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SOCIETY. SOCIETY | = Bes. Boceesls Has Box for Bunks Society Circus Friday or RS. ROOSEVELT has taken a| box for one of the perfom- | ances of the Fort Myer Soci- | ety Circus, to be held Friday and Saturday for the benefit of the Army Relief and worthy local charities. Two performances will be given on both days. one at 2:30 o'clock and the evening show at 8:15 o'clock. A picturesque act will be the musical ride by young ladies in Western cos- tume. In this class will be Miss Mary Angus, Miss Lora Baird, Miss Mar- bury Beall, Miss Eleanor Beck, Miss Barbara Bonnycastle, Miss Julie Camp, Miss Jane Cassidy, Miss Betty Dodscn, Miss Mildred English, Miss Peggy Eng- lish, Miss Lydie Lane Foster, Miss Susanne Gill. Miss Cecella Goddard, Miss Devereux Groon. Miss Elizabeth Hall, Miss Florence Harrls, Miss Alice Haynes, Miss Mary Hills, Miss Helen H ns, Miss Rose Hyde, Miss Mary Kelly, Miss Jean Kingman, Miss Vir- ginia Mavo, Miss Virginia MacDonnell, Miss Marie McHatton, Miss Janet Mur- ray, Miss Anne Nelson, Miss Peggy Nixon, Miss Rose Page, Miss Beatrice Patton, Miss Josephine Rice, Miss Leanne Richards, Miss Marion Shouse, Miss Elizabeth Thummel, Miss Barbara Truby, Miss Priscilla Watson, Miss Katherine Westover, Miss Mary Wilson, Miss Polly Wirgman, Miss Bobby Jewell, ghn“ Eleanor Jones and Miss Ruth azlett. The retiring Ambassador of France and Mme. Claudel were the guests in whose honor the Ambassador of Brazil and Senhora de Lima e Silva, enter- talned at luncheon today. Others in the company were Mme. May, wife of the Ambassador of Belgium; the Am- bassador of Spain and Senora de Car- denas, the Ambassador of Poland, Mr. Patek; the Minister of Sweden and Mme. Bostrom, the Minister of Ru- mania, Mr. Davila; Representative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, the counselor of the French embassy, M. Jules Henry; the counselor of the Rumanian legation and Mme. Nano, Mme. de Wichfeld, wife of the counselor of the Danish legation; Mrs. John Phillip Hill and Mr. Edmund Pendleton Turner. S | Members of Cabinet Attend | Egyptain Legation Reception. The Egyptian Legation was the scene of a brilllant reception yesterday after- | noon, when the charge d’affaires Nicho- las Khalil Bey, entertained in celebra- tion of the birthday anniversary of his Majesty King Fouad I of Egypt. Spring flowers were used in profusion | in the spacious rooms of the legation | and were draped about the huge oil | portrait of King Fouad which hangs | in the hallway. Assisting in recelving | were the other members of the legation staff, Mr. Andre Cattaui, tird secre- tary, and Mr. Hussein Chawky, attache. Among those who were in the large | and representative company attending | the delightful function were the Secre- tary of State and Mrs. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. William H. Woodin, the Speaker of the House and Mrs Henry T. Rainey, a large continguent from the Senate and Lower House, and practically the en- tire diplomatic corps. ! The Ambassador of Great Britain and | Llady Lindsay entertained at luncheon Saturday in the embassy when their | guests were, the Ambassador of Spain | and Senora de Cardenas, the Ambassa- | dor of Italy, Signor Augusto Rosso, the Minister of Canada and Mrs. Herridge and their house guest, the Duchess of Northumberland, Mrs. Hennen Jennings, | Mrs. Truxton Beale, Admiral William V. ‘ Pratt, chief of Nayal Operations, the| Minister-counselor of the British em- bassy, Mr. F. D. G. Osborne, and the attache of the embassy Lord Chichester. | ‘The Minister of Canads and Mrs. Herridge will entertain a small com- pany informally at dinner this evening, Iater taking their guests to the theater. ‘The Duchess of Northumberland will remain with the Minister and Mrs. Herridge until tomorrow. Mrs. J. Borden Harriman entertained at another of her Sunday evening sup- | per parties last evening when among her guests was the Duchess of North- umberland. | Representative and Mrs. Harry Clay Ransley of Pennsylvania had as guests | at dinner last evening at the Mayflower | Mrs. Henry Allen Cooper, of Racine.