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Luncheon Host

General Albert L. Cox, of
Raleigh, N. c., entertained a few
friends at luncheon yesterday at
the Carlton, where he is stop
ping while in Washington.
X 4
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Strasser
are at the Carlton for several
days, having come from their
home in New York City.
X
Senator David I. Walsh has
returned to his apartment at
the Carlton, where he will re-
main during the session of Con-
greSS,
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Rep, Norton Here

Representative Mary T. Nor
ton, Of New Jersey, has arrived
in Washington for the open
ing Of Congress, and she is at
Wardman Park Hotel.
n X X
Mrs. ]. Edward Palmer was
hostess at a luncheon yesterday
at the Carlton.
II
Representative James w. Mott,
Of Salem, oregon, with his fam
lily, are at Wardman Park Hotel
for the Congressional season.
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Assist Cabinet
Wives This
Afternoon

The wives Of Cabinet mem
berS who will receive this
afternoon include Mrs. George
H. Dern, wife of the Secretary
Of War, Mrs. Homer s. Cum
mingS, wife of the Attorney
General, Mrs. James A. Farley,
wife Of the Postmaster General
and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson,
wife Of the Secretary Of the
/ Navy.
Mrs. Dern and Mrs. Harry H.
Woodring, wife Of the Assistant
Secretary of War, will be "at
home" together at "Highwood"
throughout the season. Today
they will be assisted by Mrs.
Edwin D. Bricker, Mrs. c. e.
Brigham, Mrs. Frederick w.
Coleman, Mrs. John l.. Dewitt,
Mrs. Benjamin D. Foulois, Mrs.
Guy v. Henry, Mrs. Robert U.
Patterson, Mrs. George B. Pills
bury, Mrs. George S. Simonds,
Mrs. Alfred T. Smith and Mrs.
Albert E. TRULY, all wives Of
officers stationed in the Dis
trict, and Mrs. Marcus A. Cool
idge, wife Of Senator Coolidge
and mother of Mrs. Woodring.
Assisting Mrs. Cummings at
her new home in Tilden Street,
which overlooks Rock Greek
Park, will be Mrs. James Craw-
ford Biggs, Mrs. william Stan
ley, Mrs. Howell M. Stephens,
Mrs. Frank J. Wideman, Mrs.
Joseph B. keenan,, Mrs. George
Sweeney and Mrs. Harry w.
Blair. Presiding at the tea
table will be Mrs. Augustine
Lonergan, Mrs. Key Pittman,
Mrs. Angus Dhu MacLean, Mrs.
Jesse Jones, Mrs. Barlow
Sumter Weeks, Mrs. Herbert
Mackey Bingham, Mrs. Robert
Young, Mrs. Arthur F. Mullen,
Mrs. Bruce Kremer and Mrs.
Raymond Hackett.
Mrs. Farley will receive in her
apartment at the Mayflower and
her assistants will include Mrs.
Joseph c. O'Mahoney, Mrs.
William A. Howes, Mrs. Joseph
Byrns, Mrs. Willis Van De-
vanter, Mrs. Silliman Evans,
Mrs. James S. Byrnes, Mrs.
Blair Bannister, Mrs. Charles
Sumner Hamlin, Mrs. Pat
Harrison, Mrs. w. Warren
Barbour, Mrs. Harllee Branch
and Mrs. Jesse Jones.
. 3 Mrs. Swanson, will receive at
her home, 2136 R Street, from
4 until $50 o'clock. Assisting
Mrs. Swanson will be Mrs. Har-
Id L. Ickes, wife of the Secre-
Oary of the Interior: Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace, wife Of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture; Mrs. Daniel
c. Roper, wife of the Secretary
of Commerce; Mrs. Henry L.
Roosevelt, Mrs. William D.
Leahy, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson.
Mrs. William Niblack, Mrs.
Edgar Wood, Mrs. Henry c.
Corbin. Mrs. Mark L. Bristol,
Mrs. Ollie James, Mrs. Walter
E. Edge, Mrs. Thomas Bell
Sweeney, Miss Josephine Patten
and Miss Mary Patten.
+ Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr.,
wife Of the Secretary of the
Treasury; Mrs. Henry A. Wal
lace, wife of the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Secretary
Of Labor Miss Frances Perkins,
will not receive today.
On the afternoon of Wednes-
day, January 10, they will re-
ceive together at the Sulgrave
Club. On Wednesday, January
"a, and Wednesday, February
Z, these Cabinet ladies each will
receive in her own home.
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through so
cia1 C ire les.
When DR.. and
Mrs. G. Au-
gustuS Simp-
son yesterday
q n n o u need
their. daugh-
b e r, SIS
Frances Dar-
lington Simp-
sons, engage
n1ent to Mr..
Alfred S. Will
HnnC CnYN nf
Mrs. Ida A.
wilkins, of
UirOinio tho
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First Debutante
To Be Ensased

