Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1936, Page 25

SOCIETY. D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936. SOCIETY. * B—3 Varied Activities Included in the Social Program of Washington President Roosevelt And Official Family To Return This Week! Plans for Social Season to Be Completed Shortly—News Among Diplomats. HE President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with the members of the cabinet and their wives, will return to the National Capital within a few days for the Winter. Shortly after their assembling here dates for the official functions at the White House and for the customary at homes of the cabinet hostesses will be set. Until then much of the colorful and interesting enter- taining in Washington will be held in abeyance. The Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, §r., will come to Washington today from their New York home, where they went to vote and hear the gratifying returns last gvening. The Attorney General, Mr. Homer S. Cummings, will be back foday from New York, where he joined Mrs. Cummings yesterday gor the returns, Mrs. Cummings will join him later in the week. The acting Postmaster General and Mrs. W, W. Howes and their daughter, Miss Mary Senate Howes, who have been in New York, are expected to come to their apartment in the Mayflower today. The Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley, who was relieved of his duties in the cabinet while managing the campaign for the President, will join the official circle later in the week. The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr, Henry A. Wallace, will join Mrs. Wallace and their family in their apartment in Wardman Park Hotel later this week, coming from his Iowa home. The Secretary of Labor, Miss Frances Perkins, who went to her New York home to vote and remained for the returns, will peturn this morning. The United States Minister to Panama, Mr. George T. Summer- #in, who is visiting in Washington and expects to remain until early in December, has been joined by his son, Mr. John V. Summerlin, who is at the Shoreham for a few days before going to visit rela- tives in Gloucester, Va. The younger Mr. Summerlin serves as his father’s private secretary in Panama. The Chilean Ambassador, Senor Don Manuel Trucco, and his daughter, Senorita Marta Trucco, will go to New York tomorrow for events in the International Horse Show. They will join the| ‘Ambassador’s other daughters, Senorita Graciela Trucco and Sen- | orita Rebeca Trucco, who have been in New York several days. The attache of the British Embassy and Mrs. Harold H. Sims: will entertain at a tea this afternoon in honor of their guests, Vice ‘Admiral and Mrs. H. H. Sims. Senator and Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo arrived at Alameda, Calif., aboard the Philippine Clipper from Honolulu, coming back | in time to vote yesterday. Senator Carter Glass is spending a few days in his apartment | at the Hotel Raleigh, before going to his home, in Lynchburg, Va. | Maj. Frank McSherry, Coast Artillery Corps, and Mrs. Mc- | Sherry, who are making their home on the former Percy Crosby | estate at Langley, Va., entertained 30 guests at a Halloween party Baturday evening. Maj. McSherry is attending the Army War College this year. [ Capt. Hayme McCormick, U. S. A,, of Scott Field, Il1, is at the | Martinique for a short stay. Lieut. Charles E. Weickhardt, U. 8. N,, and Mrs. Weickhardt | Bre receiving congratulations on the birth of twin girls October 21. | Miss Mathews And Fiance Feted Before Marriage First of Evening . Concerts by Local Orchestra Tonight ‘HE opening concert of the midweek | MISS FRANCES MATHEWS of | series of the National Symphony | West Chester, Pa, and Mr. Orchestra, Dr. Hans Kindler, con-!Thomas Dowell McAvoy of this city, ductor, will be given this evening in | whose marriage will take place Sat- Debutante of MISS ANNE CHILD, ; Daughter of Mrs. Edmund William Pavenstedt, who will be pre- Miss Child’s father was the late Mr. Richard Washburn Child, former United States Ambassador sented to society this Winter. to Italy. Residential Social News This Season —Hessler Photo. Earl and Countess of Granard Arrived in New York Yesterday.. HE Earl and Countess of, Granard, brother-in-law and | sister of former Secretary of | the Treasury, Mr. Ogden L. Mills, arrived in New York yesterday aboard the Queen Mary for a visit in | this country. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hurja sailed to- | day at noon aboard the Queen Mary | for England, Finland and the Conti- | nent, where they will spend several | weeks’ vacation. Mr. Hurja has been active in the campaign and with Mrs. Hurja spent much time in New York, where they had an apartment until today. They will return to this coun- | try in time for Christmas, sailing | aboard the Normandie for New York | December 18. They will come at once to Washington and spend Christmas in their Georgetown home. Miss Mary Johnstone has returned to the Martinique, where she will make her home for the Winter. She has as her guest her sister, Miss Jessie W. Johnstone of Montreal, who is visiting her for a few days. Miss Jvlia Hunt, has returned to| Washington from Newport, R. I, w; make her home at the Martinique for | the Winter season. Dr, and Mrs. J. Breckenridge Bayne { are at the Shoreham for a week or so, before going to Middleburg, Va., for the remainder of November. After | Christmas they expect to go West, | visiting Mrs. Bayne's son, Mr. James | Elwood Jones, jr, at Tucson, Ariz., and later visiting in California and | Mexico. Dr. and Mrs. Bayne recently re- | Constitution Hall before a large au- dience representative of the many cir- eles of Washington society. The mid- week concerts will be given Wednes- days this season instead of Thursdays as last season, four of them in the evening and four in the afternoon. Tonight the Brazilian Ambassador and Senhora de Aranha, with members of the embassy staff and their wives, will occupy a box to hear their country- woman, Guiomar Navoes, brilliant pianist, who will be the soloist. The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito will have guests with them in their box and the Soviet Ambassador and Mme. Troyanovsky, who are out of town, have given their box to members of the embassy. The new Minister of Canada and Ylady Marler have taken a box for tonight and the counselor of the Polish Embassy and Mme. Wankowicz will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend in their box. Mrs. William Livingston Crounse will have with her Dr. and Mrs. Ed- ward B. Meigs and Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong. Mrs. W. W. Galbraith will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Reeve Jewis, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, léfltive color " BLACK ’" A dashing contrast is the re- sult of the gay kerchief of Dalmation blue in a pocket of ¢, black crepe, dotted with rhine- stones on dress made with slender waist and gored skirt. Decorative buttons march right up, past the enormous buckle on the belt, to the gracefully 39.75 Dresses 16.95 and up " wide collar_———-- PR RIZ BROTHERS urday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the home of Miss Mathews’ brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ridge- way Taylor, at 1513 Meridian place northwest, have been the honor guests at several parties during the week. Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Woods, cousins | of Miss Mathews, entertained in their honor at a buffet supper in their home, 4509 Ellicott street, in Chevy Chase, Sunday evening. Miss Mathews’ mother, Mrs. Henry Van Sciver Mathews, arrived Satur- day from West Chester, and will be | with her daughter, Mrs. Ridgeway Taylor, until after the wedding Sat- urday. Mrs. Snow Hostess. Mrs. Sims Smow will entertain in- formally at the cocktail hour tomor- row afternoon in her apartment at 2139 Wyoming avenue. Mrs. Snow, be- fore her marriage, was Miss Enid Sims, and is well known in Washington. whose box was unoccupied at the con- cert Sunday, will have guests with them. tonight, Mrs. Howe returning from Newport in time for the concert. | turned from New England, where | Engagement Announced- MISS BERNICE SCHMIDT, Daughter of Lieut. Col. gnd Mrs. Harry Schmidt, U. S§. M. C., who announce her engagement to Lieut. (J.G.) U.S.N. William B. Moore Midautumn V__Veddings Miss Betty Ramsdell Married to Mr. Nelson in Home Ceremony. HE wedding of Miss Betty Ramsdell and Mr. Carlton Nelson took place Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orin P. Bailey at 4936 Butterworth place. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Ramsdell, formerly of Minnesota and now of Washington. The ceremony was performed in a | setting of Fall flowers and foliage by | the Rev. William A. Keese, pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist | Episcopal Church. Only a small company of relatives and friends. | Preceding the ceremony a program of violin music was played by Miss | Grace Powell of Alexandria, Va. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by her father, wore an off- white sheer afternoon gown, fashioned on fitted lines, with leg o' muttton sleeves. Ruching of the same mate- rial formed a stand-up collar and ex- tended from neckline to hem the center of the front, while a single ruffie trimmed the bottom of the | skirt. The bride carried a semi- | | Mrs. Nelson chose as her going- away suit a Burgundy velveteen suit with kolinsky cape collar and brown accessories. The bride and bride- groom left Saturday evening for a wedding trip through Virginia and the Blue Ridge Mountains, en route to Minneapolis, where they plan to attend the home-coming foot ball game with Jowa November 7. For the week after the game they will be the guests of Mrs. Nelson's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ramsdell of Minneapolis. They will then make their home in Wabasha, Minn,, where Mr. Nelson has lived for the last two years Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are graduates of the University of Minnesota. Mrs. Nelson, although a native of Minne- sota, has relatives living in Washing- ton, which was the former home of her grandparents and the place of | their marriage many years ago. Her great-great grandfather was Thomas Havenner, Miss Anne Brosius Bride Colonial bouquet of white chrysanthe- | Of Mr. Joseph Weeks, mums and white snapdragons. Her | only ornament was a cameo brooch set with pearls, which had belonged | to her grandmother. Mrs. Robert Jeanes of Easley, 8. C., the sister of the bridegroom, was matron of honor and Miss Ramsdell's only atiendant. She wore a flame- red afternoon dress of shark-skin satin, with rhinestone accessories Her bouquet was also a semi-Colonial one of Talisman roses and snap- dragons. Mr. Nelson had as his best man Mr. Stuart Bailey, formerly of Minne- sota and now of 402 Battery lane, Bethesda, Md. After the ceremony a wedding sup- Mr. and Mrs. John Tehan Brostus announce the marriage of their daughter, Anne Caroline,- to Mr. Joseph Weeks, Saturday, in Wash. ington. . Junior League Gives Luncheon Tomorrow The Junior League of Washington will hold its annual opening lunch- eon tomorrow at the Mayflower Ho- | tel. | gram for the year of 1936-37 will be | officially under way. Mrs. Harper Sibley will be the speaker at the luncheon. She will be introduced by 1 With this event, the league pro- Mrs. Mary Montague Castleman Shipley will have as her guests the| middle of the month, Mrs. Bertram | Tucker Williams and Miss Eleanor Huntington Morgan of Philadelphia. Mrs. Shipley is the wife of Mr. William H. Shipley, Washington attorney. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Condon Jeft Washington Monday evening for New York, where they spent election day and night at the Democratic headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel. ‘They return to Washington today for a few hours prior to motoring to New Orleans and Florida. While in New Orleans they will be the guests of Maj. and Mrs. Ennalls Waggaman. ETERNAL ENVY O Others, $89.75 to $125 HERE are a certoin few furs that women covet for beauty and opulence. Foremost among these is SILVER FOX—crown- prince of the royalty of furs. And supreme omong Silver Foxes are pedigreed Raleigh pelts . . . chosen only after the most thorough and painst amination. Then, inspil ioning, in keeping with the ele- gance of Silver Fox, combines with Forstmann’s rich Astra- khona to achieve the loveliest Charge Accounts Invited THE WOMENS SHOP RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1213 F St.—1108 Conn. Ave. 190 F Strest they spent the Summer on their | yacht. They have leased their home on Belmont road for the season. Mr. and Mrs, E. Astley-Cooper of Warrenton, Va., with their daughter | (Continued on Fourth Page.) | BED ROOM FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, STUDIO COUCHES, etc., of the better kind, modestly priced. H. A. LINGER 925 G St. N.W. NA. 4711 ' li.rteni;z /4 SILVR 0 F EVERY WOMAN | Mrs, Willlam W. Mackall, jr., presi- dent of the Washington League. per was served. Table decorations were in white and Autumn colors. November Gth, Gth and Tth £/ X\i L SHOPS 1308 F STREET, N. W, de, Semi-Annual : Prices Slashed Almost in Half [ J DAYTIME and EVENING DRESSES 2-PIECE d 3-PIECE KNITWEAR .8 formerly $10.95 to $14.95 *1O formeriy $12.95 10 $19.95 This season’s frocks of silke, velvets, lames, By the Way— Beth Blaine N THE lifetime of the 1925 F Street Club there probably has not been the intense feeling and suppressed excitement within its walls as was evident last night. It seemed as though the entire membership of the club | was present. Those members who had gone out of town to