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jolly Mrs. John Wilkins and tres
belle Mrs. Mitchell Palmer. "Evie"
Mclean, in white tulle with golden
flowers, and little Mrs. Ned (Ann
Meem) Mclean, in pale blue crepe,
presided at the two other tables. j..
The male contingent had in its ranks
such delovely he-men as George
Summerlin, the Chief of Protocol
(mingling with enthusiasm with the
youngsters. And all the young men
kept watching him continuously be-
cause, after all, he is the "Chief of
Protocol" and they could get few
good tips from him on table man
ners and etiquette) Mike McConihe,
Gale Mclean, Munroe Lee, John de
Sibour; Sammy Biddle, George
Wheeler, John Hamilton, John Gal
liner, Perry Lippet, Rufus Johnston,
Jock Segar and Dick Look (the most
dlgnified of all, white tie and becom-
ing tails) Then "These Fascinating
Young Ladies' to whom l owe a great
apology for mentioning after their
cavaliers (but there amt no protocol
or etiquette in Petit Point y E.. Mar
got Hagner McConihe, Mary (Mrs.
Gale) Mclean, Valerie de Sibour,
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Stellita Stapleton, Angelica Lloyd,
Eleanor Flood, Eleanor Meem, Fran
ces Andrews, Peggy Townsend.
The dinner was, of course, success
full, as is any party at Friendship;
but the most amazing thing that it
provoked was that it made Mrs John
Williams, crusader for the being-on-
time program, be one hour late for
the starting of the Sulgrave's dance
wrong night for anybody to be late,
wrong mite for anybody to be late,
for Meyer Davis was there in person
and swinging his baton at his best
e.. But, as also, Alice Barry, with
Capt. and Mrs. David Barry presid-
ing, and the new debutante addition
to the D. C. crop, "feeded" the young
smart-setters with two elaborate din
ners. nobody was there before mid
night. Then, as if by magic, the
rooms filled themselves with swing
starved socialites Except for being
smaller, this Friday Supper session
wasn't a bit different from the last
one, or the other ones before. 1t
might bother you, pet readers, but
I'll have to do it all over again, and
even if I try new tricks to change
my style of descriptions, it will be
almost impossible for me to describe
any new faces In the identical pos
ture, in the identical surrounding,
saying the identical words and sitting
identically in the same old place (the
steps,, you could have seen these
same twosomes, composed of Caroline
Cecil and Tommy Adams :. The
Same Identical Elise Hill with the
Same Identical Alexander Shields,
who is launching a new vogue in
dancing fashions. He first swings his
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Jr. League
Plans Show

The nucleus Of one of the best
local talent productions the
town will see in many a moon
was formed last night at the
horehs when Junior,
Leaguers, each bringing along
three or four willing recruits
from the masculine contingent
of society, staged casting party
for the "FollieS" which they will
produce February 3.
Some 400 gay young people
gathered in the Blue Room
where various dance numbers
and skits we're organized, and
casting got under way under the
direction of Mrs. Robert White
law Wilson, chairman of the
"FollieS," and Mrs. Oscar Cooli-
can, casting director.
The ball was started rolling
on its merry way by Miss Junia
Culhertson, who sang a few
numbers to show how things
can be done in a more or less
professional way, and by Mrs.
Eugene Sloane, formerly of the
st. Louis Junior League, who
also has a voice.
Harlan Dixon, soft shoe ex-
pert, came down from New York
to help with the dance numbers
and Ray Walsh, also a dancer
of repute, came on from Seattle,
where he had been assisting the
Junior League to stage a SINH
lar production.
Entertaining earlier at small
informal supper parties were
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolican, Mrs. William T.
Mann, and her sister, Miss Betty
Beale, Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs,
Atherton Macondray, Mr.. and
Mrs. William North Sturtevant
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Baker.
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Duffys Here

Mrs. John Duffy, OF New Bed
ford, Mass, has taken an apart
ment at the Hay-AdamS House.
She is accompanied by her chill
dren, the Misses Mary and
Louise Duffy and Master Peter
Duffy.
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Repre- sentative a n d
Mrs. George H. Bender, of Cleve-
land Heights, Ohio, are stopping
at the Dodge and are accom-
panied by their two young
daughters, Miss Barbara Ben
der and Miss Virginia Bender.
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Lieut.. Comdr. L. r. Mcdowell,
U. s. NJ, and Mrs. Mcdowell,
of New York, are at the Mar
Unique.
Mr.. and Mrs. William R.
Blake, of Reading, Pa, are
stopping at the Martinique.
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Couple Wed
In New York

