Evening star., 1935-05-19
TOdds Back
In Capital
From Canal
Col. and Mrs. Harry E.
Comstock Here After
Winter in Florida.

Winter in Florida.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Henry D. Todd
jr, have returned to their apartment
at the Woodley. after a several
months trip, having spent part of the
time with their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mai. and Mrs. w. Cooper Foote, at
Fort Amador, Canal Zone.
Col. Harry Z. Comstock, U. s. A,
retired, and Mrs. Comstock, who have
spent the Winter season In Miami,
have arrived in Washington and will
spend several weeks at the Martinique.
Lieut.. James T. Hardin, U. S. NJ,
and Mrs. Hardin, who have been the
guests of the latter's father, Lieut..
Col. John N. McAllister, left yesterday
for New London, Conn, where Mrs
Hardin will visit for several weeks and
then return to Washington to spend
several weeks with her father before
returning to Panama, where Lieut..
Hardin is stationed.
O4lWuOulC WILL
60 to Annapolis the morning of June
to see her youngest son. Alva Wright
Dinwiddie, graduate from the Aca-
deny on the distinguished list. Her
brother, Col. John W. Wright, U. S.
A, stationed in Baltimore, will ac-
company his sister. They will remain
in Annapolis for about two days, at
tending the ball. After graduation
Mr.. Dinwiddie will divide his short
vacation between visits with his uncle
in Baltimore and Lieut.. Col. and Mrs
Jacob L. Devers.
Mrs Delos A. Blodgett. accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Charles G. Mat
thews, and their brother, Mr.. Samuel
H. Peck, are motoring North. They
have been visiting in Atlanta where
Mrs. Blodgett Joined Mrs. Matthews
and Mr.. Peck after closing her Winter
home at Miami Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Henry w. Fitch, formerly of
Washington. and her daughter, Mrs
Albert P. Gerhard Of Philadelphia,
will arrive tomorrow at the Carlton
for a weeks stay.
Mrs. George Horace Lorimer of
Philadelphia will arrive at the Shore
ham Tuesday to be the guest of Col.
and Mrs. Thad H. Brown. Col Brown
is member of the Federal Communi-
cations Commission. Mrs. Lorimer has
host of friends in Washington She
is active in women's Republican af-
fairs, and is the wife of the editor in
chief of the Saturday Evening Post.
Mrs. Rose Saul Montgomery, who
has been in New York studying sculp-
ture, will leave at the end of the
month for visit to Honolulu. On
her return, Mrs. Montgomery will go
to Warrenton, Va.
DR.. W. w. King, United States Pub
lie Health Service, and Mrs. King have
closed their apartment in Cathedral
Mansions, South. and will sail May
% for Naples, Italy. where they will
spend some time. Later they expect
to travel extensively in Europe and
the Orient before returning to the
United States.
Judge and Mrs. Edward j. Hen
ming of Los Angeles, Calf, and New
York arrived in Washington last week
for an indefinite stay and are at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Gish left yes
terday morning for Rapid City, S. Oak,
where Mr.. Gish will have charge of
part Of the experimental work to
be carried on in connection with the
United States Army-National Geo.
graphic stratosphere flight early in |
June. Mr.. Gish, who is a scientist |
IN the department of terrestrial mag
netism of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington, will install the apparatus |
used to measure the electrical con-
duCtiVity Of the atmosphere,
Mr.. and Mrs Gish are accompanied |
on their trip by their two daughters,
Lois and Pauline, and their young |
son Donald. En- route to Rapid City |
they will stop for a few days with |
their eldest daughter. Miss Eleanor
Gish. at Oberlin College, Ohio. Later
IN the month Mrs. Gish and the chill
dren will visit the formers parents, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Miller in Colum-
bus, Nebr
Mr.. and Mrs. Gish and their chill
dren will return to their home in Som
erset, Md, about the middle of July.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Coulter, who
spend a few months in Washington
each Spring, arrived here last week
by motor from their home in Austin
burg, Ohio, and they have taken an
apartment at the wardman Park Hotel
for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcpherson,
whose marriage took place in Elliott
City. Md, October IS, are at home at
S57 Van Buren street. Mrs. McPhear-
son before her marriage was Miss
Mildred Birch, daughter of Mrs Mable
Birch and the late Mr.. Platt H. Birch.
Mr.. McPhearson is from Miami, Fla,
where Mr. and Mrs Mcpherson will
visit later in the year.
Miss Harriet Roach of Ada, Okla;
Miss Alice Cotter and Miss Eleanor
Hurley of Clinton, Iowa, and Miss
Helen Nicholas of Bayonne, N. j.,