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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931 NEWS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN SOCIETY CLUBS Pittsburgh Club Hostess Aides for Afternoon Tea Flower Show Featured at Garden Club of Allegheny County Meeting To National Convention Named by Mrs. Cooper I1 1 1HE attractive new Edgeworth Club will be the scene this aft- ubg HE seventeenth annual convention of the Women' of America, to be held in Pittsburgh in th Ch Hotel. June 23-25, will have for its distinguish! Pe I ernoon of the large tea at which Mrs. Howell C. Cooper of the closing banquet on Thursday nih a.

I Scwirkley, and her daughter. Miss Mary Ernst Cooper, are to he hostesses. As her aides. Miss Cooper will have the Davis 1 uoui There will be special music on that ocrai 7 J. posed of Elizabeth L.

Kirkpatrick. Mary a 'arm com Misses Adele and Mariana I.ippinrott. Elizabeth Booth Miller. Louise Gardiner. Nanrv Scott Craig.

Ann Allen and Margaret Shaw Rose, ill I I. nkins and Re3e R. Reese, with William Re-er i Je Martha Leggate. Rebecca Doyle, Caroline Crittenden, Susan Potter accom panisis. ine Danquei program will also O'Neill and Hetty Odell.

Iva Keefer. The convention accom-o Assisting Mrs. Cooper will be Mrs. 3 Martin I. Moore.

Miss Martha Por panist is Jane Davies. The opening meeting of the conference will be on Tuesday night in the Cardinal room of the hotel. This ter. Mrs. William P.ooth Miller, Bookfelloivs Plan Literary Salons For Garden Party Mrs.

Ralph Warner Harbison, Mrs Charles L. Hamilton. Mrs. Walter Pageant Saturday For Co Finlav. Jr Mrs.

John M. Tate. Mrs. has been termed "stunt night" when stunts will be staged for the dele-: gates by representatives of the six I clubs of the Pittsburgh district, Ali-' quippa, Carnegie, New Kensington, mtng Year Alexander .1. Barron.

Mrs. James The beautiful gardens of Mrs. Wil Cree. Mrs. Daniel II Nevln.

Miss 14. Margaret Adair, Mrs. Callender Irvin 1-eiper and Mrs. Chester Marsh Van Ham Thaw, Sewickley Heights estate. "As You Like It," where the 3 Kleetk.

A number of r.ookfellows' salons have been coming season, the initial saion of June 11, having ho, so ful. Mrs. May T. Neff hias pointed chairman of salons Th 8r" will take place late intern wU McKeesport, Homestead and Pittsburgh. The convention hostess is the Pittsburgh club.

Miss Elvira L. lileadinghiser, president; Mrs. K. L. Edwards, first vice president; Mrs.

J. H. Jones, second vice president; Miss Goldie Jones, recording secretary, and Mrs. Fred W. Jones, financial secretary.

Civic Club, of Allegheny county, will hold its garden party Saturday afternoon will form a perfect setting for the six episodes of the "Pageant Mr. and Mrs. r.obert Carson. of Morewood avenue are to have as their house guests for several days Mr. and Mrs.

Donald McLeod of np ttTlarlen" which Mrs. II. Allen the home of Mrs tt.i Toronto. Can- who will arrive in Machesney with her assistants, Mrs another in October to be h'eM home of Mario t.iu town this morning. Mrs.

McLeod, in tho George Phelps Rose. Mrs. C. S. Shoe who is the daughter of Sir William and Ludy Gage, will play In the two maker and Miss Nancy Hamilton have arranged as part of the after.

day golf tournament opening tomor row at the Allegheny Country Cluh, Fftfi' iiii7 niffl noon entertainment. Numerous social festivities are being The cast, in which the only speak planned tn honor of Mr. and Mr. Mi I.eod. ing part will be taken by Mrs.

New ton Chapin. will Include among mums a.j another one Novemlr in home of Mrs. Zortman. "Th, ber salon will be held h. of Mrs.

Neff and Mrs. Y. icvn' Hams will entertain in Janua-v Mrs. H. S.

