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SOCIETY
The Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson,
Host at Luncheon Today at Pan
American Union.
THE Secret an- of State. Mr. Henry
L. Stimson. entertained the dele
gates to the Bolivla-Psraguay
conference for the negotiations
for a non - aggression pact at
luncheon in the Pan-American Build
^guesU included the Ambassador
of Cuba, Senor Don Orestes Ferrara;
the Ambassador of Peru. Senor Don
Manuel de Freyre y Santander; the
Ambassador of Brazil. Mr. R de Lima e
Silva the Ambassador of Argentina,
Senor Dr. Felipe A Espil; the Ambas
sador of Chila. Senor Don Miguel
Cruchaga Tocomal; the Ambassador of
Mexico. Senor Dr. Don Jose Manuel
Pulg Casaurane; the Bolivia mem
bers to the conference, Senor Dr.
Don Eduardo Dlez de Medina
and Senor Dr. Enrique Finot,
and the Paraguayan delegates
Dr Juan Jose Soler and Dr. Cesar A.
Vasconsellos. the Minister of Uruguay.
Dr. J. Varela: the Minister of Guate
mala, Senor Dr. Don Adrian Recinos;
the Minister of Nicaragua. Senor
Dr Don Juan B. Sacasa; the
Minister of Venezuela, Senor Dr.
Don Pedro Manuel Arcaya; the Min
ister of Haiti, Mr. Dantes Bellegrande;
the Minister of Colombia. Senor Don
Fabio Lozano; the Minister of the
Dominican Republic. Senor Roberto
Despradel: the Minister of Honduras.
Senor Dr. Don Celeo Davila: the Minister
of Bolivia, Senor Don Luis O. Abelll; the
Minister of El Salvador, Senor Dr.
Don Carlos Leiva; the appointed
Minister of Ecuador, Senor Don
Gonzalo Zaldumblde; the secretary
of the Bolivian delegation, Senor
Don Enrique Sanchez Lazado, the
secretary of the Bolivian delegation,
Senor Don Jaime Gutierrez Guerra;
the charge d'affaires ad interim of Para
guay. Senor Don Pablo M Ynsfran;
the charge d'affaires ad interim of Costa
Rica, Senor Den Guillermo E Gonzales;
the charge d'affaires ad interim of
Panama. Senor Don Juan B. Chevalier;
the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr.
Francis White; the chief of the Division
of Protocol. State Department, Mr.
Warren D. Robbins; Dr. Leo S. Rowe,
director general Pan-American Union;
Dr Esteban Gil Borges, assistant direc
tor general Pan-American Union: Mr.
Edwin C. Wilson, chief Latin American
Division. Department of State, and
Capt. Eugene A Regnier, aide to the
Secretary of State.
Mrs. Stimson, wife of the Secretary of
State was the honor guesi at luncheon
today of the "little cabinet." The group,
organized last year, is composed of wives
of undersecretaries and assistant secre
taries cf the various Government de
partments.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of
the Vice President, will be the guest in
whose honor Mrs. Archibald W. Powell,
president of the Western Pennsylvania
Republican Women's Club, will enter
tain at dinner this evening at the
Willard. . .
Mrs. Gann had as her guests at the
opening session of Congress this morn
ing Mrs. Powell and members of the
club who came to Washington with her.
The Italian Ambassador ana Donna
Antoinetta de Martino will entertain
at dinner this evening at the embassy.
The Ambassador and Donna Antoin
etta de Martino were hosts at a lunch
eon yesterday. _
Senor and Senora de Ferrara
Hosts at Junior League Party.
The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora
de Ferrara will entertain a small com
pany at the Patch Work Party which
the‘Junior League will give this eve
ning in the ball room of the Hotel
Mayflower,
The Ambassador of Germany, Herr
Friedrich von Prittwitx und GafTron left
Washington yesterday to spend several
days In New York.
