New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1929, Page 5

Mrs. Charles Davis of Dover road will entertain her card club at luncheon and bridge next Wednes- day. .0 Mrs. William H. Booth entertain- ed 256 members of the Breverity Club of Southington with cards and tea Friday afternoon at her home on Forest street, .« o Mr. and Mrs. Earl VanBiskirk of Ten Acre road gave a dinner par- ty for eight Monday night. ) Mrs. Harold L. luncheon bridge Monday at her home in Berlin, for Mrs. Joseph Fee. Her guests included, Mrs. Rob- ert Parsons, Mrs. Howard Parsons, Mrs. John C. Loomis, Mrs. John- stone Vance, Mrs. William H. Booth, Mrs. Arthur Kimball, Mrs. George Kimball, Mrs. Donald Gaffney, Mrs. Clifford Vivian, Mrs. Harold Par- sons, Mrs. Pardon Rick: Mrs. Stanley Galpin, Mrs. George Kohn and Miss Marjorie Galpin. « o0 Mrs. W. A. Kinne gave a lunch- eon bridge for twelve Wednesday noon at her home on West Main strecet. Easter liiies, snap dragons, daffodils and many other colorful flowers of the season decorated the tables. Mrs. Ernest Humphrey, Mrs, George Bodley, Mrs. Edward Peck and Mrs. George Dyson were given the prizes. Judd gave a s Ruth Noble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colton Noble of Lex- ington street, will give a dinner par- ty tonight at her home preceding the Saturday night dancing class. Her guests will include: Miss Dorothy Page, Miss Charlotte Parsons, Miss Elizabeth Vivian, Miss Frances Vivi- an, Miss Hazel Bassford, Miss Bea- trice Lamb, Miss Lucille Case, Miss Barbara Shepard, Miss Ruth Loom- Miss Ethelyn Parsons, Miss Eliz- abeth Booth, Miss Evelyn Swift, Miss Helen Goss, Miss Elizabeth C Harold Parsons, Penn T. Kim- ball, Norton Case, Robert Taylor, £herwood Raymond, Duane Steile, William Judd, Robert Booth, Par- sons Swain, Ernest Humphrey, S8am- uel Black, Ross Gilpatric and Er- win Sloper. M . Mrs. E. N. S and Mrs. Har- oid Harrop entertained sixteen at luncheon and bridge Wednesday noon for Miss Esther Stanley at the Stanley residence on Lexington street. The luncheon table was at- tractively decorated with yellow snap dragons and tall green candles. The prizes were won by Mrs. E. W Christ, Miss Miriam Mouat and Miss Irances Parke o e e Hirschaut of New York City, MRS. BEATRICE SANDERS Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sanders of Shuttle Meadow avenue | have announced the engagement of their daughter to Wi 1lham‘.1.vmu to attend the stat Jacob Mellion of Grove Hill. Dr. Mellion is the school department physician. The wedding will take place March The engagement of Mrs. Annie u Molumphy of Berlin to George O. | Gridley also of Berlin has been an- | nounced. The marriage will take | place in the near future, Mr. Gridley 18 president of the | Gridley Machine company. CLUB EVENTS Berlin D.A.R. to ‘\{eet Thursday — College Club ‘\ At Mrs. Pease’s. i | 1t present plans for the American | Legion shows are as successful as the committee has reason to hope they may be, it is expected that an | almost protessional performance will be given by our talented amateurs. Mrs. Arthur Kimball has been help- ful in aiding Sturman Dyson whose ( chief duty was to furnish a chorus, | | beautitul and graceful. Through | | their efforts twenty-five young ma- | trons and unmarried girls have been | commandeered for the Pinafore | chorus. Rehearsals start next Tues- | day night and the girls look forward | | to an exciting three weeks time, hob- | nobbing with the character cast and {the stage directors. To date the | chorus includes Miss Maxine Hart, | | Mrs. Stanley Hart, Mrs. Donald Mc- | Millan, Miss Corinne Goodwin, Mrs. | | Sturman Dyson, Mrs. Roawell Moore, | Mrs. Jack Whittaker, Mra. George | Boli, Mrs. Bret Neece, Mrs. George | Colt, Miss Ruby Andrews, Mrs. Lu- | clan Stevens, Miss Beatrice Reynal, | Mrs, Gerald Walker, Mrs. Harold | Peck, Mrs, Allen Bristoll, Mrs. Joseph | Walton, Mrs. Bennett Hibbard, Mrs. | Howard Bruemmer, Miss Eurich Wachter, Mrs. Emory Corbin, Mrs. Earl Van Buskirk, Mrs. Stanley | Cooper, Miss Virginia Humphrey, | and Mrs. Donald Gaffney. | o o 0 | Emma Hart Willard chapter, | Berlin, Daughters of the American | Revolution, will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon, March 