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Notes From the Social Calendar of Washington jarid Its Environs
Capt. and Mrs. Hempstone
Present Miss Thompson
At Debutante Tea
Mr. Theodore W. Noyes’ Granddaughter
Makes Bow on Anniversary
Of Her Mother’s Party.
Capt. Smith Hempstone, U. S. N., and Mrs. Hempstone presented the
latter’s daughter. Miss Mary Dora Thompson, yesterday’ afternoon, when
they entertained in the home of the debutante’s grandfather, Mr. Theodore
W. Noyes, on New Hampshire avenue. The spacious rooms of the house
were crowded throughout the reception hours, for the debutante’s family
has long been Drominent in Washington society as well as active In the
upbuilding and developing of the District of Columbia. Resident society in
the Nation’s Capital predominated, although there were many from Navy
circles. Miss Thompson selected December 2 for her debut because it is
the anniversary of her mother’s “coming out” tea, and Mrs. Hempstone
as Miss Elizabeth Noyes made her bow in the same house when her par
ents, Mr. Noyes and the late Mrs. Noyes, presented her. .
Quantities of flowers were used in the decorations and the tall Screen
of greens, studded with bouquets sent to the attractive bud, made an
effective background for the receiving line. Pink roses adorned the
tea table.
Arrangements for the tea were carried out with particular thought
for the comfort of the large company, with a parking lot across the street
reserved lor guests driving their own cars.
Debutante and Her Mother
Receive in the Hall.
Mrs. Hempstone and her daughter stood in the great hall, where a
glowing fire not only warmed the guests after the chill of the out of doors,
but cheered them as well. Mrs. Hempstone wore a becoming gown of
silver and blue lame fashioned with a long, graceful skirt which fell into
a short train. The jacket, which had long sleeves full at the top, formed
a becoming V-neckline, and on one shoulder she had a cluster of orchids.
The attractive debutante wore a dainty frock designed and made especially
for her in France. The material was of silver blue lame, the bodice having
very short shirred sleeves edged with silver lace and the di Medici
collar was of lame. Tiny handmade roses of ribbon in two shades of
pink adorned the front of the dress*
from neckline to below the knees,
where the lame parted to show a
flounce of silver lace. In her hair
she wore a cluster of similar roses
and she carried a quaint old-fash
ioned bouquet of mixed flowers in a
silver lace holder.
Miss Beth Thompson, sister of
the debutante, who was presented
several seasons ago, was among
those assisting. Her gown was of
a deeper shade of blue chiffon, the
long full skirt just escaping the floor
and the gown trimmed with tiny
gold bows complementing the gold
ornaments in her hair. Like the
other assistants. Miss Thompson
wore a wristband of mixed flowers.
Miss Daisy Prentice, aunt of Mrs.
Hempstone, who also assisted, wore
black velvet, the skirt long and the
bodice trimmed with rare old lace
at the neckline. She wore a spray
of white gardenias on her shoulder.
Little Miss Eleanor Hempstone,
sub-debutante daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. Hempstone. and her young
brother. Smith Hempstone. jr., were
enjoying their first formal party,
young Miss Hempstone wearing a
long pink satin frock, made on
straight lines and full sleeves of
chiffon in the same shade.
Mrs. Sayre Assists
At Tea Table.
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, wife
of the Assistant Secretary of State,
presided at the tea table for a time
during the reception and others as
sisting there were Mrs. Christian
Joy Peoples, Mrs. James Alexander
Lyon, Mrs. Rudolph Max Kauff
mann, Mrs. William Huntington
Chapin. Mrs. John Leonard Proctor,
Mrs. Harold N. Marsh and Lady
Lewis, cousin of Mrs. Hempstone.
Also assisting, in addition to Miss
Prentice and Miss Thompson, were
Mrs. Mead Moore. Mrs. Crosby
Noyes Boyd, Mrs. John W. Thomp
son, jr., sister-in-law of the debu
tante, and Mrs. Laurence H. Green.
