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The Washington times., 1937-12-30
Miss Griffin
Is Married

The marriage of Miss Betty
Marshall Griffin and Mr.. Henry
Ellis Price, of Augusta, Ca,
took pla2e yesterday afternoon
at the home of the brides par
ents, Mrs. and Mrs. Robert
Bryan Griffin.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Thomas Smythe
before the immediate families
and a few intimate friends.
Wearing a lovely gown of
white velvet, the bride was
given in marriage by her father.
Her tulle veil was held in place
= by a coronet of pearls, and she
. carried bouquet of white roses
and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Lynne C. Quiggle, sis
ter of the bride, was the matron
of honor and only attendant.
She wore a frock of wine velvet
and a corSage of Talisman roses.
The best man was Mr.. Robert
Bryan Griffin, jr., brother of
the bride.
A buffet supper was served
following the ceremony. after
which the bride and bridegroom
left by motor for Chicago where
q they will make their home.
Mr.. Price is a graduate of
Emory University in Atlanta.
and the George Washington
School of Law. He is a member
Of the Delta Tau Delta Frater-
nifty and Phi Delta Phi Legal
Fraternity.
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McKeevers lived UP to their
past reputation of Maryland
hospitality. The buffet was
laden with savory Maryland
ham, turkey, eggnog, and many
other delicious things. An or
chestra played throughout the
afternoon for dancing in the
main drawing room.
Among the young ladies as
sisting Miss McKeever were Miss
Ann Mahoney, Miss Rosemary
Newman, Miss Florence eau
then, Miss Betty Burton, Miss
Eleene Register, her house guest
from Savannah, Georgia; Miss
Jean McCandlish, Miss Doris
Goss and Miss Mary Agnes
Young. Assisting Mrs. McKeever
at the tea table were Mrs. Ar
thur Clarendon Smith and Miss
Helen Hurley.
Following the debut party,
Miss McKeever and her house
guest, Miss Register, attended
the dinner party given by Miss
Margaret Sampson at the Army
and Navy Club in honor of Miss
Betty Burton.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
KrennerS Are
Dinner Hosts

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Bruce Kremer
entertained at dinner last eve
ming at their residence in
Spring Valley in honor of their
house guests, Mrs. Barlow S.
Weeks, of New York, and Mrs.
William Tuohy, of Butte, Mont.
a sister of Mr.. Kremer. The
company numbered fourteen.
The Minister of the Domini'
can Republic and Nine. Pas
toriza were the ranking guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kremer will be
hosts tomorrow at dinner to
60 guests. In addition to Mrs.
Weeks and Mrs. Tuohy, they
also have as their house guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Erie Daveler, OF
New York, and Mr.. Kremer's
niece, Mrs. Tuohy Walker, Of
Butte.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
Navy Family Arrives

Capt. Jesse Burdren Helm,
Medical Corps, U. S. N, and Mrs.
Helm, who have recently arrived
from Newport, r. L, with three
children, have taken a house at
5000 Thirty-first st. N. w. Mrs.
Helm is the former Ruth Pow
derly, of this city.
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Miss Frances Ross, Of Nova
Scotia, Canada, with her sister.
Miss Marjorie Ross, are in town
for a visit, and during their
stay they will be at Wardman
Park Hotel.
Mrs. c. C. James, of Bayside,
n. Y, with her sons, Leonard
and Norman James, are stopping
at Wardman Park Hotel during
their stay In the Capital.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
Anne Clark
Dinner Guest

If it isn't one Roosevelt usurp-
ing the spotlight it's another!
John Roosevelt and his fiancee,
Miss Anne Lindsay Clark who
are in town for the dance at the
White House tonight, were din
ner guests of the Comptroller
of the Currency, Mr.. j. F. T.
O'Connor, at the Shoreham
last night.
Other guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Angler Biddle Duke,
of Tuxedo Park, N. Y, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall R. Diggs, Mr..
and Mrs. John Stewart, Miss
Eleanor Flood, Mrs. w. E.
Campbell and Mr.. John Dray-
ton who accompanied the Pres
ident's youngest son on his
trip abroad this summer.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
On Road to Recovery

