Evening star., 1934-03-08
SOCIETY
Mrs. Garner Entertained Today at
Luncheon by Wives of Senator'S
From New Hampshire.

director of the National Park Service,
left last week for st. Petersburg, Fla.
for a months visit. Mrs. Cammerer
recently returned to her home in
Lyon Hurst. Va, from GAINESVILLE, Wis.
where she was called by the death
of her mother.
Mrs. Mitchell. wife of Maj. d. K.
Mitchell. U. S. A., has come to Wash
ington from Garden City. Long Is
land, and will spend q week at the
Martinique.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Horace K. Whalen
Of Fort Bragg. N. c., are spending
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen.
in their home in Alta Vista, Md.
Congressional Club to
See Little Women" Tomorrow.
A new version Of Louisa Alcott's
Little Women" will be presented
at the Congressional Club by a group
Of young women from the Dramatic
Art Department of the King Smith
Studio School. The play. under the
direction Of Miss Caroline Mckinley,
won much favorable comment for its
delicacy and fine characterization
when it was presented at the studio
before Christmas with Miss Rebecca
Tarwater playing the part Of 10 in
her usual inimitable style. Other
members Of the cast include Miss
Louise Eshelman of Lancaster, Pa, as
the mother: Miss Georgia Hiden of
Norfolk, Va. as Beth; Miss Betty
Sleeper of washington as Meg. Miss
Mary Whelchel of Washington as
Amy. Miss Daphne Humphrey also
of Washington as Aunt March, Miss
Eleanor Mckay of Tampa. Fla, as
Mr.. BroOkes: Miss Jane Ellison Of
Clarksburg, w. Va, as Laurie's Uncle;
Miss Florence Nash also of Washing
ton as Laurie. and Miss Mary Jane
Daneman of Erie, Pa, as the maid
in the March family.
Tea will be served at 4 o'clock with
Mrs. Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee:
Mrs. Allard H. Gasque of South
Carolina. and Mrs. Edward Dixon
Hayes Of Missouri. presiding at the
tea table. They will be assisted by
Mrs. Guy M. Gillett of Iowa, Mrs.
Philip A. Goodwin of New York, Mrs.
Clarence E. Hancock of New York.
Mrs. James Hughes of Wisconsin, and
Mrs. Henry A. Hornthal, Mrs. Lilo
M. Perrin, jr., and Mrs. Thomas A.
Walden Of Washington.
Former United States Ambassador
to Sweden MIR. Ira Nelson Morris has
taken an apartment in the st. Regis
Hotel in New York while Mrs, Morris
is in England.
Miss Abigail Sard was hostess yes
terday afternoon entertaining in
formally at tea In compliment to her
guest, Miss Janet White. daughter of
Mrs. Richard S. Aldrich.
Mrs. Charles D. Walcott will speak
on The Making of a Book" tomorrow
morning at 1l:30 o'clock for the
League of Republican Women. The
meeting will be followed by luncheon
in the league headquarters at Six
teenth street and Scott Circle. Mrs
Walcott will illustrate her talk with
an exhibit of hand painted wild
flowers as well as one of the five
volumes she has published and which
she prepared before the death Of DR..
Walcott who was secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hudson are in
New York to meet their son-in law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
P. Holt, upon their return from South
America. Mr.. and Mrs Holt later
will visit their parents in Washington.
Mrs. E. NJ Willis of Edgemoor, Md,
had as her guests at lunch today the
members of the board of governors Of
the Woman'S Club of Bethesda.
Among those present at the luncheon
were Mrs. Charles S. Moore, Mrs. John
A. Fleming. Mrs. Ford E. Young, Mrs.
Reginald B. LOCKER, Mrs. George
Bradley, Mrs. Eugene Ferry Smith,
Mrs. G. Wady Imirie, Mrs. Charles
Leonard Chambers, Mrs. Herbert Evil
son and Mrs. Nathaniel F. Rabner.
Mrs K Messick entertained at a
bridge luncheon in her home in Lyon
Village, Va, today, when her guests
were Mrs. Leila Simpson. Mrs. J. w.
Tawes, Mrs. Fletcher Kemp, MIS-. S.
D. Hammer, Mrs. Shirley Bauckman,