A marriage of interest to
Washingtonians and Virginians
was solemrized in New York yes
terday, when Miss Georgia Ged-
des Conrad, of Winchester, be-
came the bride of E. Taylor
Pierce, of New York.
The ceremony was performed
at 4 p. m in the chapel of the
Church of the Heavenly Rest.
The Rev. DR.. Darlington Off
ciated.
Miss Conrad is the daughter
of Col. Bryan Conrad and the
late Mrs. Conrad, of Winches-
ter and Richmond, Va.
Her paternal grandfather, Ma
1or Holmes Conrad, was Solicitor
General N President Cleveland's S
administration. The Conrads
have lived IN Winchester since
prerevolutiorary days and have
been active in the civic and so
cial history of Virginia.
Miss Conrad's maternal grand
parents were Mr.. and Mrs.
Theron GeGdes, of Cincinnati
and Salt Lake City.
Her mother, who was Kate
GeddeS, was descended from five
colonial governors, among them
Governor Caleb Carr, first gov
ernor of Rhode Island. who came
to this country from London in
1885, and Governor Nicholas
Easton, of Newport, R. I.
Her paternal grandmother was
Georgia Bryan Forman. descend
ant of Governor Troupe of
Georgia.
Mr.. Pierce is the son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Earl C. Pierce
of New York. and grandson of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyram Pierce, of
Woonsocket, Long Island.
A graduate of Yale, Mr.. Pierce
is a member of Chi Phi frater-
nifty and a member of Squadron
A in New York.
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head with full strength to one side
and then the whole body and feet
follow. The same restless and tricky
little debutantes as Sylvia Alexander,
Ann Wilkinson, Maisie Howard, Pa
tricia Morris, Betty Meyers, Doris
Becker (of course with Bobby Woods)
and Houston Miller definitely with
Fred Mechlin) with the same beaux
-. The same hula exhibitions of the
two Corbin gals, Dolly and Edith
Qeaving unfortunately for New
York The same excellent dancing
performances of Mrs. Lawrence Ba-
ker, in a rhumba with her hubby, and
in a darkie routine with Griff War
field. The same gurgling laughter
of un-sissy Cissy Carusi, and the same
wise krax of her husband, Eugene,
who's a smart lawyer, but has the
mentality Of witty columnist. The
same giggle of Nancy Brereton. The
same "lurevly" Mrs. John Magruder
whirling around. The same tres at
tractive Mrs. Marshall Exnicios, with
the same handsome husband with the
same fetching mustaches. II. . The same
British diplomats, Christopher Bran
well and Benny Plunket, and 100
per cent pure American Jimmy
Mitchell, Bill McEvoy, Doggy Wagga-
man (near the bar section) .. Very
few innovations. but still we noticed
that a few new members have been
incorporated in the Club. that Mrs.
John Stark Wilkinson wore a hoop
skirt that it was grand to see Har-
old Fangboner in circulation. that
only two, instead of three, Tucker
mans were there . that waltzes were
still prominently played, but not
"uni-kly."
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Only the wooden shoes were
missing from the gay little
Dutch costumes worn by a
merry band of girls giving out
programs at the benefit per-
formance at the National The
ater last night of Yvonne
Georgi, Amsterdam dancer, and
her ballet company.
The girls who had gone
Dutch" for the evening were
Mrs. Moran McConihe, Mrs.
Rogers Barker, Miss Emily
Davis, Miss Anne Perrin, Miss
Angelica Lloyd, Miss Marion
Shouse and Miss Peggy Town
end.
A supper party-replete with
champagne-was given by Mrs.
John r. williams, following the
performance, in honor of Nine.
Georgi. ma" Williams is the
guiding spirit of the Thrift
Shop which sponsored the oen'
eft.
ESPILS ATTEND
Guests attending the supper
and also the ballet-included
the Argentine Ambassador and
Sonora de Espil, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, Col. and
Mrs. Edwin Watson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mckee Dunn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh D. AuchincloSS, Mrs.
Warren Delano Robbins, DR..
and Mrs. Harry Kerr, Mrs.
Wallach Merriam and Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Coffin.
The newly appointed Minis
ter of the Netherlands and
his blond wife. Nine. Louden.
were among the enthusiastic
audience as well as guests at
the supper party. Mrs. Williams
who had chosen black with
jet trimmings for her gown
had with her as her guests in
her box, the Counselor of the
Netherlands Legation an d
Countess van Rechteren Lin
purg.
A bowl, brimming with roses,
centered the table where a
variety of viandS adorned the
table. There were salads, ices,
cakes and cookies as well as
champagne for the supper
party.
McLEANS GUESTS
Mrs. Joseph Letter, daughter
of Mrs. Williams, was present
as were Mrs. Evalyn Walsh NC
Lean, Miss Evalyn Mclean; her
daughter Mrs. "Neddie" NC
Lean and her sister Eleanor
Meem.
The smart audience applaudeo
with great guSto the THE Crea
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WALL CVSA AAAOW VA AA VAGS AASAV Wv
years.
MRS. JACK KENDALL'S very,
IVA very small ingathering, with
Scott and Acadia Cotton as the
honor guests; with delicious hot
hors d'ouevres and just right
highballS; with Harry Wood
ward trying out the piano to the
tune of lifting melodies: with
Bill and Margaret Shearer de-
vising a yachting trip to Florida,
which, if it ever takes place in
the manner in which Bill has
planned it, will be the last word
in originality; with the Gloyd
Awaits arriving a bit late and
Mrs. Await wearing a partic-
ularly stunning blue frock with
a gold-studded belt; with Oracle
and Charlie Herbert (they are
characters) deciding to do some
song numbers never before
heard around here, and then be-
ing so good that they couldn't
stop until an hour later and
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THE JACKSON DAY dinner,
l. with practically the entire
town there. With every one ap-
plauding President Roosevelt
and his speech; with former
Gov. o. Max Gardner, of North
Carolina, making one of the
wittiest talks of the evening,
and Chip Robert introducing
him with an equally sparkling
few remarks.
Charlie Nicholson and Secre-
tary of Commerce Harry Hop
kinS, both at the speakers table
and seemingly very deep in
thought; Postmaster G eneral
James Farley, remembering
everybody's name, including
one newspaper Woman's who he
has seen only three times in four
years; Senator Joseph Guffey,
Elwood Seal, Stewart McDon-
aid, getting several chuckles out
of the speeches; Evie Robert,
who wore one single gardenia
over her ear and tucked into her
blond hair and looked CON-
pletely lovely in all black: Mrs.
Jimmie Morris, Mrs. Golden
Bell, Turner Battle, Leila Stiles
7 ATER yet, joining a group
IL who were going to Harry
Friends for a moment or two,
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style as a prelude
to the Friday Sup
per Clubs fift h
meeting for swing
ing purpos ses.
Frien d ship was
overflowing with
45 animated young
personalities. A t
NJ rs. NJ c L e a MS
small table chatted
omnipresent "Ma"
Villa m S, regal
Mrs. Joseph Letter,
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entertaining.
Wednesday afternoon will find
two more Cabinet wives receiv-
ing, Mrs. Claude A. Swanson,
wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, and Mrs. Henry A. Wal
lace, wife of the Secretary OF
Agriculture.
Mrs. Wallace will have assis-
ing her in her apartment at the
Wardman Park, Mrs. Stanley
Reed, Mrs. William E. Borah,
Mrs. Bennett Champ Clark,
Mrs. Guy M. Gillette, Mrs.
Mark Bristol. Mrs. Robert Jack.
son, Mrs. Francis Sayre, Mrs.
James Lawrence Houghteling
and Mrs. Harlan Miller.
Also assisting will be Mrs. M.
L. Wilson, wife of the Under
secretary of Agriculture, and
Mrs. Julian L. Schley.
Wednesday night is the testi-
monial dinner to be given for
Homer S. Cummings, at which
there will be about 1000 friends
present at the MayfloWer.
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Wedding Told

