Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1932, Page 6

S SOC Myrs. Hoover Will Re OCIETY. IETY ceive at White House, Ladies Accompanying Delegates to Engineer RS. HOOVER will receive theq Convention. will take place this evening at 8:30 wives and daughters of the | o'clock at 3020 Macomb street. members of the American As- sociation of Engineers, who will hold a 'xi%n\!:nuon‘“m ashington next week, iesday after- :’mn l? 3 o'clock at the Executive Mansion. The convention will open Monday and continue through Wed- esday. - o A n)umber of parties have been plan- ned for the ladies accompanyiing the delegates to the convention. They will be entertained at tea at the National reception at the White House, and that evening a bridge party will be given for them at the Shoreham Hotel. Mrs. Edgar B. Kay is chairman of the En- tertainment Committee. Wednesday, following a day of sight- seeing, there will be a banquet at the BShoreham, attended by the members of the association, with a dance follow- | ing. for which' additional guests have been invited. For this event there will be a floor committee made up of Washingtonians. Mrs. Kay will be assisted in recelv- ng at the tea at the National Woman's Country Club by Mrs. Earle K. Ramsey, wife of the national president of the association: Mrs. James H. Griffin, wife of the past president of the association, and Mrs. Henry Einstein, wife of one of the principal speakers appearing on the convention program. Also receiv- ing with Mrs. Kay will be wives of the Commissioners of the District of Co- Jumbia and several other women prom- inent in the life of the National Capital. Mrs. William De Witt Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General, who has been at Southampton. Long Island. through this month, joined Mrs. Theodore A Sohulze at the Rita-Tower in New York yesterday. Minister and Mime. Van Réyen Hosts at Dinner at Newport. The Minister of the Netherlands and Mme. van Royen will entertain a com- pany at dinner this evening in the Francis Taylor villa at Newport, where | they have been through the Summer. ‘The Minister and Mme. van Royen will return to Washington next week. Representative Frederick M. Daven- port of Clinton, N. Y.. is at the Shore- bame for a short visit. Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stephen O. Fuqua have moved from 1611 Twenty-first street to 1302 Eighteenth street. where they have leased an apartment. Mrs. Harriet Weeks. sister of Mrs. Fuqua, will &pend part of the Winter with them. Miss Jeannette Fuqua is visiting in Long Island and is not expected back in Washington until Monday. The special assistant to the Secre- tary of Labor and Mrs. W. W. King have as their guests at their home, Oin del Gorja. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Penny of Baitimore The new commandant of Bolling Field, Lieut. Col. Barton K. Yount .and Mrs. Yount will be the honor guests, at a dinner given this evening by the of- ficers and personnel of Bolling Fleld There will be 40 guests in the company. Mrs. Munnikhuysen, wife of Maj. Henry D. F. Munnikhuysen. U. S. A., with her daughter. Miss Betty Burke, will rejoin Maj. Munnikhuysen in their apartment at Wardman Park Hotel to- morrow, after spending the last week in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. B. Sumner Welles re- turned to their home, Oxon Hill, Md.. yesterday, after spending the week in New York at the Savoy-Plaza. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hampton Ellis have completed a month's stay at the Marlborough - Blenheim in Atlantic City, and were in their home, on Massa- chusetts avenue, yesterday. They went to their country place, Rippon Lodge, on the Potomac. to remain over Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis will be at home informally tomorrow afternoon at Rippon Lodge. Mrs. Skirvin Adams, who was at the Mayflower earlier in the week, now is at Southampton, Long Island. and was among the guests at dinner last evening of Mr. and Mrs. La Motte T. Cohu, who entertained in their home, in the Shin- | necock Hills. Mrs. Lucien Clarke will entertain at the dinner dance tonight at the Chevy Chase Club for her granddaughter, Miss Mildred Blaine Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Clarke, and her fiance, Mr. Louis Fleming Peak, son of Mrs. Peak and the late Mr. Louis R. Peak, whose marriage will take place ‘Wednesday. Mr. Woodbury Blair was awarded third prize yesterday for his spaniels in the unique china and pottery dog show held at Newport, It was the first show of its kind to be held in Newport and took place in the home of Mrs. Clark Burdick for the benefit of the