Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1937, Page 23

SOCIETY. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. SOCIETY. * B—3 Midsummer Weddings and Engagement Announcements Interest Society Postmaster General To Leave the Capital Tomorrow for Akron Lull in Social Activities in Official and Diplomatic Circles in Washington This Week. THE Postmaster General is expected to return to the Capital today from New York, where he spent the week end, and will leave tomorrow for Akron, Ohio, where he will attend a Democratic meeting. He will be back in Washington Thursday. Representative Edwin Sch;e(er of Illinois has taken an apart- ment at the Carlton Hotel during the duration of the Congressional season. The Administrator of the Works Progress Administration and Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins, who spent the week end at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., were honor guests at dinner there last night of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker. Rear Admira: Robert Witthoeft-Emden, Naval Attache of the German Embassy, is at Newport, R. I, for the yacht races. While there he is stopping at the Muenchinger King. Col. Masachika Hirata, Military Attache of the Japanese Em- bassy, will be host tonight at a dinner party at the Carlton Hotel. The Commercial Attache of the United States Embassy at Buenos Aires and Mrs. William E. Dunn, and their daughter, Eu- genia Dunn, and son, Paxton Dunn, have returned to their home on the Arlington Ridge from a two-week motor trip, which in- cluded a tour of the New England States, with a visit at Lake Winnepesaukee in the White Mountains, and a trip to Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal, Canada. Mr. Dunn, who was formerly assistant director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, has recently been appointed to the Emba: at Argentina, and, with his family, will leave for his new post about October 1. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn spent some time at Lima, Peru, when Mr. Dunn was Commercial Attache at the United States Embassy there several years ago. Mr. Elias Picheon, the Consul General of Greece in San Fran- cisco, and Mrs. Picheon have arrived in Washington for a few days’ visit and are at the Shoreham. returning to the West Coast. Lieut. Col. William H. Hobson, U. S. A.; Mrs. Hobson and their daughter, Miss Mary Hobson, of Fort Snelling, Minn., are stopping at the Martinique while in Washington. Capt. and Mrs. Paul H. Bastedo have moved to the Wardman Park Hotel, where they have taken an apartment and will make their home during the coming months. Maj. R. H. Fleet of San Dlref,:n‘ Calif., arrived in Washington today and is staying at the Carlton Hotel. Maj. Morrill W. Marston, U. S. A., and Mrs. Marston of Gover- nors Island, N. Y., are at the Martinique for an indefinite stay. Suburfiqn” VSVQcial Notes Mrs. Edwin Byrne Honor Guest at Luncheon Yesterday. RS. EDWIN V. BYRNE of| Lyon Village, Va., was hon- ored at a luncheon yesterday M at Normandy Farms in cele- Md. accompanied by Mr. Harold Axtell, jr., and Mr. Robert Wilson of Takoma Park, left yesterday for Miles River and Gales Harbor, Md., where bration of her sixth wedding an Mr. Seigler will enter his boat in the versary. | yacht races at both places this week. The luncheon was arranged as a | They will return in a week. surprise by Mrs. J. Raymond Towers, | Mrs. Robert T. Brown, Mrs. Anhur‘ Boyd, Mrs. George Eberly, Mrs. J. E. Virnstein, all of Washington; Mrs, ‘ at their home on North Jackson street, Lester F. Kirchner of Gambrills, near | Arlington, following a week’s visit in Annapolis, Md, and Mrs. Willlam | New York City. During her stay Mrs. George Watt of Lyon Village. | Dean renewed the acquaintance of Following luncheon the guests re- | Many old friends and was entertained mained for bridge. by Miss Madeliene Riordon, society | editor of the New York Post. Mrs. Trendley H. Dean joined Dr. Dean and their daughters Saturday Mrs. Nora Wrenn of Silver Spring, — Md, accompanied by her grandson,| Mrs. Olga Robb and her son, James Mr. Jack Neumann. also of Silver | Robb, of Silver Spring, Md., are spend- Spring, is spending this week at St.