| Wis, and Representative and Mrs. James L. Whitley of New York. Mrs. Cooper has been in Washington | for a fortnight and expects to return home the latter part of this week ! Former White House Aide Weds Miss Emory Today. | Miss Lillian Gibson Emory will be| married this afternoon to Lieut. James Stanley Monahan, U, S. M. C,, son of | Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Monahan of San! Francisco. The wedding will take place in the home of the bride's parents, Maj. | Woolman Gibson Emory, U. 8. M. C.,| and Mrs. Emory at 2910 Q street, Cha) lain Edwin Niver, U. S. N., officiating 4 oclock. Only members of the two families and a few intimate friends will witness the ceremony, which will be per- formed before an improvised altar, calla lilies with tall palms forming an effec- tive background for the ceremony in the drawing room. ‘The bride will be given in marriage by her father and will wear a gown of white satin fashioned on simple lines and slightly molded to her figure. The long sleeves are puffed to the elbows and tight fitting to the wrists and the neck- line is boat shaped and high. Her tulle veil, which will form the train, will be ecomingly arranged in cap effect and 1d by a chin strap. She will carry calia lilies. Miss Betty Grifin will be maid of honor and the bride's only attendant. She will wear pink velvet fashioned after model as the bride's gown, the short and puffed and she will wear a pink velvet hat with a tulle brim in the same shade. Her long gloves | are buff color and she will carry pink | roses and blue delphinum. Capt. Lester | Dezzez, U. S. M. C.. will be best man. An informal reception for those who | witness the ceremony will follow, Mrs. Emory receiving with the bride and brid . Mrs. Emory will wear gray lace fashioned after the prevailing mode with a short jacket of the lace trimmed with gray fox fur and she will have & shoulder bouquet of orchids. Lieut. Monahan and his bride will leave tomorrow for San Fran Where they will be for several weeks before sailing for the former’s new post in Shanghai, China. The bride will wear Yor traveling a gray ensemble which has a long cape, and her close-fitting hat will be of blue with blue accessories. Lieut. Monahan has been on duty in Washing- ton, where he served as aide to the com- mandant of the Marine Corps, Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller. and also as an aide at the White House. A wedding of interest in Washington will take place in New York this after- noon at 4 o'clock, when Miss Alice ‘Townsend de Peyster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Prederic Ashton de Peyster, will become the bride of Mr. James Todd. ir.. son of Mrs. James Todd of | | The ceremony will be | } Sewickley, Pa. performed in St. James' Church, Dr. | Mseon of St. Bartholemew officating. | The church will be decorated with | Easter lilies and smylax, and Mr. Charles A. Woods of Sewickley will give a program of nuptial selections befors the_ceremony. The bride will be given in marriage her father, and she will wear a gown white satin, cut on medieval lines, with a train trimmed with rose-point lace, which belonged to the bride's | Conn.; | and Mrs. at Fort Myer Saturday. of honor for her sister, wearing a gown of yellow chiffon made with long full sleeves, and a yellow tulle turban, trimmed with flowers to match. The other attendants will be Mrs. Francis Bacon, jr.; Mrs. Rogers Dunn, Mrs. James Randall Creel, Miss Laura Tuckerman, cousin of the bride: Miss Helen Greeff and Miss Margaret Daingerfield. They will wear frocks of green chiffon made like that of the maid of honor and tulle turban will correspond. Mr. John C. Welwood of New York THE E\']:]NT;\'G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, will be the best man and the ushers; selected are Mr. Frederic