News of the first betrothal in
the debutante ranks Of this sea-
son Is causing a stir of interest
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NuR1I11d, UuG EMhS' a. ohhpSOn
bud became the only girl of her
season to have, at this point,
definite plans to become a bride.
Miss Simpson was presented
to society at a tea given by her
parents at their beautiful home
in Massachusetts, Avenue on De-
cember 26. It was a gay affair
attended by scores of guests
with hearth fires burning in the
fireplaceS and flowers and
Christmas green's arranged
about the rooms. The young
debutante, who is an accom-
pliShed musician, attended the
Holton Arms S C hool, Fairfax
Hall in Virginia and she "fin-
ished' in Europe, spending
nearly a year in Florence, Italy.
She is a granddaughter Of the
late Mr.. j. j. Darlington, for
many years a leading attorney
in the Capital.
Mr.. Wilkins is a nephew Of
Mr.. John H. wilkins of this city.
He attended Randolph Macon
and the University of Virginia.
He is a member of Phi Kappa
Sigma FRATERNITY
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Back in Capital

Mr.. H. P. Somerville has re-
turned to the Willard after q
holiday visit to Bermuda. Mrs.
Somerville and their daughter,
Miss Marian Somerville, who
accompanied Mr.. Somerville on
the trip are remaining in New
York City for a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron c. Tay-
lor, of New York City, who
spent Christmas at Palm Beach,
are now in washington at the
Mayflower where they have
maintained an apartment since
the formers appointment as a
member of the Federal Advisory
Board Of the N. r. A.
In Charleston
Mrs. Frances S. Nash and
Miss Carolyn Nash, who have
been staying at the Carlton,
left yesterday to spend a few
days at Mrs. Nash's old home
at Charleston, South Carolina.
They will return to Washing
ton before sailing on the
Resolute on January IA to
join Captain Nash in Monte
Carlo.
X X n
Senator Ernest w. Gibson. Of
Vermont, with his daughter,
Miss Doris Gibson, is at Ward
man Park Hotel.
X ~ +
Mrs. Mable Walker Willie
brandt entertained informally
at luncheon yesterday at the
Carlton.
Evening star., 1934-01-20
CHURCH WILL OBSERVE
CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
Rev. J. F. Wenchel Plans Special
Service at Christ Lutheran
Tomorrow.

Christ Lutheran Church will com,
memorate the conversion OF st. Paul
tomorrow morning. The pastor, Rev.
J. Frederic Wenchel, will preach ser
mon on the great ideal which held
and transformed the apostle. Next sun
day the Feast of the Publication OF
Mary or the presentation OF Christ IN
the Temple. will be observed. ,
The Young Peoples Society elected
officers as follows: Henry Hartung,
president; Frederick Hartung, vice pres
ident; Regina Horn, secretary; Mildred
Mennen, treasurer. The society Will
hold a social evening in the Walther
League Hospice, 1920 M street, Thurs
day night. 1t is open to all young
people over 16 years of age. This
Saturday the Junior League will have
a social meeting with refreshments IN
the Sunday school auditorium OF the
church.
The social evening and party OF the
Ladies' Aid Society postponed from last
week will be held Friday evening in
the home of Mrs. John Hartung, SO
Bryant street.
Evening star., 1934-01-20
UNSTABLE Souls"
PASTORS SUBJECT
Dr.. w. H. Burgan to Preach
at HamIine Methodist
Church.

"A Double-Storied World" will be the
sermon theme tomorrow morning at
Hanline M. E. Church by DR.. H. w.
Burgan, minister At o'clock his sub
ject will be Unstable Souls
At the Epworth League devotional
sedvice tomorrow evening DR.. John G.
MILAN, director of religious education
OF the Baltimore Conference, will con-
duct a round table discussion on
youth Problems"
Beginning next Thursday night at
tbs o'clock, following church supper,
Dr.. Burgan will begin a series OF eight
special addresses on 'Methodism in
American History" This year marks
the sesquicentennial of the organiza-
ton of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
this event occurring in the year 1784.
The addresses will be given on Thursday
nights as follows: Next Thursday, In
Producing John Wesley: February l,
Why a Prayer Meeting?" February
8, Tongues of Fire; February 10,
Crossing an Ocean; February %,
Unto Us a Church Is Born; March l,
"a New Church in New Republic"
March s. "A Religious Romance" and
March Is, "A World Explodes." A
pageant follows.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes will de-
liver a lecture Wednesday night en-
titled My First Church" This lee
ture is sponsored by group No. l OF the
Ladies Aid Society.
Evening star., 1934-01-20
VISITORS Will PREACH
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
DR.. Forcey and DR.. Blackwelder
Will Be the Guests
Tomorrow.

