Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1935, Page 18

B2 SOCIETY. SOCIETY The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Hosts . This Afternoon to Distinguished Visitors From England. HE President and Mrs. Roosevelt | will entertain the Earl and Countess of Lytton who are in Washington for a short visit at tea this afternoon at the White House. This evening his Brit- tanic majesty’s Ambassador, Sir Ron- ald Lindsay, will entertain at dinner in honor of the visitors. Mrs. Roosevelt will Women's Democratic Club of Chevy Chase at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon in the mansion and later will enter- tain a number of guests by appoint- ment. Mrs. Roosevelt will attend the an- nual meeting of the Frontier Nursing | Service tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 | o'clock in the home of Mr. and Mr: George Hewitt Myers, at 2330 S stree in honor of Mrs. Mary Breckenridg 1) who will speak on her work and show | colored slides. Mrs. Roosevelt will | introduce Mrs. Breckenridge to the | company. It is requested that those | who have received invitations to thc‘ receive the | meeting be prompt in arriving. The First Lady returned to the ‘White House this morning from New | York. Yesterday Mrs. Roosevelt at- | tended the ski jumping tournament on the slopes of Fishkill Mountain as | the guest of the Norway Ski Club. | Earlier in the day Mrs. Roosevelt | visited Camp Tera at Bear Mountain, the camp for unemployed women which she was instrumental in found- ing in 1933. After the ski tournament Mrs. Roosevelt was driven back to New York City by her son-in-law, Mr. | John Boettiger. Mrs. Hull Entertained at Lunch By Mrs. Adams. Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Sec- | retary of State, was the guest in whose honor Mrs. Adams, wife of Senator Alva B. Adams, entertained &t luncheon today. Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, wife of the Secretary of the asury; Representative Caroline O'Day of | New York and Mrs. Rebecca Kohut will be the guests of honor at the Lincoln’s birthday tea, which will fol- | low the business meeting of the Coun- cil of Jewish Women tomorrow. The meeting has been arranged by Mrs. Louis Ottenberg, chairman of legis- lation for the council. i Mrs. Joseph W. Byrns, wife of the | Speaker of the House, will not ob- serve her day at home Wednesday as she had planned. Mrs. Bolton, wife of Representative Chester C. Bolton, will not receive tomorrow afternoon. | # Mrs. Gregory, wife of Representa- | tive William V. Gregory of Kentu has reserved a table for the Congres- | sional Club Valentine luncheon. Mrs. | Buck Gardiner and Mrs. Joe Ryburn will be guests of honor, and others in the company will be wives of the members of the Kentucky delegation | in Congress, including Mrs. Alben Barkley, Mrs. Fred Vinson, Mrs. C. R. Carden, Mrs. Grover Carey, Mrs. A. | J. May, Mrs. Brent Spencer, Mrs. | Emet O’'Neal, Mrs. Stanley Reed and | Mrs. Ollie James. Tomorrow there will be a dinner | dance at the ¢lub for which a number of reservations have been made. The associate members have se- lected Saturday for their first dinner dance. Each associate member has been limited in the number of guests she may invite. Valentines will be the background for the decorations. Mrs. George Barnett will entertain at tea this afternoon, in her home on | Rhode Island avenue, in honor of her | daughter, Mrs. Newbold Noyes. celving with Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. | Noyes will be Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman, cousin of Mrs. Barnett. Among those who will assist at the tea table will be Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, Mrs. John H. Russell, Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Mrs. Hugh Matthews, | Mrs. David Porter, Mrs. Douglas C. McDougal, Mrs. Fred A. Britten, Mrs. | John Philip Hill, Mrs. William Barret | Ridgely, Miss Ruth Eleanor Jones and | Mrs. Jay Hayden. Miss Mary Elizabeth Barnes, daughter of George O. Barnes, execu- tive assistant to the United States Treasurer, and Mrs. George O. Barnes, spent the week end in Larch- mont, N. Y., and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Kane at the Tam- many Club dinner dance Saturday evening. Mrs. Thomas, wife of Comdr. Wil- | rill and Curtis invite you to a bite | Below and Mrs. Chase W. Kennedy. | Charles C. Marbury recently had as | their guests in their Upper Marlboro, in Silver Spring, Md. | Junior League Aids | Saturday, February Re- | = tions for dinner Saturday evening, February 23, at Graystone, the house overlooking Rock Creek Park, which she is occupying while in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Berrien an- nounce the birth of a daughter yes- terday morning in Columbia Hos- pital. Mrs. Berrien was formerly Miss Marjorie McKittrick of St. Louis and New York. Unique invitations have been issued by Mrs. James F. Curtis and Mrs. Loew Burrill of New York for a sup- per party Friday evening in the 1925 F Street Club. The cards, printed after a pen and ink sketch illustrat- ing the