The Washington times., 1938-05-21


UA Lieutenant King, and her
self the former and pretty Jane
Tewksbury, is visiting here in
town from the West Coast where
her husband is on duty.
MRS. MCKENZIE, attractive
4V1 wife of Major Dawson, is
wearing the, lovelieSt dinner
gown seen around here in many
a day. It is black crepe, cut
exquisitely and to the figure, and
is worn with a glittering jacket
of electric blue sequins and the
effect is one Of those come
hither and be completely over
come with admiration"
MRS. BAYARD BELL, widow
W1 of Major Bell, USMC, has
left Washington for her house,
Flemish Down." in PennsyL
vania and to entertain a house
party for the Harrisburg Horse
Show. Among the Washing
tonians, going up for this house
party are Capt. and Mrs. John
Meade, the Stanley Suydams,
Mrs. lie Page Cronmiller, jr.,
wife Of Captain Cronmiller, and
Peter Lambrecht, Marine Avia-
ton Cadet. AS you doubtless
know, Flemish Down. is a
phrase used aboard ships to
mean put up for the night, and
so Mrs. Bell, who is one Of the
most gracious and hospitable
hostesses, named her country
house Flemish Down" most ap-
propriately.
MRS. H. p. DRAM, wife of
WA Captain Dram, who pos
seSses a beautiful singing voice,
is going to sing at the Women'S
Club in Bellehaven next
Wednesday and Mrs. James
Marshall, wife Of Captain Mar
shall, viii accompany Mrs.
Dram on the piano.
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TAPT. AND MRS. HOEL s.
" BISHOP. jr., are leaving
shortly to go up to West Point
for the parties, attendant to the
reunion Of Captain Bishops
class and also to visit for q bit
with friends at the Point.
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MRS. SEYMOUR HOWARD,
N1 wife Of Captain Howard,
Mrs. A. B. Reed, wife of Cap
tain Reed, and Mrs. Sam Zeig-
ler. wife Of Lieut.. Commander
Zeigler, all gave teas yesterday
afternoon, which resulted in
much hurrying about for all the
guests invited to all three par
ties, but with real Navy effici-
ency, or so we hear, everybody
got everywhere, between five
and seven. .' " "'
T IEUT. CoMDR. AND MRS.
IL EDWARD CRAIG and Lieut..
Commander and Mrs. Bell will
be Joint hosts at a large dinner
party, on June II, at the Army.
Navy Country Club and Lieut..
and Mrs. Harold Madsen are
giving a dinner party at the
Army-Navy Country Club on
the seventh.
HOL. AND MRS. CONSUELO
" SEONE have most delight
full house guest. The guest is
Miss Barbara cambridge, OF
New York, and she is very lovely
with dark eyes and hair and a
charming smile. Miss Balm
bridge made her debut in New
York last year, spent several
years in Europe studying Ian
guages (she speaks, fluently,
French, italian and Spanish)
and she studied at the Univer-
sity of Madrid and is a graduate
of Vassar.
0APT. AND MRS. STEPHEN
" ROWAN and their pretty
daughters, Betsy and Alex
andrine, are going to Baltimore
next Thursday and are sail
ing from there to England
for a several months stay. The
Rowans also plan to visit about
in Ireland. Needless to add,
Betsy and Alexandrine will be
missed by the younger crowd
in Washington, for both are
tremendously popular.
CoMDR. JOHN RICE MORSE,
" retired, and Mrs. Morse have
returned from a winter in Cali
fornia and are opening their
house here, much to everybody'S
joy, for the MorSeS have a host
of friends in town.
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HEN. AND MRS. HUGH MAT
VI THEWS, who since General
Matthews retirement from the
Marine Corps have been in Flor
ida, and then to General Mat
thews' home State, Tennessee,
for a visit. are now on their
way back to Washington for an
indefinite sojourn. General and
Mrs. Matthews are a very be-
loved couple and she possesses
the most delicious dry wit. Not
at incidentally, that very new
book with the intriguing title,
Roof Against the RAIN" is
'authored by Mrs. Matthews
sister, which should interest
Washington. ... ...t...
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ORIG. GEN. AND MRS. WILL
ID LIAM Dryden Che was
formerly in command at Fort