Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1934, Page 24

SOCIETY Continued From Third Page.) will hold its annual convention, ban- quet and dance at the Kennedy-War- ren Hotel tomorrow and Saturday. The convention will be called to or- der at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. The principal business to be trans- acted at this convention will be the election of the Board of Trustees. The banquet will be held in the main dining salon immediately fol- lowing the convention. An entertain- ing program has been arranged and the members of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Regents will be in- stalled during the program. The dance will be held Saturday from 9 until 1 o'clock in the Kennedy- ‘Warren ball room. Miss Hester Walke: Beall will en- tertain at tea in her studio in Stone- leigh Court Saturday and Sunday aft- ernoons at 4 o'clock. She will present at each of these teas a group of her pupils in readings and selected poems. ‘Those who will take part are Elizabeth Cassell, Ella Harlee, Lucy Jane Hines, Jimmy Seidenman, Wilma Jacobi, Bobby Kennedy, Mildred Mary Mc- Guire, Frances Dewey, Patricia Clafly, Marjorie Scheaffer, Frankie Lou Hines, Lucy Ohler, Eva Rosenbloom, Mary Alice Harrington, Mae Williamson, Dorothy Simpson, Eleanor Farr, Ella Stowell, May Louise Aller, Madeline Bush and ioise Ernest. Miss Hazel ‘Williamson will be at the piano. Invitations have been issued by the high school girls of St. Agnes School, in Alexandria, for their annual Christ- mas dance, to be given in St. Agnes’ main building, Friday night, December 21. The Dance Committee includes Miss Louise Backus, chairman; Miss ‘Violet Smith, Miss Anna Bryant Hill, Miss Margaret Rust, Miss Natalie Schoonmaker and Miss Mary Hopkins. ‘The Newman Club of the George Washington University entertained last night at its annual mistletoe co- tillion, which was the regular formal Christmas dance sponsored by the chapter. The club house was gay with Christmas decorations and mistletoe. ‘This is the first of many events sched- | uled by university organizations for | the Yuletide season. The Rev. Dr. John Keating Cart- wright, the club’s chaplain, and the officers of the Carroll Club of Johns Hopkins University were guests. Miss Dorothy Mattingly was chairman of the committee in charge, which con- sisted of Miss Mary Kunna, Miss Sara McGrann, Miss Kathryn Murphy, Mr. James Cage, Mr. Raymond Stanley &nd Mr. Jerry Reid. The Zeta Chapter of Delta Alpha Borority entertained their rushees at a tea Sunday, December 9, in the home of Miss Margaret Freer at 2705 North Capitol street. Among the rushees present were Miss Edna Herbert, Miss Lois Widmyer, Miss Virginia Lee Graham and Miss Grace McDevitt. Mrs. Donald Geddes of New York | City is at the Carlton for several days, accompanied by Miss Emma S. Larson, | also of New York. Mrs. B. F. Langworthy of Chicago and Mrs. J. K. Pettengill of Lansing, Mich., are spending a week in Wash- ington at the Martinique. Mrs. Ann Chobot, accompanied by her daughter of is at the Dodge for a short stay. EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS| TO WED EX-ACTRESS Author and Mrs. Florence Dear- holt, Jr., Delay Ceremony Pend- ing Final Divorce Ruling. HOLLYWOOD, December 13 (#).— Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author, and Mrs. Florence Dearholt, jr.,, formerly of the screen, will be married in the Spring after her divorce from Ashton Dearholt, independent film producer, becomes final in March. “Had any of our friends told us eight months ago that this would hapo- pen, we wouldn’t have believed them,” they said yesterday. Burroughs, creator of “Tarzan,” fic- tional character of the jungle, recently | - was divorced from his wife in hs{ Vegas, Nev. The adthor and Mrs. Dearholt, jr., | first met about eight ago. ireensboro, N. C., | TAMPICO CRIPPLED BY GENERAL STRIKE Most of Industries Closed Down in Sympathy With Bus Drivers’ Dispute. By the Assoclated Press. TAMPICO, Mexico, December 13.— A general strike of labor organiza- tions began yesterday, and by evening most of the business of the city was at a standstill. In sympathy with striking bus drivers, other workers walked out at 10 o'clock, and delegations of strikers forced business houses and factories to close their doors. Not even drug stores were allowed to remain open. All traffic, including that of private cars, has been suspended since Tues- day. Electriclans joined the strike and decided to cut off all current ex- cept ihat for street lights and public buildings. Officials said the large American and English owned ofl refineries just outside the city would lose con- siderable amounts of money as a re- sult of the strike, because pipes would become clogged with petroleum. The state governor and federal labor department representatives were attempting to bring about settle- ment of the strike. ° —_— COUPLE PARTS QUICKLY Whirlwind Courtship Leads to 13 Days of Married Life. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 13 (#)—June Knight and Paul Ames, actress and broker, were living apart today, only 13 days after their wedding in Chicago. Whether there will be a divorce or reconciliation Miss Knight declined to state. Neither would she discuss the reasons for the breach. The couple was married following & whirlwind courtship. COOLIDGE AIDE THINKS OPPOSITION PARTY VITAL C. Bascom Slemp Says Borah- Fletcher Row “Untimely and Unnecessary.” By tHe Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 13.— C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the late President Coolidge, declared yesterday that while President Roosevelt has done “a great work,” an opposition party “greatly is needed to prevent the extravagances to which the Gov- ernment now seems to be committed.” Slemp came here to visit his sister, Mrs. John W. Newman, who is ill in a hospital. “Any controversy or contest between Senator Borah and Henry Fletcher, chairman of the Republican National Committee, seems to me untimely and u{meeuury." said Slemp in an inter- view. “Both men are needed by the party —one to lead in legislation and the other in ornnlnuo SAAR VOTE MAY COST 20 U. S. CITIZENSHIP Clearance Papers Issued at St. Paul for German Families Re-, turning for Plebiscite. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, December 13.—O. B. Holton, district director of immigra- tion and naturalization, said yesterday any United States citizens who re- turned to the Saar to vote in the January 13 plebiscite faced possible loss of citizenship, A. R. Knox, acting collector of in- ternal revenue, said he had issued clearance papers to 20 Twin Cities German families who intended to vote in the plebiscite. A German citizen, he added, could go home to vote and obtain a return permit allowing him to re-enter the United States. To MAGNETIZE Eyes— ‘And DRAMATIZE Figures! STARLIGHT FASHIONS by Saks Be exotic as an orchid—or beguiling as a fresh gardenia. The creation sketched is of shimmering satin. A naive, draped collar miraculously develops into a tiny covering to conceal the fleshiest bit of upper arm, then blends un- obtrusively into the back’s extreme decolletage. 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