The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
SPECIALSMADE
UP FOR ARMY
NAVY GAME
President Not to Attend !;
Other Officials Going on
Navy Special"
By JEAN ELIOT


represented than usual at the
famous football classic on the Sat
urday after Thanksgiving.
It had been stated that the Presi- |
dent and Mrs. Coolidge were >x-
pecting to attend, but formal an
nouncement was made yesterday at |
the White House that the Presi- |
dent would not be able to make
the long journey to Chicago for |
the game.
Nevertheless, there will be a |
goodly number of official folk at |
the game, the delegation being |
headed presumably by the Secre-
tAry Of War, Mr.. Davis. and the
Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Wilbur. /
Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur are
planning to attend with a number
OF guests and a large group of
Washingtonians will go out to Chi
cago under escort of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy. Mr.. Robinson's
party isn't entirely made up yet,
but it is whispered that thereu be
s'two or three carloads of guests.
Assistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Hanford MacNider, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Trubee Davison-he's AS.
eistant Secretary Of War for Avia-
tipn-and the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Aviation, Prof War.
ner.x are others who may reason
ably be counted upon to be present.
Moreover. arrangements are being
made for Navy special" to take
officers, their families and friends
out TO Chicago for the game-if the |.
demand for transportation is suffi-
Cient to warrant the arrangement.
The plan IS for the party to live
aboard the train while in Chicago
and thus save hotel bilIs--an item
Of considerable Importance to the
average pocketbook when pleas
ure trip of such length is in pr 1s-
pect. Commander A. B. Courts Is
IN charge Of the proposed special.
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Mrs. Wilbur, wife Of the Secretary
Of the Navy, will go to Philadelphia
Saturday, October 8, to remain over
the weekend.
The Minister Of Sweden and Nine.
Bostrom, with their two daughters,
will arrive in New York Monday
from Sweden on the Gripsholm.
They will come to Washington
shortly after their arrival.
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AT, HOME TOMORROW
AT WASHINGTON BARRACKS
Nal. Gen. and Mrs. Hanson
Ely and the officers and ladies of j
Washington Barracks will resume
their custom of receiving on the
first Sunday afternoon of each
month after o'clock ana viii be
at home tomorrow for the first
time.
Mrs. Lyman B. Kendall and her
daughter, Miss Jane Kendall. who ]
have returned from Europe, are ex.
peeted in Washington on Monday.
Mrs. Kendall is in New York and
Miss Kendall has gone to Han
cock, Nd, to attend a wedding.
'NIADISON.MONROE"
FETE AT MAYFLOWER
A "Madison-Monroe Afternoon"
will be held on October Is in the
Chinese room of the Mayflower,I
with society folk contending at
the bridge tables for souvenir
prizes which will recall the period
Of Madison and Monroe.
Among the trophies will be origi.
nal cartoons by Clifford X. Berry.
man, costume sketches by Cath
crime Critcher, examples Of the
delicate craftsmanship OF Hattie
Burdette. Mrs. Bush-Brown and
Virgie Wood. silhouettes by Marlet-
Ia Minnigerode Andrews, and
studies from the brush Of Glenn
Madison Brown, great nephew Of
James Madison. and from Fanny
Burke, of Alexandra, Va, great
granddaughter of Thomas Jeffer-
con.
Proceeds will go toward return.
nishing the rooms at Monticello
which James Madison and James
Monroe used to occupy when they.
went a-visittng at the home of
Thomas jefferson:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Proctor
and Miss Frances E. Proctor will
be at home after November / at
their new residence, S641 Oliver
St., Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt will
be hostess at the tea this afternoon
at the Women's City Club from
to o'clock. Assisting will be Mrs.
A. Garrison McClintock, Mrs.
Thomas Sidwell, Mrs. Gerrit s.
Ml1tSES IT,, ana MES. HAMILTON
Dimick. Charter members will be
the guests OF honor.
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The alumnae association of the
old Connecticut Avenue Visitation
Academy will hold a reunion on
October II at $40 o'clock at the
Bethesda Monastery. All old pupils
and friends are cordially invited to
attend benediction at o'clock.
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VISIT COUSINS
IN NEW YORK
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Logan are
spending their autumn vacation in
New York. visiting their cousins,
Lieut.. Gov. and Mrs. Seymour Low.
man. On their return they will
move into their new home at 1861 |
Crescent Pl.
Hugh S. Legare and Sidney Kent
Legare have taken a suite at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Miss Louise Ireland, daughter of
Mrs. A. Davis ireland, of Wash
ington, is landing in New YolA
today from the PennIand with Miss
Barbara Schieffelin, of New York,
with whom she has been travelling |
in Europe Thew attended the ses.