Evening star. [volume], February 25, 1936, Page B-3, Image 19

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“Defend the
Constitution
Luncheon ”
League of Republican
.Women Luncheon
Thursday.
Mrs. William Fitch Kelley, presi
dent of the League of Republican
Women, has completed arrangements
for the ‘‘Defend the Constitution”
luncheon and symposium to be held
on Thursday at 1:15 o’clock at the
Mayflower Hotel. This is the second
of a series of luncheons to be given
by the league. Those fortunate
enough to have secured reservations
will be addressed by Gov. Nice of
Maryland, the guest of honor and
principal speaker. It is interesting to
note that Gov. N ce is a native s</i
of the District ol Columbia, having
been born in Washington December
6, 1877, the son of a Methodist min
ister. Upon graduating from the
University of Mtiryland Gov. Nice
chose law as his profession. Defeated
in 1919 by the lute Gov. Ritchie of
Maryland, Gov. Nice in 1935 won the
election by a majority of 200.000 votes.
Among the distinguished Republi
can women from neighboring States
whose remarks t.re always awaited
with keenest interest are Mrs. Felix
Parker of Roanoke. Va.; Mrs. Murray
Coggeshall of New Jersey. Mrs. Charles
Payne of Annapolis, Md„ and Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman, chairman of Mont
gomery County Republican women.
Others who will attend the luncheon
are: Mrs. Nice, Mrs. William E. Borah,
Mrs. Murray Boucock, Mrs. Charles
L. McNary, Mrs. Arthur H. Vanden
berg, Mrs. Lester J. Dickinson, Mrs.
Bertrand Snell. Mrs. James W. Wads
worth, Mrs. Wallace White, Mrs. Vir
ginia White Spee., Miss Bertha Wolfe,
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. E. A,
Harriman, Mrs. Cuno Rudolph, Mrs.
Oscar Jarecki, Mrs. Perry Heath, Miss
Grace Burton, Misses Richards, Miss
Mona Gill, Mrs. Dell Gilbert Sale,
Mrs. Asa Leigh Gilbert, Mrs. Anna D.
Harrison. Mrs. Louis Wentz, Mme. von
Below, Miss B. Eberly, Miss Josephine
Burke, Miss Mary Balser, Miss Grace
Tilcombe. Mrs. Emma Cupp, Mrs.
Bessie Edson, Miss Sarah Frizell, Miss
Adele Green, Mrs. J. T. Baneroft, Mrs.
Anne C. Nelamhusty, Mrs. George
Bryant. Mrs. Edward Moore, Mrs. C.
Lewis, Mrs. Richard T. Joelson, Mrs.
Arthur Defenderfer, Mrs. Charles
Drayton.
Mrs. Henry R Gower, Mrs. W. M.
Nanney, Mvs. F. H. Ridgway, Miss
Gertrude Davis, Mrs. William Knight,
Mrs. George Kennedy, Mrs. Annie
Casey, Mrs. Wayne Wirgman, Miss
Josephine Rohnr, Mrs. Edwin Lord,
Mrs. William F. Pearson, Mrs. Edward
L. Dyer, Mrs. V. M. Pierce, Mrs. Wil
liam Waginer, Mrs. Charles H. L.
Johnston. Mrs. H. E. Love, Mrs.
Gertrude Greble, Mrs. B. S. Chaney,
Mrs. Clarence B. Lane. Mrs. Sophie
B. Kent, Mrs. Mary Harrison, Mrs.
Lyda Van Hagan, Mrs. Anne Tuohy,
Mrs. Charles Ferguson, Mrs. Wallace
NefT, Mrs. P. Keyser, Mrs. H. Edna
Pitts, Mrs. Eva M. Chase, Mrs. E. S.
Bimmons, Mrs. Robert McKinley, Mrs.
A. R. Bailey, Mrs. Robert P. Green
and Miss E. L. Smith.
A number will come from Baltimore
for the luncheon, among those being
Mrs. Margaret D'Unger, Mrs. Calvin
Gabriel, Miss Grace Harnett, Miss
Helen Elizabeth Brown, Mrs. Ida
Krebs, Mrs. C. W. Serp, Mrs. Eliza
beth Lehn, Mist Aimee D. Goff, Miss
Clara Goff, Mrs. Mamie Gardner, Mrs.
Vera Lewis, Mrs Ella Jans, Mrs. Maud
Webb, Mrs. Marietta Rotan, Mrs. Cor
nelia Thomas f.nd Mrs. Clara Fohl
maghman.
Acting as ushers at the fete will be
Mrs. Parry, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs.
