Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
SOCIETY. Little Cabinet’ : ) Member’s Daughter Engaged to Wed Tfll Pirst Assistant Secretary of *™ *The Interior and Mrs. Theodore A. ‘Walters, announce the engagement of thelr daughter, Lois, to Mr. Robert R. Coker, son of Mr. David R. Coker of Harisville, 8. C. Miss Waliers is a graduate of the TUniversity of Idaho and holds her * M. A. degree from the University of California. She is a member of Delta Gamma Sorority and the D. A. R. Por the past three years she has been head of the history department at Arlington Hall Junior College for Girls. - Mr. Coker is & member of one of the outstanding families of the South. He is & graduate of the Webb School, in Tennessee, and of the University of South Carolina. He is affiliated with Alpha Tsu Omega Fraternity and is now engaged in business at Hartsville, 8. C. The wedding will take place Octo- ber 24 in Washington. Free Berths for M. P.’s Free first-class sleeping berths are to be provided for Britain's members of Parliament with distant constituen- cies. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, “D. "C; "FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936." Reservations Made For Fairfax Show Boxes are being reserved for the twenty-third annual Fairfax Horse and Pony Show which will be held tomorrow. Sport lovers from Wash- ington, Maryland and Northern Vire ginia are expected to attend and a partial list of the exhibitors has been released by Mr. Robert D. Graham, secretary and treasurer of the show. The list includes Mr., Willlam W. Greenbalgh of Berryville, Mr. Stanley Green of Leesburg, Mr. W, H. Lips- comb, Mrs. D. N. Lee, Mr. Graham, Miss Elizabeth Miles, Miss = Louise Myers, Miss Nancy Hanna, Miss Anna Hedrick, Mr, Roger Bayly, Mr. Robert Palmer,. Mr. DeLong Bowman, Mr. U. 8. Randall, Mr. Fenton Pade- ley, Miss Mary Cotter and Mr. James Y. . Pennybaker. A large number of other exhibitors D. A. R. Lunch. ‘The Abagiil Hartman Rice Chapter, D. A. R, will meet tomotrow at luncheon at 1 o'clock in the Fairfax Hotel as its first meeting of the Autumn and Winter season. The regent of the chapter, Miss Marie Rice, who recently. returned from & trip i , ' the Orient, will preside, and Mrs. Robert D. Graham, Gen. Winans and Mr, and Palmer, —_— Great Britain’s outlay for health and social services this year will be $2,100,000,000. Jason Waterman of Constitution Chap- ter, D. A. R, who is chairman of the Chapter House Corporation, will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Edgar E. Good, vice regent, is in charge of arrange- ments for the occasio e More American motor busses are seen in India than a year sgo. Salute Instead of a Bow. Tourists abroad are impressed by the obsequious bows with which they are greeted when they arrive at & hostelry as well as when they make their departure. It is sometimes em- barrassing as persons unfamiliar with the ceremony do not know what to do in acknowledgment or in return. They assoclate it somehow with the tip which is expected by these per- sons. But in the future they are likely to be met with a different kind of & greeting. The rfficials of the National Hotel and Travel Federation have sent broadcast’a request that this bow be abandoned and instead the greeting be in the shape of a salute, SOCIETY. Paris on Parade . . . in Fall Millinery by KNOX..RALFEIGH |F YOU wont a hat that endows you with subtle distinction e« . if you wont @ hot that flatters glori- ously . . . if you want @ hot that's different <+ « 300 Roleigh of- ferings. Here ore true Poris modes . . . styled individually with droma, glomour and chorm, FURNITURE AND HOMEWARES S o indispensable and bl Fashioned of o superbly finished felt that rc- sists wear and weather. Roll its brim, snop it or wear it ony of 9 different ways. Six- teen beoutiful Foll shades. Headsizes 21 to 23% $5 Other Knoz Hats fo $15. —fentutes GEAND REES Fumijuret ecc MODERN ABOVE: There's poetry in every line of it . . . ths version by Agnes of the for- word sweep turbon . . , achieved by intricate drap- ing. Decidedly new and chic! It's on all-over om- broidered felt $8.so with cire trim_ . RIGHT: A glorious Raleigh fur felt with a crown that reaches new heights of in- brim that swoops daringly. Controst- ing suede bows form Others Up to $20. ANTED . . . a beau- , tiful lody to wear this dress. Anyway, it's for o lady who wants to LOOK beautiful. It's an exquisite crepe with a new high neckline, shirred shoul - ders and jeweled pin. Dainty ribbon fringe adds a deft new touch at the neck, sash and hem. Black, brown, spruce green. Sizes $25 WMAT moakes the frock below so stunning? jountiness of line, the ching princess influ- . . New fullness of th plenty of SWING « . . New charm in its Tri- colido Crepe, grandest of Foll's new silks. Rust, T a VD Built of fine bhutt 'Wlllll!lt veneers cross-banded in sleek hurl maple! A truly handsome Grand Rapids bedroom, all four pieces simple in contour and beautifully proportioned. Note the tall mirror on the vanity that gives you a full-length view from head to toe . . . and the distinc- tive modern handles. Just another instance of the values the Half-Yearly Sale brings! (Seventh Floor, The Hecht Co.) Hair and Down Construction 095 Plus small carrying charge, if purchased on the Home Improvement Plan. You expect a good chair at this price. . . but scarcely this! Loose down-and-feather back cushion! Hand-crafted, fine- hair construction. Covered in superior fabrics, recognizable as such at a glance. A chair for luxury-lovers ... at a spe- cial Half-Yearly Sale price! CAN'I' we pick ‘em for the gay young crowd though? Step up and claim this grand new Junior Frock (left) . .. and step through Autumn with an air. You'll lik high neck and loud its military braid that pa- rades down the front. Note, too, the wide shoulders, wasp waist and flaring skirt. Clever? Indeed! Black, brown, rust, green. ?37!” 1 to $‘2.95 Charge Accounts Invited '7.95 “A Duncan Phyfe, double pedestaled table of all walnut or all mahogany, with beautiful dull, rubbed finish. (Pourth Ploor, The Hecht Co.) (Pourth Ploor. The Heeht Co.) Shop where it's convenient—Park where there’s rom—use our enlarged Parking Lot! THE HECHT. CO. F Street at Seventh B 3 i TEF¥ © National 5100 : & ' ‘ b WOMEN'S. SHOP Use the Home | Improvement Plan . e i 'S &