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Miss Pauline Curtis
And Miss Cynthia Dunn
Presented to Society
Mr. and Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. Gross
Are Hosts at Tea and Dinner
In the Joint Party
Two of the early summer debutantes were presented jointly yester
day afternoon and evening, when the Adviser on Political Relations to
the State Department and Mrs. James Clement Dunn gave a large garden
tea. followed by a dinner with dancing at which Mrs. John Gross was
hostess.
The garden party ot Mr. and Mrs. Dunn served for the formal pres
entation of their daughter, Miss Cynthia Dunn, and Miss Pauline Curtis,
daughter of Mrs. Grass, to officials, diplomats and scores of residents who
file contemporaries of the hosts. The dinner dance was for the younger
generation.
Hostess Wears Gown
Of Blue Marquisette.
Miss Dunn and Miss Curtis received with Mrs. Dunn in the drawing
room of the house, the hostess wearing a gown of heaven blue marquisette
made with long skirt and very short jacket which showed the wide white
belt and on her shoulder a cluster of orchids. Her daughter and Miss
Curtis were dressed in white as become debutantes. Miss Dunn in organza
with small, finely embroidered figures, the skirt full and the fitted bodice
having short puffed sleeves and a square neckline edged with exquisite
lace. Miss Curtis wore marquisette, the full skirt having bands of old
lace and the bodice had a deep V neckline and long full sleeves caught
Into cuffs at the wrists. Each debutante wore a lei of carnations and
carried an old-fashioned nasegay, Miss Curtis’ having been sent her by
her father, Mr. James F. Curtis of New York. The scores of bouquets
sent to the two transformed the drawing room into a veritable flower
garden.
Senora de Espil Helps
Pour in the Garden.
Senora de Espil and Mrs. W. War
fen Barbour, who are presenting
their daughters this afternoon and
evening, were among those assisting
Mrs Dunn in pouring iced tea and
coffee. The table was laid in the
garden, where smaller tables for the
guests and a long table which served
as a bar were placed.
Others assisting were Mrs. Sumner j
Welles. Mrs. Robert Wigglesworth. i
1 Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. who was j
accompanied by her sub-debutante
daughter. Miss Paulina Longworth;
Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, Mrs.
Nathan Wyeth. Mrs. John F. Wil
kins. Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins.
Mrs. Fleming Newbold. Mrs. Lee
Warren. Mrs. Selden Chapin. Mrs.
Amory Perkins. Mrs. George Sloane.
Mrs. Beniamin Warder Thoron. j
Mrs Truxtun Beale. Mrs. Hugh D.
Auchincloss. Mrs. Dean Acheson,
Signora Brambilla. Mrs. W. McKee
Dunn, Mrs. Walter E. Edge, Mrs.
Hugh Wilson, Mrs. John L. Newi
bold. jr.; Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer,
Mrs. Henry Benning Spencer. Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs. Philip O. i
Coffin. Mrs. Hiram Bingham. Mrs. 1
David S. Barry. Mrs. Lewis Clark.
Mrs. Arthur Krock. Mrs. Wallach
Merriam and Miss Mary Randolph.
Debutantes assisting included Miss
Barbara Beale Miss Mildred Dunn.
Miss Edith Huntington. Miss Cath
erine Hill. Miss Sita Finkenstaedt.
Miss Isabel Paul. Miss Ruth Robb,
visitors from other cities: Miss Zeva
Fish. Miss Louise Stillwell. Miss
Muriel Maddox. Miss Mariana
Evans. Miss Ann Huidekoper. Miss
Georgianna Flat her. Miss Eugenia
Flather. Miss Peggy Lansdowne,
Miss Mary Jane Wyman of Illinois.
Miss Elysabeth Barbour. Miss Laura
Blair, Miss Margaret White. Miss
Betty van der Straten-Ponthoz,
Miss Yola Wankowicz and Miss
Evelyn Sloane and Miss Louise Rus
sell, also visitors from other cities.
Countess de Baillet-Latour, older
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn,
Whose wedding reception was held
in the garden several years ago, was
among those 'assisting and during
the afternoon she took a number of
pictures, including motion pictures,
of the scene.
