Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1931, Page 36

SIOICI'EITY Miss Barbara Ballantine Bride QL Mr. John Cross Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes Officiates at Ceremony in Bethlehem Chapel of the Wash- ington Cathedral. A wedding of unusual interest in of-) close-fitting turban also was of white fcial circles during the pre-Christmas season was that yesterday afterncon of Miss Barbara Ballantine and Mr. John | of ross. The bride is a daughter of As- gistant Secretary of the Treasury and The bride’s other attendants Miss_ Henrietta Countiss, Miss Eloise ReQua, Miss Margaret Quan Chicago, Miss Louise Larkner of Winnetka, Mrs. Wilbur Smith of Lake Forest, Miss Ruth Redman of Los crepe. were Mrs. Arthur Atwood Ballantine and the | Angeles and Miss Wilma Koelsch of bridegroom a son of Mr.and Mrs. Albert Cross of Weston, Mass. The ceremony Wwas performed in Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral, the Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of the ca thedral, officiating at 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Edgar Pries layed the ‘wedding music, and the auty of the chapel was enhanced by clusters of white lilies and lighted candles. The bride was given in marriage by Per father and wore a becoming cos- tume of white velvet fashioned after madieval lines. Her ivory tulle veil was arranged in cap effect and held by elusters of orange blossoms, and she earried white orchids and lilies of the valley. Miss Helen Ballantine was her sis- ter's only attendant and wore a gown of peach-color tafeta, a brown velvet hat and carried talisman roses Mr. Albert Cross, jr. was best man for his brother and the ushers were Mr. George Brewster and Mr. Barrett Hoyt of Boston, Mr. Richard M. S. Pot- ter of Weston, Mass.; Mr. Henry Philip Minis of Savannah, Ga.: Mr. Edward M. W. Warburg and Mr. Thomas I Robinson of New York, Mr. J. Free- man Lincoln of Philadelphia and Mr Arthur A. Ballantine, jr., brother of the bride. A reception immediately followed in the home of the bride's parents at 1770 Massachusetts avenue and later Mr. and Mrs. Cross started for their wedding trip. They will make their home at 123 Holden Greene, in Cambridge, Mass. Miss Helen Stewart Johnson Harde: bergh, daughter of Ma). and Mrs. Ra mond W. Hardenbergh, now sta at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. John Francis Regis Seitz. U. S. A., tioned at Fort Hamilton, son of 8. George Hilleary Seitz of Gordon Heights, Wilmington, Del., were married ye day afternoon. The wedding took p in the home of t d Church at Fort inz at 4 o'clock. end h-ld and a deep face and was 1o halo effect orange blossoms veil fell over h after the cerem Miss Suzanne Hardenborgh was mai of honor for her sister. wearing a cos- tume of white flat crepe molded to the figure and having a short cape. Her Betrothals (Vf Note Attract Attention of Washington Society | }1&55 La\]ra }{a:ard Hfllmcs Will Wed Austen T. Gray. Miss Borland Engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Argyll Holmes of 117 East_Seventy-second street, New York, and Brookville, Long Island, an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Miss Laura Hazard Holmes, to Mr. Austen Townsend Gray. Miss Holmes attended Foxcroft School and made her debut in 1928 She is the granddaughter of Mrs. William Ayrault Hazard and the late Mr. Haz- uel J. Tilden and a niece of Mr landt Dixon Moss, Mrs. < R Leonard and Mrs. Frederic Rhinelander Brown. Mr. Gray is the son of Mrs. Kenneth P. Budd and Mr. Austen Gray. He is the great-grandson of J: ) 0e. founder of the Paris banking house of Munroe & Co.. and is the nephew of Mr. Albert Mr. Henry G. Gray, Mr. J linton Gray and Mrs. Reynolds F ington. He attended St. Paul's School and was graduated from Harvard with the class of 1930. He is a member of the Porce- lain Club. the Harvard Club and the Racquet and Tennis Club. No date has been set for the wed- ding. Mrs. Leslie Fetrow Borland announces the engagement of her daughter, Helen May, to Mr. James Rudolph Nurney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Augustus Nurney of Newport News, Va. The wedding will take place Wednesday, January 6. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armstrong an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Eleanor Virginia, to Mr. Wilbur Barron Glover, son of Mrs. Mervin W. Glover and the late Dr. Mervin W. Glover. The wedding will take place January 20. / Mr. Glover is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School and is a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and Phi Sigma Kappa national fraternity Mr. and Mrs. Robert Livingston nounce the engagement of their ter Martha to Mr. Sherman At Chantland. son of Col. and Mrs liam Chantland of Washingto wedding to take place Jan an- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rhodes announce the engagement of their daughter, Predda Lenore. to Mr. L. Lawrence El- liott, son of Mrs. Irene Elliott of Wash- ington. The wedding will take place in February. Mr. and Mrs. Willam H. Shea an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Marie Elizabeth, to Mr. Edwin Nes Campbell. No date has been set for the wedding. organist of the cathedral, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Little Catyerine Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Stewart Johnson, a cousin of the bride, was flower girl Lieut. George Seitz of Wilmington, Del., was best man for his brother, and the ushers were Lieut. Gordon Crandall and Lieut. John Cone of Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis; Lieut. Sidney Smith of New York, Lieut. Ralph Coop- er, Lieut. Topping, Lieut. Henry and Lieut. Gallup of Fort Sheridan, Il Immediately after the ceremony &n informal reception was held for those who witnessed the ceremony, both Mrs. Hardenbergh and Mrs. Se-z, mothers of the bride and bridegroom, wearing | lack velvel and receiving with Mrs.| Johnson | Later in the day Lieut. and Mr!.( Scitz started for a wedding trip to| Havana, Cuba, and on their return will | be at home at Fort Snelling, Minn, wher> Lieut. Seitz has been transferred for duty. Lieut. Seitz is a graduate of West Point in the class of 1929, and the bride made her debut in Chicago in 1926, was presented at court in 1927 | and has since made her home abroad or | in Santa Barbara. ; Invitations have been received in | Warhington from Mr. and Mrs. Carl| L. zimmermann of Milwaukee for the | marriage of their daughter, Miss Eunice Marcia Zimmermann. to Mr. William upplee Brady of Washington. Tuesday. January 5. 1932, at 8 oclock, in the Plymouth Congregational Church. Mil- waukee. A reception at the home of | Mr. and Mrs. Zimmermann will follow | the ceremony. | A wedding of interest was that of Miss Dora Minovich. well known con- | cert pianist and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Minovich, to Mr. Harry Kurtz Herschman of this city. son of Mrs. Jacob Herschman N. J 1 The ceremony. which took place at | n Thursday. December 17. was per- med in the residence of the’ bride's tents, 3012 Rodman street. Rabbi ! The bride was given ge by her father Mary Koonin, cousin_of the | maid of honor, and Dr. Myer chman, brother of the bride- room. served as best man wedding breakfast followed the after which the couple left | _ extended trip through the East. | Jacob Herschman of Cranford, who, with her daughter. Mrs. | joseph Yamin of New York. attended | the wedding, have returned to their homes after spending the week as guests of Mr, d Mrs Minovich, at 3012 Rodman atreet ' Vice President Curtis Tfl Spend Cl’lristmas \ 7i‘h Grandchildren (Continued From First Page) Patricia, Ruth and Mary d a son, Wilson Hurley. Hope, The Attorney General and Mrs. Wil- liam De Witt Mitchell will have with them in their home on Kalorama Circle for Christmas their son, Mr. William Mitchell, who will come from St. Paul, Minn, and their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft Mitchell, of New York The Postmaster General and Mrs Walter F. Brown have not completed of Cranford | ! carey. Joseph | Upper left: Mrs. Edmund E. Erk a Representative Erk of Pittsburgh, mak Chevy Chase, Md. ative from Texas. Upper right: Mrs. Rollin A. Hunt well acquainted in society. moor. Lower Miss Carolyn Payne Presented at Hotel Reception and Dance _(Continued From First Page.) Mrs. Edward W. Goss, Mrs Ernest Lee Jahncke, Mrs. Thomas T Craven, Mrs. Samuel Hof. Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, Senora de Prieto, Mrs. Ar- thur MacArthur, Mrs. Walter R. Tuck- erman. Mrs. John Washington Davidge, Mrs. Harry N. Cootes, Miss Elizabeth Howry, Mrs. Leartus J. Owen, M George S. Patton, Mrs. Parker We! Mrs. Jouett Shouse and Mrs. Irving Esleeck of Greenfield, Mass Their guests were and cabinet circles many from the Army g from the tial cf The son and daugt hosts, Mr. and ne of New Y as a great and some law of the ederick B. for the ty of Virginia for the holidays. . and Mrs Esleeck of Greenfield. Mass. also are Mrs. Payne. Mrs. Jouett Shouse will present her daughter, Miss Betty Shouse, at tea this afternoon when she will entertain in her home from 4 to 6 o'clock. The house will have a profusion of Ch decorations and Mrs. Shouse will gown of black and white satin, while the debutante will be in ice blue satin trimmed with mink fur and will carry jan old-fashioned bouquet in pastel their Christmas plans, but if business permits they may slip out of town for the day. The Postmaster General and | Mrs, | nate at shades. Claude A. Swanson the table Borden Harri Mrs will alter- with Mrs. J. nan Kenna EIkins Mrs. Brown have no young people in |Mrs. Brackinridge Long, Mrs. Joseph S their immediate family. he Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Charles Francis Adams will be joined today by their son, Mr. Charles Fran- c¢is Adams, jr, who will come from;| Harvard. Miss Alice Lovering, of Mrs. Adams, will also come to spend Christmas with Secretary and Mrs Adams The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur were joined a few diys ago by their son, Mr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, jr. who is spending the holidays from his studies at Leland Stanford with his parents. The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde have with them their daughter, Miss Caroline Hyde, who is a student at the University of Michi- gan. Miss Hyde will take a prominent part in the debutante festivities. There will be & merry little family | party at the home of the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Robert Patterson Lamont. Mr. and Mss. Chauncey Bel- | Noell, | Malcome McConihe, | ton Wooten, Mrs sister | py. | Leuise N Mrs. Randall H. Hagner, Mrs. Mrs. Timothy T. Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. Pres- A. Mitchell Palmer nd Mrs. Arthur MacArthy Assisting the debutante will be Miss monston of Baltimore, Miss ey of Providence, R. I.; slizabeth MacArthur, Miss Anne Berrien, Miss Kate “harlotte Mayo, Mi Miss Carolyn Payne, Miss Peelle, Miss Evelyn Walker and Ansberry | Miss Marian Shouse. Capt. and Mrs. Joel Franklin Watson have issued invitaticns for a tea dance to be given in the gold ball room at the Shoreham, Saturday. January 2, to introduce their daughter. Miss Mary Louise Watson, to Washington society. Mr. and Mrs. William Earl Clark en- tertained at the dinner dance last eve- ning at the Chevy Chase Club for their niece and nephew, Miss Sidney Thomp- for.. debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8. Percy Thompson, and Mr. Jack Betts. knap of New York, son-in-law and|The guests included Miss Nancy Salt: daughter of Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, | man. ! two | Marion Dunlop, Miss Ethel Mae Taylor, will arrive Tuesday with their Miss Elizabeth Harper, Miss voung children, Louise and Robert La- | Miss Alice Demming, Miss Betty Cocke, mont Belknap, and later in the week Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eskridge Saltz- ! men will lkewise arrive from their home in New York to spend the holiday with Mrs. Saltzman's parents, Secre- tary and Mrs. Lam Maj. Gen. and ) Charles McK. Saltzman, parents of young Mr. Saltzman. will be guests | at the family dinner party at the La- mont home Christmas. Thanksgiving, Secretary and Mrs. Lamont famille with Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Saltz- man. The Secretary of Labor and Mrs. | William N. Doak will have two attrac- | tive young_girls of debutante age with | them for Christmas. Miss Dixie Gregg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Gregg, who will arrive Wednesday from Glen- \ellyn, T, and Miss Mildred Hancock of Roanoke will come the following day. —=Rizik Brothers 1213 F STREET TOMORROW—Monday an important reduction in COATS Lavishly Fur Trimmed 55 MODELS Formerly $76.50to $98.50 Closing 149 Out at | Miss Pinkey Tompkins. Miss Sid Tomp- {kins, Miss Louise Frances Bruce, Miss Constance Warner, Miss Ann W. Park, Miss Frances Brooks. Mr. Edward Northrop. Mr. Robert Wales, Mr. Gor- don Trow., Mr. Randolph Trow, Mr. John Latimer, Mr. Edward Snowden, Mr. Campbell Clark, Mr. Martin Ritten- house, Mr. Andrew Parker, Mr. Henry dined en | from the judiciary Irving N. spending the week end with Col. and OF CONGRESSIONAL nd Miss Louise Erk, wife and daughter of ing their home at 6310 Delaware street, —Harris-Ewing Photo. Center: Mrs. Robert Ewing Thomason, whose husband is the new Represent- They are living at the Roosevelt. —Underwood Photo. er, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Dick- nson of Towa, who in the 12 years her father was in the Lower House became She and Mr. Hunter make their home at the Broad- —Clinedinst Photo. Mrs. Leonidas C. Dyer, wife of Representative Dyer of Missouri, who has taken up her duties as president of the Congressional Club.