Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1936, Page 28

B—6 =x SOCIETY. Miss Evelyn Adams « To Speak Tonight : To Democratic Club M!&S EVELYN ADAMS, recorder 3 of the land office, will be the guest of honor at the Democratic headquarters this evening. Miss Adams will talk during the evening on “What the Democratic Party Has Done for Women.” Other special guests and speakers this eve- ning will be Mr. Elwood Seal, corpor= ation counsel of the District, and Mr. George McNeil, assistant district at- torney. Mr. Melvin Hildreth, secre- tary of the Progressive League of! America, will be chairman. This will be open to the public. The new Democratic headquarters 15 located in the house built by the late Vice President Levi P. Morton and owned and occupied until recently by | his daughter, Mrs. William Corcoran | Eustis. There is a movement being | made by a group of the leading Democrats of Washington to make | this house, after the election, into & permanent Democrat club to be known as the National Democratic Club of America. Mrs. Roosevelt Heads Patronesses Of Benefit Concert| JVIRS. ROOSEVELT will head the | list of patronesses for the con- | cert of Giovanni Martinelli, Metro- ‘politan Opera tenor, who will make his first Washington appearance in eight years Friday evening, October 9, at 8:45 o'clock in Constitution Hall, | in a concert sponsored by National | Homeopathic Hospital. Mrs. Clarence | Dodge is president of the Women’s Board of the hospital. Boxes already | have been taken by Mrs. Evelyn | ‘Walsh McLean, Mrs. John W. Guider, | chairman of the Concert Committee; | the Italian Embassy, Dr. W. Calhoun | Sterling and Mr. O. D. Albertini. Additional patrons include Mr. and Mrs, Kingman Brewster, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Nelson Hartson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Zoller, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burke, Mrs. Jeter Horton, ‘Mme. Marianna Von Allesch, Mrs. Donald A. Linard and Mrs. Roberta | Campbell Lawson. The assisting artist will be Miss Inex Lauritano, Italo-American con- cert violinist, who will be making her initial bow to a Washington audience. Miss Ruth Cathcart Honor Guest at Pre-Nuptial Fetes | MISS RUTH CATHCART, whose marriage to Mr. Harold Philip Paden of Berwick, Pa., will take place | next week, was given a bridal shower | last evening at the home of Mrs. W.| L. Strickler at Mulhall Station, Va.| The shower was planned by mem- ! bers of the Neighborhood Garden Club of Arlington, of which the bide- elect is treasurer. The hostess was assisted by Miss Evelyn Cannon, Mrs. C. O. Thomas and Mrs. J. A. Burgess. In addition to individual gifts the elub presented the honor guest with a sterling silver vase. ! Monday evening Mrs. Frank Louckes and Mrs. George D. Fisher entertained jointly at a shower in compliment to | the bride-elect at the home of Mrs. Louckes in Waycroft, Va. Guests in- cluded Mrs. A. W. Cathcart, mother of the bride-to-be; Mrs. W. W. Doug- las, Mrs. A. D. Torreyson, Mrs. Curtis Gilbert, Mrs. Douglas Hayes, Mrs. Otis Wilson, Mrs. Lee Douglas, Mrs. | John Hazel, Mrs. Harry Woodyard, | Mrs. Leland Gaines, Mrs-—Minnie | Attendents Chosen For Dollins-Stant Wedding October 24 Mlss Mary Stant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Stant, and Mr. John William Dollins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy O. Dollins of Portland, Ind., have completed the plans for their wedding October 24. The ceremony will be performed in the Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Church, the Rev. R. Y. Nicholson officiating at 8 o'clock Miss Stant will have as her maid of honor Miss Betty Ditzler and her bridesmaids) will be Miss Mina Gardner and Miss Cecil McKenzie. Mr. Dollins will have as his best man Mr. Paul A. Lunde and the ushers will include Mr. Robert K. Sutton, Mr. Robert V. McIntyre, Mr. George T. Grade and Mr. James T. Huff. Miss Stant was the guest of honor Saturday evening at a shower given by Mrs. Raymond Bohlayer, in her home at 2425 Thirty-ninth place. Attending the party were 20 members of Miss Stant's organized Sunday school class, known as the Youngsters. Also Mrs. Stant, mother of the guest of honor, and her house guest, Mrs. Ethel Sitler of Mifflinville, Pa. As- sisting Mrs. Bohlayer as hostesses were Mrs. Stewart Pike and Miss Perle Claytor. Mr. and Mrs. Willis To Receive Tonight Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Willis will re- ceive their friends informally this eve- ning from 8 until 11 o'clock at their place, Lockerdie, on Meridian avenue, in celebration of their golden wedding anniversary. They will be assisted by their daugh- ten, Mrs. Peter B. Graefl; also their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Prescott Willis, who will arrive today from their home in Swarthmore, Pa., in time for the party. Mrs. White Returns. Mrs. William Henry White has re- turned to her home on Park road after spending two months at Hot Springs, Va., and White Sulphur. Furniture Lamp and Clocks CATLIN’S, Inc. 1324 N. Y. Ave. NNW. 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