| g this week at North Beach, Md. Clements Shores, Md. They are e guests of Mrs. Wrenn's brother-in-law, | M7+ A+ P. Lentz of Silver Spring, who is also entertaining his sister, Mrs, | M has sailed from Baltimore on & Charles Farmer, and her daughter,| Ui to Boston and the New Eng- land States. Miss Martha Ann Farmer of Raleigh,! i 5 N. C. at his cottage there. Mr. and Mrs, Tallman W. Peel of Sligo Park Hills, Md., entertained at ‘n supper party Saturday night in honor of Mrs. Edwin Burg of Chevy Chase, Md.,, in celebration of her birthday anniversary. Other guests included Mr. Burg, Mr. (Continued on Fourth Page.) . MILLER Semi-Annual Shoe Sale continues with Mr. and Mrs. George C. Krouse of Silver Spring, Md., announce the birth of a son. Eugene Leroy Krouse, Friday at the Washington Sanitarium in Ta- koma Park. Mr. Horace Seigler of Takoma Park, Wonderful savings on DARK and WHITE shoes. A variety of styles, but not every size in every style. { COMPANIONSALE! 1. Miller Beautiful Hosieryand Bags! 1222 F St. N.W. DURING JULY AND AUGUST THIS STORE WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAYS They will stop in Chicago before | MISS THEODORA OLIVIER, Whose engagements to Mr. Paul C. Daniels of the State Depart- ment is announced today by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Raoul Olivier of Lafayette, La. Miss Olivier is official hostess for her uncle, Representative Robert L. Mouton of Louisiana. —Harris-Ewing Photo. |Miss Preston Feted At Bridal Shower Mrs. Harry R. Thomas entertained | at a bridal shower last night at her home in Veitch Summit, Va., in honor of Miss Mildred Preston, who will be married Saturday to Mr. James Lawrence Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins is a nephew of Mrs. Thomas. The arrangements for Miss Olivier Engaged To Mr. P. C. Daniels Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Raoul Olivier | of Lafayette, La., announce the engage- ment of their daughter Theodora to Mr. Paul C. Daniels, son of Mrs. Flora Daniels of North Adams, Mass. The announcement is of much in- 3 Ly terest in congressional circles in the | last evening were unique. When the coniia)” where the attractive brides bride-elect arrived at 8:30 o'clock. [ ehe was. escorred by the Nostees e | elect has been acting as hostess for her s roi-k “;mlp“ Rm; i ;‘;;‘P: uncle, Ropresentative Robert L. Mou- | garden LYARODS " ton. Miss Olivier has made a host of upon & given signal, a flood of light revealed not only the essembled guests, Lr,‘f:d}f e e hinglon) but a long clothes line, literally strung | &0 Ne% incle last Fall. She attended with gifts. Beneath the line was placed | SOuth Western College in Lafay- a large clothes basket, and following "¢ L& the reading of an original poem, the| Mr. Daniels is in the Division of bride-to-be took down her gifts. | American Republics of the State De- Later, refreshments were served in| Partment. He attended Phillips And- the dining room, where an all-white | OVer School and graduated from Yale decorative scheme was used. The at-|in 1924. He also attended the Uni- tractive table centerpiece was a bowl | Versity of Dijon and Grenoble and the | of white petunias and pearl blossoms, | University of Toulouse, intermingled with maidenhair fern The large white wedding cake was mounted by a miniature bride and bridegroom. 5 Asosting the hostess in tne anng| _ Bride of Mr. Goff room were Mrs. Henry Thomas, of Of much interest in residential cir- Leeway, Va.. and her daughter, Mrs. | cles was the marria ’ S iage Saturday morn- Gordon Ball, Mrs. Wi . El 5 n 8 rs. William D. Ellett| o4, o Margaret's Church of Miss of Washington and Mrs. Lulu Veitch, )molher of the prospective bride- [ Mary Chauvenet Rosen, daughter of groom. | Mr. Charles Rosen of Woodstock, N. t,-,“‘“‘“??‘é guests included MTrs. |y to Mr. Richard Calloway Goff, son ancis X. Crimmins, Miss Ann Crim- | - mins and Mrs. Frances Horton of (°f Mr and Mrs. M. Le Roy Goff of Franklin Park, Va.; Miss Nellie Orton | this city. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith and Miss Margaret Freeman of Wash- | officiated at 11 o'clock. ington: Mrs. Esther Sumpter, Mrs., The arrangements for the wedding | Vernon Marsteller, Miss Norine Kloss, | were informal and the couple left after Miss Helen Cranston, Mrs. Al Jones, | the ceremony for & wedding trip. | Miss Emily Veitch, Miss Alice Benn,| The bride was attended by her sis- Miss Mary Hendley, Mrs Wilbur | ter, Mrs. Percy de Fort Warner, of | Ekstrand, Miss Adrienne Odenthal, | this city, who wore a powder blue suit | Mrs. J. L. Dugan, Mrs. Lester Dugan, | with a white frilly blouse, blue and | Mrs. Charles B. Gunerman, Miss | white slippers and accesories to match. | Josephine Sterling, all of Arlington, | Her bouquet was of lilies of the valley, | and Mrs. Howard J. Sunderland of | delphinium and sweetheart roses. Mr. | | Govans, Md. | Goft was best man for his son. the shower Miss Mary Rosen p : ¥ FOUR_ /.-~ MORE DAYS Final Reduetion WEITE SHOES and Summer Darks Every r;maining pair wkieb:im« been on sale at higher prices tekes a last mark-down now - ONE LOW PRICE | Earl Jones, | Mrs. | his home Baltimore, 16 W. Lexington St. Weddings Miss Helen Kiefer Is Bride of Mr. Steidel. CHARMINGLY arranged wed- ding took place. yesterday at the home of the bride, when Miss Mary Helen Kiefer, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John Philip Kiefer, and Mr. Edwin Steidel, son of Mrs. Oscar Steidel and the late Mr. Steidel, were married. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Pafrick E. Conroy, pastor of St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Chureh, before an improvised altar of ferns, gladioll and palms. Seven-branched candelabra were placed at each side of the altar. Preceding the ceremony, Ross Miles Lekman, jr, nephew of the bride, played several selections on the violin, accompanied by Mrs. Avis S. Kline at the piano. Mrs. Kline played the wedding march. The bride was escorted by her broth- er, Mr. Laurence L. Kiefer of Welling- ton, Va., who gave her in marriage. She wore a princess gown of white point d'esprit with a short, train. Her finger-tip veil was fastened to a halo effect cap with orange blossoms and | she carried a shower bouquet of bride | roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Flora Mitchell of Washington was maid of honor. She wore a pow- der blue mousseline de soie gown with | a wreath of blue flowers in her hair and carried pink sweetheart roses | tied with blue tulle. ‘The bridesmaids were Miss Aumelia Shriner of Baltimore and Miss Kath- | erine Wildensteiner of Washington. Miss Shriner's dress was of yellow | mousseline de soie and Miss Wilden- | steiner's of peach. They wore wreaths | of flowers matching the dresses and | carried bouquets of talisman roses. | Mr. Leslie O. Steidel of Lavelle, | Quebec, Canada, was best man for his brother. The ushers were Mr. How- ard America and Mr. Charles Car- riere. Following a reception Mr. and Mrs. Steidel left for a motor trip in the North. | Out-of-town guests at the wedding included Mrs. L. A. Shriner, Miss Ma- radene Shriner and Mr. Joseph Shep- ard of Baltimore, Mrs. Wendell Mee- | kins, Mrs. Clinton Bew, Miss e Harding, Mr. Thomas Lawson, Mr, | Jack Lawson, Miss Earline Jones, Mr Mrs. Leslie St Laurence L. Keifer Miss Alva Carriere of Hva and Mrs. Albert H. Bedford of Gai- thersburg, Md. Miss Olive Stanley, Mr. Pitsnogle Wed. NNOUNCEMENT s made of the marriage of Miss Olive Elaine | Stanley of Arlington, Va, and Mr.| | Thomas Edward Pitsnogle of Berkeley | Springs, W. Va, Priday, July 23, in| Alexandria, Va. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. P. S. Ellis, Bap- tist minister, at his home at 8 o'clock | in the evening, in the presence of a small company of close friends. | Mrs. Pitsnogle wore a becoming chif- fon gown in a shade of pastel blue, a | white hat and a corsage bouquet of pink rosebuds. The bride is the daughter of Mr.‘ and Mrs. W. L. Stanley of Ferrum, | Va., and has made her home in Ar- lington for the past year. Mr. Pits-| nogle has also been a resident of the county for several months. Mr. George A. Hood has returned to in South Woodside Park, Silver Spring. Md., from Hot Springs, Va, where he attended the skeet matches. 