Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1935, Page 20

B-2 SOCIETY. Dean of Diplomatic Corps Sailing Today From Home in England German Ambassador Host to Countryman. American Diplomat and Other Officials in the News. salled today on the Beren- garia from England for this country. He will arrive in New York Monday and will come directly to the Capital. ‘The Ambassador of Argentina and Benora de Espil will retwrn Friday from Atlantic City, where they are stopping at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. IS Britannic majesty’s Ambas- sador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, entertained at a lunch- eon today in honor of Dr. Hans Grimm, German writer. At 5 o'clock this aft- ernoon Dr. Grimm will give a lecture in German at the embassy, to which the Ambassador has invited those in ‘Washington diplomatic, residential and official circles who speak the lan- guage. Mrs. Coolidge, widow of former Pres- {dent Calvin Coolidge, will close the Beeches, her home in Northampton, Mass, within a few weeks and will go to Slick Rock, N. C., where she will spend the Winter with Mrs. F. B. Adams in her Winter home. The recently appointed Colombian ‘Ambassador to Italy and Senora de Olaya are in New York for a few days preparatory to sailing for Italy. ‘The Ambassador and Senora de Olaya have many friends in Washington, where he formerly was Minister, re- signing to return to Colombia where he was elected President of the re- public. Before returning to Bogota to take the oath of office as Presi- dent, he was received here and feted as President-elect of Colombia. Senor and Senora de Olaya were guests at luncheon Monday of Mrs. Stuart Borchard, who entertained at the Waldorf-Astroia in New York for her daughter, Mrs. H. A. Metzger of Bogota. ‘The United States Minister to Haiti, Interesting Parties Of Capital Residents | Former Secretary of State, Mr. Henry L. Stimson, will entertain at tea Monday afternoon at Woodley, his home on Cathedral avenue, for the officers of the Inter-American Horse Bhow and Exhibition and the Chilean sand United States Army teams, who will participate in the show. exhibitions will be held in Rock Creek Park on the East-West highway open- Ing Saturday and continuing each day through Monday. The tea will imme- diately follow the close of the show. Mr. and Mrs. Stimson came to Washingtcn today from their home, Highhold, on Long Island and will | temain here through the Autumn. Mrs. Philip Owen Coffin will pre- sent her daughter, Miss Virginia Rodgers, to society at a tea Monday afternoon, November 18, from 4 to 7 o'clock in her home at 2110 8 street. The tea was originally plan- ned for the Curtis Club at 1925 F street. Mr. Jack Stafford was host at a ®ocktail party at the Mayflower Mon- day afternoon, given in honor of Miss Catherine MacFarlan of Radnor, Pa., who is visiting her cousins, Mr. and | Mrs. Carl Zoller. Among the guests were Don Pedro Rivero, secretary of the Venezuelan Legation; Signor Fer- nando Chiapparelli of the Italian Em- bassy, Commodore Omenzo G. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. Zoller, Mr, and Mrs. William Shearer, Dr. and Mrs. Paris Brengle, Mrs. Marian Webster Dawley, Mrs. Colby Dodge, Mrs. James C. Mc- Kane, Mrs. Anna Allaun, Mrs. Betty Paterson, Miss Catherine McKane, Miss Mary Louise Stafford, Mr. George Belicovitch, Mr. Francis F. Whitman. Dr. George Anderson and Mr. Myron Dysinger. House of Mercy Tea And Annual Sale Friday has been selected for the annual sale and tea for the House of Mercy at Cleveland road and Rose- mont avenue. As hundreds of Wash- ington women are interested in this home, a large company is expected. Mrs. Henry C. Morrls is chairman, and in the group of women at the tea table will be Mrs. Z. Barney Phillips, Mrs. Thomas W. Lockwood, Mrs. T. Sim Lee, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews and Mrs. R. Dickinson Jewett, Other women assisting are Mrs. William F. Sowers, Mrs. Ord Pres- ton, Mrs. James Elwood Jones and Mrs. Horatio Gillmore, The house will be open after 11 o'clock and tea will be served from 4 to 6 o'clock. Make THURSDAY DINNER An Event ol DODGE HOTEL PINING HOOM North Capitol and E Sta, DINNER 31.005; os'!. ..zg —$1.50 Foods of the season prepared with eulinary skill. Service distinguished by its attention to individual preferences. NO TIPPIM Informal Invitation Cards engraved from your visiting card plate are the vogue for your bridge