— Harris-Ewing Phcto {Ecker, Mr. Parker Jones, Mr. Fleet | Harper, Mr. Grame Riddle of Atlantic City, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tompkins, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Thompson, Dr. and Mrs. William Thornwall Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brooks and Mrs. William Riddle Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Perry will their daughter, Miss Isabel Perfy. at a tea dance to be given Saturday at the Mayflower. Polly Cooke, has joined her Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cooke, for ays from her studies at Bryn Mawr. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hill have Leen joined by their daughters, Miss Emeline Hill and Miss Marianna Hill, students at Radcliffe College. and Miss Margaret Hill, a senior at the Madeira Schzol Mr. and Mrs. G. Beale Bloomer will be host a dinner dance Thursday yflower for their daughter, ss Pansy Beale Bloomer, who made debut at a lea given by her parents on November 21 Baroness Korfl will be host ss at dinner dance Tuesday at the Mayflower for her daughter, Miss Baruo who will entertain Miss Betsy Berrien. Miss Elsie Tucker man. Miss Korfl will return from Bryn Mawr for the Christmas holidays. Christmas Pla.ns -}fhd: FO\' Congressionil Club The first event of the Caristm: program of the Congressional Club will be a costume party for the children and grandchildren of the members at the club home. 2001 New Hampshire avenie, on Monday afternoon, Decem- ber 28, at 3 o'clock. Santa Claus. with his bag of gifts. will be there, and the children will play games under the supervision of Miss Elizabeth Mol- ster, well known play director. Mov- ing pictures will be provided by Messrs. Joseph Herbert and Kemper Cowing Mrs John C. Schafer of Wisconsin has charge of the program. On the following evening, Tuesday December 29, the subdeb daughters of the members have a dance at the club from 9 to 12 oclock. Mrs. Ramseyer of Iowa, assisted by Mrs. Erk of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Wheeler of Montana, Mrs. MacDuffie of Ala- bama, Mrs. Letts of Iowa and Mrs Willizmeon of South Dakota, has ar- ranged a party of charming detail for the young daughters of the club and their friends. Following their long- standing custom of holding open house on New Year day the club will be at home 1o its members and friends in | the afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock. The afternoon recefption will be followed by a dance in the evening from 9 to 12 o'clock in compliment io }Congreas M;m;erl "'0 Pass i Holidays With Families | (Continued From First Page.) | shipman Ernest Lee Jahncke, ir. will leave the Capital the first of the week to spend Christmas in New Orleans. Assistant Secretary of War, and their children, have gone to Locust Valley, PASTERNA 1219 ConnecTiIcuT Ava. Semi-Annual Sal Qutstanding Values In Every Department! An event looked fi women and misses orward to by smart because it presents Pasternak quality clothes at drastically reduced clearance sale prices! Ultra-smart Christmas Gifts at very modest prices! Bags, Imported Novelties and Handkere chiefs, Accessories. FINE FURS. ... AT INVESTMENT PRICES! | cians | world as Franceska Kaspar. s. F. Trubee Davison. wife of the | DECEMBER SOCIETY IMPORTANT | | d to spend Christmas. As- sistant Secretary Davison will join his family for the holiday Mrs. Davis S. Ingalls. wife of istant Secretary of e Navy their children have gone to Cleve to spend holicays in their ho; there. Assistant Secretary Ingalls wil join his family for Christmas spend the Christmas hol bon, O h the parents the judge. Mr Mrs. William Harvev Van Fossan v will return the 3 ton and their apartment at 5 n Park Hotel. December 28 Fossan w days in I Mr. Aubrey C. Hastings of New York will be the guest of his father, ge Aubrey Hastings. administ tant to i The economic adviscr to the State : Department and Mrs. Herbert | be joined Saturday by the ¢ mother, H. Stanley Brow on: her home on Long | through Christmas Three State