VanKirk. -hairmVn cf the writers roup of the Guild of Pittsburgh is monthly meetings to be hH Woman's City Club. Robert C. Clark chapter, 0 Order of Eastern Star, heV a' party in American Legion others Miss Neil Stewart Zang. Miss A family dinner was held last night in the home of Louis lieizeustein of 252 South Winebiddle avenue, in honor of the seventy-fifth birthday of Mr.

Reizenstein. The guests were his children and grandchildren. Many Congratulatory messages were received from friends and relatives. A surprise was given last week by William A. Hess at his home in Regent Square, in honor of his parents, r.

and Mrs. J. G. Hess, whe celebrated their silver wedding anniverr sary. Bettie Guiler.

Miss Betty Nicholson Mis. Henry Chalfant of Ridge avenue and her son, Henry Chalfant, spent several days at the Berkshire and Miss Bettie Dunlap as the "Four Winds;" Mrs. J. L. M.

Yardley will take the part of "Mother Earth;" Mrs. C. Bedell Monro as "Time-Beauty;" Mrs. William Iarimer 'J'kji- ai. rerris Jones.

Mrs. Ira C. Brainanl. or'hv matron of the chapter. 1 fW i' I "Inspiration." The seasons, spring.

summer, autumn and winter, win ie played by Miss Jane Murdoch, Miss Chairmen Selected For Edgewood Cluh Mary Ormsby Sutton, Miss Dorothy Potter and Miss Evelyn Freeman. Mrs. A. L. Wilson, Miss Eda McCoy, Hotel in New York, before sailing last night aboard the Aquitania for Europe.

Mrs. Chalfant plans to remain abroad only a month; her son will complete a world cruise before returning. In compliment to her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Henry Milo Curry, II, who with Mr.

Curry has been residing in Wichita. Kan, Mrs. Charles H. Curry of Coraopolis Heights will entertain the younger set at luncheon Saturday in her home. Mr.

and Mrs. Curry will reside in Coraopolis Heights, where they have taken a house in Thorn Run road. Mrs. Howard Heinz of Morewood Heights is in New York for several days at the St. Reals Hotel.

Miss Jane Sloan, Miss Harriet Fickes are cast as Mrs. S. Benefit oni ht Post-Gazette Photos. Memlers of the Garden Club of Allegheny County held an unusually interesting meeting last week at the Sewickley Heights estate of Mrs. Henry R.

Rea. Mrs. Frank Faber Brooks of Sewickley. president of the club, is pictured above at the left with her entry in the club's flower show which followed the business meeting. Mrs.

George Harton Singer and George R. Haim are shown above at the right, admiring Mrs. Rea's prize winning peonies. Mrs. Lewis A.

Park is pictured in the lower center with her attractive cornucopia filled with dainty flowers. Prainard West Miss La Salle Dorrance, "the Cloud and Ceres." Goddess of the Harvest" vwS" I will be Miss Louise Bauersmith. Mrs. F. F.

Rohrer, chairman of the social committee of the Edgewood Country Club, which is sponsoring Mr. and Mrs. Clarence P. Byrnes the benefit bridge party at the qlub of Sewickley are enjoying a brief house tonight, has announced her Gotham sojourn at the Weylin Hotel. assisting chairmen.

Mrs. Thomas K. Cree and Mrs. Sidney Chalfant will be in charge of tables; Mrs. Frank Pierson and Mrs.

James K. Boyd, prizes; Miss Marian Lawler, candy; Mrs. Howard Jones, cakes; Mrs, McCreery Co. James McCready, special prizes, and Miss Lois Reiter Wed Last Evening At Church Service Mrs. Louis W.

Lyons, aides. WOOD ST. AT AVE. ATLANTIC 4600 Among those who have consented to be patronesses are: Mrs. Joseph Ackerman, Mrs.

James Kelso Boyd, Mrs. Thomas K. Cree, Mrs. Sidney Down. Mrs.

F. H. Dible, Mrs. T. P.

Gaylord, Mrs. H. D. Hasson. Mrs.

Miss Childs to Entertain William Jordan. Mrs. H. W. Keller, Mrs.

