Evening star., 1934-09-04


her visit here, and her hostesSes viii
assist Mrs. Quinn at the reception to-
morrow evening. Miss Nall will -e-
turn to Mississippi Thursday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Melbourne
To Make Debut This Month.
The Rev. and Mrs. ]. Armistead
Melbourne of Leesburg, will present
their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wei
bourne, to Baltimore society, this
Winter and have issued invitations to
ball to be given in her honor, We'd
nesday, September IL. The guests will
include the debutants of Baltimore,
and a large number of young people
from other parts of the country, as
well as Leesburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Moncure Lyon of
Purcellville, will entertain at dinner,
preceding the ball in honor of their
daughter, Miss Constance Lyon, who
will make her debut to Baltimore
society this Winter.
Rear Admiral and Mrs Walter N.
Vernon spent Sunday at Narragan-
sett Pier going there from Newport
where the former is on duty, and
were guests at the Dunes Club of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Fl. Lippincctt.
Mrs Smith, wife of Brig. Gen. A.
T. Smith, has as her guests her god
sons, Mr.. Nelson Howard and Mr..
Romayne Smith Howard, and her
niece, Miss Eleonor Paxton Bass, all
Of North Carolina.
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt
sailed from Newport today for New
York on his yacht Winchester having
with him former United States Am
bassador to Germany, Mr. James w.
Girard, who was his guest at Beaulieu
for the week end.
Col. r. X. Compton of Richmond,
Va, visited his sisters, Mrs. Nellie
Jenkins of Pomonkey, Md, and Mrs.
R. I. Manning Of Accokeek, Md, last
week.
Maj. and Mrs. Alfred B. Quinton,
jr., spent the week end in Washing
ton. Maj Quinton is now stationed
in Detroit.
Maj. William H. Gill, U. S. A., now
on duty in the Office of chief of staff
at the War Department, visited for
mer Gov. ahd Mrs. Westmoreland
Davis at Morven Park, near Lessburg,
w., last week. Maj. Gill is the son
of the late John Gill, former county
treasurer, and is well known in the
Leesburg vicinity. He will leave short
ly for tour of duty at Honolulu.
Capt. Malcolm F. Lindsey, U. S. A.,
recently ordered here for station, has
been joined by Mrs. Lindsey and their
children, who have been with Mrs.
Lindsey's mother, Mrs. M. E. Bond,
in Boulder, Colo, through the Sum-
mer, since they left Fort Benning,
Ga, where they have been for several
years.
Capt. and Mrs. Lindsey have taken
the house at 2945 Twenty eighth
street. Sunday they were guests at
dinner of the latter's cousins, Mr.. and
Mrs. william D. Wrightson, who also
had with them Maj. and Mrs. Robert
P. Williams and Miss Anne Doughty
of Cincinnati, cousin of Mrs. Wright
son.
Lieut.. Comdr. Thomas Powers Jeter,
U. S. NJ, will entertain at dinner on
the terrace at the Shoreham this eve
ming for his flancee, Miss Josephine
Duckett, whose marriage will take
place tomorrow afternoon in the home
of Miss Duckett's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Howard Duckett, in Hyatts-
vile, Md.
There will be IL in the party to-
night: Members OF the wedding party
and out-of- town guests, including
Mrs. Raymond Randolph Waller of
Coronado, Calf, Miss Duckett's sis
ter, who will be matron of honor;
Mrs. Clarence Johnson Of Charleston,
w. Va; Mrs. Harry A. Blunt of Silver
Spring, Md; Miss Alice Carter Bowie
and Miss Glover Du Val of Baltimore,
who will be the bridesmaids, and Lieut..
Comdr. Ralph A. Ofstie, U. S. NJ, whom
the bridegroom-elect has chosen for
his best man.
Lieut.. and Mrs. William Floyd,
who spent the Summer at Arlington
Hall, have gone to Clinton, N. j.,
for a visit.
Mr. John Roosevelt, youngest son
of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
who has been at the White Noun
tain Polo Ranch the greater part
of the Summer, yesterday attended
the supper dance at the Mount
Washington at Breton Woods, N. H