Debutantes of this and last season
who assisted included Miss Barbara
Bolling. Miss Betty Meyers and Miss
Jane Eustis, with Miss Eleanor
Draemel of Annapolis and Miss
Frances Drisler of Bronxville, N. Y.,
roommates of Miss Thompson at
Farmington and her house guests
for the week end.
The very large number of guests
were in no hurry to leave and lin
gered to chat until the closing hour
of the reception. Mrs. Prank Brett
Noyes, aunt of Mrs. Hempstone,
dressed in black with gold on the
sleeves, was among the many mem
bers of the debutante’s family who
were there. Others greeting the at
tractive debutante were Mr. Rudolph
Max Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel H. Kauffmann, Mrs. Beale
R. Howard, Miss Mary B. Adams,
Mrs. Harry Hickey, whose daughter,
Miss Mary Adams Manning, made
her debut a week ago and returned
to her studies at Radcliffe College
last Sunday; Mrs. Crosby Noyes
Boyd, cousin of Mrs. Hempstone;
Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Owsley, Dr.
and Mrs. Dunlap Pearce Penhallow,
Mrs. Robert Clement Watson, Mrs.
Henry D. Flood, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Langlais and their young
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Langlais;
Dr. and Mrs. Fenton Bradford, Mr.
and Mrs. James Lawrence Houghtel
ing, Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman,
Mrs. Guy Despard Goff, Mrs. Guy
W. S. Castle, Mrs. Isaac T. Mann,
Mrs. Beale Bloomer, Mrs. Arthur H.
Tirrell, Miss Dorothy Quincy Tirrell,
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. McKelway, Mrs.
William S. Culbertson, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Parsons Erwin, Mr. and Mrs.
Cabot Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. I. Wil
liam Hill, jr.; Lt. Comdr. and Mrs.
Atherton Macondray, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel F. Beach, Mrs. Alan Chan
try, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rust, jr.;
Mrs. Sydney Graves and former
Representative John Phillip Hill.
There was dancing, a string orch
estra playing throughout the recep
tion hours. Later Capt. and Mrs.
Hempstone entertained the debu
tante and her assistants with their
escorts after the tea, at dinner and
dancing at the Shoreham.
Guests at dinner, in addition to
the young ladies assisting the debu
tante, were Miss Letitia Knox, Mr.
Charles A. McKenney, Mr. James
Cobey, Mr. Frank G. Sterrett, Mr.
Robert Fenn, Mr. G. Bowdoin Craig
hill, Jr.; Mr. Svend Jordan, Mr
Thomas Hardman, Mr. John Earle,
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Thompson,
jr.; Mr. and Mrs. I. William Hill, Jr,
and Lt. and Mrs. James Charles
Dempsey and Lt. and Mrs. Joseph
W. Leverton of Annapolis.
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Dante Society to Meet
The Dante Alighieri Society will
meet at 4:30 pm. Monday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fernando
Cuniberti, 3224 R street N.W. Mr.
Cuniberti is president of the society.
Comdr. F. J. Cleary, U. S. N„ re
tired .will speak on “A Traveler’s Im
pression of Present Day Italy.” His
talk will be given at 5:30, following
a tea hour.
Capital Debs
Will Attend
Cotillion
Many to Be Honor
Guests at Dinner
In Baltimore
Several of Washington's debutantes
have received invitations to be pre
sented in Baltimore at the Batch
elor’s Cotillion Monday night, and
are planning to go there for dinners
which will be held before the dance.
Miss Jacqueline Meredith, charm
ing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Payne Meredith, will be the
guest of Dr. and Mrs. William Neill
and will be honored by Dr. and Mrs.
Neill at a dinner before the dance.
Miss Meredith has many Maryland
connections, being related to the
Bowie families and the Snowdens,
and is a descendant of Lord Fairfax.
She is the granddaughter of the
former Sylvia Drayton Contee of
Maryland.
The debutante will wear a starched
white chiffon gown embroidered with
rhinestones, with a very full skirt
and a tight bodice, and she will carry
a bouquet of American beauty roses.
Miss Patricia Morris is another
debutante who will bow in Baltimore.
She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs.