party, theater party or small tea. They also serve for an acknowledgment card or brief note. Ask to see them. ‘BrewaD ug?m‘l'mw ei1-12th St. N.Wes ‘The | Mr. George A. Gordon, is expected to visit in this country shortly and will join Mrs. Gordon at the Hotel Am- bassador in New York where she ar- rived this week from Haiti. The new secretary of the Italian Embassy, Conte Guerino Roberti and Contessa Roberti have arrived in Washington and are staying at the Mayflower. Conte Roberti will succeed Signor Andrea Ferrero, who has been transferred as Italian consul in Pitts- burgh. Contessa Roberti was formerly Miss Mary Hammond, daughter of the former United States Ambassador to Spain, Mr.‘Ogden H. Hammond, and visited in Washington as guest of the Ambassador of Spain and Senora de Padilla and thejr daughters, the Sen- oritas Padilla. Contessa Roberti has been visiting her father in Bernards- ville, N. J., for three weeks, having come ahead of Conte Roberti, who reached the United States last week. Conte Roberti recently completd an assignment of duty in the foreign of- fice in Rome where he was an assist- ant to Conte Alberto Marchetti, re- cently apfointed Italian minister to Mexico, who was recently in Washing- ton. ‘The commercial secretary of the British Embassy, Maj. Henry Frank Heywood, is spending a ghort time at the CavalMer at Virginia Beach where Mrs. Heywood will join him Friday. The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, jr., returned to Washington last night and are at the Mayflower where Mr. Robert has maintained an apartment since his appointment as a member of the “little cabinet.” Fol- lowing their recent marriage in Lon- don, Mr. and Mrs. Robert spent a short time on the Continent. ‘The assistant chief of Engineers, U. S. A., Brig. Gen. George B. Pillsbury, and Mrs. Pillsbury have issued invita- tions for tea Friday afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock in their home at 2216 Wyoming avenue. The first secretary of the United States Embassy in Paris, Mrs. H. Merle Cochran, who is staying at the Hotel Martinique while in Washing- ton, will sail this week to return to his post in France. Gen. Frank T. Hines, chief of the Veterans’ Bureau, and Mrs. Hines are spending part of this week at the Cav- aller at Virginia Beach, Maj. E. P. Wilkerson, U. S. A, of Lexington, Ky, and Mrs. Wilkerson have arrived in Washington and are at the Carlton for a brief stay. Maj. William Pigott, U. S. A, re- tired, and Mrs. Pigott, who have spent the week at the Martinique in Wash- ington, are now in New York, from where they will sail early next week for their home in Spain. MRS. CORDELL HULL, Wife of the Secretary of State, who is aémtmness for the per- Jormance of “The Passing of the Thir Floor Back,” at the Belasco Theater, Friday evening, for the benefit of the fund of the Newspaper Women’s Club, for the maintenance of a bed at the Children’s Hospital. Wellesley Club - Fetes Visitor ‘The Washington Wellesley Club will give a tea this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the A. A. U. W. Club House at 1634 I atreet, in honor of Miss Anne Welling- ton, secretary to the Board of Admis- sion at Wellesley College. A motion picture of life and work at Wellesley will be presented for the information of students from the various prepara- tory schools who will be guests of the club at this meeting. Mrs. George H. Bradner and Miss Yvonne R. Smith will pour tea, with recent graduates of the college assisting. Miss Wellington also was the guest of honor at the table reserved for the ‘Washington Wellesley Club today at the weekly luncheon at the A.A. U. W. OFFERING THE BEST AT MODEST PRICES Whether its bedding, bed room furni- ture. studio couches. etc. Serving Washingtonians Since 1865 Terms Can Be Arranged. H. A. LINGER 925 Gee St. N.W. Natl. 4711 High fashions, YES ! .