Mr.. and Mrs. George Arthur
Tew announce the marriage of
Mrs. Tew's daughter, Miss
Williette Nelson Sprinkel to J.
Watson Powell. The ceremony
was performed on Friday, at
4 o'clock at the Sixth Presby-
terian Church with the Rev. J.
Herbert Garner officiating. After
an extended honeymoon in the
North, the young couple will
make their home at Monte
Vista apartments.
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and the moments lengthening
into hours, and the Sam Wheel.
ers there, and discovering that
Mrs. Wheeler has the most in
fectious, deep laugh, and that
the recreation room in this very
hoSpitable house was perfect to
the last tiny detail, with ex-
quisitely paneled walls and We
netian blinds that matched the
paneling exactly, lacquer red
floors and deeply cushioned
leather chairs and couches, and
a wee piano Of brightly painted
orangewood.
TO the Edmund Cammacks'
l. house, Sunday afternoon, to
have an interview with Dinah,
the beSt-dresSed cat in the world
and the favorite pet of Acadia
Newman, the portrait painter.
Dinah sat on Azadia's lap,
dressed in a brand.new embroid.
cred frock, plus a green ribbon
bow on her head! How the bow
was held in place we will never
know, for, Acadia said, some
things had to be kept secret.
Dinah remembered us from
three years back, purred gently
when Acadia patted her, ignored
her two kittens, one coal black,
the other a gorgeous white and
gray Semi-PerSian zone could
see that Dinah had been having
herself quite a gay whirl in
Hollywood, from which place
she had just come on by train
to join Azadia) and would show
her small white teeth and hiss
when anyone changed the con-
versation from herself. 1t is the
truth!
CCOTT COTTON, taking US
~ out on the sunporch to see
the baby lynx he has just given
to Acadia, Acadia being Mrs.
Cotton, as you know, and the
lynx, only IA days in captivity,
snarling and scratching at every.
thing back of the steel bars Of
it's cage. And while we watched
this wild thing, we witnessed
something that made every hair
on our head stand up in amaze
ment.
Scott went over and knelt be-
side the cage and began to talk
very quietly, but so gently per-
suasively that it sounded like
a soft groom: "Sit down, sit down
and put your paws under you" I"
was what Scott repeated over
and over to this lynx. And the
lynx threw itself against the
cage. snapped and spit at Scott,
growled like dog in its throat,
but never took its huge green
eyes off of Scott's face.
For five minutes this went on,
and then so slowly that one held
ones breath in expectation, the
lynx began to lower its angry
arched back, its growls were so
muted one strained to hear
them, it's last hiss ended in q
deep breath and-finally it sat
down ard put its paws under
itself. And then we couldn't
utter one word for Is minutes!
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Engagement Told