George Maurice Morris, and made
her debut here on Thanksgiving Day.
Miss Morris will attend the dinner
which Mr. and Mrs. James Dixon
Bartlett will give for their debutante
niece. Miss Marjory Bartlett She
will be escorted to the dance by Maj.
Bruce Cotten, Mr. Charles Carroll
and Mr. Morris Barroll, and will
wear an eggshell faille silk gown
with a tight shirred bodice and very
full skirt, shirred into points at the
waist, and with puffed sleeves. She
will carry an old-fashioned bouquet
in a lace holder.
Miss Adelaide Chatfleld-Taylor
To Attend Ball.
Miss Adelaide Chatfleld-Taylor,
debutante daughter of the Fiscal As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Wayne Chatfleld-Taylor,
will attend the ball with her cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. John O. Needles. She
will go to the dinner which Mrs.
Alexander will give before the ball.
The debutante's gown will be of
white tulle, with full skirt and tight
bodice, and will carry a bouquet of
gardenias.
Miss Elise Hill, daughter of Mrs.
Hiram Bingham and former Repre
sentative John Philip, will go to
Baltimore for the dance, and her
father will give a dinner party for
her earlier in the evening. The
debutante will wear a gown of heavy
white satin cut on princess lines.
Miss Lalla Harrison, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. Powell Harrison
of Leesburg, Va„ and Washington,
will be another debutante present
and will appear in a white tulle
gown of youthful design and will
carry a bouquet of gardenias. Miss
Harrison will attend a pre-cotillion
dinner, which Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Hamilton and Miss Elizabeth Ham
ilton will give.
Among the debutantes connected
with the Washington contingent
who are going is Miss Margaret
Lewis Byrd, daughter of Mr. Thom
as Bolling Byrd of Winchester, Va.
Miss Byrd has spent much time
here as the guest of Mrs. Henry
De La Warr Flood and her daughter,
Miss Eleanor Flood, at the Shore
ham. She will be presented to Bal
timore at the cotillion after at
tending the dinner which Mrs. Alex
ander Gordon will give in her honor.
Miss Mary Fostor Pitney, who
is expected to be presented here this
season by her grandmother, Mrs.
Mahlon Pitney, will attend the ball
with Dr. Thomas R. Brown. Mr. W
Page Dame, jr., and Dr. I. Ridgeway
Trimble. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Shelton Pitney of Morris
town, N. Y., and is making her debut
in New York.
Philo-Classics Club
The Philco-Classics Club met yes
terday at toe home of Mrs. G. L
Peckham. 3177 Eighteenth* street
In the absence of the president,
Mrs. A. H. Williams, the vice presi
dent, Mrs. Lou Woodruff, presided.
A paper on “Lear the King” was
given by Mrs. Woodruff.
Mrs. L. H. Bentley of 3485 Hol
mead place N.W., announced a bene
fit food sale to be held in her home
December 10. Mrs. Frederick Simon
was a guest.
The next meeting will be held De
cember 16 with Mrs. Woodruff.
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„ , MISS MARY DORA THOMPSON,
Daughter of Mrs. Smith Hempstone, who was presented to Washington society yesterday after
w°onm?f a,tea which- Capt. and Mrs. Hempstone gave in the home of the debutante's grandfather
Mr Theodore W. Noyes.____—Bachrach Photo.
News of Officials
Secretary and Mrs. Roper Back
From Trip to South Carolina
The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper have returned
from Hartsville, S. C., where they were called by the death of their son
in-law, Mr. David R. Coker.
The debut party Secretary and Mrs. Roper had planned for their
granddaughter. Miss Martha Coker, December 28, at their home on Wood
land drive has been cancelled. A number of invitations for the event
were sent out a few hours before word reached Mr. and Mrs. Roper of the
death of their son-in-law and these have been recalled.
Secretary and Mrs. Roper have cancelled their social engagements
for the month.
The United States Ambassador to the Argentine and Mrs. Alexander
W. Weddell will arrive in Washington tomorrow to spend several days.
They will be at the Anchorage.