Dinner Party Given
At F Street Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Gross gave their
dinner party and dance in the gar
den of the 1925 F Street Club, where
150 guests sat at small tables, pre
sided over by Mrs. Gross' daughter,
Mis. Pete Bostwick, and Mr. and
Mrs. James F. Curtis, jr„ at another,
while Mr. Frazier Curtis, who came
from his studies at Harvard for the
party, was host at the table where
his debutante sister was hostess.
The garden was hung with Chinese
lanterns made of gauze and ex
quisitely decorated, and dancing was
on the sun porch of the house.
One hundred and fifty additional
guests joined the party for dancing
later and about midnight or a little
after a buffet supper was served.
Mrs. Terry Named
By Wilson Alumnae
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.. June 8.—
Mrs. Garland M. Terrv, 1730 Troy
street, Arlington, Va., has been
elected a director of the Wilson Col
lege Alumnae Association for a
three-year term, it was announced
today.
In her new post, Mrs. Terry will
help plan and supervise activities
of an organization of more than
4.300 Wilson graduates and former
students. The election was con
ducted by mailed ballots and re
turns announced at the annual
Alumnae Association meeting which
opened the alumnae day program.
Mrs. Terry taught tor 10 years
following her graduation from Wil
son in high schools in Pennsylvania,
New York and Florida.
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Dress Alike to Be Smart
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Mr. Edison Is Host
At Dinner
The retiring Secretary of the
Navy, Mr. Charles Edison, was
host at dinner last evening,
entertaining in the East Room
of the Mayflower Hotel. A
small orchestra from the Navy
Band played during the party.
The Secretary's guests were the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Mr. Lewis Compton; the Chief
of Naval Operations, Admiral
Harold R. Stark, and chiefs of
other divisions of the Navy De
partment including Rear Ad
miral W. R. Sexton, Rear Ad
miral George T. Pettengill, Rear
Admiral E. J. King, Maj. Gen.
L. McC. Little, Rear Admiral W.
S. Anderson, Rear Admiral S.
M. Robinson, Rear Admiral Ben
Moreell, Rear Admiral H. P.
Leary, Rear Admiral W. B.
Woodson, Rear Admiral H. G.
Bowen, Rear Admiral Ross T.
Mclntire, Rear Admiral Ray
Spear. Rear Admiral H. A. Stu
art, Rear Admiral John H.
Towers, Rear Admiral A, H. Van
Keuren, Capt. C. W. Fisher, Capt.
E. G. Allen, Capt. Dan Calla
ghan, Capt. Garland Pulton,
Capt. M. L. Deyo, Capt. A. Loring
Swasey, Comdr. Charles E.
Rosendahl, Comdr. Ralph S.
Riggs, Lt. Comdr. B L. Austin,
Lt. Robert Rice, Mr. William D.
Bergman, Mr. Charles Piozet,
Mr. William H. H. Ohland. Mr.
Warren McLaine, Mr. William
M. Smith and Mr. V. Bush.
Miss Julia Pope Dies;
Was Teacher Here
Miss Julia Pope, 56, of 2220 Twen
tieth street N.W., died yesterday at
her home after a long illness. She
was the daughter of the late Gus
tavus Adolphus and Myra Belle
Carter Pope of Pulaski, Tenn.
A native of Pulaski, Miss Pope j
came to Washington about 10 years
ago and for the last eight years has
been a teacher of English and his
tory in the public schools here. Prior
to that, she taught in several pri
vate schools in Washington and
Baltimore.
She was a member of the Daugh- j
ters of the American Revolution I
and of the Episcopal Church.
Surviving Miss Pope are a brother,
Col. William Pope. U. S. A., retired,
of Pulaski, and a sister, Mrs. L. M.
Cartall of Marfa, Tex.
Funeral services were to be held
at 3:30 p.m. today at Gawler's fu
neral home. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
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Seventy Receive Diplomas
At St. Patrick's Academy
St. Patrick's Academy graduated
70 students yesterday after hearing
Msgr. C. F. Thomas urge them to
prepare for useful work by making
use of the knowledge of the past.
Celebrant of the mass was Msgr.
Lawrence Shehan, assisted by the
Rev. John Prince. Katherine Stello
received a scholarship medal and
Dorothy McCully an activities
award.
The graduates are:
Adams. Mary V.
Baker. Margaret M.
Bond Ruth Teresa
Buehne. Dorothy L.
Casey. Anna Nora
Clark. Cecilia L.