21, at {the home of Mrs. Russell 8. Gold |on Worthington Ridge. Mrs. T. | Hodgson will read a paper on poet, James Gates Percival, and | Mrs. Gold will give selections from | Percival's poems. There will be a musical program in charge of Mrs. { Edna 8. Damon. The following delegates have been confer- lenc in Windsor next Tuesday and Wednesday ar Clifford Odin of Corbin ave- Mr nue entertained at luncheon and‘:’r‘fi‘_fl(" cards Monday afternoon at her | PriZes: home. Mrs, Bayard Crum was given the prize. ‘Williamn Fitzell won Mr. and Mrs. Luther Parker Forest street will entertain ei friends at supper tomorrow night their cabin in Farmington. WEDDINGS Increased Interest in Wed- ‘ dings — Ashley-McKirdy | Nuptials April Sage of New York city. | formerly of Berlin, and Miss Ma | Clarinda Goodell of Brooklyn, will be married in New York on March 23, Mr. Sage is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Sage, formerly | Berlin, and a nephew of M | Mrs. Buell B. Bassette of place. of o o e 1 and Dorothy Lombra | will give a tea next in honor of whose marriage take place Miss Muri of Park pla Saturday afternoon X Iva McKirdy, to Stanton Ashley will April 2. o« o Mrs. George Kimball entertained @t dinner and cards Monday night «t her home on South Burritt street. Mrs. James Baldwin won the bridge The other guests included: s. Howard Bruemmer, Mrs. Ar- thur Sampson, Miss Margaret Mid- dleman, Mrs, George Coit, Mrs. John Flannery, Miss Corinne Good- win, Mrs. Donald Gaffney, Miss Miriam Mouat, Mrs. Sturman Dyson and Mrs. Bret Necce. Henry E. Mrs. George Boli " of Trumbull | street entertained the members of | Ler bridge club Monday afternoon. | Miss Ruby Andrews won the prize. o o o | Mrs. Lucien Stevens will enter- | tain her bridge club Monday after- | noon at her home on Monroe street. ) iy Mrs. Otto Waldenstrom Youngblad . will celebrate her efghtieth birthday | o onoocomont of Miss Minna entertaining several | tomorrow | Hess to Martin Derrig of Linde friends with a supper party at her x5 oo has been announced by home “Cedar Court,” Kensinglon. | giq Hess' parents, Mr. and Mrs e | John R. Hess of Madison street. Mrs. Henry Christ fa giving : 2 luncheon bridge at her home B T Lincoln strect today, honoring, Miss .1“1:;1':.\; do]xm;x:).’ :!ll’r.lw i‘l‘:\’,‘hjm oh SN S Post of Lincoln street, and Frederick e iss | C. Noy of Providenc Rhodc Miss Dorothy Lombra and Miss 10 W O Noyes of | Zinalhaven, Maine, took plac terday afternoon at 3 o'clock Mark's church. The ceremony was .d by Reverend Samuel Sut- Miss Gladys Post at- tended her sister aid of honor, {and John Fogg of Portiand, | was best man. . Mr. and Mrs. Shuttle Meadow the engagement Beatrice, to William Hirschaut New York city. The wedding {take place May . Samuel Sanders of avenue announce of their daughter, will y are giving a bridge X turday afternoon in | Lonor of Miss Elva McKirdy. .. Several friends of Fred Noyes of Umalhaven, Maine, formerly of this | city gave him a bachelor dinner party Friday night at the Hotel Heu- Vlcin in Hartford. Mr. Noyes who is with the advertising agency of Lasher and Norton in Providenc: 1% L, will be married today to Miss May Post of th city. | P Miss Mary Williams of Clark | sireet was the guest of honor at a | . Patrick's bridge and miscellan- | cous shower given at the home of | Miss Mary McAvay on Linwood | street Thursday evening. The prizes | were won by Miss Anna Mader, Miss Jieanor Lynch, Miss Fronces Bed- | and Mrs. P. Duffey . . Nk party Monday rome in Maple jerguson, Mrs. Mrs. H. J. Cook w priz 1 he bride wore a gown of Elizabeth erepe and a tan hat carried a bouquet of low roses. The maid of honor was in tan crepe with hat to match and carricd a bouquet of pink roses. A reception was held at the green She tea Lome QUICKEST STARTING Certified by Testing Laboratory for . Hurd gave a bridg afternoon at her | Hill. Mrs. C. O. | Austin _and » awarded the | Alrs. C. From a daily test of Frank- lin No-Knock Gas and other gasolines sold locally, we find Franklin No-Knock to have a lower initial and lower early points in distillation curve than the others. This should give better starting qualities Rackliffe Petroleum Testing Laboratories Rackliffe Oil Co. 1. Franklin Station. 