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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06
Lawyers Careless
In O,vn Dealings,
High Court Told
Petition Seeks Review of
Income Tax on Gift
to Wife.

BY the Associated Press.
When the Supreme Court Justices
return october 7, they will read in
one petition now awaiting their ruling,
that lawyers are careless about their
own affairs.
w. B. Morton. New York City at
torney, Is asking the court to review
an income tax dispute. Among other
things, he objects to paying taxes on
S6,847 stock dividends received by his
wife in 1929.
Morton. in his printed petition. says
he gave the stock to his wife but
neglected to make formal record
through carelessness alone, for which
lawyers are proverbial In attending to
their own affairs"
Numerous court decisions are cited
to prove a verbal gift of property
between husband and wife is sufficient
TO establish title.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06
HONOR FOR PHYSICIAN

Approximately $50 distinguished
physicians and surgeons attending a
meeting of the American Association
for the Study of Neoplastic Diseases
will give a testimonial banquet to-
night at the Mayflower Hotel in honor
Of DR.. Joseph Colt Bloodgood of Balti-
more. Speakers include DR.. Janvier
W. Lindsay and Dr. Thomas A. Grover,
both Of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06

any desire to mix in politics and there
is little danger Of my being asked.
Politics always have impressed me as
job demanding a great deal from
a man. too much for the recompense
it provides.
During the years father was in
local politics We had enough to get
by on, but that's ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06

cannot be fully
effective unless
all drivers Coop
crate wholeheart-
eddy in the cam
paign to reduce
the toll of in
juries and deaths
upon the streets
and highways.
This statement
is part i cularly
true with regard
to the City Of
w a S h n g t o n,
faced with ter
ri6callv cOnpeSt-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06
CAREFUL DRIVING
SAFETY ESSENTIAL
Campaign of Star Centers
Responsibility on Indi-
ViduaI Motorists.
RY ERNEST N. SMITH,

Executive Vice President. American Auto
mobile Association.
Up,n every individual who drives
an automobile rests the responsibility
for preventing accidents. Even the
best laws and the strictest enforcement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06
SPECIAL, NOTICES.

THESE CARS TO BE SOLD 4. At , PpyBL!c
Eichbergs Auction Sales. 1927 R st. nv
2263450: Ford truck. motor. No. A, A.
b5115O; Pontiac sedan, motor No. p.
s5bas Gheyroes s sedpe m meter No. No.
4l33lso; Pierce-Arrow roadster. motor No,
loads to and from BALTIC, Phila. and New
York. Frequent trips to other Eastern
qHE pAVpsoN sn sToRAeE
SPECIAL RETURN-LOAD RATES ON FULL
and part Ssds to all points within Goo
NAT p DEL Assoc. INc 1si7 n ave.
SMITH & BUTLER WILL SELL AT PUB
lie auction. for repairs and storage, one
is5 gmSoii engine No. seSa 1859. on satuT
day, September II, 1895. at IL noon. at
Gus Eichburg. auctioneer. 1927 st. NV.
WE WILL SELL AT EIcHBERG's AUc-
:e5a Mo motor NJ a54 ad serial rs ass
AUTO SERVICE, 637 N st. NV.
CHAMBERS is one e q the u largest e.
Six Da e os ss
cars. hearses and ambulances: TWENTY-FIVE
undertakes and assistants. 1400 Chaplin
st. NV. Columbia 0432 SIT nth st.
sc. Atlantic 300
Peaches, Grapes, Apples, Cider
AT QUAINT ACRES,
Silver Spring, Colesville pike Route 29).
only miles from D. c. Note detour sign.
FURNACES VACUUM CLEANED
Terms. CARL ROBEY. INC. 1888 Rock
Creek Church I'd. NV. Adams 1883.
PEACHES = PEACHES
ROCKVILLE FRUIT FARM
liberia peaches. Drive to Rockville, Nd
than mia On road to Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06
Charm From Nephyrite.

Hei tiki, the love charm of the
Maori people of New Zealand, usually
is carved of nephyrite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06
STEALS PHONE CALLS
Burglar Runs Up $119 Bill in
Artists Home.

