Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1932, Page 37

SOCIETY. _ sOCIETY. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 18, 1932—PART THREE. H I NEW WASHINGTON HOSTESS | e - it Badn e Recoion Coniee olidays at Annapolis Lessen Social Events Preparations for Christmas Season in Swing. Midshipmen of First Class. ANNAPOLIS, Md. December 17.— The preparation for the holidays made Annapolis less gay than usual. The last dance before Christmas, an in- formal hop. was given in Luce Hall for the midshipmen of the first class. A basket ball game this afternoon be- tween the Navy and Columbia Univer- sity of New York City took place in| Dahlgren Hall and was the only sports event Mrs. Mason Porter Cusachs enter- tained at lunchecn Sunday in honor of | Mrs. J. Wilmer Biddle of Philadelphia. ‘The cther guests were the Duchesse de | Richclieu, Mr. and Mrs, Carroll Van N of Baltimore, Mrs. C. Erskine | Clement. Mrs. L, Compau Thrall of De- troit, Mr. Douglas Gordon Carroll, Mr. | William Whitridge and Mr. Otho Lee | of Baltimore, Mr. Forbes Colhoun and | Mr. Allen Blow Cook. Comdr. Lawrence Wild spent the week end in Annapolis with his family, who are occupying the residence of | Miss Munford on Prince George street | fer the Winter. Comdr. Wild is at- tached to the U. S. S. Wyoming, now at | Philadelphia | Commodore and Mrs. Edward Lloyd en- tertained at luncheon Sunday in_ their home the Brice House Wing. in honor of Mrs. Henry Dinger of Germantown, Pa. Capt. and Mrs. Dinger formerly | resided in Annapolis. Mrs. Dinger left ‘Tuesday after several days’ visit with Mrs. Carryly H. Bryan. Lieut. and Mrs. Harold Coldwell, who | are visiting Postmaster and Mrs. Joseph | Armstrong, came Sunday from a visit to Norfolk, where they attended the wecding of Miss Mary Elizabeth Riddle, | daughter of Capt. and Mrs. William Riddle, and Lieut. Carlile L. Helber, C. C. U. 8. N., which took place Satur- day in the home of the bride's parents. After a wedding trip to Havana, Cuba. Lieut. and Mrs. Helber will go to Ha erford, Pa. the former being on duty at Philadelphia with the Naval Aircraft | Factory. Lieut. Helber is a brother of Mrs. Coldwell, wife of Lieut. Coldwell. and the latter was best man at the wedding. | Mrs. Bell, wife of Lieut. Frederick Jackson Bell, gave a tea Tuesday in honor of her mother, Mrs. Edward Hughes Gliddon of Baltimore, who is her guest. Mrs. John R. Van Nagell presided at the tea table. Mr. and Mrs. James B. McCaw of Norfolk have issued invitations tc the wedding of their daughter, Miss Alice Lee McCaw, and Ensign Alfred Bland Tucker, 3d, U. S. N, in Christ Church, | Norfolk, Wednesday evening, December | 28. Ensign Tucker graduated from the | Naval Academy, and Miss McCaw has been a frequent visitor here. The re- ception will take place immediately | after the ceremony in the Norfolk Country Club. Ensign Herman A. Pieczentkowski will be detached from the submarine base. | New London. Conn., for temporary duty | at the Naval Academy. Ensign Piec- | zentkowski, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1930. was a member | of the Navy varsity crew during his | years -as & midshipman. Mr. Albert McCarthy, who with Mrs. McCarthy, is spending the Winter at | Carvel Hall, has returned after a short | visit to Denver, Colo. Mr. McCarthy | made the trip by plane. | Mr. Alonzo Elliott, musician and com- poser, spent a few days last week as the | guest of Dr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Alden. | Mr. Elliott is a graduate of Yale and Cambridge, and is the author of “There | Is a Long, Long Trail” and the “En- | chanted River.” | Mrs. Benson, widow of Rear Admiral | William Benson, has closed her home) in Washington and is the guest of Miss Agnes Walton in the latter's house on Prancis street. Mrs. Benson will spend the Winter in Annapolis. Miss Marie Louise Moran of Murray Christmas holidays in honor of Miss | Nella Veverka, daughter of Ambassador and Mme. Veverka of Czechoslvakia Mrs. Franklin D. Karns, jr. gave a birthcay anniversary party Saturday in | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ‘DECEMBER 18, 1932—PART THREE. MRS. H. P, SOMERVILLE, Hill will entertain at a tea during the | Recently arrived in Washington from Rochester, N. Y., and with Mr. Somerville —Harris-Ewing Photo. will make her home at the Willard, pennsy]vania SOCiety | wives. will serve as a reception com- | mittee. . Pre-Christmas Party ‘The New England States’ Soclety will entertain members and their guests at the Willard Hotel Tuesday evening at an old-fashioned New England Christ- mas party and dance. Mrs. Lena Dakin