Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1932, Page 16

B—2 SOCIETY. SOCIETY Little Cabinet Luncheon Club Fetes Mrs. Brown at Monthly Meeting at 1 O'Clock Today. RS. BROWN, wife of the Post- master General, was the honor guest t-day of the “Little Cabi- net Luncheon Club,” composed of wives of the assistants of the various Federal departments. The company included Mrs. Arch Coleman, Mrs. John W. Philip, Mrs. Frederic A. Tilton, Mrs. Thomas D. Thacher, Mrs. John Lord O'Brian, Mrs. Charles P. Sisson, Mrs. Charles B. Rugg. Mrs. G. Aaron Youngquist . Roy St. Lewis, Mrs. Arthur A, Ballantine, Mrs. Sey- mour Lowman, Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, Mrs. James Grafton Rogers, Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke, Mrs. Frederick H. Payne, Mrs. F. Trubee Davison, Mrs. Joseph M. Dixon, Mrs. R. W. Dunlap, Mrs. Jultus Klein and Mrs. W. W. Husband. Miss Alice Lovering, who was the est for some time of her brother-in- aw and_sister, the Secretary of the Nayy and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, has gone to Philadelphia to visit her sister, Mrs. Henry Brinton Coxe. Miss Lovering will sail shortly for Paris. Crechoslovak Envoy and Mme. Veverka Hosts Today. The Minister of Czechoslovakia and Mme. Veverka will be at home this afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock in cele- bration of the eighty-second anniver- sary of the birth of President Thomas G. Masaryk of the Czechoslovakian re- public. Representative and Mrs, Edward L Stokes will entertain at dinner this eve- ning at Wardman Park Hotel. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, daughter of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- tana and vice president of the Young Democrats’ Club, was hostess at tea yesterday afternoon in her home in Chevy Chase for the out-of-town dele- gates who were in Washington Friday and Saturday attending a meeting of | the Steering Committee for the forma- tion of a national organization of young people’s Democratic clubs. The mem- bers of the local Young Democrats’ Club also were invited to attend. Brig. Gen, and Mrs. W. C. Langfitt have closed their apartment at the Breadmoor and will spend several weeks in Florida, Capt. J. A. Schofield, U. 8. N, and Mrs. Schofield have returned to their home at 3024 Porter street after a two- week absence spent in Hannibal, Mo., ‘where they were called by the illness of Capt. Schofield’s brother. Capt. Scho- field is on duty in the Navy Department, Mrs. George C. Van Dusen. who has been spending some time in Miami, Fla., joined Col. Van Dusen in their apart- ment at Wardman Park Hotel over the week end. Mrs, Elliott B. Strauss was awarded one of the chief prizes at the mi-careme ball masque held Saturday night at the Viking at Newport. Mrs. Strauss repre- sented Queen Elizabeth. Among others who attended the ball was Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, who was with his brother and sister-in- ;‘;;i Capt. and Mrs. William A. Glass- Lieut. and Mrs. J. R. Van Nagell have motored from Annapolis, Md.. and are at the Carleton for a brief stay. The guests at the speakers' table at the Federal Bar Association dinner in honor of Mr. Justice Holmes, to be held at the Shoreham tomorrow evening, will be: The Attorney General and Mrs. William DeWitt Mitchell, the Sec- retary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles nces Adams, the Secretary of the Interfor and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Wil- liam N. Doak, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Owen J. Roberts, Senator and Mrs. Reed Smoot, Senator Smith W. Brook- hart, Representative and Mrs. Fred- erick W. Dallinger, Representative and Mrs. Prederick M. Davenport, Repre- sentative and Mrs. Addison T. Smith, Chief Justice and Mrs. William J. Gra- ham, Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Chief Justice Fenton W. Booth of the United States Court of Claims, Chief Justice George E. Mar- tin of the Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia, the Solicitor Gen- eral, Mr. Thomas D. Thacher; the first secretary of the Canadian legation and Mrs. Merchant Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Harvey H. Bundy, the secretaries to the President, Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Newton, Mr. FPrench Strother and Mr. Theodore G. | Joslin; the secretary of the American Bar Association and Mrs. Willlam P. MacCracken, jr.; the president of the Women’s Bar Association, Miss Pearl McCall; the secretary of the American Law Institute, Mr. George T. Weitzel; | Mr. Frank J. Hogan, president of the | District Bar Association; Mr. Green | H. Hackworth, legal adviser to the State Department; Mr. Willlam Roy | Vallance, president of the Federal Bar Association; Mr. Jordan Leonard Hand, secretary of the Circuit Court of Ap- and Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, super- tendent of public buildings and pub- lic parks. A reception for the distinguished | guests will be held in the lower lobby | CUISINE SURROUNDINGS and SERVICE .. at Avignone's are all equally asing. More tempting menus are not to be found than featured in our week-da DINNERS 75¢ Served tn our delightful mezzanine dining room. SUNDAY DINNER—S$1.00 1777 Columbia Rd. Col. 0333 Over 30 Years of Quality Service | Safe and Convenient Storage for Trunks and Suitcases SPECIAL ROOM, well lighted, with Table . and other appointments, make access and examina- tion highly convenient, | when your Trunks and | other Luggage are stored, | at Merchants’. Our Charges for This Service Are Very Reasonable | Merchants Transfer and Storage Co. JOHN L. NEWBOLD, JR. President at 7 o'clock and dinner will be at 8 o'clock. Seventy-second Club Is Meeting This Afternoon. The Seventy-second Club, composed of wives of newly elected members of the Seventy-second Congress, is meet- ing for cards and tea at Wardman Park Hotel at 2 o'clock this afternoon. All wives of newly elected members of Con- gress are invited. Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee was hostess at luncheon today at the Mayflower, hav- ing 12 in her party. Mrs, Lindsay Russell is in San Fran- cisco, and is stopping at the Fairmont Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Rob- inson gave a buffet supper at their Win- ter residence, Woodlands, at Paget, Ber- muda, Wednesday in honor of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Pickett Stokes of Phila- delphia, Others in the company were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Alsop of Farming- ton, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Cutter of Boston, Mrs. Joel Cook Huber of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. David Little of Cambridge, Mass.; Mrs. James Roose- velt-Roosevelt of New York, Lord Carew, A. D. C. to his excellency, the Governor; Mr. and Mrs. John Sise of New York, Mrs. Duncan Dana of Boston and Mrs. Robert Weston of Bangor, Me. Mrs. Samuel E. Forman has arrived from Miami, Fla., because of the {liness of her uncle, Col. E. C. Plummer, vice chairman of the United States Shipping Board, who is critically 1ll. Invitations have been received in| Washington from Mr. and Mrs. John Galloway Lynn for the marriage of their daughter, Ruth Gibbons, to Mr, Edward Elmore Colladay, Tuesday, March 29. at 12 o'clock, in the Em- manuel Church at Cumberland, Md. Mr. and Mrs. William Chamberlain of Chicago have taken a suite at the Carlton for a stay of several days. Mrs. Myrtle Harty left Washington Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Law- rence Fassett, in Miami, Fla. Mrs. Chester A. Braman of New York City is at the Carlton for a few days, accompanied by Miss Fanny M. Butler. Dr. A. M. Brodie has returned to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, at the Mayflower. Mrs. is now in Chicago, but will arrive in the Capi- tal the end of the week. Mary Washington Chapler To Hear Dr. Moore Tomorrow. The Mary Washington Chapter D. A.R., will have on the program at the open meeting_tomorrow night at the ‘Was| n Club, Dr. Charles Moore, chairmay of the National Committee of Fine Dr. Moore will speak at 9 o'clock, on the “Different Homes of George Washington.” The talk will be illustrated with lantern slides. Mr. and Mrs. 1. E. Lambert of Green- wich, Conn., are passing some time at the Carlton. Mrs. James Cox Brady of Gladstone, New York City arrived in Washington this morning and are at the Mayflower. Mrs. M. de Clare Berry entertained as her guests in her box at the per- formance of the National Symphony Orchestra at Constitution Hall yester- day Mme. Recinos, wife of the Minister of Guatemala; Mme. Alfaro, wife of the Minister of ama; Signora Sberna- dori, wife of the air attache of the Ital- ian ‘embassy, and Mrs. Joseph Wash- ington. Mrs. Berry later entertained her guests at an afternoon tea. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gregory and their daughter, Ruth, who came to Wi n last month from their, home in Pittsburgh to spend several weeks, have as their guest in their apartment at Wardman Park Hotel, Mrs. Earle Clark of Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Barber of Ridge- wood, N. J.,, were week end guests at the Dodge. Ga., has joined her father, Mr. E. S. Trosdal at the Carlton, where they will remain for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Webb of Cali- fornia, have been the guests for & week of Mr, and Mrs. John W. Dudley. Mrs. Webb was formerly Miss Mary Eaton Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Simkins have gone to Cuba, where they are making an extended stay at the Hotel National, in Havana. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Udy, who have been the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Huse at the Broadmoor, have returned to their home, in Orange, N. J. Miss Persis Myers is spending a few !d!”sk at the Hotel Algonquin in New ork. Miss Alla Ben-Hara of New York City is at the Carlton for a few days. Mrs. C. M. Starkweather of Hartford, Conn., is passing several days at the Dodge and is accompanied by her daughter, Miss Esther Starkweather. Booklovers Bimonthly Meeting at ¥. W. C. A. Tonight. Washington from Pasadena, Calif., where he and Mrs. Brodie spent the — COATS [V ‘The semi-monthly meeting of the reslan= 1307-9-11-13-15 G St. NW. IMPORTANT NOTICE Breslau’s 11th Anniversary Sale of Coats, Suits and Dresses at $11.00 as Adver- tised Sunday, Will Be Con- tinued Tuesday and Wednes- day on Account of Snow Storm Yesterd. ay. The an'i!y EIop BRESLAU'S _ 1307 to 1315 G St. increasing numbers of know Harris’ for diff youthful erent dresses at 16.50 and 25.50 filmy Frenchy lace frocks with jackets at either price it is & question which frock looks best on you. iC TRUSTEES SALE (BY | Including Rosewood Sofas and Antigue Mirrors, and French China, Bro Oriental Rugs, Burea Desks, Books, TO BE SOLD AT AT AT 2 P. M. Antique and Small Aubusson Rug, Other 920-922 E St—Nat. 6900 e—Moving—Packins—Shippigs. of Rare and Valuable Antique Furniture Mahogany Tables, Chippendale and Spanish Chairs, 3 High Post Beds, 8 Queen Anne Dining Chairs, Large Cabinet Desk, Sideboard, etc. Valuable Old Paintings, Within Our Galleries, 715 Thirteenth St. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9th, 1932 By Order of John F. M. Bowie and Pleasanton C. Bowle, Trastees. Also on THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MARCH 10th and 11th Modern Mahogany Furniture, Rare Bric-a-Brac, Table China and Glassware, Clocks, Paintings, Prints, , ete., from the Dempsey : J. Carey King, and ON EXHIBITION MONDAY AND TUESDAY March 7th and 8th CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION TO C. G. SLOAN & CO., Inc. Auctioneers CATALOGUE) Chairs, Bmpire Mahogany Sofa, Rare Old Dresden nze and Dresden Lamps, us, Chests of Drawers, Silverware, ete. PUBLIC AUCTION ZP. M . EACH DAY Orfental Rugs, Overstuffed Mirrors, Silverware, Sources N. J, and Mrs. Hoyt Frothingham of | Miss Beverley Trosdal of Savannah, | place in the Young Women's Christian Association, at Seventeenth and K streets, tonight at 8 o'clock, when Miss Alice Hutchins Drake, one of the Capital City's well known speakers and radio lecturers, will be heard in a talk on “The Murals of the Library of Congress." Miss Drake will illustrate her talk tonight, using sketches of the world- famous murals in the Library, this talk serving as a supplement to her popular “sightseeing” tours of the Library and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which she inaugurated a number of seasons ago, over the radio, for the blind of the city. The public is invited to attend the biweekly sessions of the Booklovers Monday evenings at the Y. W. C. A. A talk on medals and medal-making, with an exhibition of a collection of historic medals loaned by the United States Mint, will be the feature of en- tertainment_at the Arts Club tomorrow evening. Mr. Theodore T. Belote, curator of the division of history of the National Museum. will be the speaker The club’s Industrial Art Committee will be the hosts. Miss Ellen Vinton and Mrs. Karl Fenning, assisted by Smith College alumnae, will be hostesses in honor of Dr. S. Ralph Harlow of Smith College | and a member of the board of trustees of the American College for Women in Athens, at a tea, to be held in the club house of the A. A. U. W. I street, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Fol- ‘Winter, and has opened his apartment | Booklovers of Washington will take ) lowing the informal reception, Dr. Brodie | Harlow will tell about the Athenian College. taking as his topic “Beauty for Ashes,” the story of how the American College for Women, destroyed in | Smyrna, has been rebuilt in Athens. | The assisting hostesses Will be Miss | Helen Atwater, Miss Eloise Brainard, | Miss Louise Newell, Mrs. Mitchell Car- roll, Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, Mrs. Henry | willard and Miss Anna Hawks. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nash have is- sued invitations to a song recital Sun- day evening, March 13, at 9 o'clock, in the Caroline McKinley Studio, when | Miss Grace La Mar, young American | | contralto who is giving a_series of | recitals in Town Hall in New York this week. will be the guest artist. Mrs. Nash 11 be assisted in re- | ceiving her gu by Miss McKinley and b~ Miss Jessie C! . Miss Ruth Cs#chfield, Miss Martha Fisher, Miss ficlen Foley, Miss Lilla La Garde, Miss J Lyeth. Miss Virginia Miller, Miss Ruth . Shoemaker and Miss Rebecca Tarwater, all of whpm are members of the McKinley dancers of this city. | Mr and Mrs. B, R. Walters enter- tained at dinner Saturday evening in the silver grill at the Broadmoor. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ho- bart, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Remhardt, Mr. and Mrs. George Bryson, Mrs. E. Ray and Mrs. A. Stengel. " | Dovell, D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1932. Robertson, are at Wardman Park Hotel for about a vuk.__ Mrs. K. Trembley of Wi Canada, 1s at the Dodge for snmx:?}'n'-' nite stay. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swigart were hosts at dinner to the Somerset Card Club at_the Broadmoor Saturday eve- ning. Covers were laid for 14. Mme. Clara Jurkovich entertained informally at the dinner dance in the gold room of Wardman Park Hotel | Saturday evening. V. F. W. MEET AT LURAY | Push Compensation Bill and Beek Home for Families. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., March T—Concerted action wes taken Saturday night by Shenandoah Veterans of Foreign Wars to push the compensation bill and to | work for a home for the families of disabled veterans. A meeting will be | held at Luray this week to organize the veterans here for this purpose. Page County has an unusual number of such veterans, many of whom dis- tinguished themselves over: The meeting was addre sed by L, R. commandant of Veterans of Miss Julia | of the Shenandoah organization. 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