Evening star., 1934-01-02
SOCIETY
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Hosts
at Dinner Tonight Followed by
PROGRAM Of Music.

daughter Of the Rev. and Mrs. ze Bar
ney Phillips, to Mr.. Robert Wallace
McClenahan of Chestnut Hills, Phila-
delphia, will take place at noon Sat-
urday, January 20, in the Church Of
the Epiphany. Mr. McClenahan is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stewart
McClenahan, the former the dean Of
the American University at Cairo,
Egypt.
family and the wedding party only will
be held at the home Of DR.. and Mrs.
Phillips following the church ceremony.
Mrs. Hugh Campbell Wallace, widow
of the former United States Ambas-
sador to France, will be hostess to a
company Of "a young people in COM
plinent to --'-- Carlina Sheridan, who
is spending - Winter with her grand
mother, Mrs. Philip Sheridan, and Is
taking her place among the debutantes
Of the season. Miss Sheridan Is the
daughter of Mrs. Charles Perkins OF
California and the late Capt. Philip
Sheridan.
Mrs. Kendrick, widow Of Senator
:Jonn q. Kendrick of Wyoming, will
close her apartment at 2400 Sixteenth
street the first of March and return to
her home in Sheridan, Wyo. She Will
be accompanied by her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Manville Ken
drick. and their small son, John b
Kendrick, I'd, who came for Christmas
and the holidays and are dividing their
time with Mrs. Kendrick and Mrs. Man
Vile HENDRICKS parents. Surgeon Cen
eral OF the Public Health Service and
Mrs Hugh S. Cumming.
Mai. and Mrs Hubert Reilly Harmon
and their small daughter Lula, who
were with Mrs. Harmon's mother, Mrs
John B. Kendrick, for Christmas. have
returned to Maj. Reilly's post at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.
Simpson wilkins Engagement
First in Debutante Ranks of 1884.
DR.. and Mrs. c. Augustus Simpson
announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Frances Darlington
Simpson. to Mr.. Alfred S. Wilkins
son of Mrs. Ida A. Wilkins of Virginia
Miss Simpson made her debut Tues
day. December 26, at charmingly ap'
pointed tea given by her parents in theil
home on Massachusetts, avenue. Shs
is the first debutante of the season tt
announce her engagement. The popular
debutante is an accomplished musician
and many Of the delightful informa
parties given by her have included
music. and characteristic Of the buc
of doing the unusual, the programs a.
her request, have been given by hel
guests themselves.
Miss Simpson attended Holton Arm,
School. Fairfax Hall in Virginia anc
studied in Florence, Italy, for about 9
year Miss Simpson comes of familie.
long prominent in Washington. She il
the granddaughter Of the late Mr.. J
J. Darlington, leading attorney Of hi:
day.
Mr.. wilkins is the nephew Of Mr.
John H. wilkins of this city. He at
tended Randolph-Macon and the Uni.
versity of Virginia. He is a member
OF Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Miss Sally Ann Williams was hostes,
at tea yesterday afternoon in the apart
ment of her grandmother, Mrs. Russell
B. Harrison, in compliment to her sis
ter, Miss Mary Virginia Williams, whit
spent the holidays with her mother, Mrs
M. Harrison Williams, in her home il
Chevy Chase. Miss Mary Virginia Will
liams will return to her studies at tn,
Bennett School at Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Mrs. Robinson Downey is spending
a week in Washington en- route x
Florida, where she will spend the res
of the Winter at the Huntington. st
Petersburg. She came from New York
where she had spent some time at the
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