The Belgian Ambassador and Mme
May and their daughter, MUe Francois
May, will go to Baltimore this after
noon’ to attend the first Monday german
of the Bachelors’ Cotillon, They will be
guests at the dinner given by Mr. and
Mrs. Summerfleld Baldwin at the Mount
Vernon Club in honor of Mrs. Baldwin’s
debutante niece. Miss Elizabeth Han
son The first secretary of the embassy,
Count de Buisseret and his sister, Mile.
Beatrice de Buisseret, also will be guests
at the dinner.
Other dinner parties preceding the
dinner will be given by former Repre
sentative and Mrs. John Phillip Hill,
who will entertain in honor of Baron
Ulrich von Giennath and Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Delano Robbins. Mr. and Mrs,
Edgar D. Edmonston will give a din
ner for their debutante daughter, Miss
Patti Warfield Edmonston and Mr. and
Mrs. John Cyrus Distler will entertain
for Miss Kate Scully, a debutante of
Washington.
Among the Washington buds who w ill
attend the cotillon will be Miss Louisa
Brooks. Miss Louisa Harrison Gwynn,
Miss Elsie Tuckerman. Miss Helen Rob
bins. Mis*Catherine Poe, Mis* Mae Har
ris Clarke. Miss Helen Louise Duckett
and Miss Josephine Duckett.
Miss Gwynn will be the guest at din
ner of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Carroll
preceding the dance.
Mme Vevcrka. wife of the Minister of
Ceechoslovakia will not receive Friday
afternoon, but will be at home Friday,
December 18.
The Minister of Canada and Mr*.
Herridge entertained at luncheon Sat
urday in honor of the former United
States Minister to Canada and Mrs.
William Phillips. The other guests
were the Ambassador of Great Britain,
Sir Ronald Lindsay; the Minister of
the Irish Free State and Mrs Michael
MacWhlte. the Minister of South Africa
and Mrs. Eric Hendrick Louw, Repre
sentative and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr.;
Mr F. D. G. Osborne, counselor of the
British embassy; May Ferry K. Heath,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury;
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. J. Bor
den Harriman. Miss Mabel Boardman,
Miss Mary Randolph and Gen. William
Lassiter.
Senator and Mrs Jesse H. Metcalf
have arrived in Washington for the
session of Congress and are stopping
at the Carlton.
Senator and Mr*. Royal 8. Copeland
have arrived from New York and are
staying at the New Willard.
Mrs Copeland entertained Mrs John
F. Curry of New York at luncheon to
i day at the Capitol.
Senator and Mrs William Warren
Barbour of New Jersey have taken an
apartment at the Shoreham, where they
will be for the Winter.
Senator and Mrs. Josiah W Bailey of
North Carolina have arrived in Wash
ington and are at the Mayflower.
Representative and Mrs. Richard S
Aldrich will entertain at dinner this
evening for the latter's daughter, Miss
Dora White.
Representative Patrick J. Carley of
New York again is in his apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Representative Percy H Stewart and
Mrs. Stewart have arrived In Washing
j ton from their home in Plainfield, N. J.
and are at the Carlton.
Capt. and Mrs Samuel S. Sandberg
! have as their guest at Wardman Park
; Hotel, Mrs. Louis Oherardelli, who ar
rived In Washington the latter part of
! last week from her home in Piedmont.
Calif. Capt. and Mrs Sandberg are
from California, where their daughter is
attending school.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes Stokes
of Baltimore, who are spending the
Winter in Washington with the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson
Turner, will be among those attending
the first of this season's Bachelor’s Co
tillions in Baltimore this evening.
Mrs. Robert C. Howard returned the
end of the week from Richmond, where
she was entertained at luncheon Wed
nesday at the Woman's Club by Miss
Julia Sufty.
Fell-Lalmbeer Wedding
In New York This Afternoon.
The marriage of Miss Josephine
Louise Laimbeer, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Laimbeer of New
York, to Mr John R Pell. jr„ son of
Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, wife of the Under
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Adam A. Weschler & Son, Auctioneers
Importer's Sale of Unusual Collection of
ORIENTAL RUGS
By Auction
At Weschler’s, 915 E St. N.W.
THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING
Two Sessions, 2 P.M. and 8 P.M.