2. West Main Avenue. 3. East Main at Street. Mrs, Richard E. Pritchard enter- tained wenty-four at bridge and te yesterday afternoon at her home on en Acre road. Mrs, F. Raymond Gilpatric poured at the attractive tea table decorated with spring flow- ers and green candles. Mrs, Harri- son Bristell, Mrs. John H. Fellows, Mrs. Percival Platt and Mrs. Ralph Jiritton assisted with serving. The Vridge prizes went to Mrs. Dudley | wal Mrs. Howard Hrnvmmvr[ and 2d rd Lancaster. . e Mrs. E. B. Proudman of Maple 14ill gave a luncheon bridge Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. L. B. Banford, Mrs. | K. B. Sloane, Mrs. H. H. Howard Mrs. Square Filling ORDER A SPENCER CORSET before yon plan your Easter clothes Flexible corsets, step-ins, girdles, su gical sapports wnd maternily corset MRS. ANNETTA M. CARPENTER 34 Rockwell Ave. Tel. 5342 at Corbin Stanley i the ! | ney of | | Post, | | dow fate Maine, | | ‘lmc K. Savage; Mrs. Sidney M. Cowles, Mrs. Leland W. Gwatkin and | Mrs. Russell 8. Gold. The alternatcs | are: Mrs. Ernest W. Mildrum, Mrs dna S. Damon, Mrs. Robert T. and Mrs. Elmer W. of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. on West Main s cremony Mr. and Mrs. Noyes will reside at 80 Wheeler stree gewood, Rhode | Chapman | Island, following a wedding trip to | | Stearns. Washington, D. . Miss Lillian f Mr. and M James Too- reet after the D Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Woods, Harrison street, will be the hosts on daughter | Tuesday evening to the New Britain Buchalter | Musical club at its monthly house “oxon place, this city, and Louis meeting. A novel feature of the Beizer, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. | gathering will be a “thrill talk,” in izer of Farmington avenue, Hart- | which all members will be asked to . will be married tomorrow at | join in relating the greatest musical * home of the bride’s parents. |thrill they ever experienced. bi Gershon Hadas will officiate. | The musical program will include About thirty-five guests from New |songs by Ruth Schade Smedley with York eity, Everett, Massachusetts, (Lolia Littlehales at the piano; songs Hartford, and Berlin will attend the | by John Lindsay, saritone; violin weddi selections by Marcus H. Fleitzer, Th with Mrs, Emilie Andzulatis of New at 61 York at the piano, and probal follow piano solos by Charles A. Johnson. York city Mrs. Smedley will also discuss cur- ington, D. rent events. Several odd bits of mu- 1 information will be presented, | there will be a question and answer | period, and finally refreshments, . v Mrs. L. Hoyt Pease of Lexington od. street opened her home Monday cdding will take place on | €vening to a meeting of the College 1 ! club, “ . e .. 1 halter, o Nathan of couple Eve will make their home rgreen avenue, Hartford, v wedding trip to New Atlantic City and Wash- T Willi Kelley, Kelley noun The April ent of Miss Mary V. Clark street to John J. | son of Mr. and Mrs. William | of Clark strect has heen an- ms of DI The all day Sewing meeting held Wednesday by the Woman's club of Maple Hill at the home of Mrs. G. K. Spring on Thompson street was well attended. The work committee in charge of the sewing reported | that nearly a hundred articles were made for the New Britain General after . Shuttle Mea- |hospital and 72 bags for the Chil- club. Reverend George W. C.|dren's home. At noon a delightfu! D. .. pastor the South |luncheon was served by the com- zational church, will offici- | mittee, consisting of Mrs. M. Nord- strom, Mrs. E. B. Proudman, Mrs N. E. Mann and Mrs. T. L. Monier Invititions have been issued for | the weddir Miss Elva McKirdy daughter Mr. and Mrs. William . MeKirdy of Lincoln street, and nton Ashl: Mrs. George Ashley of ( L. he ce take place | rday 4 o'clock in Wi of B . son of rde will at 1 strec remony April oon at S, the Hill, Congr. Miss McKirdy Rhea Zimmer honor and the Miss Marjoric Williams, Miss Farmington, tice of Berlin, Miss maid of | will be Doris of Pren- has chosen an for her bridesmaids Norris, iss Erma A\ The English navy personnel 1s greatly decreased as compared with 1914, the present strength be 101,000 as against 146,000, Staples ss Edith Clarence . Jakeway of Boston | will