The Washington times., 1937-10-23

dered to duty somewhere in
China, so Mrs. McHugh has
taken an apartment in town
with her two small boys and is
expecting a long visit from her
very charming and distinguished
father, DR.. Jacob Gould Schur.
mann Everyone knows DR..
Schurmann, especially here in
the Capital, and doubtless there
will be q tremendous amount OF
entertaining for him as soon as
he arrives. DR.. Schurmann, as
you perhaps remember, was one
time American Minister to
China, one time American Am
baSsador to Germany, president
Of Cornell for IS years and not
so long ago went over to Ger
many to dedicate the new build
ings at the University Of Heidel-
berg.
A SHAKE DOWN CRUISE"
"A which is an expression We
have heard lately, among sew.
eral Navy faNlilies, and which
sounds rather confusing to any
one not familiar to or with
Navy terms, is very simply ex-
plained-in plain English. 1t
means q trial cruise for q new
ship and is simply a taking out
of the ship and testing Of every
single gadget on 1t and every.
thing else to see that it does
exactly what it is supposed to
do.
MRS. WILLIAM D. LEAHY.
NA wife Of Admiral Leahy,
USN, will, beginning next
month, resume her at homes.
for the first three Mondays in
November.
7 LIEUTENANT and Mrs. Bill
IL Ryan, she was the former
Marjorie simondS, daughter Of
General and Mrs. SimondS, who
have been at Schofield Bar.
racks, in Honolulu, are, so we un-
derstand, expected back soon.
Both Lieutenant and Mrs. Ryan
are most attractive and very
popular. There Is an amusing
little story that they tell on
Lieutenant Ryan, shortly after
he was made aide to General
Duncan Major, in Honolulu. It
seems that the General was no
end pleased to have q bachelor
as his aide and frankly ad-
mitted it.. Hardly had General
Major finished talking about
how pleased he was, when he
received the announcements Of
Lieutenant Ryan's orthcoming
engagement and marriage.
ITO Colonel and Mrs. Joseph
l. Fegan's quarters, down at
Marine Barracks, for a buffet
supper and the first Of the four
dances to be held at the bar.
racks during the season.
AIRS. FEGAN receiving h er
W1 guests looking very stunning
in light blue chiffon, topped with
a smart, close fitting jacket
spacious room Of the house filled
with all of the bright autumn
flowers, and a nice glowing fire
on the hearth in the drawing
room.
COLONEL FEGAN in the color.
~ full dress mess jacket Of the
Marine Corps, as were the other
Marine officers present, and all
the ladies in tn cir prettiest
gowns. Gen. and Mrs. Dion vii.
namS, and she Is such q darling
person and wore a glittering
blue sequin gown which was q
lovely contrast to her gray hair.
and Mrs. Chenault Dearing in
white satin and visiting here for
a bit from her home in Louis
vile, and Colonel and Mrs.
Maurice Shearer, with Mrs.
Shearer in black with a huge
cluster Of gardenias caught at
the V-neck of her dinner dress,
and Major and Mrs. Collier, and
Captain and Mrs. william Mann
and their pretty blond daughter.
all Of them up from Quantico for
this party, and Captain r. H.
williams, White House aide,
whom we hadn't seen since last
June in Annapolis, and General
and Mrs. Charles Barney" Vo-
gel, with Mrs. Vogel in yellow
satin topped by a long three
quarter length jacket Of black
satin, and the Louis Comptons,
with Mrs. Compton very pretty
in red, trimmed with bands Of
deep blue, and ever so many Of
other guests.
A tempting. buffet supper Of
turkey, hot baked beans, panned
oysters, nodded salads, an ice
and frosted cake. And-before
that, with cocktails, the most
original and inviting hors
d'oeuvres. Later all Of us going
to the dance and the hall beauti-
fully decorated with a blue sky
and lighted, glimmering stars
and a moon and harvest leaves
corn stalks and scare crow.
whose pumpkin head was
lighted fearfully with a candle!
General and Mrs. Thomas Hol.
comb, heading the receiving line,
then Colonel and Mrs. Fegan.
and Major and Mrs. J. w.
Reckett and Cant and AErs w