Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-29
THE SOCIAL WORLD
New Year Receptions at Cabinet
Houses.
USUAL OBSERVANCE BY OFFICIALS
Recent Dances and Luncheon
Parties.
9TH Err HOSPITALITIES

week. All the cabinet homes will be open
| to the public except those of the Secretary
Of State and of the Secretary of the Navy.
| Secretary and Mrs. Hay will receive only
| the diplomatic corps, to whom invitations
| for breakfast were sent some time ago.
Secretary and Mrs. Long are in New Eng
| land. and the latter will be away over the
| holiday. Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Root, Mrs. Griggs,
Mrs. Charles Emory Smith Mrs. Hitchcock
and Miss Wilson will receive callers, and in
each case will have a number of assistants.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
| Hackett will receive New Year. Secretary
Long will be also at the home of the as
sistant secretary during the reception.
| The custom of receiving on New Year
| among private residents has been very gen.
| orally abolished, although few still cling
to the old fashion.
The number invited to receive in the
| blue parlor with President and Mrs. Nc
| kinley Is as large as usual The list in
| cludes the daughters and guests Of cabinet
| and congressional families and several resi-
| dents. The cabinet ladies will withdraw
| from the line in time to be back III their
| own homes and begin their receptions ar
| half-past l.
The last Saturday Of the century has a
| sufficiently active program, not, however,
much different from any other saturday.
| Teas, most of them coming-out events. WILL
| engage very large proposition VI TIE GALL
| ing world from 8 o'clock on, and dinners
and theater parties the rest of the evening.
Miss Cannon. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
| Frank S. Cannon, and Miss Margaret Maui
no, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Mauro.
| are the debutantes. Mrs. Richard Daven-
port will be another hostess of the after
noon. Mrs. Hearst entertains at dinner to-
night for the president of the University
of California and Mrs. Wheeler. who are
| her guests.
| Col. and Mrs. Henry F. Blount gave one
of the merriest gatherings Of the holiday sea-
| son last night at the Oaks for their house
Eugene r. Shipper of Dorchester. Mass: :;
Mr. Harry Blount of Cornell and Mr.. Wal
ter Blount of the preparatory school. Nell
son Blount Of Yale and Harold Blount of
| the Military Academy Of Montclaire, N. j.,
grandsons Of the host; Miss Aimee Nesbitt
of Kalamazoo, Mich, granddaughter; Mr.
Tossig of Cornell; Mr.. Ames Of Yale, and
Miss Gwerson of New York.
The house was gay with red ribbons
! holly and mistletoe, and dainty supper
was served on holiy-decked table Among
| the invited guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Gre
goire de Wollant, Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold De-
| Witt, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brown. Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Tulloch. the Misses lis
del. Miss Edith Totten, Miss Lucy Birney,
Miss Marie Webster. the Misses Walker.
Miss Sewers. Miss Spofford, DR.. and Ms
H. Wells Woodward, Miss Woodward, Miss
| Kitchener. Miss MacLennan. Miss Willard.
| the Misses DOuSal, MISS Una C.arke, MISS
Ethel Norment, Miss Mamie Powell. Miss
| Mary Pearce. Miss Flora Rheem, Misses
Helen and Marion Bell, MissKatharine Brad
| ford. Miss Archibald Mr.. Able Cleveland jr g,
Bennett t, Mr.. Alec Bentley. Mr.. Horatio
| Bradford, DR.. Jerome Chase, Mr.. Allen
| Clephane Mr.. Robert H. Chapman, Mr.
| Chung Of the Chinese legation, Messrs
William Dougal. Mr.. Cotton Lee. Mr.. Har-
old Leupp. DR.. Camille Machenek. Mr.
| Russell B. Mann. Mr.. Wallace d. Mclean,
Mr. Fred D. Owen. Mr.. Stanton Peele. Mr..
| Talbot Pearce, Mr.. Walter G. Pilling, Mr..
L. B. Wight, Mr. Maurice Weaver, Mr..
Charles D: Westcott. Mr.. Horace H. West
cctt, Mr.. Meva Williams and Messrs. Wig
more and Wood Of Fort Myer
Mrs. Calderon Carlisle will give dance
January II at Rauscher's.
Mrs. Addison G. Foster will give tea
at the Cairo January 6. 5 to Z.
Mrs. Ida Kingsley Of New York is spend
ing the holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Emma Poesche. at 1889 Corcoran street
Mrs Albert Combs Thorn will be at home
Informally Wednesdays after January 1
at 1885 street northwest
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson Is visiting
friends in New Hampshire and will not be
airy.
Mrs Joseph Tyssowski and Mrs. Gorham
Tyssowski will be at home Wednesdays in
January. 1431 Rhode Island avenue.
Mrs. Thomas Lanigan Of Fort Smith,
Ark, is a guest Of the family Of Senator
James K. Jones.
Mrs. James K. Jones will receive Thurs
days in January, assisted by her daughter
and two young ladies from Arkansas, Miss
es Thomas and Saunders, who. with Miss
Jones. have just arrived for the winter.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh. who has Miss
Edith Thomas, daughter of the Governor of
Colorado. as her guest over the holidays.
gave pretty luncheon for her yesterday
when the other guests were Miss Flora Will
son, Miss Marion Cockrell. Miss Alice
Rochester. Mrs. VIM. Scully. Miss Scully
and the Misses Chenowith Of England.
Dr. and Mrs. George N. Perry announce
the marriage Of their daughter, Mabel, to
Mr.. Percy Easton Budlong. December q.
The ceremony. which was quiet one, took
place at the residence of the brides par
town for a short trip, and will make their
home at 704 M street upon their return.
Mr.. and Mrs. George v. Balch of 1881
Kenesaw avenue are spending the holidays
with Rear Admiral and Mrs. George Beall
Baich of Baltimore and with friends in
Philadelphia
Mrs. George L. Raymond of 1925 18th
street gave luncheon yesterday. All the
decorations were appropriate to the Christ
mastide, the exquisite favors being baskets
OF OrCnlQS ana molly. Inc guests were
Mrs. Lothrop, her house guest; Mrs. HAM
lin, Mrs. Gates, Mrs. Bradley. Mrs. Rad
cliffe, Mrs. Switzerland, Mrs. Boutelle,
Mrs. Somers, Mrs. Dalzell. Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs. Patterson. Mrs Lyman, Mrs. Irving,
| Mrs. Cornell, Mrs. Peelle, Mrs. Richard
son, Mrs Moore and Mrs. Allen.
Prof. and Mrs Raymond Of 1925 18th
street entertained at dinner Wednesday
evening Mrs Daniel Lothrop, DR.. and
Mrs. A. G. Wilkinson, Rev. John Cornell
and Mrs. Cornell, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w.
Seymour, Rev. Francis A Henry and Mrs.
Henry and Prof. and Mrs. Thomas S. Will
son.
Miss Allene Warner Of Dunkirk. N. Y,
is a guest of Mr. and Mrs w. H. Decker.
1915 Rhode Island avenue.
Major General and Mrs. Frank Wheaton,
who. with their daughter, Miss Octavia
Wheaton, have just returned from a three
years stay abroad, have taken house,
2433 Columbia road. where they will be at
| home Saturday afternoons during the sea-
son. They were the recipients Of much
attention while in Europe and were pre-
scented at London, Dresden and Rome. Gem
eral Wheaton, who is prominent member
of the Loyal Legion and Of the Sons of the
Revolution, as well as one Of the governors
Of the Society of the Colonial Wars, has
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