Evening star., 1932-02-08
SOCIETY
Officers of st. Thomas
Church Hosts This Evening.

Officers OF st. Thomas
Church Hosts This Evening.
The rector, wardens and vestry OF St
Thomas Episcopal Church, near Du-
pont Circle, have invited the members
and friends to an evening OF enter
tainment tonight at $3.50 O'Clock IN the
parish hall, at 1772 Church street, at
the corner of Eighteenth street.
A musical program has been arranged
by MIR. L. B. Aldrich, which includes
numbers by Mr.. Blaine Cornwel, Mr..
Harold Allen and Mr.. Edwin Callow.
Assisting will be Mrs. Melville Church.
Mrs. H. H Rousseau, Mrs. w. S. Bishop
Mrs R. H. A. Carter, Mrs. Paul Fenlon,
Mrs. William Prentiss, Mrs. c; B. NC
Mccormick, Miss Elizabeth Reeves, Miss
Rebecca Davidson, Miss Mary Hills, Miss
Dorothy Howell and Miss Blanche
Scully.
The Rev. DR.. C. Ernest Smith is the
rector and the wardens OF ST. Thomas
Church are Mr.. Melville Church and
Mr. Theodore w. Noyes. The .vestry Is
composed of the wardens and Comdr
Needham L. Jones, Maj. Ennalls Wagga-
man, Ambassador Walter E. Edge, Ad-
miral A. M. D. Mccormick, Chief JUS
tice Alfred A. Wheat, Mr.. Charles M.
Potter, Undersecretary Ogden l.. Mills
and Mr.. G. Leslie McCrea.
One of the principal speakers at the
Lincoln day dinner, which will be held
at the Willard Friday evening under
the auspices of the National Capital
Republican Club, will be Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam. Mrs. Gam recently re-
turned from a tour of the Middle West
and addressed various groups in Chi
cago Kansas City, Omaha, Topeka and
Oklahoma City. Many other prominent
Republicans will attend this dinner.
Those who already have accepted the
clubs invitation are DR.. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior; SEN
ator Henry D. Hatfield, who will be
toastmaster, and Senator James E. Wat
son of Indiana.
Miss Janet Richards will give a lee
ture Tuesday afternoon, February 10,
at the Mayf1ower for the benefit OF the
work for poor churches. History IN
the Making: Now and Before IS the
subject selected by this we'll known lee
turer, who will present, in her usual
vivid and interesting manner, review
of the outstanding world affairs OF to-
day, closing with a brief account OF the
dramatic and colorful international cele-
Hation on Surrender Field" at York
town. last October, and the far-reachlng
results of the victory there celebrated.
map of Manchuria will be used at
her lecture. which is being sponsored
by the Convent of Perpetual Alteration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland A Newton
of St. Louis, Mo, arrived in Washing
ton several days ago. Mr.. Newton has
returned home, but Mrs Newton is re-
manning here for the tea which Mrs.
Charles Alger will give tomorrow aft
ernoon in honor of Mrs. Gam and Mrs
j. W. Lyman. Mrs. Newton is the
house guest of Mrs. Charles P. Keyser.
Mrs Reed. widow of the late Capt
Milton E. Reed, U. S. N, is at the
Hotel Roosevelt for visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Goodell of New
York City are passing some time at the
Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph H. Lutz of STAN
ford University, Calf, have arrived IN
the Capital, where they have taken an
apartment in the Potomac Park Apart
ments.
Mrs. James Rae Arneill of Denver.
Colo. is at the Dodge during her brief
stay in the Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Gaylord of
Buffalo, N. Y, are at the shoreham for
few days.
distinguished group of men and
women who are interested in WASH
ington Cathedral, including Mrs.
Herbert Hoover. the former Secretary of
the Treasury, Mr. Andrew w. Mellon;
Undersecretary of State William r.
Castle and former Senator and Mrs.
George Wharton Pepper, will meet at
the cathedral tomorrow as the guests
of Gen. John j. Pershing. chairman of
the cathedral's National Committee. for
luncheon in the refectory of the Col
lege of Preachers.
TIE luncheon will be held at 1:30
o'clock, and afterWard the group will
make a pilgrimage to the main floor OF
the cathedral to observe the progress
of its construction. The Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing
ton, and Mrs. Freeman and other lead
ing members of the cathedral clergy
will meet with the group at the lunch
con and pilgrimage. Following the
visit to the main floor, members of
the National Womens Committee will
meet with Mrs William Adams Brown,
national chairman of New York, at
tea in the cathedral library.
number of the group will come
from the Middle West, New England,
New York and Philadelphia, to attend
the luncheon and meeting.
Mary Washington Chapter,
d. A. r. Anniversary Party.
The Mary washington CHAPTER. D.