2 Engaged MISS KATHLEEN JUNE BURKE, Daughter of Mrs. Mary M. Burke, to marry Mr. Charles Edward Quillin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Quil- lin, August 14, at 3 o’clock, in St. Paul’s Catholic Church. Dr. and Mrs. Kohman Go to New Jersey| Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Kohman, long- time residents of Battery Park, Md., have left for New Jersey, where they will make their future home. Dr. Kohman has accepted a responsible | position in Camden, N. J., and he and | his family have taken a house in Moorestown, a suburban town a few miles north of Camden. Dr. and Mrs. residents of Washington and nearby Maryland for 15 years and have been active in the social and civic life of the community. Dr. Kohman was the president of the Montgomery County Board of Education and also the presi- dent of the Battery Park Citizens' As- sociation. Mrs. Kohman has been an active worker in the Woman's Club of Bethesda and has also been the di- rector of the Bethesda Branch of the Needlework Guild and has been active in Red Cross work. Miss Barbara Kohman, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kohman, accompanied her parents to Moorestown and will stay there until she returns to Oberlin College in September. son, Truman Kohman, will return to Harvard University in the Fall and the younger son, Vietor Kohman, will remain in Moorestown with his par- ents. Sylvia Szechenyi Arrives in Newport Miss Sylvia Szechenyi, daughter of former Hungarian Minister and Countess Lazlo Szechenyi, who recently returned from Europe, where she made her debut in Budapest, has joined her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, at the Breakers in Newport. Countess Szechenyi will arrive at Newport later in the week. PSYCHOMETRY DELINEATIONS Grace Gray Delong Life Reader Adviser 11 AM to ® P.M. PSYCRIC_MESSAGE COUNCIL | 1100 Twelfth St. N.W. Corner of 12th and 3 WAYS TO BUY: 1. Charge 2. Will Can 3. Deferred Payment Plan, Fur Topper Wardrobe Suits 3 8.95 Coats 48.00 Suits 10.95 THE IDEAL FALL ENSEMBLE Imported pure Shetland woolens are tailored to perfection these man-tailored suits. in The soft, silky lapin-dyed coney top- pers with the youthful saucer collar, end the new shoulder treatment creates the new box silhouette so smart this season. TOPPERS IN BLACK AND BROWN all the Mew Sizes 11-20 Suits and Coats—4th Floor | honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan | Maze of New Rochelle, N. Y., whose | were Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mr. | Mrs. John Barr, Miss Mary B. Adams, | been spending the Summer with her Kohman have been | | rector of the Studio of Theater Arts, | Lake Seneca in Western New York, | | formerly on the direction staff of the | University Theater, Miss Brown mo- | | dena Their elder | | to their Summer camp at Old Forge, | Residential Social News Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Jones to Enter- tain at Dinner Saturday. R. AND MRS. LAMBERT JONES will be hosts at din- M ner Saturday evening at their home on Klingle road short while. Mr. Green is consulting with Government officials on matters of housing. in S Mr. and Mrs. William G. Symmers of New York City have arrived in ‘Washington and they are making their home at the Wardman Park Hot where they have taken an apartms marriage took place in New Roehelle, N. Y., June 19. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Green who are spending the Summer at the Oceanside, Magnolia, Mass.,, enter- tained at a dinner of forty Saturday night in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Arlon V. Cushman and Mrs. Jack Hayes who were their guests for the week- end. Other guests from Washington Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Erdmann of Cleveland, Ohio, are staying at the Carlton Hotel while in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Knotts of Springfield, TIl,, who are making their home in Washington at the present time, have taken an apartment at the and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mr. and | Wardman Park Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Randel of Scar dale, N. Y., are at Carlton Hotel