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SOCIETY. IETY SOC Mzs. Hoover Will Attend Christmas Play Given This Evening at Cathedral School. RS. HOOVER will attend the Christmas play to be given this evening at the National Ca- thedral School for Girls. The BSecretary of State and Mrs. @timson were hosts at dinner last eve- hing, having as their guests the Ambas- sador of Great Britain and Lady Lind- say and the former's niece, Lady Eliza- beth Lindsay; the Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Cardenas, the Minister of Canada and Mrs. Herridge, the Secre- tary of the Navy and Mrs. Adams, the of Commerce and Mrs. Chapin, Viscount and Viscountess ‘Astor, who are the guests of Senator end Mrs, David Reed; Representative end Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, the Un- dersecretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Arthur A. Ballantine, the minister counsellor of the British embassy, Mr. ©Osborne, and the chief of the Western Division of the State Depari- ment and Mrs, J. Pierrepont Moffat. Doyenne of Diplomatic Corps Hostess at Tea Today. ‘Mme. Claudel, wife of the Ambassa- dar of France, will be hostess to a small company at tea this afternoon at the embassy, for which cards have been issued. ‘The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Chapin will entertain at dinner Friday evening, entertaining for their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bonbright id Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Kanzler of it, who will arrive Thursday in time for the reception which President his sister, Miss Elizabeth Hammond, will sail today from New York on the Pennsylvania for California via Havana and the Panama Canal. Mrs., Jacob Leander Loose will arrive in Washington tomorrow instead of to- day from Kansas City, Mo., and will re- open her apartment, at the Mayflower, for the remainder of the season. Miss Helen Manley, debutante daugh- ter of Col. and Mrs. Prederick W. Man- ley, entertained a company of 16 at dinner last evening, preceding the dance at the Army War College. Miss Mary Louise Reifsnider, daugh- ter of Comdr. Laurence Reifsnider, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Philip A. Small, in the latter's home at Roland Park, Baltimore. She will be a guest at a dance this evening at the Elkridge Kene nels, in honor of her debutants cousin, Miss Eleanor A. Reifsnider, by her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trimble Reifsnider. Miss Frances Brooks. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brooks, will entertain at bridge this afterncon for Miss Mary Barkalow, who is spending several weeks in Washington. Miss Brooks and Miss Barkalow were classmates at the Cathe- dral School. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hook Tompkins have sent out cards for a tea tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 7 o'clock, at Bat- tery Terrill, 3001 Garrison street, when they will present their daughters, Miss Louise Chappell Tompkins and Miss Emma Henry Tompkins, to society. Miss Betty Griffin entertained at| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 193 MAKING DEBUT | School; Dean Grace Hays Riley and Ma). Riley, Washington College of Law. Mrs. Helene Ducy Reed, dean of Province 32, will preside. Miss Mary Ruscell Williams will sing a group of songs, accompanied by Miss Gretchen Hood. Miss Julia Banks, dean of Eta Alumnae Chapter, is thairman of the Committee on 'ments and is assisted by Mrs. Claire Willitson, Miss Anna Boyle and the deans of the local student chapters. Miss Kathleen O’Connor was hostess to the rushees of tlotl ghrégul'. c:n at a e y Thursday evening. The zuelup“;m cluded Miss Hazel White, Miss Leola Stahl, Miss Adrian Doyle, Miss Jean Havermale, Miss Betty Martin, Miss Doris West and Miss Frances Sullivan. ‘The rushees are entertained by the chapter tomorrow morning at breakfast at the Willow Tree Inn. Miss Flossie Tillotson, the initiation chairman, is being assisted with the arrangements by Miss Mary Neubeck, Mrs. Catherine Saulsbury and Miss Mary Elizabeth O’Connor. Mrs. H. Jartwell Hillman of Spring Lake, N. J., is spending a few days at the Dodge and is accompanied by Miss | Sara FHillman, ‘The Alumnae of Notre Dame Acad- emy held