vote hurried back for dinner there and listened to the election returns until the wee small hours of the morning. All in all it was a gala evening—hectic beyond measure, and the air quite electric with telephones ringing, radios booming and the attendants in charge of the blackboards running back and forth from the private wire to mark up the latest news. There were close on to 90 people at the club for dinner, most of of them downstairs, though the two card rooms on the second floor, of mnecessity, were also turned into dining rooms. A medal to Miss Mary Cummings, the famous stewardess of 1925 F street, for the dinner was par ezxcellence—as always—piping hot, both upstairs and down, and perfectly and speedily served. Flowers, beautifully arranged, bedecked each and every table. Mrs. James Curtis arrived from New York with Mrs. Ingalls Sard in time for dinner and, with the appearance of Mrs. Curtis, everything seemed quite complete, for verily the F Street Club could not do without its “inspira- tion.” Something is lacking when she is not about. The Dwight Davises were there, Mrs. Davis looking too attractive and very well in a lovely brown net dress, and with the Davises were the Tod Sloans—Kay Sloan is now affecting a completely new headdress with a braid wrapped around her head. The environs of Washington were well represented by the Arthur Whites from Middleburg, the Sterling Larribees from Warrenton, the Sylvanus Stokeses from Annapolis and the Jack Hinck= leys, whose new house in the Virginia hunt country is now completed. Our popular Minister to Panama, George T. Summerlin, who just arrived yesterday, was greeted with enthusiasm; and others there were the Harold Hintons, Eva all smiles feeling that her efforts in the Democratic headquarters were mot in vain; Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton McCormick-Goodhart, Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart wearing a beautiful velvet evening dress of the most lovely shade of rose; Mrs. Walter Denegre and Mrs. Stanley Kennedy, from Honmolulu, who is staying with the James Clement Dunns. Dining upstairs we saw the Lee Warrens and Marion Trumbull, in spite of their Republican tendencies, sitting at the same table with two ardent New Dealers in the form of Shelock Davis and Bill Brewster. No blows | were struck, however, and at the end of the evening, despite differences of opinion which prevailed at every table, all was quiet on the Potomac from that standpoint! At another table upstairs were the George Pulvers, Morris Clarks and Mr, and Mrs, Marshall Exnicios. Grace Pulver has prob- ably the loveliest curly hair you could find in a long day's walk, but with | which she admits frankly she takes a lot of trouble, which is some comf: | is there anything more annoying than the woman with a divine comple ! who says airily, “I just use soap and water"? As the evening progressed more and more friends appeared, in- cluding the Jouett Shouses, Peter Van Horn from New York, the Robin Pells (Mrs. Pell is lovely looking with dark eyes and auburn hair), Charlotte Nast in a very chic black velvet dress with long, tight | sleeves; the Viscount and Viscountess de Sibour, Pete practically in | the radio the entire evening; Mrs. “Rosie” Merriam and another Vir- | ginian who got in on the excitement, Mrs. Amory Perkins, who had | with her the George Howes and Philip Broadme:ad. Diplomats were in the minority last night, but Edward Kulikowski of the Polish Embassy was in the crowd. Mario Bucovich was glimpsed looking about with those keen, penctrating eyes of his; very much thrilled that his | book of the most wonderful pictures of Washington has at last come off the press. He will soon be off to other American cities to take more photographs | which he will put into took form. Mrs. Scott-Williams came in quite late, as did Myron Hofer, who had had a few cronies around at his ou house listening to the re- turns; also Nancy Newbold and, of course, Mrs. Emory Sands was on hand, as the club is now her place of residence. Kemper Simpson was there for dinner, his usual genial self. During the evening he darted downtown to see “what goes on in a newspaper office on election | night” Supper was served later in the evening, and when we left the Bill Mc- | Crackens were still there; also the Jasper Du Boses; Mary Du Bose is leaving for Bluefield, W. Va., today; Mrs. Mondell Gregg, Jimmy Mitchell, jr.; Tinsley Garnett, Mike McConihe and his brother Mac from New York, and countless others. | It was quite a night! 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