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I-- ; — | SOCIETY SECTION _ Capitals Social “ High Lights I m Part 3—10 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1936. . THRIFT SHOP FROLICS WILL BENEFIT SICK CHILDREN I lk. a -m f ———1« im m h f ' ■■■IHHHflHMHHHBHHHHKM:..'!-,1! * ..’-i # Left: Miss Estherbelle McHarg and Miss Christine Eken gren discuss their “jobs” at the benefit over a cooling ice. Miss Ekengren will be one of Miss Hope Jackson’s cigarette girls at , the ball and Miss McHarg will “peddle” ice cream. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. Center: Miss Nancy Leiter and Miss Marguerite Hagner serve themselves to a Summer salad as they discuss plans for the milk stand over which Miss Hagner will preside at the Thrift % Shop Frolics at the Sulgrave Club Saturday night. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. Mrs. Joseph Leiter’s garden, where Miss Leiter, chairman of the Thrift Shop Junior Committee, entertained members of the "Gingham Girls” Committee for the benefit._'_—Harrls-Ewing Photo. i ■ Upper right: MZZe. Nora de With, one of Miss Leiter’s busiest committee members, who will be one of the group selling pro grams at the frolics. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Lower right: Miss Juliette Dulany and Miss Ruth Somers', who will operate the orange concession, in their gay gingham frocks, at the benefit for sick and convalescent children. —Harris-Ewing Photo. French Ambassador Sails With Family on Tuesday For Three Months Leave 4 ___ Herr Hans Luther Will Be Host to Group at Luncheon Tomorrow in Honor of Dr. Hugo Eckener. THE Ambassador of France and Mme. de Laboulaye and Mile. Marie Teresa de Laboulaye will leave Tuesday for New York and will sail that night at midnight for France. They will be gone about three months. The Ambassador of Germany, Herr Hans Luther, will be host tomorrow to a group of men at luncheon in honor of Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Zeppelin Hindenburg. The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito will return to Washington the first of the week from Boston, where they went yesterday to attend the dinner given last night by the Japan Society. The Ambassador will go to New Haven, Conn., Thursday, where % he will deliver an address before the student body of Yale Uni versity. _ The Ambassador of Spain, Senor Don Louis Calderon, has Join A Senora de Calderon at the embassy after spending several days in New York. The Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter will return tomor row from New York, where they spent the week end. The Minister and Mme. Peter will entertain at dinner Wednes day evening. _ • Mme. Bostrom, wife of the Minister of Sweden, has issued Invitations to a tea Friday afternoon from 5 to 7 o’clock at the k legation. _ The Minister of Uruguay, Mr. J. Richiing, will be host at his annual Spring reception Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock in the patio room of the Carlton Hotel, where he makes his home. The Minister of Finland and Mme. Jamefelt will entertain at dinner Friday evening in the legation. They expect to sail the end of the month to spend the Summer In their home in Finland. _ The Siamese Minister and Mme. Rajamaltri will be hosts at dinner tomorrow evening in the legation. The Minister of Yugoslavia and Mme. Fotitch are expected to return the end of next week from California, where they have been for the past month. _ The Minister of Latvia, Mr. Alfred Bilmanis, will entertain at dinner tomorrow evening in the legation. The Minister will be host at dinner Tuesday evening and also Wednesday evening, when he will entertain the members of the Federal Bar Association. The Minister of Venezuela, Senor Dr. Juan J. Mendoza, and his daughter, Senorlta Carmen Helena Mendoza, have taken an apart ment at the Wardman Park Hotel. Gray Ladies’ Fete At Medical Center \ • Observes Birthday MRS. ROOSEVELT Is expected to attend the garden party, bridge and fashion show to be given by the Gray Ladies of the Red Cross and the Chapel Guild of the Army Medical ' Center, at Walter Reed Hospital Satur t day afternoon, May 23, beginning at £ 2 o’clock. It will be the celebration of the birthday anniversary of the Gray Ladies; and not only will Gen. Pershing be present to cut the birth • day cake, but Mrs. Henry R. Rea, honorary chairman of the Gray Ladies, will be present as one of the honor guests. i The party, which is given annually to benefit the memorial chapel fund, will offer a wide variety of delightful | features. It is expected that 100 ta bles will be required for the bridge t players, and imported prizes will be | awarded to the table winners. Mrs. W. W. Chiswell. Mrs. Victor N. Med (Us. Mrs. Raymond W. Pearson, Miss ' 4 i Mary Lee Gallagher, Mrs. W. w. Gal braith. Mrs. R. E. Murrell, Miss Julia Schelling and Mrs. Benjamin Hill will have charge of the bridge games. One of the mo6t popular and fas cinating features of the fete will be Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, who will tell fortunes beginning at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Ira E. Bennett and a committee are in charge of the "fortunes." Mrs. Lewis is in great demand, as she only gives her time and her talents anent "fortune telling’’ to such charitable affairs as this garden party. A young artist, Robert Weston Ades, from the West Coast will sketch the many celebrities attending the fete, as he has sketched many Hollywood celebrities. Not to be overlooked at this party is the children’s playground where Mrs. Helen