Women's Republican Club of Newport. | Mrs. Hoggatt Clopton and her daugh- | ter, Mrs. Leland D. Webb. who make their home at the Shoreham. and who are traveling in Europe, left London for a week's stay in Scotland. They will return to Claridge’s and remain there for the little season. Mrs. Edward Everett Robbins is at the Ambassador Hotel in New York for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sothern. the lat- ter known professionally as Julia Mar- lowe, who occupied a home in George- town for a short time, returned yester- | day from Europe and are at the Plaza. ‘This is the first time in several years that Mrs. Sothern has been in’ this country. having made her home in| Lausnne. Switzerland. since giving up their place in Georgetown. | Miss Virginia Wood. daughter of Mr. snd Mrs. Waddy B. Wood of Virginia, formerly of Washington. sailed yester- day aboard the Carinthia for Europe, where she will visit Mrs. Robert Thomp- son Pell in Paris. Miss Wood later will £0 to Vienna to be with her brother-in- law and sister. Mr. end Mrs. Robert Hadow. the former being connected Wwith the British logation in the Aus- trian capital, Mrs. Hampson Gary, wife of former United States Minister to Switzerland, arrived in New York yesterday on the Europa after spending the Summer | abroad. and is at the Hotel Plaza. Mr.} and Mrs. Gary have mace their home in | New Vork for the last two Winters, | having rented their Washington home. The marringe of Miss Marguerite L. Murphy of Washington to Mr. Posey W. Reeves, sccretary to Representative Ruth Baker Pratt, which took place yesterday in Rockville, Md.. is of much interest here. The ceremony was per-| formed in the parsonage of the Rock- ville Baptist Church. the pastor, the Rev. Bertram M. Oszood. officiating. The Assistant Attornev General, Mr. Charles P. Sisson. was best man. Former Undersecretary of State and Mrs. Norman H. Davis will sail tonight aboard the Europa for Europe where Mr. Davis goes as a member of the American delegation at the Disarmas ment Conference. Miss Neville Gherardi, daughter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Walter R. Gherardi, is in New York where she 1s spending a few days at the Waldorf- Astoria. Miss Sumner Will Become Bride of Mr, Miller Tonight. The marriage of Miss Margaret Page Bumner, caughter of Mrs. Allen M. Sumner, to Mr. Burton Francis Miller ,\ | Miss Bernice E. Cleveland, daughter | of Mr. Bernard William Cleveland of | Norfolk, Va., and Mr. Darroll C. Diotte, | son of 'Mr."and Mrs. Louis Diotte of Brighton, Rockville, Md., were married | lin St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock- ville, at 9 o'clock this morning. ‘The ceremony was performed by the | pastor, Rev. Charles R. O'Hara, who! |also officiated at nuptial mass which | followed. The bride's only attendant | Women's Country Club. following the | WAs Miss Mary Hannon of Washington |,.cjock. and the best man was Mr. Willlam Han- | | non of Washington. A wedding break- fast and reception, attended by 60 | guests from Washington, the coundy | | and other places, followed at Flamingo | Farm, home of the bridegroom's par- | | ents, after which Mr. and Mrs. Diotte | departed for their honeymoon trip. | _-After December Mr. and Mrs. | Diotte will make their home in Aiken, | /8. C | | Ry | Dr. F. Vernon Atkinson entertaines at dinner Thursday at the Willard in | honor of Sir Arthur Eddington, di- | rector of the observatory at Cambridge | University, England. 8ir Arthur will | | sail today on the Brittanic for his home | | in. England i | Judge and Mus. Meade Vestal of Noblesville, Ind., are spending the week in Washington, visiting friends and sight-seeing. Judge Vestal was former judge of the Hamilton Circuit Court And was a major in the judge advocate general's depertment of the Army during the | World War. He Is now a lieutenant | | colonel in the Auxiliary Reserve and | paid a call to the office of the judge Rdvocate general. | __They are stopping at the Gordon | Hotel. . = | i s B el spending some time at the Waldorf- Astoria in New York | Mrs. Douglas Champagne Greenhill | of Oak Park, TII, has recently returned to Washington for a orief visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hugh Dougherty. at their home. on F street, bringing with her her young son. Wil- liam. | Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Lane of Wesley Heights will have as their house | guests next week Mr. and Mrs. Sydney | O. Chase cf 8anford, Fla. Mrs. Chase is Mr. Lane's sister. : Mr. and Mrs. Albert Earle Conradis | are now at their home, 4550 Connecticut avenue. Since their marriage on Sen- | tember 10. they have been at White | Sulphur Springs and Asheville, N. C.