A very fine collection of Antique. Semi-Antique and Modern Carpets, Rugs
and Runners: also good assortment of Chinese Rugs in various sires.’ Ker
manshah. Sarouk. Kashan. Ispahan. Lilehan. Beloochlstan, Hamadan.
Bergama. Karabagh, Neuiswn, Anatolian. Bokhara. Korassan, etc., In
sizes from door mat to 11x21.
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secretary of the Treasury, will take
place this afternoon in the Church of
St. Vincent-Ferrer in New York. The
reception following the wedding will be
given by Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt,
a friend of the bride's parents.
Miss Winifred Lee, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James T. Lee. entertained at
i dinner party last evening in New York
In honor of Miss Laimbeer and Mr. Fell.
Mrs. Harry R Rea of Pittsburgh has
returned to Washington for the Red
Cross meeting and is at the Mayflower.
Mrs. Rea recently returned from a brief
visit to her home In Florida.
Mrs. Robert Hollister Chapman, who
has been spending several weeks at the
Carlton, left Saturday for the South
where she will remain during the Win
ter months.
Mr. and Mrs. William McNelr en
tertained at luncheon yesterday In com
pliment to Mr. and Mrs George Mc
Neir of New York and Mr. and Mrs.
Burrows McNelr of Creedmoor. at War
renton, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. McNelr will be hosts at
dinner tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Rafael R Govin arrived yester
day at the Mayflower and will remain
in the city until Wednesday to attend
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's concert that
morning. She will then return to New
York and later in the season will go to
her home at Havana.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Charles Mc
Elroy have issued Invitations to a din
ner dance at the Shoreham Wednesday
evening. December 30, in honor of Mrs.
McElroy's daughter. Miss Ethel Mae
Taylor. The dinner will precede the
subdebuntante dance to be given at
the Shoreham that night.
Mrs. David H. Blair of Wardman
Park Hotel entertained informally at
luncheon today at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Mrs. Justin McGrath and her moth
er, Mrs. R. M. Maresford of Emerson
street northwest, left Thursday for New
Orleans. Cuba and Florida for a few
weeks’ stay.
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Wheeler
have returned from their Summer
home in Wisconsin and are in their
apartment at the Shoreham for the
Winter.
Miss Jean Woodson will attend the
house part given by Judge and Mrs.
Kincheloe of New York City for their
daughter, Miss Gene Kincheloe. Among
S)hc cNew
iPexies
y^CitfyeieAia
ITI 5 G ST. N.W.
the parties planned are a tea at the
Waldorf and. after the Army and
Navy foot ball game, a dinner in the
apartment of Judge and Mrs. Kinche
loe on East Eiehty-flfth street.
Judge and Mrs. Eugene O. Sykes will
will entertain In honor of Miss Wood
son at a supper dance for their daugh
ter, Miss Mai Sykes, December 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Lawrence
of New York City are at the Carlton
for several days. Mr. Lawrence is As
sistant Attorney General in charge of
customs.
Mrs. W W Van Valzah of New York
is spending the month in Washington
at the Mayflower and will then return
to Santa Barbara, where she has made
her home since leaving Washington
about two years ago.
Marriage Announced
In Virginia of Interest Here.
Announcement was made in Winches
ter, Va , yesterday of the marriage of
Miss Charlotte Harding of New York
and Boston and also of Dalcrombie
lodge, Invernesshire, Scotland, to Lieut.
George Bryan Conrad of the United
States Army, son of Mrs. Hunter H.
McGuire of Winchester. The wed
ding took place December 2 at Juarez,
Mexico.
The bride is the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. George Harding of
New York. Her mother was a member
of the old New England Bigelow family
EMBROIDERING HANDKER
CHIEFS FOR CHRISTMAS
Modest charge only if handkerchiefs
are purchased from us.
Hand-Embroidered (iuest Towel*, lunch
eon sets, etc . very reasonable.
The EMBROIDERY SHOP
*27-29 11th N.W.