They had previously had house Street in George
and recently made their home at the Mayfower
Mr. Mulen-and this is definitely happy news- recuperat
ing from serious illness and expects to be back in Wash
For the Christmas holidays Mr. and Mrs Mullen have had
their and daughternlaw Mr. and Mrs Arthur Mullen
r and their pride and joy young Frank Hamilton Mullen
with them. The junior Muens make their home in Detroit
and she is remembered Exilona Hamilton Mrs Mullen s
mother Mrs Frank Hamilton lives in the Capital at 2O1
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
Miss Fahnestock Here

Miss Mary E. Fahnestock, Of
Newport, r. l., is staying at the
Carlton Hotel while in Washing
ton.
X X y
Mr.. and Mrs. James Roach
Abel announce the engagement
Of their daughter, Anne Philo-
mena, to Mr.. Harry FTeeland
Bachman, of Lancaster, Pa. The
wedding will take place early in
February, and will be very
simple with only members Of
the immediate families present.
Miss Abel is a descendant OF
an old Maryland family, grad
uate of Notre Dame Academy Of
Washington, and a post graduate
of st. Paul Visitation Convent,
st. Paul, MINI.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
At Pail Mall

Dancing at the Pail Mall Sup
per Club Tuesday night were
Miss Marion Donahey, daugh.
ter of Senator Donahey, and
Midshipman John Isham, &C.
companied by Miss Betty Macs
cher and Midshipman John
Eckhart.
X y
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth King,
of Denver, Colo, are spending
a brief time at the Dodge.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles A. Vance,
of Lexington, KY, with their
son, Charles A. Van, Jr., are
stopping at Wardman Park
Hotel for several days while in
Washington for a visit.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
Arthur A1ulzens Niece Weds in Omaha
Prentiss Wilson, Jr., Will Marry
Lucille Z. Giles, Daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Giles
RU FLOrn Macdonald
BY Flora Macdonald

From Omaha, Nebr., comes news which
will deflate the hopes of many Capital
bachelor Pretty Rose Marie Donne browneyed colleen,
whose wnsome her host of friends during her
visits here has become the bride of Marchmon Schwartz
according received from her parents
the John ODonnells.
The ceremony took place in Omaha on Monday. Rose
Marie spent last Winter in Washington with her uncle and
aunt Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mullen, and became very
popular member of the younger In the Spring Mr. and
for few months.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30

Then comes word of an en-.
gagement which is of wide in
terest in the city, for the young
man in the case is the son of
q very prominent Washington
physician.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest T. Giles,
Of Mt. Lebanon, Pa, announce
the betrothal of their daugh-
ter. Lucille z. Giles, to Prentiss
Wilson, jr., son of DR.. and Mrs.
Prentiss Wilson. DR.. and Mrs.
Wilson have a lovely home on
Albemarle Street, overlooking
Rock Creek Park, and Miss
Giles is their guest there until
the end of the week.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
.DaWSOnS Are
HonorGuests

In honor of the recently ap-
pointed U. S. Minister to Uru-
guy and Mrs. William Dawson,
the Chairman of the Ecuado-
rian Boundary Commission and
Sonora de Viteri entertained at
a cocktail party yesterday after
noon in their apartment at the
Shoreham.
Mr.. Dawson was at one time
Minister to Ecuador. Assisting
at the party was Rosita, the
Viteri's daughter; Sonora de
Trujello, Sonora de Arroyao,
Mrs. Harold Biesiemeir, Mrs.
William Notz, Sonora de Garcia
and Sonora de Sosa, and Nine.
Alfaro, wife Of the former Pres
ident Of Panama.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30