L. W. Lyons, Mrs Robert Hut. chinson, Mrs. James McCready, Mrs.

Frank Pierson, Mrs. Jacob Weinman, In Honor of House Guest Sale! "Spring Maid" Percale Sheets Mrs. H. H. Sargent, Mrs.

Howard The marriage of Miss Lois Reiter, daughter of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Murray C. Reiter of the South Hills, to Edward Gray Albright, son of Mrs.

Rose Albright of Dormont, was solemnized last evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Bethel Presbyterian Church, the occasion being" the twenty-eighth wedding anniversary of the bride's parents. The bride's father, pastor of the church, officiated. Ferns and crotons, used with UMEROUS ENTERTAINMENTS are lending gaiety to the June social season in Sewickley. To climax this week's list of parties will be a large dinner on Saturday evening wtiich will be given at the Allegheny Country Club by Miss Elizabeth Jones, Mrs. H.

N. Mathias, Mrs. E. G. Mueller, Mrs.

H. M. Baldwin, Mrs. Lewis Bihler. Plans Made Known For Tawes-Hoene Note vV.

last Pontefract Childs, daughter of Mrs. Clinton Lowrie Childs of Pulpit Rock, Shields. The affair, to which members of the younger set will be invited, is planned in compliment to Miss Child's house guest, Miss Katherine Sutphin of Cincinnati, O. annunciation lilies, formed the background at each side of which were placed tall, Italian candelabra. Nuptials in East The bride, given in marriage oy her brother, Fred G.

Reiter. was rowned in ivory satin maie on Plans have been completed by Society to Attend Miss Mary Rhodes' princess lines, with full court train Miss Betty Gump per Of Butler Engaged To Baltimore Man Miss Mary Anne Tawes, daugh Her veil of ivory tulle was held in place by aand of orange blossoms. Marriage Monday and she carried a sheaf of calla lilies. Miss Marguerite Beck, aunt ise Hosiery of the bride, as maid of honor, wore trcpn lace and net, and carried a Numerous members of Sewickley ter of Dr. and Mrs.

Patrick Henry Tawes of Cambridge, Mi, for her marriage to Herman Henry Hoene of Albany, N. son of Mrs. William Frederick Hoene and the late Mr. Hoene of Pittsburgh, which will take place Saturday at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

The ceremony will be performed by Rev. Dr. B. Talbot society are planning to leave tomor hmmuet of yellow roses. Mrs.

row for Alder Creek, N. to be Lillian Murphy, sister of the bridd groom, as matron of honor, was at present Monday at the wedding of Miss Mary Rhodes, daughter of Mr. tired in cream lace, and her bouquet was of Dink roses. The four brides and Mrs. James Dickinson Rhodes maids, former classmates of the bride at Wooster College, Wooster, included the Misses Bernice Buckley of Canonsburg, Margaret Rogers.

As her matron of honor Miss Tawes will have Mrs. Kenneth J. Morrow of New York and as maid of honor Miss Mary Price of Balti of Sewickley, and James Lincoln Lowery of Utica, N. Y. The ceremony is to be solemnized at 5 o'clock that afternoon in the gardens of the 74f LAST YEAR'S PRICE U5 Rhodes' summer home, Bryn Awel, Lindsay of Dennison, Peg: more, Md, her cousin.

Her brides a. V' a Halleran of Cleveland, and Virginia Crawford of Fostoria, O. They wore embroidered organdy frocks in pastel Among those from Sewickley who will be present at the nuptials are Mrs. Samuel Grant Cooper, Mrs. George E.

Tener, Mrs. George Cass Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. Richmond shades, and carried arm bouquets of roses. Ruth Stilley and Nancy Phil F.

Ball, Mrs. Edward D. Gilmore, lips were flower girls. Another betrothal has been added to the long list of engagements which will terminate in late summer weddings, that of Miss Betty Gump-per, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Alfred J. Gumpper, of Butler, Pa, to George H. Hocker, of Baltimore, Md son of Mrs. George Hocker, of Hershey, Pa. The announcement was made last Friday at a tea given by Mrs.

