Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1936, Page 25

. ~ ~“8OCIETY, [ - - - THE ' EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1936. -SOCIETY. * B3 ! Many Visitors Arriving to Spend Thanksgiving Holiday in the Capital " Working for Navy Ball Mrs. Claude A. Swanson “Will Entertain Party ' Atthe Army-Navy Game Admiral and Mrs. Stark Will Be Guests of Wife of Navy Secretary—Other Official News. RS. CLAUDE A. SWANSON, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, will have as her guests at the Army-Navy foot ball game Rear Admiral and Mrs. Harold Stark, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Louis McC. Little, Capt. and Mrs. John R. Beardall, Mr. ‘Douglas Hall, son of Mrs. Swanson, and Mr. Wells of New York. Mrs. Swanson and her guests are to go to Philadelphia on the Navy special and will return to Washington directly after the game. The German Ambassador, Herr Hans Luther, accompanied by his two daughters, Fraulein Gertraud Luther and young Eva Marie Luther, will sail tomorrow for their home in Bavaria to spend Christmas. The Ambassador and his daughters also will have , with them Countess Gretchen Douglas and Uve Westphal, class- ‘mates of Eva Marie Luther at Western High School, who have been staying at the embassy during the Autumn. Frau Koerner, close friend of the late Frau Luther, who has been with the Ambassador’s children since coming to Washing- ton, and Prof. Hans Koerner, who joined his wife in Washington recently for a short visit, will sail with them. Yesterday Frau Koerner gave a farewell luncheon at the embassy. The Canadian Minister and Lady Marler were guests of honor at a cocktail party yesterday afternoon given by the counselor of the legation and Mrs. Merchant Mahoney, who entertained in their home on Garfield street. Mr, Mahoney served with the Minister during the World War when the Minister was serving as ithe Dominion’s fuel administrator, and the guests yesterday were close friends of the hosts. Mrs. Mahoney received the guests wearing a gown of corona- tion blue velvet, made severely plain and a shoulder bouquet of gardenias. Lady Marler, who received with her, was in powder blue lace having long fitted sleeves and an Elizabethan collar, and | the long and graceful skirt fell into a short train. With this she | wore a blue felt hat, with moderate brim and shallow crown, His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador and Lady Lindsay, the Minister of the Union of South Africa and Mrs. Close, accompanied by the new secretary of the legation, Dr. Robert Webster, and the Becretary of the Irish Free State Legation and Mrs. Brennan and their daughter, Miss Emer Brennan, were among the guests. Alternating at the tea table were Mrs. F. C. Bradley, wife of the naval attache of the British Embassy; Mme. Sable, wife of the naval attache of the French Embassy, and Mrs. Peyton March, wife of the former chief of staff, U. S. A. Mme. Saito, wife of the Japanese Ambessador, also attended the party, Sir Herbert Marler having been Canadian Minister at Tokio before being assigned to this post. Representative and Mrs. D. Worth Clark have returned to *Washington and are at the Shoreham, having come from their| home in Pocatello, Idaho, where they spent the Summer and early | Autumn. With them are their daughters, the Misses Nancy Lee and Helen Noel Clark, and their infant daughter, Dorothy Lee. Mrs. James Clement Dunn, wife of the special agsiytant to the Secretary of State, will sail January 14 for Belgium, where she! will visit her son-in-law and daughter, Comte Guy de Baillet-| Latour and Comtesse de Baillet-Latour, the latter formerly Miss | Marianna Dunn. Mrs. Dunn will remain in Brussels for several | months. The n;wly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr. “Charles Edison, son of the famous inventor, the late Thomas A. Edison, was in Washington yesterday