The guest preacher tomorrow morn
ing at the Metropolitan Baptist Church
will be DR.. Clark ]. Forcey of the
Church of the Air. At the evening
service Dr. Oscar Fisher Blackwelder,
pastor of the Church of the Reforma-
ton, will speak on "Sun-Crowned
Men"
All young peoples organizations meet
at GAS pm. The B. A. U. meets at
the same hour, with Joe Stanley lead
ing. The subject is "Pauls Prepara-
ton for His Lifes Work"
The mission study class meets Mon
day at 7:45 pm. Miss Frances Gus
chewsky will teach-"Eastern Women,
Today and Tomorrow Tuesday at 7
pm. a class in Old Testament is being
taught by Miss Maude Saunders, as
sistant to the pastor. At pm. will
be the business conference of the wom-
ans Bible class. Mrs. B. P. Hickox will
preside.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets We'd
nesday at 1890 am. for an all-day ses-
sion. Thursday at 7 pm, meeting of
the teachers of the Bible school. Prayer
service at 7:45 pm, led by the Shaver
Bible class Following this service Mrs.
William Hasker will teach a class in
Romans.
Evening star., 1934-01-20
SACRAMENT RITES
AT9TH ST. CHRISTIAN
Dr.. Clifford Jope to 1naugurate
Series of Sermons-Choir
Will Sing.

The Ninth Street Christian Church
will observe communion service tomor-
row morning. The pastor, Rev ChHord
sermons on the "Beatitudes of Jesus, y
will use as his sermon subject, Blessed
Are the Pure in Heart" The choir,
under the direction of Joseph Harrison,
will sing.
The Junior church, directed by, Mrs.
II. B. Douglas. will meet in the church
house at II am.
At the evening evangelistic service
at 7:45 o'clock the sermon by the
pastor will be "Life's Deepest Ques-
ton" and the choir will present spe-
cial music, with solo part by Donald
Thomas. A special solo number will
also be offered by Pvt. w. o. Bailey
Of Quantico Marine Barracks.
The Thursday evening service, start
ing at tbs o'clock, will be led by
Mrs. Joseph Harrison and the Adah
Bible Glass. The dinner will be served
at $50 pm. by Mrs. Jessie Ridings
and her committee.
Evening star., 1934-01-20
DR.. J. H. TAYLOR PLANS
HOME MISSION SERMONS
Special Program at Central Pres
byterian Church Begins
Tomorrow.

At Central Presbyterian Church to-
morrow morning the pastor, DR.. James
H. Taylor, will preach on THE Chal-
lenge Of the Gospel" and at night will
continue the sermons on "Old Testa-
nent Characters"
Beginning January 81 there will be
Q prayer service each night in the in
terest of home missions. The General
Assembly Of the Southern Presbyterian
Church has set apart the week from
January 81 to January %, inclusive, as
. week of prayer for home missions.
On Thursday night Dr. P. D. Miller,
one of the executive secretaries of the
General Assembly's home missions, will
make an address. There will be a con-
gregational dinner for all members of
the church, when DR.. Miller will make
bis address.
The Young Peoples Friday night
class will continue the study in the life
Of Christ.
The Westminster League will meet
at 5 O'Clock, after which there will be
q freside hour for all the young peo-
pie of the congregation.
Evening star., 1934-01-20
EVANGELISTIC SERVICE
DR.. Daugherty breaches Tomorrow
at United Brethren.

At the Memorial United Brethren
Church tomorrow the minister, DR..
Simpson B. Daugherty, will preach al
II am. on will Material Recovery
Abide Without Spirituality?" At 8
pm. another special evangelistic serv-
ice will be held. Old hymns will be
sung, there will be special music by
the vested choir and the theme of
the discourse will be Which Sheep Is
Black?" The Honor Roll Crusade will
present special features in the Sunday
school at 9:40 am, the junior church
will meet at IL am The midweek
service of prayer is Thursday at pm,
This church is passing through q
period of self-denial and conservation
of gifts to the support of our own
home missionary. The envelopes for
this purpose were distributed last Sun
day and will be returned February II
Evening star., 1934-01-20

