Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1940, Page 26

Weddings Of Interest To Capital Mrs. A. M. Hisggins Becomes Bride of Dr.E. H. Griggs (Continued From Page B-3.) various university and social aus- pices. Mrs. Griggs was Miss Margaret Keating, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Keating of Terre Haute, Ind. She is active in Westchester County, N. Y. political, charitable and social activities. Miss Estelle Frances Cormack Marries Mr. L. A. Patterson, Jr. A wedding of interest to many in Takoma Park took place Thurs- day evening, April 18, at 8 o'clock, in Glendale, Calif., when Miss Es- telle Frances Cormack, the daugh- ter of the Rev. and Mrs. Cormack of Takoma Park, became the bride of Mr. Leslie Arthur Patterson, jr., of Los Angeles, the son of Mr. Leslie Arthur Patterson and the late Mrs. Patterson of Kelowna, British Co- lumbia. The Rev. Theodore R. Flaiz, in whose home the ceremony took place, officiated. Mr. Robert McLennan, formerly of Takoma Park, sang, and Mr. Carl Johnson and Mr. Paul Johnson played a violin duet. The bride, who was given in mar- riage by the Rev. Clifford Ander- son, wore a suit of dusty rose silk gabardine with white accessories. Her corsage bouquet was of white rosebuds and lilies of the valley. Miss Helen Biggs was her only at- tendant. Mr. Ellsworth Edwin Wareham of Canada was the best man. Following the ceremony, a recep- tion was given for about 50 guests and among them were several well Lynwood, Calif; the Rev. and Mrs. the Rev. and Mrs. G. F. Enoch of Lynwood, Calif., the Rev. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson, old friends of the family from Australia, and Miss | Gertrude Williams and Miss Helen Thomas of Takoma Park. Later Mr. and Mrs. Patterson | left for “Little Switzerland,” where they spent a few days in the hills | not far from Los Angeles. { After May 10 they will be at home in their bungalow in Los Angeles where Mr. Patterson is studying medicine in the College of Medical Evangelists. He expects to com- plete his course in 1941. The bride was born in Perth, Australia, but with her parents, who were missionaries, she lived in New | Zealand, India, and later in England and five years ago they came to Washington. Recently she has been studying in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson expect to| spend their vacation with Mrs. Pat- terson’s parents in Takoma Park| later in the season. Willings Are Guests Mr. and Mrs. Homer R. Hendricks | have as their guests at their home in Edgemoor, Md,, Mr. and Mrs. Ship- pen Willing of Bryn Mawr, Pa. Mr. ‘Willing will judge the English cocker spaniels today at the dog show of | the National Capital Kennel Club. Miss Ratcliffe Sails Tomorrow To Wed in Rome Former Consul General and Mrs. John Ball Osborne of the ‘Westchester have as their guest this week Miss Edith Josephine Ratcliffe of Corpus Christi, Tex., who is engaged to marry their grandson, Mr. Hugh Osborne MacAuley of the Rome Consulate. Miss Ratcliffe will sail for Italy tomorrow on the American ex- port liner Ex-Cambion, and the wedding will take place upon her arrival in Rome. Miss Ratcliffe, who served as a page from Texas in the recent D. A, R. Congress, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ratcliffe of Corpus Christi. She attended school in Mexico City, Mexico: Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio and Sullins College in Bristol, Va. Mr. MacAuley's family has been identified with the Foreign Serv- ice for more than half a century. His mother was born in the Amer- ican Consulate at Ghent,. Bel- gium, while her father was Con- sul there in the Benjamin Harri- son administration. Residential (Continued From Page B-.’L)_ guests were Mr. and Mrs. Willlam G. Allen, jr, Miss Mary Virginia Horner, Miss Patricia Saylor, Miss Virginia Duffy, Mr. Jo Powell, Mr. Robert Regan and Mr. Omar Hayes. Mrs. Frank J. McLane entertained | at a luncheon Saturday in her home in Cleveland