Gibbs, chairman of the Entertainment Committee, has ar- ranged an attractive program, which will be in keeping with the holiday spirit. Featured on the program will be Mrs. Dorothy Sinnott, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera, who will render several solos, accompanied by Miss Willa Semple on the piano. Among others #who will appear on the program will be Miss Mary Eller, Miss Georgia Grisso, Miss Betty Johnstone, Miss Norma Hatifield, Miss Meriam Ehrmantraut, Miss Margaret Scott, Miss Katherine Putnam and Miss Loretta Ehrmantraut. The famous juvenile team of tap dancers, Lee and Cody O'Neil, also will appear on the program. Mr. Phil Hay- den has been directing the entire pi duction for several months in prepara- tion for the affair. All natives of New England and their friends who desire guest tickets may secure them at Potomac 4614 or at the Willard Hotel. * The Floor Committee is headed by Mr. James Dewhurst, assisted by Mr. Russell Sutherland, Mr. James Beck, M S. Carter, Mr. George Turner, Do your Christ- mas shopping with the entire family. will be headed by the president of the soclety, Mr. Elmer E. Field, assisted by Miss Elizabeth Durr, Miss Ruth Paugh, Miss Hattle Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Lhomas Doyle, Mr. Russell Woodruff and Miss Dorothy Cronin. Among the prominent guests invited are Senator and Mrs. Marcus Coolidge, Senator Prederic Walcott, Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Representative and Mrs. Edward Goss, Representative and Mrs. Richard Preeman and Repre- sentative and Mrs. Richard Partridge. Columbian Players at Wardman Theater Tuesday ‘The Columbia Players will open their theatrical season December 20 and 21, at Wardman Park Theater with A. A. Milne's clever play, “To Have the Honor.” Among the patrdns and patronesses of these performances are Col. and Mrs. Joseph Pairbanks, Mr. and Mrs. George Odell, Mr. and Mrs. Gilson Gardner, Mrs. Elizabeth Peeples, head of the Community Center Department; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson and Mrs. Edith Hunter. Among_the sponsors who will enter- tain at dinner and bring their guests on to the Columbia Players’ performance Hair Cut (Children) S0c Shampoo S0c Bobbed Hair SOCIETY. Best Selected Men’s ‘Givables in Washington Things your men folks WILL wear— that’s the main thing. It doesn’t take big type to announce big values. Lounging Robes $4.95 to $35 Exclusive designs—with these two big specials. Handsome Brocade Robes—in a variety of very effective designs; cut roomily large; carefully tailored— and LINED ALL THROUGH with Skinner's $795 Heavy Silk ... All-Wool Robes in plain and striped effects—long and full cut $4.95 House Coats Your selection will be made from the largest variety in town— and the most exclusive, too. Three big specials— All-wool House plain shades; and fastening wita two Coats _in $4.95 Party Wednes ing!| Following a short program of concert | o Seng day Evemng music and introduction of guests nndi An attractive program has'been ar- | new officers, dancing will continue for have | ranged for the entertainment of mem- | three hours under the direction of Mr. _Mrs. Fowler, wife of Prof. Clarence | honor of her young daughter, Joanna Vernon Fowler. who accompanied Lieut. | Gates Karns. Lieut. and Mrs. Karns | and Mrs. Coldwell to Norfolk for the | are liying at 33 Franklin street. wedding. was the guest of her son-in- | Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Peterson law and daughter. Lieut. and Mrs. Bob | returned to their home. on South River. Coats _in $8.75 Finger Wave 750 All-wool House markedly fine effects; d superiorly Manicure, 35c Orr Mathews. the former attached to | the U. S. S. Herbert. Mrs. C. Erskine Clement. Mrs. Edward H. H. O8d and Mrs. Charles Oman | motored to Washington Monday and | were luncheon guests of Mrs. Ellis, wife | of Col. Richard Ellis, U. S. A. | Miss Martha King and Miss Claire | King. daughters of Capt. and Mrs. Ernest King of Newport. svent the week end in Annapolis, where they formerly lived. While here Miss Martha King was the guest of Howard Morton Mrs. Morton alo_had with her over Sunday Miss Elizabeth Brainard, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Roland M Brainard. who now live at the Was! ington Navy Yard. Miss Mary Burch Ingram. daughter | of Comdr. and Mrs. Jonas Ingram, also | of Washington, and Miss Claire King. | were the guests of Miss Anne Howard, | daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Douglas | Howard. Miss Martha Currier. who. with her | mother, Mrs. Owen Owings. and Mr. Owings are spending the Winter at | Virginia Beach, was the guest this week | of Mrs. Charles Walsh | Dr. and M aterode and their dauzi Winterode and Miss Peggy of Crown: ville, n . gave a dinner party S v evening at the Blue Lantern Tea Rcom. The Misses Win- terode are -students at the College of | Notre Dame, Baltimore | Miss Ieabelle Claude had as her guest | this week Miss Dorothy Smith. gaugh- | ter of Col. Walter D. Smith, U. 8. A., and Mrs. Smith of Washington. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas C. | Hart gave a dinner party this evening | in the superintendent’s quarters at the | Naval Academy in hcnor of Mr. and | Mrs. Stephen Pell of New York, who‘ are their house guests. Mrs. Pell is the | daughter of the late Col. Robert M. ‘Thompson, a graduate of the Naval Academy. | Mrs. Oldendorf. wife of Comdr. Jesse B. Oldendorf, was the luncheon guest | Monday of Mrs. McNamee. wife of Rear Admiral Luke McNamee, in | ‘Washington. Rear Admiral and Mrs. | McNamee recently returned from the’| West Coast, where the former was in command of the Battle Fleet. Mis. C. Shirley Goldsborough has | closed her home. in Oxford, Md.. and | will spend the Winter with Miss Mary | R. Magruder in her home, on King | George street. Mrs. Goldsborough's | and daughter-in-law. Capt. and | William Baggaley, recently sailed | for China, where Capt. Baggaley will | 20 for duty after spending some time | at the Navy Department in Washing- on. Mrs, Edward Lloyd entertained Sat- urday at luncheon in honor of Mrs, Carroll Van Ness of Baltimore and Mr<. John N. Quackenbos of Princeton. N. J., who. with her mother, Mrs. Edwin | White, is spending some time at the | Peggy Stewart Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvannus Stokes, jr., gave a dinner party Saturday evening at White House Farms, on South River, | in honor of Mrs. J. Wilmer Biddie of | Philadelphia and the Duchesse de | Richelieu of New York. Mr. and Mrs. | Stokes will entertain Christmas after- | noon from 4 until 7 o'clock. Permanents Opem'r'lg Special 7 $6 Value 33.00 Complcte 0il Croquignole Push up. Natu- ral looking with many, many ringlets. French Oil Permanent with wide waves and soft, curling ends. $2.25 or $1.50 after a visit to New York and Long | Island. g Mrs, Holmes, wife,of Ensign Merrill §. | Holme: fornia, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. | Thomas Linthicum. Mrs. Holmes will | be in Annapolis until the latter part of January, and then will join Ensign Holmes at Long Beach, Callf. Mr. and Mrs. William N. Burr have returned after spending several weeks in Chicago. Miss Nan Farrell spent last week in ‘Washington. Mrs. John L. Chew has returned after a visit to New York and Philadelphia. Lieut. and Mrs. Paul Miller, who have | | been living at Edgewater Beach, have taken an apartment in the Koolage, on | Prince George street. i Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Childs gave a re- ception Saturday afternoon in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. Dinger. wife of Capt. Henry Dinger, gave a luncheon Monday at the Circle Inn, among those present being Mrs. Edward Lloyd, Mrs. Richard Bald- | win, Mrs. Middleton Semmes Guest. | Mrs. Mason Porter Cusachs, Miss Mollie | Milligan, Mrs. Carryl H. Bryan, Mrs. | George W. Simpson and Mrs. L.| Compau Thrall of Detroit. i o Robert, P. Smith, chairman, and Repre- bers of the Pennsylvania Soclety of | o igiives Wolfenden. Rich and Brumm, |With music by one of Washington's Washington and guests at its reception and dance to be held in the grand ball who motoréd here from Cali- | room of the New Willard on Wednesday | evening, December 21. The guests of honor will be two newly elected members of Congress. Repre- sentative Robert L. Davis of Philadelphia | carnalhana, Irelan and Representative Joseph F. Biddle of | geclared that he never had had a day’ Huntingdon, who are filling the vacan- cies caused by the resignation of Rep- rescntative Welsh and the death of Representative Beers Representative Samuel A. Kendall president of the socicty. with the as: sistance of Mrs. Kendall and other Pennsylvania Representatives and_their TOLL HOUSE Yo AVERN e Make Merry This Christmas in Evening Clothes from Brooks A. The deed:back of this matelasse frock has a rolled edge that winds around to make the belt. White or red......$16.50 B. Transparent velvet wrap with shirred collar and Duffed sleeves. satin lined. Red, green, turquoise— $10.35 C. Shining rhinestones re. a ‘lovely back. and Xive just the richt glitter fo this satin frock. or white cveren Evening Frocks. 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