Evening star. [volume], December 26, 1939, Page B-4, Image 18

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Jobs Study
For Women
Is Planned
Committee of
University Women
Takes Up Work
A study of employment oppor
tunities in the District of Columbia
for mature women, who are Jobless
or perhaps in need of a change in
employment, is being planned by
the Committee on Economic and
Legal Status of Women of the Wash
ington Branch, American Associa
tion of University Women.
The committee, which is headed
by Miss Mary V. Robinson of the
Women’s Bureau of the Labor De
partment, hopes eventually to be
come a clearing housing of informa
tion on aid offered by the various
organizations here qualified to help
the mature woman seeking employ
ment.
Miss Robinson . said that several
members of her committee are ex
perienced in vocational guidance
and might be able to grant more
extensive interviews with women
who have employment problems
than are afforded at the agencies
which already exist.
Employment Agencies
Are Being Contacted.
A subcommittee, headed by Miss
Jettie Turner, already has been ap
pointed to contact employment
agencies in the city and other organ
izations concerned with the prob
lems of mature persons. The Dis
trict Employment Center, the divi
sion of women’s and professional
projects of the Works Projects Ad
ministration of the District, and the
American Over 40 Club, organized
here last fall, are some of the organ
izations with which the committee
expects to work.
Miss Robinson suggested that her
committee might also assist in
bringing about a different attitude
toward certain types of work for
which mature women are particu
larly qualified. A stigma, which
should be removed, has been at
tached to certain types of employ
ment in households, she declared.
There are, however, openings of a
high type in many households, she
said, for the care of children, as
companions to elderly persons or
Invalids or as housekeepers in
motherless families where the serv
ice is much more important to the
health and happiness of people than
it is in many other fields.
This project is one of several in
which the committee in interested.
A special survey of problems of
household employment is being
made by a subcommittee, headed by
Miss Katherine Towne of the home
economics department of George
Washington University.
The committee also is continuing
the study, inaugurated last year
under Miss Bertha Nienburg, re
garding the need for a university
training school for nurses. The
project this year is under Dr. Mary
E. Maver.
Other Members
Of Committee.
In addition to Miss Robinson, the
chairman, the Committee on Eco
nomic and Legal Status of Women
this year includes Dr. Maver, vice
chairman; Miss Mary Goins, secre
tary; Miss Marguerite Atchison,
Miss Marie Beger, Miss Gertrude
Bowling, Dr. Henrietta K. Burton,
Mrs. Ernest Correll, Miss Cordelia
Cowan, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.;
Mrs. James L. Fieser, Miss Rochelle
Gachet, Miss Marjorie Gooch, Mrs.
Thomas Groover, Miss Gwladys
Jones, Miss Nienberg, Miss Jose
phine Prescott, Miss Iva Prisk, Miss
Grace Sandhouse, Miss Mildred
Sieg, Mrs. Myron Smith, Miss Adelle
Stamp, Miss Towne and Miss
Turner. Mrs. Florence Kerr, assist
ant administrator of the W. P. A.,
Is an advisory member and several
other women have expressed an
Interest in the work of the com
mittee.
Weddings.
(Continued From Page B-3.)
Frank A. Davis of Silver Spring, Md.,
and his bride will live at 2032 First
street N/W.
Johnson-Griffith Wedding
In Presbyterian Church.
The marriage of Miss Elva Mae
Griffith, daughter of Mrs. Dellinger
Griffith, to Dr. Robert Chester
Johnson, son of Dr. Chester Binns
Johnson of Uniontown, Pa., took
place Sunday, December 3. The
ceremony was performed in the
Sixth Presbyterian Church, the pas
tor, the Rev. Dr. J. Hubert Gamer,
officiating.
The bride was attended by Mrs.
John D. Johnson. Dr. William A.
Johnson was best man for his
brother and the ushers included
Dr. William M. O’Connell of Chicago
and Dr. John D. Johnson.
Guests from out of town included
Dr. Chester Binns Johnson, father
of the bridegroom, and Dr. and Mrs.
William A. Johnson of Uniontown;
Miss Hope Johnson of Pittsburgh,
who is following traditions in the
family and is a laboratory techni
cian; Miss Ruth Hope Johnson of
Uniontown, and Mr. and Mrs. Claude
T. Hunt of Atlanta, Ga., brother-in
lav/ and sister of Mrs. Griffith.
Dr. Johnson and his bride will
live in Waukegan, 111., where he is
a member of the medical staff at
the Downey Veterans’ Facility.
colonies swapped
Surinam, in the West Indies,
always interests cruise passengers
from New York because this attrac
tive but little Dutch possession is
what the British gave Hollanders in
exchange for the once little colony
of New York.