Senator and Mrs. Charles L. McNarv are now established in the house
l 3023 P street, which they have leased for the winter. ,
Representative C. Arthur Anderson of St. Louis, Mo , is in his apart
ment at the Wardman Park Hotel, arriving here yesterday for a short
visit before the opening of Congress.
The Counselor of the Belgian Embassy and Countess de Gruben were
hosts to a small number of guests at in informal dinner last evening.
The Financial Counselor of the Rumanian Legation and Mme. Bon
cesco entertained 14 guests at a buffet supper Thursday evening in their
apartment in the Broadmoor.
Mr. Justin -W. Macklin. first assistant commissioner of the Patent
Office, and Mrs. Macklin entertained at dinner last evening at the May
flower for their daughter, Miss Jean Macklin, and her fiance, Mr. John F.
Pearne of Altadeana, Calif., who will be married this evening at 8 o'clock
at Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church by Rev. W. A. keese.
Guests included Miss Dorothy Highfleldf maid of honor, and Miss
Macklin’s bridesmaids, Miss Eula Council and Miss Marjory Lynn of
Washington and Miss Marian McNiece and Miss Catherine Leuthold of
Cleveland, Ohio. Also, Mr. Alfred C. Body, (he best man, and Mr. Allan
McGraw, Mr. Frank Crotty, Mr. Daniel O'Connor and Mr. Benjtimin
Pollard, ushers at the wedding tonight. Others present were Mrs. Alfred
C. Body, Miss Betty Coleen and Mr. West Cureton.
Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, of the Department of Agri
culture, Dr. Hugh H. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett were the ranking guests
at the dance given last night at the Wardman Park Hotel by the pro
curement and fiscal divisions of the Soil Conservation Service. Among
the prominent guests who attended were the following officials of the
department and their wives: Mr. Leland Barrows, executive assistant to
Dr. Bennett, and Mrs. Barrows; Mr. Prank J. Hopkins, chief of the divi
sion of administration, and Mrs. Hopkins; Col. Samuel Goodacre, assist
ant chief, and Mrs. Goodacre; Mr. Shane MacCarthy, head of the procure
ment division, and Mrs. MacCarthy, and Mr. Gerald G. Smith, head of
the fiscal division.
Lt. Col. Paul L. Ransom, U. S. A., and Mrs. Ransom entertained at
dinner last evening in their home on Sedgwick street.
Capt, and Mrs. Arthur Lockhart al London, England, are spending
several days in Washington and are at the Shoreham.
Miss Mary Cootes
Engaged to Wed
Mr. Peter Belin
Mrs. Harry Newton Cootes ot
Alexandria, Va., announces the en
gagement of her daughter, Mary
Elizabeth Dickson, to Mr. Peter
Belin, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Lam
mot Belin of this city. No date for
the wedding has been announced.
Miss Cootes is the daughter of the
late Col. Cootes, U. S. A., formerly
commandant of Fort Myer.
The bride-elect attended Concord
Academy in Massachusetts and was
graduated from Smith College. She
is a well known tennis player both
here and abroad, and last year she
competed at Wimbledon and at
Forest Hills.
Mr. Belm attended Le Rosey
School in Switzerland and Hotch
kiss School, and was graduated from
Yale in 1936. He is a member of
the Aurelian Honor Society, of Alpha
Delta Phi and of Book and Snake.
The year following his graduation
he studied in Paris. He recently
has been private secretary to Am
bassador Hugh R. Wilson in Berlin,
and returned to this country with
the Ambassador* on November 25.
Mr. Belin’s father entered the dip
lomatic service in 191T as private
secretary of the Minister at Peking
and later was first secretary at
London and Constantinople. In
1932 and 1933 he was the United
States Minister to Poland.
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Miss Perkins Among
Benefit Hostesses
Secretary of Labor Frances Per
kins is among those who will hold
box parties Monday night at the per
formance of “Pins and Needles” at
the National Theater under the au
spices of the National Women’s
Union League of America, for the
benefit of its educational work. Miss
Mary Anderson, chief of the Wom
en’s Bureau of the Labor Depart
ment, also will entertain.