and last evening, coming to attend the banquet in celebration of the 100th -anniversary of the patent system of the United States. Mr. Edison will come to| Washington to assume his new duties early in the new year and will occupy an apartment in the Mayflower. Lieut. Col. L. C. Ogg, U. S. A, and Mrs. Ogg of Fort Bragg, N. C., are at the Martinique for a few days. Capt. Thomas N. Stark, U. 8. A, and Mrs. Stark of Fort Meade, Md., are at the Martinique for a short stay. Lieut. J. H. Howard and Mrs. Howard of Boston, Mass., are at the Martinique for a few days. Lieut. John S. McCain, jr., U. 8. N,, and Mrs. McCain, jr., are at the Martinique for a few days before going to New London, Conn. d’Affaires of Egypt, Mr. Anis Azer; [4 MRS. JOSEPH M. P. WRIGHT, Snapfed in the sail loft at the Navy Yard, painting some of the mura s which will be part of the decorations for the Navy Relief ball Thanksgiving night at the Willard. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. Navy Relief Ball Plans Brilliant Company to Attend Ball Thanksgiving Night at the Willard Hotel. RS. ROOSEVELT heads the list of distinguished pa- tronesses for the Navy Relief Society’s annual ball to be held at the Willard Hotel Thanks- giving night. Others included - on the list are Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy; Mrs, Carl Vinson, wife of Representa- tive Vinson, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee; Mrs. Wil- lam Standley, wife of Admiral Standley, chief of naval operations, and Mrs. Wainwright, the widow of Admirgl Wainwright, the Spanish War hero and one of the original founders of the District Auxiliary. Secretary and Mrs. Swanson will | occupy & box and have with them s group of friends. Mrs. Swanson will head- the re- ceiving line at the ball at the Willard Thangsgiving night. - Othefs recejving will be Mrs. William H. Standley, wife of chief of naval operations; Mrs. John H. Russell, wife of the com- mandant of the Marine Cerps; Mrs. Pettengill, wife of the commandant | of the Navy Yard, and Mrs. Richard Wainwright, widow of Admiral Wain- wright. Lieut. Comdr. Perry, aide to Admiral Pettengill, will make the introductions. He will be assisted by members of the Floor Committee. The most recent names on the list of box holders and donations are Admiral Rossiter, Col. Julian Smith, Capt. and Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs. Miss Talbott Makes Debut At Large Tea DR. AND MRS. B. E. TALBOTT entertained at tea Saturday aft- ernoon in their residence on Massa- chusetts avenue, when they presented their daughter, Miss Henrietta Tal- bott. Mrs, Talbott received her guests, Wwearing a gown of coronation purple velvet fashioned with a slight train and a cluster of orchids. Miss Tal- bott was assisted by her two sisters, « Mrs. John Joseph Hagerty, who wore & powder blue velvet gown fashioned on princess lines with puff sleeves, and Miss Cecelia Plowden Talbott, who wore a rust color velvet gown. The debutante wore a white me- tallic moire gown made on fitted lines | ton, Miss Bette Hartz, Mr. George Miss Eleanor Mattingly, Col. Marion Buckey, Mrs. Augustus Winfield Ma- comb, Mr. Livingston Macomb, Dr. and Mrs. Victor. Alfaro, Mrs. John Hamil- ton, Mrs. Margaret Mackall Weld, Col. and Mrs. Edward Bliss, Mr. Frank Hamilton, Miss Margaret Ferguson and Miss Marguerite Jenkins. Mrs. Hagerty entertained at dinner Friday evening at the Shoreham Hotel in honor of her debutante sister and the debutantes who assisted her at the tea. Mrs. Hagerty was assisted in re- ceiving by Miss Cecelia Talbott and the guests were Miss Gertrude Pear- son, Miss Hebe Reynolds, Miss Mary Senate Howes, Miss Carrie Roper Ful- ~, SMITH’S TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO. 1313 You St.' N.W. MacGonnigle, Mr. Richard Dear, Mr. Crawford Brooke, Mr. Richard Hous- ton, Mr. John Stewart, Mr. Frank Fowler, Mr. Carwin Lockwood