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Social News Of Maryland And Virginia Mr. Serge N. Benson has returned to his home in Silver Spring, Md.. from Mount Dora, Fla., where he •pent 10 days with his wife and daughters, Barbara Jeanne Benson and Ruth Benson, who have been visiting Mrs. Benson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Horton, since the early part of January. Mrs. Benson and her children plan to return to Silver Spring next week. Rev. E. M. Davis has just arrived from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he has been engaged in evangelical work during the past 15 years. Dur ing the last six years he has been superintendent of the Rio-Minas Geraes Mission, which included the Federal district, the state of Minas and the southern part of the state ©f Rio de Janeiro. Mrs. Davis has been here since Fall, when she came with their daughter, Miss Enola Davis, who entered Wash ington Missionary College and after the close of the year they will visit relatives in Kansas and Alabama be fore returning in October to South America. Mr. and Mrs. Eben M. Whitcomb and their children, Eben Whitcomb, jr„ and Anne Whitcomb, of Seven Oaks Manor, Silver Spring, Md., have left for Florida, where they will visit points of interest for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Turner enter tained at bridge at their home in Falls Church Saturday night, when they were hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Millard, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brown and Miss Martha Cline. Mrs. A. Coonin entertained at a tea for her niece, Miss Ruth Shepsle of Hagerstown, Md., at her home Sun day. Miss Shepsle, who is a pianist, played several selections for the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Tolson of Be thesda, Md.. are spending the week in New York City. Mrs. William Nelson Morrell will be hostess at a dessert bridge this afternoon at her home in Edgemoor, Md. Mrs. G. Raymond Webb of Edge tnoor, Md., will entertain at a bridge party this evening. Mr., Mrs. Fleming Honor Guests Mr. Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank and the American Bankers’ Association, and Mrs. Fleming were the guests of honor of Mr. Frank K. Houston, president of the Chemical Bank & Trust Co. of New York at a dinner Sunday eve ning, March 1, at the Indian Creek Club, at Miami Beach. Fla. Among the other guests w'ere Mr. Guy Mason of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Watts and Mr. Andy Johnson of St. Louis. -»-— Mrs. A. R. Glaf Luncheon Hostess Mrs. A. R. Claf, wife of the director of housing, Department of the In terior, entertained at luncheon at the Shoreham today for Mrs. D. H. Cooley of Sheboygan, Wis., who is visiting her brother-in-law and sister. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Harold F. Ely. Other guests were Mrs. Ely, Mrs. W. C. Denny, Mrs. Chester Davis. Mrs. Raymond Weins. Mrs. Charles Camalier, Mrs. Howard Cheney and Mrs. Henri de Sibour. Fraud Order Issued Against Mail Order Divorces in Mexico Post Office Department Places Ban on Juarez Law Firm. By the Associated Press. The Postoffice Department moved •gainst the Mexican "mail order divorce” business yesterday with a fraud order barring the "Juarez Law Office” of Juarez, Mexico, from the mails. Ordering all mail addressed to the Mexican firm returned to the senders with a notation "fraudulent,” Karl Crowley, Postoffice Department solici tor. said the Juarez firm claimed that their $100 divorces were “respected, protected and enforced everywhere.” Crowley charged the Mexican firm with misrepresenting the laws of American states, and repeated earlier findings that absentee Mexican di vorces are not valid in the United States. Visitors in the Capital Mrs. Sullivan Here for Two-Week' Visit. Other Social News. Mrs. James Francis Sullivan of Phil adelphia is in Washington for a two week visit at the Mayflower, and yes terday attended the luncheon of the Dames of the Magna Charta. Mr. and Mrs. George Stuart Patter son of Philadelphia, will arrive tomor row afternoon to attend a dinner party and will stop with Mrs. Charles H. Sabin in her house in Georgetown. Miss Beatrice Willing Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, is now on a trip in Mexico with Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Talbott of New York and Mr. Thomas Evans of Philadelphia. Mr. William L. Brewster left last night for New York, where he will re main for the rest of the week. While in New York Mr. Brewster will stop with Mr. Robert Straus, son of the United States Ambassador to France and Mrs. Jesse I. Straus. Mr. Brew ster is connected with the Federal Housing Administration in Washing ton and resides at the Caravel. Mr. and Mrs. William Littauer and their daughter and son-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. William Eldon Doeller, and Mrs. Henry Suydan of Washington are staying at the St. Regis. Mrs. Alexander Gordon of Balti more. Md.. came to Washington for the Magna Charta luncheon yesterday and returned home last night follow ing a two-day stay at the Mayflower. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alberts have as their guests for three weeks their son-in-law and daughter, Lieut, and Mrs. D. C. Hamberger, who arrived from Schnectady, N. Y„ where Lieut Hamberger has been with the General Electric Corp. At the conclusion of their visit here Lieut, and Mrs. Ham berger will go to Quincy, Mass., where Lieut. Hamberger will be gunnery of ficer of the new destroyer, the Moffett. Mrs. Marshall O. Terry of New York City, is in Washington until Fri day and staying at the Mayflower. She had planned to go to Florida from here, but instead will go back to New York for a short while before leaving for the South. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Partridge Klots are guests at the Mayflower while in Washington for a day or tw-o. They plan to be in New York until after Easter, when they will return to France. Mr. and Mrs. Warburton Again in Capital for Short Stay. Mr. and Mrs. John Warburton of New York City have returned to Wash ington from a motor trip in Virginia and will be at the Mayflower for a few days before returning to New York. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Sullivan and Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Scannell of Lowell, Mass., arrived yesterday for a brief vacation and are at the Wardman Park Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Harper Sibley of Roch ester, N. Y., who are occupying an apartment at the Mayflower, have been joined by their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Sibley, and her friend, Miss Lucile Forman of Buffalo, N. Y., who will remain here during the Spring months. Mr. Sibley is president of the United States Chamber of Com merce. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Fromhart of Rochester, N. Y„ are staying at the Wardman Park Hotel during their visit in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. MacGregor of London, England, who are making a short stay in Washington while on a visit to this country, are at the Ward man Park'Hotel for a lew days. Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Buechler left yesterday lor Miami, Fla., where they will visit Palm Beach, St. Peters burg, Orlando and Daytona Beach, re turning the latter part of this month. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Richard son ol Newtown, Fa., are spending a brief time at the Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Vesper ol Essex Falls, N. J., are stopping at the Dodge. Mrs. George H. Lorimer ol Philadel phia, Pa., is at the Carlton lor a lew days; also Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Oliver and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Conner ol that city. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. McDonald of Bronxville, N. Y., entertained at luncheon yesterday at the Ambassador Mrs. Laurence Duggan, wife of the chief of the Latin American division ol the State Department. Mr. Mc Donald is vice president of the Textile Banking Co., Inc., in New York and was formerly with the Federal Housing Administration in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. MacKenzie ol Chicago, 111., are passing a short time at the Carlton. Among other guests at the Carlton are Mr. and Mrs. J. M, Souby of Omaha. Nebr., and Miss Isabel Nesmuth of Lowell, Mass., ac companled by her sister, Miss Helen Nesmuth. Mrs. James Francis Sullivan of Rad nor, Pa., who came to Washington for the meeting of the Magna Charter Dames, will remain here for a fort night and will be at the Mayflower most of the time. Mrs. Meyer Hostess At Lunch Yesterday Mrs. Eugene Meyer entertained more than- 50 women prominent in club work on Monday at luncheon in her home, at 1661 Crescent place. Five tables accommodated the guests, gay Spring blossoms forming the center piece at each, and in the drawing room there were vases filled with tulips and lilies. Sitting at Mrs. Meyer’s right was Mrs. Roberta C. Lawson, president of the General Fed ertaion of