Clifford, aided and abetted by Miss Emily Corcoran Mackall, Mrs. William D. Fleming and Mrs. John Bohlander will see to it that boys and girls, whose parents may be playing bridge perhaps, have a fascinating “wishing tree,”*a pony ride, a marion ette show and refreshments thrown in for good measure._1__ Thrift Shop Frolics Seek New Record Annual Benefit Prom ises to Outdo Past Efforts. IN COUNTRY costumes, ladies in ginghams and sun bonnets, their partners in overalls and huge straw hats, a group of the young married set will stage an old-fashioned country breakdown dance as a feature of the Thrift Shop Frolics, Mrs. John R. Williams’ annual benefit for her favorite charity, at Sulgrave Club next Saturday night. Among the couples who will partici pate in this rollicking dance will be Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Dubois, Mr. and Mrs. John Caswell, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Newbold, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Kent Legare, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Parker, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. E. Cortlandt Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Blaise de Sibour. An amusing skit from the pen of Sir Wiilmott Lewis promises to be the high light of the evening’s enter tainment—characters and plot a deep mystery. And Ethel Barrymore Colt probably will come on to sing a few of her delightful little songs as a divertissement between dances. Even the orchestra will be costumed for the ball, and Mrs. Williams has engaged (Continued on Second Page.) Townsends Return From Florida Stay The former United States Minister to Portugal and Belgium and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend have returned from Florida, where they went to cele brate their golden wedding annlver say. They have been at Pass-a-Grille Beach since shortly after the final concert of the season, which Mrs. Townsend arranged as an extra pro gram in her series of morning musi cs les, celebrating her golden anni versary. Mrs. Townsend spent a short time In New York before motoring South with Mr. Townsend, and has arranged her series of morning musicales, which next season will be Mondays instead of Wednesdays. ____ — « Miss Baker Advances Date for Her Wedding To Saturday, May 16 jy^ISS BARBARA BAKER, daughter of the late Lieut, and Mrs. John Loring Baker, and Mr. Edward Theo dore Caldwell, jr„ of New York, have advanced the date of their wedding from June to Saturday, May 16. The ceremony will be performed in the Church of the Redeemer, in Roland Park. Baltimore. The rector, the Rev. Dr. Charles Albert Hensel. uncle of the bride, will officiate, at 4 o’clock. Miss Baker will have as her only attendant her cousin and godchild, little Patricia Hensel. who will act as flower girl and maid of honor. Mr. Henry Bryan Caldwell of New York, a student at St. George’s School, will be best man for his brother. Mr. Caldwell and his bride will leave shortly after for a wedding trip, and after June 1 will make their home In New York. Miss Baker, who was presented in Washington last Winter by Dr. and Mrs. John Hooe Iden. went to New York yesterday, to remain until the middle of the week. ArmyCouple To Marry in Hawaii Soon Lieut, col. marshall ma gruder, 13th Field Artillery, and Mrs. Magruder announce the engagement of their daugh ter Margaret to Lieut. Harold Webb Browning, 2d, of the 27th Infantry, Col. Magruder and Lieut. Browning are both stationed at Schofield Bar racks in Hawaii, where the wedding wiU take place in the early Summer, Miss Magruder la the granddaughtei of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peyton, for merly of Washington, and of Mr George C. W. Magruder of Montgomerj County, Md. Lieut. Browning, who was graduated from West Point In the class of 1934 is the son of CoL William S. Browning, Field Artillery, and Mrs. Browning ana is a nephew of Capt. Harold Webt Browning, U. S. N., retired. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Levertor Noble of Taylors Island have an nounced the engagement of then ^Continued on Eighth Page.), M Miss Small Is Married To Mr. J. K. McCammon Ceremony Yesterday Draws Interest of Old Residential Circles—Miss Helen Powers Bride of Dr. Norman Scala. OP MUCH interest in old resi dential circles in the Capital was the wedding yesterday afternoon of Miss Marjorie Sigsbee Small, daughter of Mrs. Rob ert T. Small, to Mr. Joseph Kay Mc Cammon, son of Mrs. Ormsby Mc Cammon and the late Mr. McCammon. which took place at 4:30 o'clock In the Church of the Holy City. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Paul Sperry. The arrangements for the wedding were particularly charming In detail with a profusion of white blossoms mingled with greens making an ef fective setting for the ceremony. As the guests assembled in the church, Miss Maude Sewall, well known In music circles In the Capital, gave an organ recital. The bride was escorted to the flower banked altar and given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. Anton Otto Fischer of New York, distinguished marine painter and Illustrator. She wore a wedding gown of rich brocade, an heirloom in her family. Her veil of exquisite old English Honlton lace, a hundred years old, was arranged softly about her face and held with clusters of orange blossoms. She carried an arm bouquet of lilies of the valley. The bride had no attendants, while Mr. John L. Hobson of Boston was the best man. - Following the ceremony a recep tion was held at the borne of Mrs. Joseph Leiter. Mrs. Small, mother of the