and Mr. Edward Talbott. with & full skirt and old-fashioned drop shoulders. In her hair were two gardenias and she carried an old- fashioned bouquet. Miss Talbott had assisting her Miss Gertrude Pearson, Miss Hebe Reynolds, Miss Mary Senate Howes, Miss Carrie Roper Fulton, Miss Bette Hartz, Miss Suzanne Kappler, Miss Martha Talley, Miss Kearsley Talbwell, Miss Mary Agnes Young, Miss Ann W. Flannery, Miss Virginia Palmer, Miss Virginia Randolph, Miss Gloria Grosvenor and Miss Mary Crane. Assisting at the tea table, which had " @ centerpiece of pink roses, were Mrs. Moncure Burke, Mrs. Thomss W. Foley, Mrs. Louis Arthur, Mrs. Eugene Jarboe and at the punch bowl were Mrs, Bryson Norris, Miss Ruth Guf- grey and Mrs. B. E. Talbott, jr. Among those present were the Cu- ban Ambassador, Senor Dr. Guillermo Patterson y de Jauregui; the Charge ————m—— THANKSGIVING DINNER at the DODGE HOTEL Berredmis Pl Ot An Old-fashioned DINNER With All the Fixin's! Delici red— Two dollars a person— Concert Music Por Reservations Phone National 5460 Nere “No_ Tioping™ 9 WRELS the ‘vogue. Vee DODGE HOTEL ON CAPITOL HILL WASHINGTON, D.C. 6 90 “Ingenue” models *1. Miller Beautiful” models — 1175 end 1275 There's still time for you to select several pairs of shoes at these prices. A good size range, but not' in every style. COLORS: Biack, Brown, Vintage, Green, Blue, Groy MATERIALS: Sovda,: Clith; Colfskin, Kidskin, Bucks, Evening Fobrics 90 90 formerly 125 to 1475 F Street NW. Nina K. Trible, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Norman Hmith, t. C. W. Early Comdr. and Mrs. Charles H. Maddox and Comdr. Alva Bernhard. Seats have been sold separately in boxes to Admiral and Mrs. Charles E. Courtney, Capt. Puleston, Comdr. R. O. Glover and Lieut, Comdr. Charles B. McVay, 3d. A group of debutantes with their escorts will attend the ball and occupy A& box. They are Miss Alice Noel Tuckerman, Miss Ethel Worthington, Miss Martha Davidge, Miss Stellita Stapelton, Mr. William Blum, Mr. Godfrey Kauffmann, Mr. Willlam Mitchell, Mr. Walter Cummings and Mr. Frank Hamilton and Miss Estherdelle B. McHarg. Democratic League To Honor President ‘The members of the Democratic League will give a birthday anniver- sary dinner December 19 in honor of the president of the league, Mr. Ar- thur Clarendon Smith, whose birth- day anniversary is December 21, and Mrs. Smith, whose anniversary is De- cember 20. By the Way— Beth Blaine IT!lnwhhmMplunnz,wudmmuwmwukemmduu routine of our daily lives. The “unexpected” started happening with the ringing of the telephone at 3 a.m. last Saturday. Startled from a sound sleep, I answered the telephone, to find.on the other end of the wire, in New York, & group of friends who took turns for 10 precious minutes demanding that I should at once get out of bed, pack and catch the 4:35 to New York. These friends were all dancing at the St. Regis when it was -discovered that the "Chet” La Roches had an ezira seat for the Yale-Harvard game—hence the long-distance call commanding im- mediate action and a dash for the next train. As always, when one is jerked from the beaten path, the answer is auto- matically, “It can’t be done.” However, it was done, and the 4:25 train was caught! Having sent to the basement a sleepy porter to get some kind of & suitcase out of the locker (he brought a small-sized trunk instead of an over- night bag), I packed, dressed, went to the Mayflower to cash & check and ar- rived breathless just as the train was pulling out. We joined Mr. and Mrs. La Roche at the game. Clara La Roche is known as “La Roche” in Town and Country—she not only writes excellent articles on life and people in different cities, but she also helps manage the magazine. We are all looking forward to her arrival in Washington to “do” our city! (She is a sister of Rosalind Russell, the beautiful moving picture actress who was seen here in “Craig’s Wife” not