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SOCIETY. Local Sorority Chapters Announce C oming Events Colorful Initiation Banquet, Dinner and Dance and Luncheon Are Among Affairs O£ past The annual Spring formal dance of Beta Theta Chapter of Psi Omega Fraternity will be given Tuesday eve- ning in the garden of the Mayflower. Members of the active chapter, com- posed of students at Georgetown Den- tal Schol and members of the alumni, will be hosts. Members of the committee on ar- rangements include Mr. Karl H. Wood, chairman, and Mr. Bruce L. Taylor, jr; Mr. Henry S. Colitri, Mr. Harold R. Connelly, Mr. Eugene P. Coe, Mr. John E. Maxwell and Mr. George Kopf. Beta Chi Sorority, Eta and Rho Chapters, are planning an April Fools' day dance at the Kennedy-Warren Hotel Friday, April 1. The commit- tee in charge of arrangements is com- posed of Miss Virginia Porter, chair- man; Miss Alma Nussear, Miss Benji Robertson and Miss Marjorie Walker from Eta, and Miss Helen Early, Miss Agnes Gowan and Miss Madeline | Augusterfer from Rho Chapter. Miss Maude Yates of the Depart- ment of Justice will be hostess to Eta Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Beta Pi, | international legal sorority, tomorrow | evening, when the program will feature the use of law in banking. The sub- Ject will be discussed from two widely diffierent viewpoints, that of a Fed-| eral bank examiner by Miss Adele M. Stewart, national bank examiner, and Week. lowed the luncheon, with Miss Edith B. Athey, president, in charge. Many preparations are being made for Zeta Chapter. Chi Sigma Sorority’s | annual St. Patrick's dance to be held Thursday night in the Kennedy- Warren. Each year this affair grows larger | and the chairman, Miss Alma Bell and | her committee, Miss Jennie Leishear, | Miss Elsie Mandley and Mrs. Mary | Turner, are making special prepara- tions. This year the dance will be supported by Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta. Theta, Tota and Lambda Chap- ters of Washington, Xi and Tau Chap- ters of Virginia and Pi, Upsilon and Phi Chapters of Baltimore. | Zeta Chapter’s pledges with the other | washington chapters of Chi Sigma will | receive their third degree tomorrow at | the Mayflower Hotel. This ritual is | under the guidance of Miss Dorothy Collifiower of Lambda Chapter, who is Alpha Province initiation chairman. Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Club was entertained with a buffet supper | Thursday by Miss Vivian Vestal in her apartment at Wakefleld Hall. This club recently has been organized and will meet on the second Thursday eve- ning of each month. Mrs. C. M, Jansky at 6510 Maple avenue north- west is president. Six prospective members were pledged by Gamma Chapter, Sigma Epsilon National Sorority, at its meeting Tues- day night held in the home of Miss that of a member of a great banking | organization by Miss Constance Fogle,‘ assistant secretary of the American | Institute of Banking | Miss Ruth Hastings of the Leaguei of Women Voters will present a tenta- | tive study plan of the laws of the Dis- | trict of Columbia. The Palm Court of the Shoreham Hotel furnished a lovely setting for the initiation banquet of Beta Chapter, Phi Delta Gamma Graduate Sorority of George Washington University, last | night ‘The horseshoe table held baskets of yellow roses, jonquils, white sweet peas and freesia, while at inter- vals jet tapers burned in gold sconces, carrying out the sorority colors of gold, black and white. Gold-covered dinner | programs bearing the coat of arms of the sorority marked the place of each guest. The honor guests were pre- sented with shoulder bouquets of y low roses and white sweet peas tied with gold. black and silver ribbons. Miss Margaret Klein, President of | Beta Chapter, acted as toastmistress and gave a welcome to the new mem- bers. Toasts to the sorority were of- fered by three past presidents of Beta Chapter, Miss Camille DuBose, Miss Ora Marshino and Miss Emma Thom. After dinner the formal initiation ceremony took place, wken the follow- ing were received into membership of the sorority—Miss Ellen Anderson, Miss Mary Agnes Brown, Miss Doro- thy M. Corson, Miss Leo Patricia Gos- nell, Miss Mae Leesnitzer, Miss Ger- trude Speiden, Miss Edna Swenson, Miss Elise Wildman, Mrs. Robert Page Burruss. Miss Mildred Hirt, Mrs. Amold H. McNitt and Mrs. Wilford L. White. An informal program followed the initiation, at which time Miss Christine Fassett played several selec- tions on the steel guitar, Miss Elaine Arnaud gave a reading and Miss Mary Pearce sang, accompanied by Miss Fasseétt. | Miss Klein was assisted in receiving | beforg the banquet by Miss Bernard- | ine Haycock, Miss Dorothy Kemball, Miss Phoebe Knappen, Miss Gretchen Rogers, Miss Anne Bamberry, Miss | Florence Fritz, Miss Florence