Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1937, Page 23

SOCIETY. Minister and Lady Marler Will Entertain Guests At Legation Minister of Czechoslavakia ‘And Mme. Hurban ‘At Fairfax Hotel. ' HE Canadian Minister and Lady Marler will have as their I guests at the Legation over Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ross Mc- Master, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dawes and Sir Campbell Stuart, who are expected to arrive Friday. The Minister and Lady Marler returned early this week from Europe. The Minister of Czechoslovakia and Mme. Hurban have re- turned to Washington and have taken an apartment at the Fair- fax Hotel while the extensive repair work on the Legation is being done. The secretary of the United States Embassy in Cuba and Mrs. Ralph Miller, who came from London, where Mr. Miller was the United States consul, were at the Shoreham for a day, but left last evening for Mr. Miller’s new post in Cuba. Mr. Miller’s mother, Mrs. Ralph E. Miller, will remain at the Shoreham this season with her grandchildren, Miss Amarilice Miller and Mr. Ralph A. Miller, who will be in school here. They are established in an apartment at the Shoreham. i The Governor of the Federal Reserve Board and Mrs. Marriner B. Eccles are expected to arrive at the Shoreham this week end. Their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Steele, whose marriage took place at the home of the bride’s parents in Ogden, Utah, already are at the Shoreham following a wedding trip by automobile through Canada. Mrs. Steele is the former Miss Eleanor Eccles, and Mr. Steele is associated with the Electric Farm and Home Authority. Mr. and Mrs. Steele will move to their new apartment after Mr. and Mrs. Eccles arrive. The Sergeant at Arms of the House and Mrs. Kenneth Romney have moved to the Wardman Park Hotel. Lieut. Col. A. H. Burne of London is stopping at the Martinique while in Washington. Lieut. Col. and Mrs. L. B. Peck of Essex Falls, N. J., are at the Carlton during their visit here. Lieut. Col. Edward C. Hanford, U. 8. A,, of New York City, is spending a short time at the Martinique. Capt. Willard L. Wright, U. S. A, of Fort Monroe, Va., is spending a few days at the Martinique. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Armand James Robertson of San Diego, Calif., are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Armand James Robertson, 2d, at Mercy Hospital. Lieut. Comdr. Robertson is the son of Dr. James Robertson, director of the nautical almanac office, and Mrs. Robertson. Maj. and Mrs. A. H. Thiessen will be joined the end of the week by their son, Mr. Arthur E. Thiessen of Boston, who will spend a few days with them in their home at 1618 South Arlington Ridge road. Mrs. Thiessen is just back from a six-week trip to the West. Bhe was accompanied as far as the Bone Brothers dude ranch near Sheridan, Mont., by her son, who returned to the East after a vacation there. Mrs. Thiessen, however, continued the journey by train to Portland, Oreg., her former home, and from there she went to Seattle to visit other relatives. At Seattle she was joined by her niece, Miss Helen Laucks, and together they motored to Denver, where Mrs. Thiessen boarded the train for home via Chicago, arriving here last Saturday. Lieut. R. A. Turner, U. S. A. Martinique for a short stay. Miss de Peyster Delays Wedding. Miss Helen Van Cortlandt de Peyster, | daughter of Mr. Frederic Ashton de | Peyster of New York, postponed her marriage to Mr. Eric Alexander von Raits, which was to have taken place yesterday, until Friday, October 15. Miss de Peyster, who is a daughter of Countess Bohdan de Castellane of Mentone, France, is a niece of Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman of Washington. The wedding will take place in the | home of the bride's father in New | . York and will be followed by a recep- tion. Mrs. James Todd will be matron of honor and Mr. Thomas Rives will be best man. Mr. Von Raits is the son of the late Col. Ivan Alexander von Ral!si of the Austrian Army and the late Mme. Von Reits. He attended the University of Vienna. Miss De Peyster attended Miss Chapin’s School and made her debut in 1931. She is a member of the Colony and Badminton Clubs. Mrs.;Bishop Married To Col. Smith. Brig. Gen. Robert C. Van Horn an- nounces the marriage of his sister, Mrs. Harry Gore Bishop, widow of Maj. Gen. Harry Gore Bishop, to Col. Glenn | Shepard Smith, engineer officer, U. S. | A Reserve, Friday, October 