Evening star., 1935-03-16

Nelson-The Talk Of the Town" "The
! Hermit" and The Old Lady Trims
/ Hat" Original poems were also given
! by various others present. Among
/ those attending were Mrs. Victoria
Faber Stevenson, Mrs. Edna Knight
/ Gasch, Mrs D. A. McDougal. first
4 president, Miami Branch, L. A. P. W.,
and National Democratic Committee
woman of Oklahoma; Madame Felian
/ Garzia, Miss Myrtle Patterson, Mrs.
! Louise Hartley Wassell. Miss Agnes
/ Winn. Miss Clara Manderschied, Mrs.
Minnie Frost Rands, Mrs. William
w. Scott. Mrs. Inez Sheldon Tyler
/ and Miss Margaret j. Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. F. Manning of
Nottingham. England, are at the
/ Dodge for a few days.
Mrs. Grace K. Sensenbrenner of
| Neenah, Wis, who has visited here
| during the Winter, has returned to
/ Washington and taken an apartment
/ at the Wardman Park Hotel for the
Spring season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Morrison of
! Canandaigua. New York, are spend
ing brief time at the Dodge.
/ Army Daughters Plan
Benefit for Relief Society.
/ The Washington Chapter of the
Daughters of the United States Army
/ will hold benefit bridge party in the
I orLy C1,Yh HniISp
/ Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs.
/ De Rosey Cabell will be in charge
of the party all proceeds from which
/ will be given to the Army relief.
Popular society girls will serve as
usherS at the benefit performance of
The Royal Family" which will be
staged by the Community Center De-
partment in Roosevelt Auditorium
/ Wednesday night at $50 O'Clock
under the direction of Mr.. John Mann
/ of the Man-Tilla Players of Washing
/ ton. The proceeds from the play will
| go toward a fund for the purchase
of medical therapy equipment for
children at the Weightman School,
where large percentage of the Grip
pied boys and girls are infantile pa
ralySiS victims.
Mrs. Lyman B. SWormStedt, we'll
known in club circles of the city, and
a member of the Women's City Club
Drama Unit. which appeared recent
ly in the one-act play tournament in
this city, will play an important roll
in the play. Lieut.. Scott Dickson,
| U. S. A, on duty here, also will have
a part in the comedy, he having
achieved some renown in drama
since his West Point days when he
played comedy leads" at the Military
Academy. Due to the illness of Mr..
Murray Sheehan. another leading role
will be assumed by Mr.. Mann, in ad-
dition to his directorial duties.
Interest in the approaching benefit
performance of this satire on one
of Americas most famous the
atrical families, promises a large
and brilliant audience Wednesday
| night. For the convenience of the
public. tickets have been placed on
sale at the Willard Ticket Bureau,
the Washington Hotel newsstand, the
American Automobile Association
headquarters, the T. Arthur Smith
Ticket Bureau and the Franklin Ad-
ministration Building. Tickets may
also be had from Mrs. Leigh Nettle-
ton and Mrs. M. Joseph Hanley of the
Weightman School Parent-Teacher
Association, Mrs. Ernest Grant of
the tuberculosis Association, Mr.. c.
Marshall Finnan of the Kiwanis Club
and others who are cooperating in
the benefit.
Miss Lillian Boswell, daughter of
Mr. I. w. Boswell of Balston, Va. will
be guest at the Midwinter dance
to be given by the German Club of
Fredericksburg State Teachers Col
lege this evening. Seventy-flve
couples are planning to attend the
dance, which will be held in the north
unit of Seacobeck Hall.
Miss Frances Whaley, with Mr..
Bill Bradshaw of Fredericksburg Va,
will lead the figure. which will be
composed of the 35 German Club
members with their escorts. After
the dance, German Club girls will
be hoSteSSeS at buffet supper in
the south unit of Seacobeck Hall. The
color scheme and refreshments will
be in green and white to carry out
a st. Patrick's day theme.
The German Club is an organiza-
ton composed of sophomores, juniors
and seniors, who have attended two
dances sponsored by the club and
who are interested in promoting social
activities involving the entertainment
of visiting young men invited to
participate in such activities.
Mr.. and Mrs William Stork, jr..
Of New York City, are at the Shore
ham for several weeks to visit Mrs.
Stork's mother. Mrs. Elonzo Tyner,
and Miss Peggy Tyner.
Mrs. w. C. Pollock of Cleveland.