Rhodes, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Dodds
and Miss Dorothy Tirrell.
Miss Blake Bride
Of Mr. H. B. Milnor
The wedding of Miss Mary Mar
garet Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William J. Blake of Newport, R. I.,
and Mr. H. Bryan Milnor of Williams
port, Pa. took place Saturday morn
ing at 11 o'clock in the rectory of St.
Paul’s Church, the Rev. Kilkenoey of
ficiating.
The bride wore a blue lace gown
with a shoulder bouquet of gardenias
and a blue straw hat and blue shoes.
£he was attended by Miss M. Eliza
beth Cotta, whose gown was of gray
trimmed with dubonnet. She carried
a bouquet of piik sweet peas.
Dr. Lewis E. Tyron acted as best
man for the bridegroom.
A wedding breakfast was held fol
lowing the ceremony at Genne’s after
which a reception was held at the
home of the bridegroom at tne Kav
enel, 1610 Sixteenth street.
Guests attending the wedding were
from Newport, R. I., Providence, R.
I„ New York City and Hamburg,
Pa. Amctig them were Mrs. Francis
Xavier, wife of Lieut. Xavier, U. S. N.,
and Miss Rheta Blake of Newport,
R. I., both sisters of the bride; Mrs.
Mary Roberta Warner of New York
City, sister of the bridegroom.
The bride is a graduate of St. Au
gustine and Rogers High School, New
port, R. I., and Catherine Gibbs Col
lege in Providence, R. I. Mr. Milnor,
who is the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Milnor, graduated from
Williamsport High School, Lehigh
University and the National Univer
sity Law School, class of 1927. He
served overseas to- the Army during
the World War and is a member of
the Sigma Nu Pi law fraternity, the
American Legion and the University
Club, in Washington. The bride is em
ployed in the Department of Justice
and the bridegrcom is connected with
the Veteran's Administration Board of
Appeals.
Mr. and Mrs. Milnor are in Ber
muda for their wedding trip.
Minimum Wage Sought.
The Union of South Africa will be
•eked to estabiiih a minimum wage
of $3.50 a day for European laborers.
Hostesses Chosen
For Play Tonight
Mrs. Horace Torbert and Miss Louise
Moore will serve as hostesses at the
Studio of Theater Arts production of
“Six Characters in Search of an Au
thor” when it is presented at Ward
man Park Theater this evening. Mrs.
De Witt C. Croissant and Miss Anna
Pearl Cooper will be the hostesses to
morrow evening.
This will be the first presentation in
Washington of this play, which is one
of the best-known works of the dis
tinguished Italian, Luigi Pirandello,
who in 1934 was the winner of the
Nobel prize for literature. The studio
production is under the personal direc
tion of Miss Constance Connor Brown.
The Italian Ambassador. Signor
Augusto Rosso, has taken tickets and
is planning to see the play with sev
eral others from the embassy. Among
others who have made reservations
are Gen. and Frau Von Boetticher,
Dr. and Mrs. Lyman J. Briggs. Mrs.
Richard V. Oulahan. Miss Emma T.
Hahm, Prof, and Mrs. Arnold W.
Spanhoofd, Mr and Mrs. Carl A.
Droop, Maj. and Mrs. Harry B. Ham
bleton, Maj. and Mrs. Seth C. Dildine,
Dr and Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Pearlman. Dr. De Witt
Croissant. Miss Ellen S. Spencer, Prof.
Merle I. Protzman, Miss Betty Rical
ton, Miss Florence Bell, Mr. Warren
f— ■ """
Bruner, Mrs. W. R. Cole, Mrs. J. F.
Pierce, Mr. S. Hazen Bond, Mr. and
Mrs. Archie L. Peterson, Miss Olive
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. W. Earl Brown,
Mr. Harry Cassell Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard M. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
N. Hacker, Miss Iva MacFadden, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Russel, Miss Amy
B. Hunter, Mrs. Laura C. Williams,
Miss Anna Ulke, Miss Clara Ulke,
Miss Flora Ulke, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Edward Rusch, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
P. Drury, Mrs. A. H. Brooks, the
Misses Farnum, Mr. and Mrs. Percival
Padgett, Miss Floyd Mitchell, Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome F. Gunther, Mrs.
Charles W. Fairfax, Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Ellis, Mrs. Frank Edler, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul D. Banning, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur P. Drury, Miss Rose Mary
Ball, Miss Alice Ball, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel V. Gusack. Miss Emily Gil
lette, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hinman. Mrs.
N. B. Hawkins, Miss Minnie Dean,
Mrs. Gray Savage and Miss Anna
Baer.