Artist s Home.
NEW YORK P-When a burglar
entered the apartment of Peter r.
Vignes. commercial artist. he not only
stole the victims typewriter but ran
up a S1l9 long distance telephone
bill. The intruder phoned pals in
six cities.
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If you are not satisfied with
your progress-if the future
seems to hold little promise-if
you want to give yourself and
loved ones the good things In
life-then come tonight and hear
G. e. Marchand at the National
Theatre.
Mr.. Marchand discovered GER
tain secrets that turned his own
life from poverty to earnings Of
over a million dollars before he
was 81.
He told his secret to a few
friends. Their success was i'm
mediate. He told a few more.
They, too, increased their in
comes.
Success Brought to You
Mr.. Marchand then decided to
give a part of his time to helping
earnest men and women win
greater success. People thronged
to hear him and were lifted from
dull, underpaid jobs to high
salaried positions. He became
known as Americas Famous
Maker of Successful Men and
Women" Tonight he will re-
veal his secret to you.
Tonight and Saturday, 8
NATIONAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-06

Tonight and SofWddy, 8:I5 Pm. AdmIssion Free
NATIONAL THEATRE
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
House Guest
Party Will Be
Given Today

Mrs. Harry Clay Ransley,
wife of the Representative
from Pennsylvania, and Mrs
Philip A. Goodwin, wife of the
Representative from New York,
will be joint hostesses at a tea
to be given this afternoon from
4 to 6 o'clock in the Pan
American room at the May
flower.
Assisting them will be Mrs.
Joseph w. Byrns, wife of the
Speaker of the House; Mrs.
Owen J. Roberts and Mrs. Har-
Ian Fiske Stone, wives of ASso-
ciate Justices of the Supreme
Court; Mrs. Warren R. Austin,
wife of the Senator from Ver-
mont; Mrs. James j. Davis,
wife of the Senator from Penn
Sylvania; Mrs. William M.
Wilmington, wife of the Repre-
sentative from Mississippi;
Mrs. Bertrand H Smell, wife of
the Representative from New
York, and Mrs. Benjamin D.
FoulOiS.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Attache Here
ToWed Soon

The Japanese Ambassador,
Mr.. Hirosi Saito, and the Japa-
nese Consul General in New
York, Mr.. Reno Sawada, to-
gether with members of the En-
bassy staff here and of the
Consulate in New York, are eX-
pected to attend the wedding of
Miss Mel Yamada, daughter of
Mrs. Shichiro Yamada, of New
York, and the late Mr.. Yamada,
and Mr.. Otoshiro Kuroda, son of
Mrs. Hisahiyo Kuroda, of Tokyo,
and the late Mr.. Kuroda, which
will take place Thursday,
March 81, in the chapel of River
side Church in New York.
Miss Yamada is one of the
three daughters of Mrs. Yamada
and the late Mr.. Yamada, who
had a Japanese art and antique
business in Chicago. She was
born in Chicago, was graduated
from the MoSer Business College
of that city and attended Hun
ter College in New York. Her
elder sister, Miss chico Yamada,
is private secretary to Justice
George w. Maxey, Of the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court.
Mr.. Kuroda, who is a member
of a noted Tokyo family, has
been an Attache of the Japanese
Embassy here since the summer
of 1888. He was graduated from
the Tokyo Imperial University,
and attended Harvard Univer-
sity and the University of Hi
nois.
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross has
issued invitations to a recep-
ton Sunday afternoon, in the
Chinese room of the MayfloWer,
in honor of her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. AL.
fred Tayloe, of M emphis,
Tenn, and Mrs. Howard Bald
win, of Detroit, Mich, who will
be the guest of her sister, Mrs.
James Murray, while in Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Nine. Aranha, wife of the
Brazilian Ambassador, spent
the past week in Baltimore at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. She
will return there within a
fortnight to undergo an op-
Grafton. She has every good
wish from her friends in the
Capital, to whom she has
greatly endeared herself, for
her speedy recovery.
The Comptroller of the
Currency, "Jaftie" O'Con-
nor, has left for California.
He will return about Febru-
ary 25 to rejoin his sister,
Mrs. G. P. Trepanier, and his
niece, Miss Barbara Trepa-
nier, of Grand Forks, N: D.,
who are here for a months
visit.
The picturesque hillside
home of DR.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Horgan aUas the scene
of q delightful tea Sunday
afternoon, during 1Uhich
their friends aVdndered
about from room to room
or chatted in gay groups.
Mrs. Horgan, 1Oho Uas
EdWinG MorroV, daughter
of the former Governor of
Kentucky and Mrs. Ed1Oin
P. Morro1U, IS famous for
her charm. Sunday she re-
ceiVed IN a becoming go1On
of black crepe, made ON
simple lines, 1Uith q cape
like collar adorned qVitk an
antique gold clip. By the
Way, she has some of the
most effective antique jeaV-
elry, particularly one pair
of earrings, the envy of all
her friends.
The drawing room, which
is done in a beautiful shade
of blue, with white furnish
ings, made an effective back
ground for the great bowls of
flowers placed about it.
The tea table, centered
with a bouquet of deep
pink roses and frsesias, was
laden with the most delecta-
BILE food, dainty sandwiches,
luscious little cakes, and pip
ing hot tea and coffee. The
walls of this room are pa
pered with a print which has
a cream-colored background,
and the window draperies
are Of rich maroon brocade.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
9e4y Co~At~,
White House
Tea Party

Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain
at a small tea this afternoon
at the White House, following
her introduction of Mrs. Mary
Breckenridge at the Frontier
Nursing Society meeting to be
held at the Textile Museum at
4::3O o'clock.
This evening there will be a
small, informal dinner at the
White House. The President
celebrated the birthday ami
versary Of Abraham Lincoln by
not going to his offices today
and by receiving the last sur
viving member of the great
emancipator's guard in the Lin
coin study.
Tomorrow, fol lowing the
luncheon which Mrs. Wallace,
wife Of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, is giving for her, Mrs.
Roosevelt will leave for Ithaca,
where she will make an address
at Bailey's Hall, Cornell Univer-
sity on THE Youth Of Today Is
TomorroW'S Nation"
The following evening, she
will attend the annual Master
Farmers dinner, as has been
her custom over a period Of
about 10 years; and with her
will be Mrs. Morgenthau, wife
of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, who will accompany her
when she leaves Washington to-
morrow.
Mrs. Roosevelt will speak at
Wells College on Saturday
morning, on THE Possible In
terest for Women in Public Ca
reerS," and Friday night will
make her first broadcast from
Syracuse, in a new radio series.
She plans to return to the Cap
ital on Monday, in time to hold
her weekly press conference at
IL O'Clock.
On Monday afternoon, she
will again be hostess at a tea at
the White House, and she will
make a speech that night before
the Monday Evening Club.
X
The Counselor of the Belgian
Embassy and Princess de Ligne
have as their guest at Wardman
Park Hotel the 1atter'S brother,
Due de Mouchy, who arrived
from New York.
X \
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Williams
are at the Carlton for a short
stay, having arrived from their
home in Newark, N. j.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Cabinet Wives
To Receive