| Mrs. Conradis, formerly Miss Jean Woodson, is the daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. Eugene R. Woodson. i Miss Eliza Lloyd Smith and Miss | Eugenia Smith, their nieces and nephe Miss Florence Smith, Miss Margaret | Smith and Mr. Gerdon Smith will close | their Summer home, Hohenheim, at| Bluemont, Va. today and return to' Washington for the Winter. They will | open their home on Porter street, Which they closed more than a year ago, when | they went abroad. They have traveled | in Europe for a year. Miss Florence Smith spending much time in Florence, ! after which she was the guest for two months of her uncle and aunt, the dean of Christ Church College, at Oxford, | England, and Mrs. White. During her | visit there she was presented to the Earl of Athlcne, brother of King George of England: the Duke of Argyle and the Archbishop of York. | Mrs. Llewelyn D." Nicolson of Forest lane, Wesley Heights, entertained in honor of her daughter Stratton's birth- day anniversary Thursday. when the guests included Joan Leasure, Linda Bissett, Dorcthy Jones, Alice Johnson, Marjorie Albin. Alice Marie Hadloy, Doreen Penn. Betty Bell, Harriet Louise Gordon and Loulse Gordon. Mrs. Nicol- son and her three daughters spent the Summer on Long Island as the guests of the former's mother, Mrs. Arthur T. Vance. 1 Mrs. E. Ormonde Power has returned to Washington after making several visits during the Summer and has taken an apartment at 2400 Sixteenth street.| Mrs. W. W. Douglass will close her apartment at ‘Wardman Park Hotel to- day and will be absent from the city on a vacation of three or four weeks. Mrs. F. J. Gaist of Roanoke, Va., has | been in Washington since Saturday. visiting her sister, Mrs. Howard W. Bell, at 1002 East Capitol street, and her brother, Mr. W. J. Shartger, and his family, and will remain for an indefinite time. Mrs. Willlam A. King of Avon, N, J., is at the Carlton for a few days, accom- panied by Mrs. M. K. Burns, also of Avon. Miss Helen Lee Doherty was hostess at luncheon yesterday at the Central Park Casino in compliment to Lady Faith Montagu and Miss Suzanne Humphreys. Arts Club Opens Chafing Djsh Supper Series Tomorrow. The Arts Club of Washington will resume its fortnightly chai dish suppers tomorrow evening, with Dr. and Mrs. George H. Girty as hosts. After supper Mr. Horace J. Striskland will' render a musical program, assisted by Miss Aurelia Beck. Mrs. Richard T. Ellis has gone to New York, where she is at the Waldor(- ' Astoria. Th aviation dinner and ball at Rossdhu Castle Club this evening marks the culmination of the series of parties held in compliment to Mrs. Louise Thaden and Mrs. Frances Marsalis, record-breaking feminine endurance yers. Mr. and Mrs. 'EuE;ne F. Perkins of Bristol, N. H., are spending a few days at the Dodge and are accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lorden of New London, N. H. | Th annual facuity and student re- ception of the American University was heid in the gymnasium on the campus in Wesley Heights Thursday, when the receiving line included Chanceilor and M:s. Lucius C. Clark, Dean snd Mrs. Gecrge B. Woods, Miss Mary Louse Brown, dean of women; Mr. Rob-rt Marcus, president of th Miss Beatrice Adam, Women's Self-gov Assisting in the Ethel S.ffier, Mis Dorothy Wulf. ics Mary Mowbray, Miss Cornella Cotton, Mrs. Walter Shenton, Mrs. John E. Bentley and Mrs. Lowcll Huelster. Mr. and Mrs. Junius P. Fishburn and Mrs. Louis Showalter of Roanoic. v . motored to Washingion and are £p-nd- ing the week end at the Shorcham on their way to Atlantic City and New York. Mrs. Adeline Moses has opened her apartment, at Wardman Park Hotel for the Winter. She returned 2 dey or two ago from East Gloucester, Mass.. where she spent several months at her Sum- mer home there. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Trowbridge are at the Doddge for an indefinite stay. Mr.' Trowbridge was the consulting archi- tect for the Folger Shakespeare Library. | Dr. and Mrs. William'W. Suth-rland of Paterson, N. J. are at the Shore- | ham for the week end. hile here they | will visit Mr. Ceril J. Wilkinson, ex=cu- ive secretary of the Phi Gamms Delta | Fraternity, and Mrs. Wilkinson. THE EVENING HAMLINE SERMON BY BALTIMOREAN Dr. W. W. Davis Guest Preacher Tomorrow on “The Ameri- can Sabbath.” Dr. W. W. Davis of Baltimore will be the guest preacher at Hamline Meth- odist Episcopal Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock. He is the executive secretary of the Lords' Day Alliance of Maryland. His subject will be “The American Sabbath.” ‘The pastor, Rev. H. W. Burgan, will