Cottrell. Margaret E
Cullinan. Shirley C.
DeLeonibus. Elizabetr
DePrancesco. Regin2
Dowden. Katherine I,
Flannery. Marie P.
Frisina Viola C
Guy. Velma Rose
Hanes. Helen L.
Hanlon. Kathleen M.
Holden. Gertrude M
Hullings. Ruth E
Johnson. Cecilia .M
Johnson. Margaret E
Lancaster. Cecilia A.
Lusky. Anita Clare
McCully. Constance
Hunt. Catherine L
Le Noir. Jean Ellen
McCully. Dorothy
Maenner. Anna C
Mandonyohl. Mary v
Martin. Mary Jane
O'Brien. Theresa M
Psrtlow. Margaret R
Pembroke. F. M
Polillo. Jennie M
Portu. Josefa
Prencipe. Mary L.
Mata.ia, Mary V.
Merkie Martha M.
Merryman. Margaret
Miller. Mary Agnes
O Connell. Anna E
Pessagno. Elizabeth C
Phillips. Gloria Marie
Profeta. Angelina A.
Sterling. Orrie Mae
Weible Roberta A.
Whelan Mary L.
nnselmo. Paula F.
Bertello Inez C
Bainbridge Mary E.
Cozzens. Helen E
DiBartolo. Rose Mary
Dollymore Nora E.
Dreis. Katherine E
^rlenbach. Lucille H.
Fowler. Mary E
Garczynski. Regina M
Gerhardt. Prances M.
Haynes, Ann C.
Rachel. Pauline V.
Racsdale. Ruth I.
Raley. Gertrude L.
Rapp. Margaret
Renals. Marv E.
Restifo. A. R
Russell. Mildred
Thiebault Marilyn M
'its. Marie E
Stello. Kathryn A.
Wise. Mary E.
Zimmerman. A. M
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Joins Parents
Miss Mary Stuart Montague Price
has joined her parents, Comdr. and j
Mrs. Allen Ingram Price, at their
home here, after attending the
farewell dance at the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis Wed
nesday night.
Cardenas Orders Check
Of Foreigners in Mexico
B' the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, June 8—The
Interior Department, on orders from
President Cardenas, today began
compiling a list of foreign residents
and travelers in all principal com- I
munities of Mexico.
The department said the action
was taken because of the "situation
created by the European war, which
imposes on the national government
the obligation to know exactly the
number, whereabouts and activities
of foreigners.”
Mayors of the various communi
ties were instructed to keep the list
up to date by a constant check of
departures and arrivals.
U. S. Pay Roll
At All-Time
High for April
With the national defense pro
gram among the contributing fac
tors, the Government pay roll
reached an all-time high here in
April when $22,948,295 was distrib
uted to 129,677 employes, the
monthly report of the Civil Service
Commission showed today. The
previous top—about $146,000 less—
was in January.
The number of employes also in
creased, both here and in the field.
The local addition was slightly
more than 1,000, and alsewhere in
the service it was about 12,000. The
field employment — 829,469 — has
been exceeded only once and that
in December, when thousands of
temporary workers were taken on
for the Christmas mail rush. The
pay roll for April outside of Wash
ington was $121,889,545.
The commission reported employ
ment increases here by Navy, Com
merce, Agriculture and Interior
Departments and the Civil Aero
nautics Authority, while the Federal
Works Agency showed a decrease.
These increases were paralleled in
the field, where the F. W. A. group
also added workers.
In some instances, seasonal activi
ties were responsible for the expan-1
■ion; census employment also fig-1
and.
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MRS. JOSEPH A. HOSKINS.
Before her marriage Thursday morning, Mrs. Hoskins was
Miss Betty Nash. She is the daughter of Mrs. George Erwin Nash.
After their wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins will make their
home in Kansas City, Mo. —Hessler Photo.
Dorothy Dix
Wives Should R
Want to Be Tru
DEAR MISS DIX: You write often |
and caustically about philandering
husbands. This puts a bug of suspi
cion into many a woman reader's
ear. ' I am not taking the part of
erring spouses, but I want to tell
wives that their jealousies and con
stant nagging, plus the abuse of
their husbands' faithful office as- ;
sistants or secretaries, do more than '
any other one thing to turn other- ‘
wise domestic men into rounders.