John L. Lewis is among other box
holders as is Leo George, president
of the National Federation of Post
Office Clerks. Miss Mary Winslow,
Mrs. Edward Beale McLean and Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Smith also have
boxes.
Recent additions to the list of
sponsors for the benefit include Mrs.
Warren Delano Robbins, Mrs. Sum
ner Welles, Mrs. Elmer F. Andrews,
Mrs. Nathan Straus, Mrs. Ellen S.
Woodward, Mrs. Avery Coonley, Mrs.
Melvin C. Hazen and Mrs. Felix
Morley.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is hon
orary chairman.
A number of organizations have
taken blocks of seats for the per
formance.
Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Craw
ford of Gaithersburg, Md.. announce
the birth of a daughter at Garfield
Hospital. ■ i
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Evergreens to
Be Topic
Of Club
B. Y. Morrison to
Speak Before Local
Affairs Committee
B. Y. Morrison, president of the
American Horticultural Society, will
be the guest speaker at a meeting
of the Local Affairs Committee of
the society at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the
Washington Club.
He will talk on “Evergreens,”
bringing some of his own greens for
demonstration. The garden clubs
which are members of the Local Af
fairs Committee, will bring Christ
mas wreaths and table decorations.
Blue ribbons will be awarded to the
best exhibit of each club, with a
sweepstakes ribbon for the outstand
ing arrangement of all.
The judges will be Mrs. Theodore
Coe. Mrs. Charles Bittinger and Mrs.
W. H. Hough for natural evergreens;
Mrs. William Holland Wilmer and
Mrs. Fairfax Harrison for artificial
i wreaths and arrangements.
The committee in charge of the
exhibit includes Mrs. Dion Bimey,
Mrs. Paul Putski and Mrs. Arthur
Sturgis. Mrs. Fairfax Harrison will
pour tea. Mrs. John Vance and Mrs.
Arthur Defenderfer will have charge
of the tea table.
The assisting hostesses will be the
presidents of the garden clubs and
Mrs. Lloyd Shippen, Mrs. John Ihlder
and Mrs. Walter M. Clark.
Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson, chair
man of the Local Affairs Committee,
will preside at the meeting.
Mrs. Steinlyrger to Discuss
New Christmas Books.
Mrs. Helen F. Bteinberger, readers’
adviser in the Public Library, will
discuss new Christmas books at a
meeting at 11 a.m. Monday at the
Roosevelt Hotel. She will speak un
der the auspices of the Division of
Literature of the District Federation
of Women's Clubs.
The federation also is sponsoring
a display of gifts made by the blind
to be shown Monday at the Henry
and Annie Hurt Home for the Blind,
3050 R street N.W.
The annual Americanization ba
zaar at Webster School, Tenth and
H streets N.W., to be held from 10
a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and Tues
day. also is a project sponsored by
the federation.
Supper to Be Held.
A Dutch supper will be held at 8
pjn. tomorrow by the Sisterhood of
the Beth El Congregation in the
vestry rooms of the synagogue, 702
Jefferson street N.W.
Mrs. Doyle to Speak.
Mrs. Henry Gratton Doyle, presi
dent of the Board of Education, will
be the guest speaker at a mother
daughter banquet to be held by the
Women’s Club of Wilson Teachers’
College at 7 p.m. Monday at the Y.
W. C. A. The banquet is an annual
event.
Officers to Be Elected.
The Washington Chapter of the
Daughters of the U. S. Army will
elect officers at a meeting at noon
Monday at the Army and Navy
Club. Luncheon will be served at
1 pm.
Sorority Holds Luncheon.
The National Sigma Phi Omega
Accounting Sorority entertained at
luncheon today at Wesley Hall.
Danish Anniversary
^Celebrated Here
The Danish Minister, Mr. Otto
Wadsted, gave a buffet supper Thurs
day evening in the Legation in cele
bration of the twentieth anniversary
of the Union Act between Denmark
and Iceland by which was estab
lished the sovereignty of Iceland in
personal union with Denmark.