The engagement of Miss
Hanna Singer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. Singer, Reading,
Pa. and Samuel J. Goldsmith.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gold
smith, Harrisburg, Pa, was an
nounced New Year Eve.
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Major and Mrs. John j. Cor
man, of Fort Warren, Wyo., are
spending several days at the
Martinique.
Charles Mason Remey is en-
tertaining at dinner tonight fol
lowed by organ music at his
home on Massachusetts, Ave.
x
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose will
entertain at dinner tonight and
again on Wednesday in her
apartment at the Shoreham.
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Rep. R0beyt Kean, Wife
Return to L1Ulng gH0n, ~ J.

Representative and Mrs. Rob-
ert Winthrop Kean, who are
making their home at the
Shoreham for the congressional
season, have returned to their
permanent home at Livingston,
N. j.
Their daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Kean, who is attending the
Chaplin School, was with them
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Embassy Closed

Owing to necessary structural
repairs in the British Embassy,
Lady Lindsay has been obliged
to close the Embassy and has
left Washington for several
weeks.
The British Ambassador is
also absent, on leave in Eng
land; therefore, it is requested
that no visiting cards be left
until it is possible to reopen the
Embassy some time during the
month of February.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. E. D.
Peek, of Fort Warren, Wyo.,
are at the Martinique for a
weeks stay.
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Smart Set AttendS Ballet
And'Na' W|ll1lamS' Supper

lures Of Promethus," of Bee
thoven with choreography by
Yvonne Georgi. Another hit was
Souvenir" a com edy dance
laid in an old Spanish inn and
Lyric Dance Scene" a duo by
Nine. Georgi and Constant Iolas.
Several Dutch country dances
we're performed by the whole
COnDanV.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
In Florida

The President and Mrs. Roose-
velt will again be hosts at large
evening reception on Thursday
when they entertain in honor of
the Members of Congress and
their wives.
Away from the hub-bub for
week or 10 days, the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Henry
1Morgenthau are sojourning on
the West Coast of Florida and
are expected to return to the
Capital the latter part of the
week.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
Miss Bish
Is HOnOred