A. de Peyater, jr.. Mr. Cornelius R. Agnew, jr. Donald Agnew, Mr. David Lo and Mrs. Stuart Coles Edmonds, all of New York; Mr. John Sterl and Mr. Willlam Metcalf Doolittle of Sewickley, Mr. John Neil Benny and Mr. Richard R. Quay, jr., of ‘Washing , and Mr. T. Stocton Gaines of Charleston, W. Va. A reception will follow the ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents on Park avenue. Mrs. de Peyster, mother of the bride, will wear a blue chiffon gown trimmed in lace. Among those from Washington who will be among the guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, uncle and aunt of the bride; Mr. and Mrs William Ball Watkins and Mrs. Carl Boy-Ed. The commandant of Fort Myer, Col. Harry N. Cootes, and Mrs. Cootes, will be joined in their quarters at Fort Myer, by their son, Mr. Merritt Newton Cootes, who will arrive from Port au Prince, Haitl, where he has been serv- ing as’ United States vicé consul. Mr. Cootes is returning to enter the School of Foreign Service at the State De- partment, which will open Tuesday, April 4. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Meredith Mc- Neale have sent out invitations for the marriage of their daughter, Mary Goodyear, to Lieut. Comdr. Charles Cunningham Brown, R. N. Monday afternoon, April 17, at 4 o'clock, in St. Margaret's Church. Mre. Fred Searles and Miss Joyee Searles have gone to Palm Beach, Fla., where they are the Breakers. Former Attorney General and Mrs. George W. Wickersham were among the guests at dinner last evening of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waters Taft who en- tertained at the Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs. Others in the com- pany were Mr. James Soeyer and Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Taft, 2d, son and daughter-in-law of the hosts. Mr. and Mrs. Taft will be joined today by Mr. Horace Taft of Watertown, Mrs. Hernand Behn, Mrs, Thomas T. Gaunt, and Mr. and Mrs. George W. Crawford of New Yonk. and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne of Harris- burg, Pa. 5 Maj. A. B. Quentin, jr, U. 8. A, Quentin, are at Pinehurst, N. C.. where they are staying at the Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson Caffrey Glassie have as their guests. Miss Polly Childs of New York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spencer Childs, who will be with them for 10 days. Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Compion Leaving for Asheville Visit. Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong is leaving ‘Washington this afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Compton on a motor trip to Asheville, N. C, and will re- turn to her apartment at the Mayflower in a week's time. ’l’l,r. s‘rlxd kMrciai Jerome N. Bonsp':m of New York City are passing some time t the Carlton. * Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson of Hollin Hall, Fairfax County, will be hostess to the 30 members of the Garden Club of Fairfax on a trip to the famous Middle- ton Gardens, at Charleston, S. C., next week. Mrs. Wilson is president of the Garden Club and has chartered a pri- vate car which will leave Washington Wednesday night. reaching Charleston the next morning. The Virginia club members will spend Thursday in view- ing the world-famous plantings of azalea and rhododendrum, which will then be at their best, returning to Washington that night. The annual Spring flower show of the Fairfax Garden Club, which is each year becoming more and more & Mecca for flower lovers from Virginia and nearby Washin, and Maryland, will this year be held in May on Mrs. Wil- son’s estate in Mount Vernon district The flower exhibits will be arranged in the guest house, with a number of surprise features planned for the en- tertainment of visitors. Mrs. Wilson's own beautiful garden will also be open for inspection at that time, her collec- ! tion of peonies gnd iris being among the more handsome in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Strawn