their annual dance last eve- | ning in the gold room of the Wardman Park Hotel for the benefit of their scholarship fund. THe chairman of the committee, Miss_Elizabeth O'Connor, was assisted by Miss Evelyn McGivern, Mis Ruth Kane and Miss Margaret | O'Donnell. There were about 500 guests in attendance. Lambda Chapter of Chi Sigma Sorority entertained its rushees Tues- day evening in the home of Miss Dorothy _Colliflower. The rushees | present were Miss Kathryn Latimer, Miss Frances Greeley, Mrs. Evelyn Dyer and Mrs. Loretta McCleary, Miss Kathryn Latimer was awarded the prize, after which dainty refreshments were served. Lambda Chapter is planning a Christmas tea dance for Monday, De- cember 26. Arrangements are in progress under the direction of a com- mittee composed of Miss Catherine Pfluger and Miss Esther Goding. MINISTER T0 TALK | ON RENUNCIATION Covenant-First Presbyterian Sermon Tomorrow by Dr. McCartney. Dr. A. J. McCartney, minister of the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, has for his subject tomorrow morning a theme on the renunciation of ease and comfort for the sake of a cause under the subject of “The Great Re- fusal and the Grand Choice.” At the Thursday evening pfayer meeting he will continue with his series of discourses under the general theme of “How the Christian Church Got Its Start.” ‘The special study for Thurs- day is the sixth chapter of Acts. ‘The Covenant Fellowship meets Sun- day at 7 p.m. in the chapel. Supper served, followed by an_ interesting planned -program. Rev. J. 'Woodman Babbitt, assistant minister, will conduct a question box. The Keystone Troop will present & Boy Scout movie, “Upgrade,” December 16, at 8 p.m. ‘The Tip Top Club meets at 7 p.m. in the church house and will discuss, un- der the leadership of Harry Little. “Christian Use of Leisure Time.” BAPTIST PASTOR’S TOPIC IS SPIRITUAL HUNGER Metropolitan Church Program In- cludes Bible Study Group Meeting. At the Metropolitan Baptist Church tomorrow morning the pastor, Rev. John Compton Ball will speak on “Spir- | Harris [y A New To or a new Article of Clothing will admit you to any WARNER BROS. THEATRE December 17th 9:30 A.M. at Metropolitan and Earle 10:00 A.M. at Neighborhood Theatres and Mrs. Hoover will give that evening | luncheon today, later taking her guests | Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa |itual Hunger Marchers.” In the eve- in honor of the members of the diplo- | to the theater, in honor of Miss Betty MISS ALICE NEALE GORDON, at William and Mary College, Williams- | ning there will be a.song service fol- matic corps. ‘The Minister of Norway and Mme. Bachke returned lasi cvening from a short stay in New York, where they | were at the Waldorf-Astor.a. 2 Mrs. Schall, wife of Senator Thomas D. Schall, will entertain at a small tea dance this_afternoon at her home, Wyncrest, Berwyn, Md., in honor of Miss Susan Le Roy Rogers, daughter of Mrs. Fish, wife of Representative Ham- flton Fish, jr. The guests wjll include | Miss Virginia Dorsey, Miss Atlee Wirg- | man, Miss Mary Lee Bell, Miss Mal | Sykes, Miss Polly McNeil, Miss Betty | Burke, Miss Ruth Hollingsworth, Miss Margaret Ely. Mr. Willlam Woodward, Mr. Ingham Mack, Lieut. Sidney Woo- Shibley, whose marriage to Mr. William T. Fryer will take place December 21. The other guests are the bridesmaids at the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. David H. Blair enter- tained at dinner iast evening in compli- ment to Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West and with their guests later went to the Priday Evening Dancing Class at the Willard. Mrs. West is in charge of ar- rangements for the class. Others in the company at dinner were Justice and Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson, Col. and Mrs. dward Clifford, Judge and Mrs. Kilmer orner, Mr. and Mrs. S. Wallace Demp- sey, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, Judge Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George William Gordon of Ardsley-on-the-Hudson, | coming to Washington to attend the diplomatic reception at the Wg;khlsguie.