Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1936, Page 27

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1936. SOCIETY. ®¥¥ B-3 ° Social Activities in the Capital Increase as October Approaches Japanese Ambassador And Mme. Saito Fete American Ambassador Secretary of War and Mrs. Woodring Hosts at Tea This Afternoon at Woodlawn. THE Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito entertained at luncheon today in honor of the United States Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Joseph C. Grew, who is in Washington for a short stay. Others at the luncheon were the Charge d’Affaires of Great Britain, Mr. V. A. L. Mallet; the special assistant to the Secretary of State and Mrs. James Clement Dunn, the chief of protocol and Mrs. Richard Southgate, Mr. Eugene H. Dooman of the State De- partment and Mrs. Dooman, Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. Louis Caldwell, and the counselor of the embassy and Mme. Yoshizawa, the second secretary and Mme. Okazaki, the second secretary, M. Shun-ichiro Kawahara, and the third secretary and Mme. Hayama. The United States Ambassador came to this country in time to be best man for his secretary, Mr. James Graham Parsons, jr., at his marriage to Miss Margaret Muriel Josephine Boulton, which took place Friday in St. James’ Cathedral in Toronto, Canada. The Ambassador will sail tomorrow to return to his post in Tokio. The new Secretary of War and Mrs. Harry H. Woodring will give a tea this afternoon at their estate, Woodlawn, in Virginia, in honor of the new commandant of the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir and Mrs. Julian Schley, who recently came from Panama, where Col. Schley was Governor of the Canal Zone for some time. The other guests will be the officers at Col. Schley’s new post and their wives. The Secretary and Mrs. Woodring will be hosts at din- ner tomorrow evening in honor of Col. and Mrs. Schley, who are their house guests at Woodlawn until their quarters at Fort Belvoir are ready for them. Representative Frank Hancock of North Carolina is spending a few days at his apartment at the Raleigh. The Military attache of the British Embassy and Mrs. W. W. T. Torr entertained a small company at luncheon at the Shoreham yesterday for Miss Balfour of London, who is visiting Washington. | The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and Mrs.‘ Charles H. March have gone to White Sulphur Springs, where last evening they were guests of honor at a dinner dance which Mr. Highlights of Tea Opening Mrs. James K. McClintock and Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, shown at the tea given yesterday at open the Red Cross roll call. the Red Cross headquarters to —Harris-Ewing Photo. Miss Virginia Leary To Wed Mr. Manson In Historic Church A ‘WEDDING of unusual interest to Washington and Virginia society will take place at 8 o'clock Saturday night, October 3, by candlelight at historic Pohick Church, when Miss Virginia Leary, daughter of Mr. und’ Mrs. John Leary of Occoquan, will be come the bride of Mr. Sydney Lynn Manson, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Syd- | ney Lynn Manson of Richmond. Miss Leary has chosen as her maid of honor her cousin, Miss Betty and Mrs. A. Kiefer Mayer gave on the Georgian Terrace, enter- taining 54 guests. v | The second secretary of the Canadian legation, Mr. D'Arcy | McGreer, who has been appointed second secretary of the Canadian | legation in Japan, will leave with Mrs. McGreer and four of her | children, tomorrow en route to Tokio. Mr. and Mrs. McGreer will | go by motor to Vancouver, from where they will sail October 17 on| the Empress of Canada. 1 Mrs. McGreer is the former Mrs. Kitty Lester Hett, daughter | of Mr. Wharton E. Lester of Washington. | Col. and Mrs. Spencer Cosby have gone to New York, where' they are staying at the St. Regis. Col. Z. Z. Henry, U. S. A, and Mrs. Henry of San Francisco, | Calif., are at the Martinique for a few days. | Col. Martin L. Crimmins, U. S. A., and Mrs. Crimmins of Newj York City are at the Martinique for a week’s stay. | Col. and Mrs. Franklin Babcock have arrived in the city and have taken an apartment at 2101 Connecticut avenue. Maj. and Mrs. Frank Wittaker and Lieut. and Mrs. Henri | Luebbermann entertained at a cocktail party yesterday morning in Lieut. and Mrs. Luebbermann’s quarters at Fort Myer, in honor | of the members of the Mexican team who will compete in the Inter-American Horse Show next month. i Capt. and Mrs. George W. Steele are at the St. Regis in New York | and were hosts there