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I NEWS OF PERSONS AND EVENTS IN THE SOCIAL LIFE OF WASHINGTON j
Innovations in Invitations Discussed
By Society Folk;'Reminders * Approved
Mrs. Schlesinger intro
duces “Follow-Ups” for
Parties to Be Given
Weeks Before
Innovations in the matter
of invitations are usually
viewed with alarm by the
conservative element of so
ciety, but the “reminders,”
which nowadays one finds,
occasionally in one’s mail,
are of such practical value
in Washington, where in
vitations for formal func
tions frequently go out weeks
ahead of time, that they are
pretty certain to become the
vogue.
V “A Reminder” ...
It was Mrs. Elmer Schles
inger who first introduced the
custom to' Washington. When
Mr. and Mrs. Schlesinger enter
tained at dinner for Vice Presi
dent and Mrs. Dawes a few
weeks ago, their guests had
been invited six weeks before,
so, lest there be any confusion,
a few days before the party the
with**'Vrorninder*that w£?2d
Mrs. —— are to dine with Mr.
and Mrs. Schlesinger on April
U. Thoughtful Hostess
Perhaps, Mrs. Schlesinger—or
some other thoughtful hostess
had done this before, but it
seems to have been something
ing from the number who have
commented upon it as a new and
commendable custom. And al-
fhdb Maa wam fa Iran no sen* *
guests “turning up missing” at
States, accepted the invitations of
J?
peered on both dinner lists in
TMn^ P^etan| t
: He eye at the moment, them
was much discussion of the inef
dent over the tea cups. He was
in great demand and the only
wonder was that he didn't get
his dates mixed oftener. But a
"reminder" from either or both of
< his ho*ta«BM would at least have
■ enabled the diplomat to straighten
put the confusion in time to re.
’ neve the unfortunate one, who
, lost the lion of the evening, from
embarrassment. 7
Original Invitations
j While. good taste demands a
certain uniformity in invitations,
i occasionally opportunity arises for
the personal touch.
Surely there are dozens of chfl
s dren in Washington—or their
mothers—who are treasuring the
charmingly tinted cards, painted
with a wee “Snow White” for
the girls and with a gay little
dwarf for the boys, which the
Ambassador of Mexico and Mme.
TeHes sent out for the children’s
party they had this winter for
their daughter. Emillta. And
every once in a while somebody
recalls even now, the amusing
"road maps,** deeorated with pen
pictures of those invited, which
Dimitri Dem Dimsncesco, then
attache of the Rumanian Lega
tion, used to enclose with in*
vitations to parties at his ’little
country house in Maryland or
for the picnics ho so frequently
arranged during his residence in
Washington.
The Congressional Club's Invita
tions for its twentieth birthday
celebration on May 25 also have a
touch of originality in the candle
lighted birthday cake, which dec
orates the card.
There was a wedding, too,
which will be long remembered
hero as much for the oiiginality
of the invitations as for the
charm of a ceremony which was
at once Informal and dignified—
the wedding of Mrs. Izetta, Jewell
Brown and Hugh Miller, sometime
dean of engineering at George
Washington University. They
were married last spring at the
homo of Mr- and Mrs. Alvin Dodd
and the invitations to the wed
ding, rather informally worded,
were engraved on cards whicn
had at the top the engaging little
sketch of the doorway of the
Dodds' picturesque old George
town house.
While it is not unusual for
cards of admission, inclosed with
invitations to semi-public func
tions, to be Inscribed “Not Trans
ferable,** ft Isn't usually consid
ered necessary with invitations
from persons in private life. So
there was a good deal of chatter
among what Cholly Knickerbocker
likes to call the “quid nuncs”
when Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
Phillips, Jr., inclosed little crested
cards, reading: “Present this card
at the door. Please do not trans
fer,” with the invitations to the
wedding reception of their daugh
ter, Miss Janet Phillips, and
Leander MoCormick-Goodhart, of
the British Embassy, a few weeks
ago. However, from the crowd at
the reception', nobody apparently
stayed away on that account.
• ♦ a
•Vacketty Paeketty House,” by
Frances Hodgson Burnett, is to
be presented by children from
every girl scout in the city as a
benefit for the Girl Scout camp
fund. The play will be given Fri
day evening, May 25, at the
T. W. C. A.. Seventeenth and K
tyttta Northwest.
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MRS. BERNARD F. GIMBEL, of New York, jumpinr
her middleweight hunter, Welcome. This is the horse
that won the ladies’ qualified hunters class at the
horse show in New York last autumn and has been en
, tered in the National Capital. Horse Show, which opens
tomorrow.
Manions "
Now m Readiness tor
Pilgrimage
Fifteen gardens in Georgetown
will be open to the public in the
’ “Canterbury pilgrimage.” to be
held Wednesday afternoon. May
23. For a dollar callers can take
thia pilgrimage—or as much of
IV as they wish—and have tea
in one of the gardens.