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Consul General Here

The Consul General Of the
German Embassy in New York
city, Mr.. Hans BorcherS, is in
Washington on an extended
visit, and during his stay he is
at Wardman Park Hotel.
4 \
The newly appointed Japa-
nese Military Attache, Colonel
K. Matsumoto, has arrived in
Washington and is temporarily
located at the Carlton.
The Secretary of the Turkish
Embassy, Mr.. Ibrahim Seyful-
lah, will leave today for
months stay in Canada.
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cM9Ua~ )ottjnggs

wore a lowered chiffon with a
black background.
Dolly Fleming, their attractive
daughter, with Mary Dwight,
who returned today from a brief
visit in Michigan, will go to
Rehoboth Beach tomorrow to be
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lewis Smith at a house party
which will last until next
Wednesday. Young Jack Smith,
son of the household, will leave
on the fifteenth for the RIO.
TIC. Camp at WATERFOWL, Conn.
X X X
Major and Mrs. Joseph c.
Fegan, who are one of the most
popular couples in Marine Corps
circles here, were in the large
crowd which thronged the
Chevy Chase Club at the BIZ
weekly dinner dance when mem
bers and their guests danced on
the terrace which was encircled
with tables. Mrs. Fegan, so
likeable and attractive, wore
very chic brown and white
printed chiffon trimmed with a
touch of green.
Mr.. F.. Ambrose Clark, noted
turfman, whose activities have
brought him fame on English
as we'll as American race courses,
acted as best man at the mar
riage of his nephew, Stephen
Clark and Nancy Young Wickes.
which took place in the Green
Spring Valley Thursday. The
newlyweds sailed yesterday for
England, where they will spend
their honeymoon at Melton
Mowbray, the Clarks' hunting
estate.
Miss Emlen Davies, back from
college, accompanied by Miss
Margaret Ludke, of Milwaukee.
Both attended the dinner given
by Angus MacLean, jr., Thurs
day night at the Chevy Chase
Club, and they looked very sum-
merry and cool in pale blue plaid
organdy frocks, alike in color,
but different in design and
make. Pretty Mango dupont
Lee was also in the party, and
she chose an olive-green crepe
dress, which was vastly becom-
ing to her. The sister of the
host, Miss Margaret MacLean,
has adopted the new mode of
wearing seersuckers, and her red
and white plaid evening gown
was topped off with a knee
length sleeveless jacket of white
pique. This popular young belle,
who has just finished her COL
lege year with high honors, is
about to leave on a motor trip
which will take her to the West
Coast.
Mr.. A. Abdel Lateef Ell
Hannawy, of the Egyptian Lee
CATION, glimpsed dining on the
Shoreham Terrace with one of
the prettiest little blondes in
the post-debutante set.
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June IL will find Mrs. Sara
Delano Roosevelt, the Presi-
dents mother, receiving an hon.
orary degree from the Moravian
College at Bethlehem, Pa.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who smilingly
admits she never went to school
a day in her life (having been
educated by governesses in her
own home), is delighted at the
prospect of receiving a college
degree as she nears her eightieth
birthday anniversary.
She has ordered a cap and
gown with all the enthusiasm
characteristic of her family.
The Minister of Czechoslo-
vakia and Nine. Veverka, their
daughter, Nella, who is one of
the greatest bellies in the Cap
ital, with their son, Ferdinand,
will leave shortly for a six
months stay in their own coun-
try, a real vacation for them, but
a great loss to Washington, for
there is no more popular family
group in the Diplomatic Corps.
They are always together, and
Nine. Veverka and her daugh-
ter are more like sisters. They
are both blonde, and apparently
have much in common. Thurs
day evening, the Minister and
his wife dined together at the
Chevy Chase Club, after Nine.
Veverka and Nine. DALAI, wife
of the Persian Minister, had
been for a long walk through
the adjacent countryside. Nine.
Dalai and her husband plan to
spend the Summer in this coun-
try, and contemplate travelling
about a bit Ito see America" as
this very charming chatelaine
put it. Mile. Veverka and Caro-
lyn Chantry were members of
small dinner party which in
cluded Mr.. Bojidar P. Stoiano-
witch, Charge d'Affaires of the
Yugoslavian Legation, and sew
eral others. Miss Chantry wore
a very becoming coral lace frock
with coral ornaments and Mile.
Veverka a severely simple black
gown with facingS of white.
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Senator and Mrs. Robert M.
LaFollette, together on the
Shoreham Terrace, and how
they do love to dance! The
latter looked very lovely this
particular evening in gray and
white lowered print.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert v.
Fleming gave a delightful din
ner at Chevy Chase Club Thurs
day evening and what hosts
they are! Both have the knack
of saying and doing the really
lovely things in the incest way.
Their table was adorned with
a large centerpiece Of pink and
blue lupinS and Mrs. Fleming
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A wedding of wide interest
in smart circles took place this
afternoon at 4 o'clock at st.
Thomas Church, when Miss
Mary Preston Gibson, daughter
of Mrs. Locke, wife of Col. Nor
ris Ernest Locke, became the
bride of Mr.. Gale Mclean, son
of Mrs. Mclean, widow of the
late Adm. Ridley Mclean,
U.S.N.
The ceremony, which was per-
formed by the rector, Rev. DR..
c. Ernest Smith, was witnessed
by d representative gathering
from diplomatic, official, and
residential circles here.
The bride, who is great
granddaughter of the late Sen
ator James Mcmillan, of Michi-
gan, made her debut in the
Capital in 1892, at a reception
given by her mother, who was
the former Miss Grace Mcmillan
Jarvis. She attended Miss Mas
ters' School at Dobbs' Ferry,
N. Y, and is a member of the
Junior League here.
For her wedding gown Miss
Gibson chose a beautiful model
of oyster-white satin with
sleeves Of lace appliqued on
tulle. The lower part of the
bodice was of the satin and
the upper part of lace, the de-
sign embroidered in small
pearls. Her long tulle veil,
edged with old rose point lace,
was worn by her great-grand-
mother on the occasion of her
wedding; and she carried a bou-
quet of gardeniaS and lilies of
the valley.
Reception at GraSSIandS
The matron of honor, Mrs.
Carl S. PetraSch, of New York
City, wore a very lovely gown of
Starched green chiffon, made
on princess lines with a cape
effect, with a white taffeta
sash, a white hat, and white
satin slippers. Her bouquet
was Of TaliSman roses and lilies
of the valley.
The maid Of honor, Miss
Minna Lindsay, of Southbor-
ough, Mass, and the brides
maids, Miss Christine Eken-
gren, Miss Anne Perrin, Miss
Eleanor Roosevelt, Miss Kath-
arine Poe, all of Washington;
Miss Louise Mccormick, of Bal
timore, and Miss Joanna Will
son, of New York City, wore
beautiful models of stiff white
chiffon, made on princess lines,
in cape fashion, with green and
white twisted SaShes, white
satin slippers, and long white
gloves. Their large white hats
were trimmed with green and
white ribbon. and they carried
bouquets of Talisman roses and
lilies Of the valley.
The best man was, Mr.. Harry
Covington, 3rd, Of this city; and
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NuptiaIs Today
In New York

