Evening star., 1922-06-22
Sprightly Party at
QuanticO Inst Night.


in the history of the marine post at
Quantico was given by the wives OF
officers at the Brown Flying Field
last night.
The festivities included four large
dinner parties and dances in. the
large hangar, where the seaplanes
used at ouantico are stored. the
hangar was elaborately decorated
with flags and bunting and greens
from the woods surrounding GUAM
tioo. with a liberal sprinkling OF
flowers which added vivid touch to
the background. Dancing began at 9
o'clock. An elaborate program OF
special dances was arranged. includ- :
ing number of surprise features ana
exhibitions.
In addition to the dances there
were number of booths, where en-
tertainment of a novel and interest
ling character was afforded the guests
On the east side Of the hangar Nine.
Zenobia, seventh daughter of seT
enth daughter. held sway and told
fortunes for the guests On the south
side "Bosco," the wild man from
Borneo, who eats 'em alive, was Sc
curely chained in huge iron case
and entertained the visitors by eauns
writhing snakes which the camp
baker provided. On the west SIDE ol
the hangar was confined the blood
drinking bat captured in the wilds OF
Borneo.
A feature of the dances was the ex-
hibition given by Virginia Cateiei,e
dancers, who were brought from
Washington by aeroplane to renaer
their selections. Their exhibitions IN,
cluded Russian, spring, oriental anu
Apache dances and were Warmly ap-
Preceding the dances dinners were
given by Maj and Mrs. Roy c. Geiger,
at WHICH Brig. Gen. and m ,Hl mrs. rSnnsas Smeas :
lC. Turner were the guests of honor.
Other Washington guests were COL
and Mrs James c. Titus and Maj; and
Mrs. Dunlap. Guests at the dinner
from the naval air station at An;, ana
ing Field. Washington. and Langley
Field. Norfolk. From the ma naval l, AR
station the guests were Lieut. Com
mander c. i. Johnson and Lients.
ouarlles. Dillon and Gordon. The
party from Langley Field included
Fort Washington, Maj. and Mrs. Har-
tin headed a party of fourteen Of
ficers and their wives who came by
Potomac other dinner parties were
given by Lieut.. Col. Jeter c. Horton.
Capt Leroy P. Hunt and Lieut.. Tighe.
Mrs. Alexander Sharp, jr:. is MAX
where she will be the guest for ten
days of Mr. and Mrs. William James
Rucker.
Col Edward L. Munson will leave
Washington shortly for his new sta
daughter. Miss Katherine Munson,
will spend the summer in New Haven,
Conn, and will join Col. Munson in
Manila early in the autumn.
| Dr. and Mrs. Merrill Edwards Gates
have closed their house on Rhode
| Island avenue, and will be. until No
tvember, at their summer home, Noun
tain Meadows. Bethlehem, N. H.
| Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Browne have
! taken a cottage at Deer Park, Md,
connected with the Deer Park Hotel,
and will spend the summer there.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. Earle Burton are
| spending the summer months at Hot
| Springs, Va, and at the White Sulphur
| Springs, W. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Elliott of New
York will come to Washington today
| to make their home here and have
taken an apartment at Wardman Park
| Hotel.
! Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, vice
| chairman of the women's committee
| of the Near East Relief. announces
that there will be receiving, with Mrs.
on Thursday, the 22d. at pm. in
| the Y W. c. A. parlors. DIR. Harvey
w. Wiley honorary chairman; Mr..
! Hugh A. Thrift, chairman; John B.
r. Tuckerman, Mrs. Charles ]. Bell.
Mrs. Joseph B. Showalter, Mrs. How
| ard b. Hodgkins. Mrs. Emma S. Shell
ton, Mrs. Francis A. St. Clair. Mrs.
Richard Fay Jackson. Mrs. Basil Man
ly and Mrs. William f. Chamberlin.
tea table. Mrs. William H.. King, Mrs
wallace Radcliffe, assisted by Mrs A.
Chambers Oliphant. Miss Lucille
Showalter, Miss Katherine Doherty,
Miss Dorothy bennett, Miss Margaret
Callahan and Mrs. Uric Bell.
! The committee cordially invites
any one who has co-operated with
Mrs. Stevens during her four years as
honorary director. to greet her, in
formally, on Thursday. inasmuch as
| she Is withdrawing from the work
, officially on July 1.
Double Wedding in
Mount Vernon Place Church.
! An interesting double wedding took
place this afternoon at 1880 o'clock,
at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South. when Miss
Julia Isabelle Manherz became the
bride of Mr.. Otis Moncrief Yokum,
and Miss Alta Inez Donahue was
| married to Mr.. James William Yokum
The Rev. John Paul Tyler Of the
Epworth Methodist Church South
[ officiated, and Mrs. John H. Avery gave
| g. program of vocal music before the
| ceremony.
| Palms, ferns and hydrangeas made
an effective decoration in the church,