invitation which reads “Bur- (illustrated by a sketch of a fisher- man) at 10:30 p.m,, Friday, February 15, and to dance (illustrated by fig- ures dancing). Wear your favorite costumes (also illustrated). R. S. V. to Mrs. J. F. Curtis, 1925 F street.” Republic Women's League Tea Wednesday Afternoon. The League of Republican Women will give its bi-monthly tea Wednes- day afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock in the league’s headquarters at Sixteenth street and Scott Circle. Those assisting will be Mrs. Wil- liam Fitch Kelly, president of the League: Mrs. Charles L. McNary, wife of Senator McNary of Oregon; Mrs. Philip A. Goodwin, wife of Repre- sentative Goodwin of New York; Mrs. Charles M. Lea, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. James Carroll Frazier, Miss Frances Battelle, Baroness von Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock the class in parliamentary law, con- ducted by Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe will hold its last session for the season. The chairman of the Prince Georges County (Md.) delegation in the House of Delegates and Mrs. Md., home the latter's sisters. Mrs. Walter Baker and Mrs. Lancaster Perry of Boston, who were en route to Florida Mrs. David D. Lambert of New Haven, Conn, is in Washington to spend several months and has taken an apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel. Miss Pauline Latham and Mrs. John G. Miller, who accompanied Mrs. Lambert here, are her guests. | Mrs. E. R. Wilkins has returned to | apartment at the Fairfax after visit: Maj. and Mrs. Balsam at| Holabird Barracks near Baltimore. Mrs. Edward J. Watterfield will en- tert a company of eight at bridge and supper tonight at her home in Takoma Park, D. C. Mr. Rufus Putnam, 8d. will enter- tain at dinner Friday, February 22. Mrs. Olga Robb will entertain at bridge tomorrow evening at her home Merchant Marine Library, The annual book drive of the Amer- ican Merchant Marine Library Asso- ciation will be held this year, under the auspices of the Junior League, from Monday, February 18, through 23. The purpose of the drive is to col- lect all types of books and magazines for the men of the Coast Guard and | lighthouses, who are stationed for long KAPLOWITZ | THE COAT AND SUIT SPECIALTY SHOP | ON THIRTEENTH STREET | BETWEEN EANDF DRESSES® SPORTSWEARGOWNS Original Exclusive With Kaplowitz THE TAILORED | - SPRING SUIT | OF HAND-WOVEN, HOMESPUN | TWEED, WOVEN ON THE ISLAND | OF HARRIS, IN SCOTLAND, BY THE IS, CROFTERS IN THEIR OWN HOMES Valentine Sale Beverly Hose NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935. Mrs. Henry Edward Stewart, daughter of Mrs. Stephen Conrad Stuntz, before her marriage Saturday, February 2. Miss Betty Bland Fitzhugh of Virginia, with her maid of honor, Miss Mary Frances Fort. took place in the Holy Comforter Church at Vienna, Va. Thé wedding Mr. and Mrs. Stewart will make their home in Bahia Blanca, South America. periods in isolated spots or on the high seas. The books collected are packed in sea chests and sent out as traveling libraries from the large ports of the United States. The demand of the men for reading matter has in- creased each year, especially for books on radio, navigation and engineering, until the marine libraries have become a real force for education. Miss Helen Clifford is chairman of the Junior League Committee, which includes Mrs. John Ecker, assistant chairman; Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. Frances Carter, Miss Elizabeth | Roberts, Miss Dorothy Sollers, Miss Janet Ball, Miss Mary Louise Johnson | and Miss Caroline Thompson. | Collection stations will be made available at key points throughout the city: The Union Station, the Pub- lic Library and all its branches, the Francis Scott Key Bookshop in ' hili ELEVENTH ST. Georgetown and at 1520 Connecticut avenue, one block above Dupont Cir- cle. For those who are unable to de- liver their own books a phone call to the main office at 1520 Connecticut avenue will bring a collection truck at any time convenient to the donor. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Burgess enter- tained a company of 50 young people at a dance Saturday evening at the Cleveland Park Club for their school- girl daughter Virginia, in celebration of her birthday anniversary. Blue and white flowers were used in the decorations and an orchestra played for the dancing. Miss Ruby Bowman of Alexandria, Va., whose marriage to Mr. David Bollman of Washington will take place Saturday, was the guest of honor at a luncheon given at the Madrillon Saturday her associates psborn =BETWEEN FsG February Fur - Special . . . regular $89.50 I SOCIETY. in the division of public relations of the National Park Service. The com- included Mrs. Hortense Pons, editor in chief of the National Park Service publications; Miss Edith Tru- man, Miss Isabelle F. Story, Miss Mary Ryan, Miss Madeline McGrath, Miss Frankie B. Clark, Mrs. Frances S. Dean, Miss Dolores Coglan and Miss Ruth Burrier, ‘The marriage of Miss Nellie Evelyn Mason to Mr. Benjamin A, De Bruhl, both