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SOCIETY
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lag on” at the stately procession of
■which she was a part for so many
years Former Attorney Oeneral George
W Wiekersham. who more recently
served as chaty.ian of the Committee
on Crime X»P°lnted by President
Hoover, serve* £n the Cabinet of Presi
dent Taft He, too, was an early ar
rival In the blue room. Mr. and Mrs
Charles Wsrren Fairbanks, son and
daughter-in-law of President Roose
velt's "running mate," Vice President
Charles W Fairbanks, who came for
the dinner which the Vice President
gave Tuesday in honor of President
and Mm Hoover and remained for the
reception last evening. They will re
turn to their home in Indianapolis later
in the week. Mrs Russell B. Harrison,
daughter-in-law of President Benjamin
Harrison, with her daughter and grand
daughter. Mrs. Harrison Williams, and
Miss Mary Virginia Williams were at
the party as was Miss Edmee Reisinger,
daughter of Mrs M. McKee Reisinger
of Greenwich. Conn., and great-grand
daughter of President Harrison
Former Attorney General and Mrs A
Mitchell Palmer, he having been a
member of the Wilson cabinet, and Mr
and Mrs. John W Davidge. son-in-law
and daughter of the late Secretary of
War and Mrs. Weeks, of the Harding
cabinet circle
In the debutante group at the fete
was Miss Olga Craven, who accom
panied her parents. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Thomas T. Craven. She wore her
debut gown of old moonlight satin. Miss
Dorothy Nicholson, debutante daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Jesse W. Nicholson,
was another of the season’s buds to
wear her debut frock to the party, as
did Miss Jane Thorpe. Other buds who
were at the party were Miss Louise
Harrison Gwynn, Miss Elsie Tuckerman
Miss Anne Wyant, Miss Mary Eliza
beth Mac Arthur and Miss Kate Hyde
Scully, who accompanied her parents
Mr. and Mrs. William Scully. Miss
Scully wore ice-blue satin trimmed in
a deeper shade of blue
Mrs English Gordon of Philadelphia
was in a gown of blue moire, made on
the new prevailing lines, the skirr fall
ing Into a short train at the back.
Mrs. William R. Castle, wife of the
Undersecretary of State, was in mauve
satin trimmed with rhinestones and
made with a train
Mrs. Campbell Prichett, who ‘s spend
ing the Winter with her aunt, Mrs. Clo
man, was one of the most effective *lg
ures at the party. She wore a gown of
eggshell satin, the bodice made on the
new cut line at the back, and che had
a shoulder bouquet of orchids and lilies
of the valley. Mrs. (Soman wore black
velvet with long red gloves.
Mrs. Hoover's Aides in Evidence.
Mrs. Hoover's social secretaries, Miss
Mildred Hall, Mrs. Frederick B Butler
and Miss Doris Goss, were most gracious
in adding to the comfort of the guests.
Miss Hall wore a gown of white moire,
fashioned on long simple lines with the
new draped back and the long skirt far
ing at the bottom. Miss Goss was !n
black velvet with rhinestones and Mrs.
Butler in white lace.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Aspinwall,
Mr. Clifford K. Berryman and his
daughter. Miss Florence F. Berrvman:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Leetch. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Armstrong. Mrs. Blaise
de Sibour, Mrs. John Hinckley, Miss
Louise Harrison GWynne. Miss Laura
Halan, Mrs. George Mesta. tbe Misses
Tytus, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker
Stone, Miss Mabel T. Boardman. Miss
Mary A. Cryder, Mrs. Timothy Keleher,
Mr. and Mrs. Car! A. Droop, Mrs.
Theodore H. Tiller, the Misses Brick
entt.:1-' Mrs. John Allan Daugherty.
Mr L'mpbell Priehett, Mrs. Sidney A
Clcm.h, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Symour Lowman,
Miss CatYerlne Lowman, Miss Marion
Jardine. daughter of the United States
Minister to Egypt and Mrs. William
M Jsrdlnc.
Mrs. Henry F„ Dimock wore a band
some and becoming gown of soft blue
velvet embroidered In rhinestones with
which she wore diamond and torquoise
earrings, necklace and coronet.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock had a gown
of amethyst velvet, gracefully draped
to form a short train at one side and
on the bodice to form a cape, which fell
in a point on one side. The drapery
was held with amethyst and rhinestone
ornaments and she wore several strings
of pearls about her neck and pear! ear
rings. Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart,
president general. D. A. R.. wore black
velvet trimmed with rhinestones.
Mr. Hans Klndler, conductor of the '
National Symphony Orchestra, and Mrs. J
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Vice President Honor
Guest at Dinner Tonight.