The marriage of Miss Isabel
Sherman Aldrich, daughter of
Mrs. Thomas Bartlett Aldrich,
of New York and the late Mr..
Aldrich, to Lieut.. q. g. Arthur
Sinclair Hill, U. S. NJ, son Of
Mrs. C. Phillips Hill of Wash
ington and the late Mr.. Hill,
took place this afternoon in
New York.
The ceremony in Grace
Church chantry at 2:30 o'clock,
was simple, owing to deep
mourning in the bridegroom'S
family, and Lieutenant Hill and
his bride left Immediately after
ward for a short honeymoon
before going to Norfolk, Va,
where he will be stationed.
Originally planned to be held
late this month, the wedding
was advanced to coincide with
Lieutenant Hills leave from the
U. S. S. Lexington to which he
is attached.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her brother, Thomas B.
Aldrich, jr., and had her sister
in-law, Mrs. Thomas B. Aldrich,
and Miss Frances Hill, sister Of
the bridegroom, as her attend
ants. Mr.. William Briggs, Of
washington, acted as best man.
Mrs. Hill, mother of Lieutenant
Hill, left yesterday for New
York to attend the wedding.
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Kin
WedinNewYork

Miss Josephine Alma Wer-
theim, daughter of Mr.. Maurice
Wertheim, banker and senior
partner of Wertheim and Co.,
New York, and Mrs. Paul Lester
Wiener of New York, and grand
daughter of Mr.. Henry Morgen-
THAI, former Ambassador to
Turkey, was married yesterday
afternoon to Mr.. Ralph Pome-
rance, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Pomerance. The cere-
mony was performed by Judge
Irving Lehman in his chambers.
Following the wedding, a large
reception was held at the home
of the brides father, 80 E.
10th st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pomerance will
go to Bermuda on their wedding
trip. Upon their return they
will reside at Cos Cob, Conn.,,
for the Summer, coming to New
York in the Fall.
The bride is a graduate of
Smith College, Class of 1888.
Her father is one of the found
ers and director of the Theater
Guild.
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The Assistant Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Sumner WelleS
will entertain at a tea this
afternoon, at their country
home at Oxon Hill, Md.