Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1933, Page 18

SOCIETY Mrs. Hoover Meets Informal Luncheon Given Today by Mrs. RS. HOOVER was the honor guest today at another of the serles of informal luncheons given for her by wives of the members of the cabinet. The y today was given by Mrs. Charles mm A , wife of the Secretary of the Navy, in her home on R street, and the other guests were the cabinet hostesses. Mrs. Hoover particularly de- lights in these little informal parties with the guests limited to the wives of the President's cabinet, and because the luncheons are so informal, it was Mrs. Hoover's wish that they not be discontinued during the period of offi- cial mourning. ‘The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams had guests lunching with them yesterday in their home on R street. Secretary Hyde Goes To New York for Short Stay. ‘The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Arthur M. Hyde, left last evening for New York to spend several days. Be- fore his departure Secretary and Mrs. Hyde were hosts to a small company at dinner in their apartment at the Mayflower. Mrs. Francis E. Warren, wife of the late Senator from Wyoming, has taken &n apartment in the Carlton, where she will remain for some time. Mrs. Gerry, wife of former Senator Peter Goelet Gerry, was re-elected president of the board of directors of Biltmore Hospital at Asheville, N. at the annual meeting yesterday. Col. Richard M. Cutts, U. 8. M. C,, and Mrs. Cutts entertained at dinner last evening preceding the dance at Fort Adams, Newport, R. 1. Col. Cutts formerly was stationed in Washington. Mrs. Perry S. Heath entertained a small company informally at luncheon today in her home at 2100 S street. C.,| of the thirteenth century. Mrs. Mitchell Carroll is president of the league and Cabinet Hostesses at Adams. was the guest over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Haines mfiencow at the Chal- fonte-Haddon Hall in Atlantic City. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Horgan will have as their guests at the Kent: So- clety tomorrow eve A and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Comdr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lavender, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Thompkins, Dr. and Mrs. Macpherson Crichton, Mr. and Mrs. gom e D ok e iy ater, . an rs. U an Mr. and Mrs, Drayton Mayers. Dr. and Mrs. F. By Dezell of Lynn, | Mass., are at the e, accom) |by Mrs, Bertha A, Harris and. Mrs | Jennie Flagg, also of Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Denoyer of New ‘:!m"ik Cifty‘ nn'il'ved du‘: Wi yes. erday for a few days’ , and are at Wardman Park Hotei.m, The Art and Archeology League of Washington has issued cards for the | next studio assembly, which will be held in the home of Miss Bertha No; | at 614 Ninteenth street northwest Sat- |urday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Miss Noyes, who recently returned from Mexico, will give a talk on Mexican and Mayan art treasures. | The members of the league are in- vited through the courtesy of Miss Carr and Miss Gildersleeve to be the guests of Gunston Hall School at 1906 Florida | avenue Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, Wwhen Mr. Willilam Ellsworth will give an_{llustrated lecture on the glories | Miss Harriet E. Garrels is secretary. | Sparks-Fritts Wedding Friday Is Announced. Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Fritts, | daughter of Mrs. Vallie Dellinger Fritts | and the late Mr. Charles W. Fritts of Mount Airy Farm, White Post, Clarke County, Va., to Mr. John Sparks, Wash- yes | Mrs. Ji THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 1933, e MRS. H. MITCHELL PFEFFER, Who was, before her marriage, Miss Kitty Shapiro, daughter of Mr. and acob Schwartz. Mr. and Mrs. Pfeffer will be at home after February 5 at 1712 Allison street. —Harry Sheftell Photo. akara, Senora de Chevalier, Mrs. Wal- ter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. Joseph E. Washington, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. William Dent Beall, Mrs. Hoggatt Clopton, Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mrs. Percy Crosby, Mrs. Ben H. Fuller, Mrs. Karl Knox Gartner, Mrs. Robert Whit- ney Imbrie, Mrs. Lester E. Jones, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs. R. C. Mar- shall, jr.; Mrs. C. Powell Minnigerode, | Mrs. Harold N. Marsh, Mrs. Courtland V. Nixon and Dr. Jean Stephenson. Mr. and Mrs. John Milton of Jersey City, with their daughter, Miss Ann D. Miller, are at Wardman Park Hotel for & short visit. Mrs. David Hinshaw of Weston, Pa, La Varre, and Mrs. Anna H. B. Kinney Garber and Mrs. E. D, Cumming recelve Wednesday. The teas are present who are prospective members. ‘The drive !{r n::;_l mamm ;mum!'