Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1935, Page 47

SOCIETY. Point-to-Point Races Attend by Hospitality WARRENTON, Va, March 23.— Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, who has spent the Winter in Baltimore, Md., was in Warrenton recently. Mrs. Harrison will return in May and open Belvoir House for th: Summer. Mrs. A. M. Randolph and Miss Virginia Randolph went to Norfolk recently to visit Lieut. and Mrs. Alfred Randolph, who will soon leave for the Pacific Coast, to be present at the christening of Alfred Randolph, 4th. The principal entertainment con- nected with the point-to-point races was the luncheon given at North Wales by the Rate Committee, Messrs. Amory §. Carhart, R. J. Kirkpatrick and W. H. Pool; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Jelke entertained at a dinner dance at North Wales Saturday evening; Miss Polly Buchanan entertained at a dance at Leny Manor, and Mr. and Mrs. William E. Doeller had ten guests at dinner Sunday evening at their ‘home. Col. W. W. Torr, military attache of the British Embassy, and Mrs. Torr were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. R. Charrington for the week end and the races. Among those at the Warren Green for the races and week end were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Storm of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. L. Lawrence Pan- coast of Rosemont, Mr. and Mrs. W. Stanley Stoke of Berwyn, Pa. Mrs. K. F. Bowman left Tuesday for New York to attend the annual flower show and luncheon of the Gar- den Club of America, of which she is a member-at-large. While there she is the guest of Miss Grace Drake. Mrs. Ernst and her daughter, Mrs. Grenelle, left this week end for Wash- ington, after spending the Winter at Carter Hall. Mrs. George Lawrence has returned | to her home on Lees Ridge, after spending the Winter in Philadelphia. Miss Virginia Howard Bowman has returned from a motor trip of two months to Mexico, coming by way of New Orleans and Florida. Mr. and Mrs. John Rowland of New Bruns- wick, N. J., with whom she went, stopped with Mr. and Mrs. William R. Rowland here before returning to their home. Among the newest arrivals from Florida are Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Turnbull and Miss Harriet Turnbull of Casanova, and Mr. J. Green Carter of Warrenton. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Groome have | returned from a visit to Charleston, s. C. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McGrath, of New York, were at their Warrenton home for the week end and races and had as their guest Mrs. Juliet Crosby Hornblow, who is now living in New ‘York. Miss Constance Harrison entertained at dinner and bridge this week at the home of Mrs honor of Mrs. Charlotte Nelson Holt of Lynchburg, who is spending some | time with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Allison Armour of Princeton, N. J., were recently guests | of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Buchanan at Leny Manor. Mrs, M, G. Douglas, Mr. Howell | Peebles, Mrs. James V. Brooks and Mr. Richard Brooke of Washington visited friends here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Lee and children and Mrs. Lee's sister, Miss | Yates, have returned to their country | home after spending two months at at the Warren Green. Mrs. Francis Thornton Greene has returned to her home near Warrenton, | after spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Tucker, in Richmond, Va. Col. and Mrs. Edward Carpenter have returned to their home here after | two months spent in Washington. Miss Efelyn F. Duncan returned Friday from a visit of two weeks to | friends in Richmond, Va., accompa- |; . Emile, Jr. nied by her sister, Miss Epie Duncan, of Collegiate School, who will spend the Spring holiday here. Messrs. Blackwell Davis and Henry Ferneyhough of the Virginia Tech are at their homes here for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. R. Bickle and their son, Robert, of Pittsburgh, Pa., spent some time this week at their country place near Warrenton A. M. Randolph, in | J. Randolph |:® To Be Married MISS SHIRLEY LEIGH GRAFF, Whose parents, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Roller, announce her engagement to Mr. Daniel Randolph Cchn of this city, formerly of Roanoke, Va. —Underwood Photo. Dr. Kayser to Speak At Italy-America Society Dr. Elmer Louis Kayser, dean of university students, George Washing- ton University, has chosen “Some Aspects of the Italian Renaissance” as the subject of an address he will make at the next meeting of the Italy-America Society April 5 at the Mayflower. Offices of the society at the Mayflower were moved last week from the second floor of the hotel to the mezzanine. Irrigation Expands Acreage. Irrigation has permitted the increase of acreage now being planted to cot- ton in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Swing Into Spring With This New Coiffure —worn by Anne Sothern in “Folies Bergere,” now at Lowe's Fox. Beauty Salon 528 12th St. N.W. Nat’l 2028-2029 Free Consultation on All New Hairdresses “Vam’[y'%ir SEMI-FITTED SLIPS... THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 24, 1935—PART THREE. Many Visitors to Capital Returning to Staunton STAUNTON, Va., March 23.