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News of Interest From Washington’s Social and Club Calendars
Social Notes on Official
And Diplomatic Sets
In the Capital
Ambassador and Senora de Cardenas
On Short Visit in New York;
Count de Saint*Quentin Is Dinner Guest
The Spanish Ambassador and Senora de Cardenas went to New York
this morning to remain several days and will return the middle of the week.
The French Ambassador, Count de Saint-Quentin, was the ranking
guest at dinner last evening of the Rumanian Minister and Mme. Irimescu,
who were hosts to a small number of guests.
The Portuguese Minister and Mme. de Bianchi entertained informally
at luncheon yesterday in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hinton of
Madeira Islands, who are visiting in this country and are guests over
Sunday of the Minister and Mme. de Bianchi.
The United States Minister to Nicaragua and Mrs. Meredith Nicholson
•re spending a short time in Washington and are staying at the Willard.
The Minister and Mrs. Nicholson have been in their Indiana home for a
vacation and will go to New York Monday. They expect to sail for the
southern country early in December.
The Minister and Mrs. Nicholson were the guests in whose honor
the Nicaraguan Minister and Senora de DeBayle entertained at dinner
Thursday evening. The other guests were Latin American diplomats.
The Commercial Counselor of the Canadian Legation and Mrs.
Mahoney returned last evening from Canada, where the latter has been
for some weeks because of the serious illness of her father, Dr. Paul
Moloney, who died Sunday, November 12. Mr. Mahoney joined her in
Canada to accompany her to Washington.
The Military Attache of the Japanese Embassy and Mme. Yamauti
entertained informally at dinner last evening at the Shoreham for the
former Japanese Ambassador to Germany and Mme. Oshima, who are
Rising through the United States en route to Japan.
Also in the company were the Counselor of' the Japanese Embassy,
Mr. Morito Morishima; the Military7 Attache of the Germany Embassy
and Frau von Boetticher, Col. Takatoshi Nakamura and Lt. Col. Usaburo
Oka, the two assistant Military Attaches at the Japanese Embassy, and
Mme. Ogawa, wife of the Japanese Naval Attache.
Three Slavic
Composers’
Works Heard
Budapest Quartet
Returns in
Whittal Concert
Bv ALICE EVERSMAX.
For those who like to savor a less
Somber character in chamber music,
the Budapest String Quartet offered
a program of masters of this type at
the Library of Congress last eve
ning. This ensemble group, which
has already gained considerable
popularity here, made its first ap
pearance this season in the series
sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke
Whittall Foundation. Programmed
yesterday were the Dvorak “Quartet
in E Flat Major. Op 51,” the
Smetana “Quartet in E Minor.” and
the Tchaikowsky “Quartet in F Ma
jor. Op. 22.” ‘ The four splendid
Stradavari instruments, so respon
sive in the hands of these players,
were used.
The three Slavic composers were
fontempories. Smetana the oldest,
with his pupil, Dvorak, one year
vounger than Tchaikowsky. The
three quartets played on this pro
gram were composed two and three
years apart. Tchaikowsky’s in 1874.
Smetana's in 1876 and Dvorak's in
1879. What different influences
these years brought to each could be
traced in their works.
The two Czech composers had a
distinct flair for chamber music
writing but Tchaikowsky had but
little liking for this form and com
posed but three quartets, none of
which could equal those of Smetana
and Dvorak in the fertility of imagi
nation and the easy flow of rhythm
and melody. The Dvorak is a work
full of lovely sentiment that is re
lieved by a touch of melancholy here
and there, as in the opening theme
of the Dumka. Followed by a ro
mance of exquisite proportions, these
two slow movements are set off by
the lively, bright character of the
first and last.
In the Smetana quartet named
“Aus meinem Leben,” the story of
the composer's life progresses to
that tragic finale where he allows
the persistent high note that trou
bled him in his oncoming deafness
to be incorporated in the music
and from then onward leaves a
poignant record of his hopelessness
and resignation in the last measures.
Tchaikowsky, who thought best in
symphonic terms, ladened his quartet
with heavier material that never
quite reaches the freedom of ex
pression or the harmonic richness
of his symphonies.
