Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

Junior League always does the right
thing at the right time in the right
way has become an axiom with society
folks here. Somehow the organization
conducts It's affairs in such manner
that the charm of originality is ever
present, and perhaps this is one of
the secrets of the many successes.
For instance, there is the annual
Junior League day. which will be held
on April 5. There certainly will not
be anything prosaic about the method
employed to raise money to swell the
funds for phila nthropies in which the
league is interested, including hos
pitfalls, settlements, Junior League
Shelter. boarding homes, educational
and charity organization society. The
members of the league will practically
take over" a huge Fifth avenue
store for the day and share profits
with the owners. 1t is expected that
the sales will establish record.
When the clock strikes the hour
for the store doors to open, members
or the Junior League will be behind
the counters acting as a sales force
others will be f1oorwalkers to direct
customers, while still others will
volunteer in various capacities to fill
necessary positions in the merchan-
dising transactions. A novel feature
will be the fashion show of new Paris
models with Junior League name
gums, who will parade at II O'Clock
in the morning until i'm the after
noon.
True to Junior League tradition,
every member who takes part in this
affair for charity will be as carefully
trained as she would be for any part
In a musical revue. Rehearsals al.
ready are under way, and those who
are to donate their time are practicing
daily the roles assigned to them.
Miss Rosalind Barnum is chairman
of the Junior League day committee
and the list of vice chairmen includes
Mrs. Roger Tuckerman, Mrs. William
Cogswell, Mrs. William B. Olmstead.
Jr., Mrs. +. Lloyd Sanderson, Mrs.
Sherman Haight, Mrs. Frank P.
Shepard, Mrs. Dean Bedford and the
Misses Julia Shearer, Rachel Ham.
mond, Jane Watson. Pauline Dodge,
Katherine Boston, Lydia Dadmun,
May w. Swords, Eleanor Lee Flagg.
Members will parade at II O'Clock in
the morning and at in the afternoon.
Among those who will appear as
models are Miss Suzanne Armstrong.
Miss Cora Legg, Miss Hope Liver
more, Miss Camille Miller, Miss Lydia
Shattuck, Miss Rosamond Auchin-
Gloss, Miss Bertha Norton, Miss Gwen.
dolyn Lewis. Miss Mary Burchell,
Miss Rita Boxer. Miss Barbara Bro
kaw, Mrs. James Warburg and Mrs.
Albert Tilt, jr.
Among the saleswomen who will
work behind the counters, in shifts.
are Miss Evelyn Lanman. Mrs, Ashbei
Green, Mrs. Robert II. Thayer, Mrs.
Leonard Jacob, Mrs. WHY'S Belts,
Mrs. Albert Tilt, jr.: Mrs Coster Scher.
merhorn, Miss Kathleen Howell. Miss
Katharine Todd, Miss Constance Nc
Lane, Miss Louise Bigelow, Miss Mary
Buchell, Miss Marian Miller, Miss Au-
relic Murchison, Miss Betty Hotter.
Miss Marcia Stebbins. Miss Sally Pratt
and Miss Jane Schley.
New York and vicinity will be we'll
represented at the annual conference
of the National Association of Junior
Leagues, which will be held at Port.
land, Greg, on May "a. 25, &c and 81.
Inc program will include many i'm.
portant features having direct bear
Ing on league work and aims.
Mrs. Walter Phelps Bliss of S East
gEighty-s sixth street. has announced
the engagement of her daughter. Miss
Sibyll Baldwin Bliss. to Gouverneur
Morris Carnochan of 1913 East Seventy
first street, son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Gouverneur Morris Carnochan
Miss Bliss is a daughter of the late
Walter Phelps Bliss, financier, who
died suddenly in the subway three
years ago on his way from home to
his Office. She made her debut four
years ago and Is a member of the
Junior League. Her sisters are Mrs.
Hermann C. Schwab. who was Miss
Ruth b. Bliss: Mrs. Hermann D. Bo-
ker, who was Miss Katharine B. Bliss.
and Miss Priscilla b. Bliss, who has
not yet made her formal debut
Miss Bliss mother was Miss Kath-
artne Baldwin. daughter of Henry
Porter Baldwin, former Governor OF
Michigan. Mr.. Bliss, like his father,
the late George B. Bliss, was a mem
be of the board of vestrymen of Grace
Church and it's treasurer.
MIR. Carnochan is a graduate of Har-
ward, class of a. and is a member of
the Union, Colonial Lords of Manors
and ST. Nicholas Society clubs. He be-
longs TO one of the oldest families in
the city. His mother, who died years
ago, was Miss Matilda G.. Goodridge,
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic Goodridge.
Mr.. Carnochan was married to Miss
Eleanor Taylor, daughter of Howard
Taylor. in 1915.
No date has been set for the wed.
ding.
Miss Alice Frances Hammond. third
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry
Hammond, was married today to
George Arthur Victor Duckworth of
Orchardleigh Park, Somerset County,
England. The ceremony took place in
the Byzantine Chapel of St. Bartholo.
news Church. Only relatives and a
few intimate friends were present at
the ceremony, which was performed
by Rev. Or. Harold Adye Prichard
canon of the Cathedral of st. John the
Divine and rector of St. Mark &
Church, Mount Kisco. where Mr.. and
Mrs. Hammond have a country place
He was assisted by the Rev. Clifton
Macon, assistant rector Of ST. Barthol
omews
Miss Susan c. Mellen, daughter OF