during their stay in Washington. Miss Daisy Prentice and Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph. Miss Frances Nettleton who has S Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Clark of New York City are stopping at the Ward- man Park Hotel while in Washingion for a visit of several days. Duke and Ijuc};css Of Kent at Lancut, Visit Count Potocki 'HE information was received today that the Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived in Warsaw, Poland, Fri- day en route to Lancut, the famous estate of Count Alfred Potocki, brott of the Polish Ambassador, Cot Jerzy Potocki. Count Jerzy Pot left Washington several weeks ago Poland, where he joined Countess Potocka, who left some months ago. Count Alfred Pctocki 1s well known here, where, accompanied by his mother, Countess Betka Potocka, visited his brother and sister- last Autumn. Other representatives of prominent Polish and foreign families also will be entertained at the castle, among them the Polish Ambassador in Lon- don, Count Raczynski; Prince C toryski, Prince Eugene and Prince Lichtenste: slovakia. Saturday the Duke and Duchess ot Kent visited Katowice, the center of Polish Silesia they went to Cracow, whe stopped at the Potocki palace. afternoon they v St. Mary, built in the thirteents tury, and later made an automobile tour of the city wreath on the coffin of the late Mar= shal Pilsudski in the Wawel Cathe- dral Yesterday the guests arrived in Lancut, where they will remain for several days. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Nettle- ton, at their cottage in Sherwood Forest, Md., has gone to Fort Benning Ga., to visit Miss Whitney Strayer, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Thorne Strayer. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Jensen have returned to the ¢ity after a wedding trip to Canada and New England and are at home at 1365 Kennedy street. Mrs. Jensen, before her marriage this month, was Miss Sara Irvin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lee Irvin of Reidsville, N. C, and Mr. Jensen is the son of Mrs. Angus John Morrison of California. Their wedding, which was an important social event, took place in the garden of the bride’s | home in Reidsville and was attended by many Washington friends. Mr. and Mrs. Strickland Gillilan | have returned to the Shoreham from the Gibson Island Club in Maryland, where they spent the week end. Miss Constance Connor Brown, di- is spending the Summer with friends in California, After several weeks with her parents, the former Chief of | the Bureau of Efficiency and Mrs. Herbert D. Brown, at their home in attending alumni reunions at nearby | Cornell University, where she was| tored west with her uncle and aunt, | Col. and Mrs. Joseph Matson of Pasa- | She visited several of the na- | tional parks and stopped for a survey | of the theater at the State University of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Frederic William Wile of 3313 Sixteenth street have gone to Nantucket Island to spend the month of August. Miss Ga;tner Engaged to Wed Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. G Gaithersburg have a i gagement of their Rosabell May Ga: Holliday Sandison of Kansas Cit son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Forte son of Huntsville, Mo. The wedding will take place early in September at the home of the bride's parents on Diamond avenue. Mrs. Bryan M. Battey and her sons, | Bryan Battey, jr, Fraser Battey and Lawrence Battey, are at the Shore- ham for a brief stopover in Washing- ton before continuing their journey of N. Y., in the Adirondacks. They left ‘Washington June 26 and have been in California. | Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Green have | come from New York and are at the | Shoreham while in Washington for a Because of remodeling at 1108 Connecticut Ave. RIZIICS are closing out all summer stocks at o GREAT)| sacrifice in prices regardless of cost SALE Shop Early—no charges—or no exchanges 1108 Conn. Ave. 1213 F St. 1 G ings: e act the SSTE citing Yoo ird dress! Sheers- Atk s P wp€%5.50 95 9.95 ing CF i al :mudwom that W\ yisses’ an Wwinter- 1224 F ST