last evening at dinner, their guests being Capt. and Mrs. Kenneth Castleman, Mrs. Donald W. Brown and Mrs. Clark Minor. Mrs. Steele, as Mrs. Wilfrid du Puy, was promi- nent in society in Washington for some years before her marriage to Capt. Steele, who has served as military attache of the United States Embassy in Paris for several years. Mr. Alexander Lacoste, Kln_g‘s'cu\msel at Montreal, and Mrs. Lacoste and their two daughters are at the Raleigh for a brief visit. | | | he was awarded the Cross of the | Legion of Honor for services as special News of Engagement Of Mrs. Leonard to Mr. Pell of Interest| | press attache of the United States Embassy in Paris. Later in that year he represented this country at the Brooks of Brooklyn, N. Y., while Mrs. Hilda Lynn Mitchell of Occoquan will be matron of honor. Miss Virginia Manson of Richmond, a sister of the bridegroom, will be bridesmaid, as will Mrs. G. P. Van Arkle of Alexandria. | | Little Miss Lynn Mitchell of Occoquan will be flower girl. Dr. Richard Campbell Manson of Abingdon, Va., a brother of the bride- groom, will be best man, while the ushers include Mr. Gordon Leary of Occoquan, a brother of the bride-to- be; Mr. Donald King of Alexandria, Mr. Machlin Smith of Victoria, Va.; Mr. Carol Minor of Richmond, Va, and Mr. Heywood Davis of Occoquan, a cousin of the bride. The Rev. C. A. Langston, rector of Pohick Church, assisted by Dr. C. O. Tuttle of the Ginter Park Methodist Church in Richmond, will perform the ceremony, which will be followed by a reception for relatives and intimate friends at the home of the bride’s parents in Occoquan. Many parties have been given in honor of the young couple and several are planned for this week. Mr. and Mrs. Carey Blackwell of Alexandria entertained at a cocktail party and Mrs. Selden Baker of Alexandria will be hostess at a shower tomorrow in honor of Miss Leary. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Van Arkle of Alexandria will entertain at a dinner party at their home on Thursday night, while Mrs. Emma Byington of Lorton will be hostess at the bridal dinner Friday evening preceding the rehearsal at Pohick Church. Both Miss Leary and Mr. Manson | are graduates of Willlam and Mary College, in Williamsburg. B Bishop of Washington ’ International Congress of Government Press Bureaus at Madrid. His first wife was formerly Miss Alice Harding, daughter of the former director of the Federal Reserve Bank, the late Mr. William P. G. Harding, whose ap- proaching marriage to Mr. Julian B. L. Allen of Paris was announced | yesterday. Mrs. Leonard was educated abroad and made her debut in England. She | married Mr. Thomas D. Leonard, jr., !of New York in 1931, which termi- nated in divorce in May. Crosbys Hosts. MR. AND MRS. REGINALD | ASTLEY BARKER of London and New York have announced the engagement of their daughter, Mrs. Thecla M. Barker Leonard, to Mr. Robert Thompson Pell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. P. Pell of New York. Mr. Pell is a grandson and the name- sake of the late Col. Robert M ‘Thompson, for many vears a colorful and prominent figure in Washington | society. Mr. Pell is living in Washington, where he is on duty in the Bureau of Western European Affairs in the| State Department, having been trans- | ferred here from Paris, where he served as secretary to Mr. Walter E. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Crosby were hosts | Fdge when the latter was United | at dinner last evening at the Shore- | States Ambassador to France. Before | ham for their house guests, Dr. and his assignment to Paris Mr. Pell was | Mrs. Bert E. Ellis of Indianapolis, Ind. engaged in newspaper Work in the Others in the company included Mr. | Capital. He is a graduate of Harvard | and Mrs. Ernest Klinge and Mr. and with the class of 1922, and in 1933 | Mrs. Howard Kacy. HAHN —nhas just ""horned in"’ on the most uppidy styles for Fall! Soft, scuff- proof and incredibly smart, this rich safari brown Water Buffalo is now being introduced in higher- priced shoes . . . So naturally, Hahn brings it to you pronto, in fash- ionable— . DYNAMIC STYLES 3.50 HAHN—1207 F ST |Observes Anniversary | The Right Rev. James E. Freeman, D. D, L. L. D, third bishop of Wasl ington, will observe the 13th anniver- | sary of his consecration as bishop to- | day with an informal reception. He will attend a special service at the | Church of the Epiphany, where his | consecration took place on Michael- | mas day, December 29, 1923. The day will be observed informally at Bishops’ House in the Cathedral Close, owing