Society
(Continued from Eighth Page.)
Thomas Ruffin, to Mr. .Tames G. Hanes
will take place at 7 o'clock this even
ing in the Italian Garden of the Am
bassador Hotel The ceremony will he
performed by the Rev. Dr. Ernest M.
Stlres, and a dinner and dance will
follow in the Louis ballroom of the
Ambassador.
Mr. Hanes and his bride will sail
for Europe tomorrow on the Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles X. Van Val
kenburgh of Eockport, N. Y.. who
have spent the winter in Florida, are
guests of their son and daughter-in
law. Dr. and Mrs. Hoy D. Van Valken
burgh.
Dr. and Mrs. Van Valkenburgh liad
as their guests over the last week end
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Standish. who
were on the way to Florida: Mr. and
Mrs. Charles M. Moss. Miss Esther
Mas* and Mr. Lawrence Moss.
VfrW. Emily Newell lllnir
Has Son and Daughter Here.
Miss Harriet Klair and Mr. Newell
Elair arc with their mother. Mrs.
Emily Newell Blair, at 820 Connec
ticut avenue, for the Easter holidays.
Miss Blair is a student at Goucher
College and Mr. Newell Blair is at
Phillips Exeter, in New Hampshire.
Among those who have reserved
tables for the authors’ breakfast of
the League of American Pen Women
at the Hotel Washington April 26
are: Mrs Louis N. Geldert, national
president of the league of American
Pen Women, two tables; the Political
Ntudy Club, two tables: Mrs. Harry
Atwood Colman. first national vice
president of the league, two tables:
Miss Marie C. Redfern. two tables;
Mrs. Homer Hoch, two tables; Miss
Eliza Pope Van Dyne, two tables;
Mrs. Dorothy he Muth Watson, chair
man of the composers' group, four
tables; Mrs. Bernio Babcock, presi
dent of the Arkansas branch, two
tables; Mrs. Lent Anderson, an ofli
cer of the District branch; Mijs. Har
riet Hawley Locher. presidi nt of the
District branch; Miss Laura Thorn
borough and Mrs H. S. Mulliken.
chairmen of the motion picture
group: Mrs. Caroline Giltlnan Har
low, for the Virginia poets; Mrs.
Claude S. Watts, Mrs. Blanche Ray.
Mrs. E. M. Wood, Mrs, Charles F.
Taylor. Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley.
Fingle reservations have come in an
equal number and it is expected that
iho salon of nations at the Wash
ington Hotel will bo crowded to
capacity.
Mrs. New bold Morris of New York
will arrive April 9 in Washington
with a party of friends to spend sev
eral days en route to the Hot Springs,
Va., for a visit. They will stay at
the Hotel Hamilton.
The marriage of Miss Fredericka
Washburn Wade, daughter of Mrs.
Peyton Lisbey Wade, to Mr. John
Shaw Billings, will take place Satur
day evening, April 19. at Beach Is
land, N. C. The ceremony will be
performed in the Presbyterian Church
there and after May IT Mr. Billings
and his bride will be at home at 1808
Connecticut avenue. Mr. Billings,
who is a son of Dr. and Mrs. John
Shaw Billings of New York, is a
graduate of Harvard in the class of
1921 and served in the Ambulance
Corps in the early days of the war.
later becoming a lieutenant in the
air service. He is a grandson of the
late John S. gs. who was at one
time surgeon general in the Army
and later librarian of Congress in
Washington. Later he became librarian
of the New York Public Library and
held the position until his death.
Final rehearsals for the tableau
which will be produced during the
first annuel charity ball to be given
by the council of Jewish women, in
the Salon des Nations of the Hotel
Washington this evening, were held
this afternoon. Mrs. Marie Moore
Forrest is coaching the tableau,
which will illustrate the work of the
council.
The door committee, which will in
clude the executive committee of the
iufiair. Mrs. Leonard Schloss, Mrs.
Stanley Lansburgh and Mrs. ’David
A. Baer, will be augmented by the
officers of the council, Mrs. Alexan
der Wolf, Mrs. Adolph Kahn. Mrs. A.
Leibnian and Mrs. Charles Frank.
Mrs. Charles Goldsmith and Mrs.
K, B. H. Lyon are chairmen of the
ticket committee. Mrs. A. Leibman
Is chairman of the committee for
flowers and cigarettes.
Mrs. Taylor Upton, vice
chairman of the republican national
executive committee, is at home in
formally to republican women this
afternoon at Stoneleigh Court, from
4 to 6 o’clock.
Miss Hartshorne of the Tsuda
school, in Tokio, Japan, will be with
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. Radcliffe will not
receive Thursdays, April 10 and IT,
but will resume her afternoons at
home after Easter.
Statisticians estimate the world
uses about 4,6T5,650,000.000 matches a
year, or an average of seven matches
a day for each individual the world '
over.