long ago.) At the game Clara wore the most becoming blue wool dress and peaked hat of the same material, black knitted very woolly gloves and the most sumptuous black for sport cape, which hung in ripples down to the hem of her skirt. After the game we motored over to Southport with the La Roches for tea. They have the most precious old farm house, situated on the crest of a hill. The main part of the house dates back to 1750. It is done in such excellent taste and perfection that it made the following events of our tes party that much more ridiculous and amusing. It seems the evening before the cook and butler had suddenly given notice tiMt they were leaving—which they did om the spot! Poor Clara was desperate, 30 she telephoned a great friend and con- fded her troubles—“guests arriving, no servants, etc.”” At once the friend insisted on sending over her treasure of a maid whom she had had for several years, who would do everything. True enough, the maid arrived Saturday morning just as “Chet” La Roche, who had come up from town on an early train, was leaving to meet us. Casually, he greeted the maid, and said, “Mrs. La Roche will tele- phone you instructions.” So Hilda (we will call her that) said she would wait. Manlike, arriving late at the game, he forgot to teil his wife of the waiting Hilda. ‘When we arrived at the house about 5:30 an apparition in s red dress, instead of the tidy uniform she had brought with her, greeted us at the door— very merry and very bright, She had brooded all day waiting for instruc- tions and to console herself she had found some spiendid old ale. She was quite consoled! Mrs. La Roche firmly ordered tes and Hilda said she would * | make toast, but it must be made in the broiler, not on a toaster. That is where her artistic soul eame into play, for the La Roches have a very large, very néw electric range. As a conductor of a symphony conducts his orches- tra, so Hilda switched on and off the electric buttons until each one was going full tilt, with the natural result that every fuse in the house was blown out. MRS. F. WILKINSON BUNKER, Whose marriage to Signor Augusto Rosso will take place in Paris, in January. Mrs. Bunker to Wed Ambassador Rosso In Paris in January MB. AND MRS. GEORGE LAW- RENCE WILKINSON formally announce today the engagement of their daughter, Bunker, to Signor Augusto Rosso, Italian Ambassador in Moscow, and formerly Ambassador from Italy in the United States. Mrs, Bunker, with her two children, Adele and George, will spend Christ- mas in Evanston, Tll, where her par- ents reside, and soon after the holi. Frances Wilkinson | —Harris-Ewing Photo. sented his credentials in Washington January 18, 1833, and both he and Mrs. Bunker have a host of friends here. i S LSRR ' Inventor Visits Capital From West | Mr. James H. Wagenhorst of Dee troit is visiting her sister, Miss Mary E. Wagenhorst, at 1867 Kalorama road and will remain until after Thanksgive ing. Mr. Wagenhorst, who is consulting | engineer for the Kelsey Wheel Co, | came to Washington for the centene nial celebration of the Patent Office and Mrs. W. D.| local electrician to arrive. climbed the pole again. for dinner. expected telephone calll Miss Justine Corby And Dr. Franges to .Wed December 7 RS. WILLIAM STEPHEN CORBY announces the engagement of her daughter, Justine May, to Dr. | Ivan Franges, secretary of the Yugo- | slav Legation. The wedding will take | place at Mrs. Corby's residence at Chevy Chase Circle December 7 and the ceremony will be performed by the We sat in the gleam of one candle, tealess, for an hour waiting for the One guest had @ large glass of milk ready to comsume, but we looked away for @ moment and Carey, the pet beautiful bozer dog, by the soft candlelight had gently lapped it all up! The electrician finally traced the source of the trouble to the electric light pole, where the main fuse had been