‘ ch Photo. Neipold and Maj. W. M. Grimes. | as her subject the relief bill introduced Wednesday morning each week a|in the last session of Congre:s by Sena- hunt will take place at the kennels on | tor Costigan. The list cf guests include Bradley Farms at 8 o'clock. | Senator Costigan, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac | Saturday, December 17, the hunt will | Gans, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, Dean | take place at Bell's Mill, starting at |and Mrs. William C. Van Vleck, George | 2:30 o'clock; December 24 the hunt| Washington Law School; Dean and Mis. | | will start from the National Woman's | Johonson, National University Law | Country Club; December 26, at 9:30 v " - e o'clock, the hunt will start from the | kennels at Bradley Farms and will be preceded by a hunt breakfast at 8:30 | | o’clock at Normandy Farms. Saturday, | December 31, the chase will start from | | Bell's Mill at 2:30 o’clock. | burg, Va. initiated Miss Rachel Black, | daughter of Judge and Mrs. Eugene Black, Monday. Miss Black will grad- uate there in June. The society was founded at William and Mary College in 1776, and the initiation service was held in Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall, which is one of the buildings restored by Mr. John D. Rockefeller, jr. Mr. James R. Wilson will have guests with him at the supper dance this evening at Wardman Park Hotel. PARADISE | lowed by a sermon by the pastor. The | Harris Bible Study Group will meet at | 6:45 pm. | ‘Tuesday at 7 pm. the Teacher | Training Class will have the last ses- sion of the year. Examinations will be | given on the study, “What Baptists Be- |lieve.” Wednesday at 10 am., the Ladies’ Aid Society will meet. Lunch- eon will be served at noon. Bible School Conference Thursday, at 7 p.m.; | subject for discussion, “Christian Stand- ards of Life” Miss Frances Guschew- | sky is the leader. Prayer service will follow under the leadership of the | pastor. | |“A GREAT CHURCH” TOPIC METROPOLITAN EARLE AMBASSADOR TIVOLI CENTRAL - - COLONY - - AVALON APOLLO AVENUE GRAND HOME SAVOY - YORK DAWSON A tang of Spring was in the air. The ten, Mr. Nelson Eigin, Mr. Thomas D. | and Mrs. Emest H. Von Fossen, Dr. Schall, jr.; Mr. Dick Schall and Mr. Dick Koska. | | and Mrs. E. W. Titus, Mrs. Charles Hill | pr and Mrs. A, W. Longworth of | of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Ross Cmnon,?sC"sdBle. N. Y. are guests at the/ AT MOUNT VERNON PLACE CHAPTER 48. Ammn; Mrs. Schall will be Mrs. | H. E. Blerman, Miss Priscilla Evans and Miss Katherine Walker. Senator David I. Walsh entertained a small company at dinner last evening | at the Carlton, where he is spending | the Winter. Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten will be hosts at dinner this evening in honor of Senora de Abelll, | wife of the former Minister of Bolivia. | * Representative William E. Hull hac been joined in his apartment at Ward- man Park Hotel by Mrs. Hull, who ar- rived from her home at Pecria, Ill., for the Winter. Representative and Mrs. Numa F. Montet are again at the Broadmoor for | the season. | Representative and Mrs. C. Ellis Moore have taken an apartment in the Methodist Building. Their daughter Martha Christine, freshman in high school is with them. Mr. Charles Lycurgus Moore, son of Representative and Mrs. Moore, who is in his sophomore year at Muskingum College, will join his parents Saturday, December 17, for th: holidays. Representative and Mrs. C. C. Gillen are.in an apartment at the Broadmoor for the Winter. | The United States Ambassador to Chile and Mys. William S. Culbertson will go to Bryn Mawr today to spend | the week efid with their daughters, Miss Junia Culbertson and Miss Jane Cul- bertson, who are students‘ at Bryn Mawr College. The Ambassador joined Mrs. Culbertson in their apartment in Wardman Park Hotel last week, from his post in Santiago de Chile, and is memd to spend several months in country. Mme. Sokolowska, wife of the coun- selor of the Polish embassy, has gone to New Yerk, where she was called by Lh]e death of her brother-in-law, Mr. King. Assistant Postmaster General and | Mrs. Frederic A. Tilton were hosts at | dinner last evening preceding the Fri- | day evening dancing class, their guests | including Assistant Postmaster Generai | and Mrs. Arch Coleman, former Dis- trict Commissioner and Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, Mr. and Mrs. John McClure. Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Brown anc| their guest. Mrs. Harry Rumkle of Co- | lumbus. Ohio; Col. and Mrs. Goring | Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reed and | Mrs. Alice Nibley Smoot. | ‘The commissioner of Indian affairs| and Mrs. Charles J. Rhoads will be hosts at dinner this evening. Admiral and Mrs. R. E. Coontz have had as their guests at the Broadmoor Mrs. Donald De Coe of Sacramento, Calif. Mrs. De Coe is the head of the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of ®Foreign Wars. . Mrs. Edgar, wife of Gen. C. G. Edgar. | U S. A had a few guests lunching with | 1. her yesterday at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Brown had s their guest in their apertment in Wardman Park Hotel Mrs. Harry Rum- kle of Columbus. Ohio, who arrived ‘Thursday and will leave today to return to her Middle Western home. Miss Morrow Debutante In Englewood This Afternoon. | Mrs. Morrow, widow of Senator | Dwight W. Morrow, will entertain at a | Teception this afiernoon from 4 to 7| o'clock in her home in Englewood, when | she will present her daughter, Miss | Constance Cutter Morrow, to society. | ‘There will be about 1,000 guests, and | Mrs. Morrow will be assisted in receiv- | ing by Mrs. Cornelius N. Blisc, Miss Amey Aldrich, Mrs. John 1. Howe, Mrs. Charles W. Hulst, Mrs. Robert M. Ingham, Mrs. John C. Kerr, Mrs. Allen L. Lindley, Mrs. Edwin_McIlvaine, Mrs. Vernon Munroe, | s Mrs. Agnes M. | Scandrett and Mrs. Sheldon Yates | ‘The country home of the Morrows will | be decorated with Christmas greens and flowers, and there will be dancing following the reception. The debutante was graduated from | Miss Chapin’s School, in New York, and from Milton Academy, at Milton, Mass., | before going to Smith College, where | she is a sophomore. Mrs. Morrow gave a brilliant dinner dance last evening in her New York home for her debutante daughter. Miss | | Mr. Raymond Richardson and Capt. Andrews. Engagement of Miss Humphreys To Mr. Iselin of Interest Here. An engagement of interest in Wash- | ington is that of Miss Fannie Hnrrmg-‘ ton Humphreys, daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Richard Duane Humphreys, of | Barnstable, Mount Kisco, N. Y., to Mr. | William Jay Iselin, son of Mr. and Mrs. | Arthur Iselin of Bedford House, Ka-| tonah, N. Y. ‘The bride attended the Shipley School at Bryn Mavwr, Pa. and was graduated from Vassar. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Edward Walsh of New York and the late Mr. Humphreys and is a direct descendant of Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Iselin is a direct descendant of John Jay. first Chief Justice of the United States and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He at- tended St. Mark's School and was graduated in 1929 from Harvard, where he was a member of the Fly, Hasty Pudding. Institute ‘of 1770 and the Iro- quois Clubs. He is & member of the Racquet and Tennis and the Harvard Club of New York. Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Hincklev | sailed last evening on the Paris to spend some time abroad. Mrs. Hinckley is the daughter of the former Assistant | Secretary. of the Navy and Mrs. Theo- dore Douglas Robinson. Miss Annabelle Matthews of the U. 8. Board of Tax Appeals had 11 guests at dinner last evening at the Wardman Park Hotel, where she makes her home. | Miss Anne Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Parker, and Mr. Donald Rich- ard Sweetman. son of Mrs. Mary T. Sweetman of this city, will be married | at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon in th: home of the Rev. Dr. Rogers in Bal- timore. Mrs. Edwin B. Parker is at the St. Regis Hotel in New York for a short stay. Mr. and Mrs. George Maurice Morris | have gone to New York and are at the ‘Waldorf-Astoria. Miss Elizabeth Ball and Miss Peggy Barker are spending the week end in Annapolis. Miss Frances Perkins, commissioner of labor of New York, will be the honor guest this afternoon at tea at 5 o'clock of the Women's National Press Club at the Willard Hotel. ° Mr. John Neubeck entertained a com- | pany of 30 in the grill at Castle Club of Rossdhu last evening, followed by dancing in the great hall. Mr. Homer F. Cummings enteriained informally at luncheon