Evening star. [volume], May 20, 1935, Page B-4, Image 20

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Navy Takes
Interest in
. Naval Name
Decatur House, Open
to Public, Center
of Activities.
DECATUR HOUSE has always re
mained Decatur House in spite
of the fact that Stephen Decatur,
who built it in 1819, with prize money
won in the wars with the barbary
pirates, lived in it but one short year.
It has kept the name of that great
naval hero for well over a century,
and it is fitting that the Nat? should
be represented on the first occasion on
which it is opened to the public.
Mrs. John R. Williams, chairman of
the Thrift Shop Committee, sponsor
ing the exhibition Wednesday and (
Thursday, has arranged for promi- j
nent Navy women to assist at tea j
which will be served in the historic j
old garden each afternoon from 3:30 j
to 6 o’clock.
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the |
Secretary of the Navy, will pour tea j
Wednesdhay afternoon, with Mrs. j
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They j
will be assisted by Mrs. John H. Rus- j
sell, wife of the commandant of the i
Marine Corps: Mrs. George Barnett, j
Mrs. Galbraith, wife of Crpt. William
W. Galbraith. U. S. N.. and Mrs. Pul
eston, wife of Capt. W. D. Puleston,
U. S. N.
Members of the boards of the mem- '
ber organizations of the Thrift Shop
will be hostesses in the various rooms
of the two lower floors of the house
which will be on exhibition. Wednes
day, Mrs. William J. Flather, Mrs.
Richard Holland Wilmer, Mrs. Alan
Kirk. Mrs. Brooke Lee and Mrs. Vin
ton Chapin of the Children's Hospital
Board of Lady Visitors: Mrs. Gilbert
N. Hitchcock, Mrs. Thomas Ash Clay
tor, Mrs. Ira Patchin, Mrs. James F.
Mitchell and Miss Christine Owen of
the Child Welfare Board: Mrs. Sidney
F. Taliaferro, Mrs. Daniel C. Long,
Mrs. John W. Turrentine and Mrs.
Dallas Dort of the Columbia Hospi
tal Board: Mrs. Charles Russell Train,
Mrs. Philip O. Coffin, Mrs. Alexander
B. Legare. Mrs. Cresson Newbold and
Mrs. William Payne Meredith of the
Children's Country Home Board will
be the hostesses.
Marines will be stationed throughout
the house, and sailors will stand at
attention at the old doorway.
Miss Roche Guest
At Democratic Club
Miss Josephine Roche, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, will be the
honor guest at the annual luucheon
of the Education Committee of the
Woman's National Democratic Club
Thursday at 12:30 o’clock at the club
house. Mrs. Edward P. Costigan,
chairman of the Education Commit
tee, will preside and introduce Miss
Roche, who will discuss “The Oppor
tunities and Achievements of the
New Deal."
At the speaker’s table with Mrs.
Costigan and Miss Roche will be Mrs.
Edward B. Meigs, president of the
club; Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin and
Mrs. Samuel Herrick, past presidents,
and Mrs. Ellis Meredith, Mrs. Basil
Manley, Miss Mary E. Bakewell and
Mrs. Clarence I. Hendricks, members
of the committee.
During the club season this com
mittee conducts a forum meeting
each Thursday morning for the dis
cussion of current legislation and
Issues of the day. One meeting each
month is given over to Mrs. Robert
Nelson’s lectures on foreign affairs.
The other meetings this season have j
been conducted according to the re- |
porter plan, the division leaders being |
prepared for an analytical discussion '
of their departments with, usually, a
guest speaker who is an authority on ‘
the subject. The reporters for the
committee are Mrs. Basil Manley,
Tennessee Valley Authority; Mrs.
John Allan Daugherty, Federal Hous
ing Administration; Mrs. Charles;
Hamlin, Public Works; Miss Eleanor j
Connolly, F. E. R. A.; Mrs. Sherwood ’
Jones, N. R. A.; Mrs. Glen Gifford, j
Labor Industrial Relations Board;
Miss Ethel Ketchum, C. C. C.; Mrs. 1
Adrian T. Busick, Federal Savings
and Loan Association; Mrs. Clarence
I. Hendricks, Consumers’ Advisory
Board: Miss Mary Bakewell, A. A. A.;
Miss Florence Hammond, Federal De
posit Insurance Corp.
The luncheon Thursday closes the
activities of the Education Commit
tee for the season and will be largely
attended by club members and their
friends, as well as the members of I
the Thursday morning group.
Former Capital Hosts
Entertain at Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Porter David
son will entertain at dinner this eve
ning at the 1925 F Street Club. Mr.
and Mrs. Davidson have been guests
over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
E. Whitten, who entertained at sup
per last evening in their honor. Mr.
and Mrs. Davidson are en route to
their Summer home in Connecticut
from Pinehurst, N. C., where they
have been for the Winter.