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Weddings
Of Recent
Interest
Miss Sienls Wed
In New York
To Mr. de Peyster
Of Interest here Is the wedding
yesterday afternoon in Mew York of
Miss Dorothy Shelby Stems, daugh
ter of Princess Irbain-Kahn Kap
lanoff and the late Mr. Chester P.
Siems, to Mr. James Abercrombie
de Peyster, son of Mr. Frederic
Ashton de Peyster of New York and
the Countess Bohdan de Castellane
of New York and Mentone, France.
The ceremony took place in St.
James Episcopal Church and the
rector, the Rev. Horace W. B. Done
gan, officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Sherman Richards.
The bride, escorted by Prince
Kaplanoff and given tn marriage by
her mother, had as her matron of
honor her sister, Mrs, Crosby Tuttle
Smith. Her other attendants were
Mrs. Eric A. von Ralts, sister of the
bridegroom; Mrs. Hans George Spit
zee. Miss Margaret Yates and Miss
Madeleine Marvin-Smith.
The bride’s ivory satin gown was
trimmed with seed pearls, and she
wore a lace veil and seed pearl
necklace that had been worn by
seven generations of her family.
Her flowers were white orchids and
lilies of the valley.
The attendants wore gowns oi
bons-de-rose satin with hooped
skirts and carried old-fashioned
bouquets.
Mr. de Peyster had his brother,
Mr. Frederic Ashton de Peyster, Jr.,
as best man, and the ushers w6re
Mr. Eric A. von Raits, Mr. James
Todd, Mr. Crosby Tuttle Smith,
Mr. George L. de Peyster, Mr. WJ1
lian Tingue of New York and Mr.
William Bell Watkins of Berry
ville, Va.
The bride is of a prominent old
New England family. She was
graduated from the Nightingale
Bamford School and is a member
of the Junior League.
Mr. de Peyster is a nephew of
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, of this
city and of Miss Augusta de Peyster
and Mrs. Morris de Peyster, and is
the grandson of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Frederic J. de Peyster and of
| the late Comdr. Frederic A. Aber
crombie Miller and Mrs. Miller. He
is a direct descendant of Johannes
de Peyster, who came to New Am
sterdam in 1645.
An informal wedding took place
last night at the rectory of Trinity
Lutheran Church when Miss Ruth J.
Curtis of Takoma Park, Md., daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Claude
Curtis of Glendale, Calif., was mar
ried to Mr. Henry L. Wakeham of
Takoma Park. Md.. son of Dr. Glenn
R. Wakeham of Boulder. Colo.
The Rev. H. M. Hennig performed
the ceremony at 7 o'clock. The bride
groom's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wakeham.
were the attendants. 'After a short
wedding trip the couple will make
their home in Takoma Park, Md.
Miss Mary Donnelly
Bride of Mr. Zantzinger.
Mrs. Christopher Hyatt Brashear
announces the marriage of her
daughter. Miss Mary Amelia Don
nelly, to Mr. Otway Berryman Zant
zinger, Jr., son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Otway Berryman Zantzinger
of Hyattsvllle, Md. The marriage
took place on Wednesday, November
23, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Elk
ton, Md„ with the Rev. J. Warren
Albinson. D. D.. officiating.
The bride, who was escorted and
given in marriage by her brother,
Mr. Byron White Donnelly, wore a
wine colored suit, trimmed in sable
fur, with brown accessories and a
corsage bouquet of orchids and lilies
of the valley.
Mr. Richard Chew Zantzinger was
the best man for his brother. After
the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Zantzinger, Jr., left for New York
City and will be at home after Jan
uary first at 95 McKinley avenue,
Hyattsvllle Hills, Md.
Moultrop-Barron
Wedding Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Barron
! of Vienna, Va., announce the mar
riage of their daughter Catherine
to Mr. Fred J. Moultrop of Arling
ton, Va., son of Mrs. F. C. Moultrop
and the late Mr. Moultrop of Arling
ton.
