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Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington and Its Environs
M rs* R oosevelt Issues
Invitations to Two Teas
To Be Held Friday
One Will Be at 4 O’Clock for
Democratic Women’s Council, the
Other for Friends Service Group.
MRS. ROOSEVELT has issued invitations to two teas to be held
Friday afternoon, December 10, at the Executive Mansion.
The first will be held at 4 o’clock for the Democratic Wom
en’s National Council and the other at 5 o’clock for the American
Friends’ Service Committee.
His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador and the Hon. Lady Lindsay
were hosts at dinner last evening, when their guests were the Sec
retary of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, the Rumanian
Minister, Mr. Charles A. Davila; the Hungarian Minister and Mme.
Pelenyi, the Norwegian Minister and Mme. Munthe de Morgen
stierne, the Military Attache of the French Embassy and Mme.
Lombard, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feis, the First Secretary of the
Italian Embassy, Don Marcello del Drago dei Principi d’Antuni;
Mme. Cantacuzene Grant, the Very Rev. the Dean of the Cathedral
of Washington and Mrs. Noble Powell, Admiral and Mrs. Mark L.
Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran Thom, the Rev. Canon and Mrs.
Anson Phelps Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Guedalla, Mrs. Marion
Warburg, Mr. and Mrs. George Rublee, Mr. and Mrs. David Finley,
Miss Sophy Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoyt, Miss Mary Lamp
son, Mr. E. Pendleton Turner, Maj. H. F. Heywood, Commercial
Secretary of the British Embassy, and Mr. Michael Vyvyan, the
Second Secretary.
Frau Dieckhoff, wife of the Ambassador of Germany, will be at
home the first Friday afternoon of every month beginning tomor
row at their residence at 2929 Massachusetts avenue, which they
leased from the former Minister of Hungary to the United States
and Countess Szechenyi, while the new German Embassy is under
construction.
Representative and Mrs. Ralph O. Brewster of Maine, who are
occupying an apartment this season at the Mayflower, have as their
guest Miss Elizabeth Thomaston of Sweden, who arrived hero yes
terday from Bowdoin College, where she had been visiting Dr. and
Mrs. Charles T. Burnett.
Mr. and Mrs. Brewster are entertaining at dinner tomorrow
evening before the Friday Supper Club at the Sulgrave.
The Minister of the Dominican Republic to Great Britain, Dr.
Max Henrique Urena, and Mme. Urena have arrived at the Shore
ham for a short visit before going pn to Mexico on a special mission.
They expect to be in Mexico about a month.
Senora Viteri-L’Afronte, wife of the president of the Ecuador
Boundary Commission, was hostess at a cocktail party Monday in
her apartment in the Shoreham. The party was the first of a series
which Senora de Viteri-L’Afronte has planned. The second is
being arranged for Monday afternoon.
Capt. Elwood A. Cobey, U. S. N„ and Mrs. Cobey of Thirty-third
place N.W. were dinner hosts Tuesday evening at the Army-Navy
Country Club, when they entertained 24 guests. Dinner was fol
lowed by dancing.
Lt. Col. R. C. Crawford, U. S. A., and Mrs. Crawford of San
Francisco, Calif., are spending several days at the Martinique.
Lt. John Neiger, U. S. A., and Mrs. Neiger of Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo., are spending an indefinite-time at the Martinique.
Woods-Gardiner
Wedding Announced.
Charming in its simplicity was the
wedding of Miss Helen A. Gardiner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bowlen G.
Gardiner, and Mr. Donald A. Woods,
son of the late Dr. and Mrs. G. L.
Woods of Savannah, Ga., which took
place Saturday morning at 11 o’clock
In the rectory of the Sacred Heart
Church, the Rev. Joseph F. Lane of
Taneytown, Md., cousin of the bride,
performing the ceremony.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a white satin
gown empire style, with a neckline
finished with a short train. The
sleeves were puffed to the elbow and
made with long, tight cuffs. Her tulle
veil fell from a Juliet cap. Her bou
quet was of white orchids and lilies of
the valley.
