The Washington times., 1938-03-19

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tainly. getting a swing these
days.
HEN. AND MRS. GERALD
u BRANT were up from Lang
ley Field last week, in town for
luncheon and shopping, and will
soon be going to their new sta.
ton at ?????? Field.
EORT MYER will have its first
l. full-length rehearsal Of the
forthcoming pageant, "Hoof-
prints Of 1885," next Friday in
the Riding Hall. The dress re.
hearsal, which will be very gala,
for loads of people are going out
for it, will be on March 81.
T IEUT. AND MRS. FRED w.
II SLADEN. JR., have arrived
in town from West Point to visit
with Lieutenant Sladen's par
entS, Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Fred
w. Sladen, at their apartment
at the Chevy Chase Club. Lieu
tenant and Mrs. Sladen, jr., are
due to sail in the early spring
for their new station in Hawaii,
consequently all Of their Wash
ington friends will be glad OF
one more chance to say How
de-do and Bon Voyage" all in
one breath.
THE Ambassador from Ecua-
L dor, Capt. Colon Alfaro,
who was graduated from West
Point with the class of 1918, Is
giving a dinner on April IL for
the class Of 1918, now stationed
here in Washington. Several of
the members of this class are
soon to leave Washington for
other tours of duty, so this will
be their farewell party for some
time. The officers and their
wives, who &9e leaving shortly,
are Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Wilmot
Danielson, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs
John E. Mcmahon, ir., Lieut.
Col. and Mrs. Samuel Heidner
and Lieut.. and Mrs. Charlie
Corlett.
THE Commandant Of the Ms
= rine Corps, Gen. Thoma.
Holcomb and Mrs. Holcomb CAV
q dinner party Thursday nigh
for and in honor of the birthday
Of Col. Leroy Hunt, also of tht
Marine Corps. Because it hap
pened to be st. Patrick's Day
Mrs. Holcomb arranged practl
cally everything in the Irisl
green. The centerpiece Of tn;
table. instead Of the usual greer
carnations. was Of feathery greer
ferns, arranged in a low grace
full bowl, the ices and mints
were green, Of course the salac
and the candles also, and there
were IA guests.
HAPT. and Mrs. Wallace
~ Tommy" Thompson, U. s.
NJ. c., were hosts at small and
exceedingly nice cocktail party
yesterday afternoon at their
quarters.
TOL. JOSEPH FEGAN is back
~ from his duties and from a
trip which took him to Latin
America, and he looks COM
pletely in the pink and with a
nice tan, besides. Next week,
Colonel and Mrs. Fegan are ex-
pecting house guest who is a
very interesting and charming
person. The guest is from Lon.
don, and If you didn't already
know it you would suspect 1t
from his name, which is typi-
cally and, beautifully British
Peter Hawkins!
Peter Is a student at st
Georges and came here to take
the place of an American stu
dent whom st. Georges sent
= over to England. Exchange stu
dent is the correct name, we
think, and as st. Georges is
Colonel Fegan's alma mater,
naturally he is delighted at
Peters visit. Doubtless the
younger feminine contingent
will be, also.
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HOL. AND MRS. ALEXANDER
" VANDERGRIFT are enter
tanning tomorrow afternoon at
tea and cocktails at their house
in Foxhall Village. The Wander
grifts, who were in China for
some time on duty, have an ex-
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