IF YOUR NOSE
“CLOSES UP”
TIGHT AT NIGHT
Hinders Breathing—Spoils Sleep
DOES YOUR NOSE fill up at night and
spoil sleep? Here’s a tip. Put a few
drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nos
tril at bedtime. Then notice how it
clears air passages, promotes freer
breathing and so helps to pave the way
for refreshing sleep!
THIS TREATMENT is so helpful because
Va-tro-nol is expressly designed to
bring relief in tne nose ana upper
throat where transient congestion hin
ders breathing. Try Vida Va-tro-nol
tonight!
NEW YORK.—AGE AND YOUTH ON BLADES—Eighty-four
year-old Oscar L. Richard, dean of American figure skaters, and
12-year-old Hazel Franklin, youthful English figure star, skating
together on the ice of the newly enlarged Rockefeller Plaza
skating pond. —Wide World Photo.
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Engagements of Interest
Miss Barbara Burt to Wed
Mr. Ben Hill Brown, Jr.
Mrs. H. M. Burt of Marion, Ala.,
announced the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Barbara Bothwell
Burt, to Mr. Ben Hill Brown, jr.,
formerly of Spartanburg, S. C., now
living in Washington. The formal
announcement was made last eve
ning at a supper party which Mrs.
Burt gave in her home in Marion,
where her daughter and her fiance
are spending the holidays. The date
for the wedding has not been set.
Miss Burt is the daughter of the
late Mr. Burt of Birmingham, Ala.,
where her family lived until the
death of her father some years ago.
Miss Burt attended the Judson Col
lege, a well known Alabama school
for women, and Vassar College. She
later was graduated from the Law
School of George Washington Uni
versity and is a member of the Dis
trict of Columbia bar.
Mr. Brown is a son of the Mayor
of Spartanburg and has made his
home in the Capital for some years.
He and his bride will live here after
their wedding.
Miss Clark to Marry
Mr. G. A. Greenawalt.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Clark an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Mary Virginia Clark,
to Mr. Guy A. Greenawalt.
Miss Clark attended George
Washington University and is a
member of the Phi Mu Sorority.
Mr. Greenawalt is the son of Mrs.
Benjamin I. Greenawalt of Ship
pensburg, Pa., and was graduated
from the Carnegie Institute of
Technology and the law school of
George Washington University. He
is a member of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity and is employed
as an examiner in the Patent
Office.
No date has been set for the wed
ding.
Dungan-Craver Engagement
Is Announced by Mr. Craver.
Mr. Roy Graham Craver of Alex
andria, Va„ announces the engage
ment of his daughter. Miss Naomi
Pate Craver, to Mr. Raymond Ed
ward Dungan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward G. Dungan of Washington.
The wedding will take place
Thursday, January 25, in the
Church of the Good Shepherd.
Miss Hardy to be Bride
Of Mr. Morgan in Spring.
Mrs. Katharine Chambers Hardy
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Katharine Hardy,
to Mr. Lee Morgan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Levi Morgan of this city. The
wedding will take place in the
| spring.
—
Engagement of Miss Ward
To Dr. Murphy Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ward have
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Rosemarie Ward, to
Dr. Thomas W. Murphy, son of Mrs.
Thomas W. Murphy of Newark,
N. J. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Miss Ward was graduated from
the Visitation Convent In George
town and her fiance attended
Georgetown College and Medical
School.
Yachtsman Disappears;
Woman Questioned
Bj the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 26 —Hennen J
Blanton, 46. civil engineer and
yachtsman, disappeared Friday night
after attending a Christmas party
at the Bankers’ Club, police dis
closed last night.
A mysterious telephone call to his
wife yesterday led to the questioning
of an unidentified woman.
The woman told Mrs. Blanton
she was talking for a foreigner who
could not speak English and who
had found Mr. Blanton’s wallet.
Mrs. Blanton stalled the conversa
tion and notified police. They traced
the call, found the woman, and
with her were trying to find the
“foreigner.” *
W. C. T. U. Party
The North Capitol Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union has
planned a party for the Junior
Loyal Temperance Legion to be
held Friday at the United Breth
ren Church.
Annual Party
Is Given by
Mrs. Wylie
Hipkamps Mark
Yuletide and
Anniversary
Mrs. Katharine Wylie, who has
been hostess at a dance each Christ
mas night for the last 30 years, de
cided early this year to break her
precedent and not give a party at
the famous house on Thomas Circle
this season.
However, her sons, Mr. Andrew
Wylie and Mr. Craig Wylie, per
suaded her to change her plans and
the party was held last evening.
The stately old house which has
withstood the rapid march of busi
ness about Thomas Circle was gay
with the customary Christmas
decorations.