yesterday at the Carlton. University Women's Reception For Bishop Hughes Tonight. _ The Paculty Women's Club of Amer- ican University will tender a reception to Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes and Mrs. ughes, who have recently come to Washington, at the Women's Residenc2 Hall on the campus in Wesley Heights this evening from 8 to 10 o'clock. Bishop is the new resident bishop of Motho Episcopal Church in Washington. In the receiving line will be Dr. Jessie Mary Ferguson, president | of the Facuity Women’s Club; Bishop 2nd Mrs. Hughes, Chancellor and Mrs. Lucius C Cark, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Christie, Dean and Mrs. George B. Woods. A’ program will be given by Dr. William Shenton, Dr. Will Hutchins and Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Randall Chairmen of committees in charge ot arrangements ere Mrs, Delos O. Kins- man, Mrs. Willlam Gewehr, Miss Dorothy Randolph and Miss Dorothy Wulf. The guests will include the trusices of the university and their wives, the members of the Women's Guild of American University and their husbands and the parents of the Wash- ington students. Lady Astor wes a_distingulshed guest of the Congressicnal Club, at 2001 New Hempshire avenue, yesterday —after- noon. Tady Astor's short talk, sparl ling with wit and humor. was of par mount interest to the club. The musi- cal numbers by the Bernheimer Trio, also guests of the club., completed a program of unusual merit % Mr:. William Fitch Kelley and Mrs. May Malone Ashton will serve as hos 'sses at the tea to be given at the Arts Club tomorrow afternoon to mark | The chapel | gift of the bridegroom. | only attendant | Hooley of Middletown, a sister of the | bridegroom, who was dressed in wine- | Dodge Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Brown en- | tertained at dinner Thursday evening |in their home, Valley View, on the Glenmont road. The chapel of the University of Vir- ginia, near Charlottesville, was thz scene of a wedding at 4 o'clock Satur- day afternoon, December 3, when Miss Dorothy Lee Wilkins, daughter of Mrs. John Edward Wilkins, formerly of | Charlottesville, but now of Washington, | became the bride of Mr. John Julian Pickeral of Middletown, Frederick County, Va. The mairiage ceremony was performed by the Rey. Dr. J. W. Moore, a former pastor of the bride. was deccrated in ferns. hrysanthemums and cathedral candles. ‘The wedding marches and incidental music wele played by Mr. Arthur D. Sales. The bride wore a long, close-fitting gown of eggshell-color velvet, made with a square decolletage and cartwheel sleeves, a turban of the same material and shoes and glo\:s to )énztch‘i {k‘; y jewelry was a diamond pendant, o b She carried an 1l roses and palms, ivy, white c! arm bouquet of Joanna Hi) lilies of the valley. ‘The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her mother, who wore a black crepe dress trimmed in gold and |a shoulder bouquet of pink rosebuds and lilies of the valley. The bride's was Mrs. Clyde H. color velvet with accessories to match. She carried pale yellow roses«and lilies | of the valley. Dr. H. E. Pickeral of Manassas, Va., a brother of the bridegroom, served as best man. The bride's mother entertained those | of the wedding party at luncheon at | the Monticello Hotel, in Charlottesville, before the wecding ceremony. My. Pickeral and his bride left im- mediately after the chapel ceremony on a motoring trip into the Southern States, On their return they will live at Western View farm at Middletown. Mr. Pickeral is an alumnus of the Uni- | |hour was 11 on & brisk morning | gilded with sunshine. She had crossed | to the park, when she was conscious | that she was being followed. Glancing | across her shoulder, she discovered him UNDER A CLOUD. (HE hour for dinner had struck, when Santa forced herself back | to the apartment. Dr. Forney Hutchinson to Deliver Evening Sermon on “How I “Hello, gorgeo | The man whom she had | dreaded was embracing her. | | “Where have you been, little wan-| derer?” | “Forgot the time,” she excused her- | 1 self. “Guess you're hungry. down as I am.” Slipping his arm about her, he guided | her along the passage. “Tidy first,” he coaxed her. “Don't I look tidy?” Then she became aware that