—Mrs. Julius L. Witz, the incoming president of the Augusta Garden Club, and Mrs. Fitzhugh Elder, a delegate from the same club, spent several days in New York this week, to attend the meeting of the president’s council of the Gar- den Clubs of America. Mrs. L, C. Ware, who spent much of the Winter in Washington, and with her sister, Miss Linda Todd of the Capital, recently returned from a West Indian cruise, has arrived in Staunton and opened her home, on East Beverley street. Miss Caroline Thomason, who has been the guest for two weeks of her sister, Mrs. Helen Steele, in Washing- ton, has returned to Hilltop, her home near the city. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight R, Chamber- lain of Rochester, N. ¥.,, who spent several weeks in Florida, arrived this week to visit the latter’s father, Mr. R. E. R. Nelson. Mrs. Joseph Nelson McComb, who has been a guest of her sister, Mrs. Irene M. Smoot in Washington, through the late Winter, has re- turned to the city and is at the Kalo- Tama. M. Joseph 8. Cochran, jr., and Mr. Lyan Cochran, students at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, have ar- rived to spend their Spring vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph . Cochran, at their home, Folly. Clarke Worthington, jr., who also attends Episcopal High School, is with his mother, Mrs. Clarke Worthington. Miss Ann Bradford, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bradford, and Miss Tommy Brown McClintic, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Brown McClintic, for- merly of Washington, are spending the week end at the University of Virginia as members of a house party. New Patronesses for A Capella Concert| | Bernard A. Chandler, Mrs. Additional patronesses for the Len- ten' concert of the A Capella Choir of | Washington Monday night, April 1, in the ball room of the Mayflower Hotel include Mrs. Albert Atwood, Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Miss Lucy Brickin- stein, Mrs. Wallace Chiswell, Mrs. Ar- | thur C. Christie, Mrs. William S. Cul- bertson, Mrs. Frederick M. Davenport, Mrs, Carl A, Droop, Mrs. Wade H.| Ellis, Mrs. Sarah Stokes Halkett, Mrs. Perry S. Heath, Mrs. Oliver Owen | | Kuhn, Mrs. George Cabot Lodge, Mrs. | Cooper C. Lightbown, Mrs. Adolph | Caspar Miller, Mrs. William A. Slade, B3 R AR AHRRIR " Mrs. Cabot Stevens, Mrs. Corrin L. Strong and Mrs. Charles Stanley ‘White, The A Capella Choir, which in- cludes in its personnel many Washing- ton singers well known in residential circles, will make its debut in Town Hall, in New York City, April 20, and will sing at the biennial convention of the National Federation of Music Clubs one week later in Philadelphia. It will take its full number of 60 singers on both trips, under the direction of Mrs, Ruby Smith Stahl, Boxes may be had from Mrs. Stahl, from the Hotel Mayflower and from the First Congregational Church, where tickets for the concert also are available, beginning tomorrow. Takoma Park National Symphony Committee Tea Mrs. Frederick L. Pratt, chairman of the Takoma Park Commitiee of the National Symphony Orchestra Asso- ciation, will give a tea this afternoon in her home at 120 Chestnut avenue in Takoma Park, Md, from 5 until 6 o'clock for the members of the committee. Those who will assist at the tea table will be Mrs. J. Frank Rice, Mrs. Edmund H. Graham, Mrs. Walter W. Swett, and Mrs, Roy C. Potts. The committee includes Mrs. Ethel H. Reed, Miss Hellen Williams, Miss Dorothy Goodrich, Mrs. John T. Lucker, Mrs. M. C. Tishe, Mrs. Henry L. Ewing, Mrs. Paul W. Burk, Mrs. Irvin L. Clark, Mrs. Edmund L. Green, Mrs. Waldo Schmitt, Mrs. Albert W. 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Notables Will Attend Newspaper Women's Costume Ball Saturday Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann and Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Harriman. Mme. Galll-Campi, coloratura-so- prano, who sang at the White House recently, will come from New York Russian dancer and organizer of the Children’s Theater of New York, and other artists will contribute to the program. Puplls of the Felix Mahoney Art School, Anne Abbott’s School and Cara Kimberley are making posters advertising the ball, and Mr. Beverley H. Harris, who the most effective lighting for the Bal Boheme, will have charge of the lighting. Fifty of the town's prettiest girls, all in colorful costume, will sell programs. Mrs. Ned Brunson Harris, chair- man of the Ball Committee, has as- sisting her Mrs. Homer 8. Cummings, Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, Representa- to sing a group of Begins at 8 “Life t FASHION SHOW For WOMEN! Tuesday, .March 26 at 11 AM. and 3 P.M. Gown Salon—Second Floor. RomneyCoat with galyak, 49.75. 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