Gumpper in honor of her daughter. Garden flowers were attractively arranged on the lower floor of the house, and the tea table in the dining room was centered with pink peonies and tall pink tapers in crystal holders. Miss Stella Phillips, Miss Clarinda Phillips, Miss Virginia Young and Miss Ruth Henninger poured and the aides were Miss Katherine Louise Gumpjier, Miss Harriet Scott, Mrs. Theodore K. Vogeley, Mrs, Chauncey Lout-zenheiser and Mrs.

John M. Mellon. Out-of-town guests were Miss Gumpper's cousins, Misses Sarah and Tirzah Williamson, of Grove City. About 25 tables were in play at the card party held recently iu the roof garden of the May fair Hotel, under the auspices of the Consumers' League of Western, Pennsylvania, William Albright served as his Mrs. Frank R.

Dravo, Mrs. Alley ne Carlton Howell, Mrs. James Todd of YYV Sewickley and New York, Mr. and brother's best man. Ushering were Jack Beck of Montclair, N.

a Mrs. James E. Brown and Miss WJe Santa bring yotrex'frfrdoJon'to spend In the money you ave by buying your Summer stocking suppV at this remarkably low price. Every wanted type and shade for very occasion. Sheer service weight and the new mesh weovet maids will include the Misses Florence Hurlburt of Syracuse, Elizabeth Bayly of Cambridge, Md, and Virginia Cooke of Baltimore.

Samuel B. Smith of Poughkeep-sie, N. will serve as best man and ushering will be Charles H. Ad-ler of Lansdowne, William if. Bokum of Jenkintown, Robert M.

Hornung of Boston, David Young, III, of Towaco, N. and Kenneth J. Morrow of New York. Following the ceremony 'a reception will be held at the Vassar Club. Mr.

Hoene and his bride will go to Bermuda on their wedding trip, after which they will live in Albany. Frank Martin Tack, son of Mr. cousin of the bride; Albert Detwiler of Chicago, Ernest Bovi and Har Priscilla Brown. Miss Brown will leave Friday with Miss Mary Carroll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Carroll, to attend the wedding. old Westerburg of Pittsburgh and Murray C. Reiter. brother of the Thomas Edward Rhodes, brother bride. Following an informal reception at Shoes ummer the church for the congregation a dinner for the bridal party and immediate families was held at the bride's home.

of the bride-elect, who has been in Florida with George Flinn, will' return this week from the South, and will go djrect to Alder Creek. Among the numerous parties which will precede the nuptials will be a dinner dance Saturday evening which Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hitchcock will give at the Sadaquada Club tn honor of Miss Rhodes and her fiance. Mr.

and Mrs. Albright will spend their honeymoon in Bermuda, and 1 and Mrs. Harry S. Tack of Sewickley, and George J. Willock.

Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Willock of Solway street, were graduated at the recent commencement exercises held $7 AND $8 The candy for the affair was donated at the Lawrenceville School, Law- renceville, N. J.

by firms on the league's white list. At the annual meeting and lunch VALUE The Same Quality Springmaid Percale Sheets V3 off and less Mrs. Harry G. Samson, chairman eon of the Consumers' League to be held tomorrow in Congress House. Miss Martha Yost Mrs.

G. I. Carson, the new executive upon their return will live in Pittsburgh. Many entertainments are being Riven in honor of Miss Elizabeth Matter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John F. Matter of Neville street, whose marriage to Frederick C. Patterson, of Bradford, will take place Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Beliefield Presbyterian Churchy Yesterday Miss Betty Webster of Negley avenue entertained with a bridge luncheon at the Stanton Heights Golf Club in honor of the To Be Guest At secretary, will report on the candy white list. Mrs. William R.

Gardner will preside and the main speaker Dance in Wheeling will be Mrs. A. P. Huckenstein, super visor of the state department of labor and industry. Reservations for Miss Martha Mitchell Yost, daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. Walter Milton Yost of Sewickley, will be the house luncheon should' be made at once at the office of the league, telephone Atlantic 3698. of the Pittsburgh branch of the National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, entertained the chairmen of the Allegheny county branches of the Farm and Garden Association at tea yesterday at the Twentieth Century Club. Mrs. Samson was assisted by Mrs.

