Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1937, Page 23

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, TUESDAY JUNE 1, 19317. SOCIETY. * B-3 Social Calendar Forecasts Many Weddings in Capital This Month < The President’s Wife Honor Guest at Lunch ~ Of General Federation Other News of Interest in Official Circles in the Nation’s Capital. MRSA FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was the honor guest at luncheon today of the General Federation of Women'’s Clubs at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Lloyd Biddle, president of the federation, presided at the luncheon. Mrs. Roosevelt held her weekly press conference at the White House this morning. Mrs. Nye, wife of Senator Gerald P. Nye, was the ranking guest at luncheon Saturday which Miss Marian Lyness, secretary to the Senator, gave in honor of Miss Eleanor Mann, whose marriage to Dr. Herbert A. Carlson of Minneapolis will take place Tuesday, June 8. Miss Lyness entertained at Woodward & Lothrop’s and the table had a centerpiece of daisies and snapdragons. Miss Mann's place was marked by a miniature bride and bridegroom and at the other places at the table diminutive bridesrhaids were placed. Other guests included Mrs. Beatrice Coulter Mann, publisher of the Dickinson Press of Dickinson, N. Dak., mother of the bride-elect; Mrs. Edward O'Connor, Miss Kathryn Pagenkopf, Miss Miriam ‘Taylor, Miss Margaret Sheahan, Miss Claire Sand, Miss Nina Elgin, Miss Gretta Palen and Miss Anne Miller. Representative and Mrs. Fritz G. Lanham of Texas, will return to their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel tomorrow after visiting in Fort Worth. Mrs. Walker Head, son of Mrs. Lanham, has returned to his home in Baltimore. Representative and Mrs. John Taber of New York have closed their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel for the Summer season. The director general of the Pan-American Union, Dr. Leo S. Rowe, was the ranking guest at a garden party Sunday evening which Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Babcock gave at Five Oaks, their place near Fairfax, Va. The 70 guests entertained at a picnic supper on the lawn at Five Oaks were members of the staff of the Pan-American Union. Admiral William H. Standley, former chief of naval operations, and Mrs. Standley sailed yesterday on the-Normandie for Europe to spend the Summer. Maj. and Mrs. Hugh A. Allen of Aurora Hills, accompanied by their daughter, Miss Collis Allen, and their house guest, Mr. Glenn Bruner, vice consul at Nagasaki, Japan, also Mrs. Allen’s sister, Miss Irma Lackey, spent the week end and holiday at Buckroe Beach and Hampton, Va., where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gammack. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Charles P. Archambeault have as guests for several days at their home on South Lynn street, Oakcrest, Va., Lieut. and Mrs. T. J. Flynn of Annapolis. Army Relief Show |Miss Wilson Yesterday Afternoon Selects Date ‘At Ft. Myer Gardens For Wedding| JFORT MYER was the mecca for MISS LOUISE POLK WILSON, the members of official, diplo- daughter of Mrs. Pierre Light matic, Army and Navy and residen- | Wilson and the late Commander Wil- tial circles yesterday who had not | son, U. S. N, will be married to Mr. gone out of town for the holidays. | Sidney Albert Mullikin, Saturday, For the Army Show was held there in | June 5. the picturesque Fort Myer gardens| —The wedding will take place at 4:30 | with its rectangular ring bordered | in Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy | with hedges and a natural terrace. | Nativity of the Washington Cathedral | An Army band played during the | with the Rev. James E. Freeman offi- afternoon. ciating. Mrs. Jonothan Wainwright, wife of | Miss Wilson will have Miss Robin the commandant of the post, Was in | Holland as her maid of honor ard the charge of refreshments and asisting | best man will be Mr. Lawrason Crane her were a group of wives of Fort| of Baltimore. The ushers will be Dr. Myer officers, who acted as waitresses | Thackery Read, Mr. Robert Wilson, during the luncheon hour. Among| Mr. Sprague Mullikin of Cincinnati them were Mrs. John M. Milikin, | and Mr. Howard Donley. Mrs. Marshall Frame, Mrs. Henrl Luebbermann and Mrs. D. H. Gallo- —'—‘h’ State Officers’ Club