be Mr. Ashley's best man, The ushers wiil be Stanley Camp of Mid- | dletown, Parker, Sturman | Dyson and Merwin Peterson of this | Clesson Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Kthel | Zuker of Linwood street, to Dr. e BEAUTY LTURE e give to household cares? ;_ Cleaning, for mmplc. Y Iture in Ul its phases is ex- pertly practiced in our completely equipped | ana beautituny ap- pointed establishment, e us frequently. ’b “Look Your Best” BORDIERE’S BEAUTY SALON 139 MAIN STREET | Ashiey Bldg. Tel. 1187 Downstairy and its cleaning principle, SPRING & | standstill except for the small el the | "Where ues SOCIAL NEW YORK LOOKS FOR SPRING | Wardrobes and the Flower Show Attract Atfention New York, March 16 (P —Activi- s heralding the approach of a ! spring occupicd New York socicty this week. Interest centered in char- ity carnivals, the flower show and the vernal hunt for new wardrobe: although actually the program was | one of preparation rather than ex cution, Social affairs are rather at a ex- clusive parties that are the delight of the fashionables at th n, but | plans for coming events go on apace. \l.n\y interesting affairs a sched- uled for the brilliant “little season™ | that follows Easter Mexican romance of ages past will { furnish the decorative motif for the charity carnival of 1929 which is to be given in Madison Square Cn,\rden for the benefit of the Judson Health | Center, The historic entrance of Cor- te ‘fltsla staged by Montezuma will be in the pagent “Azt The title recalls the lavish z into Mexico and the welcoming | ned as if the male contingent were present. The smartest evening frock, the most brilliant jewels, the newest wrap, are chosen for the “cat party, Mrs. Paul Frankl was among re- cent hostesses at one of these infor- mal Lenten affairs, where costumes were interesting and Mrs. Frankl chose a gown of egg-shell satin marked by an elaborate shoulder scarf of the same material and side drapery which swept the floor. Elise Sceds appeared in a gown of the new dusty blue, cut with & decp V decol- | letage, while Mrs. Lee wore & dress of heavy silk patterned in barbaric colors. the exercise program of fashionable | W York women these days. Many | social registerites are learing to use | the foil with dexterity and grace. | The majority of fencers choose the | regulation costume of short satin knickers, white silk blouse | marked with @ scarlet satin heart on the left side, and low-heeied shoes. HOOVERS ADJUST " NEW QUARTERS Washington Watches New Presi- | dent Make Home | decorative use made of the metal by | | the Aztecs and Incas | The arrival of the Spanish con- | queror will be staged in a sumptuous setting. While the sun goddess and | her attendants look on, great bells | will proclaim the arrival of Cortez, and a chorus of several hundred voices will greet him. Mexican, Spanish and Aztec costumes will be !worn by the several hundred partici- pants in the pageant, | scene and all will be reflected in ob- | long pools of water setting off th stage at both ends A. J. Drexel Biddle, Count Ravell | and Henry W. Taft are among thos serving on the advisory board of the | | carnival. Members of the debutante | committes are already at work on the dances and costumes which are | to be a feature of pageant, In the ity benefits midst of its plans for char- society found ne to attend the flower show in Grand Central Palace where many blue rib- bons were awarded the exhibits from its own gardens. Many famous sub- urban estates were represented in the garden contests and the lists of Regent, Miss Caro- | competitions for special plants and |Large, have taken flowers both long and distin- guished The lilics of the valley exhibited by J. P. Morgan, who was one of the largest private exhibitors at the show, attracted wide attention, 8o did the King George tulips entered by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and the ros- yed by Mrs. Payne Whitney. ¢ Chubb, who won the Holland Cup for the third time, displayed a tulip garden flanking moss cover steps, while Mrs, Otto Kahn exhibi- ted an old fashioned English garden of sweet peas, nasturtiums and daf- fodils banked against a white picket fence. was which 1 z in ying four centuries” dre