he was unwontedly excited. There was nothing unusual in the aspect of the bedroom. “On the dressing-table.” no longer rein himself. She picked up a little box. “Open it,” he encouraged. | She gazed at its contents as stunned | as if it had contained the Kohinoor | diamond instead of a modest brooch of sapphires. “For me! But why?” “Why not?” He hugged her shoulder. |“Don’t men give presents to the wives | they love?” Her face crumpled. She dug herself to_him. | “What's there to cry about, my dar- | ling?"” | “Den't deserve it |you. So dear. So ki She sobbed as if her break. T sit! | | | | | He could | | | | Didn't deserve | ind.” r heart would t evening they were lovers. She could tell him any time now that she was sure of him. At ghe moment she couldn’t bring herself to besmirch her recovered peace with ugliness. During the next few days she heard nothing from her ex-husband. At first she didn't hope too much from the respite; it might be no more than a deceptive lull. When a week had been completed. the grew optimistic. But even with Dicky removed from | the picture, she was still uncertain | how she stood with Clive. Her con- | science scared up ghosts. If he was| preoccupled, she at once suspected that versity of Virginia, class of 1931. he had heard a rumor. Against the evil . day, she made a nervous effort to pile District Daughters of 1812 up goodwill in her own favor. Hosts to Representative Jenkins, They had rid tl:;melves of ]th;' The District of Columbia Society of | Physical Dicky, but memory walked | the Daughters of 1812 have planned an | in both their minds. Into m; quiet interestiug meeting for Wednesday aft- foom he intruded, dusk lengthening, ernoon at the national headquarters, | shader lampllight falling, In an ef- 1461 Rhode Island avenue. |fort to ignore him Clive took to read- The guest speaker wil be Repre-|ing, Santa to sewing. [ sentative Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio, | Clive flung down the paper through | who will speak on “Some Phases of | which he had been glancing. Immigration.” | “One lives and learns. When I look Theye will be a musical program, un- | back, I'm amazed that I cou.!d have | der the direction of Mrs. Gerirude {stood for such lunacy. I wouldn't again, Lyon, and a tea will follow the meeting. | whatever it cost.” - She guessed to what he was refer- | Mrs. Iyrtle Moxley . | ring, James 8. Pettlt Auxiliary, United Span- = “Ii's easy to be wise after the event, | ish War Veterans, entertained in her | darling; but I don't see what else we | home, at 1018 Massachusetts avenue | could have done.” | | northeast, last evening in honor of Mrs. | Reclaiming his paper, he made . Anna_ Jessmeler, national president: | wall of it, from behind which he spoke | Mrs. Mamie B. Schmidt, national senior | the truth, vice president: Mrs. Carrie Nolan, na- | tional treasurer; Mrs. Edna Summer- It wasn't so vastly different.” field. naticnal reporter; Miss Tillie Mae |~ jre'q said we out of politeness. What- Roth, past national reparter, and the | ever happened now, she could never | officers of Col. Petiit Auxiliary. make a clean breast to him. | == Clive racked his brain for - remedies to correct this ghostly discord. In-| stinctively he felt that Dicky was still | the cause of it. While he was fighting shadows, his wife was slipping from him. “I see you're wearing my bra A sextet from the National Sym- |tonight,” he smiled. “Of course, phony Orchestra will give a program of | known right along that a good deal of | Christmas ballads and carols in the | your jewelry was your other husband's lounge of the Dodge Hotel on Christ- | gitt to you.” mas eve, following dinuer, which will| S g X0c" pic it Clive. He in-| be served from 5:30. until 8 0'Clock. | herited ft from his mother. I paid | | Carollers, dressed as_troubadours, Will | for the re-setting. He mever bought | | stroll among the giners and Santa|me gnything.” | | Claus will be there with a gift for|™wrf it was his mothers, Santa, the every one. more reason for returning it. You In addition to the program by the | voVh FUT, G i e day you di- | Symphony group, there will be inter-| i rieg him " | pretive dancing and some community | “ugGuess T ought.” | | singing, after which the old-fashioned | wyweii- please