Mrs. George F. Ross and Miss
Anna Wolcott Archibald enter
tained in honor of Miss Marga-
ret Payson Blish, noted mono
logist, at the Hotel Roosevelt
after the regular Sunday eve
ming program in which she
starred.
Among those who attended
were the United States Minister
to Guatemala, Fay Allen DeS-
Portes; the counselor of the Yu-
goslav legation, DR.. Vladimir Ry-
bar; Representative and Mrs.
Karl Curtis, of Nebraska; Mrs.
Elvina Orlicz Dresser, the Misses
Elvina and Margaret Rowe, Miss
Ludmilla Floss, Senior Pho Cor
rea, of the Brazilian Embassy;
Senior Heitor Bastos Tigre, Mrs.
Alfred Dennis, Mrs. Mabel Gun
nels, Mrs. E. M. Hood, Miss
Gretchen Hood, Col. E. w. Clark.
Walter Haidar, John Lilton, and
George T. Wander Hoef.
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Student at Arlington Hall

The Vice President and Mrs. Garner having more
opportunity to their subdeb granddaughter, Geneveve
Garner, this for she is student at Arlington Hall
in Virginia. and is allowed to spend week ends with them
fairly FREQUENTLY She the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Tuy
Garner. OF Tvalde Tex
The Secretary of State and Mrs Corde Hull arrived in
New York this morning from Peru and they were expected
directly their apartment in Washington, arriving
time this afternoon. After their absence of several
weeks they will Immediately be swept up in avalanche Of
The Washington times., 1939-01-09

WhiteH HouseF eteforV rViceP resident
Tomorrow Night. Congressional
Reception Thursday
BY Flora Macdonald

There NAV be an after the holiday lu for but the
official family has certainly felt it. Two state affairs
again scheduled take place this week at the White House
Tomorrow evening the President and Mrs Roosevelt to
he hosts dinner in honor of the Vice President and Mrs
Garner This will he followed by entertainment in the East
Room which additional company has been invited
The Vice Presidents dinner for the President will be on
Tuesday, February l. and this always event eagerly
looked forward because of the interesting company the
Carr assemble II will be the Washington Hotel where
the Gamers make their home
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for the opening of Congress, but
returned home early last week.
Their sons, Robert Winthrop
Kean, jr., and Hamilton F.
Kean I'd, returned Friday to st.
Marks School at Smithborough,
Mass. Miss Elizabeth Kean Is
expected to visit her father in
Washington frequently this win
ter,
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n g h t club
bing, for it
was at his
H e i g h-H o
Club in New
York t h a t
Rudy Vallee
b e g a n his
rapid rise to
t a m e, and
since t h e n,
D o n h a S
o p e n e d,
cl oS e d and
been haraSSed
by more night
clubs t h a n
m oS t people
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
PETIT POINT = By Igor CaSSin1

Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean, one
of Washington's most lavish host
esses, did another dinner in perfect
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
PETER CARTER
Says:
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w Mary S. Steele, looking very smart-and she is so
pretty-chatting moment with in the Shoreham lobby
telling that Don Dickerman who will his
night club here titled the Pirates Den has nearly finished
book called might Club Sucker"
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The sucker, we might explain,
is Don himself, and he should
know all the minute details Of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-06
SEND l00,P0UND
HAM TO ISLAND
FROM KENTUCKY
CASA MARINA GUEST, HENRY
BARHEr. SENDS LARGEST
FLoRrDA.sEEN FROM HEN
DERSoN FARM

Henry Barrett, who, with Mrs.
Barrel, are season guests at the
Casa Marina, will bring a ham
weighing 100 pounds, the largest
ever shipped to Florida, to the
Casa Marina today, from his farm
in Henderson. Kentucky. 81
Mr.. zRarret makes a hobby of
raising pedigreed Hampshire
hogs. The ham will arrive today
by express and will be displayed
in the dining salon of the Casa.
Excerpts from an editorial in
The Henderson Evening Journal
regarding the ham follows:
Guests at the great Casa Ma
rina Hotel al, Key West will short
ly, be RECALLED with the best and
biggest country, ham that Florida
ever saw. a
It is a two-year-old ham
weighing one hundred pounds,
trimmed to model shape and
cured by the approved Kentucky
ham formula under personal di-
rection of MIR. frank Street, SUI
perintendent for Henry Barrett.
"The hog that contributed these
hams to Florida. epicures weigh
ed 900 pounds. The hams weigh
ed 100, pounds each. We were
permitted a peep and a smell be-
fore. the big ham was boxed for
shipment to the Casa Marina
,delicatessen and we were tempt
ed to emulate Tom, the Piper's
son.
$50 much were we interested
in the l00-pound ham with its
brown smoke color and we asked
Mr.. Street just how it will be
served to- Floridians and affluent
tourists from the north.
He said, "Well, to be honest,
it will be put on the bar at the
Casa Marina and served with the
hors d'oeuvres with the compi-
ments, Of the maitre".