Evening star., 1932-05-04
SOCIETY
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Club OF washington Will eLUcIIdAl az
dinner tonight at the University Club.
Among the guests who are expected
to attend are the chief of Engineers,
Mai. Gen. Lytle Brown, who will act
as toastmaster; Justice Jennings Bailey
and his daughter, Mrs. Thomas j. Davis;
Mr.. William warfield Ross. former
president of the club, and Mrs. Ross.
Gen. Brown Is president Of the club.
The annual pilgrimage Of the Asso-
citation for the Preservation OF Virginia
Antiquities, which the association plans
each year for the benefit of its interest
! ing work. will be held this year Tues
day, May II. Plans were discussed at
a special meeting of the association at
! the Willard Hotel Monday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. Buses will leave the
south entrance CT the Treasury Bullolng
at am. Information and reservations
may be obtained from Mrs. S. Mcdowell
Meek at 1906 Nineteenth street north
west.
Some of the points of historic interest
to be visited on this pilgrimage Will be
Rippon Lodge, the hcme of Mr.. and
Mrs Wade H. Ellis in Virginia; Aqua
Church, with its three pulpits; the
Sentry Box" in Fredericksburg, oppo-
site Ferry Farm, George WashingtonS
tree incident Is supposed to have taken
place; DR.. Mercer's Pharmacy, recently
! completely restored; the Mary Wash
| ington House, with it's interesting In
terror, also. newly restored and turnlsheo,
| and the home of Betty Washington
Lewis, Kenmore. Other interesting
! spots will be vited, including Federal
HILL an estate now owned by Mr.. keim,
near Fredericksburg.
The final details for the first annual
apple blossom ball, to be held at the
Shoreham Friday, have been completed.
The queen, Miss Anne Wyant, with her
maid Of honor. Miss Mary Stuart
I Birdsall, and her 10 ladies in waiting,
will be escorted to her throne at ii
o'clock through a line of so of the
Floor Committee, composed Of debu-
tantes Of this and other years, and the
young cavaliers of Washington. The
patroneSSes will receive the guests at
10 o'clock, when the ball starts. After
the queen is seated on her throne,
Marion Chace and Lester Shafer will
dance Beethoven's exquisite "Minuet In
G." Reservations are being made
through Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner, many
of them coming from Virginia and
Maryland. The main ball room will be
beautifully decorated with apple trees
in blossom and sprays of the trees.
The Italy America Society will be
entertained by the Ambassador OF Italy
and Donna Antoinietta de MARITIME
Saturday afternoon, May IA, at 4
o'clock, in the embassy. This will bs
the last meeting this season of the
members Of the society, which main
tains headquarters at the Mayfower.
THE Message of Goethe" will be the
subject of an address to be given at
the meeting by Prof. Giuseppe Antonio
Borgese, eminent Italian author and
literary critic of the University of
Milan, who occupied the chair of 1tal-
ian culture at the University Of Cali
1ornia during the last Winter session.
Early in his career Prof. BorgeSe won
honors by publishing books and articles
Of literary history and criticism, but
since his early youth has been devoted
| to poetry. From 1910 to 1917 he held
the chair of German literature at the
University Of Rome, from which he
went to the University of Milan, where
he holds the chair of aesthetics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank v. Whiting have
arrived in Washington from their home
| in Scarsdale, N. Y, and are at the
| Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent B. Coffin of
Bloomfield, Conn, motored to Wash
ington and are at the Shoreham for
a few days. They will visit in Phila-
delphia before returning to their home.
Wamstead, the home of Mrs. Francis
Miller, was the scene of an informal
and pretty tea Monday afternoon,
when Mrs Miller and Mrs. Norris
rfoir inf1
SONS, narcisSus and cowslipS were used
! in profusion, and Mrs. Frederick l..
Thomas, Mrs Aubrey Beall, Mrs. Mary
Bentley, Mrs. Louis Bussler, Miss ES-
telle T. Moore and Miss Helen Wood
assisted in the dining room and at
the tea table.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. Henry Hutchings
| Of Woburn, Mass, are at the Dodge
for brief stay.
Mrs. Chandler Bullock and her
daughter, Miss E. Noeline Bullock Of
Worcester, Mass, are at the Carlton
! for a few days, accompanied by Mrs.
Arthur E. Nye and her daughter. Miss
Ann Nye, also of Worcester.
Mrs. Edith M. Custis Kitchen of
| Philadelphia arrived in Washington
yesterday, accompanied by her daugh-
| ter, Miss Ruth Gusts Kitchen, coming
here from Richmond. where they have
| been visiting for week or two. They
have engaged a suite at the Wardman
| Park Hotel for the duration of their
short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Meloy OF New
York motored to Washington, and are
at the Shoreham for a few days on
| their way South.
Miss Anne Whitney arrived today
| from her home, in New York City, and
is at the Dodge for several days. Miss
Whitney is director, Division of Health
Education of the American Child
Health Association, in New York, and
is in the Capital to attend the conven-
ton of the Association for Childhood
Education, which is meeting here this
| week.
Epiphany Church Club
To Serve Dinner Tomorrow.
The Thursday Morning Club of
Epiphany Church will give a dinner in
the parish hall tomorrow from until
7 O'Clock. Tickets may be obtained
from Mrs. r. G. Park, jr, chairman,
or at the church Office, at 1917 G street.
Mrs Wistar Balderston and Mrs S. H.
Greene will be in charge Of the home
made candy table. Fancy articles also