The Washington times., 1924-02-12
JEAN ELIOT'S GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
General Committee
For Legion Ball
Named

Az OUbHOOS
In connection with the annual ball
If the District Of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion. which
will be given at the willard on Mon
day night, the following post COM
manders were announced as men,
bers Of general committee by Paul
j. McGahan, the department COM
mander:
Lew s.. Mohler, George Washing
.on Post: Miss Helen G. O'Neill. U.
s. s. Jacob Jones Post; Miss Emily
l.. Carey, Belleau Wood Post; Jo-
seph w. Rabbit, Robley d. Evans
Post: Miss Alice M. Prentiss. Jane
A. Delano Post; Wiley M. Fuller,
McGroarty-O'C Cornell Post; Albert G.
McChesney, Kenneth H. Nash Post;
Charles l.. Riemer. Stuart Walcott
Post; Austin 8. Imirie, Quentin
Roosevelt Post; Fred A. Livingstone,
Henry C. Spengler Post; Ralph Gu
sick, Sergeant Jasper Post: +. j.
Lefferts, Vincent b. Costello Post;
Samuel SteinmetZ, Hiram F. Cash
POST: Francis +. Anvil, Lincoln Post;
Walter Bruce Howe, Augustus p.
Gordner Post; Frank 3. Peckham,
Tank Corps Post: Capt. John II.
Craige, u. s. M. c., National Press
Club Post; Norman b. Landreau,
Cooley McC ullough Post: Charles L.
Ladson, Bureau of Printing and En-.
craving Post; e. w. Jordan. Three
Hundred and Twelfth Machine Gun
battalion Post: Bernard s. Buscher,
George e. Killeen Post; Joseph ].
ldler, Edward Douglass White Post;
w. o. Barrett, Carry On Post. and
ohm H. Farrell, Warren G. Harding
Post.
Cora, Countess of STAFFORD. Of
London, is at the Hamilton Hotel
turing a visit in Washington.
Governor PinchOt in South
To Complete Condolences
Gov. clifford Pinchot of Pennsyl-
yania and Mrs. Pinchot are at Pine
nurst, N. c., for a brief holiday.
The Governor ia convalescing from
an illness which forced him to
cancel his recent engagement to
speak before. the Pennsylvania So
ciety of Washington at its February
meeting.
Marine Officers
Daughter to Wed
| Brigadier General and Mrs. Rufus
H. Lane announce the engagement
| of their daughter. Eleanor, to
Francis Holmes Styles Of the
United States Consular Service, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Styles,
of Falls Church, Va.
Maj. Gen. Lansing Beach, chief Of
Engineers, u. S. A, has arrived
at Palm Beach, Fla, and Is at
Royal Palm Hotel.
| Congressman and Mrs. Wallace
s. Dempsey, who have gone to
Florida for q brief holiday, are
at the Miramar at Palm Beach.
The military attache of the Jap.
anese Embassy, Maj. Gen. Hara-
guchi, has issued invitations for a
luncheon which he will give in the
Presidential suite at the Willard
on Monday. The guests will num-
Der thirty.
DebutGntes to Assist
At Benefit Matinee
A group of debutantes will assist
at the matinee next Friday at the
Ambassador Theater for the benefit
of the George Washington Uni.
versity endowment fund.
Among those who will act as ush-
ers will be Miss Janet Moffett, Miss
Claudia A. Read, Miss Margaret
Zolnay, Miss Jane Hopkins, MISS
Nina Diamantopoulos, Miss Ruth
Stoddard, Miss Elizabeth Haynes.
! Miss Betty Byrne and Miss Eliza-
beth Adams.
The committee on arrangements.
under the leadership of Miss Mary
| r. Hedrick, includes Miss Alvin A.
Barber, Miss Helen Hayden Gibbs.
Miss Henrietta Woods and T. D.
| Hassam.
University students are devoting
a great amount Of time to the sue
cess of the project. A number have
volunteered to handle the seating
arrangements and a student cheer
leader will lead the audience in
university yells.
The matinee as an idea for in
creasing the university fund was
conceived by u. s. Dunbar, the
well-known sculptor, who is captain
of one of the teams engaged in the
drive. Mr.. Dunbar has planned a
program featuring the University
Girls Glee Club, two motion pie
lures, one of which is Harold
Lloyd's "Grandma's Boy" and two
interesting addresses by men ma
tionally prominent whose names as
yet have not been announced.
The use Of the theater has been
contributed by the management as
an aid to the drive.
Lady McKinnon, wife Of the Aus
trailian High Commissioner, enter
tanned company Of eight at din.
ner at the Shoreham last evening.
Lady McKinnon and her daughter
are spending the season at the
Shoreham.
The Ladies of the Senate held
their weekly luncheon in the Sen
ate Office building today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas D. L. Nc.
Grew will go to Tokyo in April to
spend about two years.