Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1935, Page 19

SOCIETY (Continued From Second Page.) Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, Mr, Harry Blair of the Department of Justice and Mrs, Blair (Emily Newell), Mr. Bert Hunt, commissioner of Mex- jcan claims, State Department and Mrs. Hunt; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Val- Jance, State Department, and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McDougal, who is the Democratic _committeewoman _from Oklahoma, Mrs. Byron Coon and Mrs. J. W. Fayes of the Takoma Park Little Theater gror.p, Miss Janet Coon of the Roadside Theater Company, Mrs. Prederick L. Pratt,” president of the Takoma Park Women's Club; Dr. and Mrs. Robert Delafield Rands and Mrs. Carl Hartley, who plays the lead in Mrs. Rands’ Javanese play, “The Slamatan.” In addition to the president, Dr. Butts, the Committee on Arrange- ments consists of Miss Marguerite Merigold, second vice president in charge of creative group activities; Mrs. Minnie Frost Rands, chairman of drama; Miss Dorothy Gatchell, chairman of art, and Mrs. Minnie Briggs, the exhibiting artist. The re- ception is being given under the aus- pices of drama and art groups. Many league members are arranging theater parties prior to the reception. Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, wife of the Becretary of Commerce, will head the receiving line at the St. Distafl’s day tea to be given by Constitution Chap- ter, D. A. R, at the home of the regent, Mrs. Thomas Hardie Seay, this afternoon. Mrs. Roper is a for- mer regent of the chapter. Miss Helen Harman, national vice president gen- eral of the D. A. R. for the District of Columbia; Mrs. John Beavers, na- tional recording secretary general, and Mrs. George Madden -Grimes, State regent, will be in the receiving line with the regent, Mrs. Seay, and the vicé regent, Mrs. Alfred L. Talbot. Mrs. E. Richard Gasch will intro- duce the guests and will be assisted by Miss Mae Helm and the retiring regent, Mrs. Charles L. Dasher. The engagement of Miss Jane Stew- art Foller, daughter of Mrs. Charles Stewart Foller, of Hobart street, Pitts- burgh, to Shorey Allan of this city, was announced last week. Miss Foller studied painting and decorating in the College of Fine Arts of the Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology, where she was a member of Beta Pi Sorority. Mr. Allan is also a graduate of Carnegie Tech in the class of 1934. He was president of the student body end a member of Delta Tau Delta. Miss Marie Wilmarth has returned to Miami, Fla., where she is attend- ing school, after a two-weeks’ visit in Woodside Park, Md. with her father, Mr. J. O. Wilmarth. Mrs. Marion Banister, assistant treasurer of the United States, and Miss Stella Akin, special assistant to the Attorney General, will be among the distinguished guests at a dinner at the Women's City Club in honor of Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews, newly elected president of the Na- tional Association of Women Lawyers, on Wednesday evening. Miss Laura Berrien will preside. Members planning to attend include the president, Mrs. John S. Bennet; Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Miss Julia D. Connor, Judge Mary O'Toole, Dean Grace Hays Riley, Mrs. Gus A. Schuldt, Mrs. Harry L. Parkinson, Mrs. William Partridge, Mrs. Caro- line B. Stephen, Miss Etta H. Aus- tin, Miss Flora C. Schuldt, Miss Julia Benton Hopkins, Mrs. Patrick Gal- lagher, Miss May Belle Raymond, Mrs. Bertha I. Cross, Mrs. B. L. Owens and Mrs. A. B. Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Leary enter- tained a party at the Club Habana supper dance on Saturday evening. Their guests included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haller and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Golden. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hudgins of Philadelphia are at the Dodge for a few days. Mrs. James B. Stouffer entertained . at the Club Habana supper dance on Saturday evening in compliment to Miss Alice Pischler. On Saturday evening officers and members of the general committee of the Philosophical Society gave a din- ner at the Cosmos Club in honor of the retiring president of the society, Dr. Hugh L. Dryden. Following the dinner Dr. Dryden presented his re- tiring presidential address, entitled “Frontiers of Aerodynamics.” Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Bogle of Seattle, Wash., are spending some time at the Carlton, accompanied by their daughter, Miss Frances J. Bogle. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Page of Alex- andria entertained at bridge Friday night, in honor of their friends, Mr. and Mrs. T. Felt, who are leaving for California soon, where Mr. Felt of the United States Navy is to be stationed. ‘The guests were Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Hulburt, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hulburt, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Page, jr, and Mrs, W. B. Thompson. Col. and Mrs. Edward R. Stone en- tertained at a New Year eve supper and watch party at their home for Miss Bernice Nankivel of Fort Davis, Canal Zone, and for their son, Edward R. Stone, jr. M. Claude de Boisanger Made Chairman French Soirees. The second secretary of the French Embassy, M. Claude de Boisanger, has dccepted the honorary chairmanship of the French soirees sponsored by the International Art Forum. These soirees meet every Tuesday evening under the direction of Mr. Francis Jean Reuter and are devoted to development of conversational abil- ity. Similar groups meet for Italian, Spanish, German and Russian. Mr. Arnaldo Conti Berenguer, sec- Mrs. Ogden Mill in the Waldorf-Astoria, New York. for the benefit of the Association for Improving Conditions of the Poor, is one of New York's largest Winter entertainments. ence of & number of guests from ‘Washington and Martinsburg. The bride, attired in blue with {matching accessories and carrying yellow roses, was attended by her sis- ter, Mrs. Benjamin Grandstaff of this city. The bridegroom had as his best man Mr. Andrew Horn of Washing- ton and the ushers were Mr. Edward Bachschmid and Mr. Roy Hall of ‘Washington. Preceding the marriage Mr. Paul Ledio sang and Mrs. Emily Dickinson played the nuptial music. A reception was held following the wedding at the future home of Mr. and Mrs. Berens at 1355 Sheridan street northwest. Afterward Mr. and Mrs. Berens left for New York, where they will spend two weeks. Announcement was made yesterday of the marriage June 28 at Ellicott City, Md., of Miss Phyllis Easterly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Easterly of Georgia avenue, Silver Spring, Md., and Mr. John Fitzgerald, son of Mr. William H. Fitzgerald, 7812 Boston avenue, Silver Spring. Mr. Fitzgerald is a senior at the Takoma- Silver Spring High School and a star basket ball player there and the bride is a junior. They plan to make their home temporarily with Mrs. Fitz- gerald’s parents. Thursday, January 17, the Georgia State Society will hold a dance in the west ball room of the Shoreham Hotel, in honor of the members of Congress from Georgia. The dancing will start at 9:30 and continue until 1 o'clock. Miss Leone Barber is chairman of the Entertainment Committee, and eleven fittings .. . folding style. (left), wife of the former Secretary of the Treasury, and Mrs. H. F. Dupont, as they attended the fourth annual Peacock ball brown . . . leather lined. $1.50 Leather Picture Frames Genuine Florentine leather photograph frames . . . popular G _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, r'fll resume her lectures at the Sul- Since its inception the event, held —A. P, Photo. e e e oo il during the intermission the audience will be entertained by “Tony and Sylvia, the Wandering Gypsies.” Mme. Sylvia is the well-known ac- cordionist. The guests of honor for the eve- ning will include Senator Walter F. George and Senator Richard B. Rus- sell, jr, and Representative Hugh Peterson, jr.; Representative B. P. Castellow, Representative E. M. Owen, Representative Robert Ramspeck, Representative Carl Vinson, Repre- sentative M. C. Tarver, Representa- tive Braswell Deen, Representative Frank Whelchel, Representative Paul Brown and Judge E. E. Cox. Representative Robert Ramspeck, president of the society, cordially in- vites all Georgians and their friends in Washington and the vicinity to be present to enjoy a delightful eve- ning, and to have the opportunity of getting acquainted with their fellow Georgians. Mrs. Russell A. Lynn entertained 20 friends at bridge and a midnight supper Saturday evening in her home in Herndon, Va. Those present in- cluded Mr. and Mrs. E. Barbour Hut- chison, Mrs. Willilam H. Dawson, Mrs. Allen H. Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. George Ramsey Bready, Mr. and Mrs. Silas F. Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hyde Buell, Mrs. George F. Buell, Mrs. James Cookerille, Mrs. Harvey E. Hanes, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Seamans, Mrs. T. Edgar Aud, Mr. Jesse V. Aud and Dr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Shull. Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard, lec- turer on current events, who has been enjoying a holiday rest with her daughter, Miss Jean Ross Howard, $10 Men’s Dressing Cases Genuine top-grain cowhide . . . black or $4.95 $1.00 $40 Man’s Dressing Case Fine seal leather case . . . nine de luxe solid pewter fittings. $1 to $2.50 Leather Key Cases $15 grave Club on Tuesday, January 8, at 11:30, when her first talk of the new year will include a view of the “New Congress From the Gal- lery, Gertrude Stein From the Floor,” as well as “The International Outlook for 1935.” The group of business and profes- sional women to whom Mrs. Howard is giving a series of talks on current events will meet at Pierce Hall, Mon- day, January 7, at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. E. Francls McDevitt were hosts recently at their home in Sligo Park Hills, Md,, to the board of directors and chairmen of the various committees of the Blackfriars Guild. The affair was givin in honor of Father Urban Nagle of Providence, R. I, who is former moderator of the guild. Father Nagle was in Wash- ington to arrange for the presentation by the guild of “Catherine the Great” in Providence this Spring. Center About New Year. STAUNTON, Va, January T.— Many gay parties marked the New Year celebration here with smaller parties given throughout the week, specially among the young people prior to their return to various schools and colleges. On Monday afternoon Misses Ann Bradford, Hilton Roller, Julia Gooch and Emily Timberlake were joint hostesses at Ridgewood, the Timber- lake home near the city, entertain- ing with an eggnog party which was widely attended by members of the young set. Later in the evening Miss Margaret C x Cochran, who is home from Brad- ford College to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Pey. ton Cochran, was hostess at an in- formal “drop in” from 9 to 1 o’clock and among other gay New Year par- ties was the one given by Mr. John Morriss and Mr. Charles East, cadets at Virginia Military Institute, who entertained the young group the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. Charles East. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kenneth Brown were hosts also New Year eve, entertaining members of the Monday Club and a few guests. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had with them as their holi- day guests the former’s mother, Mrs. 8. J. Brown, and brother, Mr. Jacl son B. Brown, of Washington, who have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Denton were at h Sunday afternoon in their charming apartment in the Fillmore and had assisting them the latter's mother, Mrs, Rodgers. On Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Najah C. Taylor were hosts at a beautifully appointed reception and tea honoring Miss Frances Gibson and Mr. John Hamp, whose marriage will be a social event of next week. Among those assisting the hosts was the latter’s sister, Miss Margaret Dor- sey, who is their holiday guest from Louisvile, Ky. Miss Tae Witz, who attends Gunston Hall, Wi n, had as her house guests for several days at Merrifield, the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius L. Witz, Midshipmen Fill- more Gilkeson and John Morse of the United States Naval Academy, An- napolis. Miss Ophelia 8. T. Carr, principal MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1935. of Stuart Hall, has returned from Wi , where she was the holi- day guest of friends. Judge and Mrs. Granville Curry and their daughters, Misses Elise and Tempe Curry, of Washington, who were holiday guests of the former’s father, Mr. Charles Curry, have re- tum‘:d to their home in Battery ‘Parl Cow Tail Holder Among Gadgets at Inventors’ Meeting By the Associated Press. 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