Mrs. Mary Ackerman, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor. Her dress
was fashioned on the same lines of
the bride's gown, in aquamarine blue.
She carried an arm bouquet of rust
chrysanthemums tied with gold and
rust ribbon. Mr. Louis D. Woods,
brother of the bridegroom of Dublin,
Ga., was best man.
The ceremony was followed by a
reception at the home of the bride’s
parents at 4209 Eighteenth street N.W.
Mrs. Gardiner, mother of the bride,
wore a gown of black velvet, with short
sleeves and a corsage of purple orchids
and lilies of the valley.
Later Mr. and Mrs. Woods left for
an extended wedding trip through the
South. They will make their home in
Jacksonville Fla. The bride wore
away a charming dark green velvet
dress, with accessories to match, and
a green coat with red cross-fox collar.
Mrs. James O'Connell has closed
her house on First street and has
taken an apartment at the Broad
moor. Mrs. O’Connell has with her
her granddaughter, Miss Mary Olive
O’Connell.
Bettina Ripley Weds
Joseph Nicholson.
News has been received of the mar
riage today of Miss Bettina Ripley to
Mr. Joseph Nicholson at Newton
Centre, Mass. Miss Ripley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Z. Ripley of
Newton Centre, for the last few years
has been residing in Washington,
where she maintained a house at 2740
Thirty-fourth street with Miss Rachel
Campbell. Miss Elizabeth Morison,
Miss Sarah Jenkins Smith, Miss Ellen
Bugge and Miss Barbara Donald. The
latter is in Europe at present.
The Ripley family has long been
identified with Boston and Mr. Ripley,
for a number of years, was professor
of economics at Harvard University.
While in Washington Mrs. Nichol
son was employed with the Works
Progress Administration and, for a
short while, Mr. Nicholson, who comes
from Philadelphia, was here, con
nected with the N. R. A. The bride
and bridegroom are leaving in a day
or two for a cruise and upon their
return after the first of the year will
reside in Philadelphia. No announce
ment of the engagement was made.
I Mrs. Walters Leaves.
Mrs. Theodore A. Walters, wife of
the late Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, has given up their apartment
in the Roosevelt and with her son, Mr.
John G. Walters, will leave tonight
to return to their home in Caldwell,
Idaho.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
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Mrs. Joseph Casey, wife of Representative Casey from Massachusetts; Mrs. Stephen W Nealon
and Mrs. Daniel O’Donoghue, who are taking an active interest in the benefit party of St Ger
trude’s Guild scheduled for Monday at the Wardman Park Hotel. -Harris-Ewing Photo
Suburban Social News
Mrs. Gantz Entertains at Luncheon
And Shower in Arlington.
MRS. GANTZ, wife of Comdr.
Benjamin Soule Gantz, en
tertained at a charmingly
arranged luncheon and
shower yesterday m her home on the
Arlington Ridge road in Virginia in
honor of her niece. Miss Nora Worth
ington Offutt of Washington, whose
marriage to Mr. Oswald Gray Hayes
will take place Wednesday. Following
luncheon the 24 guests played bridge.
Monday evening Mrs. Gantz enter
tained the members of the Flanders
Field Unit of the Women's American
Legion, of which she is the national
president. There were 20 guests.
Mrs. T. Ramsay Taylor, who has
been the guest of her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. Guy
Dudley, in Norfolk, Va., has returned
to her residence in Fairfax, Va.
Miss Anne Carper, who has been the
guest of her aunts, Mrs. Sally Holtz
claw and Bliss Frances Cockerille of
Herndon, Va., has moved to Arlington,
Va., for the winter months.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hyde Buell of
Herndon, Va., have as their guest for
some time the latter's mother, Mrs.
