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SOCIETY
Mrs. Hoover Honor Guest of Senatorial
Hostesses at Luncheon Today
at Country Club.
MR6. HOOVER was the honor
guest of the “Senate Ladies'
Luncheon Club" today at the
last meeting this season of
the organization, composed of
wives of members of the Senate. The
luncheon was given at the National
Women's Country Club, and In addi
tion to the members and honor guest
there were individual guests of mem
bers.
The President and Mrs. Hoover will
be the honor guests at dinner this
evening of the Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. William N. Doak, who will enter
tain at the Willard.
Mrs. Hoover has accepted the Invi
tation of the Women’s Committee for
the Congressional ball game at Griffith
Stadium Saturday, to serve as a patro
ness for this anual batting match be
tween Demorcrats and Republican::.
Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro and Mrs.
Virginia White Speel, co-chairmcn of
the committee, are making even' effort
to sell tickets for the game so that
every seat may be filled and a generous
check be turned over to the District
unemployment fund. Beginning tomor
row and continuing through Friday,
Miss Jane Thorpe, daughter of Col.
and Mrs. George C. Thorpe, with
members of her debutante committee,
will sell tickets during the lunch hour
in all the leading hotel lobbies. Base
ball fans, who want choice seats, will
be given this opportunity to secure
them conveniently.
Boy Scouts of the District are co
operating by distributing "dodgers'' in
every section of the city. Ladies of the
congressional circles have organized
working committees and are selling
tickets. Leaders in the Women's Na
tional Democratic Club and the League
of Republican Women are making a
thorough canvass of their membership,
and women in practically every organ
ization are assisting the Women’s Com
mittee in making the game a great
financial success. Boxes are selling
rapidlv. according to Mrs. Reginald S
Huidekoper. chairman of the Box Com
mittee. and official as well as social
Washington will be well represented at
the great diamond when President
Hoover tosses out the first ball.
Ambassador and Mme. Debtichl
Hoots at Dinner Last Evening.
The Ambassador of Japan and Mme.
Debuchi entertained at dinner last eve
ning in the embassy when the guests
were the Ambassador of Belgium and
Mme. May. the Ambassador of Argen
tina. Senor Felipe Espil: the Secretary
of Labor and Mrs. William N. Doak.
'Mr. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone, the Minister of Hungary and
Countess Szechenyi. the Minister of
Austria and Mme. Prochnik. the Min
ister of Sweden. M. W. Bostrom: the
Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs.
Frederick H. Payne. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Joseph Strauss. Mr. and Mrs.
Chandler P Anderson. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mason Remev. Maj. and Mrs. William
Carey Crane. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock,
Mrs. Rushmcre Pa*terson and the
counselor of the embassy and Mme.
Kato.
The Ambassador of Great Britain and
Lady Lindsay will entertain at dinner
this evening In the embassy.
The Minister of Ecuador and Senora
de Zaldumbide will entertain at dinner
this evening.
The first secretary of the German
embassy. Herr Ernst Meyer, spent the
week end af Point lookout Among
others who were at the hotel, which
opened Saturday for the season, were
Mrs. Paul Scheffer and Di*. and Mrs.
Edward Larkin.
The first se’retarr of the British em
bassy and Mrs. Terance Shone have
closed their house :n Georgetown and
sailed Saturday for England, where Mr.
Shone will be until the end of July.
Mrs. Shone will join him here the end
of September.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
A’iation and Mrs. David S. Ingalls will
return this afternoon from Hot Springs,
where they have been since the former's
nomination for Governor of Ohio a fort
night ago.
The Marquis and Marquise de Cham
brun of Paris, are making a very brief
visit at the Mayflower, having arrived
in Washington yesterday, from Cincin
nati, where they spent the last week.
They will sail tomorrow for France,
their trip being a very hurried one.
May 1 the marquis was rc-elected to the
House of Deputies, of which he has
been a member for 34 years and the
convening of the new body the early
part of June necessitates his return at
this time. The marquis is a brother of
the Compte de Chambrun, who married
Miss Longworth, sister of the late
Speaker Longworth.
The Marquis and Marquise de Cham
brun visited this country at the time of
the Yorktown celebration, the former
representing his ancestor, Gen. La Fay
' ette. The Marquise de Chambrun for
merly was Miss Margaret Rives Nichols
of Virginia, cousin of the late Speaker
ijlcholaa Longworth.
Brig. Gen. Frank R. Keefer and Mr.
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George Christian Ames spent the week
end in Winchester, Va., with Mr. C. F.
Massey. *
Col. and Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim
entertained at dinner last evening at
White Sulphur Springs, in honor ol
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Johnson.
Comdr. and Mrs. James Richard
Barry will be hosts at a supper party
this evening in their home on Thirty
fourth street.
Mrs. McAndrew. widow of Mat. Gen.
James W. McAndrew, U. S. A., was
hostess at dinner Sunday evening in
honor of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John L.
