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SOC1ETY. THE E VENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1937. SOCIETY,. *» B—3 Informality Predominates in Midsummer Entertaining at Many Resorts The Postmaster General B To Join the President In the SouthMT OMOYrow Mrs. O’Connell, Wife of Representative, to Be Honored at Lunch Tomorrow. Other News of Officials. HE Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley, left New York last night, after spending the week end with his famlly, for Fayetteville, N. C., where he will speak today. He will go to Roanoke Island, S. C., tomorrow, to join the President. The Postmaster General will return to Washington Thursday. Mrs. O'Connell, wife of Representative John M. O’Connell of Rhode Island, will be one of the honor guests at a lunch party to be given tomorrow by Mrs. James B. Carry of Drummond, Md. The other honor guests will be Mrs. Kate Patterson of Philadelphia, 'who is spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Perry K. Thurston n Drummond. and Miss Viola Sutliff of Cleveland. The luncheon | 'will be followed by bridge and there will be 12 guests. Representative and Mrs. James M. Fitzpatrick have returned to their apartment at the Roosevelt Hotel after having spent a few days at their home in New York. Former Chief of Naval Operations, Rear Admiral William H. Standley and Mrs. Standley have taken an apartment at the [Beverley Hotel in New York, where they will be through the Autumn and early Winter, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Willlam Crozier, who were in New York for a few days after spending the early Summer in the North, are sailing today in the Rotterdam for Europe to remain until Autumn, Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, former Commandant at Fort Myer, with Mrs. Joyce, are visiting for a few days and are staying at the| Carlton Hotel. Gen. Joyce is at present stationed at Fort Clark, Tex. Col. L. F. Reinhardt has arrived from Havana, Cuba, and is at the Martinique during his stay in Washington, Col. A. R. Early, U. S. N,, and Mrs. Early have arrived from | [Edgewood Arsenal, Md., and are stopping at the Martinique. liss Rowland Mrs. Lomax Engaged Suburban Residents In the News Mrs. Lockwood Visit- ing at Narragan- sett- Bay. RS. MILTON J. LOCKWOOD of ‘Mount Vernon, Va., has left for Charlestown Beach on Narragansett Bay, where she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry H. Goff of Rehobath, Mass., who has a Summer home at the beach. Mrs. Goff, with her chil- dren, will return to Mount Vernon with Mrs. Lockwood to remain until after Labor day. Miss Viola Sutliff was hostess at & ridge luncheon yesterday, having as her guests Mrs. Joshua Callahan and Mrs. Charles A. Crampton, both of Washington, and Mrs. Perry K. Mich- ener of Baltimore. All three of the out- of-town guests were pioneer residents of Somerset, having lived there when it was & new community. Other guests invited to the luncheon yesters Mrs. Jesse E. §wigart and Mrs. liam B. Horne. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Carter Alexan- der and their young daughter, Martha Alexander, are in Missouri, where they are the guests of relatives. They ex- pect to visit in Gallatin, Mo., and in Plattsburg before returning to their home in Battery Park, Md. Miss Edna May Luers of Bowie, Md., is on a cruise to the West Indies and South America. She will visit Port au Prince in Haiti and the Dutch island of Curacao. The party also will stop at La Guaira on the coast of Venezuela, where they will make a trip over the Andes to Caracos. After visiting Trinidad's Port of Spain Miss Luers will debark at George- town, British Guiana, while awaiting the returning liner. She will return about September 15. Honored at Party| To Mr. Charles Stone| Miss Edna Fus Mrs, F. S.