Evening star., 1938-06-02
Party Held
By Women
OfG.O.P.
Home of Senator
Is Scene of
Event.

~ RIDGE, fortune-telling and a
- dance program provided the
entertainment for the more
~ than $50 members and guests
Of the League of Republican Women
at the garden party yesterday after
noon at the home of Senator and Mrs.
James j. Davis on Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV. The guests were received
by Nine. Cantacuzene, president, who
wore print dress with dark blue
background, wide blue hat and a
corsage of pansies.
Because of the fine weather it was
possible to carry on the entire pro-
gram out-of-doors. Miss Alice Louise
Hunter, a pupil of Lisa Gardiner, and
a member of the Washington ballet,
danced Russian dance and a scarf
dance. She was accompanied on the
piano by her mother, Mrs. Edith H.
Hunter.
Committee members were assisted in
serving refreshments by Joan and
Jewel Davis daughters of the hostess,
and by two of their young friends,
Mary Johnston and Betty Good. Mrs
George Madden Grimes, chairman Of
the Entertainment Committee read
palms and Mrs. Mary W. Butts told
fortunes with cards. Cakes were
raf1ed during the afternoon to help
swell the proceeds of the party. which
were used for the benefit of the rent
fund for the leagues headquarters at
1901 Seventeenth street NV
Mrs James Barnes was the chair
man of the Committee on Arrange
ments. The other members were Mrs
Frank w. Mondell, Mrs. Warren j.
Haines, Mrs. J. H. Branson, Mrs. Edison
w. Briggs. Mrs. Marcus Benjamin, Mrs
Henry Albers, Mrs. F. w. LoetSch, Mrs.
George Madden Grimes, Mrs. Hugh M.
Southgate and Mrs. William H. Scott
Mrs. Catherine Kennedy Brown, ma
tional committeewoman from Ohio.
was one of the special guests. Among
others who attended were Mrs Warren
r. Austin, Mrs. Robert Low Bacon,
Mrs. Ralph o. Brewster, Mrs. William
Culbertson, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor,
Mrs. E. A. Hartman, Mrs. William
Fitch Kelly, Mrs. Thomas Lockwood,
Miss Bertha NoyeS, Miss Daisy Prem
tice, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs.
William Theopolis, Mrs. James Wat
son, Mrs. James G. Wentz and Bar
oneSs Nina Won Below.
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Miss Margaret Bondfeld, chief wom-
an officer of the National Union of
General and Municipal Workers of
England and former minister for labor
of Great Britain, will be the speaker
at the dinner tonight at 7 o'clock at
the Mayf1ower under the auspices of
the Education Committee of the Amer
lean Association Of University Women.
She will speak on the Status of Wom-
en- Workers in Great Britain" Mrs.
Robert Olesen. president, will preside.
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One Of the basic ingredients of
charm is understanding, Mrs Agnes
Mccall Parker said yesterday when
speaking on Charm" at the meeting
of the Soroptimist Club, at the Will
lard. She urged the study of other
people and their needs and character
istics, as being one of the methods of
cultivating charm.
Mrs. Charlotte La Fond sang, ac-
companied by Mrs. Jewell Downs.
The following members of the WASH
ington Club will attend the biennial
convention June 13 to %, at Atlantic
City: Mrs. Agnes Newman, Mrs. Mary
Lewis, Miss Mary Judge, Miss Mary
Bourke, Miss Daisy Reed, Miss Mary
Turner, Miss Estelle zirkin, Mrs. Flor
ence Mears, Mrs. Betty Jones, Miss
Emma Buechle, Mrs. Edna Knight
Gasch, Mrs. Ruth Baker. Mrs. Lor-
raine Good and Mrs Jesta Richards.
Mrs. Agnes Newman presided.