of Chicago came to Washington yesterday and will | be at the Mayflower until Friday when they will leave for a visit in New York before returning home. Mr. Harrison H. , resident sec- retary at Mount Vernon, is in Havans, Cuba, arriving there aboard the Amer- ican Clipper airliner after a 3-hour flight from Miami, Fla. Mr. Dodge is on a vacation tour and will remain in Cuba several days before returning by air to the United States. Delegates attending the fourth con- ference of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform will be entertained at a reception Wednes- day afternoon, April 5, at the Sulgrave Club. The conference will be in session at the Mayflower Hotel April 5 and 6. Recelving the guests will be Mrs, John R. Williams, Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mrs. Henry Leonard, Miss Bell Gurnee, Mrs. Frederic H. Gillett, Mrs. Larz An- : _ Reduce the Elizabeth Arden Way Ask about the marvelous new Ardena Bath which literally melts away surplus pounds. onal 4161—1147 Connecticut Ave. Grit and grime to fine rugs. Smi fading of colors. by dry-rot. us clean your rugs now. We clea; right to the base. The pap is re freshed . . . smudges are.banished. colors_restored bright and cheer- ful. The cost is surprisingly low. Now | Phone Us paternal grandmother and maternal | j§ mreat grandmother. Her tulle veil will | + o oArran, in cap effect and held by | H « ““ge blossoms. Ztigs Helen de Peyster will be mald MRS. CHARLES HAROLD HAYES Before her marriage last Saturday to Lieut. Hayes, U. S. M. C., she was Miss Elizabeth Rittenhouse Snell, daughter of Maj. Charles Livingston Snell. Lieut. Hayes and his bride will live at Quan- tico. —Harris-Ewing Photo. derson, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs. Hugh Wallace and Mrs. Demarest Lloyd. Another social affair next week will | be a tea given by Mrs. Willlam Beverley Mason, chairman of the District of | Columbia Division, for members of the national executive board. It will take place Tuesday, April 4, at the Mason ! home on M street. Mr. and Mrs. W. Jefferson Davis of | Los Angeles, Calif., are at the Carlton | for a short stay. | Mr. and Mrs. George L. Plant of New | York, who have been guests of Mrs. A H. Plant of Euclid street, have returned to their home. Mrs. Plant’s other guests. Mrs. Stanley Jones and Mrs. J. L. Billingsley of Fort Worth, Tex., are remaining with her for several days longer. Former Attorney General and Mrs. | A. Mitchell Palmer will return to Wash- | ington on April 6 from Miami Beach, Fla, where they spent the Winter, and will be at the Mayflower for the balance | of the Spring season. | Mrs. Willlam H. Woodin, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury: Mrs. Hugh | A. Drum, wife of the Chief of Staff; | Mrs. Harry G. Bishop, wife of the| deputy chief of Pleld Artillery; Mrs. | H. P. McCain, wife of Maj. Gen. Mc- Cain: Mrs. George Van Horn Moseley, | wife of Maj. Gen. Moseley; Mrs. Charles | | G. Treat, wife of Maj. Gen. Treat, are | later additions to the list of patronesses | for the benefit fashion show of the Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the United States Army to be held | m at 1108 Connec of t Arm » cl mmcnelmk;nolmu.hu,fiy past two weeks, and evening gowns, Artcraft Jones and her son, Mr. James Ellwood Jones, jr., will D ‘There | Helen Flelds, y them to ‘White Sulphur lptmu.”wpv.l:.. for & few weeks’ stay. Y Mrs. Wiley Lends Home For Benefit Book Talks. Hysieiah s wel-sicsared an g Bty Teleased ames Gould Cossens. entitied “The by Ji Last ner of rural|and Mrs. , | assistants from Commif . The din- served in Parish House No. 2 lding will have a corps of :he membership of the General tee in charge of the Adam,” which will| series of dinners. ‘The Lincoln Guild be reviewed by Mrs. Everett B. Hicker- | was organized for the express pus son Wednesday afternoon for the bene- fit of the radio fund of the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs. The other baok will be the true story of two American women—mother and Ashmead place, esday during Lent, at 2:30 o.cmfi'klfiu? ':’l'me interested in are attend. The books afterwards discussed Fairfax ann the . The marriage took place m"%‘"‘”“.