| Mr. and Mrs. George Green of [Hathorne and the Misses Alberta and | Newark, Del, announce the engage- | Jarrie Williams were hostesses at a | ment of their daughter, Mrs. Esther | breception for Miss M. Elston Rowland | Williams Lomax, to Mr. Charles | saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock | Green Stone of Warrenton, Va. The pt the American Association of Uni- i wedding will take place September 8. ersity Women's Club House, on Eye| s, treet. They were assisted by Mrs.|of the ty of Delaware, has| lem Williams and Miss Helen Still- | made her home in Washington for an, who presided at the punch bowl. | some years 3 bMrs. W. L. Harrison played a program | f music. Fifty guests were present. | Lomax, Univer: who is a graduate Mr. Stone, a lawyer practicing at | the Warrenton bar, was educated at| the Warrenton Miss Rowland has been superintend- ent of nurses in Wansan Hospital, | [Korea, for the past six years, but is well known in Washington, where she | ttended Mount Vernon Place Metho- | ist Episcopal Church South and was | graduated from George Washington | Iniversity. Miss Rowland is on fur- | flough and had returned by way of | apan, China, India, Arabia, Egypt, | [Palestine and Europe, arriving from [England on the S. S. Europa August 9. | Ehe gave a talk on her travels. 11,000 Youths Perform. In the greatest performance of | physical culture ever staged in Eng- nd, 11,000 boys and g demon- trated their “Keep Fit” campaign be- ore 60,000 spectators at Wembly Sta- ium in Wembly. Every phase of con- tioning, except swimming, was| hown. The Youth Festival was the result of England’s*Youth Movement, | but the air of regimentation character- | pzing similar events in other parts of | [Europe was absent. In dancing and games it was shown that keeping fit| ay be made fun. The festival| pened with e grand march past tae | [<ing, Queen and the princesses. A | housand Girl Guides danced ’round | [Maypoles, and 1,350 boys and girls ook part in folk dances. Boy Scouts built a complete camp while the spec- ators watched. 1gh School, Uni-| versity of Virginia and Georgetown University, where he took his degree in law. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur F. Stone of Warrenton, and his grandfather, the late Mr. Charles T. Green, was a leading| lawyer here. The marriage will take place at the home of a friend, Miss T. C. Meidinger, Lyon Village, Va., and the officiating minister will be the Rev. John S. Sowers of Alaxendria, a rela- tive of Mr. Stone. They will make their home in Warrenton, occupying an apartment in the home of his parents, Mrs.i\T\'allcr Wryatt Hostess at Lunch Mrs. Walter Wyatt, wife of the gen- eral counsel to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, enter- tained at luncheon today in her home on Kalmia road in honor of Miss Yoeh Wang and Miss An-fu Wang. daugh-| ters of the Chinese Ambassador, and | Mrs. Lucille Erwin Strong, sister of Mrs. D. Worth Clark of Tulsa, Okla. There will be 20 guests present. Mrs. Boy-Ed Returns. Mrs. Karl Boy-Ed and Miss Vir- ginia Ida Boy-Ed, widow and daugh- ter of Capt. Karl Boy-Ed, an attache Seeo Miss Virginia Peyton of Fredericks- burs, Va., is visiting at Pohick rectory this week as the guest of Mrs. Robert Day of Westfield, N. J., who is spend- | ing the Summer months with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. C. A Langston. Miss Barbara Grieves, Miss Ruth Grives and Miss Betty Dean, all of Annandale, Va., with Miss Frances | Norton of Burgundy Farms, are spend- ing the week in Atlantic City, N. J. | i Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. McCeney of Laurel, Md. are on a European trip | They will return in October. Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Cummings of North Military road, Arlington, are at Miami Beach, Fla., where they are stopping at the Marine Terrace Hotel Miss A. Marjorie Zug of Bowie, Md., and Miss H. M. Fullwood of Baltimore have left for a few days' visit at Eaglesmere, Pa. Later they will tour in New York State, visiting Mrs. Ella J. Belt in Canandaigua. Mr. and Mrs. Welby Nalle of Herndon, Va, accompanied by Mr. Russell Gillette and Mr. Lock Crippen of Herndon, left Saturday for Miami, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Worcester Mason and family of Toledo, Ohio, are the guests of Mr. Mason's brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. T. Bentley Mason of Mount Enterprise, Accotink, Va. Mr. and Mrs. John Frederick Pres- ton, with their daughter, Miss Polly Preston, and son, Mr. John Frederick Preston, jr., of South Arlington Ridge road, moved last Friday into their new home in Ordway street, Cleveland Park. Another daughter, Miss Suzanne Preston, who has been visiting for the past several weeks in Erie, Pa., as the guest of Miss Jean Fiero, will join her parents shortly. | occ MRS. JOHN HUNTER LINTON, Who, before her marriage July 17 in Stafford, Va., was Miss Jane Olivia Reaney, daughter of Mr. Washington. Mr. Dodd at Stogeleigh Ambassador to Germany Is Spending Several Weeks in Country Home. OUDOUN COUNTY, Va., August | 17.—The United States Ambas- sador to Germany, Mr. William E. Dodd, is spending several | weeks at his country home, Stoneleigh, | near Round Hill. Mr, Dodd's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Johns of Greensboro, N. C., have been | upving the home since early Sum- | mer, and will be with the Ambassador during his stay. Residential Washington Social Notes Miss Williams Has Guests for Short Visit. ISS MARTHENA HARRISON ‘WILLIAMS has as her guests Miss Rachel Neal of Rock- ville Center, Long Island, and Miss Peggy Anderson of Detroit. Miss Williams and her guests were classmates at Southern Seminary in Virginia and Miss Neal will remain through this week, Miss Anderson making a shorter visit. Miss Williams makes her home with her grand- mother, Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, at the Dresden. Former United States Ambassador to Italy, Mr. Breckinridge Long, and his daughter, Miss Christine Long, have gone to Saratoga Springs, where they will be for the remainder of the racing season. entertained at a small luncheon yes terday in her apartment in the West- chester, complimenting Mrs. Joseph Durrett, who is the house guest of Comdr. and Mrs. Richard Soule Gantz at their residence, 2347 South Arling- ton Ridge road, Arlington, Va. Luncheon was followed by bridge. Mr. Clement E. Conger left Satur- day for a tour of New England and Eastern Canada. He will visit several friends from Washington en route be- fore returning the second week in September to his home in Alexandria. and Mrs. Arthur F. Reaney of | . .ud s, Theodore Spector, who spent the last month at Gloucester, Mass., have returned to their apart- ment at the Roosevelt Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCarlly of Boston, Mass., have arrived in Wash- ington, accompanied by their daugh- ter, and they will be at the Wardman city. Mrs. William J. Bassy of Brighton, Mass., with Mrs. E. J. McCarthy of Dorchester, Mass, is stopping at the of Lovettsville are spending some time in North Carolina The Rev. and Mrs. A. F. Tobler of Lovettsville left the first part of the week for Hickory, N. C, where they Wwill visit their son-in-law and daugh- ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Poovey. Announcement honor at a dinner given at the Shore- | group of her friends. The dinner was on the occasion of her birthday anni- versary. has been made by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Trussell of Waterford of the marriage of their Mrs. George Chester Wathen, jr., | Park Hotel during their stay in the | Wardman Park Hotel for several days. | Mrs. R. Edward Early was guest of ham Terrace Saturday evening by a | daughter, Florence Leolo, to Mr. An- drew Claude Griffith of Arlington. The ceremony was performed in Washington, August 4. by the Rev. O. P. Lioyd of the McLean Baptist Church. Dr. Robert Humphrey and Mr. lakely