Park for little Miss Lilo Janssen, who is visiting her for a fortnight. A cake topped by a miniature May pole, and surrounded by dainty dolls holding quaint bouquets formed the centerpiece of the table. The young guests included Marjorie Ellen Umhau, Doris Jane Grant, Patricia Grant, Caroline Rankin, Mary Cailla, Conrad Grant, John Umhau, Dean Martin, Roger Mar- tin, Ivan Hopsom and Eugene Cal- man. Mr. Elmon V. Carr, junior past| president of the 1935 Matrons and | Patrons Association, will entertain | the association at agcard party Sat- urday evening at the New Eastern Star Temple at’ 2600 Sixteenth street. Envoys Are Patrons For Sacred Heart Shrine Party The spring card party of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart will be held Wednesday, May 8, and will be sponsored by the League of the Sacred Heart. In addi- tion to the card party, plans also call for the amusing and interest- ing game of musical quiz. Among the patrons and pa- tronesses are the French Ambas- sador, Count de Saint-Quentin; the Ttalian Ambassador, Prince Colona; the Spanish Ambassador, Senor Don Juan Francisco de Cardenas; the Venezuelan Am- bassador, Dr. Don Diogenes Esca- &lente; the Brazilian Ambassador and Senhora de Martins; the Minister of Dominican Republic, Dr. Andres Pastoriza, and numer- ous members of the clergy, offi- | begin at 1:30 o'clock, is sponsored by | to Mr, Paul Franklin Traynham, |New 1812 Officers cials and residential Washington. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Auxiliary Doubles Mission Building Pledge of $1,000 The Evening Auxiliary of the Women’s Guild of Central Union Mission has announced it will double 1ts pledge of $1,000 to the bullding fund drive to raise $100,000 for an addition to the institution. A check for the first $1,000 was presented at the opening dinner of the campaign at the Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. Merwyn Lanham is the aux-. iliary president. . The Women’s Guild, parent body of the auxiliary, also has pledged $1,000 to the fund. Individual pledges are being made, while a large proportion 6f the membership is on the teams working in the drive. Mrs. William H. Ramsey is guild president. The formal vote by the auxiliary to double the original pledge was taken at a recent session on the motion by Miss Charlotte Darrow, honorary lifetime president of the club. Members explained that ac- tion was taken because “we had so much fun raising the first $1,000.” Mrs. Jean Bennett, superintendent of the mission, is head of the wom- en’s division of the campaign, which is set for April 24-May 3. Mrs. Morris Gives Party Tuesday Mrs. Henry C. Morris will open her house at 3006 Albermarle street ‘Tuesday afternoon for a dessert- bridge party. The party, which will the Women's Association of the Uni- versalist National Memorial Church. Patrons not wishing to play bridge | may play other games or take their| knitting and enjoy the social hour. Mrs. Frank W. Ballou is chairman of arrangements and is assisted by Mrs. William H. McGlauflin, Mrs C. 1. Hendrickson, Mrs. Charles E. Uppercue, Mrs. Francis Erdman, Martin E. Jansson, Mrs. G. S. Hol- man and Mgs. Arthur G. Wiley. Dakota Visitors En Route Home Dr. and Mrs. John Leo Devine, jr., who have been the guests of the latter's grandmother, Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, for 10 days, left yes- terday by motor for New York, and | later this week will start the return | trip to their home in Minot, N. Dak. | Mrs. Devine, before her marriage a year ago, was Miss Mary Virginia | Williams, daughter of Mrs. M. Har- | rison Williams, and she came to | be matron of honor for her sister, the former Miss Marthena Harrison Williams, at her marriage Saturday Guests at Luncheon | Mrs. John Francis Weinmann, | | honorary national president of the United States Daughters of 1812, entertained newly-elected officers of the society at a luncheon yes- terday at the Sulgrave Club. Gyests included two other honorary na. tional presidents, Mrs. Robert John- stone and Mrs. Arthur J. O'Neill, | and the new national president. Mrs. Percy Y. Schelly of Phila- delphia. Others present Henry Bourne Joy, Detroit; included Mrs. | Miss | Erlebaches ... Tomorrow! 