1, in| ‘Wilmington. | Col. and Mrs. Smith will be at home | at the Wardman Park Hotel after No- vember 1. Professor D:l;;t Will Entertain. Prof. Alan T. Deibert, adviser of students from foreign countries in the George Washington University, will hold a tea this afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at International House on the university campus in honor of foreign students who have entered the uni- versity this year. At the tea table will be Senora de Castro, wife of the Minister of El Salvador; Mrs. George Howard Cox, wife of the director of the inter-Amer- ican center of the George Washington University; Mrs. Arthur Robinson and Miss Kitty Baart. RUG Beauty Our Duty CLEANED AND STORED Call Mr.Pyle na.3257 SANITARY CARPET & RUG CLEANING €O, 106 INDIANA. AVE. Catering & Banquets A Specialty Call Columbia 5042-5072 Other Dinners 65¢ and, 75¢ 18th & Columbis Rd. , of Fort Monroe, Va., is at the Alpha Delta Pi Rushees to Be { Entertained. MISS GLORIA GROSVENOR, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, will be hostess at the home of her parents, Wild Acres, in Bethesda, Md., at the annual night club party, “The Club Adelphian” of Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi, tomorrow evening. Approximately 50 new woman students of the university will be the guests. A floor show will be given featuring talent from the active chapter, in- cluding tap dancing by Miss Mary Fulgham and Miss Betty Hartung, and dramatic readings by Miss Maxine Mitchell and Miss Nancy Ansell. Tomorrow afternoon members of the Washington Alumnae Association of Alpha Delta Pi will be given an opportunity to meet the rushees of Alpha Pi Chapter and their mothers at tea in the chapter rooms, 2129 G street northwest, from 4 to 7 o'clock. Mrs. Charles Council, Mrs. Noble Boaz, Mrs. George Martin and Mrs. Graeme Bannerman, president of the Washington Alumnae, will alternate at the tea table. Miss Evelyn Kerr of the alumnae is in charge of the af- fair. , The rushees were entertained last evening at a movie party featuring films taken by the chapter of scenes and students at the university, shots | of the Beta Province Conference held here last Spring, and several rolls from the last international convention of Alpha Delta Pi, held at Del Monte, Calif. A party will be held each day dur- ing the rest of the rushing season, which will be concluded Monday, Oc- tober 11, with the traditional Alpha Delta Pi “black diamond cinner.” COLONY HILL 4407 Hadfield Lane N.W. KEY AT HOUSE ON CORNER. An exclusive_neighborhood of exclu- sive homes. The gracious dignity and unique charm of this house will appeal to the cultured buyer. Madison Building Ce. Owners and Builders OPEN DAILY Drive west on Wisconsin Avenue on Reservoir Road to Hoban Road, about 300 feet beyond 44th Street. BOSS & PHELPS 1907—REALTORS—1937 the George Washington University | MRS. MELVIN W. WOODS, Who was, before her marriage yesterday to Lieut. Woods, Miss Mary Elizabeth Rockwell, daugh- ter of Capt. and Mrs. Frank Rockwell. Beth Blaine THE Swiss Minister and Mme. Peter entertained at a delightful dinner last evening in honor of former United States Minister to Switzerland, Mr. Hugh Wilson, and his fascinating wife, whom we have not had the pleasure of seeing since Paris some years ago. Mrs. Wilson is an interesting person with flashing blue eyes, curly white hair and a most alive and expressive face. The Wilsons spent 10 years in Switzerland, a country they adore, and their son Bobby “‘commuted” for school angd vacations between America and that quiet, peaceful little country in the Alps. Last evening was filled with greetings and sad au revoirs, for the Hume Wrongs of the Canadian Legation leave on the Jourteenth for Switzerland, their new post. Mr. and Mrs. Wrong are delightful and their departure will be a distinct loss to the many friends they have made here in Washington. Last night Mrs. Wrong wore a pale blue crepe gown, very smart in its simplicity and with her fresh coloring and gray hair she looked really lovely. Mrs. Wilson is frantically trying to get settled in their house on Woodland drive which they have not seen for 10 years. After furniture has been arranged, each piece having been tried out in a dozen different locations in the room and finally the exact spot and angle determined upon, to the average feminine mind it is a sacrilege to have it dragged about by strangers. At any tea or reception you can catch the watchful eye of a careful hostess firmly planted upon