Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20

central Palace Monday. a portion Of
the third floor has been designated for
this purpose. Many girls prominent
IN society will act a $ Mattresses The
New York League Of Girl Clubs, Inc
will benefit from the proceeds.
Acting as head mattresses for the
coming week will he Mrs. William
Gibbs McAdoo Mrs. Harrison Bird
Mrs. Reginald Hiscoe. Mrs. Louis G
Smith. Mrs. Rutgers Ives Hurry, Mrs.
Ten Brock Terhune, Mrs. Harris
Hammerslev. Mrs. Harold Kingsland.
Mrs. George Mesta Mrs. Guy Wit.
thaus. Mrs Frank Havemeyer. Miss
Isabel Watts. Miss Isab bel Hardness
ansF Miss Margaret Kemp.
Luncheon, tea and dinner as well as
refreshments throughout the evening
will be served in a setting which is
expected TO surpass those of previous
years in beauty. Looms Taylor is di-
recting the arrangement of the garden
tnat promises to prove nook in
which much informal entertaining
will be done during the week of the
Flower Show
Miss Virginia Potter is chairman of
the committee in charge of the affair
ana serving with her as vice chairman
are Mines. Courtlandt -, Barnes,
George Stockley, Lyttleton. Fox,
Samuel Adams Clark. Almuth Van.
diver Miss Elsie Schefer and Miss
Y. D. H. Furman. who also is treas.
urer
Besides Miss Potter and her vice
chairmen. Mrs. George Stockley is
chairman Of the kitchen committee.
Mrs. Charles Thieriot. of the restau-
rant; Mrs Walter Roesler, equipment.
and Mrs. Almuth Nandver. Of the
food supply committed Mrs Law.
renee Mckeever Miller will attend to
the daily supply Of flowers for the
tables, while Mrs. Samuel Adams
Clark will head the sandwich stand
group.
A mid-Lenten affair now in prepare.
ton is the annual meeting and lunch.
con of the Tsuda College Association.
which will be held ut Sherry's on
March %. Mrs. Willis Gemmill Mitch
ell IS chairman for the meeting
Micho Itow, whose sister is a grad.
nate of Tsuda. College. will join with
others in an entertainment during the
luncheon. All sessions are open to
the public.
Tsuda College is a school of English
learning in Toxic, founded by Mime.
Tsud in 1900. Destruction of the col
lege in the great earthquake of 1928
prompted a group of women in Amer
lea to form the Tsuda College Associa-
ton, to aid in rebuilding. The associa-
uon, which has branches in a number
or the larger cities OF the United
States. has raised $284000
Among those appointed on commit
tees are Mrs. Charles L. Scribner,
Chairman: Mrs. Frank f. Vanderlip.
Mrs. William Herbert Wiley. Mrs. f.
Kingsbury Curtis. Lindsey Russell.
Mrs. William a. Montgomery, Mrs
Henry o. Hereford Miss Anne Sher-
man Hoyt. Mrs. Charles NJ. Steele.
MIS-. William 7. PAYNE, Mrs. r. J.
Caldwell, Norman II. Davis. Ebert H.
Gary, Howard KinGsbury. Henry Taft. !,
Mrs. Frederick Peterson, Mrs. Alfred |
+. Drake. Mrs George +. Coolidge |
Mrs. Hoxie Clark. Mrs. Arthur Curtiss |
James and Mrs. +. Louis Slade
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A wedding of international interest
was that of Mrs. Katherine Dahlgren
Emmett, who was married recently to
Oliver Eaton Cromwell of MontreuX. I
Switzerland Mrs. Emmett is the
daughter of Mrs. Drexel Dahlgren of |
1895 Fifth avenue. Mr.. Cromwell is
the son of Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury
OF Philadelphia.
Mr.. Cromwell was formerly married /
to Miss Hope Beale of Philadelphia. I
They were divorced in 1925. The for
mer Mrs. Emmett was the wife OF
Richard Smith Emmett. They were
married in 1917 and divorced in 1920.
Mrs. Cromwell is the granddaughter
of the late Joseph w. DreXel. Her /
father, the late Eric 3. Dahlgren. was
the son of Rear Admiral John A. Dahl /
gren, L. :. n. Her sisters, Miss Olga |
and Miss Eva Dahlgren, are now
abroad. She has two brothers Joseph I
and Eric DahlCron. E,ric Dahgren il
the husband of the former Baroness
Elizabeth RoSen
MIR Cromwell. whos has been living
AT st. Moritz, is member OF the
Racquet. Corinthian Yacht and Merton
Cricket clubs Of Philadelphia and the
st. Nicholas club OF New York He
was graduated from Princeton in 1916.
Several engagements Of importance
have marked the early Lenten season.
Among them is that of Miss Blanche
Howard GailIard, daughter Of Mrs. a.
Theodore Gaillard of 327 Central Park
West She is betrothed to Joseph
Emerson Newton of Philadelphia. |.
Miss Gailard's father was the late
Dir. \. r. Gaillard. and she is grand
daughter of the late Mrs. Henry
Mellen Prentiss Of Bangor. Me. Her
Erandaunt was Blanche Willis How.
ard. the author. for whom she was
named.
At present Miss Gaillard is studying
the piano under Olga Samaroff She
attended the Holman School in Phila.
deIrhia for several years and later
the st. Agatha School in this city.
Mr.. Newton is the son of Rev. DR.
and Mrs. Joseph Fort Newton of
Overlook, Pa, formerly OF this city
DR.. Newton was for many years pas
tot Of the Church of the Divine Pa.
ternity. this city and Is now rector
of St PauFs Church Overlook. Mr.
Newton attended Columbia tniver
sity and later was graduated from
Harvard. where he now Is engaged III
ost-graduate work
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Another notable engagement Is that
announced by MIR and Mrs. Walter :.
Gurnee Of their daughter. Miss Lucy
Burgess Gurne". to Edward J.. &. j..
Cumming, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Millar Cumming Of Villa San Michele,
Ievanto Riviera. Ligure. Italy. Miss
Gurnee, who is member Of the Jun
Tor League. attended Miss Porter's
School Pennington Conn. She is
sister of Miss Cordeiia Gurnee and hcr
brother is Walter =. Gurnee, H.. Mr.
Cumming attended Clifton College !
Cambridge, England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Howard Fos-
ter of i66 East Sixty sixth street and
Florence, Italy. have announced the
engagement OF their daughter. Miss
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