Societies Jom m Leap \ear Dance The first leap year dance of the Con- necticut, Maryland and Oklahoma State Socfeties will be held in the gold room { the Shoreham Hotel Friday evening, January 15, 1932. These State societies are combining o afford an opportunity for the young 1dies of the National Park Seminary to eet the young people of these and her States who are residents of the distriet Mr. Edward Long. president of the nnecticut State Society, is making Judge and Mrs. Ernest Harvey Van _.c arrangements —_— A smart, tri-colored gift portfolio of . . . Beautiful 1. Miller HOSIERY ' 3 sheer, exquisite pairs for 275 (former price 3.50 for these 3 pairs!) The newly-appointed United State Consul General in Ottowa and Mrs William H. Beck will leave Wash ton the end of next week for Ca where the former will assume his new post. Mrs. Beck was the guest of honor at & luncheon Thursday given oy Lawson, wife of Dr. Huron W. Laws who entertained a compan: of m Mrs. Beck is & delightful si and Mrs. Lawson is known in the musi You are giving beauty, practicality and exclusiveness when you give I Miller hosieryl And you are saving yourself trouble, misgivings end money in the bargain! Buy several of these stunning gift portfolios — containing 3 pairs of fine I Miller hosiery, complete for 2.751 I'MILLER 1222 F St. N.W. — Nk « IN WINTER’S PROGRAM hfliss Richards Posrpon:s Miss Janet Richards will not give a talk at forenoon on account of the close prox- imity of the resume her talks on timely topics Mon- SOCIETY Midshipmen and Cadet Ball Will Be Event Of Christmas Night Mr. Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Gann Will Be Guests of Honor. ~— ‘The fourth annual midshipmen and cadet ball will be held at the Mayflower Christmas night, under the direction of Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner. The Vice Presi- dent, Mr. Charles Curtis, and Mr. and Mrs, Edward Everett Gann will be the honor guests. The ball is sponsored by Gen, John J. Pershing, Gen, William R. Smith, superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Mrs, Smith; Gen. and Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Q. Ashburn, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Walter A. Bethel, Maj. Gen. and Mrs Harry G. Bishop, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. R. L. Carmichael, Ma]. Gen. and Mrs. | Frank Cheatham, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. | Herbert B. Crosby, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. | James E. Fechet, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. | Guy V. Henry, Brig Gen. Wiliam E | Horton, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. George B Pillsbury, Gen. and Mrs. Clarence C. Williams, Mrs. Lutz Wahl, Col. Robert C. Richardson, commandant of cadets at West Point, and Mrs. Richardson; Col. Mervyn C. Buckey, Col. and Mrs. Harry N. Cootes, Col. and Mrs, Ulysses 8. Grant, Col. and Mrs. Robe: Offley Col. and Mrs. John F. Preston, Col. and Mrs. David S. Stanley, Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges and Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Magruder of the United States Army. Maj. Gen, Commandant of the Ma- rine Corps Ben H. Fuller and M Fuller, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mark L Bristol, Rear Admiral and Mrs. W. H, Brownson, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Henry B. Butler, Rear Admiral and Mrs Thomas T. Craven, Rear Admiral and Mrs, Charles Kind miral and M Admiral and M Admiral and Mrs. Spencer Mrs. George Barnett, Brig. Gen. and Mrs, Rufus H. Lane, Capt. and Mrs Frank D. Berrien, Capt. and Mrs. W. I, Chambers, Capt. and Mrs, Barron P. DuBois, Capt. and Mrs. Hayne Ell Capt. and Mrs am W. Galbra | Capt. and Mrs, Dudley W. Knox, Capt. and Mrs. Ray Spear, Capt. and Mrs. | George W. Steele, Col. and M Thomas | Holcomb, Col. and Mrs. Rush R. Wal- | lace, Comdr. and Mrs. John W. Morse nd Comdr. and Mrs. Rc t A. Theo- | bald of the United States Navy Cadet aides for the evening are Cadet J. P. McConnell, Cadet Andrew Hero, 3d: Cadet George R. Mather, Cadet W. R. 'Smith, Cadet E. T. Davis, Cadet John C. Steele, Cadet George R. Grunert and Cadet Herbert B. Thatcher The midshipmen aides are Midship- man Lynn T. Elliott. Mid: man Fran- cis E. Nuessle, Midshipman Samuel P. Moncure, Midshipman George E. Pierce, Midshipman Phillip C. Holt. Midship- man Richard S. Craighill, Midshipman William I. 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