Howard Samson and Miss Helena V. Beegle. The Pittsburgh branch of the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom is making its chief work for the summer months the securing of signatures to a petition to present to the disarmament conference planned for 1932, the object being to thus create public sentiment in favor of peace. bride-to-be and tonight Mr. and Mrs.

fuller Ross will be hosts at a buffet guest of Mr. and Mrs. William E. $1.75 Sheets 81x90-inch Size Weiss of Elm wood at Elmcrest, their Nazareth Shrine, No. 15, White Shrine of Jerusalem, will give a home in Wheeling, W.

Va, for the $1.10 $1.15 bridge luncheon today at 1:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the Wesson Oil Company, 905 Federal street. North-side. Mrs. Margaret Mulzer is Light as feothef and perfect wtth Summer clothes-novelty ope of lacy sova clofh white or natural. dance which they will give June SO at the Wheeling- Country Club Iri honor of Miss Electra Waggoner of $1,75 Sheets 72x99-inch Size New York and Fort Worth, Tex.

The affair, one of the foremost on the summer social calendar in Wheeling, QUE MORE TJEEK will assemble a number of the $1.95 Sheets 81x99-inch Size $1.20 debutante set. Guests will be received by Mr. and Mrs. Weiss and their son. William E.

Weiss, Jr who OF THIS SPECIAL! Th Saptrh, Truly Btiatiful aid Listing attends the Taft School at Water-town, Conn, and Miss Waggoner. supper in their home. The rehearsal dinner will be given tomorrow night at the home of Miss Matter. Miss Virginia MacMillan of Craf-ton entertained in her home, Nobles-town road, on Sunday and last Saturday Mrs. George Hull and Miss Mildred Semans gave a bridge-luncheon for her at the Pines.

Others who have entertained for her are Miss Evelyn Pfeifer. Mrs. Edward Conolly and Miss Lillian Griffin. Miss Harriet Mawhinney and Mrs. F.

J. Autenrieth. The Linden Unit of the Allegheny County Women'i Farm and Garden Association met Monday at the home of Mrs. A. II.

McCreery of Beech-wood boulevard. Followinff the meeting, the unit visited Mrs. McCreery's gardens and those of Mrs. ifioerb, Mrs. J.

E. Jr Mrs. John Gibson, Jr Mrs. Grant Dibert and C. B.

Armstrong. Announcement has been made by Mr. and Mrs. J. M.

Steinberg of this ity, of the engagement of their daughter. Miss Esther Steinberg, to Albert Lerner of Detroit. Mich. Eternally correct for spectator sports wear, th pump of genu" white buckskin, with ton or block calf trim. $2.25 Sheets 8 lxl 08-inch Size GLORIA A large number of out-of-town $1.30 All the PERMANENT WAVE guests will be present at the dance, among them Mr.

and Mrs. Henry L. Kinnucan of'Grosse Polnte Village, Carta Sn Need Mich, are to be accompanied to Wheeling by a group of Detroit $4-95 The ttaperlor fa AC GtMliM Ratstvtlt EUGENE 50c Pillow Cases Ih sizes 42x36 and 45x36 inches. friends, who will spend the last week of June at Elmcrest. Mrs.

Kinnucan is the former Miss Madelyn The exceptional quality sod lasting InvelineM ut these waves haa been for yeara the pride and IStt faBtilli- HOE Weiss. Mail and Phone Orders Filled, AT I an tic 4600 (JJcCreery'tSeconiloor) Mrs. Sadie Ziegler Young of the Shampoo and 7Cfk ua women. Fiager IvW All Wavm. Cueranfd OPEN KVEUV tVE.M.VG EXCEPT WEDNESDAY AND MATIRDAK ROOSEVELT BEAUTY SHOPPE 1 One of the Lar-et Khopa in Pittabnrg-h 601 PENN AVENUE 2nd FLOOR ATLANTIC 5197 Northside and daughter.

Miss Frances Young, will leave this week for an extensive trip in Europe. 235 FIFTH AVENUE.

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