No decent man likes to have his
honor questioned and to be under
suspicion every time he is late for
dinner. Nor does he like to have
his meals spoiled by a tirade of
vituperation against the imagined
evil woman in his office with whom
he is supposed to be having an
affair. If these senseless wives
would make friends out of the wom
en employes in their husbands'
offices, the husbands would not have
to defend them and in that way be
come interested in them, very often
out of pity. Most men want to be
trusted instead of nagged.
A PROFESSIONAL MAN.
Answer—These are words that
every wife should memorize and
say over to herself when she is
tempted to get green-eyed when she
looks at the slim little blond in her
husband's office and wonders why
he had to pick out "Miss America”
to write his business letters.
Probably it is not in nature for
the legal wife not to be jealous of
the office wife, who knows so much
more about her husband's affairs
than she does, and whom he treats
with so much more politeness than
he does her. But going off of the
deep end and making scenes over
the situation isn't the way to han
dle it.
For, contrary to the fixed belief
of many wives, there is very little
philandering done in business offices
in business hours.
In these days of fierce competi
tion it takes all of the concentra
tion of purpose and interest of
which a man is capable to outwit
his rivals and keep one jump ahead
of the sheriff, and he hasn't any
time or thought to give to love
making.
He is pursuing the lady on the
dollar, not the good-looker behind
the typewriter, and, nine times out
of ten. he merely regards her as
just a part of the office machinery.
What he is interested in is her
spelling, her accuracy, her reliability,
not the color of her eyes.
Also, it is quite true that the
average middle-aged American hus
band is not romantically inclined
and would never consider himself
a Lothario if his jealous wife didn't
put the idea into his head.
Furthermore, if a man knows that
his wife is going to suspect him of
keeping a rendezvous with a siren
every time he is 10 minutes late for
dinner and make scenes every time
she comes into his office and finds
him and his secretary alone in it,
: Says—
^member Husbands
sted, Not Nagged
he thinks that he had just as well
be hanged for a sheep as a lamb,
and he might as well have the
game, as he is going to get the name
of being a philanderer.
For the most part the men and
women who work together see each
other stripped of all glamour, and
they are far more likely to fall in
love with strangers than they are
with each other.
That is, unless the little woman
at home makes it. so unpleasant
for her husband that he turns to
the other woman for comfort.
DOROTHY DIX.
Cotillion Held
In Montgomery
Several small parties were held
last night preceding the Montgom
ery County Cotillion.
One of the largest groups met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leander
Stuart in Be the.sd a for a cocktail
party before the dance. Assistant
hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Imirie.
Last night's party was the third
dance this young people's group have
held since the organization was
started.
The cotillion music as well as the
dances were strictly modern, but just
before the intermission the chair
man of the Board of Governors, Mr.
Donald Imirie. and Mrs. Imirie. in
troduced a cotillion walk that proved
one of the most delightful features
of the evening. Led by Mr and Mrs.
Imirie the cotillion formed a figure
which ended in the letters "M. C. C.
The cotillion favors were flower
wristlets for the women and bouton
nieres for their escorts.
The cotillion is a county organiza
tion. It was started by county
people, is held in a county club and
membership is by election.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
To Be Hosts
Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis have
issued invitations for a garden
party they will give in honor of
the Archaeological Society of Wash
ington. The affair will be held at
Rippin Lodge, the Ellis' home in
Virginia, next Saturday afternoon
from 3 to 7 o'clock.
In case of inclement weather, the
gathering will be held indoors.
D. A. R. to Give Flag
Mrs. Harry C. Oberholser, State
regent of the District Daughters of
the American Revolution, will par
ticipate in ceremonies to be held at
Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church
tomorrow at 10:30 a m., when mem
bers of Prince Georges County
Chapter will present a flag to the
Sunday school in memory of Samuel
H. Walker, its former superintendent.
Star Within a Star
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Weddings
Of Interest
In Capital
Miss Helen Roach
Is Married to
Mr. Karl Becker
A lovely wedding took place this
morning, when Miss Helen Josephine
Roach, daughter of Mrs. Charles Ed
ward Roach of Chevy Chase, Md.,
was married to Mr. Karl Henry
Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Henry Becker of Washington Grove,
Md. The Shrine of the Blessed Sac
rament in Chevy Chase, D. C„ was
the scene of the wedding, which
was performed by Msgr. Thomas G.