with a single diamond clip on
top of her red-gold hair; and
the Abner DruryS with Mrs.
Drury in severe black; Eugenio
Chevalier, with the cheeriest of
smiles; Patsy and Fritz Smith,
Bill and Margaret Shearer, just
back from a gay and cold
Christmas in Pennsylvania; and
ever so many more, as we left
to go.
DEGINA McKEEVER'S debut
~ party and arriving in no time
at all to the curving driveway Of
the Robert McKeever's hospita-
BILE country place, and passing
through neatly clipped hedges
and massive boxwood up to the
big house, whose wide white
door was wreathed in holly
and twinkling with Christmas
lights. The drawing room was
practically cleared of furniture
to make space for dancing to q
lifting orchestra, and also to
give a bit more room for the
gorgeous flowers, whole baskets,
vases and bowls of them, and
corsages sent to this pretty
debutante.
MRS. McKEEVER in a trail
AV4 ing, deep blue satin gown,
and Regina receiving In the
smaller drawing room; and Re
gina'S dress was the most un-
usual and lovely we've seen in
many a day. It was Of cream
and gold brocade with the very
tight bodice and demure square
neck and long bouffant skirt,
and down the front Of the bod
ice ran a tiny ruffled vest Of
deep rose chiffon.
Regina told us about this
dress. It had belonged to one
Of her ancestors, had been pack
ed carefully away for years and
fitted Regina perfectly, except
one thing, the bodice was wasp
tight. So-Regina thought to
have the vest of chiffon added,
which made it fit exactly.
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MRS. Arthur Clarendon Smith
X1 was serving the most de.
licious, thick eggnog and no
end generously, Byron Sedge-
wick was discussing politics,
Lyle O'Rourke was praising the
excellent turkey. Anne KeisS
was surrounded by young men,
two rows deep, Helen Potts, the
Hans Fabers were in one con-
genial threesome, over half Of
the towns younger crowd were
in the house with a large group
in the library, Lieutenant Shean
was introducing people, and
everybody was having a good
time and staying on much long,
er than seven O'Clock.
Mrs. H. L. Ayes, Of Boston,
Mass, has arrived in town and
she is making her home at
Wardman Park Hotel.
&&
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. wallace,
Of Beaumont. Va, are spending
a few days at the Dodge.
Mrs. e. B. Wheat, accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss
Margaret Anne Wheat, who
spent several days in New York,
is stopping at the Dodge en-
route to her home in Cooper.
Texas.
Mrs. Andrew j. Eken and her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Eken,
who make their home at Mid
wood Terrace in Madison, N. j.,
are staying at the Hay-Adams
House during their visit in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. F'rick, OF
Detroit, are stopping al the
Raleigh during a visit to Wash"
ington.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
Dinner Party

Mrs. Robert Lee Kayser enter
tained at a dinner dance last
evening at the Shoreham in
honor of Mrs. Valerie Levine, of
New York City. The other
guests included DR.. Maude S.
Nuttall, Miss Lucy Salamanca,
Senator George L. Radcliffe, DR..
George Anderson, Mr.. Charles
H. Ruth, jr., Mr.. Jack Stafford
and Mr.. John Richter.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Bryan,
Goldsboro, N. c., are visiting
Washington and are stopping at
the Raleigh.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
T ca Given

Mrs. George Worthlngton en-
tertained at a large tea yester-
day afternoon from 5 until 7
o'clock in the Palm Room Of
240O Sixteenth st. for her
daughter Mimi Worthington.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Bralove
have come from their home in
Philadelphia and are at the
Shoreham while in Washington
to spend the holiday weekend
with Mr.. Bralove's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry NJ. Bralove.
The Washington times., 1937-12-30
PETER CARTER
Says:

Z verybody is saying Happy New Year, in
IL stead of Merry Christmas, this week,
and the parties 60 and and glad they dos
Billie and Mary Gruman, daughters of the w A Grumans
had gay tea dance for debbe Fanchon Adric and the
spacious Gruman house packed with youngsters and that
old festive feeling gtering, tinseed Christmas tree
winked its lights when into the entrance hall and
inside at both ends of the long drawing room, two
Christmas trees done entirely in blue ornaments and blue
electric lights sparked and gowed like tall blue flames
The Washington times., 1937-12-30


