Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1931, Page 18

\~ B2 SOCTE V) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1931. A, SIGMUNDS At the Corner 7th and H Spend That Xmas Money on a Dress and Save! Chief Executive and of Christmas parties this eve- ning, when they will entertain the members of the cabme\,l | their families and their house guests.| | Last evening, immediately following the | ceremony of the lighting of the Cnnl-i munity Christmas Tree, President and | Mrs. Hoover entertained White Housc militery and naval aides, secretaries | and physigian their wives and children HE President and Mrs. Hmver] I will give the third in the series' lowed to remain up for the party. President Hoover will receive Club Monday, at 12:30 o'clock, when they will sing several numbers at the White House. ‘The Vice President, Mr. Curtis, with { his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, are with | the Vice President’s son-in-law and daughter, Col. Charles P. George. U. |'S. A, and Mrs. George and their little family at Fort Myer for the festivities | of the day. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stim- '-h°‘Al!ce Emery, members of the Oberlin College Glee | Miss Virginia Dickinson, Mrs. James SOCIETY Mrs. Hoover Hosts Tonight to Members of Official Family and House Guests. were Miss Caroline Hyde, Miss 8arah Carey, Miss Julla Harris, Miss Kathline King, Miss Joan Guggenheim, Miss Sara Louise Snell, Miss Katherine Lowman, Miss Jane Crosby, Miss Mary Ingham Henry, Miss Beatrice Patton, Miss Olga Craven, Miss Patsy Douglas, Miss Dorothy Tirrell, Miss Betty Beale, Miss Teresa Saul, Miss Justine Corby, Miss Mary Cootes. Miss Eleanor Corby, Miss Elizabeth Shouse. Miss Evelyn Walker, Miss Louise Tompkins, Miss at dinner, the very youthful members | jeslie Wright, Miss Fanela Castanedo, of the White House family being al- | Miss Pinkie Tompkins, Miss Dorothy Nicholson, Miss Jane Thorpe, Miss Miss Elsle Tuckerman, Fostar Willett, the military attache of the Italtan embassy, C:sll-,y Pennaroli; Mr. Usaki Buelant, secretary of the Turkish embassy; Mr. Jacque Parls, secretary of the French embassy; Mr. J. A. Varela, Mr. Grovernor Payne, Mr. Ivan Alfaro, Mr. Robert Clifford, Mr. S. Purnell, Mr. J. Hall McKenney, Mr, Eugene Carusi, Lieut. James Fernald, Mr. Waverly Taylor, Mr. Charles Mc- Kenney, jr.; Lieut. Alexander McCone, Lieut. Young, Lieut. James Monaham, Lieut. Arthur Agenton, Mr. Stephen Puqua, Mr. G. Dove, Mr. Prescott Gat= ley, jr.; Mr. Philip Clark, Mr. Edgar Orme, jr. Mr. Hal Williamson, Mr. Kenneth Watson, Mr. Ben La Garde, Mr. Roy von Lewinski, Mr. Stanley ?:r:‘d. 1#)‘ ul:)e Witt, Mr. J. Reed, XML es Foster Willett and Mr. Enrique ‘Tessada-Guzman, q Army and Navy Officials Receive at Ball Tonight. The Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Frederick H. Payne will head the receiving line at the fourth annual midshipmen and cadets ball at the Mayflower this evening. Receiving with them will be the major general com- mandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Ben H. Fuller, the chief of Cavalry and Mrs. Guy V. Henry, the commandant at Fort Humphreys and Mrs. Edward wE extend to all. our best wishes for a | H. Schultz, Rear Admiral and Mrs. ‘Thomas T. Craven and Capt. and Mrs. Frank D. Berrien. Col. Joseph J. Staley, U. 8. M. C. Reserves, will make the in- troductions. The ball tonight is in honor of Vice President Curtis, who 1s expected to at- tend with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Gann. The dinner dance planned to precede the ball in the gardep of the Mayflower has been canceled, but there will be a number of informal parties, the guests and their hosts going later to the ball. Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. John A. Hull, wife of Maj. Gen. John A. Hull, has been joined by her son, Lieut. Charles Bowler King, sta- tioned at Fort Benning, Ga., and an- other son, Mr. Ludlow King, who comes from Iowa to spend Christmas here. Lieut. King's marriage to Miss Karla Heurich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Heurich, will take place tomorrow. Mrs. Hull will give a dinner tonight for Lieut. King and his bride- elect. Ool, and Mrs. George T. Everett, Miss Beall Everett and Lieut. Willlam A. Davis, jr., will be the house guests of Mrs. Everett's parents, Col. and Mrs. F. M. M. Beall, in their home, Twin Pines, on Brookville road, in Chevy Chase, Md,, through the holidays. Maj. and Mrs. D. G. Chynoweth are among the many prominent Army, Navy and Marine Corps people who will entertain in the crystal room before the United service ball, at the Willard Tuesday. Mrs. Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, who NORTH 1742 UPHOLSTERING GET OUR ESTIMATES. SEGAL BROS. 1282 14th ST, N.w. | “We Live Our Prn'lniun"w 7B Greetings SOCIETY. o WOMEN'S SHOP—RALEIGH HABERDASHER o Annual After-Christmas Clearance SALE Saturday 8:30 to 6 Closing out broken assortments of regular Raleigh quality stocks at the Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosper- ous New Year. JaMEs B. HENDERSON 1108 G Street BROOKS G ¥ son will be hosts at a children’s party this_afternoon at Woodley for their two small guests, Daisy and David Daggett, | who, with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. | David Daggett of New Haven, are | spending the Christmas holidays with | Secretary and Mrs. Stimson, Mrs. Dag- | gett is the Secretary's niece. The other | guests at the fete today will be the Y, small children in the families of mem- ¥ and sincere good wishes for the New Year lowest prices in the history of the Raleigh Haberdasher’s Women’s Shop All Sales Final...No Exchanges...No Refunds bers of the State Department staff. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs | Adams have as their guest Mrs. Adams' | sister. Miss Alice Lovering of Paris, who will remain with them through the holi- Charles Frances Closing Out COATS Lavishly Fur-trimmed (*39 ol et S S Bt oo Their son, Mr who is home from Harvar v, will be in town until aft New Year. L Mrs, Edward Everett Gann, sister of | Vice President Curtis. and Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the Secretary of Agr culture, Wwill be among those assisting Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Woodson at the reception and dance they will give this afternoon at the Mayflower to pre- sent their daughter, Miss Jean Woodson, | to society. Mrs. Gann will receive with | Mr. and Mrs., Woodson and their | deughter, in the Chinese room and the | dancing will take place in the ball room, which is gay with decorations in keep- | ing with the day. Miss Woodson’s frock will be a model | of white satin with a violet tint, trim- {med with a bertha of shaded sequins from silver to violet, forming a deep drapery in the low back e debutante will carry a fan-shaped hot f of the valley and orchids, an heir- | loom lace handkerchief tucked in her bouquet, a tribute to her grandmother, | whom she is said to rescmbl Woodson_ will wear black velvet, ma with a jacket. Mrs. Gann's costume will be of blue velvet ! Others assisting will be Mrs. Richard Yates, Mrs. Edwin George Bowman, Mrs. Gporge A, Hastings, Mrs. Clyde B. | dell, Mre cheloe, Mrs. William Laird .;_Mrs. William Fugene El- liott, Mrs. Watson E. Coleman, Mrs. | Thomas Wadden, Mrs. Arthur S. Henning, Mrs. Warren Haines and Mrs, Cabot Stevens. The debutante’s assistants {clude Miss Caroline Hyde, Miss Sarah | Carey, Miss Mae Harris Clarke, Miss Margaret Gibbins, Miss Grace Dutton Miss_ Elizabeth Henning. Miss Frances { Brooks, Miss Li Mi Sykes, Miss Sid "hompson | Isabel Perry, M K. Miss Nancy Berry, Miss W | Jacobs, Miss Louise Hoover, Miss beth Hoover, Miss Beatrice Ait Miss Elizabeth Haines, The guests will be from the judiciary | and cabinet circles, as well as a great many from the Army group and a num- | ber from Navy, diplomatic and resi- | dential circles. 14 COATS, were $59.75 and $69.75 . Between 11th and 12th = Sale! Of Most of Our Beautiful | 8C269r7;$45 $59.50 and $69.50 Lavishly || |::i82:1°99 and $79.75 Boucles, Rough Woolens and Tweeds. Furs are Raccoon, Beaver, Persian. Wolf, Squirrel, Sale! Fox. Kolinsky Civet. Caracul, Ocelot. All shades and all sizes in one style or another. Formerly $100 to $119 will in- Closing Out DRESSES 45 DRESSES, }39 were $16.75 40 DRESSES, 1$ were $25.00 { at a sale price far less than any- thing we’ve seen Italian Embassy Scene Of Christmas Party Today. | The Ambassador of Italy and Donna Antoinetta de Martino will be hosts | today at Christmas dinner to the mem- bers of the embassy staff. for equal quality! and $19.75 dor of France and Mme tortain at dinmer this 0 bers of the embas to $49.75 | The Ambassador of Great Britain and Lady Lindsay will ente at dinner this evening for the members of the embassy staff. | .Sigmund’s Representative and Mrs. Adam M. | Wyant gave a brilliant ball last eve- | Thrilling Low 1 Dress, was $49.75, size 18 $29.75 7 Dresses, were $39.75..