number of the fashionables Barrymore theater last Barrymore, ney and and actresses m iged from score wer actors contributed their servi to the en- tertainment which was given to raise funds f Eleonora Duse ship f A I mou the ent on of scenes from plays dating from the time of h playwrights to the pres- day were given, music for the entertainment being furnished by George Barrere and his little symphony orchestra, Among those who purchased bo: and entertained parties at the ben- cfit were Mrs, Efrem Zimbalist and Waliter Damrosch. Parties” are a new feature small informal affairs that are so popular with the fashionables during Lent. The name has been conferred on the revels because only ladies attend—and it was bestowed by the ladies themselves. On the evenings which many men spend in their clubs, their wives meet in groups of four or six, dine at a fashionable hotel and proceed 10 a box party in one of the theaters. Festivities close with a supper party t the home of one of the matr, Costumes are just as carefully plar Cat of the = your time Dontm'ondamenmathymrbu. work takes 30 much more time than other womes'? P huthemtdm.( consumer imaginable—unless you use the fumv. easiest, most thorough method available, Hoovl. cleaning. For The Hoover remaves more dirs ” minute than any other cleaner. Why not have 8 demonstration of The How- *“Positive Agitation,” is | ¢ your own home. Cmmntw-. hb.al BUCKLEY ELECTRIC CO. 77-79 Church St g A score of | crimson torches will illuminate the | | Washington, March 16 | Watching a president’s f itgelf to in the White House s {an old, but ever ne tory to Wash- ington—old because for more a hundred years the change has been made ev four or at least every eight years, and new because | no two families ever do it just alike. There is such a charm about 1t, too, when children are about already the large groups that con- ntly surround the White House entrance watch as much for the| prest@ent’s grandchildren as for the chief executive and Mrs. Hoover | themselves, There seems so little unnecessar i formality about the adjustment there | now, the president and his entire family taking it as a matter of course. Really, except for such events as the diplomatic reception which started the week off, it se | ed quite as if Mrs. be a visitor there herself, and coming out in her old natural way just as when she used to vis Mrs. Coolidge. and her niece, several about the streets together, with not a secrct arly in the week they made a hap- py couple as they did the six blocks around Lafayette Square the park upon which the north front of the White House fac | Just as when she held the rece tion for the diplomats and on March 4, Mrs. Hoover wore the same chif- fon dress of deep heliotrope color fashioned with a deep V front lace. F cloth c velvet 2 color velvet v the in me de, nd even carried the d The of brownish le shoes, Miss Large, well but inconspicuously »d, wore a champagne colored caracul fur coat with deep collar| and cuffs of light brown fur, and a | hat of the two shades. Later in the week it was a pretty | picture that Mrs. Hoover and her| daughter-in-law, Mrs, Herbert Hoov- er, Jr, and Peggy Ann Hoover, | made in visiting the Amarylis show at the department of agriculture. | Peggy Ann is quite as fond of flowers as is her grandmother, and it was with difficulty that at times they prevented the young lady of three from taking a fat little fist full of gay blossoms. Peggy Ann Hoover bids occupy no inconspicuous White House life, if ents have their wa She is a com- panionable little lady and well be- haved, but with a joyousness that is contagious. She accompanied her grandmother into the east room a ew days ago when a large group of high school girls from . Penn- sylvania, were received and sang for Mrs. Hoover, latter is of the fair part in administration but for the iministration Each change Hoover hou most t on. There PINE TREE NEW design in sterling silver coneeived in the spirit of mod- era America. Its inspiration was the pine which is so deeply reoted in American life. On the back of each plece of flat ware is the image of the pine as & appeared ou the famous Pise Tree Shillings, as America’s fret identh :l-fi-ohhrlh. You are