Fanchon, bless her pretty
little self, is the possessor of a
theme song, "Stay AS Sweet AS
You Are" A song first dedi-
Gated to her, by Sonny Kendis,
on the night of her debut dinner
at The Pail Mall Room, and
played for her the second time
and every other time she steps
inside the Shore a m Blue
Room, and played again for her,
at the Gruman's party, by Sid
ney and his lads. And whether
you can possibly believe it c.
not, The Big Apple was the
popular dance of the afternoon.
MRS. EWIN DAVIS tea, at
VA her lovely old house in
Alexandria. A house whose age
and mellow atmosphere take
one right back to an era that
can always be remembered with
joy, but can never come again.
Great mirrors, wreathed in
heavy gold, that once reflected
dainty hoopskirted ladies and
cavaliers in velvets and lace
stocks, now looked down on
modern, smartly gowned guests,
but rare furniture of glowing
rosewood, polished mahogany,
myriad burning candles in tall
silver holders, a generous silver
bowl of real Southern eggnog
and a bountifuI tea table laden
with old-time Virginia delica-
cies, biscuits, ham, turkey,
salads, somehow made these
mirrors feel very much at home.
Mrs. Davis has her own definite
ideas about bedSpre&d for h
high, four-poster beds. She
covers them with the most ex-
quisite, hand pieced quilts, all
of them handed down through
the years, in her family.
THE George Beans, at home
l. in their Georgetown house,
yesterday afternoon. A house
which is unique in Georgetown,
because it is neither old nor
quaint, but instead is built of
soft rose brick and Is designed
inside, in the italian manner,
and the wide terraced porch in
the back leads out into the
srnartest of modern gardens.
Mrs. Bean, who is Helen to
everyone she knows, wore the
most stunning frock of bur-
gundy crepe, with a thousand
tiny accordion pleats, fashion
ing the back, with a. lifted
waistline that stopped abruptly
and then swept with beautiful
plainneSs down the front to the
floor length hem, with an off
the shoulders bodice with deep
folds of cream and gold net
and very tight, long sleeves Of
the same fragile gold net.
A4G 44ONoG b4OO4AOA WGGA4 W44AVC
l. chrysanthemums, the in
triguing stone carved fireplace,
brought here from Italy, was
piled high with flaming logs,
dark, red velvet draperies
nearly hid the diamond paned
windows and, in the dining
room across the hall and two
steps up, long buffet invited
one in for turkey and hot his
cults, Smithfield ham and
whiskey and soda.
.TVFIE Jack Kendalls, with Mrs.
= Kendall in the most stunning
suit of quilted maroon crepe
and worn with a dusty pink
satin blouse; Mrs. Paul M. Line
barger, in gray duvetyn and
moleskin; Mrs. Dow Harter,
wife of Representative Harter
from Ohio, the Barge Hartzes,
with Mrs. Hartz so chic in black
with a crimson and gold very
short tunic and a wide girdle
Of the same crimson and gold
which hung in graceful folds to
the tip Of her skirt and a but
ka.a aR q n1a aIx hot avn a ~ aTa%ad
The Washington times., 1937-12-30