bride, wore a gown of beige chif fon flowered in nasturtium pink, her bat waa of soft brown straw and she wore a corsage bouquet of yellow roses. Mrs. McCammon was in a black and white gown* with accessories to cor respond. After the reception the couple left for a motor trip to Canada, the bride wearing a. light blue tweed suit with brown accesories. Upon their return Mr. and Mrs. McCammon will reside at the St. Nicholas. The bride Is a graduate of Ounston HalL She is the daughter of tbs late Mr. Bmall, internationally known newspaper man and the granddaugh ( ter of Rear Admiral Charles D. digs* * f bee of Manila Bay fame and Mrs. Sigsbee. The bridegroom s father, the late Mr. Ormsby McCammon, was a prominent lawyer of this city, and his grandfather was the late Judge Joseph McCammon. > Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mrs. John Wanna maker, 3d, of New York and Mrs. E. M. Klemm of Philadelphia, aunts of the bridegroom; Mrs. Anton.<Jtto Fischer and Miss Katrina FMber of New York, Mrs. Augustus L#weil Put nam of Boston, cousin of the bride's mother, who is visiting her parents, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Harry 1* Lackey. - ■ • • Several entertainments were given for the couple last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gray Foster entertained at a cocktail party for them Friday eve ning. Miss Helen Mildred Powers Weds Dr. Norman Scala Miss Helen Mildred Powers, daugh ter of Mrs. Albert J. Powers of Cam bridge, Mass., and Dr. Norman Philip Scala, son of the late former con ductor of the United States Marine Band and Mrs. Francis Maria Scala, were married yesterday morning. The ceremony took place in Dahlgren Cha pel at Georgetown University, the president of the university, the Rev. Arthur J. O’Leary, officiating at 10 o’clock. The bride wore a gown of blege crepe with felt hat to match and a cluster of orchids. She was attended by her sister, Miss Mary Albert* Powers of Cambridge, who was in ross crepe with biege accessories and had a cor sage boquet of pink roses. Mr. Arthur Quinn was best man. A wedding breakfast at Pierre’s fol lowed, after which Mr. and Mrs. Scala left for a wedding trip to the Middle West They will return to Washington May IS and will be at the Shoreham until they sail for Europe June 11. They will return to Washington the middle of September to make their home here. Mrs. Powers, mother of the bride, and her sister, Miss Alice Powers, and (Continued on Sixth Double Wedding Of Much Import In Navy Circles A DOUBLE wedding of much ln tereet in Navy circles will take place June 26 in Gloucester, Va., when Miss Mary Webb Spencer wlU become the bride of Ensign Edward Farrell Dissette, U. S. N„ and her sister. Miss Margaret Gordon Spen cer, will marry Mr. Seymour St. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. St John of Wallingford. Conn. The engagements ol the two at* tractive Navy girls are announced to day by their mother, Mrs. Leigh Noyes, wife of Captain Leigh Noyes, U. S. N. The weddings will take place in the home of their father, Dr. Blair Spencer. Ensign Dissette is the son of Mrs. James C. Dissette and the late Mr. Dissette of Detroit. Mich. He grad uated from the Naval Academy in 1934. Mr. 8t. John is a graduate of Yale and is at present a master at the Choate School. Residents Make Plans • * For Summer FORMER Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, will close their home, Woodley, on Cathe dral avenue tomorrow and re turn to their place, Hlghhold, on Long Island for the early Summer. Former Postmaster General and Mrs Harry 8. New will leave Washington the first of June for their Summer place on Turtle Lake to remain untl the Autumn. Mr. and Mrs. New wit close their home, Hemlock Hedge, lr Edgemoor for the season. Mrs. Hawes, wife of former Senate Harry B. Hawes, will return todaj from Stratford, the home for den Robert E. Lee. where she attended th< annual meeting of the Stratford Com mittee of which she is a member. Dur ing these annual meetings the mem ber» of the committee in charge occupj 3 '(Continued on Fifth Page.). 4 _ > Official Set Activities Of the Week Secretary and Mrs. Dern Have Week End Guests. THE Secretary of War and Mrs. George H. Dern have as their guests over the week end, Mrs. Fuller Bailey of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Henry Rigger of Chicago. Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, wife cf the Attorney General, returned to the Capital yesterday afternoon from New York, where she has been spending several weeks. The Postmaster General, Mr. James A. Farley. Is spending the week end In New York^ City with Mrs. Far ley and their children. He will leave this evening for Devils Lake, North Dakota, where he will deliver an ad dress, going from there to Barre, Vt, to speak. He will spend next week end In New York with his family. The Undersecretary of State and Mrs. William Phillips were hosts at dinner last evening, when their guests were the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Mme. Troyanovsky, the Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik and tha Minister of Czecho6lavakia and Mme. Veverka. Mrs. Wayne cnatneia xayior, wne (Continued on Fifth Page.) Duchess de Chaulnes Visiting in Capital The Duchess de Chaulnes arrived In Washington Thursday aboard Mrs. William Boyce Thompson’s yacht Al der to spend a few days in the Capital. Duchess de Chaulnes, who has been cruising in southern waters with Mrs. Boyce Thompson on her yacht, which la anchored ofl Hains Point, was pres ent at the French Embassy yesterday afternoon,