Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

NEW YORK. December 2s.-New
. Year eve will be celebrated here with
the usual festivities, all the hotels and
restaurants being already booked to
capacity for the occasion.
Several engagements of note have
been announced in the last few DAYS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Baker of Wor-
cester have announced the engagement
of their daughter, Ruth Curtis Hill, 10
N PrentisS Strong of Tuxedo Park. N. Y.
s Miss Hill attended Miss Porter's School
in Pennington, Conn, and is a member
Of the Junior League. Mr.. Strong is a
! York and the late Mr.. Strong He Il
a graduate Of Yale University and a
member Of the Union and Racquet
Clubs and Of the New York Stock Ex-
cnange
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lester Dryden of
Crosse Point Farms and Detroit, Mich
have announced to their relatives and
friends in New York the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Virginia Dryden,
TO Howard Ketcham of this city and
Detroit. son of the late Mr.. and Mrs
Ch9rles Belden Ketcham of New York
and Oyster Bay, Long Island
Miss Dryden is a debutante of the
season in Detroit. having been intro
duced into society there at reception
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DoY's School in Briarcliff Manor, N. Y,
and was graduated from the Finch
School in this city last year, when she
was president of her class. She spent
much of last year in France and Italy.
and is active in dramatic circles in
DETROIT
Mr.. Ketcham was graduated from ST.
lege in 1925. While there he was u
member of the Chi Psi fraternity, the
@. q. G. Club and was active in atli-
leties. He was also editor of the
Amherst Student on the board Of Lord
jeff" member of the Junior and senior
societies and of the Dramatic Club. Mr.
Ketcham's New York clubs are the
University, Amherst and Chi Psi, and in
DeEoit he belongs to the University
Recess, Scarab and Chateau Voyageures
Clubs. He is a brother of Gordon
Ketcham of Seattle, Wash.
The wedding will take place in April
In Crosse Pointe Farms.
BusweII- White BetrothaI 49,
Added to Holiday Calendar! ..
william Temple White of 1877 East
Eighty-second street has announced the
engagement Of his sister, Miss Edith
White, to Walker Boswell of Portland.
Greg. Both Miss White and Mr.. BusweH
come of distinguished ancestry. She is
a daughter of Mrs. NJ. Battaile Bullock
of Virginia and of the late Lawrepce
Batfaiie White. and a granddaughter di
the bate DR.. and Mrs. Edmund Pendleton
White of Port Tobago Va. Miss Whites
ancestors were prominent DUP
ing the Colonial days in Virginia. One
of them was William FitZhugh, at whose
home on the Rappahannock were en-
tertained George Washington and his
bride shortly after their marriage, Mrs.
oE rif nj
Greenhow johnson of Richmond, Va
are Miss Whites sisters. -
Mr. Boswell is a son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Frank w Boswell of Portland.
Orek. He was graduated from the Uni-
versity of Michigan with the class OF
1918 and now is with company
founded by his mother in the early sos.
He is a member of the University and
Munnomah Clubs of Portland. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Norway's rockbound coast sloping
down to the glittering ice field Of
ford is the setting in which Sonia
Henie. Olympic star and world cham
pion ice skater, will make her American
debut on January at the ice carnival.
''Ins the Land of the Midnight Sum-"
to be given in Madison Square Garden
as q benefit to the New York Music
Week Association. Miss Isabel Lowden,
director of the association, has written
the pageant for the occasion, based on
an ancient Viking legend.
Beaux Arts Ball January "a
Planned on Elaborate Scale.
The Society of -Beaux Arts Architects
has issued invitations to the Beaux Arts
bali Renaissance, 80 which Will be given
at The Aston on January "a, and Ken
meth M. Murchison, chairman Of the
executive committee, announces that as
the number of tickets and tables is lin
tied an early application should be
made.
The ball will depict incidents of the
Renaissance, and the gorgeous historical
pageant which will open the festivities
Will typify scenes in the Palace of Lo-
rento the Magnificent in Florence, in
cidents from the French Court Of the
period, and finally the Court of Ferdi-
ranh and Isabella in Spain and the
triumphal return of Columbus from his
discovery of the New World. Philip A.
CuSAchs and Ben Ali Haggin have writ
ten the scenario for the spectacle, in
which more than 800 persons promi-
nent in society and artistic circles will
take part.
The committee On costumes an
nounceS that guests may come in court
or military costumes Of the Renaissance
from the reign of Francis to Henry Nv
in France, and the Medicis in Italy,
14se-16Oo, Ambassadors OF foreign
coufts, the guilds and all street
types Of the period. The field Is most
extensive and admits of great variety
in icolor and character. The rule
against modern clothes or any part
thereof will be strictly enforced at the
door and no modern costumes of any
sort whatsoever will be allowed.
Ernest Peixotto and Joseph H Freed
lander head the costumes committee,
assisted by Archibald M. Brown, Ben
Ali tHaggin, James Reynolds and Tony
Sarg. They will be happy to give their
advice and suggestions to any guests
who may desire assistance in matters
Of fancy dress.
Leaders In Costume Designing
Aiding in the Preliminaries.
Many artists. leaders in the field of
costume design, are contributing sug-
gestions, and competition open to stu
dents in all the art schools In New
York is now being held. An exhibition
OF these beautiful costume plates in
color will be held at the French Insti-
tute, % East Sixtieth street, from De-
cen1ber 26 10 January II, to which all
are invited
James Monroe Hewlett who was re-
sponsible for the beautiful ballroom
decorations Of many past Beaux Arts
balls, is again in charge Of the decora-
tons for the Ball Renaissance and the