DeWitt and Gen. and Mrs. Perry Miles.
Mrs. Fred C. Croxton, wife of the
assistant director of unemployment re
lief. has returned to Washington after
a fortnight's visit in Whiting, Ind., with
her son. Dr. Frank C. Croxton and his
family, where she was extensively feted
during her stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Croxton spent
the week end and holiday in the Blue
Ridge Mountains.
Mrs. Bell Closes Brief VWt
Here and Goes to New York.
Mrs. Charles J. Bell, who has been
the guest of her nephew' and niece, Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor. left today
for New York. Mrs. Bell's home. Twin
Oaks, has been leased for the Winter
to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. David S. Ingalls, Mrs. Bell
spending the season in Europe. Mrs.
Bell spent a brief time at the May
flower and. accompanied by her son.
Mr. Robert Bell, and Mrs. Grosvenor,
went to New York this morning.
Mr. William Phelps Eno is at the Am
bassador in New York for a short stay
before going to Judah Rock, his Sum
mer home at Saugatuck, Conn.
Mrs. M. McKee Reisinger arrived last
evenin' by motor from her heme,
Berkeley Lodge, at Greenwich. Conn.,
accompanied by her younger daughter.
Mary Harrison McKee, for a few days’
stay' at the Carlton. They came for a
brief visit with Mrs. Relsingers older
daughter. Miss Edmee Roberta Reising
er, who is a student at the Mount Ver
non Seminary-.
Mrs. Reisinger has many friends here,
where, as Miss Mary Lodge McKee, she
wac presented to society some years ago
bv her mother, the late Mrs. James
Robert McKee, daughter of President
Benjamin Harrison.
Mrs. Lindsav Russell has returned to
Washington from California and will be
at the Mayflower for a few days before
: opening her home, at 2334 MassAehu
| setts avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. william Wallace Chal
new a+ Harris!
summer
dresses
5-95
Cool wash silks ... re
freshing printed crepes
end sheers . . . the better
cottons. Sizes 12 to 44.
SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE
Further reductions to close out remaining stock of fine Spring clothes at drastic
markdowns for immediate clearance; ou r present semi-annual sale offers our regu
lar high quality collections at the lowest prices in many years. The time for excep
tional bargains at Pasternak’s is right now!
MOST PRICES REDUCED l/2
Frocks—Gowns
for women
and misses
$18
regularly to 55.00
regularly to 75.00
beautifully made dresaes
for daytime and evening
that will be decidedly amart
for the summer.
HATS
now reduced
to $6.50
Misses' Dept.
FROCKS
$10 $15
regularly to 29.50
printed erepea, plain, street,
sports, chiffons, afternoon
and eveninff.
COATS
for women
and misses
$19.50
regularly to 65.00
$25
regularly to 85.00
The season’s smartest coats
trimmed with line fare or
unusually well-tailored coats
without tar.
BLOUSES
an odd group
now Yz price
A group of children's
Model Coats
custom-made
nou) Yz price
HOSIERY
line SI gauge
regular 1.95
now 1J5
sheer hose, special 1.00
Sport Knits
Knit Suits
and
Sport Frocks
$19.50
formerly to 49.50
$29.50
formerly to 59.50
A group of Farley hand
knit 3-piec# Suits were $13$.
now reduced to 75.00.
4 Farley hand-knit dresses
were $85. now 35.00.
SUITS
for women
and misses
regularly to 75.00
Suits with sad without fur
included are three-piece
suits with blouses, and a
fine selection of tallleurs.
no returns all sales final , no credits
DEPENDABLE WEARABLE CLOTHES OF PASTERNAK QUALITY AT
REAL ECONOMY PRICES
mers of Riverton, N. Y., are week end
guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles J. Williamson, at the
Shoreham.
Mr. and Mrs. Williamson entertained
at dinner for them Saturday and again
last evening.
Miss Annie M. Hegeman has taken a
suite at the Carlton for a few days,
while clasing her house, at 1900 I street,
for the season,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bull are at
Annapolis, where they will attend the
graduation of their son. Midshipman
William I. Bull. Mr. and Mrs. Bull have
as their house guest Miss Elizabeth Pet
tus of Savannah, Ga.
Miss Laura Katherine Field has gone
to Annapolis to attend the ring dance
at the Academy as the guest of Dr. and
Mrs. Carroll 8. Alden. Next week end
Miss Field and her mother, Mrs. James
O. Field will go to Hampton, Va.. to be
the guests of Capt. Henry P. Wright,
U. S. ff., and Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Louise Sumner and her sister,
Mrs. Mary Butler Ducorrow of St. Louis,
who spent three months at the
Grafton Hotel, left yesterday for Chau
tauqua. N. Y., where they have a Sum
mer home.
Miss Atlee Wlrgman and Miss Fanella
Castanedo are arranging a picnic at
Great Falls cm the Maryland side Tues
day, Jun* 7.