the guest—usually male—who is dragging forth her favorite Aubusson chair to join a distant group in an- other corner of the room. This flashed through our minds as Mrs. Wilson told of moving into their own house again after renting it for so many years to strangers who have pushed their furniture hither and yon. Undoubtedly the various pieces have been left in the most unthought of places all over the house. Mrs. McCook Knox, who has just returned from spending the Summer at York Harbor, Me., was among the guests last night, wearing a becoming gown of flesh color marquisette with touches of turquoise. Mrs. Knox is an outstanding authority on works of art and a very attractive person. The Felir Morleys, Ralph Snowden and Eduard Feer of the Swiss Legation were present also. Mme. Peter has great calmness and repose but all the while possesses a delicious sense of humor. She is an inspiration to so many people we know who tear around in a complete “dither” and become harassed while trying to keep up with the frantic life we lead. The Swiss Legation is filled with Interesting paintings, mostly by Swiss artists; beautiful old pieces of furniture and fine porcelains. Our place cards were charming and admired by every one. Each one bore a reproduction of an exquisite painting of Switzerland * ® ¥ % ROM now on Mrs. Sidney Cloman can be found at home every Tuesday afternoon at her apartment at the Cordover. To the many, many friends of Mrs. Cloman and her niece, Mrs. Campbell Prichett, this means that the Winter has commenced and if, per- chance, Mrs. Cloman decided not to be chez elle on Tuesdays during the season it would be nothing short of calamity. Just to prove this fact some fifty persons dropped in yesterday to reassure the Cloman-Prichett household that their afternoon gatherings are most popular. The diplomatic torps was more than well represented by the Peruvian Am- bassador, the Cuban Ambassador, accompanied by the Coun- selor of Embassy, Senor Rodriguez, and the Netherlands Min- ister. From the British Embassy staff came Col. and Mrs. (Continued on Fourth Page.) —Hessler-Henderson Photo. NOTICE THE EVENING STAR requires that all social items sent into the office of the Society Editor must be signed, for pur- poses of identification and veri- fication. Stories without signatures and addresses of senders will NOT be published. Mrs. McKenney Sells Old Residence. : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1937. Notes From the Social Calendar of Washin Weddings Announced Recently Miss Robb Bride Of Mr. Billings Yesterday. N ATTRACTIVELY arranged early Fall wedding of interest to Washington took place yes- terday afternoon when Miss Priscilla Robb, daughter of Associate Justice Charles H. Robb of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and Mrs. Robb, and Mr. Elliot Allen Billings of Miami, Fla., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank 8. Billings of Portland, Me., were married in St. Patrick’s Episcopal Chapel at 4 o'clock. The Rev. F. Ernest Warren performed the ceremony. The chancel was deco- rated with palms and ferns and there were lilies on the altar. The bride, who was- escorted and given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of ivory satin fashioned on princess lines and. a cap of old lace which held her veil of illusion in place. Mrs. Roger Robb, sister-in-law of the bride, acted as her matron of honor, wearing an aqua chiffon red- ingote gown over a pale silver gray underskirt. She carried a bouquet of small rusty coral chrysanthemums. The bridesmaids were Miss Margaret Moses and Miss Emily Ritter, whose gowns were of coral chiffon over pale silver gray. Mr. Roger Robb, brother of the bride, of Alexandria was the best man and the ushers were Mr. Joseph Billings, brother of the bridegroom, of Portland, Me., and Mr. Elliot Harrington, cousin of the bridegroom, of Waltham, Mass. A reception was held immediately after the ceremony at the home of the bride's parents at 1700 Hoban road. When Mr. and Mrs. Billings left on 8 wedding trip the bride wore a light slate-blue dress with a coa’ to match, trimmed in a gray fox collar, and a navy hat. They will make their home at 3366 Southwest Twenty-eighth ter- race, Miami, Fla. Out-of-town gueste were Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Billings, Mr. Joseph Bil- lings and Mr. Richard Billings, Miss Barbara Payson and Miss Dorothy Quincy of Portland, Me.; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. M. Harrington of Waltham, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer M. Marsh and Mrs. Blanche Shaw of Pasadena, Calif.; Mr, Winburn Center and Mr. Frederick Center of Wilmington, Del.; Miss Eunice Worthing of Portland, Me.