1210 F ST. N. Ww. The Sale That Women Talk About Long After It’s Over! Semi=Annual Clearance Reductions of 5% to 50% On This Season’s Finest New Spring oy jon, S5 ats occosiOfmers. Hrow &3\ QVA!“{\!\!“’ ‘“‘“c! D siné win®0" i renc® o~ w\ T8 loc S0 ToMnE, “peath€iques snells, Dressmaker Coats » Furred Dress Coats Furred Costume Suits Imported Tweed Coats Two-piece Dressmaker Suits Little Soft Suits a ersfiSy s N0e 0. Srons: 0, Sors. wreiclly e, <alofrims, Hest; Eveniny 105%pis San “:' 9 Three-piece Wardrobe Suits Redingote Costumes Street Dresses Sport Dresses Afternoon Dresses Dresses “’Erle-maid” Frocks Fur Coats and Jackets Edla Gibson, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs, Lewellyn Edwards, Maine, and Mrs. John Porter Gibson, Huntington Park, Calif., vice presidents; Mrs. Franklyn Miller, Chicago, chaplain; Mrs. Loren Rex, Kansas, historian; Mrs. Claude W. Pound, Toledo, Ohio, treasurer; Mrs. John S. Adams, Dublin, Ga., curator; Mrs. Lane Schofleld, Washington, registrar; Mrs. Albert L. Craig, Tennessee, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Harold Sayre, Point Pleasant, W. V., librarian, Yugoslav Concert Scheduled Tonight The Yugoslavic American Asso- clation of Washington is sponsor- ing a concert this evening to be given in the Knights of Columbus Auditorium, at 920 Tenth street N.W,, for the benefit of the schol- arship fund of the association. The program this evening will be given by the Duquesne University Tam- buritza Orchestra at 8 o'clock, and among those expected to attend are meg_lbers of the Yugoslav Legation staff. Alumnae to Dine Mrs. Roland Whitehurst of Chevy Chase will be the guest of honor tonight at a farewell dinner given by the Washington chapter of the Hunter College alumnae, of which she has been president for a number of years. The dinner will be held at the A. A, U. W. clubhouse. Mrs. Whitehurst and her family will leave Washington soon to live in Philadelphia. Mrs. Hull Joins Mrs. Daugherty Mrs. Willlam E. Hull of Peoris, I, has returned to Washington, where she visited last weew, from & short trip to Virginia. She joined Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, wife of the chief counsel for the State Highway Department of Pennsyl- vania, who has been here for 10 days. Mr, and Mrs. Daughetty for- merly lived in Washington when he was a judge of the Spanish- American Claims Commission and |7 later when he was assistant solicitor for the Treasury. Mrs. Hull, who also has many {friends in Washington, where she lived for some years while Mr. Hull was a member of Congress, will -. accompany Mrs. Daugherty to her home in Harrisburg for a visit be- fore returning to Illinois. Mrs. Keen to Show Works of Art Mrs, James L. Keen, jr., of Dublin, Ga., who is staying at the Wardman Park Hotel, is receiving a number of guests Sunday, Monday and Tuesday afternoons for a private showing of her water colors and other works of art in the Madison suite. Mrs. Keen recently had an ex- hibition of heralding painting in connection with the D. A. R. Con- gress at Constitution Hall. She will submit a number of her works for the summer exhibition at Wesley Hall Galleries, which will be open May 12. Ollfi 1214-1220 F STREET Special— ;‘\for Women! Housecoats in Spring-flower Prints $ 3.95 Sleek satins — striped rayoncrepe; cool, crisp, petal smooth, fitted lines in zipper or wrap styles, fast colors. Sizes 38 to 46. Housecoats, Fifth Floor Dream-Mates! Nightie and Jacket Ensemble $7).00 Flower-scattered blue print on blushing tearose back- ground, sparkling red print on white ground! Nightie in simple surplice model edged with ric-rac braid. Jacket square - necked, short-sleeved. Nightie en- sembles are