NO. ss-M1ss HOPE BLANDY, daughter of Comdr.
and Mrs William Il. P. Blandy, u S. N. She born
in Washington, and adores Rio de Janero, where her
father was stationed naval atache of the American
embassy there for several years Her hobby is riding and
she rides exceedingly WELL but her real true love swing
music and the dancing that goes with this modern melody
She is quite musical has doubtless surmsed;
play the piano. but would practice and she collects
Victrola records-al knds-and in such quantities that
The Washington times., 1937-12-30


her charming mother has despared Of keeping them
straight She likes sports clothes and evening clothes
writes nearly poetic prose and the honor roll for
English composition last year at George Washington She
is interested in and is studying in New York at
the School for Fashion Careers with an eye to the adver
Using end of fashions She has fresh, radiant oveness
with golden hair wide blue eyes, and very very white
skin splashed decatey with pink and she chooses and
very ceverly, pastel shades which are most becoming
to wear when she possibly can manage it.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

no means to be compared with the
European dictators, has made a favor
able impression on various types of
induStrialists. He is skillful enough
to make whatever labor agreements
he can at the moment so as to in
crease his prestige and get more and
more economic power. His next step
after recognition of his unions is to
get a closed" shop and finally the
"check-off," whereby employers de-
duct the union dues from the pay
envelopes and turn them owe to the
labor treasures direct.
This is already in effect in the coal
industry and saves the unions lots
of trouble and delay in collecting dues
Without the "check-off," the big war
chest of the John Lewis unions would
never have been possible.
Lewis is not the coming dictator"
in the sense in which exaggerated
outlines of a European form of die
tatorship have been pictured to us.
He is today the actual dictator, WELD
ing more political and economic power
in America today than any other
man, not even excepting Mr.. Roose-
velt, who is being compelled to ac-
cept the Lewis point of view that
"Sit-doWn" strikes are not to be con-
demned by Government as either i'm
moral or illegal. With "sit-doWn"
strikes and laWlessness on the in
crease, almost in epidemic propor-
tions, the White House bows to the
will of John Lewis and maintains
silence. For John Lewis is the real
dictator behind the scenes.
(Copyright 1879
Evening star., 1937-03-19

creased powers, in order to deal with
a crisis, which in his first speech he
described as the responsibility of
meeting human needs" And ap-
parently meeting human needs" is
a RooseveltiSm for extending control
over prices and wages, in order to
avoid serious imitation.
Eccles made 1t perfectly clear that
although the Federal Reserve Board
has powers to deal with such things
as discount rates and credit policy,
monetary controls are not going to be
enough. For this crisis which is upon
us is due to conditions of a non-mone-
tary nature.
1t is due to an international boom
IN armaments and vast preparations
Tor war in an extremely unstable
world. 1t is due to business policies
and to labor policies. 1t is due to the
politics of a Government which has
undertaken to meet human needs and
which has pursued the policy of yield
ing to pressure groups who, in the
democratic process, expect Congress to
accept their own definition of what
these needs are. 1t is due to the policy
OF deliberately starting an imitation
without seeing ahead or warning the
people, or appealing for the social dis
ciplines which make it possible to
check such process.
Rendezvous With Destiny"
1t is due to policy of diminishing the
competition which under normal capi-
talism serves to keep prices somewhat
in check, and of encouraging labor to
extend its demands and its powers,
without giving any quid pro quo of in
creased responsibility on their part for
the public welfare. And, as result of
all this, we are moving with ac-
celerated speed to that rendezvous with
destiny which the President spoke of
in his Philadelphia speech
We are moving toward the moment
when 1t may be quite impossible for
the normal democratic process to deal
with the situation which has been
created, and when in order to keep
order at all the powers of the Execu-
tive will have to be extended.
In answer to a straight question,
Secretary Wallace said Wednesday: II
think very definitely that the Govern
ment does not have sufficient power
now to effectively mitigate the wide
swings of the business cycle. We have
Evening star., 1937-03-19
In the Name of Democracy
Significant Statements Point to Roosevelt's Rendez.
vous With Destiny.