The Vice President. Mr Charles
Curtis, will be the guest in whose honor
the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
Ray Lyman Wilbur will entertain at
dinner this evening, at the Mayflower.
The secretary and Mrs Ray Lyman
Wilbur will be hosts again at dinner
Tuesday evening, December 15.
The Ambassador of Japan and Mme.
Debuchi will entertain at a dance De
cember 28 for their daughter. Miss
Taka Debuchi Miss Debuchi attends
high school and the guests at the party
will be limited to contemporaries of Miss
Debuchi.
Mr. Justice Pierce Butler anci Mrs
Butler will be the guests in whose
honor the Federal Trade Commissioner
and Mrs. Charles H March will enter
tain at dinner January 5
Mme Varela, wife of the Minister
of Uruguay, and their daughters have
arrived in their home in Uruguay. |
where they will spend several months, j
The Minister of the Netherlands and
Mme. van Roven will be hosts at din
ner this evening, at the legation.
The Minister of South Africa and Mrs.
Louw will entertain at dinner Thurs
day evening, December 17. In compli
ment to the Ambassador of Italy and I
Nobil Donna Antoinette de Martino.
Representative and Mrs. James M.
Beck will entertain at dinner this eve- !
ning for their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr and Mrs. S. Pinckney Tuck.
Representative and Mrs Donald F
Snow of Bangor, Me., are established in
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their apartment at Wardman Park
Hotel for the season.
The counselor of the French embassy,
M Jules Henry, is among the passen
gers sailing today aboard the lie de
France fdr a vacation in hie own country.
Mrs Taft, widow of former President
William Howard Taft, entertained a
small company at luncheon today, the
guests remaining for bridge.
Debutantes Making Formal
Bows at Teas This Afternoons
Mr. and Mrs. F Hamilton McCormick -
Goodhart will give a tea this afternoon
to introduce the former's daughter, Miss
Patience McCormick-Goodhart, enter
taining in their heme, at 1715 Nineteenth
street, from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. Me- j
Cormick-Goodhart and the debutante
will receive in the flower-decked draw- j
ing Toom. the former wearing a gown
of brev n velvet and a shoulder bouquet;
of orchids. The young debutante will ■
have a gown of pearl gray satin, with !
w hich she will have a wine color velvet
Jacket and a cluster of gardenias
Presiding at the tea table alternately
through the afternoon will be Mrs
Michael Huxley, Mrs. Richard South
gate. Mrs. James Crawford, Mrs. j
William McKee Dunn, Mrs. Herbert
Howard, Mrs. T. A. Scott Thropp, Mrs. j
Richard H. Wtimer and Mrs. Leander
McCormick-Goodhart, aunt of the
debutante. Among those assisting will
be Miss Christine Ekengren, Miss Mary
G bson. Miss Louise Harrison GWynne,
Miss Mary Elisabeth MacArthur, ‘ Miss
Charlotte Mavo, Miss Jane Thorpe and
Miss Eisle Ekengren.
Mr. and Mrs. William H, White, Jr.,
will present their daughters, Miss Mary
Stamps White and Miss Emma Gray
White, at a tea In their home, at 1910
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Miss Mary White will wear a gown
of peach taffeta made with cap sleeves
and trimmed with velvet ribbon and
her sister will be in a similar gown,
only in blue taffeta.
Mr. and Mrs. White will entertain at
a dinner dance tonight for their daugh
ters at the Shoreham.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs Thomas Q. Ash
burn were among the guests at dinner
last evening of M. Midzuhu Ishlde of
the Japanese embassy, who entertained
at Wardman Park Hotel The other
guests were Dr. and Mrs. James H.
Earley, Mrs. Gertrude Goodman, Mrs.
Baker and Mrs. George V. Riley.
Comdr and Mrs. Emory Scott Land
will go to New York today to attend |
the Army-Navy game and while in New
york will be the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Pratt.
Lieut. Comdr. B. Saunders Bullard, '
U. 8. N., and Mrs. Bullard have re
turned to Washington after three years
In California and will be at the Fair
fax Hotel until the first of January, ;
when they will go to New London,
Conn., Comdr. Bullard's new station.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mason Remey
will be the guests in whose honor Mrs. 1
Mark Reid Yates *111 entertain at a
dinner dance tomorrow evening at the
National Woman's Country Club
Mrs. Yates will have with her for a
short visit next week Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Morris Collins of Bryn Mawr,
Pa : Mr and Mrs. Howard Sellers Wor
rell of Ardmore, Pa., and A®. James
Whittaker of Paterson. N. J./who will i
come in time for the dinner dahce which
Mrs. Yates will give Thursday evening,
December 17, in honor of Miss Elizabeth
Shouse, debutante daughter of Mr. and I
Mrs. Jouett Shouse.