In the emotional subject matter
of these quartets, the Budapest
players found an ideal outlet for
their warm tonal unity and strong
temperament. Not only are their
effects planned with musical con
eciousness but they are directed with
a forgetfulness of the same which
gives the special stamp that makes
this group more interesting than
some of their more restrained col
leagues. Last evening the intona
tion was not always perfect, which
may have been due to their fingers
not quite having the feel of the
strange instruments, but eclipsing
this defect were the suavity of their
phrasing, the blend of tone with
tone and the fire and poetry of
their interpretation. Their tempi
•re snappy, their accents sharp and
when legato is needed, the tone
flows in matching quality and in
tention.
i HUU1VHVV. VUJUJ V Vl I1UU HU
eembling of Slavic composers and
the sympathy which the four play
ers, Josef Roismann and Alexander
Schneider, violins; Boris Krovt,
viola, and Mischa Schneider, cellist,
6howed in their presentation. This
afternoon at 3 o'clock the same
artists will play a Beethoven pro
gram consisting of the "Quartets in
G Major. Op. 18, No. 2,” in “E Flat
Major, Op. 74" and in “B Flat
Major, Op. 130" with the ‘‘Grand
Fugue of Opus 133” as the last
movement.
Mrs. Henry Jiere
Mrs. Paul Henry of Seattle, Wash.,
is the guest of Miss Marion Martin
at the Wardman Park Hotel. Miss
Martin is head of the women's di
vision of the Republican National
Committee.
The United Kingdom bought 34
American airplanes in September.
Swiss Minister,
Mme. Bruggmann
To Be Guests
The new Swiss Minister and
Mme. Bruggmann will be the
guests of honor at a reception this
evening which the Swiss Club,
Die Stauffacherin and the Hel
vetia Association will give to the
Swiss colony of Washington. The
party will be given in the Thomas
Circle Club at 1326 Massachu
setts avenue at 8:30 o’clock.
The president of the Swiss Be
nevolent Society, Mr. Godfrey
Munter, will make the address of
welcome and make Dr. Brugg
mann an honorary member of the
Swiss Club.
Mrs. W. L. Cain, president of
Die Stauffacherin, will present
Mme. Bruggmann with the badge
of the association making her
an honorary member of the so
ciety, which was founded in 1897.
Mrs. John Brasser will make
the introductions and the Minis
ter and Mme. Bruggmann will
head the receiving line, assisted
by Mr. Otto Bockli, president of
the Swiss Club: Mrs. Cain, and
Mr. Hans Kirchhofer. president
of the Helvetia Association.
Misses Wright
Honor Guests
At Dinner
Mrs. John R. Williams entertained
at dinner last evening before the
second of the Friday Evening Sup
per Club dances in honor of the
Misses Mary and Edith Wright,
daughters of the United States Am
bassador to Cuba and Mrs. J. Butler
Wright.
Others in the party were Miss
Audrey Campbell, who has just re
turned from a visit to India and
more recently in London, where she
; was when the war began; Miss
Beatrice Phillips, daughter of the
United States Ambassador to Italy
and Mrs. William Phillips; Miss
Theodora Sedgwick of Boston, Miss
Nancy Leiter, Miss Emily Davis,
Miss Patricia Hurley, Lt. Frederick
W. Coleman, jr.; Mr. Thomas Leiter,
Mr. John Hammond, Mr. Harold
Fangboner, Mr. Sam Biddle, Mr.
Myron Hofer, Mr. Blair Bolles, Mr.
Randall Hagner and Mr. George
Wheeler.
Col. and Mrs. Joseph Cecil en
tertained at dinner for Miss Ellen
Flowerree, debutante niece of Mr.
Clarence Hewes, who is visiting her
uncle here and w;ho will be intro
duced to Washington at a reception
Monday; Mrs. Charles L. Marlatt
entertained for her niece. Miss Vir
ginia Watkins, and Mr. Horton
Schoellkopf also entertained at din
ner before the dance.
