Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01

the latter's yacht Alhambra, cruising
from Annapolis to Newport and back
over Labor day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Adams are at
the Vanderbilt Hotel in New York
City for a brief stay.
Mrs. Alice Neal has returned to her
home at 1914 Otis street northeast
after trip to Boston by sea.
Miss Marguerite E. Smith was hos
tess at theater party, followed by
dinner at the A. A. u. w. Thursday,
in honor of Miss Clara w. Mathews,
whose marriage to Mr.. Alvin Price
will take place September Z.
Mr.. John v. Hendrick is spending
short time at the University Club
and will return to his home in Cleve-
land next week.
Many Parties Following
Performance This Evening.
Saturday night is popular atop the
Willard, where the Roof Players are
presenting the P. T. Barnum Nation
wide success of the early SOS, with
the city-wide success of the 1884
Summer season. A number of large
theater parties will attend the per-
Torrance of 1.-THE Drunkard" to-
night I'll usual week end crowd
being augmented by several parties
which could not be accommodated
next Tuesday night because the
Washington Chapter of the American
Institute of Banking will hold its an
nual meeting In the Willard ball room
that night, causing the omission of
the Tuesday night performance of the
Barnum melodrama.
The performance tonight will be
notable not only because of the at
tendance of the entire membership of
the Fredericksburg, Va, Drama Club
and members of the Roadside The
alter, Players Club and Washington
Community Players, but it may like
wise be called press night" as
several distinguished local scribes and
editors will attend the performance.
Among those who will entertain
parties tonight atop the Willard, not
out of doors, but in the big ball room
of the Willard on the tenth floor of
the hotel, will be Mr.. E. j. Hughes,
Mr. E. F. Perkins, Mr.. Howard
Bursley, Mr.. r. M. Stephenson, Mr..
D. L. Younger and a number of
prominent society folk from Balti-
more, where THE Drunkard' Is to be
presented by the Roof Players, under
~ he p1oy Arfr Guild
after its Washington run is COM
pleted.
Mrs. Herbert L. Seamans enter
tanned a number Of small guests yes
terday afternoon in the garden of her
home In Herndon, Va, in celebration
Of the 10th birthday anniversary Of
her niece, Marian Baker of Alta Vista,
Va. Others included Jack Chamblin,
Audrey Hutchinson, Mary Aud, Billy
Aud, Nancy Shull, Joan Shull, Jean
Robb, Lee Ennis and Jane Hutchinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur N. Kay, with
their daughter, Miss Enid Kay, who
attends Skidmore College, and their
son Stephen have come from their
home in Scarsdale, NJ Y, for few
days in Washington and are stopping
at the Shoreham. They will go on
to Homestead, Va, from here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Metz of
Woodmere, Long Island, with their
two daughters, motoring through
Washington on their way South,
spent last night at the Little Tea
House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis p. Matthews of
Springfield, Ohio, who are spending
several days in Washington, were ac-
companied by their son, Mr.. Thomas
A. Matthews, and are occupying an
apartment at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert L. Freedman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence l.. Freedman,
Mr.. Charles Freedman, Miss Margaret
Preller, Miss Kitty Freedman and
Mr.. Lewis w. Robinson will spend
Labor day at Ocean City, Md.
Mrs. Edith Lumb, accompanied by
Miss Ivy Lumb and Miss Kathleen
Lumb, sailed from New York this
on the American Importer
en- route to Cobb and Liverpool.
Mrs. z. c. Hicks, IT,, Of Wilmington,
N. c., is at the Dodge for a few days.
Miss Jessie Martin arrived in Balti-
more today from Europe on the City
of Baltimore.
Miss Irene Landry Of New York
City is at the Carlton over the week
end.
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