Evening star., 1938-05-20
Walter Reed
Birthday
Party
Fashion Show
Will Take Place
In Garden.

"HE formal garden Of Walter
Reed Hospital will be the scene
tomorrow of the celebration
L of the goth birthday party"
of the Gray Ladies of the Red Cross
and the Chapel Guild Of the Army
Medical Center Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt will attend at some time dur
ing the afternoon. It had been hoped,
and was announced previously. that
Gen. Pershing would put in an ap-
pearance and cut the cake. but his
doctors feel that he is not quite well
Enough to attend such a large gath
ering.
A fashion show is scheduled for 4:30
when gowns from local shops will be
modelled by Mrs. Ethel Pilson Warren,
Miss Katherine Pearson. Miss Ger
trude Pearson, Miss Sarah Smell, Mrs.
Kathleen Alburtis, Mrs. Annie King
and Miss Alma Barton. Bridge from
to in the Red Cross House will be
followed by the fashion show and tea
from to o'clock. Reservations may
be made through the Red Cross House
at the Army Medical Center.
Among the patronesses are Mrs.
Cordell Hull, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau,
Mrs. Harry Woodring, Mrs. Daniel c.
Roper, Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes,
Mrs. Stanley S. Reed, Mrs. Daniel A.
Reed, Mrs. Patrick j. Hurley, Mrs.
Frederic Coleman, Miss Alice Clapp,
Mrs. Robert Danford, Mrs Charles R.
Reynolds. Mrs. Walter Reed, Mrs.
Henry Alvah Strong, Mrs. Meritte w.
Ireland, Mrs. Joseph Cecil. Mrs. John
Jacob Rogers. Mrs. William ]. Keller
and Mrs. w. H. Tszappat.
Mrs. Albert N. Baggs, chairman of
Gray Ladies, and Mrs. Wallace De
Witt are in charge of the party.
Plans for the garden party to be
given by the League of Republican
Women. June at the home of Sena-
tor and Mrs. James J. Davis, are being
made by the committee of which Mrs.
James Barnes is chairman. A varied
program of entertainment is being
planned which will include music and
dancing by professional artists, for
tune telling, bridge for those who
prefer it and other amusementS. The
party will begin at pm. and tea
will be served in the late afternoon.
The committee in charge is Mrs.
Barnes. chairman; Mrs. Frank w.
Mondell, in charge of prizes; Mrs.
Warren j. Haines, Mrs. ]. H. Bran
son, Mrs. Edison w. Briggs, Mrs. Henry
Albers and Mrs F. w. Loetsch, cakes;
Mrs. George Madden Grimes, fortune
telling and entertainment; Mrs. Hugh
NJ. Southgate and Mrs. William Scott,
tickets.
The Washington group of the Society
of Women Geograpners will meet with
Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor at Wild
Acres. Bethesda, tomorrow, when she
will speak on her recent journey BY
China Clipper to the Orient" Those
who will attend are Mrs. Gregg Gusts
BirdsaL, Mrs. Helen Churchill Candee,
Mrs. Mitchell Carroll, Miss Clara Egll,
Miss Edith M. Fitton, Miss Margaret
A. Hitch, Mrs. William Chaplin Hunt
ington, Miss Ellen N. La Motto, Mrs.
P. T. M. Lathrop, Mrs. William M.
Mann, Mrs. Lawrence Martin. Miss
Mary A. Nourse, Mrs. Charles Saucer
man, Miss Helen B. Smith, Miss Taisia
Stadnichenko. Dr.. Helen Strong, Miss
Emma Mertins Thorn, Mrs. Charles D.
Walcott, Miss Irene A. Wright and
Miss Evelyn L. Yeomans.
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The Washington Alumnae Associa-
ton of Chi Omega Sorority will give
a tea tomorrow from to o'clock,
at the home of Mrs. Clyde Hamblln,
1929 Iris street NV. honoring mem
bers of the Mothers Club. Additional
guests will include the patrons and
patronesses of the local chapter of
Chi Omega at George Washington
University. The president of the
Alumnae Association, Miss Gretchen
Feiker; the president of the Mothers
Club, Mrs. Charles Sentz, and Mrs.
Clyde Hamblin will receive the guests.
Mrs. Henry J. Walther and Mrs. Nc
Claim Smith will preside at the tea
table Mrs Vesta L. Watson IS in
charge of arrangements, assisted by
Mrs Robert Barnes and Mrs. Robert
Stearns.
The Washington Alulnnae Associa-
ton of Kappo Delta Sorority will