do.” he requested. “And | igaring ol will take place | while we're on the subject, there's a | where Christmas mead | peap more of his junk that must go. | inglolEaring Ol earis| That bureau, for “instance that he| nated in New England. Maple sugar is | pioi PRI SO0 o COAEIRy q v bolled down; then each guest places| iy evening the bureau had van- | ome of it on fce and thus hardens it | Next PYERIRE EOC CHREAT PG VS Christmas | yiture had been rearranged. Her “We dragged Dicky into our home! | Mr. W. J. Merrill was host to a com- pany of 36 at dinner Thursday evening | at Castle Club of Rossdhu, the guests | rema‘ning through the evening to play | bridge in the library. | = ooch | Tve | nto cakes before eating. Morrow is president of the sophomore | the opening of thc annual exhibition class at Smith College and Wednesday |©0f the work in oil, watercolor, draw- evening took a leading part in the joint | Ings, etchings and sculpture of Arts theatrical production’ of Smith and | Club members. Ambherst students of John L. Balder- > . - | _The weekly Saturday hunt of the ston’s play, “Berkeley Square,” at Am- | o herst. The play will be repeated at Smith College next week. | Among the guests at the dinner dance last evening was Mr. Warren Pershing, son of Gen. John J. Pershing. Mrs. Warren, widow of Senator Prancis C. Warren of Wyoming, had | guests dining with her last evening at the Carlton, where she is stopping while in Washington. , Mr. John Hays Hammond, jr, and / | | nicious, iding and Hunt Club is taking place at 2:30 o'clock today starting from Pemberton Inn on Conduit road. Among those who are following the hounds are Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Ex- i Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, atty Couzens, Miss Margaret Cot- | | | elected to the Seventy-third C:mrnssi ter, Miss Maude Preece. Mr. Roland Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carrico, Mr. Claude W. Owens, Maj. Harry Leonard, Mrs. Frank Andrews, Mrs. Burdettc Wright, Mr. Benjamin Coun climan, Maj. Wiitred Blunt, Mr. Percy mead is an old English drink of hot cider deliciously spiced. The lobby will be elaborately deco- rated for the occasion with festoons of holly and tall cedar trees in minaret | effect, each adorned with silver and Oriental blue lights. The international tree will occupy the center of the lounge, all aglow with silver and lights, while ‘underneath will be an artisti arrangement of gifts gathered from 40 | different foreign countries. ‘The four chapters cf Kappa Beta Pi, international legal sorority, will observe | Founders' day, Thursday, December 15, | with a dinner at the Woman's City Club. The celebration this year is a | noteworthy one in Kappa snnals, as the | dinner also is in honor of Miss Kathryn O'Laughlin, Delta Chapter, who was | as Representative from the sixth dis- | trict of Kansas. She is the first woman lawyer to achieve this honor. Mrs. Edward Prentiss Cotigan will be the prin-ipal speaker and will have | obedience to his wishes gave him a twinge of compunction. As she joined him, glancing up like a little dog for his_approval, he drew her to him. ‘The return of the jewelry was un- fortunate. It stirred up Dicky. He wrote Santa protesting. He wrote again; when she refused to answer, telephoned her. “Listen, Santa. Those things are yours.” “Not any lnng‘er. Dicky.” “But I gave them to you.” “Clive hates to see me wearing them.” “Then you told him about our meet- ings?” She hung up. His persecution, which she had hoped | was ended, burst into a new vigor. He | | bombarded her with letters, telephone calls, even telegrams. Sooner or later, as the days when | her divorce had been pending in Chl-l | | cago. he would take to waylaying her. When the encounter happened, -it was almost a relief. almost at her elbow. “Oh, it's you!” she slid simply. “If you don't want me, I'll lea He removed his hat and stood bare- eaded. “You know I don't want you; but ou’re looking ill, Dicky. “Rather to be expected They struck out in the direction of the Metropolitan Museum. At last he broke the silence. “I'm heart-broken.” “You ought to be.” They had reached the steps of the Metropolitan. She held out her hand. W “Is that all you had to say that uldn't be written?” “There's