Evening star., 1934-01-12
st. AIexander's Orthodox
Church Benefit Concert Sunday.

st. AIexander's Orthodox i
Church Benefit Concert Sunday.
A Russian and Serbian new year
vocal-musical evening by cast OF
many celebrated artists of the Russian
Imperial Theater will be given for the
benefit of the st. Alexanders Russian
and Serbian Orthodox Church Sunday
Evening at 8:l5 o'clock in the parish
hall of the Church of the Ascension,
on Massachusetts, avenue at Twelfth
street northwest. The cast includes
the Russian United Artists Choir OF
80 voices, the Russian Ballet. under the
direction Of the premier of the Russian
Imperial Ballet. Mr.. Theodore Bekefl;
Mr.. Misha Markoff, artist of the Rus
sian Imperial Theater; Mr.. Milton
Schwartz, violinist; Mr.. Smith Gregor;
Nine. Zalipsky's choral group with Mar
jorie King, Kathrine Hertcberg and Sola
Holman, as soloist, and other Rus
sian talent
Master of ceremonies will be Mr.
sian Imperial Ballet and Nine. Marie
.zalipsky, artist of Russian Imperial
Theater will direct the program.
Among the patrons and patronesses
are the secretary Of the Yugoslav lega-
tion, Mr.. B. P. Stoianovitch; the Very
Rev. v. Gindlin, D. D., Senator and
Mrs. Royal S. Copeland. Senator and
Mrs. William King, the chaplain of the
United States Senate. the Rev ze
Barney Phillips, Countess Elizabeth
Heiden, Nine. Rimsky-Korsakoff. Maj.
Gen. A. Uzofovich. Gen. William E. Hor-
ton, Nine Sophie de Meissner, Nine.
L. Kalinin, Lieut.. and Mrs. G. Shlopack,
Capt. and Mrs. A Kereck, Nine. M.
Zalinskv and Mr. Theodore peke6
Diosdado M. Yap. president of the
Visayan Circle OF Washington, Inc,
Filipino organization in the city, enter
tanned at dinner last night newly
arrived Filipino delegation from the
Midwestern States
The delegation is headed by Mr. An
tonic A. Gonzalez, president of the
League for Philippine Freedom. and
general director of the Filipino Com
munity Center in Chicago. Other men,
bers are Dr. I. L. P. De Vera. president
of the Balagtas Club; Mr. Eugenio
Eslacion. president of the Associated
Clubs of Chicago and Attorney Mar
celino Moreno, the legal adviser to the
delegation.
The members of the delegation were
guests OF Senator and Mrs Elpidio
Quirino at luncheon in their apart
ment in the Hay Adams House today
Tomorrow evening the Visayan Cir
Gle will entertain them at a reception
and dance in their club house at 1917
K street northwest to which several
prominent men in the city have been
invited.
Mrs. S. Blair Luckie. chairman of the
department of legislation of the Gen.
eral Federation of Women's Clubs, will
be the guest of honor and principal
speaker at luncheon to be given by
the local department of legislation, Mrs.
Horace j. Phelps. chairman, at the
Iron Gate Inn tomorrow at / 80 o'clock
Mrs Harvey w. Wiley. president of
the District Of Columbia Federation;
Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, local director
to the General Federation; Mrs. Phelps
and Mrs. William NJ Collins, chairman
of the division Of civil service, also will
speak. Additional guests include Mrs.
Ruth H. Snodgrass. chairman of pub
licity for the local federation; Mrs.
Homer N. Link Mrs. James A. Rob-
Waterman, Mrs. B. N. Burleyson. Mrs.
D. N. Tice, Mrs. R. A. Joncher, Mrs.
Maurice Smith, Mrs. Aria Morgan. Mrs.
Louis j. Smith. Mrs F.. G. Await, Mrs
Edward Stevens, Mrs. N. M. Pollock
Mrs. Robert J. Bates, Mrs. ]. Edwin
Reid. Mrs Oscar N. Nelson, Mrs. Rob-
| ert E. Holm. Mrs. Otto Hammerlund,
Miss Elaine Eppley. Mrs. Otis w. Elzey
and Mrs. H. L. Richardson.
Mrs. Awana Sleker-James of Hast
ings, Nebr.. State parliamentarian for
the Nebraska Federation of Women's
Clubs, is spending the week in Wash
ington at the Martinique.
Mrs. Arch Trawick of Nashville,
Tenn. president and director of the
Tennessee Federation of Women s
Clubs. came to Washington and is at
| the Martinique while attending the
board meeting of the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs.
Mrs Robert F. Gadd of Hartford,
Conn. president of the Connecticut Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs. also is at the
Martinique while attending the board
meeting.
Mrs. Marshall E Scott of North
Platte. Nebr, president of the Ne
braska Federation of Women's Clubs
and Mrs. Andrew F. Nuquist of Osceola.
Nebr., director of the General Fedora
| ton of Women's Clubs for Nebraska,
are attending the board meeting Of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
and are at the Martinique.
Mr. J. T. Pasquill, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Kathryn Pasquill. OF