incited to come end soe our | complotedisplay of Pine Tree Silver M. C. LeWITT Jeweler and Diamond Dealer ! Cp 1 Flight the radio room through which they | events class, the socia! pendulum ig are kept in touch with the outer | Palm Beach has completed the a: world, motion pictures are at their | from the serious to the completel; disposal, the shows being given in | frivoious. Beginning with the circui the east room where hundreds of | with which Mr. and Mrs. Edward F reels were run to amuse President| Hutton, New York, entertained seve Wilson during his last illness and |eral hundred guests on Mondawi where President and Mrs. Coolldge | night, and closing with the boxin often entertained their friends. Mu- | tea at the Oasis club this afternoony sicians from every part of the world | nearly all of the events of the offer themselves as cntertainers, buz‘ week have been of a light hearts Simonson | 80 far the President and Mrs, Hoov- | |er have confined themselves to !he\ | Marine Band. | | In recelving the heads of diploma- missions and their wives at the ‘\\'hm House early in the week, the | and informal character. On Tuesday afternoon, chudrrl and grown ups alike enjoyed thq circus on the lawn of the Hutton for the benefit of the Animal Rescue League. Mrs. Hutton having contributed the circus and the use Fencing plays a prominent part in | black | P—| amily adjust | than | and | Hoover might |13Y8 g0 not to going 1n Miss Janet walks | service man in sight, and| tn and showing a cascade of rare walk, she donned the h the felt hat corresponding in same purse that she used on inauguration medium size | She wore brown | who is to! her grandpar- | is moving off | 299 Main St | | President and Mrs. Hoover observed | |the arrangement made for diplom: {tlc and other state dinners, an ar. rangement which would scarcely |have been feasible had the entire | |corps been received. The dean of |the corps, the ambassador of Great Britain, and Lady Isabella Howard | stood with the Secretary of State and | Mrs. Kellogg at the head of the | of ambassadors and their wiv | ministers and their wives and charges d'affaires and their !ranged soldier-like about the East Room. The President and Mrs. Hoover appeared at the appointed time accompanied by the president's and passing along the line topped to have the guests presented just as before a state dinner. Later the President and Mrs. Hoover mot the company in the state dining room where tea was served from a huffet table. of her grounds. Children of the Palin Beach colony mingled witix little tots from the Palm Beaci county home who were guests for the occasion of Mrs. Florenze Zeig- feld. Mrs. Nettie Livermo New York, was hostess to Girl Scouts of the county, while socially prominent members of the Animal Rescuec League also played falry godmotl er to a number of children in the community who could not have at- tended otherwise, . line the the ladies, On Monday afternoon a number of colonists interrupted affairs of a lighter n. re and attended ceree monies at the town hall when Mray Edward Shearson, New York, Mrs, J. Leonard Replogl v York and Mrs. Henry R. Rea, Pittsburgh, pree’ sented the town with a set of hande ome silk flags, Major Barclay H, Warburt mayor, responeded. | The ladies of the new cabinet arc becoming quite sociable, meeting at little informal te with no other | guests prese Mrs, William De- witt Mitchell, wife of the attorney |general, had them in for tea abo |the middle of the week, using her charming home on Kalorama Circle, {In the vicinity of the John Hays Hammond home, for the purposs Her guests included Mrs, Frank B | Kellogg, wife of the secretary | state, Mrs, James W. Good, wife of |the secretary of war; Mrs. Walter | Brown, wife of the postmaster ge {eral; Mrs. Charles Francis Adam e of the secretary of the nav Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, wife of t |secretary of interior, and Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the secretary of labor, Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, wife of the secretary of agricultre returned tg| E4Ward T. Stotesbury, Philadelphias, Missouri with her daughter some MPS: James P. Donohue, Mrs. Finley: again come %o Peter Dunne, and