of Washington, took place Sat- urday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the parsonage of the Baptist Church in Kensington, Md., the Rev. H. A. Nicoll officiating. Mrs. T. Alfred Pilson attended her sister as matron of honor. Mr. W. L. Lee was best man. Members of the immediate family attended the cere- mony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Nelson A. Mason, former clerk of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. She is an alumnus of Asbury Col- lege. They will make their home at 2809 Connecticut avenue. Miss Marian Edna Frye of Wash- ington and Mr. Wilbert Pierce John- son of Colesville were married at Colesville Saturday night in the presence of a small company of rela- tives and friends, the Rev. K. D Swecker, pastor of the Methodist Church at Colesville, officiating. Mr. Louise Valdenar of Colesville, were best man and maid of honor. Upon their return from a short trip, the young couple will make their is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Theo Johnson of Colesville. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hall of Upper Marlboro, Md,, have left for a visit at Miami, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. John D. McConnell of Durham, N. C., with Mr. John S. Evans, are visiting in Washington for several days and are occupying a suite at the Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Dudley, wife of Dr. John W i Dudley of Sligo Park Hills, Md., is passing some time in Haverford, Pa, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ! M. Pugh. Mr. and Mrs. E. Russell White of Portland, Oreg., are at the Dodge for a few days. Col. George M. Brady spoke today at the luncheon of the Woman's Na- | tional Democratic Club on *“Control »> Tully Valdenar and his sister, Miss | home in Washington. The bridegroom | of Industry by Codes.” Col. Brady is deputy administrator of the N. R. A, in charge of code classification. Seated at the speaker's table with Col. Brady and Mrs, J. Craig Peacoek, who introduced him, were Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, Miss Pauletta Guffey, Mrs. Ewin Davis, Mrs. Blackwell Smith, Mrs. E. B. Prettyman, Mrs. Jack Scott, Mrs. Lansdale and Mrs. G. W. Williams, Parties Arranged by Tau Phi Sorority Chapters. Miss Ruth McAleer and Miss Peggy Wright will be the honor guests at dinner this evening of the PBeta Chapter, Tau Phi Sorority. The din- ner will be givéen at the Collingwood Tea House and will be followed by a business meeting. The honor guests are new members of the sorority. The Washington Council of Tau Phi National Sorority entertained its new members yesterday at a tea given in the home of Mrs. Ella Paulson. The 15 new members received their final rites of initiation preceding the ban- quet and dance at the Mayflower Hotel February 4, which celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of Tau Phi Sorority. Miss Dorothy | Ballard, president of the Washington | | Council, gave the rites to the follow- | ing new members: Alpha, Miss Vi | ginia Stone and Miss Sally Watson: | Beta, Miss Ruth McAleer and Miss | | L % WASHINGTONIAN have discovered a cordial welcome at the smartest, newest bar in town. Satisfying drinks served in a tuneful atmosphere quite in keeping with sour spirits. 2y HOTEL CARLTON 16THa/ K STREET.N.W/ Second showing of Margaret K. Wright; Delta, Mrs, Catherine Tupper; Mu, Miss Mary Buchanan, Miss Ruth Coe and Miss Catherine Huraker; Pi, Miss Thelma Absher; Tau, Miss Eleanor Carter and Miss Mary Murray; Zeta, Miss Loretta Lee, Miss Mary McDevitt, Miss Cath- erine Miser and Miss Bette Stewart. The guests of honor, Miss Martha Bean, national president; Miss Dor- othy V. Ballard, Washington Council president; Miss Amarilla Humphries, Alpha; Mrs. Ella Paulson, Beta; Miss | Marguerite Detterer, Delta; Miss Viv- ian Gessford, Mu; Miss Elizabeth Tewksbury, Pi; Miss Margaret Murray, Tau, and Miss Mae Higdon, Zeta, were | presented with corsage bouquets of violets and gardenias by Miss Marie | Reichman, chairman of the banquet. Others serving on the committee were | Miss Eleanor Ellis, Miss Dorothy Hil- | lers, Miss Margaret Sasher, Miss Fran- | ces Bierach and Miss Catherine Schmeltz. Mu Chapter of Tau Phi National Sorority entertained its new mem- bers—Miss Ruth Coe, Miss Catherine Hunaker and Miss Mary Buchanan— at a breakfast yesterday at Sylvan Studios, at which time the chapter presented them with bracelets contain- (Continued on Third Page.) NORMANDY FARM> POTOMAC, mD. Famous For Distinetive Food. Roaring Fireplaces——Myriad Candles, LUNCHEON A DINNER Rockville 352 Route: Follow River Road to Potomac, Md.. turn vight one mle. Jurius Garrineker & Co. F STREET AT FOURTEENTH A VERY EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF MINK COATS IT WILL DO YOUR HEART GOOD TO SEE THEM. THEY ARE SO GOOD-LOOKING AND SUCH UNUSUAL VALUES WE ARE FAMOUS FOR FURS, PARTICULARLY MINK COATS. AND NOW IS THE OPPORTU- NITY YOU HAVE B SEE THEM The styles are th be worn next Winter with our designers 1935 styles! 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