blown—so up he climbed. The lights came on, all was joy, but they remained on only about 3 minutes, for Hilda | again started her electric sonata and off they went again. The electrician It happened three times! From our “tea party” we motored over to another lovely old place for cocktails and from there to the Fairfield County Hunt Club In our party were Wood Kahler and his fascinating Russian “wife, who is the heroine of his emusing movel,“Early to Bed.” ‘We caught the last train into town and, still in our foot ball clothes, we went on to 21 West Fifty-second to join a large, gay party. So ended, at 1 a.m, a pleasant day that started at 3 a.m. the morning before with an un- Bishop of Washington, the Right Rev. James E. Freeman. Due to the recent death of Mr. Corby, the wedding will be small and simple. ‘The young couple will sail December 9 on the Normandie for Europe, and Dr. Franges will take up his new duties at the foreign office in Belgrade. ‘The bride-elect and her sister, Miss | Eleanor Corby, are both gifted and | popular members of the younger set in | ‘Washington. Dr. Franges is the son of Dr. and Mme. Otto Franges of Zagreb, Yugo- slavia. TOMORROW and all the time .. . @ HARRIS =" convenience! CHARGE ACCOUNT (4 1224 F ST {lhleked: Misses $19.9 lack crepe dress wit) svarkling Deaded jacket let dlowse, sale ceccoteaa §11.75. t Friday’s $11.75 Dress Sale was practically a SELL-OUT! Women raved about the values . . .30.. . TOMORROW we offer ¢ BRAND-NEW LOT which we think is unquestionably equal, if not BETTER THAN the first! Come in and judge for yourself! 14.95,16.95, 19.95 ana 29.75 DRESSES 175 Junions’ sizes! Misses’ sizes! Women's sises! SHORT SLEEVES, the new dress-up idea! METAL trimmed dresses for new glamour! STREET LENGTH VELVETS for afternoons! SHEER WOOL costumes, finely tailored! _DRESSES for street, afternoon, after-5! EMBROIDERY, braiding, beading trims! TUNICS, bordered skirts, snug waist lines! © BLACK, green, wine, rust, brown! FLASH! Glorious group of EVENING and DIN- NER DRESSES in sQ‘h:l’sa'omfioul sale, at third floor. " Remember ... . IV the store bohind @ sals thet reslly mekes It @ ssle! days she will sail for Europe, accom. "und attended the “patent dinner” last panied by her parents, and will be |evening at the Mayflower. Mr. Wagen= married in Paris the latter part of | horst has 350 of his patents on record January. at the Patent Office. Mrs. Bunker's marriage to Dr. Ar- \ Before returning to his Detroit home thur Bunker of New York was termi- | Mr. Wagenhorst will be the guest of nated by divorce about six years ago, | his niece, Mrs. Will J. Ellison. 8t which time she returned to Wash- | ington, where she was born, and took up residence here. Her daughter at- | tends Holton Arms School and her son | is a student at St. Albans. Mrs. | Bunker will come to Washington in | the Spring after the school year to fetch her son and daughter, who will return to Moscow with her. | Friends of Mrs. Bunker and Signor Rosso will be glad to learn that the rumor of their engagement has been | confirmed. Ambassador Rosso pre- ! jes rei olstered. repaired S Stein Bedding Co., l 1004 Eye St. N.W. ME. 9490 ENCORE! Tomorrow Just 35 More $59.75 WORUMBO COATS FUR-TRIMMED Richly trimmed with long-haired Raccoon and Canadian W olf $49.45 HEY were a sell-out last week! And since then we have been besieged for more of these unusual values! Luckill_y we were able to secure 35 more of them. They are genuine $59.75 casuals . . . and we owe our maker a vote of thanks for conceding them to us to sell at $49.75. Impeccably hand-tailored with expensive details in princess or swagger styles. Their fabrics are beautiful Worumbo Monotones and Worumbo Fleeces . . . in brown, oxford, rust, wine and green. Sizes 12 to 20. One Model Shown . « « Many Others YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED RALEIGH HABERDASHER 130 P Strest