Smyth at 10:30 o'clock.
Palms, fern and white and shell
pink peonies in gold vases decorated
the shrine.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, Mr. Richard Earle
Roach, and wore a white Chantilly
lace gown over satin, made with
long, close-fitting sleeves and a wide
fan-shaped train. The veil of bridal
tulle fell from a coronet of lace
and tulle and reached to the end
of the train. White roses and lilies
of the valley were arranged in a
shower bouquet to complete the
bride's costume.
Miss Catherine Elizabeth Roach
was her sister’s maid of honor, and
wore a white net bouffant gown
trimmed in narrow bands of pink
and blue flowered silk. Her small
hat was of white net and she car
ried an old-fashioned bouquet of
pink sweetheart roses tied with pink
and blue velvet ribbon.
The other attendants were Mrs.
James C. Christopher, Mrs. William
McCarthy and Miss Virginia Dyer.
They were dressed like the maid of
honor, and wore the small white
hats and carried old-fashioned bou
quets of spring flowers.
Mr. Barnard J. Hastings of Chevy
Chase Md., was best man and the
ushers were Mr John W. Mayhew
of Hvattsville, Mrl.; Mr. John Meany
of this city, Mr. Robert Walker of
Washington Grove and Mr. Charles
Diamond of Gaithersburg, Md.
A reception was held at the home
of the brides mother, where the
decorations were palms, ferns and
peonies. Mrs. Roach's gown was of
ashes of roses lace and net and she
wore a large straw-color hat and a
corsage of lavender orchids. Mrs.
Becker, mother of the bridegroom,
w as in powder blue chiffon, with'a
small white hat and a corsage of
talisman roses.
Out-of-town guests included Miss
Joan Parker of Kenosha. Wis.: Miss
Katherine Lay, Mrs. R. E. Lay and
Mrs. Jerry Tael of Roland Park,
Baltimore.
For traveling, the bride chose a
! navy blue crepe costume with
, matching hat and white accessories.
| Her corsage was of white orchids.
On their return, Mr. and Mrs.
Becker will make their home at
Hampden lane, Bethesda, Md.
Miss Helen Kent and
Mr. Hilleary Brown Wed.
The Georgetown Presbyterian
Church was the setting of a charm
ingly arranged wedding last eve
ning. when Miss Helen Louise Kent,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Kraeter Kent, was married to Mr.
Hilleary Frazier Brown, son of Mrs.
Elizabeth Brown and the late Mr.
Claude M. Brown. The Rev. Mr.
Kenneth Buker officiated.
As the guests were being shown to
their places in the church by the
ushers, Mr. Moir Bowman. Mr.
Claude Brown. Mr. Paul Dallman
and Mr. Harvey Lynn, an organ re
cital was given by Miss Nancy Poore.
Immediately preceding the cere
mony Mrs. Naomi Gibson sang.
The church was decorated with
palms and ferns, tall baskets of
white snapdragons and tall white
tapers, which added a soft and
charming effect.
The bride was attended by her
childhood friend, Mrs. Helen Dall
man, as matron of honor, while
Miss Frances Byrnes Butler and
Miss Elizabeth Lanham. cousins of
of the bride, served as bridesmaids.
Master Jerry Webster was the ring
bearer. Mrs. Dallman wfore a lovely
gown of peach net trimmed in lace
and carried a large picture hat
filled with spring flowers. Miss But
ler and Miss Lanham wore blue
chiffon dresses covered with small
blue bows and they, too, carried pic
ture hats full of garden flowers,
affording a lovely contrast in pink,
lavender, blue and yellow.
The bride's mother wore a peri
winkle blue lace gown with insets of
net. a large decorative picture hat
and a corsage of gardenias, and the
mother of the bridegroom wore a
flowered chiffon gowm, a large soft
hat and a corsage of gardenias.
The bride was escorted and given
in marriage by her father. She was
lovely in her wedding gown of white
lace and mousseline de soie. The
bodice was made of Alencon lace,
from which flared the skirt of mous
seline de soie. The high neckline
and sleeves were edged with lace.
Her veil of tulle was caught by a
wreath of orange blossoms and she
carried a bouquet of white sweet
peas, lilies of the valley and an
orchid.
Mr. Marvin Bowman was the best
man.