Mrs. Homer S. Cummings,
wife of the Attorney General,
will receive tomorrow afternoon
from 4 until 6 o'clock at her
residence, "Ruthven," overlook
ing Rock Greek Park.
Mrs. Cordell Hull, Mrs. George
H. Dern, Mrs. Harold L. 1ckes,
Mrs. Henry A. Wallace and Mrs.
Daniel C. Roper will take turns
in presiding at the tea table, as
also will Mrs. Morris Sheppard,
Miss Marguerite LELAND, Mrs.
Huston Thompson, Mrs. Forbes
Morgan, and Miss Mary Jane
Stanley.
Those assisting will include
Mrs. William Stanley, Mrs. Her
bert Bingham, Mrs. j. Bruce
Kremer, and Mrs. Fred Britten.
Mrs. James A. Farley, wife of
the Postmaster General, who
will return to the Capital tomor-
row morning from her home in
New York, will greet her guests
from until 6 o'clock in her
apartment at the Mayflower.
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife
of the Secretary of the Navy,
will also be "at home" and will
have receiving with her Mrs.
Peter Goelet Gerry and Mrs.
Key Pittman. Those presiding
at the tea table will include
Mrs. John Nance Garner, Mrs.
William Howard Taft, Sonora
de Calderon, Nine. Munthe de
Morgenstierne, Nine. van Haers-
ma de With, Mrs. George H.
Dern, Mrs. Henry A. Wallace,
Mrs. Louis S. Owsley, Mrs.
Eugene Meyer and Lady Lister
Kaye.
Those assisting will be Mrs.
Loren johnson, Mrs. Mark L.
Bristol, Mrs. Patrick Drewry,
Mrs. Ollie James, Mrs. Albert
Nlblack, Mrs. Frederick Horne,
Mrs. Edgar Woods, Mrs. Harold
Stark, Miss Caroline Martin,
Miss Nellie Cronin, Miss Dean
Lindsay and Miss Little.
X \
Mr.. James F. O'Neill, Treasury
attache of the United States
Embassy in Paris, is at the Will
lard during his stay in Wash.
ington.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Returns March II

Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ward, who
is making a world tour, and is
now in Cairo, Egypt, will sail
from there on February 10 and
she expects to arrive in New
York on March IL, returning i'm
mediately thereafter to her
apartment at the Shoreham.
Mrs. Ward, who has been away
about a year, visited the Philip
pines, China, Japan, Siam and
Bali.
X i X
Major and Mrs. Parker West
will entertain at dinner on
Wednesday evening, Febru-
ary 20.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Diplomatic and Official Notes
BRITISH EMBASSY SCENE OF DINNER
Distinguished Visitors Guests
Last Evening Of the Dean Of
the Dip|onatiCC0rps

The British Embassy was the scene of a
dinner given last evening by the Dean of
the Diplomatic Corps, Sir Ronald Lindsay.
The guests the R Hon the Earl of Lytton X g. and
the Belgian Ambassador and the Countess van der Straen
Ponthoz the Secretary of Labor Miss Frances Perkins, SEN
aor Bronson Cutting Senator Mrs W. Warren Barbour
the Swedish Minister and Nine Bostrom Mrs. William Dun
can Herridge, wife of the Minister of Canada Mrs John
Greenway Mrs Bayard Cutting, Representative A. Piatt
Andrew and the Counselor of the Netherlands Legation and
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Returns Today

The Secretary of Commerce,
Mr.. Daniel C. Roper, will return
to Washington today, following
a ten-day stay in Florida. The
Secretary stopped off in Atlanta,
Ca, yesterday, where he made
an address at Emory University.
X 4
Senator Ernest w. Gibson, Of
Brattleboro, Vt., with his
daughter, Miss Doris Gibson.
has taken an apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel for the
remainder of the Congressional
season. Senator Gibson and
his daughter recently returned
to this country from the
Philippines.
Mr.. John P. Hurley, United
States consul at Marseilles,
France, is spending several days
in Washington at the Mar
Unique.
Mrs. Cantacuzene-Gran gave
a dinner last evening.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Diplom at and
Wife H osts

The Charge d'Affaires Of the
Nicaraguan Legation and Sc.
nora de DeBayle were hosts at
a dinner last evening, entertain
ing at the Legation in New
Hampshire Avenue in compli-
ment to Mrs. James Elwood
Jones and her sister, Mrs. Jen.
kins Borntraeger.
The company included also
the Minister Of Uruguay and
Nine. Richling, DR.. and Mrs.
Boliver j. Lloyd, DR.. and Mrs.
William F. O'Donnell, Mrs.
Gwendolyn Brownlee, Mr.. S.
Abbot Maginnis and Col. George
r, WeitZel
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Luncheon Hostess

