Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-09

ALEXANDRIA, va, ana is well known IN
Washington circles.
Mrs. j. A. P. Ramsdell has motored to
Washington from her home in New
burgh, N. Y, and Is at the Carlton for
several days.
Baroness Won Rosenberg-Drier will
entertain at dinner this evening at
the Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs T. Catesby Jones have
arrived In Washington from their home,
at Hewlett, Long Island, and are at the
Carlton for several days.
Miss Cleo Adams of Cary, N. c., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Glenn C. Gurley
in her apartment in the Burlington
Hotel.
Mrs. Eleanor McParlin Davis, with
her daughter, Miss Catherine McParlin
Davis, are in New York aid will return
to their apartment in the Wardman
Park Hotel in week or 10 days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Weir of Hot
Springs, Va, are at the Carlton for a
few days, after spending several weeks
at Aiken, S. C.
Skating Carnival Last
Night Presents Gala Scene.
The first of three roller skating car
nivals was given last evening in the
Washington Auditorium under the au-
spices of committee of which Mrs
Richard Henry Lynn is chairman. The
majority of the skaters were members of
the younger circles, although the moth
ers of debutanteS and younger married
set was also on rollers. The orchestra
was stationed on platform in the CEN
ter of the large basement and rope
strung between the four center pillars
reserving the floor space close to the
orchestra for dancers. The outer por-
ton of the floor was used for skating
and about the walls were chairs for an
admiring and amused gallery"
The costumes were varied, smart sport
sweaters and plated skirts, more formal
afternoon costumes of transparent vel
vet, and dainty evening frocks of chiffon
and taffeta, We'd among the women,
while the men were dressed in equally
varied outfits ranging from golf "togs"
to evening clothes.
Among those who skated were Mrs. P.
Lee Phillips, Mrs. Mark Reid Yates the
Miss Elise Hogan Alexander, the Misses
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Mrs. Richard Henry Lynn, Miss Lalla
Harrison Lynn, Col. Mervin Buckley, and
those in the gallery included Mrs. John
A. Lejeune, Mrs. Watson Freeman
Clark, Mrs Richard Parker Crenshaw
Mrs. Joseph S. Wall, and Miss Ruth E.
Jones of youngstown, Ohio, formerly of
Washington.
The second carnival will be held Fri
day evening, March Is, and Tuesday
and Friday afternoons are reserved for
practice. Assisting Mrs. Lynn on the
committee are Mime. Bostrom, Mrs. Le-
leune, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs.
Edward r. Alexander. Mrs. Charles G.
Matthews, Mrs. Crenshaw, Mrs. Robert
Kennedy, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs Louis S.
Greene, Mrs. Leo Benoist, Mrs. Joseph
S. Wall, Mrs. William Laird Dunlop
Mrs. Thomas Walker Page, Mrs. Effing-
ham Townsend, Mrs. John Ryan Dev-
ereux and Miss Mary Gildersleeve.
The company attending was so much
larger than the committee expected and
even though not a few had their own
skates the supply of skates at the audi
forum soon ran out, and many who
wished to take part in the novel event
were obliged to just watch the fun.
Mrs. Houghton p. Metcalf of Provi-
dence, r. l., is at the Carlton for a
short stay.
Mrs. Samuel Floore, formerly of this
city, but now a resident of Atlanta, Ga,
where Capt. Floore has been stationed
for two years in connection with his
work in the Geological Survey, is visit
ing in her home at 1902 Hobart street
northwest.
Mrs. E. w. Williams and Mrs. E C..
Petrie, who are motoring from their
home in Plainfield; NJ j., to Florida, are
spending a few days at the Grace
Dodge Hotel.
Miss Mary Alice Stadden Of 3002
Thirteenth street northwest is visiting
in New York City, where she will at