A reception followed the ceremony
at the home of the bride’s grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. Michael
Haneke. Later the couple left for
a wedding trip in the South. The
bride chose for her traveling cos
tume a brown net jacket dress
trimmed in white, a small brown
hat with a matching bew of white
geosgrain ribbon and white kid slip
pers and purse. On her shoulder
she wore a single orchid. Upon their
return the couple will make their
home in Kenilworth, D. C.
Out-of-town guests at the wed
ding were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kinnear
and Mrs. Frank Kinnear of Balti
more, Dr. Paul P. Rastatter, Mrs.
George Henry and Miss Charlotte
Henry of Erie, Pa., and Mr. and
Mrs. James Ross, Burke Station, Va.
Old Dominion Railroad
Hearing Set for June 21
A hearing on the Washington &
Old Dominion Railroad's petition to
discontinue passenger service be
tween Rosslyn and Purcellville, Va„
will be held June 21 in Richmond
by the State Corporation Commis
sion, the Associated Press reported
yesterday.
An official of the line in Rosslyn
said freight traffic would be main
tained over the route, which now is
traversed twice in each direction
every day. In addition, two round
trips operate on week days between
Rosslyn and Leesburg.
Altar Society’s
Silver Tea to Be
Held Tomorrow
The ladies of 8t. Ann's Altar
Society have completed arrange
ments for a silver tea to be held
tomorrow from 4 to 7 o'clock in
the terraced garden of Mrs.
Benedicta Regenstein's home at
3850 Tunlaw road.
The garden, which is located
directly behind Mount Alto Hos
pital, is at its loveliest, featur
ing a display of 1,200 roses.
A musical program has been
arranged for the entertainment
of the guests.
In case of rain, the tea will
be postponed to the following
Sunday.
Only a week ago the Trowell
Club held its rose festival in this
garden.
Proceeds from the tea will be
used for the building fund of
the church.
Miss Stillwell
Makes Debut
Today
Embassy to Be
Scene of Party
At 4:30
The Argentine Embassy will be
the scene today of the debut of Miss
Courtney Louise Stillwell, daughter
of Senora de Espil, wife of the Am
bassador. Senora de Espil will en
tertain at a reception from 4:30
o’clock to present her lovely young
daughter to members of diplomatic,
official and residential society.
There will be dancing during the
reception hours and a number of
Senora de Espil's friends will be at
the tea table during the afternoon.
In addition, the debutante has asked
a group of her sister buds to assist
generally.
Taking turns at the tea table will
be Mrs. Sumner Welles, wife of the
Undersecretary of State; Mrs. W.
Warren Barbour, Mrs. Hamilton
Fish, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. Mrs.
James Lawrence Houghteling, Mrs.
James Clement Dunn. Mrs. Warren
Delano Robbins. Mrs. Frank C.
Letts, the debutante's grandmother:
Mrs. George Sloane. Mrs. George
Angus Garrett. Mrs. Henry Benning
Spencer, Mrs. William McKee Dunn,
Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer, Mrs. Wal
ter E. Edge, Mrs. Philip O. Coffin,
Mrs. Arthur Krock. Mrs. Hugh D.
Auchincloss, Mrs. John F. Wilkins.
Mrs. Lee P. Warren. Mrs. Charles
Carroll Glover, jr.. and wives of
, members of the Argentine Embassy
! staff, including Senora de Bunge.
Senora de Godov. Senora de Zan
ni and Senora de Scilingo.
Young Women
To Assist at Party.
The bevy of pretty young women
assisting will include Countess
Elizabeth van der Straten-Ponthoz.
Miss Elvsabeth Cochran Barbour.
, Miss Elizabeth S. Fish, Miss Eliza
beth S. Kean, Miss Peggy Lands
downe. Miss Cynthia Dunn. Miss
Margaret Houghteling. Miss Mari
anna M. Evans. Miss Mildred E.
; Dunn, Miss Joan Dodge. Miss Sheila
Broderick. Miss Anne Sperry, Miss
Nancy Glover, Miss Laura Blair,
Miss Pauline Curtis. Mile. Jean
Marie de Villiers. Miss Muriel Mad-'
dox. Miss Virginia S. Watkins, Miss
1 Catherine Adams Clement, Miss
Georgianna N. Flather. Miss Sita
Finkenstaedt. Miss Catherine Hill,
the Misses Katherine and Priscilla
Johnson, Miss Barbara Beale, Sig
norina Edna Lais and Miss Isabella
L. Hagner, who will make her debut
next year.