—
D. A. K. Ghapter Plans
Party Monday
Patronesses for the annual bene
fit bridge party to be given by Con
stitution Chapter. D. A. R., Monday
evening at the Hotel Raleigh in
clude Miss Lillian Chenoweth,
State regent, and a number of other
officers.
Mrs. Stuart Ernest Catling Is re
gent of the chapter. Mrs. Walter
E. Miles, vice regent and chairman
of the committee, will be assisted
by Mrs. Charles D. Vassar and Miss
Grace C. Barnett, in charge of tick
ets; Mrs. Edward W. Raab. cakes
and candy; Mrs. Ashton F. Embry,
Mrs. George H. Bailey, Mrs. Wil
liam A. Poole and Mrs. James
Moore, tables and prizes, and Mrs.
Walter E. Miles, reservations.
Music Group Plans
Bridge Party Monday
Several hundred guests are ex
i pected to attend the annual benefit
! bridge party to be given by the
j music section of the Woman's Club
of Chevy Chase Monday at 2 pm.
Mrs. J. Robert Bryant, Jr., is
' chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee of the music section,
whose members include Mrs. Harold
I Dotterer, in charge of refreshments;
Mrs. David Robinson, tables, and
Mrs. William Graham, prizes.
The bridge party is an annual
event, proceeds of which are used
to assist in purchases for the musi
: cal library.
Mrs. Diller Groff is ticket chair
man.
Newspaperwomen
A special business meeting of the
Newspaperwomen’s Club of Wash
ington will be held Monday at 8:30
p.m. at the home of Mrs. Eleanor
Patterson, 15 Dupont Circle N.W.
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MRS. GERALD WILLIAM BURKE,
Who is the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Christopher, daughter of
Mrs. Carl David Burkle. Her tvedding took place October 13 at St.
Francis Xavier’s Catholic Church and a reception was held later
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burkle.
—Underwood <fc Underwood Photo.
Weddings of Interest
Miss Mary Brush Is Married to
Mr. Stearns in Home Ceremony
muncuvciv anuugru huu r A
tremely simple was the wedding to
day of Miss Mary Warren Brush and
Mr. William Foster Stearns of Cam
bridge, Mass., son of Mrs. Stearns
and the late Rev. William Stearns
of Norfolk. Conn. The ceremony was
performed in the home of the bride's
parents. Dr. and Mrs. Warren David
Brush, in Chevy Chase. Md.. the
Rev. E. O. Clark, pastor of the Bap
tist Church, officiating at noon. Mr.
Harmon Nlcodemus played the wed
ding music and the decorations were
of autumn flowers.
Dr. Brush gave his daughter in
marriage and her wedding costume
was a slate blue street dress fash
ioned on princess lines, with which
she wore a wine color suede hat and
a corsage bouquet of orchids.
The wedding breakfast which fol
lowed was for only the members of
the two families, who witnessed the
ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Stearns left later
in the day for a wedding trip, the
bride wearing her wedding gown
and hat with a gray fur coat. They
will make their home at Santanani.
Saranac Lake, N. Y. Mrs. Stearns
was graduated from Sullins College
at Bristol, Va., and Mr. Stearns is
a graduate of Amherst College and
received his M.A. degree from Har
vard University.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Huffman of
New York City, uncle and aunt of
the bride, were among the guests
from out of town.
Bailv-Jacobs Wedding
In Hamline Church.
Miss Helen Elizabeth Jacobs,
daughter of Mrs. Mary O. Jacobs,
and Mr. Tvan Williamson Baily, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alexander
Howard Baily, were married Satur
day evening, November 4. The wed
ding took place in the Hamline
M. E. Church, the Rev. H. W. Bur
gan officiating at 8:30 o'clock before
palms and white chrysanthemums.
Mr. Robert Ewing sang preceding
the ceremony, accompanied by Mr.
Russell Mckeever, who also played
the wedding marches.