Wallace, Mrs. Hampton D. Percy, Mrs, George Plitt, jr. and Mrs. U.,V. Wilcox. The arrangements for the banquet o ] Charge of Mmry Pearce, ass; y Miss Nina Booth an Agmes Lec. . | Gamma Chapter Chi Sigma Sorority gave a dinner and dance’ at Tilden Elizabeth Williamson, with Miss Lillian Lindquist, president, officiating. The pledges are Miss Felisa Ahearn, Miss Florence _ Barnes, Clough, Miss Estelle Ezzell, Carolyn Hammill and Miss Ethel Weisner. The next meeting of Gamma Chap- ter will be held in the home of Miss Virginia Magill Tuesday, March 22. Beta Chapter of the Chi Sigma Sorority held its first and second de- gress of initiation Tuesday night in the home of Mrs. Emma Moxley, after which refreshments were served by the hostess. The Beta Chapter of Pi Omicron Sorority, a national organization, has been formed to continue adult educa- tion and to band together culturally minded women in business and soclety to be a power in national progress, and held its first meeting Monday evening in the Hay-Adams House. Dr. A. E. Zucker, head of the De- partment of Languages of the Univer- sity of Maryland and director of the chapter, gave a lecture on the life of Dr. Gerhardt Hauptman and his va- rious works, such as the “Sunken Bell” and “The Weavers.” The Beta Chapter, composed of young women from the business and professional offices of the city, is one of the 600 chapters throughout the United States which is being instructed in literature of all ages in- a unique way The next meeting ‘will be held March 21 in the Hay-Adams House, at which time a discussion of James Russell Lowell, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher and oth- ers will take place and book reviews and current events will be discussed. Officers of this group are Miss A. A Silver Fox Scarf Completes the Gardens last night to celebrate its tenth birthday anniversary. Arrange- | ments were in charge of Miss Anna | Hawvermale. The birthday cake, flowers and other decorations carried out the sorority colors. Gamma Chapter gave the first and second degrees to its pledges, Miss Mildred Coker, Miss Connie Cooksey, | Miss Gladys Caw and Miss Elizabeth | Swadley, at the home of Miss Harriet | Little, 2017 Bunker Hill road, Tuesday. | The third degree will be given at the Mayflower tomorrow Washington Alumnae Club of the National Honorary Musical Sorority, Mu Phi Epsilon, gave a prettily ap- pointed luncheon Friday in honor of Mrs. Ada G. Britton of Philadelphia, Atlantic Province president, who s here on tour of inspection. The members were seated at small tables and the decorations carried the colors of the sorority, with purple sweet peas as | a centerpiece. A business meeting fol- | ¥m. Rosendorf The Origind “G” Furrier 1215 G St. sivoisn’ Metropolitan 9285 Street Chic Spring Ensemble Prices Start at $49.50 flatteringly caressing your complement to your Spring ensemble. $25 Sensive. Up % Fur Jackets lead fashion's nd Miss_ Katherine | Miss | MISS ELIZABETH HENNING, Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sears Henning, announce her engagement to Cadet Nelson Landon Head of Springfield, Mass. 5 —Harris-Ewing Photo. Hazel Swift, president; Miss Florence M. Christman, vice president; Miss Helen L. Clark, secretary; Miss Mar- garet V. Froyd, treasurer; Miss Garnet R. Miller, chairman of socal commit- tee, and Mrs. Nancy Burkhardt, chair- man of publicity. Zeta Chapter of the Nu Omega Chi Sorority installed its officers at & for- mal supper dance at the Club Michel Sunday evening. The officers ere: Su- preme lady, Clara Feldman; vice su Sylvia Alpher; keeper of s, Helen Rubin; keeper of finance, Sylvia Blankin: lecturing lady, Naomi Friedmsn, and inner guard, Hannah Landsman. Omega Phi Sigma Sorority held ini- tiation at the Hay-Adams House Sat- urday, March 5, for Miss Hazel Fergu- son, Miss Alice Williams and Miss Louise Thompson. The annual ban- quet will be held Saturday, March 19, when officers for the coming year will be installed. The officers are: Pres- ident, Miss Frances Sangster; vice president, Miss Ruth Hobbs: recording secretary, Miss Dorothy Hobbs; corre- sponding secretary, Miss Mary Lou Tinsley; treasurer, Miss Lilly Vaughn Smith, and historian, Miss Irene Carr. Alpha Chapter of Theta Chi Sig‘msi High on your shoulders — lightly, face, this long swirl of silver fox is the most distinguished it UR ISnop 1208 G Street Sorority completed plans for an Easter subscription dance, to be held at the Broadmoor Apartments April 2, at the first of two monthly meetings March 3 in the home of Miss Helen McGivern at 109 Taylor street, Chevy Chase, Md. The meeting was followed by bridge and refreshments. Apparently man has been attempting to fly with heavier-than-air machines from the earliest times. for there are fables of winged flight in the mythology | of ancient Greece and Rome, and of