power that would influence 1t, but l
do not think that we have sufficient
powers to cope with the wide swings"
Roper in a more guarded speech
said: I'VE must not let over
optimism cloud vision and obscure
danger signals I appeal to busi-
ness groups to assume their proper
responsibilities for safeguarding and
protecting our future economic prog
reSs."
To Whom Does He Appeal?
One may ask to whom Roper is ap-
pealing? Is he appealing to Chrysler?
Is he appealing to the Michigan in
dustries and businesses whose premises
are occupied by sit-down strikers, and
who refuse to follow the instructions
of a New Deal Governor, Murphy,
while their own union heads disclaim
the power to deal with them?
On the same day that Roper spoke,
the American Federation of Labor de-
manded that wages throughout indus
try be stepped up at least 10 per cent,
obviously with the idea that the A. F.
OF l.. must hasten to catch up on the
more aggressive policy of the C. I. o.
Does anybody believe that such sudden
and universal wage increases plus the
operation OF the new taxes on corpora
tions must not produce increased
prices?
What are these new Government
powers that Wallace thinks that we
must have? They can only be powers
to fix wages and to set prices, and
that means suspension of the
present economic system, and, in the
opinion Of this column, it will newt
ably mean, sooner or later, the sus-
pension Of democratic government.
Extension OF Bureaucracy.
1t will mean the extension of police
powers. 1t will mean the extension of
bureaucracy. Hitler can control
prices and wages. Mussolini can
control prices and wages. Mr.. Stain
can control them. But Leon Blum
cannot. No democratic government
has ever been able to do it. When
Brunlng, as a democratic chancellor
AZ ANPdc'iSoiA ISA iilaiiyy u lieu W OO II
he had to invoke emergency powers
and government by decree. And
from that day to this Germany has
been governed by decree.
So-called liberal intellectuals seem
bent upon pushing us into this situ-
alton with all their might and main,
and doing it all in the name of
democracy. They actually seem to
think that you can extend the con-
troll of government over the minutiae
of economic life, doing such things as
guaranteeing annual incomes for
everybody, and at the same time keep
representative government.
l don't know what recent history
leads them to have any such beliefs.
They seem to think that you can
have all the virtues of free economy
and all the advantages of socialism
at the same time. Well, you can't,
and what you are very likely to get if
you try to do both is fascism-the
combined and dictatorial control of
government plus big business over
the whole social order.
(Copyright, 1879
Cocoa Demand Increasing.
World demand for cocoa is increas-
ing sharply, a London survey shows.
Evening star., 1937-03-19

ress. Nature keeps her human orchard
healthy by pruning" At the same
time, he put in a good word for race
prejudice as an aid to social develop
ment. This also helped to overload
the poStman. In its context, the ref
erence seemed to be a defense of
racial organic patterns, rather than
an Indictment to bigotry. But it was
provocative, just the same, as Sir
Arthur'S most casual remark is apt
to be. He may stir US up quite a lot
before he goes back to England.
He is a thoroughly unreconStructed
DarWinian and an ally of the growing
school OF geneticiStS who are concerned
about the raw material of the human
race and the aScendancy Of the unfit.
He Is perhaps more logical than they
in rating the fit by ruthless biological
standards, rather than by who's who.
He says, in effect, let nature take It's
courSe-War or no war
He says We ought 10 die at so. We're
on the down grade at As and there
after just walking around TO save fu-
neral expenses.
He doesn't Confine himself TO digging
around in old bones. He reads, studies
and diSsects newspapers and notes a
meager portion Of space given to
science, charity and religion.
Man has no Unborn love of science;
taste for it has to be developed" saws
Sir Arthur. AS for himself he says he
is most absorbed with sports news.
Man is essentially an animal of the
heart, rather than the head" he adds
something which all good reporters
know. Here he seems 10 string with
ultra modern psychology, which notes
that We had emotions long before We
had any brains worth speaking Of.
Sir Arthur was educated in medi-
cine at the University of Aberdeen and
the University College of London. He
is in his middle Cos. Critics nail his
war talk on the ground that war kills
off the fit, rather than the unfit, and
| is therefore biologically unsound. He
has sharp riposte which always
makes interesting copy. 1t would be a
mistake to peg him as a war-monger.
He's just hard-working anthropolo-
| glst, seeing what he sees.