Mr. William Parks Jacobs, jr..
uiumn 01 me Drive, gave tier 111
marriage. Her wedding gown was of
' brocade in an ofT-whlte shade, fash
ioned with sweetheart neckline
Schiapparelli sleeves and a long
train from a bustle back. Her fin
ger-tip length veil was made from
one that has been in her family for
several generations and was held in
I the back by orange blossoms. She
carried a shower bouquet of white
! roses, gardenias and lilies of the
; valley.
Mrs. Wells Skinner, sister of the
bride, was her matron of honor and
Miss Ruth Jacobs, another sister
was maid of honor. They wore
Schiapparelli models of crepe, Mrs
Skinner in fuchsia color and Mis*
Jacobs in royal blue. Their pill-bo*
| hats matched their gowns and Mrs
Skinner carried Johanna Hill rose*
and Miss Jacobs a bouquet of talis
man rases.
Dr. Mason Weadon was best man
and the ushers included Mr. Georg*
Clinton Kraus, Mr. John Oscat
Gunn and Mr. Albert Eugene Ja
cobs, brother of the bride.
Mrs. Jacobs, mother of the bride
who received with the wedding party
at the reception held in her home
wore black velvet trimmed with golc
and gold accessories. She was as
sisted by Mrs. Baily, mother of the
bridegroom, whose costume was ol
rose-color lace. Each had a bouquei
of gardenias.
Mr. and Mrs. Baily left later for a
short wedding trip, the bride wear
ing a black faile frock, made witii
a bustle, and a black felt hat, hei
black cloth coat having trimming ol
Persian lamb and she had a corsage
bouquet of gardenias. They wil
spend their winters in Daytona
Beach. Fla., and their summers ai
Saranac Inn. N. Y„ Mr. Baily beinj
connected with a firm of resort hote
operators.
Among the out-of-town guest*
were Mrs. Carrie Landstreet, Mrs
Michael Cullinan and Mr. and Mrs
William L. Hitchcock of Baltimore
Mrs. Annie Rudd of Phoenixville
Pa.; Mrs. Frederick Schmalzreid
and Mr. Frederick Schmalzreidt, jr.
of Philadelphia.
International League
To Give Reception
For Miss Detzer
A farewell reception and tea will
be given tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m.
by the District branch of the Wom
en's International League at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Fernando
Cuniberti, 3224 R street N.W., for
Miss Dorothy Detzer, who will sail
for Europe on November 25.
Miss Detzer will attend a confer
ence in Geneva of representatives
of branches of the Women’s Inter
national League for Peace and Free
dom. The purpose of the meeting is
to formulate plans for future work
of the league.
More than 250 invitations have
been sent, and those who have been
invited to pour are Mrs. Avery
Coonley, Mrs. E. K. Burlew, Mrs.
Ernest Gruening, Mrs. Bancroft
Davis, Mrs. Orris G. Robinson, Mrs.
Ludwell Denny, Mrs. Christopher
Granger, Mrs. Daniel L. Bordon,
Mrs. Robert Horton, Mrs. Harold
Marsh, Mrs. Minna S. Adams and
Dr. Gertrude Bussey of Baltimore.
Those who will receive with Mrs.
Cuniberti are Mrs. S. H. Day, Mrs.
W. Calhoun Sterling, Mrs. Harry
January, Mrs. Daniel McC. Kidney,
Mrs. Hugh Brinton, Mrs. John W.
Barriger, Mrs. Udo Rail and Mrs.
Lewis Butz.
i __
Miss Schimmels
To Wed Mr. Barry
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Schimmels
of Spokane, Wash., announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Helen Marie Schimmels, to Mr.
James Waters Barry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George P. Barry of Washing
ton.
' The wedding will take place in the
early spring.
An announcement luncheon was
given today by Miss Anne Klein, in
honor of Miss Schimmels. Twelve
friends of the bride-elect were pres
ent.
Miss Roche Heads
Vassar Alumnae
Fund Committee
Miss Josephine Roche has accept
ed the appointment as honorary
chairman of the 75th Anniversary
Fund Committee of the Vassal
Alumnae Association, it has beer
announced by Mrs. Charles Wil
Wright, president of the Washing
ton association.