Scandinavia and the East. B D. C, MARCH 13, 19 “A Nite in Spain” Easter Monday to Be Festive Final plans are being formulated rapidly for the Spanish ball now only | two weeks away, under sponsorship of Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr. the gala affair to be given Easter Monday night in the garden of the Mayflower. Debutantes of this season and young ladies who made their bows the past several seasons, donned in fascinating costumes with alluring Spanish shaw will dance the tango almost exclusively with their escorts, who will attend the vall as Spanish cavaliers. The introduction of the Cuban ha- banarin, to be danced by Mr. Francis Perry and Miss Muriel Craven, both of New Orleans, will add to the tropical atmosphere of the ball, and another unusual feature will be the presence of a dozen prominent young men of Washington who have consented to act as ‘“gigolcs” that evening. A bull| fight is also on the program, to be| given by Mr. Johnnie Wheeler and Mr. | John Devereux. | There is every indication that “A | Nite in Spain,” as the party is called, | will be very gay and will be a pleflcan!‘ reaction to the six-week Lenten period. Miss Carolyn Hyde is chairman of the Young Ladies’ Committee that also Includes Miss Sarah Carey, Miss Anne Wyant, Miss Mary Elizabeth MacArthur, Miss Olgo Craven, Miss Louise Harri- son Gwynn, Miss Jane Thrope, Miss Prances Mathews, Miss Margaret Gib- bins, Miss Elvira' Johnson, Miss Eliza- beth Henning, Miss Marion Dunlop, Miss Mary Ruden, Miss Lucille Elliott, Miss Dorothy Nicholson, Miss Virginia Yellott and Miss Jean Woodson. World War Veterans Feted At Dinner Last Evening An interesting company attended the dinner given at the Mayflower Hotel | last evening in honor of 50 World War Veterans from Mount Alto Hospital fol- lowing a delightful trip by motor to Mount Vernon. The committee in | charge of arrangements for the trip and dinner included Mrs* Laura V. Dann and Miss Lillian Dann, Mrs Amos A. Pries, Mrs. Clyde B. Stovall, Mrs. Earle Gregory and Miss Agnes | Probey. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Pat- rick J. Hurley went to the dinner and Temained a short time having had a previous engagement for dinner, and among others in the company were Senator and Mrs. Smith W. Brookhart, the Surgeon General of the Navy and Mrs. Charles E. Riggs, Col. Stephen R. Wood, Capt. Watson B. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Tolson. Mr. Clyde B. Stovall was the toastmaster and vocal selections were given by Miss | Dorothy Skinner, Miss Edith Reed playing the accompaniments. The Ma- | rine Band gave selections during the | evening, M. and Mrs. Gudebrod Recall Tea Invitations Mr. and Mrs. Christian E. Gudebrod have recalled their invitations for tea this afternoon In their home at 1530 Thirtieth street owing to the sudden | iliness of Mrs. Gudebrod. | 32— PART THREE. Society Meeting Tuesday The annual meeting of the Maine State Society will be held in the Wash- ington Club Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, commemorating the date of the entrance of Maine into the Union. The Maine delegation in is ex- pected to be present and Representa- tive Donald B. Partridge of the Sec- ond congressional district will be the guest of honor. The business meet- ing will be followed by dancing, cards and refreshments. Women's City Club Dinner Thursday and Tea Today Irish songs, poems and music will be | featured on the St. Patrick's dinner program of the Women's City Club, at 6:30 o'clock, March 17. Mme. Edythe Marmion Brosius, distinguished harp- ist, will play the Irih harp; Mrs. Doro- thy Nefl Tyler, soprano, will present a group of songs in costume, and Mr. Howard A. Moore, baritone, will include among his selections some of Ireland’s less known, but equally beautiful songs. Mrs. Patrick Gallagher will reside. A lecture recital by Mrs. John R. Fausey of Springfield, Mass., will be a feature of today’s tea at the Women's City Club in honor of newly elected members. The lyrics of well known poets will be used in all of the songs, and Mrs. Fausey will be accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Ralph F. Couch, chairman of the music section. Mrs. William W. Spaid, chairman, and Mrs. William Lee Corbin, president, will Teceive assisted by Mrs. Z. D. Blackistone, Mrs. A. W. Fisher, Miss Ethel Grimes, Miss M. Grace McLaughlin, Miss Rowens L. Shephard, Mrs. St. George W. Teackle, Mrf. St. Clair T. Thomas and Miss Inez T. Walden, new mem- bers. Among those assisting will be Mrs. Aurie B.. Allen, Mrs. Iola Arm- strong, Mrs. Metta R. Cole, Dr. A. Frances Foye, Mrs. A. B. Omwake, Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, Mrs. Charles Alger, Mrs. Robert J. Bates, Mrs. John S. Bennett, Mrs. Frank A. Birgfeld, MRS. 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