11 * Mrs.' Anne Edson || j
1 1 of The McCall Company ||||| t
5 j New York City ]
||| Has come to demonstrate the improved way of home MrLjSgH •
| fj sewing - with the remarkable new McCall Printed Pat- *<
tem and will give advice on the latest styles and ma- Qj|S?|| < I
i&l terials in the Fabric Section, on Second Floor. ;
i J Demonstrations 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. Daily
! j This Week Only
j 11th Sts. -Service and |
Changes in Stations of
Army and ISavy Officers
Os Interest to Capital
ARMY.
! Col. C. A. Romeyn, 2d Cavalry, at
■ Fort Riley, Kan., has been ordered to
Boston for duty as chief of staff, 94th
j Division, Organized Reserves,
s Capt. E. M. George, Quartermaster
I Corps, at Fort Bragg. N. C.. has been
assigned to duty in the office of the
quartermaster general, this city.
Lieut. Col. H. L. Landers, Field Ar
>
. tillery, returning from Hawaii, has
■ been ordered to Charlotte, N. C., for
' duty with the 399th Field Artillery,
I Organized Reserves.
I Lieut. Col. L. 1,. Smith, Medical
, j Corps, nt Walter Heed General Hos
! j pital, this city, and Maj. F. E Winter.
- I Medical Corps, tit Fort Omaha, Neb.,
j have been ordered to the Philippines
for duty.
j The President lias accepted the
J resignation of Capt. John B. Rennet,
United States Infantry, to take effect
1 April 30.
i First Lieut. K. H. Bailey, Medical
' ! Corps, in this city, has been ordered
' j to Honolulu. Hawaii, for duty.
, j Technical Sergeant James J. Fitz
r Patrick, 6th Engineers, at Camp
Lewis. Washington, lias been trans-
I I ferred to the enlisted detachment, nf
-1 lice of the chief of engineers. War
Department. and Master Sergt.
I | George Briggs of that office lias been
assigned to the 2d Engineers, Fort
f i Sam Houston, Tex.
i| Maj. James G. Steese. retired, hits
i • been appointed engineer officer of the
I 1 board of road commissioners for
I I Alaska, vie** Maj. J. <’. Gotwais, Corps
1 I of Engini era, relb ved.
r\ Lieut. Col. A. B. Sloan. 15th Infan
> try. returning from China, lias been
; | assigned to duty with the TTth Di
li vision, Organized Reserves, at New
J Vurk city.
col John ,1 Toffey, rir.ih Infantry,
'■has been assigned to duty in the of
. i lice of the chief of infantry. War De
j partment.
; Capt. E. o. Hopkins, finance depart
‘ 1 ment. at Fort Sheridan. 111., and Capt.
' j W. N. Skyles, finance department, at
■'Atlanta, da, have been assigned to
i duty in the office of chief of finance,
' 1 War Department.
• ; Col. M, J. Lenihan, infantry, at the
51 Naval War College, Newport, U. 1,
■ j has been ordered to New York city
. j for duty as chief of staff. 12th Army
. Corps.
,| First Lieut. Irving Compton. 38th
. j Infantry, at Fort Douglas. Utah, ha;
i , been detailed as military instructor,
i South Carolina National Guard, at
. i Rock Hill.
, I Maj. Frank Moorman. Signal Corps.
| has been relieved from duty at the
j War Department and ordered to
j Camp Alfred Vail. New Jersey,
j Maj. M. F. Scanlon, air service, of
(the militia bureau. War Department.
| has been detailed as assistant mili
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ANDREW BETZ. Manager
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. 1). C, TUESDAY. ’APRIL' 1, 1924.
tary attache. Rome, Italy. He will |
relieve Maj. J. E. Chancy, air service, j
who is assigned to duty in this city. i
Capt. C. A. Willoughby. 65th Infan- !
. try. at San Juan, P. R., has been |
' detailed as military attache at Cara- j
cas, Venezuela, as the relief of Maj. j
C. I. Crockett, general staff, who will !
come to the United States.
Lieut. Col. Gordon Johnston, cav
> airy, returning from foreign service. |
i has been assigned to duty with the 1
Signal Corps at Boston
| Capt. E. McL. Cook, Medical Corps, j
r at Fort Washington. Md., has been i
i ordered to Fort Hancock, N. J., for j
, duty.
Capt. E. M. Poster, finance depart
ment, has been transferred from this j
■ city to Port Sheridan, HI., and Capt. j
. D. S. Appleton, 65th Infantry, to the •
Army War College, Washington bar- j
r racks.
, First Lieut. E. 11. Wells. Signal j
Corps, at. Camp Alfred Vail. N. J., has j
I been detailed as military instructor, ;
Georgia School of Technology, at At- ■
lanta.
NAVY.
Rear Admiral ■W. D. MacDougall j
, has been assigned to command of |
Training- Squadron 1, fleet base force, j
' Commander Carlos Beau at Quincy, j
Mass.; Lieut. Commander Elliott ;
■ Buckmaster, commanding the recelv- |
. ing ship at Boston, and Lieut. P. W.