Miss Roche, who is now chairmar
of the Interdepartmental Commit
tee mi Health and Welfare Activi
ties, received her A. B. degree ai
Vassar.
Assisting Miss Roche in the Vas
sar campaign will be Mrs. Waldror
Faulkner, active chairman; Mis:
Helen Zartman of Friends School
treasurer; Mrs. Roger S. Robb
chairman of the Special Gifts Com
mittee; Mrs. Neville Miller. Mrs
Lee D. Butler, Miss Lottie Manros,
and Mrs. Gerald Morgan.
Beachams Hosts
Col. and Mrs. Joseph W. Beacham
Jr., have visiting them at the Ward
man Park Hotel their nephew am
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. Beachan
Tredennick of Montclair, N. J, fo
a few days.
Mrs. Chaney Feted
Mrs. Raymond Dixon and Mn
Harry E. Keller, Jr, were co-hostesse
at a luncheon today in honor of Mn
John Crawford Chaney at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
Sic Transit Gloria
HONOLULU (*>).—Luke Fiek
Army air base, has been turned ove
to an expanding Navy and is ex
pec ted to be known hereafter s
Ford Island. Service people ar
looking for some other station t
be named In honor of Frank Luk
who was a World War America
aviator. Luke was killed in actio
aver victories over 18 German plant
in 17 days.
Residential
Society
News Notes
Culbertsons Hosts
At Dinner *for
Daughter
The former United States Ambas
sador and Mrs. William S. Culbert
son entertained a small company at
dinner last evening at the Shoreham
in honor of their 'daughter, Miss
Junta Culbertson, whose marriage to
Mr. Thomas David Luckenbill of
New York will take place today at
Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson's apartment
on Connecticut avenue.
Also in the party were Miss Cul
bertson’s two sister, the Misses Jane
and Josephine Culbertson; Miss
Evelyn Walker, Miss Henrietta Kep
hart of New York City, Mr. Donald
Perkins, Mr. Ralph Chattilon and
Mr. John Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ridley Mitchell
will entertain at dinner this evening
for the latter's daughter, Miss Par
thenia Stubblefield, and her fiance,
Mr. Donald Madison Rubel, whose
marriage will take place Saturday,
November 25. The party will cele
brate the birthday anniversary of
Miss Stubblefield.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Kappler
have issued cards for tea Sunday
afternoon, November 26, from 5 to 7
o'clock.
i»rs. r. nacnenzie uavison enter
tained at luncheon yesterday for
Mrs. William Evans of Evanston,
111, who is visiting her brother-in
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Onan
Hydrick. Other guests at the lunch
eon were Mrs. James H. Hughes,
Mrs. Walter Wyatt, Mrs. Neitah
King, Mrs. M. Webster Dawley and
Mrs. Hydrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Hydrick enter
tained Thursday afternoon iri
their apartment In the Westchestei
in honor of Mrs. Evans. Among
those alternating at the tea tablt
during the afternoon were Mrs
James H. Hughes, Mrs. Baldwin
Spillman of Warrenton, Va.: Mrs. M
Webster Dawley, Mrs. Margaret
Schneider, Mrs. Emile Schum, Mrs
Neitah King. Mrs. Anna Wlckes. Mrs
Owen Owings of Annapolis and Mrs
Mildred Johnson Smith.
Yellow and white flowers decorated
the dining table and in the living
room, where an improvised bar wat
set. autumn flowers were on the ta
bles. Mrs. Evans is being extensivel)
entertained during her stay here.
Latvian Minister,
Blairs and Others
Give Parties
i Society rushed from one party t<
, another yesterday,
i The Latvian Legation was th<
scene of one of the more formal par
I ties, when the Minister, Dr. Alfret
Bilmanis, entertained at dinner ot
the eve of the 21st aninversary o
Latvian independence, his guests be
ing American Knights of the Ordei
of Three Stars, citizens of this coun
try who have received this decora
tion, the highest given by Latvia.
The Administrator of Federal Se
curity and Mrs. Paul V. McNuti
were guests at dinner when th<
former Assistant Attorney Genera
and Mrs. Harry Blair entertained ir
their Alexandria home.
