Evening star., 1932-05-23

Leitner in charge Assisting are Contessa
Roncall' Mrs Colman O'Donovan, Mrs
L. A. H. Peters, Mrs. Merchant Ma
honey, Mrs. George Scriven, Mrs. Peirre
de Lagarde Boal and Miss Polly Foote.
Assisting Mrs. Robert Whitney 1mbrle
with the bon marche are Miss Adelheide
Leitner, Miss Mathilde Boal, Miss Eve
1yn Walker, Miss Virginia O'Donoghue
Miss Sally Lightle, Miss Teresa Saul
Miss Dorothy Crosby and Miss Mary
Lightle. At the lemonade stand are
Mrs William Goodyear johnson and
Mrs. Henry L. E. Johnson.
One of the most delightful Spring
garden parties will be held Thursday
from 4:30 until 7 o'clock, ct the home
of Mrs. Frederic Athcrton, at 2412 Mas
sachusettS avenue, by the Girl Scouts OF
District 2. The party will be for the
benefit of the capital fund of Camp
May Father, the regional scout camp
near Harrisonburg, Va.
The patroneSses for the occasion in
clude Mrs. B. F. Cheatham, who is the
new commissioner of the Girl Scouts
OF the District of Columbia; Mrs
Prcctor L. Dougherty, Mrs Frederick
H. Brooke, Mrs. Henry H. Flather
Mrs. J. Harris Franklin, Mrs. Amos A
TiANS MID. 1IICOOlt IN. 1'll, Ml D
Gcrrit s. Miller, jr.; Mrs. Martin Jones
Mrs. George Scriven, Mrs. Samuel D
Sturgis, Mrs. Waiter R. Tuckerman
Mrs. Horace H. Westcott, Miss Eliza
beth FoUghton, Miss Olivia Stokes and
Miss Marian Stevens.
The committee Of arrangements in
cludeS Mrs. Paul Howe, Mrs. J. Fred
ESsary, Mrs. R. Bruce Horsfall, Mrs
Roy Geiger, Nile. Francoise May, Mrs
Jesse R. Dllley, Mrs. Walter Davidson
and Mrs. Carl Rosenbusch.
Invitations have been issued by the
Mothers Glass of Calvary M. E.
Church for a tea in the home of Mrs.
john w. Edwards. Friday afternoon
from to o'clock, in honor of Miss
Margaret Bel, retiring deaconess of
Calvary Church.
Miss Bell has served as church
de2coness of Calvary almost 10 years
and will retire at the end of this con-
ference year, but expects to remain in
Washington and continue her member
ship with the congregation. Among
the guests will be the members of Miss
Bells Sunday school class and officers
OF the other church auXiliaries.
Assisting the hostess in receiving
will be Mrs. William Ross Dellett, pres
ident Of the Mothers Glass; Mrs. Ben
Jemin Root Mrs. Walker and Mrs
Lyndon H. Baylics; and alternating at
the table will be Mrs. Mark Depp, Mrs.
D. L. ParkhurSt, Mrs. George Edwin
Adams, Mrs. Dudley w. Burgess and
Mrs. Howard Palmer.
Miss Laura Verran will entertain in
honor of the American Poetry Circle
tomorrow evening in the patio of the
Carlton Hotel. The guests Of honor will
be Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford and
DT. John Rathbone Oliver of Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Miss Verran, Miss Maud Judith
Scruggs, president Of the American
Poetry Circle. and the secretary, Mrs.
Gardner Phillip Or.ne, will be assisted
in receiving the guests by the members
of the poetry circle. This is National
Poetry week in America, and will be
celebrated in each State The party
Tuesday will close the poetry sessions
until next Autumn, and members will
read their best poems of the year.
DR.. and Mrs. j. V. Howard. who will
leave shortly for The west Coast. where
DT. Howard has been assigned to duty.
were the guests in whose honor Admiral
and Mrs. R. E. Coontz entertained at
q buffet supper Wednesday evening in
their apartment at the Broadmoor.
Mrs. Coontz was hostess Friday at
luncheon and bridge.