Yeatman, at the Navy Department,
have been ordered to the Asiatic sta
" tion.
Commander E. C. S. Parker, com
| manding the Hannibal, has been !
’ ordered to treatment at the Naval (
Hospital, Philadelphia.
’ The resignation of Lieut. James I).
. Jacobs at the naval base, Hampton !
Roads. Va.. has been accepted, to j
take effect April 28.
, Commander F. D. Pryor has been
r j transferred from command of the j
CHOKERS
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Kittery to the command of the re
ceiving ship at Boston; Commander
11. A. Stuart, from the Navy Depart
ment to Cheyenne, Wyo.; Lieut. J.
W. Quackenbush, from command of
the 0-6 to the recruiting barracks,
Hampton Roads; Lieut. L. D. Webb,
from Observation Plane Squadron 6
Ito the bureau of aeronautics. Navy
I Department; Lieut. B. H. Wyatt, from
the naval air station, Anacostia,
D. C., to the air station, San Diego,
I Calif., and Lieut. C. I). Glover, from
i the Wright to the Naval Academy.
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Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses have been issued to the
| following:
John 11. Taylor and Annio Bryant,
i Gassaway Miles mid Ella Short,
John W. Lloyd of this city and Estelle Jones
of Hamilton, Va.
Gaby Sears of Now York city and Pauline
Raines- of Western Park. Md.
, James B. Lindemnn and Mary A. Duvall.
] John W. Tuylor and Eva Bocks, both of
Siauntnn. Va
i Ambrose Priddy of Manakin, Va.. and Mary
i E. Hare of Now Canton, \a.
I John H. Scott and Ellon I*e
' 1,1 Sweden a wife's services in the
: home have a legal value.
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Dining Room Suite
elt you arc in search of a dining room suite
which is not only handsome and attractive, but
-XI durably made as well, we are offering such a
( . suite. Consists of Extension Table, Serving Table,
Buffet. China Cabinet. 5 Side Chairs and 1 Arm
chair. Non would do well to purchase this suite. _
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Deaths Reported.
The following deaths have been reported to I
the health department in the laat twenty-four
hours:
Reginald Thompson. 43. Garfield llogpital.
Albert I Chaney, 49, Providence Hospital.
Joseph B. Wilson, 65, Providence Hospital.
Helen Smoot, 18, Potomac river, foot of P
S Frank Benton, 40, Garfield Hospital.
James VV. Dyre, 56, 510 Butternut st.. Ta- )
koina Park.
Mary E. Clements, 88, 3617 10th at. ,
Hiiliert 1,. Overstreet, 00. 1426 Buchanan st.
John S. Harris, 55. 717 10th st.
Annie L. Traphagen, 74, 711 3d st. n.e.
Elizabeth B. Walker, 01. 137 K. I. ave. n.e.
Margaret I. Miller, 22. Sibley Hospital. J
' Mary H. Siebel, 57. 108 It st. n.e.
Mary A. Sheehan, 45, the McKinley apta.
Helen V. Fitten, 4 months. 458 Md. ave, a.w.
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Cornelia Gtiffin, 33, Columbia Hospital.
Martha Waiters, 40. 1217 Carrollburg at.
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Edward G. Root, 17. 234 Oakdale place.
Mary Beveley, 45, 1117 4tJ> at.
Juniata Gregg, 1, 900 27th at.
John L. Glover, 50, Tnberonloaia Uoapital.
Iva M. Williams. 18. Tnbereuloals Hospital.
Ethel Liverpool, 30, 2400 L at.
Women's clubs in the Philippines
have a total membership of more
than 12,000.
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A Sale of Printzess Suits
>'o. 5 of a series of $49-50
Printsess sketches *
shovin', modes of the y Specially Priced for
moment from The . _/ . . T . ■
uecht Co ih%s Very Special Event
*
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tailor, you couldn't get a finer suit.
rjrr/ JTJT t € f Read’s hsAll in navy or pC7vfcr.
I ti fy /ftiCJiTtfalfim Skinner’s satin lined.
M. J.l'K*' JL JllLs Ktr'Ji*/ Plain or hairline striped.
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Births Reported.
The following births have been reported to
(he health department in the lut twenty-four
boars:
Uiyase* 8. and Chriatinn M. Evans. girl.
Fred M. and Klaie llerthrone, boy.
James D. and Evelyn 8. Richards, girl.
Michael P. and falherine T. Ueldy. boy.
Jerry M. and Annie U. Houston, boy.
Mrs. K. Palmer is a successful
wheelwright In Hammersmith. Eng.
Held in Extortion Case.
J CHICAGO, April I—Charged with
r , having participated in an attempt P
' obtain $30,000 from .John I* Rushnell
| Springfield, Ohio, banker, James A
j Ryan was held yesterday for re
| moral to Cincinnati. Ryan waive.
| examination. A final order for his re
1 j mova.l was expected to be issued to
1 morrow.
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