The Friday Evening Dancing Class
will meet this evening at the Willard
[or the first time this season. A number
of dinner parties will precede the event.
Among those who will entertain will be
the Commissioner of the District, Maj.
Den Herbert B Crosby, and Mrs
Crosby. Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose and
Mrs. John Allen Dougherty.
Awdstant Secretary Jahncke
and Party to Attend Game.
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Ernest Lee Jahncke, will leave
today to attend the Army-Navy foot
ball game. They will have in their box
their daughter, Miss Adele Townsend
Jahncke, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Fenner
of New' Orleans. Miss Ruth Sherrill
Mr. Alfred Beane of Yale University'
Lieut. C. F. Harper and Lieut. F N
Taylor.
Secretary Jahncke will return to
Washington Immediately after the game
to attend the Gridiron dinner
The United States Minister to Ca
nada and Mrs. Hanford MacNider will
be hosts to a house party, which they
will entertain at the Seigniory Club
at Lucerne-in-Quebec over Sunday. Col.
and Mrs. MacNider will present a num
ber of their countrymen to his excel
lency the Earl of Bessborough, governor
general of Canada at Government
House in Ottowa this evening.
Among those who will be their guests
over Sunday will be Mr. and Mrs. S.
Parker Gilbert, former assistant to, the
Attorney General and Mrs. William
Donovan, and Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs.
William A. Heard, and Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury, Mr. Ferry K.
Heath.
Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven,
chief co-ordinator of the Navy, and Mrs.
Craven will have have with them for
Christmas, their son and daughter-in
law. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Craven,
Jr„ of Easton, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs.
Rodman De Kay of Flushing, N Y.,
son-in-law and daughter of Admiral
and Mrs. Craven. The party will arrive
December 23 and will remain until after
New Year day.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair have
gone to Hot Springs to remain for a
short time.
Miss Gene Kincheloe, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. David H. Kincheloe, Is
entertaining this afternoon at tea at
the Waldorf her two house guests. Miss
Jean Woodson and Miss Nancy Berry,
Washington, D. C.. debutantes, and Miss
Prances Rowles of New York and Mrs.
W. A. Fraser of Omaha, Nebr. After
the Army-Navy game Saturday Miss
Kincheloe is giving a buffet supper for
Miss Woodson and Miss Berry.
Miss Katharine Custis Hillyer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lowe Hill
yer, will be among those from Wash
ington at the Army-Navy game tomor
row. Miss Hillyer will make no formal
debut, but is a member of that group
with a number of her classmates. She
is the granddaughter of the late Judge
Curtis Hillyer of Washington.
Miss Helen Shoemaker has gone to
New York to attend the Army-Navy foot
ball game.
Miss Frances Brooks, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold A Brooks, will be
among the debutante group going to
New York to attend the Army-Navy
foot ball game tomorrow.
Col. Stephen L’H. Slocum will leave
Washington Tuesday aboard his private
railway car for California, where he
will spend the Winter, returning East
the middle of April.
Mr. and Mrs. William Scully enter
tained at dinner last evening before the
reception at the White House.
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The former chancellor of the British j
exchequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, with !
Mrs. Churchill and Miss Diana Church- j
i ill, will arrive in New York today aboard
j the Europa for a visit in this country
Mr. and Mrs. Walter B Brooks, jr..
have issued invitations for a dinner
i party in their Baltimore home Christ
mas eve in honor of Mr. Brooks' de- 1
butante daughter. Miss Louise Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs Brooks and their guests
will later attend the dance which Mr
Joseph P. Kennec'y will give at Hidden
House in honor of Miss Brooks.
Col. James A. Moss has taken an
apartment at the Fairfax Hotel for the
season.
Military attaches of various foreign
embassies entertained at luncheon yes
terday at the Carlton. The company
numbered 14 and Included Lieut. Col.
Ricardo Miro of Argentina. Capt.
Enrique A. Prieto of Cuba, Col. Fran
cois J. Pillon of France. Col. Maurice
Fitzmaurice Day of Great Britain,
Lieut. Col. Marco Pennaroli of Italy,
Col. Shohei Washizu of Japan, Col.
Francisco J. Aguiler and Gen. Jose
Beltran of Mexico, Capt. Joaquin
Planell of Spain. Capt. G. F H. G. von
Rosen of Sweden, also Maj. Georges
Thenault, air attache of the French
embassy; Com dr Paolo Sbemadort, air
attache of the Italian embassy; Col.
Alfred T. Smith, assistant chief of staff
of the U. 8. Army, and Col. Robert C.
Foy, foreign liaison officer, D. S. A.
_Admiral and Mrs. W HH Sou t her
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