Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1937, Page 22

SOCIETY. Charles Edisons Receive Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Wife Hold Large ESTERDAY afternoon the As-| sistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Edison were “at home” at the Mayflower in the Chinese room to the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps on duty in Washington and their families. ‘The final count of the guests as we left the reception at 7 o'clock was 887, which In itself shows that Mr. and Mrs. Edison were honored in receiving the majority of the mem- bers of the two services. Mrs. Edison chose for her costume A& beige chiffon gown with a short Jacket trimmed with broad bands of mink on the sleeves. Mrs. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, assisted Mr. and Mrs. Edison in re- ceiving their numerous guests, and it was a most colorful gathering with Reception. young Navy and Marine officers in their uniforms. A large table was set in the center of the room, laden with sandwiches, eakes and tea, and the floral decora- tions used were exceptionally beauti- ful. Huge vases of pink and white snapdragon were used throughout the rooms and the gay Spring costumes of the ladles present gave a most festive air to the party. The young ladies chosen to assist Mrs. Edison mingled in the crowd and saw that the guests were taken care of as the host and hostess wished. Mr. and Mrs. Edison have already, after a few months, endeared them- selves to Washington and the large gathering was a great tribute to their popularity. Democratic Club Tea Tomorrow Mrs. May Thompson Evans, assist- ant director of the woman's division of the Democratic National Commit- tee, will be in the receiving line at the Women's National Democratic Club at the tea in honor of the affiliated clubs of Maryland and Virginia. Mrs. Cor- dell Hull will be the ranking guest. Mrs. Samuel Herrick, chairman of the committee arranging the party, will introduce the guests to Mrs. Wil- bur W. Hubbard, president of the club, who will head the receiving line. Others with Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. Evans will be Mrs. Ethel R. Lorentz of Baltimore, Mrs. Ralph Close of Chevy Chase, Mrs. P. J. Fischer of Bethesda, Mrs. Richard Strong of War- renton, and Mrs. Laura T. Boldin of Kast Falls Church, presidents of the clubs to be represented at the tea. Mrs. Emily Newell Blair and Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, members of the board of the Woman's National Demo- cratic Club, will be hostesses for the afternoon and will be assisted by the following members from the visiting clubs who will alternate at the tea tables, including: Mrs. Alfred Steffen snd Mrs. A. J. Pugh of the Chevy Chase Woman's Democratic Club, Mrs. John Werner and Miss Olivia Knight of the Leland Women's Demo- cratic Club of Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Mrs. Harrison Nesbit and Mrs. B. ‘Richardson Glascock of the Northern Virginia League of Democratic Women of Warrenton, Mrs. William A. Cush- ing and Mrs. James Whiteley of the | Democratic Women's Luncheon Club of Baltimore, and Mrs. Lewis Carl end Mrs. William Fries of the Arling- ton County Women's Democratic Club of East Falis Church. Lecture Tonight. Dr. Max Henriquez Urena, Minister of the Dominican Republic to London, Who has been spending several weeks dn the United States, will be the speak- er at a meeting to be held this eve- hing at 8:30 o'clock in the Pan-Amer- ican Union, under the auspices of the ‘Washington Chapter of the Instituto father working in his study, carrying on his experiments in the small village which he established on his beloved estate. Proceeds from the lecture will go to the local Branch of the Russian Chil- | dren’s Welfare Society of which Mme. Marie Zalipsky is president, Mrs. J. ander I Krynitsky, treasurer, Mme. Joukowsky, secretary. and Residential. (Continued From Third Page.) True and Mrs. Driscoll's daughter, Miss Helen Driscoll of the National Cathedral School. Later the party attended the opening of the continen- tal congress. Mrs. Samuel K. Smith entertained a group of 20 friends at luncheon at 2400 Sixteenth street yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Miller will return to their home in Wesley Heights after a visit to Miami Beach, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Rommel will be hosts for the senior dance next Saturday evening at the Wesley Heights Community Club. Mr. and Mrs. Rommel will be assisted in re- ceiving by Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Carter, Maj. and Mrs. H. H. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Carll and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Darton have gone to Princeton, N. J., for a short visit, where Dr. Darton will lecture to the geological department of the university on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and on the anthracite | basins of Pennsylvania. Mrs. George G. Herring was hostess Tea House, her guests being Miss Nannie F. Richardson, Mrs. Mary of Columbia, S. C. J. Mack, vice president, and Mrs. Alex- | at luncheon yesterday at the Little | Richardson and Mrs. Sallis C. Rhume | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY APRIL 23, 1937 SOCIETY. Miss Mary Kessler Engaged to Marry Mrs. Percy M. Kessler has announced the engagement of her daughter, Mary Mershon, to Lieut. Laurance Hilliard Brownlee, Coast Artillery Corps, United States Army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bedell Brownlee of Woodmere, Long Island. The an- nouncement was made at a small in- formal tea given by Mrs. Kessler yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Brownlee. Miss Kessler attended St. Nicholas School and the University of Wash- ington