Debutantes from other cities who
will be in the group assisting are
Miss Isabel Paul, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Drexel Paul of Phila
delphia. who is the house guest of
Miss Stillwell: Miss Elizabeth Thay
er of Philadelphia and Miss Ruth
Robb of Boston, who are house
guests of Miss Finkenstaedt.
Sorority Luncheon
The Washington Alumnae Chap
ter of the Alpha Sigma Alpha Soror
ity entertained today at a spring
luncheon at the Taily-Ho Tavern.
Arrangements were in charge of
Miss Lucille Parduhn. assisted by
Mrs. Georgeanna Page and Mrs.
Dorothy Thompson Williams.
Republican
Women Hold
Garden Fete
Annual Event at
Grosvenor Estate
Attended by 600
With weather “made to order” for
a garden party, the annual fete of
the League of Republican Women
yesterday on the spacious lawns of
Wild Acres, country estate of Dr.
and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, was a
pronounced success, with approxi
mately 600 in attendance.
More than 100 tables were placed
in the receiving rooms, on the ver
andas and out under the trees, where
those who played cards might en
joy the singing of the birds for
which the Grosvenor place is fa
mous.
A table fairly groaning under a
load of layer cakes and cookies,
contributed by different members,
stood under a spreading mulberry
tree, attracting many before they
took their places at the card tables.
A candy table, with homemade and
boxed sweets, also was placed under
the trees and was patronized
throughout the afternoon by players,
who either sent to the table for can
dies while at cards, or made pur
chases from Mrs. Grosvenor's young
grandson. Gilbert Grosvenor Coville.
Mrs. Grosvenor's granddaughter.
Miss Joan Blair, recently arrived
from Florida, and her daughter,
! Mrs. Cabot Coville, whose husband
j was former Second Secretary of the
American Embassy at Tokio. also as
I sisted at the party.
Many who did not play cards en
joyed walking through the grounds,
where famous shrubberies, plants
and flowers were never more beau
tiful than yesterday.
Tucked away among shrubs were
two fortune tellers, Mrs. Mary Butt
and Mrs George Madden Grimes.
1 whose gypsy bandanas gave them
a professional appearance. Their
popularity was apparent from the
number of patrons waiting to have
palms read.
Guests arriving in cars were able
to purchase tickets from Mrs.
William H. Scott, stationed at a
booth at one side of the driveway.
Receiving were Mrs. Grosvenor,
Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, presi
dent of the league, and Mrs G.
Louis Weller, chairman of the Gar
den Party Committee.
Mrs. Grosvenor wore a becoming
floor-length frock of flowered chif
fon. and Mrs. Gann a figured
chiffon of powder blue with an at
tractive large hat to match. Mrs.
Weller had chosen a natural-color
blocked linen with vivid red sailor
hat and bag of the same shade.
An interesting feature of the
afternoon was the raffling of two
cakes, one a Lady Baltimore, the
other a cream cake bearing a tinv
elephant on top with the label
“On to Victory." Prizes for the card
winners were attractive flower
vases and bowls of hob-nailed glass
ware.
Among the later arrivals who en
joyed refreshments following the
card games were Mrs. Arthur Van
denberg and Mrs. Charles L. Mr
Nary. wives of the Senators from
Michigan and Oregon. Mrs. Vir
ginia White Speel, founder of the
league, also was a late arrival, as
were Mrs. William Fitch Kelly and
Mrs. Cooper Rhodes.
Delta Theta Chi
Opens Convention
The Eastern Province of Delta
Theta Chi National Sorority will
open a two-day convention this
afternoon at the Dodge Hotel, with
registration of delegates from New
York. Baltimore. Cumberland. Rich
mond. Chicago and Washington.
About 50 members are expected to
take part in the sessions.
A Pan-American theme, to be
carried out in the program, will be
emphasized at the banquet tonight
\ when flags of the 21 American re
publics will be featured.
The banquet will be preceded by
a reception and followed by mid
night pledge services.
The District of Columbia Alpha
Chapter will serve as the hostess
group, with Mrs. Helen Williams,
local president, as chairman, and
Mrs. Mary McKey, co-chairman.
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