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Medical Branch
Army Relief
Benefit
Men as well as the feminine
members of their families may try
their skill in a number of varied
contests this afternoon and early
evening at the benefit tea dance
and carnival which the medical
branch of the Army Relief Society
has arranged. The Army Band *U1
play for dancing from 5 to 7 o’clock
in the Sternberg Auditorium at the
Army Medical Center and refresh
ments are Included in the low price
of admission. The committee dn
refreshments includes Mes. Henry
C. Cobum, Mrs. Howard McC. Sny
der, Mrs. Addison D. Davis, Mrs.
William Denton, Mrs. Wafne G.
Branstadt, Mrs. Hugh R., Gilmore,
Mrs. Otis B. Schreuder and Mrs.
Leonard T. Peterson.
Others assisting to make the bene
fit carnival, which will begin at 5
o'clock, are those on the Reception
Committee: Mrs. Alva B. Mckie,
Mrs. James E. Baylis, Mrs. Royal
Reynolds, Mrs. Stuart Smith, Mrs.
James P. Cooney, Mrs. Oliver K.,
Niess and Mrs. Charles K. Berle;
games, Mrs. Earle D. Quinnell. Mrs.
Francis W. Gustites, Mrs. Walter A.
Rose, Mrs. Martin F. Du Frenne,
Mrs. Lincoln F. Putnam. Ml’s.
Daniel C. Campbell, Mrs. Sam F.
Seeley. Mrs. Humphrey N. Ervin,
Mrs. W. Hinton Drummond, Mrs.
Charles S. Mudgett, Mrs. Philip J.
Smith, Mrs. John R. Wood, Mrs.
Gerasd A. Belanger, Mrs. CharlM
L. Baird and Mrs. William F. Scheu
mann; cake table, Mrs. David H.
Finley, Mrs. James M. Phalon and
Mrs. Rawley N. Chambers; coca
cola table, Mrs. Leroy P. Hartley
and Mrs. Eugene Campbell and tea
tables, MA. Henry C. Cobum and
Mrs. Howard McC. Snyder, assisted
by Mrs. James C. Magee; Mrs. Ad- ,
dison D. Davis, Mrs. William Den
ton, Mrs. Harold W. Jones and
othen.
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MISS JACQUELINE MEREDITH,
Daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. William Payne Meredith. She Is one
of the several Washington debutantes who will be presented in
Baltimore Monday at the first batchelor’s cotillion.
—Harris-Ewing Photo
By the Way
-*-•——Beth Blaine—
There aje certain houses so imbued with the atmosphere of gracefv'
and happy living that fi%m the moment you enter the door you alwa\
hjve a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews Dick s house on Massachuset s
avenue is all of that and more, and whether it's cocktails for eight 1
the small beige sitting room or a formal white-tie dinner of a hundred, i
always fun!
Yesterday afternoon we dropped in for cocktails. As there were soi
*0 guests the party was in the lovely French drawing room, made fest.
with fragrant Easter lilies and white roses.
Shirley Dick is reported to have once said that she never
asked an unattractive woman to her house, and from the group of
very attractive ladies present yesterday, we decided the statement
was an accurate one. Mrs. Albert Dewey, down from New York
for the week end, was as chic as ever in a black velvet suit, tiny
hat and her beautiful diamond clips. Mr. Dewey chatted with
Mrs. Jasper Du Bose, who looked very pretty and dashing in her
black gown and small black hat with flowing fuchsia chiffon veil.
Mrs. Dick wore one of the simple, beautifully-cut gowns for which
she is so famous, this one of a dark-wine shade, unadorned aave
for her lovely diamond pin. Senora de Espil looked very smart in
a short fur jacket, black gown and tiny flowered hat. Mrs. Kent
Legare wore a varl-colored small chapeau with her black gown,
and talked with Prince del Drago and Mr. Dick.
