Evening star., 1935-01-17

RueSG dJ lIle WIlllC I1OuoC dlIu at vail
Gus other entertainments which are
being given for the South College
Alumnae.
In honor of the congressional delega-
ton from Georgia, the Georgia State
Society will hold a dance and party
tonight in the west ball room of the
Shoreham Hotel, the dancing to begin
at $50 and continue until o'clock
am.
There will be short intermission.
during which the guests will be enter
tanned by Tony and Sylvia, the wan
dering gypSies. Immediately following
this. those desirous of meeting the
members Of Congress will have an op-
portunity of so doing.
This group includes Senator Walter
F. George, Senator Richard 3. Russell,
jr.; Representative E. E. Cox. Repre-
sentative B. P. Castellow, Representa-
tive E. NJ Owen. Representative Carl
Vinson. Representative NJ c. Tarver,
representative Robert Ramspeck, Rep
resentative Braswell Deem. Representa-
tive Paul Brown. Representative Hugh
Peterson, jr., and Representative Frank
I Whelchel.
The Floor Committee for this eve
ming will be headed by Col. S. Gordon
Green, who will be assisted by Mrs
Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Camp,
Mrs. Julia O. Almand, Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Weeks, Mr. NJ. c. Tarver, jr.;
Misses Agnes and Julia Reynolds, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles E. Bell, Miss Lucille
Thurmond and Mr. Legare Hill Obear.
The president of the society, Rep
resontative Robert RamSpect, cordially
invites all Georgians and their friends
in Washington and vicinity to attend,
and assures them a most delightful
evening.
Membership cards for 1885 may be
obtained from the financial secretary.
Mrs. James w. ThurSton. 44l9 Illinois
avenue northwest, or at the door Of
the ball room.
Among those entertaining at the
Kentucky Society last night were Mrs
Mary Pyle. Mrs Charles Haseman and
Miss Gladys Wood who chose the
occasion to be hostesses to party
in honor of Mrs Gwendolyn Brown
lee and Mr.. Abbott Maginnis, whose
engagement has recently been an
nounoed. Their guests were Gen. and
Mrs. Albert Cox. DR.. and Mrs. Mac
pherson Crichton, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
I ter Roper. Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald
Hodgson, Mr.. and Mrs Renie Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren. Mr.. and
Mrs Otto Cray. Mrs Robert Lee Key
ser. Mrs. Edgar Zill. Mai. Kemp
Slaughter, Mr. Adoiph Merz. Mr.
Clyde Smith. Mr.. Tom Keesey and
Mr.. A. Coulter Wells.
Prof. Charles Upeon Clark will lee
| ture on his Adventures in Archives"
tomorrow evening at o'clock, when
former Ambassador and Mrs Irwin
Laughlin receive the Archaeological
Society at Meridian House. Prof
Clark has a vivid and important story
to tell, as he is the famous discoverer
of number OF works Of prime i'm
portance.
The Mississippi State Society, under
the leadership of its president. Maj
William E Brougher, will hold its
annual congressional reception to-
morrow at 2400 Sixteenth street at
$50 o'clock pm.
Members of the congressional dele
cation, with their wives, will form
the receiving line, and all Mississip-
plans resident in Washington are ur-
gently invited to attend and meet the
men and women who represent the
State in official Washington.
Dancing will follow the reception,
and entertainment features will be
provided.
A group of prominent Washington
women who formerly resided in Ohio
will be joint hostesses at a buffet
supper to be given Wednesday evening
at the Sulgrave Club to honor DR..
Josephine L. Peirce of Lima, Ohio,
who is here for a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, of
which she is second vice president.
The hostesses will be Mrs. Robert
Bulkley, Mrs. Chester Bolton, Miss
Grace Burton, Mrs. Ernest Van Fos-
san, Mrs. Kate Scott Brooks, Mrs.
William Hess, Mrs. Thad Brown, Mrs.
Wade Ellis and Mrs. Wilson Compton.
Guests will include more than 100
women who are here from all Sec
tons OF the country for the board
meeting. Mrs. Genevieve Forbes Her
rick, Washington newspaper woman
and president of the Womans Ma.
tion Press Club. will speak informally
on some of Washington's interesting
personalities.
Mrs. w. w. Overton has returned
to her home in Arlington Ridge, Va,
from New York City, where she was
the guest for 10 days of her brother.
Mr.. John B-abson.
Mrs. Miller, wife of Col. B. F.
Miller, U. S. A., of Glebe road. Ar
llngton County, Va, left today for
Richmond for weeks visit with her
sister, Mrs. Lowrie Richardson. Sat-
urday afternoon Mrs. Richardson will
be hostess to a company of 40 at a
tea and reception at her home in
compliment to her sister.
DR.. Ridgely F. Hanscom of Boston
and Washington has recently pur-
| chased Kamah, Colonial estate on
the Potomac near La Plata, Md.
At the Arts Club of Washington
tonight, DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo. pastor
of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, will be the honor guest at
the dinner, and afterward will ad-
dress the club on THE Contribution
of Religion to Drama" Mr.. and Mrs.
James Otis Porter will be the hosts
of the evening.
An interesting and unusual party
will be given in Battery Park, Nd,
this evening, when Mr.. and Mrs. A.
, Brookhouse Foster will entertain about
rs of their friends at an old-time
party, at the Battery Park club house
Invitations to this affair were sent
out some weeks ago to husbands of
members of the Newcomb Club of
which Mrs. Foster is president, in
viting each to come accompanied by
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