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News of
Suburban
Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson
Hosts in Sligo
Hills Park.
The assistant chief disbursing offl
cer of the United States and Mrs.
Archie L. Peterson entertained at
their home in Sligo Park Hills with
an informal supper party last evening
in honor of the chiefs of the regional
disbursing offices who are in Wash
ington to attend the conference on
the payment of the bonus to veterans
of the World War. There were about
40 guests present.
Mrs. Henry Paine Simpson enter
tained at luncheon today In her home
in Livingstone Heights, Va., in com
pliment to Mrs. J. Walton Wood of
Rappahannock, Va., who is the house
guest of her son-in-law and daughter,
Col. and Mrs. B. F. Miller. Covers
were laid for six and two shades Of
pink sweet peas, flanked by old iv< ry
candles in silver holders, formed the
attractive table centerpiece.
Yesterday Mrs. Simpson was hostess
at luncheon, having as guests Mrs.
Jesse Roberts, Mrs. J. H. Walton and
Mrs. Julian D. Simpson, later at
tending with her guests the benefit
bridge at the Washington Golf and
Country Club.
Thursday Mrs. Simpson will enter
tain at luncheon Mrs. John Bryan
and Mrs. J. H. Walton of Cherrydale
and Mrs. C. C. Bryan of Washington.
After luncheon they will go to the
home of Mrs. Clay Jennison in Wash
ington to attend the bridge tea spon
sored by the Mar? Bartlett Chapter,
D. A. R.
Mrs. Thomas S. Wallis was hostess
at a delightful tea Sunday afternoon
in her home, Ellenwood, in Cherry
dale, Va., when her guests were mem
bers of the Francis Wallis Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. The affair was given in cele
bration of the birthday of George
Washington and the fifteenth birth
day anniversary of the chapter.
The beautifully appointed tea table,
presided over by Mrs. Frank Rynex
and Mrs. Harry Wormald, had for a
centerpiece a large white cake with
15 glowing candles. Mrs. Wallis, who
organized the Francis Wallis Chapter,
and has been its regent continuously
since, cut the birthday cake and gave
a toast to the chapter, which was re
sponded to by all the guests present.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dickey have as
a guest at their home in Clarendon
Mrs. W. P. Lawrence, who arrived the
latter part of the week from Elon
College, N. C., for an extended visit.
Mrs. Arlene Cathcart and her
daughter, Miss Ruth Cathcart, of Ball
ston, Va„ are passing some time in
Florida. At present Mrs. Cathcart is
visiting Mrs. Blanche Torreyson at her
home in Sarasota, while Miss Cath
cart is the guest of Mrs. Ruth Rowe,
the former Miss Ruth Croson of Ar
lington County, at Okeechobee, Fla.
“Grito de Baire”
Celebrated by Cubans
A typical fiesta was given last eve
ning when the military attache of the
Cuban Embassy and Senora de Mu
niila celebrated the Cuban national
holiday, Grito de Baire, with a buffet
supper. The guests were for the most
part members of the embassy stafl
and their wives and a few of the hosts
friends. Including Col. and Mrs
Charles Burnett and Miss Sherlej
Gallagher. Senora de Munllla wore a
turquoise blue gown hand painted
around the skirt and sleeves.
The buffet supper consisted of all
dishes for which their country is
famous.
Fowler-Holmead
Wedding Announced
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Holmead an
nounced the marriage of their daugh
ter Nellie Leona to Mr. Charles
Burch Fowler. The wedding took
place in the rectory of St. Matthew’s
Church at 4 o’clock Thursday, Febru
ary 21 in the presence of the im
mediate families.
Miss Deane Mignon Holmead was
maid of honor for her sister, and Mr.
Joseph Fowler was best man. The
bride was dressed in an ensemble of
ashes of roses and brown, with brown
accessories. She wore a corsage bou
quet of gardenias and lilies of the
valley. Her maid of honor had a
costume of aquamarine trimmed with
brown and her corsage bouquet was of
talisman roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Fowler left later for
a wedding trip and on their return
will be at home at 3583 Thirteenth
street northwest.
Iowa State Society
Dance This Evening
The Iowa State Society reception
and dance which was to have been
held February 7, but was canceled on
account of the weather, will be held
at the Willard Hotel this evening at
9 o'clock.
Among the Recent Brides
MRS. V/ILLIAM HAROLD
PACKETT,
Who before her marriage to
Dr. Packett, was Miss Virginia
Catherine Thompson.
—Underwood A underwood Photo.
MRS. WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
Married recently in St. James'
Church at Mount Rainier, Md.
She was Miss Mary Delores
Allen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John C. Allen.
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