and was graduated last June from the College of William and Mary. She is & member of Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Delta Phi and of Gamma Phi Beta, social sorority. She is a daugh- ter of the late Col. Percy M. Kessler, United States Army, and a sister of Lieut. Robert H. Kessler, Coast Ar- tillery Corps, U. S. A.; Mrs. Pierre A. Agnew, wife of Capt. P. A. Agnew, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. A; Mr. William H. Kessler of San Francisco and Mrs. Alice Hays. Lieut. Brownlee received his prepa- ratory education at Far Rockaway High School, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Devitt Preparatory School and was graduated from the United States Military Academy with the class of 1929. He is a member of Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity, Sons of the American Revolution, the Army- Navy Club and the West Point Army Mess. At the present time he is sta- tioned at West Point, where he is an instructor of French and drawing. Lieut. Brownlee's brother, Lieut. Rob- ert C. Brownlee, 2d, U. S. N, is on duty at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis. The wedding will take place the latter part of May. Mrs.?—loyt.Away On Trip to West Mrs. Phyllis Fergus Hoyt, national president of the League of American Pen Women, has gone to the West to visit branches of the organiza- tion on the Coast. Today she will be the honor guest of the league in Los Angeles and will divide her time between now and May 2 in that city, San Diego and Hollywood. Then she will go to Portlad, Oreg., where she is to form a new branch of the league, following a brief interval in San Francisco, and she will be in Seattle, Wash,, May 9. She will make stops in the Middle West when coming back from the Coast to attend the important League Congress of Pen Women in Cleveland May 18 and 20. Mrs. Hoyt will stop over in Bismarck, N. Dak.; Minne- apolis, Minn, and be in Chicago a couple of days en route to Cleveland. S e e CLIANED AND §TORED Call Mr.PyleNa. 3291 SANITARY CARPET & RUG CLEANING ¢O. 106 INDIANA AVE. Sigma Tau Gamma Spring Wiener Roast Alpha Chapter of the Sigma Tau Gamma Sorority will hold its annual Spring wiener roast Sunday after- noon at the Silver Spring Log Cabin. Arrangements for the affair have been completed, and Mrs. Willoughby Warren Hutchinson and Mrs. Arthur Francis Swinburne are in charge. The sorority will close its season with a banquet at the Kenwood Country Club Saturday, May 22. The Spring dance will also be held at Kenwood following the banquet. The Committee on Arrangements consists of Miss Carl Louise Johnson, chair- man; Mrs, Joan Xenealy Cohill and Miss Mildred Duckett. Mrs. Connolly Will Give Tea Mrs. Willlam J. Connolly, widow of Col. Connolly, will entertain at tea this afternoon from 5 to 7 o'clock in honor of Mrs. Russell William Magna, past president general of the D. A. R., and Mrs. Avery Turner, State regent of Texas, in her apartment at Ca- thedral Mansions. At the tea table will be Mrs, Wil- liam Louls Dunne, past historian gen- eral, and Mrs. Edward R. Tompkins, wife of Col. Tompkins. There will be 20 guests. Sisters Entertain At Dumbarton House Miss Mary Meares Galt, daughter of | the late Commodore Rogers H. Galt, U. 8. Navy, and her sister, Mrs. Paul Welles of Lexington, Va., are enter- taining at tea this afternoon at Dum- barton House, the national headqu: ters of the Colonial Dames, in George- town. Receiving with Miss Galt and Mrs. Welles are Mrs. Virginius Lee Kirby of Savannah and Mrs. John Meares Galt of East Falls Church. Mrs. Joseph Graef of Raleigh, N. C., is pouring tea, assisted by Mrs. John Allen Davis. Sorority Tea. The Washington Province of Tau Beta Phi National Sorority is giving & tea for its rush girls at the May- flower Hotel from 5 to 7 o'clock Sun- day. The Committee on Arrange- ments is composed of Mrs. Jewel Perry, chairman; Misses Helen Lar- kin, Margaret Bouder, Muriel Mur- rel, Beverly Waite, Ellen Wells, Evelyn ‘Wallingsford, Helen Dowden and Lou- ise Oonnors. In the receiving line will be Mrs. Mildred Quigley, national president; Miss Emile McKnight, president Washington Province, and the following Washington Province chapter presidents: Miss Evelyn Char-~ ters, Alpha; Miss Helen Sprosser, Gamma; Miss Janet Payne, Epsilon; Miss Gertrude Ruseka, Zeta; Miss Bernice Frank, Theta; Miss Ellen Wells, Kappa; Miss Madeline Notter, Mu; Mrs. Wanda Graham, Nu, and Miss Dorothy Kent, X1 Mrs. Mackintosh Will Give Benefit Mrs. T. Vernon Mackintosh will give & benefit bridge party Wednes- day afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30 o'clock at 2400 Sixteenth street to raise funds for the Montgomery County General Hospital at Ashton, Md Already more than 120 reservations have been made. Mrs. Mackintosh announces there will be prizes for each table and a door prize, and refreshments will be served. Fudge will be sold. Mrs. Mackintosh will be assisted by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Earl M. Mackintosh, and all proceeds will be turned over to the Montgomery Coun- ty General Hospital. _— Wools for Stitchcraft Articles All shades tapest 1n Yatock: - Patons and” Barami 0% and 5 ply knitting wools and many others. Your Own Knit It Garments at The Embroidery Shop 829 11th St. N.W. Make te Fl THE SUITS FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS IN GARFINCKEL'S SIXTH FLOOR SHOP ... are smart, new and the finest obtain- able for those who want the latest and most correctly styled clothing. A new showing tomorrow . . . every type of suit for the boy who will be choosing his first “longs” to the college man looking for the last word in style. Best of all, our prices are very moderate for our quality goods. 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