will do Wool Tapestry, Friezza, Brocades and Damask Also Chair Caneing and Porch Rockers Splinted by Our Experts at the Now Pre- vailing Low Prices for Two Days Only. 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In Washington--Only at Jelleff's, Satin, Crepe, Metallic Blouses A Special Christmas purchase ready—ith floor Smooth looking blouses these beautiful satin and crepe af- fairs ... white, eggshell, Siam Persian idered i of red chifion...prints 1 wool-emt blouses that nto an afternoon Short sleeves or sEepe | ) L are laces, satins, blouses may crepe. All copies of imports this collec- in_charming new shades of n red, heige heige, rose. green, ecggshell, Lyonnaise rose, and white. A blouse or two does The better halfi of a wonders to a wardrobe, so costume . .. and think of vou mav imagine how how inexpensively it may be happy a gift one would make. bought. Sizes 34 to 42, chif embroic the ki beige, Lyon- i naise rose! sleeves green, Interesting new <« high necks .., ! And Blouses are being worn with suits and separate skirts, this season. Sizes 34 well too, to 42, The first of the in-between- season fashion . . . special tomorrow! Dresses *16.50 7 Charming Fashions The moment you lay your eyes on these dresses you will know they belong to the season ahead! They have all the earmarks. W ool Moussa is a dull crepe fabric . . . brand-new. The flower colors that you've read about in fashion magazines . . . here now . . . Sunset rose, Colonial blue, harvest moon, spearmint, lime green. New fashions, too . . . new yok- ings . . . new and higher-than- ever necklines . . . new tailored and stitched lapels . . . new ways of cutting hias . . ..new stitched belts . . . new tucks diverging from the shoulders and hips! See them! They are the smartest things in town! Misses’ Sizes 12 to 20 SPORTS SHOP—FOURTH FLOOR Are you puzzled? Then see these Gift Ideas! A Circlet pin of green and white rhinestones, that sparkle with all the fire of real stones A soft, all-wool flannel robe in that luscious shade of French blue, in a tallored style, at..$5 Three pairs of the new Gold Stripe chiffon stockings, the sheerest things you've ever seen, in a little gift box with three drawers to pull out, at ceeriaaes ....96.20 A box of bath soap, from Vienna .. . six perfectly huge cakes in assorted pastel shades, at....$5 Du Bargy manicure set in a compact box, at.......... $3.50 Worth’s “Dans la Nuit” fume . . . an odeur by French couturier that ticates love . . . in the famous round bottle sprinkled with silver stars, at ............$11 Handbags . . . hand toolec in Florence, Italy, made in Amer- ica by trained craftsmen . truly lovely gift at... per- the sophis- For evening . . . a creamy satin bag. quilted with simulated seed pearls, and closing with a z per, at c A stunning hostess gown eggshell satin top a satin in the long flowing s The Bryn Mawr slip, alreads famous for its perfect fit. made of pure dye silk, trimmed lovely lace, at A glove silk gown in the delect- able sea green shade. with a lace yoke and little tucks in the front, at vee..$3.95 A pair of Centemeri kid gloves, with stunning applique in con- trasting color . . excly fashion at Jellefi's, at.. 5 Ask Elizabeth Brewster to shop for vou if wyou wish!* She's on the Strect Floor to help you. The Thrill of Real Stone Jewelry $3 and $5 ‘¥ Necklaces Earrings Bracelets | Rings There's 1 satisf stone time ! russet of carnelian, gloss of onyx, the clear { areen the all set JEWELRY There's exat in sterling s STREET FLOOR Pottery Lamps from the Gift Shop Third Floor 31 95 and 83 So charming with their pottery hases . . . in s and mak me of 1 mal flowers on some have posics they look as if they g there! A with a new apartment would love one for Christmas. GIFT SHOP—THIRD FLOOR the We Had to Get More! Morlet Perfume 51 * From France It might be the fresh flower fragrances . . . gardenia, jas- mine, chypre and sweet pea .+ . or it might be the abso- lutely stunning package it comes in .. . the modern bot- tle...and the gold, and silver box . .. or it might he that vou don't usually get perinme made to sell tor $3.50 for §1 . .. but the fact remains . . . that this Morlet periume is one of the fastest-selling gifts we have! STREET FLOOR