The list includes the historic
garden of “ Evermay.” home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lammot Belin and
now occupied by Mr. and Mr.s.
J. Williamson Howell (1523
Twenty-eighth St.) and the
charming rambling gardens of
Mrs. Anne Archibald's place at
3905 Reservoir Rd.
Others which may be visited
are the gardens of Mrs. Wallace
Radcliffe, 1575 Thirty-first St.;
Mrs. Charles G. Warden, 3214 S
St; Mrs) Fernando Cunlberti, 3224
R St; Mrs. J. Sevier, 2124 Q St;
Horman .Hollerith, 1533
Twenty-ninth St.; Mrs. Robert F.
Whitehead, 1524 Twenty-eighth
St; Mrs. Frank Pago, 1518
Twenty-eighth BL; Mrs. John
Ihlder, 2811 p St.; Miss Bentley,
2318 P St.; Miss Bertha Looker,
1312 Thirtieth St.; Mrs. Spencer
Wood. 2808 N St.; Mrs. Robert E.
Olds, 3038 N St.; Mrs. Alvin
Dodd. 3300 O St.. and Miss
Weaver, 2405 Wisconsin Ave.
Colonial Day in Annapolis
PAST AND PRESENT met yesterday'in’the‘quaint
old Maryland Capital. Grouped on the steps of the Har
wood-Hammond mansion are (left to right) Mrs." Cool
idge, President Coolidge, “George Washington” (George
Forbes), “Mrs. -John Hammond” (Miss Natalie Hammond,
of Washington L and “Charles Carroll of Carrollton,” im
personated by one of his descendants. 1
TH* WASHINGTON TIMES Mattos Dstfy WEDNKDAT. MAY IS, IMS
Here For Horse Show>\*
Mrs. Bernard Gimbel
Has Many Entries
Mrs. Bernard F. Gimbel, of
New York, who has come to
Washington for the horse show,
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
John Oliver LeGorce while in
town. Mr. and Mrs. Gimbel have
a country place, “The Chieftans,”
at Port Chester, N. T., where
they spend part of every year
and where they are bringing up
an interesting family, including
two sets of twins and a son.
Mrs. Gimbel tats a number of
entries in the National capital
Horse Show, which opens tomor
row, among them “Outward
Bound,” a champton heavyweight
hunter: “Captain Doane,” who
took tha lightweight championship
at the New York horse show last
fall. “Miss Doane,” a thorough
bred chestnut filly, and »Wel
fome,” a middleweight hunter Who
-won the ladies qualified hunters
class in the New York show. She
will also show an unusual and
beautiful chestnut hunt team, in
cluding “Outward Bound,” "Cap
tain Doane" and “Welcome." Mrs,
Gimbel will ride her hunters in a
number of elames. -
DIPLOMATIC
CHANGES
NOTED
New Diplomatic List
i Calls Attention to Ar
■ rivals and Departures
Now it's the Danish Diplo
matic service that is losing a
member.
For Konow Bojsen, who has
been secretary of the Danish lega
tion here for several years, has
resigned. It Is not known defi
nitely if he will take up his resi
dence permanently in Washing
ton. But, at any rate, he is stay
ing on for a whlls.
Mr. Bojssn has been identified
more with the bridge playing ele
ment of society rather than the
dancing contingent—although he
is a bachelor, and, consequently,
in demand for Terpsichorean ac
tivity.
Tho first news of the defection
of this charming diplomat came
from looking over the State De*
pertinent's new diplomatic HsL
Several other changes are record
ed, notably at the Japanese em
bassy. LieuL Col. Hisao Watari
is now listed as military attache,
having replaced Col. Noburu Mo
rita, and he la living at the Port
land, where Colonel Morita also
made hia home. It will be remem
bered that there was a round of
farewell parties for Colonel Mo
rita just before his departure for
Japan. There is also a new finan
cial attache mentioned, Juicbi
Tsushima, but he and Mme. Tsus
hima are listed as “absenL"
Young Andor de Hertelendy Is
gone from the Hungarian Legation *
group, having been transferred to
. Budapest. He sailed a fortnight
ago for Europe, accompanied by
his pretty American wife, formerly
Miss Elizabeth Hitt. Don Alfredo
Mejia, until recently secretary of
the legation of Salvador, and Mme.
Mejia are also among the missing.
