Evening star., 1928-12-13
SOCIETY
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Mr.. Edgar Littleton of Fairfax, DR.. VIII
liam H. Frail of Washington, Mr.. Rein
Farr of Fairfax, MIR. John Shumate
Farr of Philadelphia, Mr.. Joseph Dun
bar Franzoni and Mr.. Thomas G. Willis
of Washington.
A company of more than 600 at
tended the reception, the house having
a pretty arrangement of pine and holly
and the center of the table in the
dining room had mound OF yellow
and white chrysanthemums. Mrs. MARI
gold, mother of the bride. received with
them and wore gown OF black chantn-
ly lace.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Farr started for
a wedding trip, the bride travelling in
gown of rose color georgette crepe en-
broidered in tan, a tan velvet hat and
a fur coat. On their return they will
live in Mr.. Farr's ancestral home at
Fairfax Court House, Va, where the
reception last evening was held.
Mr.. Fairs father, the late Mr.. Rich
ard Ratcliffe Farr, was the first State
superintendent of public instruction in
Virginia and served four terms as
member of the Virginia House of Dele
gates Mr.. Farr is a special assistant to
the Attorney General and is graduate
and was commissioned in the Regular
Army during the war and is now in the
Reserve Corps His mother was Miss
Margaret Eulalia Malone of Virginia,
her family, like that of her husband.
being prominent in Virginia since before
the Civil War.
The bride is a descendant of the Bal
lard family of Kentucky. She is a
granddaughter of the late t. G. Bal
nli Of Do
KY, Daily News, who also served the
board of education for 25 years, at one
time as president. Mr.. William Ed
ward Marigold. father of the bride, was
a native of Canada and a graduate
of the Toronto University Law School.
He served in the Queens Guards and
was entitled to an officers commission
in case of war. The late Mr.. Marigold
was nephew of Mayor Jarvis of
Toronto.
Mrs. Walter K. Wilson was hostess at
luncheon yesterday at the Washington
Barracks in compliment to her sister,
Mrs. Raymond D. Johnson, who is in
Washington while her husband is TAX
ing a special course at the Army War
College. Guests invited were Mrs.
Charles P Summerall. Mrs. William j.
Snow, Mrs. Morris D. WickerSham, Mrs.
Lloyd D. Fredendall, Mrs. Samuel c.
Cardwell, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, Mrs.
Edmund p. Easterbrook, Mrs Florence
Howard, Mrs. Matt G. Bristal, Mrs.
Charles T. Tittman, Mrs. Clark Lynn,
Mrs. j. M. Coward, Mrs. j. w Turren-
tine, Mrs. Claude E. Brigham, Mrs.
Miriam B. Hilltop. Mrs P. L. Jones, Mrs.
Harry L. Steele. Mrs Arthur w Bradbury,
Mrs. Stanley D. Embick, Mrs. Thomas
M. Spaulding. Mrs. A. G.. Gillespie, Mrs.
william p Pence, Mrs. Lawrence G.
Crawford, Miss Alice E. Edwards, Miss
Lucy Brickenstein and Miss Blanche
Polkinhorn.
Capt and Mrs. Theodore W. Richards
were hosts for their daughter, Miss
Dorothea Richards, at supper party
last evening at the navy yard, Miss
Richards having as her guest of honor
Miss Elizabeth Kennedy, the 80 young
people forming the party going later to
the dance at the Chevy Chase Club.
Mrs Frederick C. Hicks was hostess
at luncheon in the Mayflower yesterday
following the second of Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend's morning musicales, her
guests being those who were with her
in her box for the program. In the
company were Princess SturdZa, Mrs.
Daniel Knowlton Mrs. Myron Whitney,
Miss Laura Harlan and Miss Emma
Roberts. who has been with Mrs. Hicks
for 10 days and left yesterday for Cleve-
land.
Additional patronesSes for the Junior
League circus, which will be given We'd
nesday, December 19, in the Washington
Auditorium. include Mrs. William NJ.
Jardine, Nine Claudel, Princess de
Ligne, Mime Peter. Nine. Simopoulos
Nine Ciechanowska, Nine. Bostrom,
Mrs. Perker Corning, Mrs. Charles P.
Summerall Mrs. F. Trubee Dawson,
Mrs. William j. Donovan, Lady Broder-
ick, Mrs. James Clement Dunn, Mrs.
Gist Blair, Mrs Thomas F. Bayard,
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, Mrs. James F.
Curtis, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Mrs Gibson
Fahnestock. Mrs. Ridgley Hunt, Mrs.
Chandler Hale, Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond. Mrs. Henry Leonard Mrs. Frank
B. Noyes, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman
and Mrs. John F. wilkins.
Mrs. E. Cuthbert Trescot Is giving
debutante luncheon for her daughter,
Elizabeth, on December Is, at the VIII
lard.
Mrs. Robert L. owen, wife of former
Senator Owen, will entertain at lunch
con in honor Of Mrs. Edward Gam,
sister of the Vice President-elect, Tues
day, December Is, at the Wardman
Park Hotel.
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene of Canton, Ohio,
has arrived in Washington for visit
of some length and is staying at 2400
Sixteenth street. The Minister of Ru-
mania and Mile Cretziano will enter
tain at dinner for Mrs. Pomerene Satur-
day and number of other events have
already been arranged in her honor.
Mrs. Thomas r. Woodlock, wife of
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Woodlock, and her sister. Miss Elizabeth
n