$24.75 ning at the Mayflower for their debu- | Price on Silk tante daughter, Miss Anne M. Wyant. | DRESSES! There were about 300 guests, the ma- | jority being from the young socicty Lovely dresses of qual- ity and beauty equal to any SI0 dresses we've Been! ooy pRe S liant greens. blues, reds, and brown, black, navy. For misses and women: 14 to size 52! Sigmunds—Second Floor Now at Sigmunds Brilliant Metallic Turbans for this little price 95¢ The smartest little hat in town—gleaming gilt and color mixtures, in small, becoming turbans! Sigmunds—Downstairs Store group, including many who came from college for the nolidays The Vice President. | Curtis, and his brother-in-law and sis- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett . were in the group of officials who attended the ball. Miss Wyant wore a frock of white |lace trimmed in crystal beads and ner bouquet was of American beauties | After her graduation from Holton | Arms the debutante attended Smith College for a vear and is planning to | resume her studies there later. She | made her formal debut December 15 at the Congressional Club. A pretty feature of the party was the dimming of lights at midnight, when the hosts and their guests ex- changed greetings of the season. while the orchestra played a medley of Christ- mas music. Charles Representative and Mrs. John M. | Evans have with them for the Christ- mas holidays, their son, Midshipman Philip C. Evans. Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom will have guests dining informally with them this evening in their apartment on Sixteenth street The United States Minister to Sweden and Mrs. John M. Morehead will be | hosts at dinner this evening in their country home, Blandwood, at Rye, N. Y. The Minister and Mrs. Moreland will | sail Monday aboard the Bremen for Eu- | rope where, shortly after their arrival, they will go to the legation in Stock- holm, | ‘The military attache of the Cuban |embassy and ‘Senora de Prieto enter- | tained at dinner last night at the Chevy ! Chase Club in honor of Miss Carolyn | Payne, debutante daughter of the As- ist Secretary of War and M i*_H._Payne.__The_oh Excellent quality, of course—but more than that. for these are beau- tifully made—this sea- son’s best fashions in MUSKRAT, silver and natural, two-tone, or trimmed with fine Rus- sian fitch SEALINE (dyed coney) with big collars of Rus- sian fitch or ermine, $69 Brooks Furs, Second Floor Brown With Hand- some Beaver, $33 Black With Wearing With Kolinsky, Brown Fine Long- Skunk, $33 Very Black With Silky Persian, Lovely $33 $33 I’s super-values like these that have made us sell more coats this year than any other! For these are fine coats, eagerly sought all season, of very costly fabrics . . . black, brown, tile, and green boucles and rough woolens , . ., magnificently furred with Skunk Fitch Beaver Squirrel Dyed blue wolf Kolin Dyed cross fox Caracul Persian lamb Lapin (coney) sky For juniors, misses, and women. Specialimd sizes for little and larger women Clearance! Sports Coats Regularly $16.75 Some are furred with sealine (dyed cmu‘y):' oth- ers furless, but silk lined and warmly interlined. At a saving that makes it interesting to buy now! $12.75 78 Dresses, were $19.75 $13.75 MILLINERY J 'S 35 Knox & Raleigh Hats, were $6.50, $7.50 and $10.00 53 Knox Hats, were $10 to $25 Closing Out Suits 12 Plain and Fur-trimmed Suits; were $29.75 to $39.35; to 18 .... 1’ Caracultrimmed 3-Piece Suit, size 18; was $135.00.. $63-.00 9 Fur-trimmed Suits: $15 to $69.75 All Sales Final, No Exchanges, No Refunds Use Your Charge Aecount or Open One Now Shop Here, Park Free at Capital Garage THE WOMEN'S SHOP RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1310 F Street