Alexis H. G. O. Lundh, counselor
of the Norwegian legation, and
Mme. Lundh are “absent,” having
sailed recently for Europe. So are
Baron Raymond de Waha, charge
f i d’affaires of Luxemburg, and
Baroness da Waha. The curious
thing about the representative of
this little duchy, however. Is the
fact that he has been continuously
absent since he presented hia cre
dentials, in 1930, and yet hie name
still continues in the diplomatic
UsL 1
A new name in this official reg
ister is Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart,
following immediately after the
name of the commercial attache of
tho British Embassy, Leander Me-
Cormlck-Goodhart, and referring,
of course, to his pretty bride, the
former Miso Janet Phillips. The
couple are also "absent,” honey
moonlng in Europe.
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Colds, Coughs, Dangerous
This Time of Year—
Stop It Quick.
KIDS LIKE TO TAKE THIS
SIMPLE REMEDY.
“My children love to take the
cough and cold remedy our old
doctor recommended. It banishes a
cold, fortifies them all winter, and
helps their appetites.”
There is no dope, alcohol, chloro
form, etc., in it A barrel of it
would do no harm-
Almost like ice-cream and tastes
so nice kids cry for Lin-O-Nine,'
which contains Wholesome, bene
ficial Oils of Flaxseed, Eucalyptus,
Cassia, Betula, Irish Moss and
Glycerine, churned into a cream
flavored with Wintergreen. Yum!
Yum! It’s good, the kiddies say,
according to thousands of wise
mothers who always have a bottle
of Lin-O-Nine in the house. Bet
ter than Cod Liver Oil as a tonic—
and it tastes nice.
Doctors recommend Lin-O-Nine
for grown-ups, too. 50c and SI.OO
tizes at druggists, or send dollar
bill for large 15-oz. bottle, parcels
post return mail. Kerr Chemical
Co., Brentwood, Md.
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Former Envoy White House
Guest; News of the Day
Th« PrMident and Mra. Coolidge *
have aa their guests at the White
House the former American Am
bassador to Mexico and Mrs.
James A. Sheffield.
Mr, and Mrs. Harry Williams,
who have been guests at the
White House tor several days,
have returned to their home in
Brockton, Mass.
♦ ♦ ♦
Senator and Mrs. A. H. Van
denberg will be the honor guests
at dinner this evening of the re
tiring Counselor of the British
Embassy and Mrs. Henry Getty
Chilton. There will be 13 in the
company.
♦ * ♦
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., of
Oyster Bay, and her mother, Mrs.
Henry A Alexander, of New York,
who passed the week-end here, re
turned to New York yesterday by
motor.
a * *
Col. and Mrs. Frank L. Hatch
have with them In their apart
ment at tha Wardman Park'Hotel
thieir daughter, Miss Cornelia
Hatch, who came East to attend
tho Elizabethan May fete at Bryn
Mawr College, from where she was •
graduated last Juno. Miss Hatch
will have as her guest for the ,
week end. Miss Janet Preston, of
Baltimore, a. former classmate at
Bryn Mawr. ;
•• • .
Mr. and Mrs. Wallaco Chiswell.
have as their guest (or a few days
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tioned at Norfolk.
** ♦ '
The officers of the Finance Di
vision, Ux 8. A., stationed in
Washington, and their wives will
give a dinner tonight at the
Chevy* Chase Club in honor of
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Roderick L.
Carmichael. General Carmichael
was recently appointed chief of
finance by President Coolidge
end assumed his new duties on
Monday, May 12.
* * •
Kenmore Ball
The Kenmore Association
.Washington, of which Mr*.
Thomas Hardy Taliaferro is pres
ident, Is making arrangefoents for
a ball to be given at the Willard
on December 3. Proceeds will go
toward paying off the final debt
on Kenmore, the home of George
Washington’s sister, Betty Wash
ington Lewis, at Fredericksburg,
Va., which has been purchased
» and restored. ' ■' v •
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Mrs. William A. Phillips has re
’ turned to her apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel after sev- .
eral weeks' visit to her son-in-law
and 4aughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bliss Wood, at their home in New
York.
FRENCH ENVOY
LUNCHEON
GUEST
Military Attache Host
to Visitors From
, Pa™
The French ambassador, Paul
Claudel, was the ranking guest at
luncheon today of Gen. Georges
A. L. Dumont, military attache, of
the French* embassy, who enter
tained at' the Carlton Hotel In
compliment to Mr. and Mme. Luis
Renault, of Paris, who are tin
Washington for a few days oh a
tour of the country.
Other guests were the'assistant
chief of staff. Col. Stanley G. Ford,
the Assistant Military Attache of
the French Embassy and. Mme.
Lombard, the Assistant Naval At
tache and Mme. Duban, z and MBs.
Helene Heilman, daughter of the
French consul general in Man Fran
cisco and Mme. Heilman, who is
the guest of Ma jor and Mme. Lorn
b,ra - . . .
Dr. and Mrs. W. g. Foster, of
Newark, are at the Grace Dodge
Hotel. With 'them are Miss K.
J. Foster and Mita EUsabeth Fos
ter. ' < ,
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