Lodge are spending this week at Saratoga, N. Y Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T. Carter are entertaining at a dance this evening at their home at Round Hill in com- pliment to Mr. Carter’s two daughters, the Misses Patricia and Colleen Carter, and his son, Mr. Tommy Carter of Hollywood, Calif, who are spending the Summer in Virginia Mrs. J. Lynn Cornwell entertained at a bridge luncheon at her Purcell- ville home Wednesday. The superintendent of schools of | | Loudoun County, Mr. O. L. Emerick | | of Purcellville, will leave Monday for | a two-week vacation in Ohio and In- diana. | Tormer Governor of Virginia, Mr.| ;Wespmorsland Davis, and Judge W. A Metzer returned to Leesburg this week | from Saratoga, N. Y., where they at- | tended the annual sale of thorough- | breds. Mrs. Davis is spending some | time in Branford, Conn. Mrs. Heath Dabney of the Univer- | sity of Virginia is visiting her cousins, | the Misses Davis, in Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Louis McGavack and | their . daughter, Bettey Clayham, of | | Waterford are spending 10 days in | Northern New Jersey, at Lake Mohawk, | | visiting relatives | Mr. and Mrs. C. Fenton Fadeley of | Washington are now at their Summer | home, Rosemont, near Waterford, and | have as guests Mrs. Daisy Fadeley Brooker, and Mrs. Virginia WP}'mnuthl | Johnson and her son of Hampton, Va. | The Rev, and Mrs. Henry B. Cole | | and their son, Ben Cole, returned to | their home in Hamilton Tuesday from | a two-week visit with relatives in { Newport News, | Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Schuh are | guests of Mrs. Schuh's parents, Mr. | and Mrs, Oscar Braden, at Paconian Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Kilgour and their family of Purcellville, are spend- liss Louise Bruce Engaged to Marry Capt. Bryson Bruce, U. S. N., act- ing superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Mrs. Bruce announce the engagement of their daughter, Louise Frances, to Lieut. (j. g.) Mor: ton Sunderland, U. S. N. Lieut. Sunderland is the son of Maj. Gen. A. H. Sunderland, U. S. A, chief of the Coast Artillery. The wedding will take place at the Naval Academy Chapel here August 24. Miss Bruce is a graduate of George Washington University and a member | Mr. and Mrs. keo B. Mosher have as their guest in their apartment at the Wardman Park Hotel at the pres- ent time Dr. and Mrs. Edward D. Mitchell of Memphis, Tenn. | Mrs. Frances Thorne Valle of the Shoreham entertained at an informal birthday dinner on the terrace Satur- day evening in honor of her daughter, Miss Thorne Valle, | for a visit. Sir Hubert Wilkins, well-known son, who has been with Sir Wilkins on several of his expeditions, are in Washington. They arrived over the staying at the Carlton Hotel. r“TllE PADRE” Mr. and Mrs. Glen D. Smith of | Forest Hills, N. Y., are at the Ward- | man Park Eotel while in the Capital English explorer, and Mr. V. Stefans- | week end from New York City and are | of the German Embassy before the Law Ignores Clans. war, are among those arriving in New A court in Edinburgh, Scotland, has | York today in the Aquitania. Mrs. ust decided that it has no power to | Boy-Ed, before her marriage, was | ettle the dispute over the chieftain- | Miss Virginia Mackay-Smith, daugh- khip of the Macleans of Ardgour. |ter of the late Rev. Dr. and Mrs. hieftainship, said Lord Justice Clerk | Alexander Mackay-Smith, and made aitchison, has no status in law. The |her debut in Washington. Mrs. Boy- pction arose when Miss Catriona |Ed returned to this country to live aclean asked that she should be |after the death of Capt. Boy-Ed and eclared chieftainess in succession to | purchased a place in Virginia, where er father. Her cousin, Lieut. Comdr, | she and her daughter will go later H. Maclean of Bursledon, Hamp- |in the week. They will be at their hire, opposed, and appealed to the place, Callander, near Berryville, for ourt of Session. | the remainder of the Summer. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Parrish and|ing some time with relatives in the of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority Lieut. | their daughter, Jean Parrish, of Aurora | Hills, have gone to Arlington, Va., for a Wweek's visit with relatives. Miss Jennie Warfield and Miss Rena | Warfield spent the week end &t Gibson | Island, Md., as the guests of Mr. and | Mrs. Allen Warfield of Walbrook, Md., in their Summer home on the island I S 'FINAL CLEARANCE - FINAL PRICES All Summer Dresses, Coats and Suits MUST GO! Here are the season’s biggest bargains with huge savings. Limited quantities and broken sizes. WOMEN'S FORMAL GOWNS of LARGER WOMEN'S PRINT DRESSES, matalasse, silk and crepes; elab- in light, navy and black ground orately beaded; were silks; for now and later; $25 to 39.50. Now . . 7-95 were 16.95 to $25 . . 7.95 including SUMMER SILK DRESSES WOMEN'S SILK DRESSES, prints jersey, shantung, nets, laces and and pastel shantung; also navy 4.95 washable silks; were and black silks; sizes 10.95 WOMEN'S COA 12.95. Clearance . .. 36t046; wereto$3s TS AND SUITS JIGGER AND TOP COATS, in white, navy, black and some NAVY JIGGER AND LONG COATS; colors; good selection; 5 95 . were 22.95 t0 29.75. Now 8 ZSSIS HelEPIORZ > Hew BLACK COATS; were EVENING WRAPS, limited quant- ity; were $15. 5 95 Clearance price . . . . . Sl 5 Clearance BRITISH PLAID COATS; size 14; MAN-HAND-TAILORED SUITS, of British and Oxford cloths, also MISSES' were 29.75. Clearance@ e 51 5 Gabardines; sizes 12 1o 20; | WHITE LINEN SUITS; size 12 were 29.50. 1 6'9 5 Clearance price . SILK CAPES, WHITE = SUMMAKOOL SUITS; black and brown. e 5.95 Clearance ENTIRE STORE AIR-COOLED THIRTEENTH, Between E and F POR MORE THAN A GENERATION THE BEST CLOTHES EXCLUSIVELY ere 12.95. Clearance . + « + o « a & 7.95 Choice of navy, size 18; were 16.95. Clearance . . . 3 4 beginning of Women’s White Shoes Grades up to 8.00 4.85 Smart and conservative shapes. White shoes you'll want to wear for weeks to come. As you will expect at such prices—sizes are broken —but in the combined groups there are practically all sizes. = BURT =2 Irresistible Savings On Burt Shoes for the end of this season—and the Tidewater section of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Ken- worthy have returned to their home, Exedra, in Purcellville, from Newport, R. I Mrs. Isham Keith of New York is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. B. Bur- well, in her Upperville home. The Rev. A. S. Peeler and his sons B;I;, HIUIHHINIHIIINIHiHHIHIHNi‘rli\IHIHIl!H!lfl% next season. Women’s Suede Shoes Grades up to 8.00 5.85 Shopes that forecast Fall fashion. Including Black, Brown, Blue Kid Shoes—the colors that will prevail. (NN F St: ot 14-Fh, ¢ Sunderland graduated from the Naval | Academy in 1932. He is assigned to | the destroyer Claxton. | Because of service orders time was not available to allow formal 1n\'1m-{ tions to be issued for the wedding Mrs. Bruce is president of the Nava Academy Women's Club. P Sale Ends Soon DYNAMIC FOOTWEAR 295 575 pairs of white and dark shoes. Formerly 5.95 White Carltons and Selby Arch Preservers 4.35 315 pairs formerly 8.75 CARLTON DARK SHOES 5.85 290 pairs suitable for fall, Formerly 8.75 and 10.75 MRS.JOHN ALEXIS YZNAGA, Who, before her marriage Saturday, was Miss Mary Georgia Hopkins. The wed- ding took place in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ward Hopkins. —Hessler Studio Photo. Miss Olivier Guest Of Honor at Lunch| The members of the Seventy-fifth Congress Club remaining in town en- tertained at a luncheon on the Shore- ham terrace today in honor of Miss | Theodora Olivier, niece and hostess | of Representative Robert L. Mouton of Louisiana. Miss Mouton, whose marriage to Mr. Paul C. Daniels of Boston, Mass., | will take place in the near future, will leave tomorrow for her