«m, 1: Eh;rl‘e‘lw:x;fi Va, Mr. udwi make their Fairfax, Mrs. E. G. Rogers and her young daughter who arrived here from 3 Tex,, this month to spend the season in Washington, have as their guest in their apartment at Wardman Park Hotel, Miss Virginia Marvin of Dallas, who arrived here over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. nder were joined in their npamnenm - man Park Hotel by Mrs. Arthur 8. Car- pender, who arrived here a day or two ago from Californis, where she has been spending some time. Miss Mary Elizabeth Robertson, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. James A. Robertson of 54 Fiower avenue, Takoma Park, who is a senior at Flora Stone Mather College, the women's liberal arts department of Western Reserve Uni- versity, Cleveland, Ohio, is spending Spring vacation, which begins toda: with her parents. The chief of Tammany, Mr. John F. Curry, and Mrs. Ourry of New York, are guests st the Shoreham. Mr. Curry is Tammany chief. Mrs. Robert Jackson and Miss Hope Jackson of Boston arrived in Washing- ton yesterday and are guests at the SLIP COVERS . ' WOO! 1513 28th St S.E. Write or for Samples Satisfaction B worthy. But combined with of the proper shoe for th 6 Burt’s H[ —that’s Burt Service OU expect us to have the full variety of ap- proved models in street, afternoon and evening Footwear—in grades that are these features is one which is of more importance—careful selection e proper foot. It would surprise you to know how many foot ills we have overcome through skillful fitting. 8.50 are the new prices. 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Mrs. Florence Watson Olesen will on “The Institute for Foreign Students at the University of Berlin” at the regular tea of the American Asso- Women today at house on I street will be Mrs. Basil Manly, assisted Miss Emma Harper Turner, Mrs. ‘'MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1933. from 10 to 12 o'clock | Mayfiower, where Mr. Jackson, who is 3 of the Democratic National R .o, gy, e Harris Baldwin, Mrs. Karl Fenning, Miss Arline DuFour, Miss Ruby Nevins, Mrs. &l&m 'Van Vieck and Miss Ann Ken- At the tea table will be Mrs. Edward P. Costigan, Mrs. Samuel Herrick, Miss Carrie Davis and Mrs. Amos R. Steele. Dr. Martha MacLear will introduce the speaker, ‘The Marcia Burns ter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will give & bridge in the Hotel Roosevelt . 24 Wednw?:yn evening, at 8 o'clock, which Ppromises to be a successful event. Mrs. G«tJeme.u it of the ter and will be assisted by Miss 8. Mrs. A. Eugene Barr, Mrs, Otto Hammerlund, Mrs. A. Prank . Minnie A. Tull Jean Frances Rodlun. ‘The En.runule. are Mrs, David D. Caldwell, vice president general; Mrs. Harry Colfsx Grove, State regent; Mrs. George Grimes, State vice regent; Mrs. Pedro Capo-Rodguez, State recording Sonding. secriary; v, A Bogene 5] A 5 gene Barr, Mrs. Dale Parrott, Mrs. Margaret Marsh, Miss Virginia Campbell, Miss 5. Helen Plelds, Mrs. L. El Parris. An informal dance was given by Mr. and Mrs. Marcellus Bowle in their home at Parkland, Md., Saturday night. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Em- mette. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Green, Mr. J. Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rollins, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sellner, Miss Eleanor Soper, Mrs. M. Gol 3 Mr. Malley, Mrs. Emmette, Miss Myrtle Soper, all of Washington: Mr. Hampton ; te of Meadows, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Parkland, Md.; Mr. (Continued on Third Page.) HE tailored costume will again be the vogue the coming sea- son and this smart oxford is just the model for careful dressers. 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