Mrs. K's
Toll House Tavern
COLE8VII.I.E PIKE
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YV7ASHINGTON Market* are out
” standing in their display of
choice foods with which the "Old
Tavern's” table* fairly groan. Care
ful selection and preparation make
their Lunches and Dinners a stand
ard for "those who dine well.”
•
Sunday Morning Breakfast, Too
» A M. to Noon.
Open All Year Every Day
Phone Shepherd 3500
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Reupholstering & Repairing
Pay a little down when furniture «* returned; thereafter
a little each month will do
S-Piece Parlor Suites—Antiques
3-Piece Overstuffed Suites
Dining Room Chairs
Wool Tapestry, Friezza,
Brocades and Damask
Also Chair Caneing and Porch
Rockers Splinted by Our Ex
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Low Prices tor Two Days Only.
Write. Phone or Call
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Estimates and Samples Given Free
CLAY ARMSTRONG
Cpholaterer
1235 10th St. N.W.
the woman of quality
the woman of pride
finds here tomorrow
the cleverest dresses
new and extraordinary
- 2550
JQSCH1
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PAR R IS
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L2-24 f^STREET
street
5 o'clock
evening
.
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Thc "Derby”
at $10.50
woman’s wardrobe is com
plete without an oxford—par
ticularly at this season—when
heavier frocks really require such
a model.
The “Derby” is truly a very
smart, dressy oxford; fashioned
of black or brown sucdt, with
patent leather piping to match,
at $10.50.
Newest, shades and fashions in
Silk Hosiery. $1 to tl 95
RICH'S
F „ST at tenth
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of Boston. The bride spent part of the
Summer season here several years ago
as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. McGuire.
Lieut. Conradis Is a grandson of the
late Maj. Holmes Conrad, eminent Vir
ginia constitutional lawyer, who served
as solicitor general of the United States
under President Cleveland, and who
was later retained, at the direction of
President McKinley, to prosecute postal
fraud cases in Washington. He is a
graduate of the United States Military
Academy at West Point in the class of
1918. Lieut. Conrad and his bride ex
pect to reside for two years at Fort
Bliss, Tex., where the former is sta
tioned with an infantry regiment,
A board and chess men as Gulliver
with his Lilliputian friends might have
used will be among the articles
on exhibition in the Lee. Committee
loan Wednesday and Thursday at 2330
S street.
The board is about 4 inches square.
The “men,” ivory and red. are at the
base, the thickest part, an eighth of an
inch across and at the narrowest place
not much thicker than a pin. The
tallest men are an inch high, the
shortest a half inch.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Pierre Cartier of
New York City are at the Shoreham few
a short visit.
The Society of Natives of the District
of Columbia will be represented this
evening at the Belasco Theater to at
tend the opening performance of the
“House Beautiful,” by Channing Pollock,
a native Washingtonian, by Mrs. Anna
E. Hendley, one of the founders of the
society. Mrs. Hendley will have in her
box Mrs. Clarence Weaver, wife of Dr.
Clarence Weaver, the newly elected
president of the society; Judge and Mrs.
Gus A. Schuldt, Miss Janet Richards,
Mrs. David Abercrombie of New York.
Mrs. Ada Van Loon MacGee and Mrs.
Percy M. Bailey. Mr. Pollock will be
present at the first performance of the
“House Beautiful.”
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Lewis of
Hyannls. Mass., are at the Dodge dur
ing their brief stay in the Capital.
Mrs. George E. Toomev and Miss
Catherine Toomey of Hollywood, Calif
have arrived in Washington for an in
definite visit and are living at the Po
tomac Park Apartments.
Mrs. Estelle Williamson Douglas will
entertain at a bridge tea Wednesday
afternoon at t’ Kennedy-Warren. Mrs.
Edward A. Ke, s, Mrs. Virginia White
Speel, Miss Janet Richards and Mrs.
Frank W Mondell will pour tea and
receiving with Mrs. Douglas will be Mrs.
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CONNECTICUT AVENUE'S OWN FINE LUGGAGE SHOP
Suggestion for a
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A Leather Desk Set
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Firefly Red
Green-Gold
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The IS etc Shades in
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Silk
*
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’16.50
You'll be happy when holiday fun
comes that you've the right things
to wear from the breakfast hour
on.