Mrs. William E. Hess, wife Of
the Representative from Ohio.
entertained at a luncheon and
bridge party yesterday in the
Colonial Room at Wardman
Park Hotel for her sister. Miss
Blanche Ostendorf; Miss Kath-
crime Heidacher, Miss Loretta
Kohnen, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Uricho, all of Cincinnati.
The other guests were, Mrs.
Edward Baltz, Mrs. Herbert
Bloch, Mrs. Earl Kruzen, Mrs.
Matthew Merritt. Mrs. Joseph
Meyer, and Mrs. Walter Withers.
X X X
Mrs. Brewster, wife of Rep
resentative Ralph O. Brewster,
of Maine, entertained at
luncheon yesterday at the Carl
ton, the company numbering
ten,
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Od1 O1Soo vail DlCuSCl DOuSld
Also, Mrs. Winthrop Chanler,
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the
Special Assistant to the Secre-
tary of State and Chief of Proto-
col, Mr.. James Clement Dunn:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Harrison,
Mrs. Ronald Greville, Mrs. Mat.
thew Hanna, the Secretary Of
the Hungarian Legation, Baron
Paul Schell; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lord, Mlle.van Breugel Douglas,
Mr.. Henry Willard, Mr.. Coleman
Jennings, Mr.. George Garrett,
Mr.. Hugh S. Cumming, jr., Mr..
Charles Breasted and the Minis
ter-Counselor of the British En-.
baSSy, Mr.. Darcy Osborne.
X X
House Guest
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Yost will
have as their guest for several
days Mrs. Fielding Yost, of Ann
Arbor, Mich, who will arrive
in the Capital this week.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
To Wed March J

Mr.. Carroll B. Merriam,
director of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, and Mrs.
Merriam will give a dinner
this evening in the Garbo room
at the Shoreham, for Miss
Corinne Webb, daughter of the
Director of the Home Owners
Loan Corporation, and Mrs. T.
Dwight Webb, whose marriage
to Mr.. William Douglas Spears,
of Nashville, Tenn, will be an
event of March 2, taking place
at the Webbs' home in Nash.
vile. Mrs. Webb and her
daughter will depart Friday
for Nashville, and the former
will return to Washington
shortly after the wedding.
Mr.. Spears and his bride will
make their home in Nashville.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Io2gM!! e: 4! j.! .I':I!',.9!bics
CTradO Mark Registersd)
(TradO Marx RegiStered)

Punch was served in the
recreation room in the base
ment, where a decidedly for
eign atmosphere prevails,
with gay scenes depicted on
the walls and little tables
scattered about.
The advent of Peggy MOL
ley in Washington is always
the occasion for a round Of
parties, for she is both pretty
and popular, and she has a
host of friends here.
DR.. and Mrs. Macpherson
Crichton, with whom she is
spending a few days, gave a
small tea for her on Sunday
afternoon, at their attractive
home in H Street.
The hostess received in
the drawing room, which ex-
tends across the front of the
house, and which is richly
furnished, a warm shade of
red predominating in the
hangings and upholstery. A
portrait of Mrs. Crichton oc-
cupies a prominent place on
the north wall, and there are
a number Of autographed
photographs of notables on
the tables and on the top of
the grand piano.
Large bowls filled with
mountain laurel were in the
corners, and a bouquet of
roses and Spring flowers dec
GRATED the tea table, where
all sorts of delicious things
were to be found.
The guests, aOho included
Mr.. Ell HemnaaOy, of the
Egyptian Legation; Baron
and Baroness von Pdgen-
hardt, Mrs. Charles Piez,
and a group from the debu-
tante set fingered ON until
long after seven.
Mrs. Crichton 1Uore an
ethereal goaOn of black
chiffon, aOith a deep yoke
of pale fIesh-color chiffon
covered 1Uith the tinieSt
tuckS inset aUith filmy lace.
Au revoir.
Mu4 hjn1
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Envoy andWife
To Entertain.