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill and Miss Luna Tuxbury of Montclair, N. J., and Mrs. Walter Hathaway of Taunton, Mass, The bride is a graduate of American University in the class of 1934. She is a member of Delta Gamma Sorority and the Washington Junior League. The bridegroom is a graduate of Nor- wich University and the United States Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Ep- silon Fraternity. Miss Rockwell Married To Lieut. Woods, U. §. N. MISS MARY ELIZABETH ROCK- WELL, daughter of Capt. Frank SOCIETY. %% B—3 gton and Its Environs i MRS. R. LAWRENCE TILLEY, Who, before her marriage Tuesday, was Miss Alliene K. Nichol- son, daufl);ter of Mrs. Katharine R. Nicholson of Chase City, Va. The wedding took place in the pastor’s study of Calvary Baptist Church. Residential Washington Mr. and Mrs. Gist Blair Open Their Home for Winter. R. AND MRS. GIST BLAIR | have returned to Washing- M ton and opened their his- toric home on Pennsylvania avenue for the Winter. Mr. and Mrs, | Blair and their family have been in | their Summer place, Cleftson Cot- | tage, at Bar Harbor, Me. Mrs. R. W. Dickinson Jewett and | her small son have returned to the | Capital after spending the Summer at Nantucket. For the last two weeks | Mrs. Jewett has been visiting Mr. | Jewett's mother at Nyack, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grosner have as their guests the latter’s sister, Mrs. Louis Garfield, and her son, Mr. Maurice Garfleld of Cleveland, who will remsin for 10 days or a fort- night. Mr. and Mrs. Grosner recently re- | turned from a several months' stay ! abroad. Miss Barbara Phelps of Chicago married Lieut. Melvin Minton Woods, U.S. N. Dr. and Mrs. W. Dewey Moore of Rome, Italy, formerly of Washington, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son October 3 at the Eng- lish Hospital at Rome. Mrs. Moore is the former Miss Alice Prentiss Speiden. Mr. John A. Sobotka, jr., and his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Farr Sobotka, are now at the Argonne, where have taken an apartment for Winter, having closed their former apartment on Connecticut avenue. Mrs. J. Marshall Frye of Wilming- ton, N. C, accompanied her dau ter, Miss Maud Millicent Frye, to the Capital, and they are at the Shore- ham. Miss Frye will enter the Fair- mont School. Mrs. Whiting Paine of Coral Ga- bles, Fla., has arrived to spend a will return to her studies at Gunston | month at the Shoreham. Her daugh- Hall today after spending several days | ter, Miss Patricia Paine, accompanied in Annapolis with the Misses Melvin. | her to the Capital and will enter the Miss Phelps and the Misses Melvin | King-Smith School. Miss Paine is a were bridesmaids last evening for Miss | graduate of Miss Harris' School in Mary Elizabeth Rockwell when she Miami. - W. Rockwell, U. §. N, and Mrs. Rock- Mrs. Charles Albert McKenney has | Well, and Lieut. Melvin W. Woods, sold her house at 1523 Rhode Island | U- S. N, son of Mr. Francis T. Woods avenue, which was built 52 years|Of Fort Collins, Colo., and the late ago by her father-in-law, the late | Mrs. Woods, were married last eve- James H. McKenney, former Chief | Ding. The wedding took place in clerk of the Supreme Court. With her | Quaint little St. Alban's Church, the daughter, Miss Francesca M. McKen- | rector, the Rev. Charles T. Warner, ney, and her son, Mr. Charles Albert | Officiating. assisted by the Rev. Fran- McKenney, jr., Mrs. McKenney has | (Continued on Fourth Page.) leased an apartment at 2101 Connecti- cut avenue, where they are now in| residence, . Furniture Mrs. Virginia Burnett has returned [} Lamps and Clocks to the Shoreham for the season. She spent the Summer at her lodge, Field- i CATLINS, lnc. stone, in New Hampshire, where she[ 1324 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Nat. 0992 entertained numerous house guests Lighting Fixtures during the season. L. Frank Co. 12th and F Streets Miss Washington Jr. Fashions Double Duty Dress in Black Crepe 19.95 A 2-piece, pencil-thin dress with the jacket having epaul- ettes to form the new, wide shoulders. Above - the - table importance is found in the dress top—being in multi- colored, striped metal crepe. Misses’ sizes, 3rd floor. 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