to the illness of Mrs. Freeman. District Red Cross Tea Red Cross Roll Call L% Mrs. Jean R. L. de Sibour (right) “snapped” with-M—rs. Millard F. West, jr. Mrs. de Sibour formerly was Miss Valerie Prochnik and is the daughter of the Austrian Minister and Mme. Prochnik. ISTRICT headquarters of the American Red Cross was crowded with hundreds of workers and others interested in the humanitarian work of the or- ganization when the local chapter gave a tea yesterday afternoon. The informal party followed several illu- minating talks on the need for the annual roll call for members which opened Sunday and will continue through this week. Mrs. Cary T. | Grayson, wife of the director of the American National Red Cross, pre- sided during the talks, and Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the na- | tional organization, and Mrs. James K. McClintock, wife of the vice chair- man of finance of the National Red Cross, spoke. The auditorium of the District headquarters was & colorful scene with the wearing their gay uniforms. The long table, laid at the north side of the room, was presided over by the can- teen workers, wearing the rich, warm blue uniforms and veil. They were Local Chapter Entertained Yesterday After Brief Meeting in Headquarters. various branches represented | assisted by the staff workers in bright yellow and here and there through the groups of guests were members of the motor corps in soft green. Mrs. Gray- son wore the black veil and white cap Boardman in her white uniform with collar and cuffs of cardinal red and her veil matching. Mrs. Willlam S. Spencer was in Della Dennison, granddaughter, Miss Arline Spencer, was one of the young girls assisting. Among the other young girls were | Miss Nancy Brereton, Miss Anne | Claude and Miss Manvilette Sullivan. | Also assisting during the afternoon were Mille. Therese de Laboulaye, daughter of the French Ambassador and Mme. de Laboulaye, and Mrs. Jean R. L. di Sibour, before her mar- riage in the early Summer, Mlle. Valerie Prochnik, daughter of the Austrian Minister and Mme. Prochnik, and Miss Olivia Phelps Stokes, assistant to Miss Boardman. Day Tuttle Guest Of Women's Press Club at Luncheon MR. DAY TUTTLE, director of the new Washington Civic Theater, was an honor guest at the weekly luncheon of the Women’s National Press Club at the Willard today. Mr. Tuttle, a nationally known director, came to Washington from his West- chester Playhouse at Mount Kisco, N. Y, to guide the new theater through its first season. He has di- rected such stars as Burgess Meredith, Ina Claire, Henry Hull, Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan in his play- houses at Mount Kisco and his Ridge- way Theater at White Plains. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle and their four small children have taken a house in Georgetown for the Winter. He has completed the casting and has started rehearsals for the first of eight plays which the Civic Theater will present. The piece, which will be given October 21, 22, 23 and 24 is George Bernard | Shaw's clever comedy, “Caesar and Y Beaity CLEANED AN D?Tuorl?!’y @ NA. 3291 SANITARY CARPET & RUG CLEANING CO. -106 INDIANA AVE. 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The membership of the Advisory | Council for the theater is incomplete | but now includes the District Com- missioner, Mr. Melvin Hazen: Mrs. Lioyd Biddle, president of the Fed- eration of Women'’s Clubs; Mr. Albert Dougherty, Mrs. Karl Fenning, presi- dent of the Twentieth Century Club; Hogue, president of the Washington Branch of the American Association of University Women; Mrs. W. W. | Mackall, jr., president of the Wash- ington Junior League; Mr. Thomas Felix Morley, Mr. Edgar Morris, Dr. William McClellan, Mr. Huston | Thompson, president of Town Hall; Miss Ella Werner, president of the Soroptimists, and Mrs. Wiley, president of the Women's City Clul black . . with Black with color . . . black with velvet . .. black with borders ... all that's new in fall frocks. 7.95 up. of the roll call workers, and Miss | charge of the tea, assisted by Miss | vice chairman, and | | Mrs. J. Noble Hoover. Mrs. Spencer’s | E. Conradis, president of the Junior | Board of Commerce; Mrs. John Allan Mr. Edwin C. Graham, Mrs. Richard | Harvey W.