The Minister Of China, Mr..
Sao-Ke Alfred SEE, and Nine.
SEE will give a dinner Thursday
evening at the Legation in Ver-
non Street. The guests of honor
will be the Secretary of the In
terror, Mr.. Harold L. Ickes, and
Mrs. IckeS.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Daughter Born

Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Drum
mond Reynolds are receiving
congratulations on the birth of
a daughter, Winifred Woolla-
cott, named for her maternal
grandmother. Mrs. Reynolds,
who is the granddaughter of
the late Edward Woollacott, of
Bex-Hill- On-the-Sea, England,
is the sister of Mrs. Franklin
PenWorthy, of Virginia. The
baby was born Sunday at Co.
lumbia Hospital.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis w. South
gate will sail from New York
Saturday, aboard the Santa
Elena on a cruise to California.
They will visit, en- route, Colom-
bia, Panama, Ell Salvador,
Guatemala and Mexico.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

Valentine Day and George Washlng-
tons Birthday, all of which furnish oc-
casions for festive gatherings. This
year, because the Lenten season comes
so late, the month is gayer than ever.
No large celebrations are being
planned for today, but there will be
many small affairs and the usual round
of official entertaining.
The George Washington Birthday
Ball, which the sub-deb set is sponsor
ing, and which will take place at the
Brook Farm Tea House, will be gala
event, planned along rustic lines, with
cabaret entertainment thrown in for
good measure. A subscription dinner
will precede it at 7:30 at the Farm.
AI,,r NLo;tnL K;no. ;s in oh harc.o nE tho
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Everglades Ball Will Be CoIorfuI

Mr.. George Jessel will be mas
ter Of ceremonies, and prizes
will be awarded for the best
headdresses worn by both men
and women.
Judges will be chosen from
those attending the bali, and
the ten winners will be placed
in a paddock attended by
jockeys. Pari-mutuel betting will
send the favorites across the
floor, advancing one square for
an aggregate bet of ten dollars
Winners will get prizes, and bet
ters will win or lose, according
to the usual manner of races.
Following this exciting event,
there will be a pageant, "The
Return of the Pirates" in
which the young people of the
colony will take part, with Spe'
cial lyrics and music composed
by Bruz Fletcher.
During supper a novelty will
be introduced in which all of
the singers, dancers, and orch
estras at the smart restaurants
in Palm Beach will take part.
They have donated their serv'
ices and their feature is called
palm Beach Passes Through
tho Evnro1qdeS
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Speaks In N. Y.

The Ambassador of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics, Mr.. Alexander Anto-
novich Troyanovsky, made an
address at Columbia University
in New York last evening, and
he will go to Philadelphia to
speak at the Academy of
Political and Social Science
tomorrow.
Mrs. William Duncan Her
ridge, wife of the Minister of
Canada, gave a luncheon today
at the Legation in Massachusetts,
Avenue, in compliment to Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, wife Of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Mrs. James A. Meeks, wife of
the Representative from Illinois,
will be at home this afternoon
from to o'clock at the club
house of the American Associa-
tion of University Women, 1884
I St,
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Dolly Cameron Says:
HOLIDAYS INCENTIVE FOR PARTIES
Festive Events Planned for ST.
Valentines Day and WASH
ington's Birthday

February is great party month, for
three holidays come within it's dates: Abra-
ham Lneons Birthday which we celebrating today; St.
The Washington times., 1935-02-12

and Miss Mary Senate Howes daughter of the
First Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs W. W. Howes
is chairman of the Ball Committee.
Everglades Ball Will Be CoIorfuI
Apropo of holiday balls the Bal de Tete to be given in
Palm Beach at the Everglades Club tonight will be Of
the most important events of the season there.
The list of patrons for this ball includes practically all of
the urafashonabe set there and the picturesque
gardens the central patio we'll the dining hall and club
lounge will be transformed into colorfu setting for this
benefit event arranged for the Good Samaritan Hospital
The Washington times., 1935-02-12
Belgian Envoy
To Be Feted

The Ambassador of Belgium
and Countess van der Straten.
Ponthoz will be the guests Of
honor at a dinner to be given
this evening by the Undersecre-
tary of State and Mrs. William
Phillips, at their residence in
Thirtieth Street. Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillips returned to the Capital
today from Sea Island, Ga,
where they spent the past fort.
night.
Mrs. Thomas, wife of Comdr.
William D. Thomas, has issued
invitations for a dinner Satur-
day evening, February %, at
Graystone, the house overlook.
ing Rock Greek Park, which
she is occupying while in Wash
ingtOn,
The Washington times., 1935-09-21
Be BeaMenagerie,
Saws Joan

Joan Bennett believes that
screen player, in order to be con.
SiStently successful, should possess