Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1935, Page 24

SOCIETY. The Hunting Log Chronicles of the Run, the Field, Squires and Their Dames. BY NINA CARTER TABB. burt, Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, Fox hunting has been almost at a|Mrs. Amory Perkins and Mrs. Siivie standstill the past week because of thc | Hazzard. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Sands unseasonabiy warm weather. piedmom]md Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Iselin are Hounds met at the kennels on Tues- |entertaining at luncheon parties be- day morning, but Master A. C. Ran- | fore the races. A brilliant race ball dolph kept the hounds out only a short | Will be given on Saturday night at time as it was very warm. The field | Covert by Miss Charlotte Noland, Mrs. had a pleasant ride over the Louie | Willlam Hitt and Mrs. Thomas Davis. Stoddard, Mrs. Dishman and Holland s HU! Potter farms. Among those out were | [LOMUERAVSIHUNTINGIE OGS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. | O Plans are being completed for a benefit for one of the Capital’s most worthy chartiable institutions, the Epiphany Church Home, at 1221 Mass- achusetts avenue, where women may enjoy comfort and care in the golden years of their lives. A home-cooked turkey dinner will be given by the Board of Lady Managers of the home in the Epiphany Parish Hall, 1317 G street, Friday of this week from 5 which maintain the institution. One aid this institution for the small sum of 75 cents. In the absence of Mrs. Arthur Mac- Arthur, president of the board, who Phillips, wife of the rector of Epiph- any Church, is acting in this capacity. giving their aid to the benefit are Mrs. William Holland Wilmer, Mrs. A, Gor- don Cummings, Mss. Porter Dale, Mrs. Harry Hurtt, Mrs, John Minor, Mrs. | Richard Wilmer, Mrs. Thomas C, Brown, Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Mrs. Carl Droop, Mrs. Gilbet M. Hitch- cock, Mrs. E. R. Cocke, Mrs. John G. may enjoy a delicious turkey dinmer | with all the trimmings and in addition | is in the Philippines; Mrs. Ze Barney | Among those on the board who are | Church Home Benefit| Founders’ Day Dinner Turkey Dinner At University Club Thursday, November 14, at 6:45 o'clock the * Washington Alumnae Chapter of the Sigma Kappa Sorority will meet at the clubhouse of the American Association of University Women, 1634 I street, for the an- nual founders’ day banquet. Of the five founders of the sorority in 1874 {at Colby College, Waterville, Me., there is now but one living, Louise until 7 o'clock, to swell the funds}Helen Coburn of Skowhegan, Me. At last year's banquet the honor guest was one of the founders, the recently deceased Mrs. Frances Mann Hall, | once a teacher in Central High School of this city, among her student be- ing Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Minister | of China. N The toastmistress at tomorrow's | banquet, Miss Ruth Remon, and the | chairman, Mrs. Eaxl Bassett, have ar- ranged a series of reminiscences by various alumnae on the early days of Mr. and Mrs. James Van Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur White, Mrs. George Garrett, who was riding Turner Wiit- shire's good gray hunter; Mrs. Howard Lynn, Mrs, Perkins, Mics Dorothy Randolph. Harry Worcester Smith and his son, Crompton Smith, and Robert Young. Miss Nancy Rust, William H. Lips- comb, joint masters of Loudoun Hunt, have had two good runs recently. Meeting Tuesday (Monday was Armis- tice day) at Maple Swamp they drew in a northeasterly direction toward Goose Creek, picked up a gray fox and | ran toward the kennels, but found too warm to stay out long The most important event of the social season among the hunting set of Virginia, Maryland and New York will be the wedding of Miss Nancy master, Mrs. James R. Foster's, 10 a.m. | Washington, Maryland and Virginia. Huidekooper to J. C. Rathborne, jr.. which takes place Saturday, November 23, at beautiful old Long Branch. homn=> of Mrs. Hugh Nelson near Millwood, Va. Mrs. Nelson is the grandmother of the bride. Miss Huidekooper, a noted heauty, is a picture of grace on horse- back and is a keen follower to hounds. 8he hunts each season with Harford County Hounds in Maryland and witn Piedmont and Blue Ridge Hounds in Virginia. Mr. Rathborne, known :o |Seéction, Charles F. Miller, president of | Jhis friends as “Cocie,” is also a hunt- ing devotee and one of the best polo Virginia. Old Dominion Hounds — Sterling Larabee and William E. Doeller, joint masters, Wallace Kenyon's (the Covert), 8.30 am. i Middleburg Hunt—Miss Charlotte | Noland and D. C. Sands, joint masters, | Hickory Grove, 10 a.m. | Orange County Hunt — Fletcher, | | master, Robert Winthrope's, 10 am. Maryland. Green Spring Valley Hounds—John |K Shaw, jr., and Frank A. Bonsal, joint masters, Stone Hall, 2 p.m. Friday's Virginia Meets. Piedmont Fox Hounds—A. C. Ran- dolph, master, Five Points, 10 a.m. Warrenton