The Military Attache of the Jap
anese Embassy and Mme. Yamaut
gave a dinner party last evening ai
the Shoreham for the former Japa
nese Ambassador to Germany ant
Mme. Oshima, who are en route U
their home in Japan.
Hosts Include
The Messersmiths.
Mr. and Mrs. George Messersmitt
were among those giving teas anc
cocktail parties yesterday afternoon
and the new assistant to the Mili
tary Attache of the Polish Embassy
and Princess Hohenlohe were honoi
guests at a party given yesterdaj
afternoon by the Attache of thi
Cuban Embassy, Senor Don J06<
Maria de Lasa, who entertained ir
the home of the Pirst Secretary o
the Embassy, Senor Dr. Roberto G
Mendoza, in Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Mac
Leish also were hosts, entertalnlnf
Informally in their house at 1521
Thirty-third street, for their soi
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs
Kenneth MacLeish, who have comi
to Washington to live.
Stabs Wrong Calf
PITTSFIELD. Mass., Nov. 18 <4>)
—Trying to stab a calf while butch
ering, Irving Goodman missed anc
hit another calf.
It was his own. Now he’s in thi
hospital with his left leg cut to thi
l bone.
MRS. EDWARD G. MONTGOMERY.
Right, president of the Twentieth Century Club, with Mrs.
Richard D. Stimson, Social Committee chairman, at the club’s
gay nineties party at the Washington Club yesterday.
—Star Staff Photo.
Suburban Social Notes
Mrs. Button Has Week-End Guest;
Mr. Tighlman Host at Dance Tonight
Mrs. waiter Elliott Button of!
Woodland, Bethesda, Md„ la enter
taining Miss Miriam Ray of Phil- i
adelphia as her house guest this j
i week end. Miss Ray is here to at- !'
tend the Delta Alpha Sorority con
vention at the Raleigh Hotel, and
also to be present at the marriage
of Miss Doris Goss Tuesday.
Mr. George Tighlman. son of Mr.
and Mrs. George D. Tighlman of
North Woodside. Md., will enter
tain at a dance this evening at the
Army Navy Club.
Miss Golda Mae Sutton. Miss Man’
Clark and Miss Betty Witherbie of .
Arlington, Va., left today for Wil
liamsburg. Va.. to spend the freek
end at William and Mary and will
participate in the home-coming ac
tivities.
Miss Eleanor Leonard, who has
just resigned from her position as
, chief librarian of Arlington, Va.. was
the honor guest Thursday at a lunch
eon given by the fife library groups
1 of Arlington. County.
Mrs. Charles H. Russell and Mrs.
Robert Curran served as hostesses
| and the guests were Mrs. Elizabeth
■ McGruder, Mrs. H. S. Cowman, Mrs.
Robert Livingstone and Mrs. George j
. Blattner. Also giving short talks
were Mrs. Neil Hotchkiss and Mrs.
Virgil Bouknlght. >
Knee-Hi Demands
Bicycle Riders
Look Ouffor Cars
Traffic Dog Insists
On 'Indian File' at
Right Side of Street
Knee-Hi is smarter than some of
Naaman Seigle’s teachers, the 12
year-old pupil at the S. J. Bowen 1
School confidentially remarked yes- ]
i terday after witnessing the traffic
j terrier’s performance at Fourth and
M streets S.W. Some of the teach
ers are Jaywalkers, Naaman re
; vealed.
Knee-Hi, sponsored by The Star
with the co-operation of the Board
of Education, the Police Depart
ment and the Department of Vehi
cles and Traffic, gave her last traffic
| lesson of the week to S. J. Bowen
1 and James Greenleaf School chll
1 ■ dren.
Tommy Jones, 14. of Bowen made
a less daring statement than Naa
man. He said Knee-Hi had more
sense than he did.
Street Football Broken Up.
Knee-Hi, directed by her trainer.
