Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13

Always Il period OF nlCh foiildh'e' -
Valentines Day has a special appeal
. 70 society because ii marks the be
ginning Of a series OF colortul events
which terminate with the opening OF
IeOten time This season. from us
irancl1ration the frs; part OF NO
ven1her with the premier OF the Met
ronoItan Opera. has been unusually
brilliant. The list of dehutante AT
fairs have established new record
while there has been great NUMBER
Of dances. dinner parties ana enter
tainmentS. -.
An outstanding feature Of the st
Valentine celebration WAS the annual
lett1edrl,m in aid Of the Samarl; an
Home for the Aged. which was heid
last night in tho. main ballroom OF the
Plaza. There we're many attractions
t. interest the smart sci and the al
tendance was large.
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one If the saycst feteS OF the en-
tire wear took place tonight, whom
the Plum blossom Bah was held AT
Sherrv'S. The allurjnG name luS'
fitted this entertainment, Whlch Was
dedicated to the benefit OF the Tsuda
college rebuilding fund oeWItch-
ing fashion show had prominent
place on the program y numhe" of
The most prominent members of the
Younger set assisted in this display
Including the Misses Sally Shonk,
Grace TinGue. Cordelia Gurnee. .Ade-
lajne Greenlead. Margaret Lee Hae
gin. Constance Dane, Jennie Arnold
RosamQnd Starr, Betty StickneN. cora
Iecc. Deborah Dyer. OttHe Shflper
Anne Wortley. Katherine Wylle. Gen
evieve Fox. Helen Wilmerding. Nancy
Trowhridce Helen Smith. Hope
Mary TSlair Williams.
There was midnight ballet led by
Miss Eliza beth Wyatt. assisted by the
Misses Jean Banks. Hope Richardson
Frances Kelley. Sally Shonk, Mafs
aret Lee Haggin. May Swords ana
Nancy Trowbridge.
81 Valentines ball is to he held
Tuesday night at the Ross tehtoh
Club. The committee in charge IN
cludes Mrs Vincent Aston. chairman
Miss Dorothy Battle. vice chairman;
Vines .Tohn T. Pratt. Arnold Colt
Ueh clarence l.. Hay. Oliver ID. FlheN
and Parker Wilson.
Table reservations have been MADE ny
Needamps Robert S. Adams, .Raiph ;.
Allen. Vincent AStor. Hubert IL. haS'
sett. n. Rogers Benjamin. Charles NJ
r I,,,l i John d. Carscallen, "a, "A.
Wallace Chauncey. Frederick Ashton
depevster. Arnold Gottlieh. Lawrence
copIev Thaw. Harold Van Tine. Resi-
Maid Wigham. the Misses Elizapetn
Rassett. Marjorie Cleveland flofehce
Eldridge Edith McCoon' NlarlSs"
Stem and Mary Stem.
,rocb interest is being shown by
society in the Skating Club Whlch mas
new ouarters on the building adJolh-
"a
e PelI is president of the ctuo' Win
Harold Hartshorne as secretary, ana
David r. Layman, jr-, treasurer.
There are about 100 members OF the
former Skating Club who are charler
members of the present organization.
: In this group are Mr.. and Mrs. Gros-
venor Atterhury. Irving Brokaw, MT.
and Mrs. William Sellman bro Mrs.
Lewis NJ Borden, Gail Borden 5hu
George Brokaw. William N. 'hao-
bourne, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T.
C.b,,rcb Frederic II. Coudert, Mrs.
r. Gerry Chadwick, Mr.. ana MIS-;
. Alfred Ely. Kingdom Gould. Mr.. and
Mrs Henry w. Howe. Miss Resale
Knapn Miss Reatrix Loughran. Mrs.
BRADLEY Martin. Condo Mast. Stowe
Phelus. who is chairman of the house
committee; Mrs. John S. Phipps, Mrs.
Frank L. Folks. John 7. Pratt, Mrs.
Kermit Roosevelt and Willard q. van
Name.
The engagement of Miss Ethel
: Howard Mott Potter Of 224 East Sixty
eighth street and Allyn Cox OF ~
East Sixty-third street has been an
nounced.
Mr.. Cox is the son of Mrs. Kenyon
Cox and the late Mr.. Cox, who was
the we'll known portrait painter. Mrs.
Cox now makes her home in the villa
. Malateste, Florence, Italy.
Miss Potter is a member or the
Junior League and is a talented musl-
clan. Her brother, John II. n. Pot
ter. of Stone House Farm, Mendham,
n. j., married the former Miss Mar
geretta Wood.
j Mr.. Cox. like his father, is an ar
fist. but his work is largely murals
=. instead Of portraits. He studied at the
F. National Academy of Design and was
awarded the prix de Rome. After
finishing his studies at the American
F.. Academy in Rome. he spent several
years working at his art in various
4, parts Of Europe.
Since his return to this country he
has done some notable murals. among
them being those in the ballroom of
) the COSMOPOLITAN Club, also those at
the Lido, Venice.
Leonard Cox, architect of this city,
is his brother.
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The marriage of Miss Eliza beth
Northineton Bull, daughter of Mrs
! William Lanman Bull. jr., to DR..
Reeckman J. Delatour will take place
on the afternoon of April ~ at Grace
Church.
The ceremony will be performed by
Rev DR.. w Russell Bowie. assisted
by the Rev. DR.. Asygell W. f. Car
rinGton. rector of the Church of the
incarnation. Brooklyn.
Miss Bull will be given in marriage