The guests, who were compara
tively few as parties go In Wash
ington, >vere representative of those
circles in the National Capital
which are distinctly Washington,
residents who live here regardless
of politics or diplomacy. Here
mingled representatives of more
than one generation of resident
Washington, for Mrs. Wylie invites
her own contemporaries and those
of her sons.
Hinnamps ueieoraie
Yuletide and Anniversary.
Capt. Clarence Nelson Hinkamp,
U. S. N., and Mrs. Hinkamp cele
brated Christmas and their wedding
anniversary yesterday. Both Capt.
and Mrs. Hinkamp have scores of
friends here. Mrs. Hinkamp made
hed debut here, where her marriage
to Capt. Hinkamp took place. They
were assisted yesterday by Mrs.
Hinkamp's mother and aunt, Mrs.
Ben de Mier Miller of Washington
and Mrs. Harry Campbell of Lex
ington, Va. Others assisting through
the afternoon were Mrs. Arthur
Mayo, Mrs. Frederick Barker and
Mrs. Dickerson.
Miss Fries Is Hostess
At Open House.
Miss Carol Fries, daughter of
MaJ. Gen. and Mrs. Amos A. Fries,
followed an annual custom and was
hostess yesterday afternoon at an
open house. She received with her
parents, who have made Washing
ton their permanent home for some
years, and her guests not only were
from the service circles, where she
is popular, but from resident circles
as well as official. Mulled cider from
an ancient recipe was served with
individual mince pies, and a small
Christmas tree, gayly decorated and
lighted, was in the center of the tea
table.
MacCrackens Hosts
At Informal Party.
Former Assistant Secretary ol
Commerce and Mrs. William P. Mac
Cracken, Jr., were hosts at a Christ
mas party yesterday, asking theii
guests from 11 o'clock in the morn
ing until 2 in the afternoon. The
buffet table was laden with typical
delicacies of the Christmas season
and a large number of guests en
joyed the informal party.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hurja cur
tailed their festivities this year
owing to their distress over the fate
of Finland, native land of Mr
Hurja’s ancestors. However, they
asked a small group of their close
friends for Christmas night, making
the little celebration very informal
Former United States Ambassadoi
to Chile and Mrs. William S. Cul
bertson were at home informally
yesterday, following a custom ol
some years. They had with then
their daughter, Miss Jane Culbert
son, and their son-in-law anc
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Thomae
David Luckenbill, who recently com
pleted their wedding trip in the
South and are making their home
in New York, but came for the
holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jean De Lattre
Seguy were among those entertain
ing at midday, inviting their guests
for noon. This was the first party
they have given since they returned
to their home on Volta place in
Georgetown after living abroad foi
some yea^s. Mme. De Lattre, mothei
of Mr. Seguy, has joined them foi
the winter, and does not expect to
return to her Paris home before
spring.
Capacity of electric generating
plants in Kansas, reporting to the
Federal Power Commission, is 488,
350 kilowatts.
Two Nearby Counties
Get $326,128 for Relief
The State Welfare Department
has allotted $326,128 for relief In
1940 to Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties, the Associated
Press reported today. Of that
amount, $166,532 will go to Prince
Georges and $159,596 to Montgom
ery pounty.
The Prince Georges County bud
get provides $82,188 for old age
pensions; $58,416 far dependent chil
dren; $2,656 for aid to needy blind,
and $23,272 for direct relief. The
Montgomery County budget Includes
$85,813 for old age pensions; $53,673
for dependent children; $3,488 for
aid to needy blind, and $16,622 for
direct relief.
The biggest item In the 1940 bud
get of the State departmnet Is ap
proximately $1,604,436 set aside for
old age pensions. The new program,
effective Monday, is complete for the
first nine months of 1940. Allot
ments are composed of County,
State and Federal funds.
Samuel Wade Magruder.
Dies at Seneca at 86
Special Diipatcb to The Star.
SENECA, Md„ Dec. 26.—The fu
neral of Samuel Wade Magruder, 86,
retired farmer and one of Montgom
ery County’s most widely known cit
izens, who died yesterday at his
home here after an illness of several
weeks, will be held at 2:30 pm. to
morrow from the funeral home of W.
Reuben Pumphrey, Rockville. Burial
will be in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Mr. Magruder is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Eulalie Hicks Petty Ma
gruder, and the following children
by a former marriage: Mrs. Edward
Preas and Spencer W. Magruder,
both of Seneca; Mrs. Clarence Du
vall, Silver Spring: Jesse H. Ma
gruder, Gaithersburg, and Russell S.
Magruder, Rockville. He was a
brother of Miss Julia Magruder, Mrs.
Rose Ruark and Amos W. Magruder,
all of Rockville, and also leaves 13
grandchildren and 5 great-grand
children.
Mr. Magruder conducted a feed
store in Georgetown for several
years and later a general store near
Rockville. When the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal was in use he hauled
produce to Georgetown in his own
boats. For many years he operated
a large farm and at one time was
the county’s largest property owner.