home in | Lafayette, La, with her sister, Miss Dorothy Olivier, who arrived yester- | day to accompany her home. Guests at the luncheon included Mrs. Jerry J. O'Connell of Montana, | Mrs. John McSweeney of Ohio, Mrs Harold Mosier of Ohio, Mrs. Edouard | V. Izac of California, Mrs. Arthur W. Aleshire of Ohio, Mrs. Clyde H. Smith | of Maine, Mrs. Lister Hill of Alabama, | Mrs. Charles H. Leavy of Washing- ton, Mrs. Lyle H. Boren of Oklahoma, Mrs. Albert Thomas of Texas, Mrs Pete Jarman of Alabama, Mrs. John R. Murdock of Arizona, Mrs. Richard | M. Atkinson of Tennessee, Mrs. Frank | W. Towey, jr, of New Jersey and Mrs. John J. Sparkman of Alabama. | | High School and' attended St Weddings Miss Olive Stephens Is Bride of Mr. Feltwell. N INFORMALLY arranged wed- ding took place Sunday after- noon in the parsonage of the Columbia Heights Christian Church, when Miss Olive W. Stephens of Clifton, N. J, became the bride of Mr. Robert H. Feltwell of Washington, The Rev. Arthur P. Wilson officiate The bride wore a gown of royal blue velvet with black accessories and & corsage of talisman roses. Mr. Felt- well is a member of the American Associated of Heating and Ventilating Engineers and is employed in the Dis- trict of Columbia, Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Feltwell, jr., of Phila- delphia: Miss Edith Stephens of New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. William Tyler. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burke, Mr. and Mrs. John Sweeney, Mr. Ronald Eicher of Washington, Mr and Mirs. Czarra and their son of Hyattsville, Md., and the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur P. Wilson and Miss Mar- Jorie Wilson. The couple will make their home in Washington. Miss Jane Reaney Married To Mr. John Hunter Linton. ’I‘H‘E wedding of Miss Jane Olivia Reaney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Arthur F. Reaney and Mr. John Hunter Linton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter B. Linton, both of Washington, took place July 17 at 1 o'clock in the after- noon in the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Stafford, Va., Dr. D. O. Lambert officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Reaney will entertain | at a reception this evening in their home at 4406 Fifteenth street in honor of the couple. In the receiving line with the bride and bridegroom and the hosts will be Mr. and Mrs. Hunter The bride is a graduate of Central Marv's Seminary. She is a member of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority. The bridegroom | is a graduate of George Washington University School of Government and is a member of Theta Delta Chi Fra- ternity and Pi Gamma Mu, National Social Science Honorary Fraternicy They will make their home at 5922 Thirteenth street. No Vacation in 77 Years. PORTLAND, Orez. (#).—All work and no play make “Jack.” That is the idea of John A. Free- man, 90, who ha taken a vacation from his farm implement business for “Not for me,” says Freeman—"it's hard work and being on the job every day that counts.” FINAL MARKDOWNS All of our better stocks have heen evening dresses. 85.00 and 95.00 to reduced in the last markdowns of our remodeling sale. Daytime and formerly 65.00, go far below cost. WEDNESDAY SPECI AL Two groups of dresses for street, afternoon. spectator sports, dinner and evening are two unhelievahly being offered at low prices—5.00 and 10.00. formerly 16.95 to 29.95. RIZIK 1108 Conn. Ave. Your Summer Isn’t 10.95 SILKS ___._ 16.95 SILKS AIR COOLED s o BROTHERS 14.95 White and Pastel COAT 29.75 Spring COATS and SUITS __12.95 1213 F St. Over . . . Ours Is! FINAL CLEARANCE OFF AND LESS On every single piece of sum- mer merchandise in the store! —We List Just A Few— 2.00 and 3.00 COTTONS . . ____ 5.95 COTTONS _____________._ ---L00 ---2.95 --5.48 --8.48 ..7.48 EVENING GOWNS EVENING WRAPS 1224 F.5T

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