Mrs. Charles Min-, Washington for some months. Mrs ot Amory, were in the list of patron-; Robert Patterson Lamont, whose | “56¢S. Many private dinner parties' | husband is secretary of commerce in prefaced the affair which was one} e new cabinet, has just retusned|Of the most notable of the season,! from Italy and she and the secretary | will live at the Hay-Adams house across Lafayette Square from the/ White House. Not satisfied with the revival of roller skating to which the younger members of society have taken with | | zest, another novelty is to be intro- | |duced by smart capital folk in u hunt ball and breakfast May 17, in he ball room of a local hotcl. The cvent is part of the program for the Washington horse show scason, May 16-17-18 and while the ball opens |at 10:30 o'clock with all sorts of sporty s ng. the breakfast at onc o'clock a. m., will be of the regular i hunt club sort and quite substantial, pretty much as would be served "'Yur a brisk cross country run, The {various hunt teams of Ifiddleburg, Upperville, Plains and Warrenton, fashionable and noted sections of the | country for horse lovers and breed- ers will take part. The men will wear their pink coats and the wom- en may adopt their riding togs if | they see fit. Admiral Carey Travers Grayson, \ph)mman of the late President Wil- !xon Mr. William Phelps Eno of : ¢ Y A group of younger girls prised the junior committee incharge f the barn dance on Wednesday:. night at the Palm Beach county, *s. Taking the place of dia chiffons, fluttering drapere . bejewelled costumes and glitter. ing cocktail jackets and impeccable’ masculine evening clothes usually; Palm Beach affairs were garments worn by the rmerettes and farmers in county lasses in ginghan,' characters and gangsters ced to the strains of an orches- 'he country club was decorated o represent a barn. Members of the, junior committee included Diana Guest, chairman; Edna Bdokaw,, Frances Gillmore, Peggy Phipps, ve Fox, all of New York, and nor Chase, Oshkosh, Wis, Mrs, 0! of Another costume affair which oce! casioned much mirth was the party! given by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C, Belcher w York, at the Oasis club, Tuesday night. Guests came garbed’ as children under ten years of age | Dinner was served in the patio pree. ceding the dancing. About 200 ree | presentative members of society ate tended the affair, Mrs. Alexander McK w Yor] entertained on Friday night with a dinner party in honor of Miss Lynn Curtiss, New York, her house gues Other affairs of the past week in- clude the dinner party with which Mr. and Mrs, Earle Perry Charlton, Fall River, Mass, entertained at Former Governor Alvin T. Fuller their ocean front estate in honor of and Mrs. Fuller, of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller c\lso entertained guests at tea on Tuesday afternoon at the Everglades club. Baron and Baroness Bondstetten, of Thurn, members of the cottage colony also: entertained with a dinner party on Tuesday at the Everglades club. The boxing tea this afternoon at: e Oasis club is the second of the scason and proves society's interest in sports. Anthony J. Drexel Biddie, has a young boxer under his care while ward F. Hutton, New York financier, recently bought the con-| | tract of a young hoxer distinguished ; for his knockouts and will have him* | especially trair | w ork and Washington, Mr. Brecken- ridge Long, Ira Nelson Morris, Charles Colfax Long and others a: promoting both the horse show and the ball. Society in chiuckling over the coir cidence of both Sinclair Lewis and Ambassador Babit, (Niles Babit) of I I‘“R"]A Philadelphia at the resort. Moreover, e the (wo were seen together last weel * Past Week Sees a Circos— o= =r= ' | Rustic Garb Donned p— i Nunzio E. Agnello TEACHER OF VIOLIN STUDTO, 299 MAIN ST. Palm Beach, Fla, March 16. P— | With the conclusior of the series of concerts sponsored by the Society of For AT et Arts and the final lecture in the| A ries presented by the current| ‘or you to deli- fine ngs cate and espectally ones, STER GIFTS cho Te to afford you an e Don't forget to joir t complete in town. Beacon Book & Gift Shop 85 WEST MAIN ST. 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