Hunt—Amory S. Carhart, | master, Elkwood, 9 am. Orange County Hunt— Fletcher, FOXHALL MEETING SET | ‘The Foxhall Community Citizens Association, which has only one | scheduled meeting & year, will hold & | }lpecml meeting next month to dis- | cuss plans for a community Christ- mas tree and to hear reports on efforts to secure a playground in the Foxhall the association, said today. | Through a misunderstanding on the Boyd, Mrs. W. H. Shircliss, Mrs. E. L. | McClelland, Mrs. Edwin Parker, Mrs. Oscar Underwood, Mrs, Lester Wilson, | Mrs. Charles J. Kappler, Mrs. William | E. McReynolds, Mrs. R. J. Parker, jr.; | Mrs. Philip Ryan, Miss Mary Wheeler, Mrs. Charles Wilson, Mrs. Arthur the sorority and in appreciation of the founders. A roll call of all the ‘Washington Chapter alumnae will be taken, Following the banquet, packages will be wrapped for the children’s Christmas boxes sent annually to the Maine Seacoast Mission in Bar Harbor, Me. During the month of October a series of bridge parties has been given by the members of the Washington Alumnse Chapter for the benefit of this mission, the national philanthropy of the Sigma Kappa Sorority. Girl Scouts Learning Folk Dances | Free classes in American and Eng-| | lish country dancing are being held Monday and Thursday each week from [10:30 to 11:30 a.m. aPthe headquar- | ters of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia, 1825 M street northwest. The classes, made possible by the apitol Jur Shep G\ 1208 GEE STREET /D Burt, Mrs. E. S. Bogert. Reception-Exhibition | ONE DAY ONLY | At Phillips Gallery | A reception will be held at the Phil- | lips Memorial Gallery, 1600 Twenty- | | first street, and at Studio House on | Saturday, November 16, from 3 until | 6 o'clock. The reception marks the | opening of the Autumn Exhibition of | "Puinting. Prints and Sculpture se- lected from the work of artists from FUR C Among aftists whose work has been chosen for exhibition by a committee | consisting of Duncan Phillips, Olin Dows and C. Law Watkins are Mrs. | Dean Acheson, George Biddle, who is | here working on three mural panels for the Department of Justice; his | ‘wllc, Helene Sardeau; Fanny Bunand Sevastos, Marjorie Phillips, Olin Dows, | Mary Lewis Hall, Mrs. Hans Kindler, | Eliot O'Hara and Mary Winslow, New Air Service. players on Long Island. Many parties | Part of association officers, it was re- are being given for this popular couple. | ported a special meeting was to have On Friday night, November 22, Mr |been held last night. The meeting and Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd are entertain- | Will be at 8 p.m., the second Tuesday ing for them with a large dinner dance Of next month in St. Patrick’s Church at Carter Hall, home of Mr. Gerard B. | Parish Hall Lambert. S Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloan has opened her lovely house near Upperville and ' will be here for six weeks. Mrs. Sloan does not fox hunt. but is a good shot and will enjoy bird shooting while here. She is often seen following the different packs in a motor car. | All homes are filling with visitors for the Middleburg race meeting start- ing Saturday and ending Wednesday. | Mrs. George Garrett of Washington, who is occupying the Marshall Field house this season while building on her own land. is giving a tea Saturday afternoon after the races, Among those giving dinner parties Saturday night are Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Hul- | SINGLE ROOM/AND PRIVATE BATH A new hotel on 42nd Street 2 blocks east of Grand Central Station HOTEL TUDOR NEW YORK CitY Airmail service is being inaugurated | between Calcutta, India, and Singa- | pore, Malaya. y R Genuine (Razor-Back) Smithfield Hams Cured in Smithfield, Va. Pound 54¢ Cooked Smithfield Hams Pound §].00 Magruder, Inc., Grocers and Wine Merchants 18th and M Sts. ! 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Single-Breasted M odels I regular, long, short, and stout sizes. Ask ‘About Our Deferred Payment Plan THE MEN’S STORE, SECOND FLOOR. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1935. part-time staff of the Community Chest, are open to Girl Scout leaders, committee members, mothers and others interested in learning how to dance the old aquare dances, reels and folk dances which have been popular in the country districts of America and England for many years. Miss Margaret Cross is the in- structor. She has been a member of the English Folk Dance Society for | [f five years. Folk country dancing is included in the recreational program of the Girl Scouts, and leaders will learn the dances in these classes and will carry them back to the girls in their troops. : There has been recently a wide- spread revival of interest in these danggs, and there are now branches of both American and English Folk Dance Societies in many citles where weekly classec are conducted. 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