« . but high prices, NO! Enneily Slecpes 1308 F STREET N.W. Brilliant Evening Slippers For New, Shorter Skirts Since evening gown hem-lines are more revealing Carlton presents scintillating evening slippers — new rounder tocs, dainty short vamps ond an array o f exquisite designs. Hlustrated, white or 8 75 black satin sondal. . . In gold or silver kidskin, 10.75 —Bachrach Photo. Club House. The hostesses were Mrs. Lawrence H. Judson and Miss Pris- cilla Woodley. Furniture Lamps and Clocks CATLIN’S, Inc. 1324 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Nat, 0992 Lighting Fixtures MEET YOUR FRIENDS WHERE +F Meels 14t vowe Dine in the ex- clusive new conversation room for ladies and gentlemen. Nearby the place you shop, the show you see, or the of- fice you leave. Drop in any time from Noon Till 1 AM. Daily The Willard Hotel DRAPERIES A () Betrothals Made Known of Interest Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stearman of 4610 Thirtieth street announce the engagement of the latter's daughter, Miss Dorcas E. Wright, to Mr. Carl Viett Ramey, son of Mr. and Mrs, E. Crissman Ramey of Rockville, Md. The wedding will take place during ‘Thanksgiving holidays. Miss Wright is a native of Little Falls, N. Y, and is & graduate of the 8t. Lawrence University and a mem- ber of the Kappa Kappa Gamma So- rority. Mr. Ramey is a native of Rockville, a graduate of the University of Rich- mond and of the Columbus Law School. He is now connected with the Investigation Department of the Public Works Administration in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Dyer of Wheaton, Md., and 4127 Eighth street northwest, announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Louise Eleanor, to Mr. Perry van Vleck. Miss Dyer is a graduate of Central High School and the Washington School for Secretaries, and is now. employed as private secretary for a large local organization. Mr. van Vieck, also a graduate of Central High School, is now attead- ing night classes at Columbia Tech, and is private secretary to Mr. Morris Cafritz. The date for the wedding has not been set. Bandsmen's Festival. Four hundred amateur bandsmen took part in the west of England bandsmen’s festival, held in a village appropriately named Bugle. FOOT SAVERS believe in suede for foot comfort. It is pliant, luxurious, soft on the foot. It requires no “break- ing in.” Yet suede is firm—which means it will wear and wear. These features, fitting service, insure fashionable foot comfort. (a) MONARCH . .. a handsome walking shoe in suede trimmed with Llama calf ORI RN 51 Y RN L R i LAMPS Pair of Chairs Makes a Charming Group Place a couple of comfortable chairs close enough for easy conversation and allow the same occasional table to serve both and you have created @ room group as chummy and interesting as can be. Both ~ of the chairs pictured below are finely made Karpen chairs in smart upholsteries and with dependable construction. The Grand Rapids made table has a mahogany top 26x26 inches and is in the Chippendale manner, MAYER & CO. SEVENTH ST. BETWEEN D AND E (b) CHARMAIKE , . . graceful suede T-strap afternoon slipper banded with calf, $10.50 FOOT SAVER SHOES F JSTREET OCTOBER 23, 1835. Graduate Women'’s Two Tea Parties Beta Chapter, Phi Delta Gamma, graduate women’s fraternity of the George Washington University, will entertain the graduate women stu- dents and the faculty of th: uni- versity at tea today and tomorrow in Columbian House from 4 to 7. Miss Dorothy Corson, vice president, will be hostess. Miss Elsle Green, presi- dent, will receive the geusts, assisted by Miss Sarah B. Adams, Miss Nelle Shannon, Miss Frances Alexander | and Miss Gertrude Speiden. The/| patronesses, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Mar- vin, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.; Miss Elizabeth Cullen and Mrs. Vinnie G. Barrows, will also be in the receiving line. Hollins Club Meets Friday at Mrs. Tubbs’ ‘The Hollins Club of Washington will be guests of Mrs. W. B. Tubbs in her home at 2935 McKinley street north- west, Priday evening at 8 o'clock, when its first Fall meeting will be | held. i Normandy Farm NEW ROUTE Follow Massachusetts _ Ave. Extended thru beautiful forest to River Road; turn left to Potomac. 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Miller Beautiful Shoes in the smart basket - weave' _motif in leather, perfectly’ suited to the new tweeds and woolens. Shoes made to sell for much more but since the size [ots are broken, we're closing them out at this low price. Choice of black, brown, blue, beige and grey. shines through the night in formal Tunics $1095 All-Gold All-Silver ‘The neckline draped after Vionnet—the back fast- ened high or opened ina low decolletage! Sizes 32 to 38. One of a new group of exquisite supple’ lame blouses, others, $8.95 to $16.95. Velvet Skirts ~—in the graceful ankle length vou wear from 5 o'clock on— with lame blouses and tunics! Chiffon q0.95 velvet sketched, Satin and Velvet Evening Skirts, $10.95 to $13.95. . Blouse Shop, Third Fioor.