Women’s Clubs, and on her left was Mrs. Lloyd Biddle, presi dent of the District Federation. Mrs. Lawson spoke after the luncheon, tak ing as her subject "How Women’s Clubs Can Use Newspapers in Their Community to Get the best Results.” The other guests included officers of the federation, past presidents of the District Federation and presi dents and directors of the various clubs forming the District Federation. German Diplomat Host at Dinner Rear Admiral Robert Witthoeft Emden, naval attache of th£ German Embassy, entertained at dinner last evening at the Mayflower. His guests from the diplomatic corps were the counselor of the German Embassy and Frau Leitner, and Dr. Ernst Wilhelm Meyer, first secretary of the German Embassy; Capt. Louis Sable, naval attache of the French Embassy, and Mine. Sable; the naval attache of the Japanese Embassy, Capt. Tamon Yamaguchi, and the as sistant naval attaches, Comdr. Bunjiro Yamaguchi, and Lieut. Comdr. Eiitiroo Zyoo; the naval attache of the Peru vian Embassy, Capt. Juan Althous and Senora de Althous; the naval attache of the Italian Embassy, Comdr. don Umberto Cugia, Marquis of Sant’Orsola, and Donna Bianca Cugia, Marchioness of Sant'Orsola; the naval attache of the Argentine Embassy, Comdr. Horacio M. Smith and Senora de Smith, and the naval attache of the Brazilian Embassy, Comdr. Oscar F. Coutinho and Mme. Coutinho. His guests from the United States Navy circle included Rear Admiral and Mrs. Adolphus Andrews, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Rear Admiral and Mrs. A. E. Watson, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ernest J. King, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Alfred W. Johnson, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Joseph R. De Frees, Capt. and Mrs. Wilson Brown, Capt. and Mrs. William D. Puleston, Capt. and Mrs. W. R. Van Auken, Capt. and Mrs. Charles C. Hartigan. Comdr. and Mrs. Frank D. Pryor, Comdr. and Mrs. Wallace L. Lind and Lieut, Comdr. Francis M. Malle. The company also included Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West, Mrs. A. P. Niblack, Mrs. James D. Taylor, Mrs. Chester A. Snow, jr.: Mrs. William T. Mann, Mrs. B. L. Bell and Miss Pris cilla W. Watson. Imported Orange Marmalades - Jar. Dor. Keiller’s Dundee, 15 oz..48c $5.25 Hartley’s English, 15 oz_.35c 4.00 Chivers, English, 15 oz..30c 3.50 Cross & Blackwell, 15 oz25c 2.90 C.&B. Fish Globe, 15 oz 30c 3.50 Fig & Ginger Marm., 15 oz-60c 7.00 Domestic Orange Marm., 15 oz_40c Domestic G. F. Marm., 15 oz_40c Magruder Inc. * Grocer. & Wine Merchant, since 1875. Phone Plat. 8250 18th Sl M St«. I HI LOREN'S I PORTW UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD J130 CONNECTICUT AVENUE The Unusual in Beds, Dressers, Studio Couches, Mattresses—Springs ESTABLISHED OYER 70 YEARS H. A.Linger, 925 G St. i——r* tfmhW PcuJzin I SjjLqqufci * /( . . . Advertised i by us in Harp- . er’s Bazaar March 1 | ... Wool coat or dress, flared back, brown, black or navy, 22.50 1 THE CHARLOTTE PARKER % PATENT LEATHER steps up to first place in fashion Spick ond span patent leather with the shining mirror surface that you've always loved. But this time we've done some thing new with it. We've given it the suppleness of fabric and a delicacy of de tail. Dale, sketched_10.75 On Sale Tomorrow! 1,200—$3.95 Dresses Calling all I4's to 20's *T M and if you're 36— or even 38 we're f pretty sure they'll fit! 6 Styles in Linen! J**? Peasant linens! Two-tone linens! Linen crashes! k _ 6 Styles in C^OttO 11 ♦ Klokay prints! Chambrays! Unglazed chintz! Damask prints! Just the unadorned list of fabrics and colors is news, but oh my—you’ll revel in the styles! One or two piece models—sportsy, tailored and dressy! Choose from twelve—all styled with a simplicity that is doubly wel , come—first because they are so wearable and smart—and second; they make short work of tubbing and ironing! 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Practically all of our Glen Bogie successes are included. There'* “MoHy”—“FOlly"—and. “Su»y”—there's “Lou" ajtd “Holly"I Part of the group is direct from stock—plus a pleasant •urprise shipment jn** arrived from tht maker*. Not, of course, every size and color in every style, but in nil there’s a most gratifying choice... Italian green—Sinbad red—fuchsia—Gentian blue—oxford—Kent green— Chinese rust—Chile browiv—blue, brown and red combinations! Needless to tell you that this will draw a crowd, and a reminder—first comers served first/ All sales final—No C. O. D’s. Better Sports Shop—Third Floor. •