Dr. George E. Brunson, ran through
: her traffic lessons briskly. She
voiced' her disapproval of children
i riding bicycles on the wrong side
> of the street and chased after chil
dren who were riding abreast. The
Mr. and Mrs. Rhees E. Burket of
linden. Md., and Mr. Graham Getty
jf Silver Spring, Md„ are attending
he University of Michigan and Uni
'ersity of Pennsylvania football game
oday in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. and
Mrs. Burket and Mr. Getty are grad
jates oi the University of Michi
gan.
Mrs. Roy Eckert of New York City
is spending a few days with her
aunt, Mrs. Chlo Wood Miller, and
ner cousins. Dr. and Mrs. Lynn H.
Wood, in Takoma Park. She is ac
tompanied by Mrs. Cora Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Eckert formerly re
sided in Takoma Park.
Mrs. Bina Hidav, who has been
the guest of her nephew and niece.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Burgan, is
now spending a few weeks with her
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Dougherty, at their home in
Franklin, Va. She will return to
Takoma Park before going to her
home in Portviile, Ind
oars, junan u. mompson of Hern
don. Va., is spending several weeks
in Philadelphia as the guest of Dr
and Mrs. A. R. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O. Ennis were
hosts at bridge, followed by a late
supper, Thursday evening in their
home in Herndon. Va.
right, way is to go "Indian file,"
Knee-Hi explained.
Children who play football in the
street should be punished, Knee-Hi
explained through her announcer.
Jack Dalton. To show she meant
business the little wire-haired ani
mal charged through right tackle
of a children s team that was lining
up in the street. Players scattered
and ran and the gallery applauded.
Knee-Hi demonstrated that you
should look for cars when you get
off a bus and then walk straight to
the sidewalk. You should not walk
in front of the bus to the other side
of the street.
Dog Leads Safety Song.
Knee-Hi admitted it was bad to
be late for school, but she was vio
lently opposed to children running
across streets without stopping and
looking for cars. Harry Atkin, 11.
pretended he was late for school
and disobeyed Knee-Hi by running
recklessly across two streets. Prof
Knee-Hi, angered at the pupil s dis
regard of safety rules, ran after the
culprit and herded him to the side
walk.
Knee-Hi. Perched on a little stool
led the children in singing a safety
song.
Police Sergt. W. R. Ostrom. who
helped at Knee-Hi's first perform
ances in September, was on hand
yesterday.
Chicago Sculptor to Do
Jefferson Davis Statue
By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, S. C.. Nov 18 —
Frederick Cleveland Hibbard of Chi
cago will be the sculptor for the
Jeffersdn Davis Monument at Mont
gomery, Ala., which will be unveiled
at the 1940 general convention of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy there.
Announcement of the selection of
Mr. Hibbard for the job was made
yesterday at the U. D. c. general
convention here. The convention
ended last night after the installa
tion of Mrs. Charles E. Bolling of
Richmond, Va., the new president
general, and other officers.
The model Hibbard submitted rep
resents a bronze figure of Davis,
wearing a cape and standing with
his back to a cross on which his
hands rest. The statue is to be
9 feet 6 inches high, and will be
mounted on a granite pedestal and
granite circular base.
Grid Referee in Full Dress
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 18 (IP).—
Three thousand football fans gasped
as Orion W. Todd, Jr., stepped on
the field as timekeeper. He was in
full-dress attire. The former Illinois
U, athlete explained he was at a
banquet when ealled to officiate at
the California Poly-San Diego Ma
rines game.
Good Pheasant Hunting
CLARINDA, Iowa, Nov. 18 (IP).—
Joe Krise didn't go pheasant hunt
ing. but he got a bird Just the same.
Mr. Krise was standing on the
sidewalk when a pheasant whizzed
by his head and crashed into a
store window, breaking its neck.
“It has been years since I went
pheasant hunting,” said Joe as he
truged home for a pheasant dinner.
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Yesteryear’s
Fashions at
Reception
Twentieth Century
Club Clock Back
To 90s and Beyond
Heavily plumed hat* and tiny bon
nets, wasp waist gowns and billow
ing skirts and many other treasures
from the attics of Twentieth Cen
tury Club members and their
friends, once again contributed to a
gay hour yesterday as they were
worn at the club's annual reception
at the Washington Club.