William Wood Frye of Jacksonville,
Fla. Mr. Arthur Hyde Buell, jr., a
student at Woodberry Forest, was the
guest over the week end of his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stutsman of
Herndon, Va., have as their guest for
two months their daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Adams of Goshen, Ind.
Mrs. William H. Dawson entertained
at a bridge luncheon Monday in her
home in Herndon, Va., when her
guests were Mrs. T. Edgar Aud, Mrs.
William Meyer. Mrs. Cassius M. Law
rence, Mrs. Walter C. Carter, Mrs.
Arthur Hyde Buell, Mrs. Annie Robey
Walker, Mrs. Bentley Harrison. Mrs.
Allen H. Kirk, Mrs. Louis Ferguson,
(Continued on Page B-4.) ~~
Dr. and Mrs. Stanley
And the Whiteleys
Fete Miss Lincoln.
DR AND MRS, ARTHUR CAMP
STANLEY will entertain at a
dance Wednesday evening, December
29, at their residence on Massachu
setts avenue in honor of Miss Mar
jorie Gould Lincoln, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gould Lincoln. Miss Lin
coln's name now has been added to
the list of this year's debutantes.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Peyton
Whiteley will give a dinner before the
dance in their new house, 2915 Wood
land drive, into tvhich they moved
recently. Their daughter, Miss Mary
N. S. Whiteley, better known to her
friends as Peggy, will return from Rol
lins College, where she is a student,
on December 18 for the Christmas
holidays. That evening her parents
will entertain at a buffet supper in
her honor. The supper party is being
given as a surprise to Miss Whiteley
and will be in the form of a house
warming, for she has not yet seen her
parents’ new residence.
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Second Floor Gown Salon
A group of street, afternoon, dinner and evening
Here’s just a partial dist:
Size Was
1 Cameo Pink Lace and Net Formal- 20 49.95
1 Black Sheer Dinner Gown, Jet Embroidery_ 40 49.95
1 Navy Net Formal with Jacket- __ 14 39.95
1 Black Crepe and Lace Dinner Gown- 38 39.95
1 Azure Blue Crepe Formal with Jacket.... 18 39.95
1 Peach Chiffon and Lace Dinner Gown__ 38 49.95
1 White Crystelle Wedding Gown- 16 39.95
1 Ivory Velvet Wedding Gown- 14 35.00
1 Red Crepe Dinner Gown_ 12 35.00
1 Peach Net Formal_ 14 35.00
1 Rose Crepe Formal with Jacket- 18 35.00
1 Chartreuse Lace and Net Formal- 18 29.95
1 Black Crepe Dinner Dress_ 14 29.95
I Black and White Net Formal- 20 29.95
1 White Pont d'Esprit Formal with Jacket— 14 29.95
1 Wine Crepe and Metal Afternoon Dress- 38 59.95
1 Stone Blue Metalesse Crepe ond Lame'- 40 49.95
1 Green Crepe Afternoon Dress- 38 39.95
1 Brown Crepe Dress__ 38 39.95
1 Block Jacquard Crepe Dress-40 39.95
1 Wine Crepe . Dress_ 44 39.95 s
1 Navy Crepe Dress_ 38 39.95
1 Beige Crepe Dress_ 38 39.95
1 Black Crepe Dress_ 38 35.00
1 Kress Green Crepe_ 12 35.00
1 Black Crepe Dress_ 16 29.95
1 Black Crepe Dress_ 12 29.95
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Residential
Society in
The News
Mrs. J. F. Moran
Is Hostess
At Dinner.
MRS. JAMES ROOSEVELT,
daughter-in-law of the Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt,
and Miss Marguerite Le
Hand, who are visiting at Palm Beach,
Fla., were the honor guests at dinner
last night of Mrs. Joseph F. Moran,
who entertained at White Caps.
Col. and Mrs. Brady O. Ruttencutter
will leave for Miami on Monday and
while in the South they will go to
New Orleans in February for the
Mardl Gras festivities. Col. and Mrs.