Mr. and Mrs. William McReynolds
entertained at dinner last evening at
the Little Tea House, their guests
being Mrs. W. B. Roberts of Kansas
City and Mrs. Charles L. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Walton, jr., had
as their guests at dinner last evening
at the Little Tea House Mr. and Mrs.
W. R Roddenbury of Cairo, Ga.
Mrs. Walcott Guest
At Women’s Club
Mrs. Charles D. Walcott will speak
at the luncheon following the annual
meeting of the National Capital divi
sion of the Woman’s National Farm
and Garden Association Wednesday at
noon at the Wesley.
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—
J^R. AND MRS. EDWIN CARPEN
TER DUTTON have issued invita
tions to the wedding of their daughter,
Grace Edwina, and Dr. Emil Herbert
Bauersfeld Saturday afternoon, June
8. at 4 o’clock in All Saints’ Episcopal
Church in Chevy Chase, Md.
Miss Marion Linn Finney, daughter
of Mrs. Charles Agnew Finney and
the late Mr. Finney, and Mr. Robert P.
McBride, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J.
McBride of Portage, Wis., were mar
tied Saturday In Washington. The
couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Forsythe of Washington.
Mrs. McBride is a graduate of the
Misses Eastman School and of Black
stone College. Mr. McBride was grad
uated from the University of Wisconsin.
Mr. and Mrs. McBride left for a
motor trip through the South and
after June 15 will be at home at the
Marquette.
Mrs. Charles A. Burmeister an
nounces the marriage of her cousin,
Miss Jessie Agnes McCormick, to Mr.
Cecil Cook, both of Stark, Kans., Sat
urday evening. May 4, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Burmelster, 1702 Lamont
street.
The ceremony, performed by Dr.
Russell J. Clinchy of the Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church, took place
in front of a mantle banked with
lilacs and apple blossoms and lighted
by silver candlabra. Mrs. A. P. Cham
berlain accompanied her daughter,
Miss Grace Chamberlain, who sang
the wedding music.
The bride was given In marriage by
her cousin. Dr. E. Ray Ballinger of
this city. Her gown was of green crepe
and her bouquet a shower of pink
sweet peas and lilies of the valley.
An Informal reception, attended by
relatives and close friends, followed
the service. Mr. and Mrs. Cook will
make their home In Washington for
the present. '
Cards Out for Dance
At Fort Belvoir, Va.
Capt. and Mrs. Herman H. Pohl
and Lieut, and Mrs. Edmund K. Daley
have issued invitations for a dance
Wednesday evening, May 28, in Mac
kenzie Hall at Port Belvoir, Va., where
Capt. Pohl and Lieut. Daley are on
duty.
Miss Jane Harden, daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. A. C. Harden of Wash
ington, was the guest of Miss Millie
Noce Saturday at Port Belvoir.
Maj. and Mrs. Paul S. Reinecke
have announced the birth of a son,
John Philip Reinecke, who was bom
Wednesday, May 15. Mrs. Reinecke,
a charming hostess in Army circles,
is well known for her exceptional
music talents, being both a cultivated
violinist and an able pianist.
Senora de Azcarate
Sponsors Concert
Senora de Azcarate, wife of the mili
tary attache of the Mexican Embassy,
heads the list of prominent patrons
for the forthcoming Spring concert of
the Bekefl - Deleporte Institute of
Dance Sunday evening, June 2, at 8:30
o’clock at the Community Center Au
ditorium at Sixteenth and Q streets.
Among other patrons and patronesses
are Mrs. John Francis Butler, Mme.
Natalie Rimsky-KoraakofT, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard W. D. Jewet, Mr. Frank
La Falce and Mr. William Nelson
There will be many out-of-town
guests for this colorful dance event,
for the group of artist and student
dancers to be presented by Mr. Theo
dore Bekefl, Mr. Maurice Deleporte
and Mr. Billy Lytell includes more
than a hundred Washington dancers
who are Interested In the recital and
who will participate in the varied
program of ballet and character num
bers, opening with the first presenta
tion in the Capital of the entire
“Nutcracker Ballet,” by Tschiakowsky,
from which the often-seen Nutcracker
Suite is but a part.
From New York City will come Mr.
and Mrs. George Popham, Mrs. Charles
Mulhall and Mr. Frederick C. King,
former poetry editor of the Literary
Digest, who is at present engaged in
writing a book on “The American
Ballet.” There will be guests also
from other cities. Including Mr. and
Mrs. A. Deleporte of Springfield,
Mass., and Mr. and Mrs. George Hard
ing of Pittsfield, Mass.
The public may obaln reservations
for the concert at the Bekefi-Dele
porte Institute and from members of
the dancing groups.
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