ipreach at 8 p.m. on “Sir Walter Scott, a Man of Falth.” The service will be in recognition of the centenary of Sir Walter Scott's death in Baltimore, 1832. ‘Tomorrow is Promotional day in the church school. Willlam L. Evans, gen- eral superintendent of the school, will have charge of the exercises at 9:45 The High School League meets to- | morrow with a social and tea at 6 o'clock. This league is supervised by Miss Anna Culp Brown, deaconess and director of religious education. Tomor- row evening's program will be a dis- cussion of plans of the Fall work with WooDWARD & LoTHROP 10™ 11™™ F aND G STREETS Monday—A Linen STAR, WASHINGTON, . The Epworth League will meet ‘tomorrow at 7 p.m. ‘The midweek devotional service will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock. “SUPREMACY OF JESUS” At the Central Presbyterian Church tomorrow, the pastor, Dr. James H. Taylor, will preach on “The Supremacy of Jesus.” During the week Dr. Taylor will preach each night in the Presby- terian Church at Floris, Va. The Pitzer Class has elected the fol- lowing officers: President, Hugh B. Nesbitt, jr.; vice president, Dan Eberle; secretary, Robert Moyer, and treasurer, Robert Gardner. The Christian Endeavor Society will have as its topic “Conversing With God Through Prayer.” The leader will be William Dismer, j BASED ON RADIO PROGRAM ... A “Seth Parker Githerin’” based on the famous Sunday night radio program, ‘Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church. According to Rev. Allan F. Poore, min- ister, these programs will take the place of the regular Sunday evening service on one Sunday of each month. He will [take charge of the meetings, assisted by Gene Stewart, organist. For tomorrow morning the sermon is | “The Joys of Living.” Rally day will | be observed in the Sunday school and | Harry Ellis, president of the league, in | Fpworth League at 7 o'clock. | will be held tomorrow night at the | A 0500 DITE-, o i e VRN, (R LR 24, 1932. ASSEMBLY T0 SET RALLY DAY GOALS Albright Memorial Sunday School Plans Meeting Tomorrow to Outline Plans for Event. ‘The pre-Rally day general assembly | of Albright Memorial Sunday school (will be held in the recreation hall to- | morrow at 9:45 am. | The annual rally communion service | will be held at 11 o'clock. The service will be in charge of the pastor, Rev. George E. Schnabel. whose subject will be “The Journey That Ended Outside | City Wall.” This will be the last of | the series of sermons on “Little Jour- neys With Jesus.” The Christian Endeavor will meet at 7:15 pm. The Executive Committee will have charge. At the same hour the Intermediate Christian Endeavor will meet. At the evening service at 8 o'clock the sermon subject will be “This Glorious Adventure.” The guild rally will be held Wednes- day evening. with Mrs. Milton Otter- back presiding. On Thursday evening the church workers will meet to com- plete plans for the rally program Oc- tober 2, SERVICES COMBINED The Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Bible school and church have a combined service from 10 to 11:45 a.m. tomorrow as Rally day is observed. The special subject will be “God Is Love.” The 8 p.m. evangelistic subject will be “Come.” The Young People’s Per- sonal Soul Winners class and prayer period at 7 p.m. Sunday. The joint Board of Deacons and Deaconesses will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. The midweek prayer service at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The B. Y. P. U. Societies will resume their activities at 7 pm. October 2. PLAN PROMOTION DAY “The Inadequacy of Things" is the | sermon theme of Dr. J. Phelps Hand, | pastor of Wesley M. E. Church, Sunday | morning. The church school will ob- |serve Promotion day. There will be a meeting Tuesday evening of the church | school board for election of officers. Beginning October 2, the pastor will | have a class of young people from the | classes in the last year of the junior de- partment and first year of the inter- mediate department. This group, which | will meet at the hour of the church | school, will study with the pastor in | preparation for intelligent church mem- | bership. Give Your Home a - New Lease on Life The Model Apartments Newly decorated with futnishings bought under the most advantageous conditions in many years will show you how In these specidlly budgeted rooms you will see a wealth of suggestions for achieving the newest deco- rative effects in your home. Your favorite chair and end table, with perhaps a new lamp added, may make a very interesting, comfortable, and fashion-wise reading group. 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