At the time of his death he owned
1.000 acres.
Safely Zone Policy
Change Forecast
If Challenged
Mrs. Wright of Women
Voters Sees 'Patrol
Or Abandonment'
If the right of the United States
to exclude belligerents from the
safety zone created by the declara
tion of Panama is questioned, this
country may be obliged either to
abandon the doctrine or to provide
a navy large enough to maintain it,
according to Mrs. Louise Leonard
Wright, foreign policy chairman of
the National League of Women
Voters.
Technical adviser to the United
States delegation at the last Pan
American Conference in Lima, Mrs.
Wright has prepared a reader’s
guide, ’’Continuing Problems of a
Neutral Nation,” in which she dis
cusses day by day developments in
the field of neutrality.
Neturals Influence War;
“To date the strategy of the Eu
ropean war seems to have been de
termined as much by the conduct of
the neutrals as by that of the bel
ligerents,” Mrs. Wright wrote.
“The United States,” she contin
ued, “determined to stay out of war,
has proclaimed its status as a neu
tral. Maintaining our neutrality is
a continuous process. Just as the
American policy of neutrality has
a vital effect upon the bel
ligerents and other neutrals, so
does it have a vital effect upon
our domestic affairs. We must know
what our status is under interna
tional law and what claims we will
be entitled to make against belliger
ents. We must know what our status
is under domestic law, and what ad
justments must be made.
“Defense by Retreat.”
"The present neutrality legisla
tion was passed in the belief that it
would constitute a strong defense
against involvement in war. It it
defense by retreat from the scene
of warfare. It presumably, there
fore, reduces the necessity of naval
armaments.
"On the other hand we have un
dertaken to see that the safety zone
created by the declaration of Pan
ama Is patrolled. If our right tc
exclude belligerent activities from
this zone is questioned, we may be
obliged either to abandon the doc
trine or to provide a navy large
enough to maintain it. Also, we
should remember that the Neutral
ity Act has not been invoked in re
lation to the Far Eastern conflict
The implications of this fact in re
lation to our national defense prob
lem and to our problems as a neu
tral nation should not be over
looked.”
Cards Theater Guests
The Capitol Theater will be theq
scene of a grand rally at 9 o'clock
tonight for the Catholic University
football team which leaves tomor
row for its game with Arizona State
Teachers in the Sun Bowl. Every
one from Coach “Dutch” Bergman
down to the cheer leaders will be
present to accompany the Capitol
orchestra in song and music.
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Do Your Partying
in The Tea Room
and remain blissfully free
of countless details
Our hostess will plan your party completely
—the table, the favors, the menu, if you
wish—leaving you free to be a guest at
your own party. A grand way to return
social invitations.
Before or after shopping or matinee, enjoy
delicious High Tea from 2:30 to 5:30.
Thi Tea Room, Seventh Floor.
Needlepoint Pieces
for you to work now that
the rush of Christmas is over
With more time on your hands you will want
these distinctive pieces in sizes for small
chairs or stools. With petit point cen
ters and backgrounds for you to work w \
in. 23x23 inches or 20x20 inches— **
Paragon and Homespun Wool Needlepoint
'Yarn, 40 yard skein, special-20c
art Nexduwork. Seventh Floor.
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For a New Baby
—complete layette chosen in our Infants’
Section where it is so easy to gather the little
newcomer’s needs
The Complete Layette Includes:
4 Carter's Cotton Shirts, $2.60
4 Arnold's Cotton Knit Gowns, 54
3 dozen Curity Cotton Diapers, $5.94
2 Carter's Cotton Knit Wrappers, $2
3 Curity Cotton Pads, $1.17
Curity Cotton Cribmaker, $1.98
1 Dri-Sheet, 52
1 Box Dri-Ettes, $1
1 Cotton Knit Towel, 60c
1 Cotton Knit Towel, 51
1 Box 250 Q-Tips, 38c
1 Bottle Johnson's Baby Oil, 43c
1 Cotton Blanket, $1.15
Box of Curity Absorbent Cotton, 25c
3 Bars of Stork Castile Soap, 40c
1 Card Blanket PiVis, 10c
—and it all adds up to the modest
sum of
Infants’ Furnishings, Fourth Floor.
Children
Lunch with Glee
... in the "Kiddie Corner" of the Fountain
Roo/n in our Down Stairs Store and read nursery
rhymes on the wall white they wait to be served.
Treat them to . . . '
White Meat of Chicken Sandwich, 3c
Santa Claus Ice Cream Cone Clown, 15c
Grumpy's "Chill," 10c
(Iced Chocolate)
Chu.drbh'i Fountain Boom, Down Stabs Stoss.
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