As this is the club’s jubilee year,
the reception was a ‘‘gay nineties”
party, though many of the costumes
dated back much further. There
were a few modern gowns, though
most members took the opportunity
to display rare and authentic cos
tumes of by-gone periods.
Mrs. Edward G. Montgomery, club
president, headed the receiving line
of officers, while Mrs. Philip Sidney
Smith, chairman of the Golden Ju
bilee Committee, greeted guests at
the head of the stairs. Both wore
costumes from the wardrobe of Mrs.
Smith's mother-in-law, Mrs. Mont
gomerys gown having a redingote
effect with the basic dress of old
lace and the coat, of flowered figured
material. Mrs. Smith’s costume was
a royal purple redingote with train,
and an underdress of opalescent silk.
She wore a hat with opalescent
plumes.
Gown Dates Back to 1724.
Mrs. D. A Greenlees wore prob
ably the oldest dress, a gown de
signed in England and dating back
to 1724. Mrs. Stanley Young wore
a Paris gown purchased SO years
ago. while Miss Caroline Tyler wore
a bonnet purchased in Paris In
1906.
Mrs. Robert S. Townsend wore the
gown of Mrs. W. C. Wood, one of
the charter members of the club,
while Mrs. Alfred H Brooks wore
a bonnet which had belonged to
Mrs. Thomas Sidwell, a former
president and member of the club
for 40 years.
Costumes representing three pe
riods. which came from the family
of Mrs. W. W. Husband, another
past president, also attracted in
terest. The gowns, worn by Mrs.
Husband. Mrs. Stephen Olop and
Mrs. Virgil Jackson, were wedding
or trousseau gowns of Mrs. Hus
band's grandmother, her mother
and her sister.
Mrs. E. B. Clark, also a past presi
dent, wore her sister-in-law's wed
ding veil, dating back to 1870. while
there was special interest in the
costume of Mrs. Fred M. Hopkins,
who wore the wedding suit of her
husband's father, with his watch
and chain. As Mrs. Hopkins adopt
ed the manners as well as the eos
! tume of a gentleman of that period,
she proved to be one of the most
popular members present.
Several wore gowns from the col
lection being made by the Women's
' Guild of the Goodwill Industries.
i Miss Strider Makes Introductions.
Greeting the guests with Mrs.
Smith were Mrs. R. Thomas West,
Gallinger Hospital chairman: Mrs.
Brooks, historian, and Mrs. Richard
D. Stimson. Social Committee chair
man
Miss Emma T Strider made In
troductions, assisted by Mrs. George
Oliver Gillingham and Mrs. Eugene
R. Whitmore. Alternating at the
tea table were past presidents of the
club. Mrs. Ernest P. Bicknell being
chairman of this committee. Others
were Mrs. Ulysses G. B. Pierce. Mrs.
Clark. Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor,
Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs.
Frederic E. Farrington. Mrs. Eugene
R. Stevens, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Hus
band. Mrs. Ellwood P. Morey, Mrs.
j James K. McClintock and Mrs. Karl
Fenning.
Board members and members of
the jubilee and Gallinger Hospital
committees also assisted, as well aa
members of the Social Committee,
headed by Mrs. Stimson.
The reception is held annually by
the club for members only.
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12,000 Rush Art Institute
:To See Masterpieces
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18.—Chicago art
! lovers are going for Italian master
, pieces in a numerically big way.
More than 12.000 pushed and
I jammed their way into the Chicago
I Art Institute last night for the
| formal opening of a display which
had been exhibited at the San Fran
cisco World’s Fair.
The collection, valued at *150.000,
000. is being returned to Italy.
“This is no reception, this is a
football scrimmage,” commented an
institute director as the erowd
burst in.
0 NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY!—That’s what Knee-Hi, the canine traf
!, flc expert, seemed to be saying to William Schaeffer, 11-year-old
1 Greenleaf School pupil, in voicing her disapproval of playing ln
“ side an automobile. The demonstration took place yesterday at
Fourth and U streets S.W. —Star Staff Photo.
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