!b- and 'Mrs. W. W, Spaid, are chairmen conducting the compaign. McKinley, Mrs. J. ldwell Jenkins, Mrs. Eugenia Kennedy and Mrs. B. O. Umhau will be hostesses to members of Our Flag Chapter, D. A. R, at a meeting tomorrow afternoon, o'clock, at the Washington Club at Seventeenth and K streets. Mrs. Gar- rett Davis will preside. The local conference of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade will hold its eighth annual ball in the main ball room of the Mayflower Hotel Priday evening, February 3. A partial list of itrons_and patronesses includes the nited States attorney of the District of Columbia and Mrs. Leo A. Rover, Dr. and Mrs. Francis J. Hemelt, Capt. and Mrs. Taylor Branson, Mr, and Mrs. P. C. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Car- lin, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Colliflower, Miss Mary Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Milburn J. Donohoe, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Duni- gan, Mr. Daniel J. Donovan, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kekener, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- lam E. Leahy, Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. McNamara, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Taltavull, Mrs, Worthington, and several of the convent schools. The Patron Committee for the ball includes Miss Grace Mary Colliflower, chairman; Mr. John Brady, Miss Louise Brew, Miss Mary Lou Colliflower, Miss Ann Hemelt, Miss Ann Burns, Miss Helen Hutchinson, Miss Clara Klien, Miss Pegey McNamara, Miss Dorothy Resan, Miss Urlel Sheehy, Miss Frances Sullivan, and Miss Winetta Walker, Tau Chapter of Sigma Phi Fraternity is 2rranging an invitation Valentine dance at the Carl‘an Hotel, February 12, from 10 to 1 o'clock. A tea was given by the International Art Forum at the Washington Club yes- terday. Mme. Amelia Conti, president of the forum; Miss Margaret Louise O'Brien and Mrs. M. V. Rogerson acted as hostesses. Mme. Blanca Renard, ar- tist-member of the forum and well known as a concert pianist, and Miss Margaret Compton, violinist, assisted by Mrs. Savona Griest at the piano, played a chort program. Among the guests which numbered over a hundred were will | 2| of the wives of the members of Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton |ington, Friday, January 20, in' Mount Goodwin of Lake Fores., Ili., are now Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal in Washingten and will be at the May- | Church South. The ceremony, por- flower for about two months. Judg: formed by the Rev. Dr. Dudley, was Goodwin arrived in the Capital the Witnessed only by members of the im- middle of the,weck afier making a |Mediate families and a small group cf and her two children have joined Mr. A A Col. Wade H Cooper and his son, Cooper, just returned from Munic! Mr. H. Gabriel da Silva, first secretary Mr. Dean Edgar Brown, jr. son of | of the Portuguese legatios Mr. end Mrs. De'n Edgar Brown of short visit in New York and Mrs. Good- win came direct from Illinois, arriving Saturday. Mrs. C. D. T. Gibson of New Haven, Conn., is the guest of Mrs. C. E. Sene- | dict in the latter's apariment at Ward- man Park Hotel. Mrs. Benedict came here from New Haven a few weeks ago to spend the remainder of the Winter season. Mme. Dupuy has arrived in Wash- dngton and is at the Carlton. Mme. Dupuy, widow of M. Paul Dupuy, is accompenied by her son, Mr. Jean Dupuy, and Vicomte de Bonchamps, also of Parls. They are in this couniry to study American newspapers and methods. Mme. Dupuy carries on the many publications of the late M. Dupuy. | Mrs. Samuel Herrick was hostess at the forum luncheon today of the Wom- en’s National Democratic Club, her guests including Miss Eleanor Connolly, Miss Anna Connolly, Mrs. Charles B. Watts, Miss Winifred Mallon and Miss Hope Thomgson. Others at the lunch- eon were Mrs. Luke I. Wilson, Mr. and . C. I Hendrickson, Mrs. Basil Manly, Mrs. Joseph Graham, Mrs. Harris Baldwin, Mrs. E. R. Martin, Mrs. Prank S. Brighi, Mrs. Frank H. Snell, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, Mrs. William T. Nishwitz, Mrs. Edward Keating, M Louis Ludlow, Mrs. John C. Breckin: ridge, Mrs. John W. Grawely, Mr: Bolick Hurd, Miss Lidamae Hurd, Mrs. ‘Thomas W. Page, Mrs. James T. New- ton, Mrs. Claude Porter, Mrs. Winifred Artaud, Mrs. Charles Warren, Mrs. Bates Warren, Mrs. Daniel C. Rorer, Mrs. George M. Eckels, Mrs. A. S. Maddox, Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. Lewis J. Batile, Mrs. W. A, Foole, Mrs. | Edgar B. Kay, Mrs. Thomas Hughes, Mrs. Cordell s Cochran, Mrs. S. L. Hoover, Mrs. James | Beity and Mrs. Themas Flaherty. McCain—Wright Wedding Satyrday Is Announced. Capt. and Mrs. J. S. McCain an- nounce the marriage of their son, En- sign J. S. McCain, jr., to Miss Roberta Wright, Saturday, January 21. Ensign McCain was graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1931 and his bride is a graduate of the Uni- versity of California. Capt. McCain, who is in command of the U. S. S. Nitro, was present at his son’s wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Paul de Blumenthal of Forest Glen, Md., an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter Tatiana to Mr. Leonard J. Furbee of Webster, W. Va. The wedding will take place in Jun Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Thomas have as their guest in their home, Tan- glewood, at Sandy Spring, Md. their cousin, Miss Marjory Trump of Syra- | cuse, N. Y., who will remain with them during the cruise of her father and uncle in the West Indies. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were hosts last evening at a buffet supper for their house guest, others in the company including Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Prcbert, Mr. and Mrs. William Dinwiddie, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Kirk, 4th; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bond, Mr. and Mrs. William John Thomas, Dr. and Mrs. Charles ‘Tumbleson, Mr. and Mrs. John Keith of Gettysburg, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Moore of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Fran- cis M. Hallowell and Miss Estelle T.| Moore. Miss Trump, who is an ac- :ro;rg:ushed planist, played a short pro- Mrs. Thomas entertained informally &t luncheon Wednesday in compliment to Miss Trump and with her guests later attended the lecture which the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Fran- cis White, gave for the Wednesday Olub. Miss Trump was the honor guest at tea Monday afternoon of Mrs Prancis Miller and Saturday Mrs. Estelle T. Moore gave a tea for her. Miss Sue Thomas, subdebutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, The Semi-Annual Clearance is responsi- ble for these drastic reductions on Burt Ladies’ Shoes for street, afternoon and formal wear 58 and 7% Clearance is important to us for gqod store- keeping, but it also gives you opportunity to put Burt Shoes to the three-fold test for shapeliness, comfort, quality. Our X-Ray machine helps to verify perfect fit—for we be- lieve “caring for feet is better than curing them.” that completely satisfies. The Hose service and chiffon weight: Burt’s . | MacWhite, Mme. Wadsted, Senora de William J. | personal friends. There were no at- tendznts. The bride wore a dress of | Rocsevelt blue crepe trimmed in white | {and a shoulder bouquet of sweetheart | roses and lilies of the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks left immedi- | ately after the ceremony on a Northern | trip, and after February 1 will reside |in the Clyde, at 1124 Tenth street northeast. The bride is a graduate of the Boyce Agricultural High School in | | Clarke County, Va., and of the State | Teachers’ College at Harrisonburg. Mr, | Sparks, son of Mrs. Randolph Virts of Arlingfon, Va., and the late Mr. C. Sid- rey Sparks of Texas, is a graduate in pharmacy of the University of Dallas and is in cherge of the drugs dispen- sary of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. | Preparations for the annual Bal | Boheme of the Arts Club of Washing- ton will proceed at an accelerated speed from now until the ball February 6 in | the ball rooms of the Willard Hotel. | Recent additions to the list of distin- | | guished patronesses, of which Mrs. H. | Hobart MacCubbin' is chairman, are |Mrs. Roy D. Chapin, Mme. Claudel, . Debuchi, Mme. May, Senora de Sencra de Cintas, Mrs. Louis |D. Brandies, Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, | Mme. Simopoulos, Mme. Veverka, Mrs. | Lozano, Mme. Subarn Sompati, Mme. | Sckolowska, Senora de Campos-Ortiz, | Senora Deabayle, Marchesa Diana. Frau Lietner, Mme. de Wichfeld, Mr: Claude A. Swanson, Countess di Mon- | torio, Mrs. C. J. W. Torr, Senora de | Mendoza, Mrs. Coleman J. 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Phone National 3200 DAILY DELIVERIES “Bargain Days” At Burt’s Washington, who for two years has been studying inter: rchitecture end decs- ration at the New York Schcol of Fine and Applied Art in New York City, will s2il Seturday for Paris to complete his | studies 2t the European center of th ‘Vosges. Mr. and Mrs. Port Washingion, N. Y. accompanied | by Mr. and Mrs. George E. de Sierra of | New Rochelle, N. Y., are spending a| short vacation in_ W:shington and are at the Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Ina Wallace Sylvester of Alex- | andria, La., is at the Evangeline at 1330 L street while visiting her son, Lieut. M. D. Sylvester, who is on duty in the office of foreign relztions of the Navy Department. Dr. and Mrs. John B. Martin motored | to Washingten from their home in Wheeling, W. Va., and are stopping at the Carlton Hotel. Daily Teas Continue At Women’s City Club. Mrs. Curtis R. Perry, Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, and Mrs. C. Gladys Gordon will be hostesses at the tea in the | 4 oclock. 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