Not only new high colors .but
every so many new things hap
pening in details that make or
break a frock. 'For instance, in
these silk crepe frocks a new
“high” in high necks . . a cowl
neckline and bias neckline in one
. . . little bow ends that you
haven't seen before this season on
sleeves and shoulders! Silk belts
cut like leather ones!
Sizes 12 to 40
SPORTS SHOP—FOURTH FLOOR.
t
Warren Hainfcs, Mrs. Millard F. West
and Mrs. Frederick T. F. Johnson.
Benefit Lecture Tomorrow
For Mary Washington Chapter.
Miss Janet Richards will lecture mi
"History in the Making” tomorrow eve
ning at 8 :15 o'clock in the Washington
Club, at 1010 Seventeenth street, for the
benefit of the patriotic work of Mary
Washington Chapter, D. A. R. Miss
Richards, who is historian of the chap
ter, donates her services each year. The
board of management sponsoring the
lecture consist* at Miss Dorinda Rogers,
regent; Mrs. Samuel A. Kimberly, vice
regent and Mrs. Frederick T. F, John
son. Miss Alice Whitaker, Mrs. A. S.
Gardiner. Mrs. Gwynn Gardiner, Mrs.
Edward A. Keys, Mrs. Thaddeus Jones.
Mrs. Oabot Stevens, Mrs. Helen W#»
land and Mrs. John S. Scully.
The Wooster Alumni win observe
"Wooster day” with a reunion at all
Wooster College people tomorrow eve
nlng in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wll
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JuH Every Kind mi
. Gift Gloves
frloves . . . myriads of them
... for every hour of the day
... for all kinds of people
. . . from the sporting ones
. . . the woman who drives
her own car ... to the gay
young things whose lives are
just one exciting party after
another . . . and priced so
enticingly low that you will
he tempted to give gloves to
everyone and be done with
Christmas shopping 1
Washable Lambskin.
Washable Suede
$1.95
Washable lambskin . . . pull
ons with scalloped tops ... the
veterans for hard wear ... in
brown, and black . . . washable
suede, quite long . . . beauti
fully soft . . . with a stunning
pearl button clasp at the wrist,
in beige tones. Sketched A.
Imported Lambskin
$2.95
For the woman who does not
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• these lambskin gloves from
France with striking applique#
in contrasting colors . . . and
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Sketched B.
Hand-Sewn Goatskin
$3.95
These are the gloves that will
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wears sports clothes of the for
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white, with straight tops ... in
the popular pull-on style. Black,
and brown. Sketched C.
Pigskin Pull-ons
$3.95 and $5
At *3.95 ... the popular nat
ural tone, and white pull-on*
. . washable, of course . . .
Just the thing for Winter sports.
At *5 . . . the very new black,
and brown pigskin ... as well
as white . . also washable.
These would thrill a college
girl? Sketched 0.
8-Button-Length Kid
$5.50
, For formal afternoon ... tea
V dancing . . . these demi
\ mousquetaires . . . either one.
* or three buttons of delicate
pearls at the wrist. In brown,
black, white, and eggshell.
Sketched E.
Kid Evening Gloves
$7.50
Think how excited some frivol
ous party-goer would be with a
pair of these 16-button length
kid gloves to go with the
sophisticated dance frock she
Just bought! In white, egg
shell, black, and brown.
Sketched F.
Driving Gloves
$7.50
The woman who drives her own
car will welcome these . .
lined with warm wool In the
hand ... the cuffs lined with
iK>ft fur , . , no seams in the
lining to be uncomfortable.
Brown, and black capeskin.
Sketched G.
Lined Gloves
$3.95
Fleece-lined gloves of goat,
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to take on and off . . . and
not too bulky for practical use.
Sketched H.
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Imported
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—for gifts
Evening Jackets
Change the Spirit of
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j Wear Them for Coats!
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I hev re velvet . . . black, red. green, brown
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$18.50 to $25