Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-28
SOCIETY
The Chilean Ambassador, Senior Davila,
| Will Spend Latter Part of So.
| Week in New York. g. '~'

Mrs. Percy S. Foster in their apartment
in the Cavalier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bush Wofrord Of Dali
las. Tex, are passing a few days in
Washington at the Mayflower on their
way back home from motor trip
through New York State. They were
accompanied north by Mrs. John F.
Mayheld, sister in-law OF former Sena-
tor Earle B. Mayf1eld of Texas.
Mr.. Davis Elkins has gone to Sara
toga Springs for the closing week OF the
races.
Miss Gravatte to Wed ''''t
Mr.. Downer Of Buffalo.
The marriage of MissA Dorothy E.
Gravatte. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
T. Gravatte of 800 Rittenhouse street. to
Mr.. George Downer of Buffalo. N Y,
will take place Saturday evening. Sep
tembcr 7. in the Metropolitan Baptist
Church at Sixth and A streets north
east, at 3 o'clock. The Rev. John G.
Ball. pastor of the church. will perform
the ceremony. and there will be a re-
| ception in the assembly room OF the
, church Immediately after.
Mr.. James J. Ogg announces the mar
riage Of his daughter. Carolyn. to Mr..
Charles Edward Leasure. at Holy Trinity
Rectory, Monday. August 20, 1929. The
Rev. P. H. Brennan officiated. and i'm
| mediately after the ceremony MIR
Leasure and his bride left Washington
for an automobile trip through the
South. They will be at home after
September IS, at 55l8 Nevada avenue,
Chevy Chase.
DR.. Arthur D. Weakly has announced
the engagement of his daughter. Vir-
ginia Wilson, to Mr.. Donald Foote
Roberts. son OF Mr.. and Mrs w: En-
Roberts of Cleveland. Miss Weakley
was graduated from Wellesley College
and Mr.. Roberts was graduated from
| the University of Pennsylvania. The
wedding will take place in February.
Miss Margaret r. Grundy of Bristol.
Pa. is the guest of her brother. MIR.
Joseph Grlndy, in his apartment, at the
Mayhower.
DR.. and Mrs. j. r. Slonaker OF Los
Angeles. have motored to Washington
via Indianapolis and St. Louis and are
at the Cavalier. In Indianapolis they
visited DR.. and Mrs. Paul Paris,
! cousins of Mrs. Slonakers. DR.. Slo-
maker is a professor in the department
of physiology Of Leland Stanford
University.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wharton have
| gone to Atlantic City and will spend
several weeks at the Chalfonte-Haddon
Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Maynard Magruder
| of Washington and Lyon Village. Va.
are spending some time at Orkney
Springs, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Bullion Of
Royal Oak. Mich, and their son and
daughter. Thomas E. Bullion, jr.. and
Jeanne Bullion. will be at the Mayfower
until Labor day. They have just COM
I pleted motor trip to Boston and New
York and will return home from here.
Mrs. A. C. Morehead entertained
company at dinner last evening in the
PLACE Deauville at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lucien Niles OF
New York City. accompanied by their
son. Mr.. Jonathan H. Niles. and Miss
rived in Washington last night for a
| short visit and are at the Mayflower.
! Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Matthews are
among those spending August at the
Chalfonte- Haddon Hall in Atlantic City.
Interesting Visitor
Here on Way to Japan.
Miss Haruno Shimada of Nara. Japan.
who for two years has been studying
at Teachers College of Columbia Uni
versity, is at the Dodge Hotel for
brief visit. Miss Shimada. who took
her M. A. degree in June. will sail Sat-
urday on the Olympic for Southamp-
ton, whence she will go to Naples, where
she will take passage on the S. S.
Haruna. The trip to Japan will be
made around the coast of Asia via the
Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Miss Shi-
mazda expects to reach Yokohama about
the middle Of October.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Levy Of the
Bronx. New York. are at the Cavalier,
en- route from New York to Norfolk,
where they will visit Mr. and Mrs. Louis
L. Cohen. at 423 Westover avenue, over
the coming week end. Before return
ing to New York in a fortnight they
will tour the Shenandoah Valley, visit
ing the several Virginia caverns. Mr..
Levy is a member of Civic Lodge. F. A.
A. NJ, and Mrs. Levy Is a prominent