Miss Margaret Hagan of Washington
entertained at dinner yesterday at
Cray's Hill Inn. Va.. the guests being
Dr. W. W. Ashley of Washington. Dt.
and Mrs. Arthur P. Noyes of Howard,
R. I.: Miss Caroline J. Sears of Victor,
N. Y.; Dr. Loies Hubbard and Dr. and
Mrs. Hubert Woolly of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald U. Slrcom of
Boston, Mass., announce the marriage
of their daughter Ruth to Lieut. Wen
dell O. Johnson, U. S. A., son of Mr.
O. A. Johnson of Oeneseo. 111. The
ceremony took place at 4 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon in Christ Lutheran
Church, in Washington. Rev. J. Fred
eric Wcnchel officiated.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Mrs. Harry L. Waggoner of Washington.
Lieut. Leslie Creuer, who is a classmate
of the bridegroom stationed at Fort
Myer. was best man.
Lieut, and Mrs. Johnson will be at
home at West Point, M. Y., after to
morrow.
Mrs. Mary B. Wever of Chicago is
visiting her sister. Mrs O. M. Weaver,
and niece, Mrs. A. R. George, an Mili
tary road, in Chevy Chase.
National Symphony Fund
Aided by Recital Friday.
A benefit recital will be given Friday
evening in the auditorium of the Gor
don Junior High School to aid the
guarantee fund for the National Sym
phony Orchestra, of which Hans Ktn
dler is conductor. The program will be
given by Ann Sugar, 12-year-old
pianist, and the sponsors for the recital
include Mrs. John L. Cable, Mrs. Tracy
Dows, Mrs. Joseph M. Saunders, Mrs.
Edward Altman. Mrs. Oliver Bowles,
Mrs. E. B. Qreenbaum. Mrs. W. Edward
Denton, Mrs. Frederic E. Farrington,
Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. Carl A.
Droop, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, Mrs.
Charles W. Fairfax, Mr. and Mrs. Ful
ton Lewis, Mrs. Cecil Clark, Mrs. Royal
T. McKenna, Mrs. Miriam B. Hilton,
Miss Mary A. Cryder. Miss Jean Stier.
Mrs. de Beauvais Richards, Mias Minna
S. Adams. Miss Helen Ware and Miss
Mary B. McQuade.
A card party will be given Friday aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock in the Cleveland
Park Club House at 3433 Reno road for
the benefit of 8t. Albans. The com
mittee In charge Includes Mrs. Louis
Eugster. Mrs. A. A. Birney, Mrs. Robert
Morris Richards. Miss Bertha Marsh.
Mrs. Warden. Miss Grace Robinson and
Mrs. Arthur Carr. Tea will be served
after the card game.
Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Shea have re
turned from a few days' stay at the
Cavalier at Virginia Beach, where they
went for the holiday.
Miss Gertrude Richardson Brigham,
formerly of the faculty of George Wash
ington University and now head of
journalism at Brenau College in
Gainesville. Ga., is spending today in
Washington, en route to New York.
She will sail tomorrow on the 8. 8
Mauretania to go to Russia for the
Summer, where she will write a series
‘ of articles fir the Atlanta Constitution.
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Before returning In the Pall she plans
to visit Istanbul and Parts.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stodden spent
last week at the Hotel Stratford In
Washington and went to Atlantic City
Saturday for the holiday, making the
trip by motor. Mr. and Mrs. Stodden
will spend this week in New York and
will motor to Boston before returning
to their home In Minneapolis. Minn.
Mis* Dorothy Snyder and Miss
Adelaide Buchhota are spending June
week at Annapolis.
Miss Elsie Butterworth of Waynes
boro, Va„ was the week end guest of
Miss Kathryn Thompson.
The National Woman s Country Club
will have a dance on Saturday evening
for members and their guests.
Republican Club Postpones
Festivity fot This Evening.
The second entertainment of the
Spring series planned for tonight at
the National Capital Republican Club
has been postponed until later in the
week. Tomorrow evening the club will
hold anothsr open-house night, with
bridge and card games for members
and guests.
Mrs. Miles C. Trowbridge is rhair
man of pages for the annual luncheon
of the D. C. Federation of Women’s!
Clubs Thursday. Assisting her will be '
Mrs. O. H. Graves, Miss Marion Hunter,
Miss Marion Rose, Mrs. Ross Snyder,
Mrs. Julia Wolf, Mrs. Eugene Burr,
Mrs. Catharine Loomis-Hood, Mrs.
Warren Wagner, Miss Margaret L
Fraser and Mrs. R. M. Wolfe.
Additional reservations have been
made by Mrs. James S. Parker, Mrs.
James E. Watson, Mrs. Wallace H.
White, jr.; Mrs. A. B. McManus, Mrs.
Ethel Hess. Mrs. Clarence Findell, Mrs.
Mabel Strider, Miss Florence Thomp
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