Mrs. Nicholas Holmsen. down from New York for the week end with
Mr and Mrs. Dick, sat with Jasper Du Bose and Lady Lewis, and Countess
van Rechteren-Limpurg, lovely in brown suit with red fox hat and mufT,
chatted with Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, becomingly dressed in a purple
wool frock and hat. Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock wore a new ostrich feather
hat in an unusual shade of pinkish mauve, and Frau Scholz was all in
black. Mrs. John Newbold, jr„ looted charming and fresh in a rusty shade
of brown crepe frock with gold belt and clips, and Mrs. John Casweil
was smart and tailored in a gray suit and sports hat. Baron and Baroness
de Gruben. Baron Paul Schell, Snowden Fahnestock. John Caswell, Joseph
Alsop, Philip Broadmead and Benjamin Plunkett, who leaves today for
the week end in Southern Pines with Grace and George Pulver, completed
the party.
The 1925 F Street Club was the scene or Mrs. Hugh O'Donnell's
gay little dinner last night. The small, dark hostess wore pale
pink slipper satin with a bunch of fresh pink carnations in her hair,
and saw to it that everyone had a very happy evening. Countess
Vitetti wqs there in a full and lovely black net frock with bands
of electric blue and green sequins on the skirt, and her sister-in
law, Mrs. William Coe, wore a high-necked and very severe black
dress with her gorgeous diamond bracelets. Mrs. George Sum
mwlin. jr„ wore a strapless model of white tulle, and came with her
popular father-in-law, Mr. Summerlin. Mrs. Mondell Gregg and
her guest, Mrs. Henry Hoyt, were there, as were Mr. and Mr*
Marshall Exnicios, Grant Mason, without his beautiful wife, who is
South at the moment; Kurt Hetzel was also a temporary bachelor,
as Mrs. Hetzel is in New York. Mrs. Churchill Newcomb, who is
staying with her sister, Mrs. George Summerlin, jr., was at the
> party; also Mrs. Granger Blair. Ralph Hill, Count Fumasoni-Biondi.
’ Dr. Roberto Mendoza, Mrs. Haywood Newbold and Arthur Krock.
AND
BY THE WAY—Mrs. Tracy Dows has sent out invitations to an exhibitic ;
o/ the famous Constance Spry flowers to be held at her house Decemb.
5, 6 and 7. The Second Secretary of the German Embassy and Frt .
Blankenhom are entertaining at cocktails Friday, December 9, to sc;
good-by to the First Secretary of the Embassy and Frau Scholz, and Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Meyer will give their annual party the evening of
December 25.
Mr. and Mrs. Shreve
Hosts.Last Night
At Reception
Mr. and Mr*. Prentiss A. Shreve
were hosts at a reception last night
at their place in Dunn boring, Va.,
entertaining about 80 guests"In hon
or of the 90th birthday anniversary
of Mr. Shreve's father, Mr. Benja
min R. Shreve.
Palms and blooming potted plants
were effectively arranged through
out .the living and dining rooms,
and assisting the hosts and honor
guest in receiving were Mrs. Arthur
Jenkins of Leesburg, Va., and Mrs.
Edgar A. Shreve of Dunn Loring.
Mrs. Charles Qotthardt and Mrs.
Paul Shreve, daughter and daugh
ter-in-law, respectively, of the
hosts, assisted ill the dining room.
Out-of-town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Shreve of Luray,
Va.; Mrs. Willard Wynkoop of Lees
burg, Va.; Mr.1 and Mrs. Henry A.
Cox and their daughter. Miss Elea
nor Cox, and Mrs. Fletcher Doyle
of Washington.
Ambassador Sails
His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassa
dor, Sir Ronald Lindsay, sailed yes
terday on the liner Queen Mary to
spend abouC two months In Eng
land. The Hon. Lady Lindsay, will
remain in Washington daring the
absence of her husband.
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Mrs. H. H. Woodring
To Christen Ship
Tne Secretary of War and Mr?.
Harry H. Weodring next week will
go to Boston, where Mrs. Woodring
will christen the S. S. Ancon Fri
day. The Secretary will return
after the launching of the ship and
his wife probably will go to Fitch
burg, Mass., for a short .stay with
her parents, former Senator and
Mrs. Marcus Coolldge.
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Accessories, Decorative Novel
ties and Garden Gifts for Gar
den Friends.
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