Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-12-05

| LIT. ana ArS. f1GILlhIl f1yuSIy lOT -
merly of New orleans, have taken
| northwest.
The December afternoon card party
and tea of the Wesley Heights Club will
be given Monday, with Mrs. John H.
Yates in charge of arrangements. As
| sisting her will be Mrs. Winfree E.
Johnson, Mrs. Ariel F. Carbon, Mrs
George Whitney, Mrs. Charles B. Heine-
mann and Mrs. Harmon Pardoe.
Mrs. Gustave A. Heckscher of straf-
| ford Pa, is spending few days at the
| Shoreham.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles w. Fromhart
| of Rochester, N. Y, with their young
son. are spending the week end at the
! Wardman Park Hotel.
Rare Early American
| Silver to Be Exhibited.
One of the outstanding exhibits to
! be shown for the benefit of the fund
! for the purchase of Stratford is silver
! service which George Washington once
used at Mount Vernon
The set contains mostly early Amer
| lean silver, rarity in itself. There is
plain silver tray with beaded edge
bearing no Silversmith's marking at
| all, and a cream pitcher bearing the
mark of "A. Clapp," an early Ameri-
, can sliVersmlth. The tea caddy. a
| Georgian piece, came from England, but
| the sugar bowl, spoon holder and tea
! pot are the design of the tray and
cream pitcher, and are early American
| some silver was made in New Eng
land in Colonial days, but almost none
! IN Virginia. When the present owner
took the teapot to Kirk to be copied,
/ she was told that it was one of the
most rare and beautiful pieces of early
American silverWare he had ever seen
In addition to the service there will
be shown silver chocolate pot and
a silver beer tankard, both the prop
erty OF George Washington. The tank
ard is also early American, the choco-
J late pot English.
! The exhibition will be held We'd
nesday and Thursday at 1880 s street
and the proceeds will be added to the
1und being raised by the Robert E. Lee
| Memorial Foundation to buy and re-
store Gen. Lees home
| The Troubadours of George Wash
ington University will have Vice Presi-
dent Curtis as their guest Of honor at
one OF the presentations of their musical
play, Happy Landings" which will
take place December 10, IL and IL, in
Mckinley Auditorium, sponsored by
distinguished educators of the Capital
city, members of the board of trustees
OF the university and the Columbian
Women.
The Vice President Is expected to at
tend the Friday night performance of
/ the play. The sponsors for the 1891
Iroubadour show are headed by PreSi-
dent Cloyd Heck Marvin and Mrs. Mar
win, and include, DR.. and Mrs. William
Allen Wilbur, Mr. Clarence Aspinwall,
Miss Mabel Boardman. Mr.. John H.
CoWles, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl w. Corby,
Miss Elizabeth o. Cullen. Mr. julius
Garfinckel, DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert Gros-
venor Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Lisner,
Barton Payne, Justice and Mrs. Al
fred A. Wheat, Dean and Mrs John
Raymond Lapham, Mr.. Charles E. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barrows and others
associated with the activities at the
university here,
Mr.. ST. George Mason Anderson of
Richmond, Va, announced the engage
ment of his daughter, Penelope We'd
dell. to Mr.. Frederick Bennett Mcbride
of New York, at a dinner party given
by Mr.. Anderson for his daughter. The
wedding is to take place in Richmond
in February.
Miss Anderson is an internationally
famous tennis player, and for several
| years held an outstanding place among
the women tennis players of the Ma
ton. She was a member of the United
States Wightman Cup team in 1927
and 1923, and afterward toured En-
rope as the partner of the former Miss
Heller Wills Mr.. Mcbride Is the son
of Mrs Mcbride and the late Mr.. Alex
| ander Mcbride of East Orange, N. j.,
and is connected with the New York
Office of a California insurance COM
pany. He is a veteran Of the World
War, having served with the United
States Marine Corps.
The Rev and Mrs. Thornton B. Pen
field of Englewood, N. j., are at the
Dodge during their brief stay in the
Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Everett Lancaster
entertained before the dance at the
Willard last evening, given by the Ma
tional University. Their guests were Mr..
and Mrs. John Henry Yates, DR.. and
Mrs James l.. Bernhard Mr.. and Mrs.
Winfree E. johnson, Mr. and Mrs
Royal r. Rommel and Mr.. and Mrs.
Herchel L. Main.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt Beardslee OF
East Creek, N. Y, are at the Hotel
Fairfax for a short stay.
! Sacred Heart Guild to Give
Benefit Card Party Tonight.
Miss Estelle OdenWeller will be host
ess at the benefit card party this eve
ming for the Home of the Sacred Heart
Guild of Hyattsville. Md. The party
will be held in the assembly room at
8:l5 o'clock
Plans are being completed for Santa
| Claus entertainment shortly after
Christmas, outlines for the festivity
. having been made at the monthly
meeting Sunday, November %, when
nine new memberships were reported by
! the secretary.