Ruttencutter returned from Europe
recently and for the past two weeks
have been at the Westchester, where
they will return in May.
Mrs. Paxton Blair, who has been
at Wild Acres, the home of her
parents. Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert H.
Grosvenor, near Bethesda, Md., for
several weeks, left yesterday for
Coconut Grove, Fla., where she and
her children will spend the winter.
Mrs. James Craig Peacock enter
tained at luncheon at her home in
Chevy Chase, in honor of Miss Jean
Miller, daughter of Justice Justin
Miller of the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia
and Mrs. Miller, whose marriage to
Mr. Edwin Ball Abbott will take place
December 18. The other guests were
Mrs. Miller, mother of the bride-elect;
Mrs. Harllee Branch, Mrs. Robert
Freer. Mrs. Parker W. West, Mrs.
Richard Fred Roper, Mrs. John Gar
land Pollard, Jr.; Miss Marion Shouse,
Miss Elizabeth House, Miss Jane
Culbertson, Miss Caroline Ihrie Wad
den, Miss Laura Bell Wyatt, Mrs.
William Snow, Mrs. Thomas A. Wad
den and Mrs. Louis B. Montfort.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Condon
left Washington today by motor to
spend several weeks in the South.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dexter War
riner of Philadelphia were at home
at their home at Rittenhouse Square
Monday afternoon, and will receive
again next Monday afternoon in honor
of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. John Dorrance Warriner.
They will be hosts also at a dinner
dance December 11 in honor of the
young couple. Mrs. John Warriner
was formerly Miss Bette Perry Edgar,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Arthur Edgar of Bryn Mawr, formerly
of Washington.
Mrs. James H. Pou of Raleigh, N. C.,
mother of Mrs. Josiah Bailey, whose
husband 1. the senior Senator from
North Carolina, spent the past two
days in Washington at the Mayflower.
On Saturday Mrs. Pou and Miss Mel
ville Fort of Raleigh, N. C„ are sail
ing from New York for a six weeks’
visit in the West Indies. Miss Peliz
Bailey, daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Bailey, who attends school in Wash
ington, plans to meet her grandmother
in New York tomorrow night and bid
her bon voyage.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sherman Gill
of Santa Barbara, Calif., are visiting
friends in Washington, and are stop
ping at the Shoreham. They will take
a tour into Virginia before returning
home.
Dr. Margaret M. Nicholson, who
has been attending the Southern Med
ical Convention at New Orleans, is
(See RESIDENTIAL, Page B-4.)
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By the Way—
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'J'OMORROW night Mrs. Walter Edge win leave here with a party
of friends to Join Mr. Edge for several days of shooting at their
plantation, Summit Hill, near Thomasville, Qa.
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Edges are hosts par excellence, their house the epitome of
comfort and charm, and the guests include such attractive
couples as Mr. and Mrs. Edward Curtis of Rochester, N. Y *
Mr. and Mrs. George Howe of Washington and Baron 'arid
Baroness d’Epremesnil of Upperville, Va. The lovely young
Baroness is well known in Washington, as it was here that she
made her debut as Miss Adeline Oxhard. Slim, with marvel
ous titian hair and flawless skin, she is one of the really great
beauties of today. The d’Epremesnils now make their home
in Virginia, where Adeline has many friends, having spent
most of her girlhood there. From all accounts the Baron is
delighted with the Virginid countryside, the people and the
Ufe in general, and in turn the people seem equally delighted
with him.
To return briefly to the Edge’s plantation, the house is a
simple rambling white frame affair of no particular period. As
Mrs. Edge describes it, it is not “anti bcllum” hence not a Southern
show mansion. But comfort reigns supreme, which is all important
for those who are primarily interested in shooting where the days
are spent in the great out of doors, after which the sports return
with steaming hot baths uppermost in their minds followed by
a delicious dinner and retire early to bed to be in good form for
the early morning rising. Guests are put up in a guest house and
that, too, according to those in the know, is perfect in every
respect Mr. Edge owns several thousand acres and the greater
part of his property is in the neighboring State of Florida and
right next to the plantation owned by Mr. Dwight F. Davis.