| 3 At co\ot gree® —Harris-Ewing Photo. Miss Poindexter and Mr. Lindsey to Wed In New York Church AJ. AND MRS. WILLIAM AN- DERSON POINDEXTER of ‘Washington have announced the en- gagement of their daughter Margaret Bowyer to Mr. Eldon Russell Lindsey, also of Washington. The marriage will take place in New York in the October 17 at 5:30 o'clock. Announcement of the engagement was made in Atlanta, where Miss and where she visits frequently with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. | Robert Oglesby. Maj. Poindexter, who is in the United States Army Reserve Corps, served in both the Spanish-American and the World War and was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone in 1903 in construction work. Later he was the | | United States Consul to Dundee. Scot- {land. He is the brother of former | Senator Miles Poindexter and a | nephew of the late Attorney General | William Alexander Anderson of Vir- ginia. On her mother's side Miss | Poindexter is a granddaughter. of the | late Mr. Thomas Henry Flood, a de- | scendant of the Flood family of Ap- pomattox, Va. Mr. Lindsey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Eldon Lindsey of Cum- | ming, Ga. His sister is Miss Maxine | Elizabeth Lindsey. Mr. and Mrs. | Lindsey have resided from time to time in Atlanta, Ga. Miss Poindexter is a graduate of Central High School and attended the Northwestern University in Evanston, 1. She 1s a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. Mr. Lindsey attended Fulton High School in Atlanta and later Middle State University in Cochran. | Ellis Lodge. Mr. Lowell Melleit, Mr. | | 1004 Eye St. N.W. a stab of color \ pords (4 el plack WS ‘\‘/fi‘ 109“% 1) .90;1“ out O ) o \ on Former Cabinet Official Due in Capital Next Week IORMER Secretary of War and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, who have been at their place at Southampton, Long Island, since their return from a wedding ment in the Ritz-Tower in New York and will be there through this week. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are expected to come to Washington early next week and open their new home on Fox- trip abroad, are now in their apart- | Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis Will Open Washington Residence—Mrs. Blair Returns. ding trip and later will go to White Sulphur Springs. They will make their home in Pomfret, Conn. Their mar- riage took place Saturday in Phila- delphia, Mrs. Bullard being the for- mer Miss Jane Longnecker. Mrs. Frank N. Nohowel and her sons have arrived in the city from Villa la Cedre, Cannes, France, and have leased an apartment at 2101 Connec= Little Church Around the Corner on | | Poindexter made her debut in 1929 | Georgia College, a branch of the | hall road, which was the home of the former director of the mint, the late Mr. Raymond T. Baker. ticut avenue. Mrs. T. R. Roeder, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Suyanne Roeder, has arrived from their home, Faire acres, in Omaha, Nebr., to spend seve eral months. They have taken an apartment at the Wardman Park Ho- tel, where they will make their home during their stay. Mrs. Woodbury Blair will close her | Summer place, Beachholm, at New- port today and will return to her Washington home late in the week. Mr. and Mrs. E. John Long have | gone to Bermuda where they are | spending some time at Hamilton. They were guests yesterday at lunch- eon of Mr. John 8. Maier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. I. Maier of Bryn | Mawr, Pa. | Mrs. Cora Jane Mesta has come | from Pittsburgh and is passing a few days at the Shoreham. Mr. Fred Taylor Wilson, who has been in Chicago for some time, has returned to Washington to continue his research work at the Library of Mr. and Mrs. Walton A. Hensley | have returned to their home in Wash- ington after spending part of their ngress. vacation in Niagara Falls and Canada Soukres: | and part as the house guests of Mr.| wrs Robert Baum was hostess and Mrs. A. L. Drumheller in their country home, in Schuyler, Va. Mrs. | Hensley, before her marriage on June 27, was Miss Helen Louise Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Smith of Bethesda, Md. Thursday afternoon at cocktail party at her apartment in Alban Towers in honor of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Leo Baum. Miss Willametta Keck of Pasadena, Calif., is at the Shoreham for several days. She was accompanied East by her sister, Miss Alice Keck, who has entered Holton Arms. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jewett and | their small son have returned from | Nantucket, Mass. Mrs. Jewett and | her son spent the Summer there, Mr. Jewett joining them the last of August. Mrs. Pauline Eiseman, who has been spending the Summer in Atlantic Ci | at the Ambassador and this mo: . And Mo J. 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