the thing, you know! Sizes 32 to 38. Grey Shops, Second Floor / $1 & $1.15 Panties Vanity Fair “Discontinueds” /9 300 .Pairs FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940. DRESSY Twills, Crepes, Nubbed Weaves! —Collarless front-button fitted coats ~—White rever collars on fitted coats —Tailored rever front-button reefers ~—Double-breasted pique-collar reefers ~—Redingote types, roll and rever collared —Easy-to-slipon coats, collared, collarless -——More styles in wanted BLACK and NAVY than anything elsel A few lovely blues, a few beige. CASUAL Stroock’s and Forstmann Fabrics! —Stunning tweeds and mixtures, soft lightweight wool! —Reefer, slipon and dashing classic models —Blues, beige, black-and-white, brown-and-white, tan-and-white mixtures 5 Not all sizes in all styles but you'll THenew find plenty of choice in 11's to 17, 14’s to 20's! S Coot Shops, Third Floor. Miss Barbizon is here! —eager to tell you about the lovely lingerie fashions for summer, to advise you s about proper fitting! Barbizon Shop, Second Floor t . .~ $7.50 Dorothy Bickum Spirit of Youth” Girdles—$3.95 Summer WHITE Broadcloth! Beautiful imported quality sheer cot- ton broadcloth, fresh, crisi), launders like a hankie! 15-inch “long torso” silkonette with smooth talon closing, firmly supporting boned panel front. Sizes 25 to 32. g K $12.50 Lelongg, 4.95, Foundations Sleek, shimmering rayon satin en- hanced with imported lace uplift ban- deau bodice, built-in shoulder line, pull-down Darleen back assuring firm grip . . . will not slip! Sizes 34 to 40. Designed for perfect corseting for average and tall figures. Corset Shop, Second Floor $3 & $3.95 Slips Rick PURE SILK Satin $7).35 First, the colors are especi delightful! . . . grocaly Shell Pink — Ivory Snowhite—Tearose Next, the styles . . . vainly elab- orate with bodices lace trimmed, with tucked sheer inserts, topped with daintily embroidered batiste, ruffied with lace top and bot- tom! Sizes 32 to 44. Grey Shops, Second Floor "Adjustables” go to all lengths to fit you! —Short, Medium, Tall— —no stress or strain with “Adjuste ables”—thanks to the 7-inch’ Ad- Sizes for Women, Misses, Juniors and Little Women. Every garment is from REGULAR stock, original price tags remain, with sale price, clearly noted. Better hurry, because first come gets best choice. Three lengths —Short —Medium justable top and wonderful elas- ticity of silk 100% pure! THRIF-TEE Tops —Long 7 9C of soft lisle, (3- Besuitul qually: Tayon glore thread silk). Were ; pairs $222 in typical Vanity Fair man- 4 8%¢ ner! Smooth-fitting, ac- g (Mother's ALL SILK, top to toe, 4-thread $ curately cut sizes! Tearose, white, 5 to 9. Day, , Moy o= sheers that look sheerer! Included also . . 50—31. “Skintite” Adjtablee"— & beautiful and ALL SILK top to toe, 3-thread ex- White, sizes 4, 5 and 6. sure - to - please quisitely sheer 3 pairs An Erlebacher clearance sale is such a rare event . . . that when it does happen, it immediately becomes the most important topic of conversation among style-con- scious women. The thrifty plan for it .. . Every one looks forward to it . . . it's our Annual Spring Clearance. It's the kind of sale that doesn't last for weeks . . . or even for many days. For almost instantly, we're overwhelmed and sold out. Ordinarily this event is scheduled for the second week in May, but Easter came so early this season, we thought our pat- rons would appreciate the oppor- tunity of this SAVING at a time when they could get a full sea- son's wear. Books Closed! All charge purchases billed June 1. Pay one-third in June, July and August, 3 pairs $285 gift to send 255250 and $3 § | St $1.15 Chemises ___$1.65 : Bodice top, flare leg, tearose, ;‘S"’ e 51 chiffons. 530 ()_. Of course! Regular top silk stockings Brassieres ____65¢ trom 8¢ 0 $138 (3 paivs, $162 00 3305 gu;z:o and white, sizes 32 ?12” t JMC ':;" f'c.“(‘n:: sl;un—mu‘la . : elleff's u ipe silk stocke S_Oun‘ Floor. ings—3409 and lnl_ Co’u An-"" b