Annual Spring Lunch way. The annual Spring luncheon of the D. A. R. Chapter Plans Card Party State Officers’ Club of the District of Columbia, Daughters of the American Mrs. Pranklin Getzendanner, Mrs. E. Winsor Offutt and Mrs Richard Cun- | Revolution, will be held Saturday at 1 ningham are among those who have | o'clock at the Shoreham Hotel. The made reservations for the card party | president, Mrs. Richard E. Claughton, this afternoon given by the Col. Tench | will preside. Mrs. Ada H. Johnson, ‘Tilghman Cnhapter, D. A. R. State regent of France, and Miss Alice Other reservations have been made | Brundage, State vice regent of Eng- by Mrs. William B. Mobley, Miss|land, and Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, Margaret Loughorough, Mrs. Eva | State regent of the District of Colum- Chase, Mrs. F. E. Middleton, Mrs.| bia, will be honor guests. An unusual ‘Thomas Peyton, Mrs. C. Eugene Casey, | and interesting program has been Mrs. Elisha Hanson, Mrs. J. Forrest | planned by Mrs. David D. Caldwell, Walker and Mrs. Frank Wilson. chairman of entertainment. ———— You Shall Have Music—W herever You Go! For Harris’ Dance Frocks Delight Every Beau! S Wi Twinkling stars and a silvery moon . . . and you in a printed cotton dance frock . . . or a plain or printed chiffon . . . blithe and gay for a party in the garden, a dance at the Country Club or a prom. An exciting collection awaits you at Harris’ air- cooled store. Priced 10.95, 12.95, 16.95 and up, with a special group at— l 4.95 Sketched : Splashy printed cotton, topped with white bolero__ 14.95 \ % Third Floor. “ N \ < Store Hours, 9:30 to 5.45 sJAIR COOLED % o 7 ° o Future Brides’ Engagements Announced Left: Miss Anne Steffey, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Steffey, have announced her engagement to Mr. James O’Don- nell, jr., son of Mr. James O’Donnell of Catonsville, Md. The wedding will take place in the Autumn. Mrs. James Taylor Married Today to Mr. F. H. Ellis| 'THE marriage of Mrs. James D. Taylor to Mr. Franklin H. Elhs‘l son of Mrs. Gist Blair, took place at | 1 o'clock today at the home of the | bride, 1529 Thirty-third street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Allan A. Stockdale, and only the relatives and close friends of the bride and bridegroom were present. ‘The bride wore for her wedding a | gown of beige lace, with a brown hat | and accessories, and her flowers were a corsage bouquet of orchids. After the ceremony the bride and bridegroom left for a wedding trip, after which they will be at home at 1529 Thirty-third street. ‘The bride is the widow of the late Col. Taylor, U. S. A, and has been a resident of Washington for several | years. The bridegroom is a graduate of Harvard of the class of 1906 and | is engaged in business here, Benjamin-Heald Wedding June 28 The wedding of Miss Florence Eve- | lyn Heald, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Emerson Heald of Hillsdale, Mich,, and Mr. Bruce Thomas Ben- jamin of Los Angeles, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Benjami of Takoma Park, will take place Monday, June 28, in Hillsdale. Dr. and Mrs. Heald spent the Winter in California, and | the engagement of their daughter to | Mr. Benjamin was announced re- cently at a party given in honor of the Healds by Dr. and Mrs. Benton Noble Colver in Glendale. Miss Heald | is a graduate of the Glendale Sani- | tarium and Hospital at Glendale, and | M | Becker, Miss Mary Dean Judd, Miss Mr. Benjamin is finishing his third vear in the medical course. witln a dramatic dark dress The sparkling crisp* polka dot dress is an inspired contrast to the cool white accent of the very flared redingote, almost wide enou ballerina 1108 Conn. Ave.nll BROTH 1224 F.5T SRS e SR Beginning Tuesday, June 1st Store hours, 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. ’ —Photo by Cole, Baltimore. Right: Wheatley, 4 Miss Lucile Elizabeth Maris, engaged to Mr. Melvin E. ., son of Rev. Melvin E. Wheatley of Elkton, Md. The announcement is made by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Maris of Lyon Village, Va. —Bachrach Photo. Maryland-Virginia Notes Mr. and Mrs. Mahar Go to Maine Home For the Summer Season. R. AND MRS. GLEN E. MAHAR have closed their house in Chevy Chase, Md., for the Summer and gone to their place at Lewiston, Me., for the season. They were accompanied by their two daughters, Gloria and Bar- bara, and left before the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Magarity of McLean, Va., entertained 25 guests at dinner Sunday evening in honor of the 85th birthday anniversary of Mr. Magarity's father, Mr. James Ma- garity. Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Sullivan of Takoma Park, Md., gave a dance and buffet supper in the recreation room of their home Saturday night in honor of their daughter, Miss Virginia Sul- livan. The guests included Mr. John Collins of Nashville, N. C, who is spending the Summer with Mr. and Mrs. Harman Nicodemus; Miss Mary | Virginia Judd of Takoma Park; Miss Lyda Sargeant, Miss Theodora King, Miss Mary Denham, Mr. Fred Wither- spoon, Mr. Donald Witherspoon of Silver Spring, Md, and Mr. Henry | Wilson, Mr. Donald Auld, Mr. Harry | Matiresses Remade 3 @ Furniture and Dra- peries remodeled. up- holstered. repaired. STEIN BEDDING CO I 1004 Eye St. N.W. ME, 9490 lK 1213 F St. ERS P. Dodge and Mr. Harold Woodward of Takoma Park. Mr. and Mrs. Lennig Sweet enter- tained at a charming garden tea Sat- urday in their Fairfax, Va., residence. The dining and drawing rooms were | decorated with Spring flowers, and | although a tea table, presided over by Mrs. Thomas C. Blaisdell, Mrs. Harold Krafft, Miss Jennie Moore and Mrs. Herbert A. Donovan, alternately, was in the dining room, the greater portion of guests gathered in the beautiful | garden, where Mrs. Edward M. Holmes, jr., presided over the punch bowl Mr. and Mrs. with their children, Virginia Webster, Donald Webster and Shirley Webster, and Mrs, Webster's mother, Mrs. H. H. | Horr, who recently moved from Sligo | Park Hills, Md,, to Philadelphia, were guests over the week end and holiday of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Yost at Jesup | (Continued on Fourth Page.) George B. Webster | Former Ambassador’s Daughter Engaged to Aide at White House T}m former United States Ambas- sador to Spain and Mrs. Irwin Laughlin of Pittsburgh and Washing- | ton, announce the engagement of their daughter Gertrude to Lieut. Hubert Winthrop Chanler, U. S. N, son of the late Winthrop Chanler and of Mrs. Chanler of Geneseo, N. Y. Lieut. Chanler is on duty in the Navy as aide at the White House ; Mr. Laughlin, who entered the dip- | lomatic service in 1903, retired as Am- bassador to Spain in 1933. He is the | eldest son of the late Maj. George M. Laughlin of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Laugh- lin is the daughter of the late Adrian Iselin of New Ycrk. Steffey-O’Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Stefley | announce the engagement of their | daughter Anne to Mr. James O'Don- nell, jr., son of Mr. James O’Donnell of Catonsville, Md. The wedding will take place in the Autumn. ORE//E/ ..eLINGERIE. .LINENS CONNECTICUT AVE. AT M TO SAVE CLOSING INCLUDING O OUR ENTIRE ON LINENS UR FINE LACES REDUCTIONS OF 30% TO 80% n Mat is held back . only 15 days left to save. Women's and Men'’s Initialed HANDKERCHIEFS ety . 25c ea. 8 Dozen Hand-Made Damask DINNER NAPKINS $4.95 Regularly $8.95 150 Irish Linen HUCK TOWELS 38 Satin and Taffeta BEDSPREADS $12.50 Regularly $2550 - u's famous imported linens and fine collection of laces ere luded in this closing out sale. Not a single towel or bedspread c . . oll are drastically reduced. Remember you've got 65 Italian Colored Linen LUNCHEON SETS 50 Hand Made LACE CLOTHS Regularly $15 ond up $5.95 and up 18 Assorted BEDSPREADS Taffeta, Corduroy. Organdy Chintz and Linen Crash Summer Bedspreads Readory 3555 €9 9B to $10.95. ALL SALES FINAL—NO CHARGES—LINENS—THIRD PLOOR ¢ By the Way— Department and is at present detatled | Engagement Told | —— Beth Blaine — ‘AND who's to chaperone?” Throuzhout the days last week the question echoed and re-echoed among the venturesome mem- bers of the “younger set.” Two groups were successful and headed for three days of merriment protected by that all-hallowed symbol of convention—a married couple. One group started for Rehoboth Beach under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Phillips, the latter formerly Natalie Keeney, niece and namesake of Mrs. Campbell Prichett. Among those in their party were Diana Rowland, Walter Horton Schoellkopf, jr.; Arthur Emmons, from Boston, and Napier Parlato. All the sports were enjoyed at the beach and placed in the category was the feeding of a trusting family of ducklings with sticks of chewing gum!!! Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Macdonnel, he the third secretary of the Canadian Legation, were the “guardians” of another group, which started out on a “back-to-nature” quest. Equip- ped with three tents and one sleeping bag, the party set out, Michael Vyvyan, second secretary of the British Embassy, going along and agreeing to act as cook. Alezander Wilding- White was “Omar the Tent maker,” producing the tents, almost like magic, and confessing that for years, he has secreted tents in his bachelor quarters! Braving the perils of snakes, ticks, floods and mosquitoes the “braves’—Willa Magee, Anne Perin, “Punc” Bradley, Carl Azel, R. Wastfelt— started off. The days were spent in hiking, the evenings in washing dishes and after the chores were done, sitting about in the twilight and moonlight singing and eating marshe mallows. . . . . LAST night, at Pierce Hall, the Dramatic Club of Holton-Arms School presented “Mrs. Moonlight,” by Benn W. Levy. It was interesting to watch future debutantes “tramp” the “boards” with histrionic ability. Among those in the audience to see their daugh- ters’ success were Mme. Prochnik, wife of the Austrian Minister, with her young son, John; Mrs. Carroll Hill, with her son-in-law and daughter, the Phillips Clarkes with Wayverly Taylor; Richard Bolling, and Mrs. George Lawrence Wilkinson, who came from Chi- cago to see her granddaughter Adele Bunker, daughter of Signora Rosso, wife of the Italian Ambassador to Moscow and formerly Mrs, Francis Wilkinson Bunker of Washington. Included in the cast were Betty Lou Jones, Elsie Hill, Adela Bunker, Betty Lloyd Hutchison, president of the dramatic club: Pa= tricia Prochnik, Barbara Bolling, Helen Coburn and Lucy Clagett. Attractive ushers—members of the graduating class and all wearing becoming soft green chiffon dresses—were Nancy Hoskine son, Mary Manning, Virginia Steuart and Margaret Townsend. There were ever so many of the alumnae of the school in the audience, among them Caroline Chantry, Marguerite Hagner, Frida Frazer and Betty Beale. Miss Barbara Leck IMrs. John Williams To Wed Mr. Thomas' Observes Anniversary ‘The marriage of Miss Barbara El.\z-i Mrs. John R. abeth Leck to Mr. Clinton Samuel |formal din 5 p tion of her ;}:oma.s of Cincinnati, Ohio, son of ticce dane and Mrs. Warren Thomas of wmrs Prederick Washington, Ind., will take place June | ton Rawls were all h 4 at the home of the bride's parents, | bration. Mrs. Le Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James Leck, in | (T Miss Nancy | Tommy Leiter, came Edgemoor, Md. | mer home in Bever] Miss Leck has selected for her at- | Mr. and Mrs. Rawls wi E tendants Miss Frances Flizabeth | Pitney, came from X Mr. and Hisey, as mald of honor, and Miss | MIS: Sterling will sail tomorrow for a 5 six-month stay in Paris, where Mr, Marguerite Weighell, as bridesmaid, | gariing will be the United States and her young sister, Miss Cynthia | Commissioner for the Paris EXposi- Goodhue Leck, as flower girl. tion. Ind., will be the best man. | Mrs SO $&h | Mrs. Williams. The wedding will be followed by a el chich m h G reception, to which more than 50‘ Miss Thompson Wed guests have been invited. Miss Leck was guest at a party given | ’1‘0 I\Ir Bli'Ckle, JI’. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney P Friday night by Miss Myrtle Raymond and Miss Maline Smith and on Sat- urday she was entertained at a buffet son announce T daughter Sidney to Mr. Robert H. R Blickle, jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. supper given by her bridesmaid, Miss Weighell. There were 15 guests at the supper, all of whom were school | R. H. R. Blickle of Pittsburgh, S friends of Miss Leck. | day, May 30, at Bel Air, Md r r daugh- er, and son. Mr, Thomp- marriage of THE ORDERS ARE TO CLEAR AL STOCKS Just e s ” / g : ol o R A All Sales Final 87 UNTRIMMED - COATS ao SUITS BLACK, NAVY AND PASTEL SHADES $7.85 | $13.85 Formerly $19.75 Formerly $35 to $29.75 to $49.75 you save on your complete Spr ond Summer oe. » 26 3-Pc. ENSEMBLES— COATS AND TWEED SUITS 523.85 Formerly $55 to .$79.75 16 FUR-TRIMMED | COATS, SUITS anD ENSEMBLES 610 TWELFTH STREET