Evening star., 1932-10-02
French Soiree Launches
Annapolis Fall Season
Large and Brilliant Entertainment Given by Mrs
C. Erskine Clement at Carvel Is
Attended by Washinstonians

ANNAPOLIS, Md, october Am
napolis resumed its usual air OF gayety
this week end and the Autumn season
began with the large and brilliant
French soiree, given Wednesday evening
at Carvell Hall by Mrs. c. Erskine
Clement. to which a number Of guests
from Baltimore, Washington and An
napoliS were invited. The plays were
given entirely in French. Mrs. Clement
recited accompanied by q violin and
piano played by Mrs. Greenlee, wife OF
Lieut.. Greenlee, and Mrs. Catch, wife
of Comdr. Thomas L. Catch: Prof.
w. E. Olivet, the little daughter of
the hostess. Miss Louisa Catherine
Adams Clement Miss Sally Holmes,
Lieut.. Stanton B. Dunlap, Mrs. Cotton,
Lieut. j. F. Dahlgren and Prof. Paul
A. Lajoye also appeared on the pro-
gram.
Supper and dancing followed the
plays and the guests included Admiral
and Mrs William " Pratt, Capt. de
Vaissau Husson, naval attache at the
French Embassy; Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Thomas C. Hart Miss Isabella
Hart. Commodore and Mrs. Edward
Lloyd Mrs Richard Baldwin, Capt.
and Mrs. Douglas Howard. Mrs. How
ard Morton, Capt. and Mrs. Ralston S.
the Johns Hopkins University. Lieut..
william Michelet, Prof. ana Mrs. w. E.
Olivet, Lieut.. Comdr and Mrs. Humbert
Ziroli Mrs. CASTOR Costet, Mrs. Yuie
of Detroit, Prof. and Mrs. Edward G..
Caskie, DR.. and Mrs. j. H. Janney, Capt.
and Mrs. Roland Schumann, Dr. and
Mrs Carroll S. Alden. Lieut.. Comdr.
Kelley, Mr.. George W. Bingiey, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen B. Howard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvannus Stokes, jr., Mrs. Rella A.
Armstrong, Mr. Bradley Davidson,
Comdr and Mrs. Thomas Van Metre,
Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kirk
patrick, Lieut.. Ccmdr and n-rs. John L.
Hall, jr.: Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Will
liam L. Greenman, Comdr. and Mrs.
Jesse Oldendori, Capt. and Mrs. Ed
Mcbride. Capt. and Mrs. John B. Kauf-
man. Capt and Mrs. Charles Oman,
Capt. Guy Baker. Capt and Mrs Frank
Sadler. Comdr. and Mrs. Martin j. Kele-
her of Washington, Mrs. Carroll Van
Ness Of Baltimore. Miss Adelaide Col
houn, Mr.. Forbes Colhoun, Mrs. George
w. Simpson, Mrs Arthur Cabaniss, Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. Lynde Mccormick,
Lieut.. Comdr and Mrs. A. S. Merrill OF
Washington, DR.. D. Huntley Gordon of
st. Johns College, Mrs. Robert Dashiell,
Mrs. c. C. Slayton. Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Dayidge of Washington, Mr.. Ralph
S. Hill, Mr. and Mrs Howard Atterbury.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bowdoin, Miss
Elizabeth Mott, Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
Labrot, Col and Mrs James Bootes,
Miss Bootes, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Strother of Baltimore. Comdr. and
Mrs. William D. Chandler, Lieut.,
Comdr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wild, Mrs.
nd rnf -
Noyes of Washington
Lieut. Comdr and Mrs. Lynde D.
Mccormick have announced the mar
riage of Lieut.. Comdr McCormick's sis
ter, Mrs. Cora Mccormick Clark. to
DR.. Bert Saxby, jr. The ceremony took
place Saturday, September II, at River
side. Calf. Mrs. Saxby Is the daughter
of the late Admiral and Mrs. Du Puy
Mccormick, the former OF the Medical
Corps and who for many years lived
at the Naval Academy. Or. Saxby is a
brother of Mrs. Ralph Earle, wife OF
Lieut. Ralph Earle, jr., VINO now is at
the Postgraduate School. After Octo-
Der Is Dr.. and Mrs. Saxpy will be at
Barbara, Calf. Lieut.. and Mrs. Earle
are occupying the residence of Mrs.
SeWell S. Hepburn on State Circle.
Mrs. Hepburn and her mother Mrs.
Augusta Burwell, have returned to An
napolis after spending several weeks as
the guests of Mrs. D. Claude Handy,
in her Summer home at Blue Ridge
Summit, Pa, and will. be guests for q
few weeks of Mrs. Ridgeiy P. Melvin,
another daughter Of Mrs Burwell. In
Aberdeen, on South River.
Mrs. D. Claude Handy and her chill
dren closed their cottage at Blue Ridge
Summit, where they have been for two
months, and have Joined Mr.. Handy in
their home on Gloucester street.