Evening star., 1934-11-05
SOCIETY
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Roper
Will Attend Dinner Honoring
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler.

tertained company of 125 at tea yes
terday afternoon.
The Junior Club of the League of
Republican Women will convene
Wednesday at o'clock promptly in
the club house, at Sixteenth street
and Scott circle.
The director announces that Mr..
William Tyler Page will continue his
course on THE Romance of the Con-
stitution," which will be followed by
a round table discussion.
Honor guests will be Mrs. Harry z.
Hull, who Is assisting the director,
and Mrs. G. Louis Weller, vice presi-
dents of the league, who will pour tea
at 4:30 o'clock.
Application for membership should
be sent to Mrs. Thomas P. Littlepage,
jr., chairman of credentials.
Mrs. Dorothy TERRELL, chairman of
entertainment, plans delightful sur
prises for the Thanksgiving party No
vember q.
A group Of Juniors will be on duty
at the league meeting today at the
Mayflower.
A list of patrons for the piano re-
cital by Norman Fraucnheim at the
Arts Club Wednesday evening includes
Nine. Pelenyi, Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau, jr.; Mrs. Anne Archbold, Gen.
and Mrs. Daniel B. Devore, Mr.. Dun
can Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Al
len, Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. McCarl, Mr..
Edgar L. Prochnik, Mrs. j. Edgar Muir
dock, Mrs Gilbert Grosvenor. Mrs. J.
S. Flannery and Mr.. William K. Ryan.
Secretary and Mrs. Dern
Patrons for Armistice Ball.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
George H. Dern have been added to
the list of patrons for the annual
Armistice day ball of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars at the Willard Hotel.
Proceeds of the gala fete will go to
carry on the worthy charitable work
OF the organization.
Elaborate plans have been completed
for the event which will celebrate the
signing of the armistice. Flags of all
nations will be used to decorate the
ball rooms at the Willard, and varied
program of entertainment is being
planned by Mr.. w. E. Marshall, chair
man of the Entertainment Com
mittee.
The guests of honor of the evening
will include the veterans holding the
Congressional Medal of Honor, invita-
tionS having been extended to this
distinguished group which includes
Brig. Gen. George c. Shaw, Brig. Gen.
noUid Dnrfar Moi Tnhy,
Capt. Joel T. Boone, Lieut.. Robert G.
Carter, Lieut.. William Hamburger,
Master Sergt. G. H. Wanton, Sergt.
Robert Bloom, Sergt. Phil B. Kufer,
Sergt. Louis Gideon, Sergt. Earl T.
Gregory and Pvt. Sterling L. More
lock.
Added interest to the occasion will
be the attendance Of the commander
in chief of the v. F. W. of the United
States who is expected to arrive In
time for the ball and the junior vice
commander in chief, Mr. Joseph
Hankin, who will make the trip here
tor the ball by air from Boston.
The colorful Overseas Drum and
Bugle Corps will again take part in
the program and will escort the dis
tinguished guests to their respective
boxes.
Mr.. Harry Shilling, department
senior vice commander, heads the
Floor Committee, which is composed
of all post commanders in the city,
and Mr.. Byron G. Carson, vice chair
man; Col, Wallach Mccathran, Col.
Harry Coope, Mr. Walker Colston, DR..
John L. De Mayo.
Mr.. Daniel E Campbell, past depart
ment commander, is chairman of the
Distinguished Guest Committee.
Sonora de Alfaro and Mrs. Eleanor
Patterson head the additional dis
tinguished list of patronesses for the
card party to be given at Wardman
Park Hotel tomorrow afternoon in
behalf of st. Gertrude's School for
mentally retarded children. The list
includes also Miss Janet Richards,
Mrs. Paul w. Bastedo, Mrs. Emile
Berliner, Mrs. Walter Distler, Mrs
Peter John McGovern. Other sub
scribers are Mrs. George Drury, Mrs.
Frank j. Hogan, Mrs. Margaret
Moran Kyle, DR.. Charles Marbury,
Mr.. Wallace H. Morris, Mrs. Lewis A.
Payne.
Mrs. Francis Robinson has arrived
in washington for a visit and is at
the Grafton.
L1is Daphne Stebbins entertained
at dinner Friday evening at the
Dodge Hotel in honor of Miss Mary
Ellen Vount, when the guests in
cluded: Miss Elizabeth Hummer, Mrs.
Margarete Conway. Miss Eliza Dali
ton, Miss Lucille Pope, Miss Audrey
Hazel, Mrs. Paul Dunn. Miss Eff1e
Rowe, Mrs. Willard King, Miss Mar
garet Richwine, Miss Marie Dawson,
Miss Margaret Gibson and Mrs
Henry Lepper.
At its entertainment Thursday eve
ripo tho University C11h will feature