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gPEAKING of shooting, word comes from Warrenton, Va., that Bill
Doeller has organized a club, which meets once a week at the
Doellers place, Prospect Hill, for an afternoon’s shoot of driven
pheasant. The membership includes only two women, both
qualified by their accuracy and ability to rank with the men, Helen
Hinckley and Lou Doeller. The gentlemen members are, in addi
Carhar? ’ Harry Poole> Kenneth Jenkins, Alex Hagner and Amory
, Atte7 the shoot the members return to the Doellers’ house
(which is, by the way, one of the show places of “these here
parts ) for refreshments and a talk of the day’s sport.
Back again in Warrenton at Nordix Farm are Betty and Ken
Jenkins after several days of duck shooting at the Woodmont Gun
and Rod Club near Hancock, Md. They report that the duck sea
son is unusually good this year—and what’s more, brought back
plenty of our feathered friends to prove it!
Also in search of the wary bird are those two ardent sports
lovers, Mr and Mrs. Dwight Davis, who have opened their
place, Meridian Plantation, at Tallahassee, Fla., for the shoot
ing season. They left here last week.
vi-CUuSi0K ™ shooting seems quite complete without men
tion of Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, who gathers together a group of
at1 thpSA^?SlieVC>ri Su?d,ay f.or a cheery and delicious luncheon
at the Auchincloss beautiful place, Merry Wood. Followine lunch
the guests try their skill at skeet shooting—and skill it is for the
Nlna\^ho demonstrated recently that not only could
thpm fn c er^0wn Wlt u tjleJmale contingent present, but surpassed
i«w>icthpHUCh^a mar£d de8ree the poor dears were completely
astonished and more than a little crestfallen! v y
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AFTER a pleasant visit in Aiken over the Thanksgiving holiday
mrirp^oV Sims °* the British Embassy are once
more at their apartment at the Wardman Park. And now Mrs.
Huston Rawls, sister of Mrs. Joseph Leiter, and Mrs. Murray Cobb
rarniin°ane ?,OWnTto tnateP°£ular resort in the Iodine State-^South
a«H°iitvc' r^TS' In|allS Sard is off this week end to stay with Mr
and Mrs. George Sloane at Whitehall Farm in Warrenton.
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pARTY Flashes: December 13 sound like a gala night in Washing
Mr fi2rrc*1r'v,0J^lowing are entertaining at dinner that evening:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Glover, the Belgian Ambassador and
Countess van der Straten-Ponthoz and Miss Belle Gurnee.
Bridge Tea and Sale
Takes Place Monday.
A bridge tea and Christmas sale
for the benefit of St. Gertrude's School
of Arts and Crafts will be held Monday
at the Wardman Park Hotel. Spon
sored by the guild, the proceeds will
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be used for the work at St. Gertrude s
School.
Mrs. Pere A. Wilmer. chairman of
the Refreshments Committee, will have
as her aides Mrs. Frank Slingluff, Mrs.
James Gariner Haskell, Mrs. Joseph
Frederick Healey, Mrs. Edward M.
McDonald and Misses Suzanne Sling
luff, Mary Stohlman, Peggy Wilmer,
Marcy Garrity, Mary Jane Cahill and
Jeanne O'Donell.
SALE
CANTILEVER
SHOES
AND
Hurry and cash in on these great savings! January 1st we
move into our new and modern store. Every pair_all sizes_
for women, misses and juniors in our present stock must be
sold! Each price group includes aU sizes, materials and
colon. Remember the price is reduced but we handle only
the famous Ground-Gripper and CantUever Shoes.
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