more.” “I'm sorry,” she murmured, “but to me you're dead.” “Dead!” He groaned as if she had stabbed him. She tripped up the steps. Before she entered the museum, she turned. With the disconsolate air of a homeless dog he sfood gaping after her. This proved mubi the first encounter of a new ck. Clive would have had to have been blind not to notice that there was something far wrong with Senta. She betrayed her condition in surreptitious vays. ~Whereas formerly they had read their correspondence together, now she rushed to sort the mail before he co at | could steal a glance at it. If the tele- | phone rang when he was at home, she would jump up breathlessly: “For me, I expect.” When it wasn’t, the relief in her voice was apparent. ‘Tedious evenings. Futile overtures, trailing off into silence. Santa rose languidly. be;“fy head aches, darling. I'm off to Closing the book of which he had ?ld scarcely a line, Clive caught her Al “You shouldn't embroider so much. | You try your eyes. You never did till | to Wreck a Church.” At Mount Vernon Place Methodist | Church tomorrow morning the pastor, | Dr. Forney Hutchinson, will preach on ‘A Great Church” and in the evening on “How to Wreck a Church.” At the morning and evening services the vested choir, under the direction of R. Deane Shure, will render anthems. ‘The devotional program of the Sunday morning service for the Young People's Department will be in charge of Lyman Pierce. The evening service will be un- ds:u;-he leadership of Miss Margaret There will be a birthday party for the members of the night circles of the Woman's Missionary Society Wednesday evening. The day members are also in- vited. Dr. Hutchinson will conduct the prayer meeting Thursday evening. REV. J. L. COLE TO SPEAK Third of Advent Series Will Be Held at Trinity Church. ‘The third of a special series of Advent services will be held tomorrow evening in Trinity Diocesan Church at 8 o'clock. The musical program will feature as soloist George H. Lambert, who will be assisted by Trinity Church choir. Other services scheduled for the day will be a celebration of holy communion, 7:30 am.; children’s service, 9:30, and the choral morning service, 11. The preach- er at the 11 o'clock service will be the vicar, Rev. Jackson L. Cole. The annual bazaar and chicken din- ner will be given Thursday under the auspices of the parish guild and the teachers of the church school. On Pri- day evening the members of the church | school will present a play, “The Silver | Thread,” in the parish hall. The monthly meeting of the Trinity branch of the Woman's Auxiliary will we lost our knack of talking.” | “Have we? Don't be long in follow- | Tearing herself from him, with the swiftness of a doe she disappeared. ‘With, stealth Clive made his escape. As he reached Lou-Lou’s theater the | audience was dispersing. Lou-Lou greeted him with mockery. | “What's Dicky been up to lately?” He related all he knew. “Two and two make four,” she nodded. “Dicky’s been mooning like ! a love sick puppy. If you're correct, what won't I do to him?” “What can you do?” “I'll not let Dicky put off marrying me any longer.” And truly enough, on the morning of the fourth day later a telegram reached Clive’s desk: | “This is the happy day. Lou-Lou.” He rushed uptown to Santa; the path to paradise was ending, paradise | commencing. The telephone rang as he entered. Santa almost ran to it, b!l! Clive was first. Said Dicky’s voice: | “That you, my darling?” | Mortified beyond speech he handed | Santa the receiver and passed into the | drawing room. Almost at once Santa | stood before him, white and trembling | “We’ scarcely time. Perhaps we haven' | | | [ Santa and Clive find themselves caught in the meshes of a tragic sit- uation, be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. Christmas Cards GREETINGS of rare charm can be quickly chosen at Brewood. .. Open displays in- clude cards for 'most any relative ...orderly in ar- rangement to fa- cilitate your se- lection from the most varied ar- ray to be found. ‘Brewap Engravers and Printers Since 1852 I %11 12th St. NW. ' I | | Seven-Course ® EXCELLENT FOOD, served in @ ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 500 Room. seats. 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