The Washington times., 1929-09-16
NEWS OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
HISTORY WILL
!. BE REVEALED
In TALKS
Miss Mary Lazenby Plans
Series Entitled "Old
Neighborhoods"

Glimpses into an historic past
that has contributed much to
Washington win be given by Miss
Mary e. Lazenby in q series of
talks entitled ''Oid Neighborhoods."
These win be given the first
Tuesdays in October, November,
January, February and March, at
8 o'clock in the evening, at 1850
Massachusetts Ave-, the house
owned by the Women's Mutual
Benefit Association.
The talks will be illustrated by
slides, and tickets will be sold only
in series--and that for very rea.
sonable figure. The folders sent
out by the lecturer announce that
checks can be sent to her home.
2333 Nebraska Ave.
First Topic
The topic Of the first lecture In
Marriage OF Mt. Vernon and Mt
Airy" which tells Of the romance
of John Parke Gusts and Eleanor
Calvert.
Others in the series include
.Eighteenth Century Georgetown
ers" (forerunners OF the Capital,
pierre Charles L'Enfant and His
Friends IA successful faiIure),
pioneering Governors" QIenry d.
Cooke ana Alexander r. Shepherd.
"Bladensburg'' (memoriesJ, and
"The Old People of Whitehaven"
(the riverside from Georgetown to
Little Fallsl.
a. .Y~w@ -
North Carolina, but has been
making her home in Washington
for several years.
The Belgian Ambassador and
Princess de Ligne went to New
York today and will be at the Ritz
Carlton.
The Postmaster General and
Mrs. Walter Brown have closed
their apartment at the Wardman
Park Hotel for few weeks and
have gone on q trip to California.
where the former will attend
postal service meetings.
In Passing
The Surgeon General OF the
Navy and Mrs. Charles Edward
Riggs have given up the house
In Chevy Chase, which they oc-
cupied during the summer, and
are at 1909 r st. for n few days
before Admiral Riggs leaves for
Denver to attend q meeting OF the
Association of Military Surgeons.
Mrs. Riggs and the children
will be at Virginia Beach for
10 days before opening the house
ION r Street for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Johnston
Edgar, of Eau Claire. Wis, and
formerly of st. Paul, MINI, are
guests Of their daughter Miss
Hazel Edgar, at her home in
Georgetown.
Former Senator Gilbert Hitch.
cock Of Nebraska Is staying at the
Carlton Hotel for q few days,
Mrs. Howell Peoples and her
daughters, Jean and Helen, have
Joined Mr.. Peoples In washington,
after spending the summer at the
former home OF Mrs. Peoples in
Warrenton, Va.
Mrs. Francis WinsIow win re-
turn from Rehoboth Beach, where
she has passed the summer,
the first OF next week. Mr.. WIN
slow win join her for the week.
end and they win motor home.
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Commander ana Mrs Rlair Clan.
non and their two children have
raturned from jamestown, r. l.,
where they spent part Of the sum-
ner. They have taken a house at
1907 Rodman St., Cleveland Park.
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Mrs. e. Brooke Lee and her
children have joined Major Lee In
their home near Silver Spring,
after passing the summer in their
cottage at Nonquitt, Mass.
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Col. and Mrs. John W. Davidge.
Miss Martha Davidge and John
w. Davidge, jr., have been spend.
ing a few days at Casa de Man,
ana, La Jolla. in Southern Cali
fornia.
Mrs. -Wingrove Bathon Is again :
at her home at 3112 @ St.. after
having spent some time at Larch.
mont and on Long Island. More
recently she was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. William n. Onken,
of New York, at Buckhill Falls,
in the Pocono Hills.
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