Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-07

the same success winch attended ner
fairy tale series and biblical stories re-
of Mrs. Edwards for many years. and 1t
was while she was her guest and largely
at her suggestion that she wrote the
novel.
The tropical scenery OF the neighbor-
hood OF the home OF DR.. and Mrs. Ed
wards at Los Angeles made fine back
ground for the story. which Is laid In
Egypt in the days when Prester John,
Emperor of Abyssinia, was its overload.
Sayrane. the daughter of the ERyptian
ruler. rebels against her betrothal TO
Prester John. and until the very last OF
the story is told the fate of the Egyptian
princess is unforetellable.
Mrs. Victor Kaufman is giving
luncheon for debutantes Friday.
invitations for an afternoon reception
Monday, December 10, to Z O'Clock.
when Miss Elizabeth Reside will make
her debut. Mrs. Reside will have q
include her niece. Miss Harmer of Phila-
delphia. Miss Lippincott of New York
and Miss Kathleen Caughy. daughter Of
! the American consul at Milan, Italy. and
Mrs. Caughy. Miss Caughy is now In
Richmond on a visit to her aunts
Mrs. Hepburn. wife of Senator Hey
burn. will he at home to callers tomorrow
aftef > o CLOCK. Senator and Mrs. hey
burn are at Stoneleigh Court.
Mrs. Portner has sent out the cards for
the debut tea Of Miss Elsa Portner Satur-
Portner is at 1923 New Hampshire avenue
this winter and will keep the Tuesdays in
January as her reception day.
Miss Mary Stead is giving a tea this
afternoon in honor of Miss Doris Hay
wood and Miss Eliza beth Collins.
Mrs. Letters invitations for the evening
Of January 3 for a ball in honor of Miss
Helen Taft were sent out today.
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Chartard is the guest
of her sister, Mrs William T. Howard, in
Baltimore.
The Girls Friendly Society will hold a
tea and sale tomorrow from to 10 at
Rauscher's. There will be musical pro-
gram during the afternoon. Miss Mar
ion Oliver will sing, accompanied by Miss
Carlisle. Mrs. H. w. Lawson. DIR. George
Dudley and MIR. Veazie will give several
vocal , selections 9;,o 4 group of little tots
Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Tuttle will pre-
side at the tea tables. Miss Mcclure will
have a large assortment of beautiful cal
endars on sale. Mrs. Bratenahl has the
Barbour Walker have charge of the re-
freshment table, Miss Philips will sell
candy and Miss Acker will give pleasure
to. the, children with her grab-bag. The
sale will continue in the evening with
dancing from to 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truxton Beale gave a
small breakfast party today, enter. aiming
among their guests the Danish minister
and Countess Moltke and Mrs. Thomas
F.. Bayard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lloyd Aspinwall
Will gnend thiS winter in q Shln1fnv, nd
are settled at l712 Q street. Mrs. Aspin-
wall was formerly Miss Susan Elliott
Tomkins Of New York. before her mar
riage to Mr.. Aspinwall last october.
Vice President and Mrs Sherman will
dine with Mrs. L. Z. Letter December
90. and with Justice and Mrs. Thomas
H. Anderson December IA.
Rear Admiral William Switzerland. L.
8. n, and Mrs. Switzerland, gave din
ner last night in compliment to Miss Eva
McAdoo Of New York, who Is the guest
OF their daughter, Miss Mary Switzerland.
Miss Alice Boyd, daughter Of DR.. &c
BOYD. u. 5. N, gave q dinner followed
by dancihg in honor Of Miss Elizabeth
other guests were DR.. and Mrs. William
Huntington. who chaperoned the party;
MISS Amy Sheridan, Miss Dorothy Gate
wood, Miss Natalie Magruder, Miss Doris
Haywood. Miss Louise HELEN. Miss Amy
Richardson. Mr.. Sinkler Manning, Mr.
Carlo. DR.. Sewers, DR.. Garrett, Mr.. Phil
ip Scantling, Mr.. Dunbar Dodson, Mr..
John Myers, Mr.. Hinson and Mr.. John
Knapp.
A reception was given last Saturday
afternoon by Mrs. Sherman Hoar, widow
OF Representative Hoar. at her home in
Concord. Mass, to introduce her daugfi-
ter, Miss Helen Hoar
Miss Marjorie Rlanchard Nf;ss Cor, n
Eyarts, Miss Eleanor johnson, Miss
Elizabeth Pratt. Miss Helen Reyes, Miss
Bertha Kent, Miss Dorothy Maury and
Miss Rosamond Porter were the assist
ants.
Miss Hoar is a grandniece of the late
Senator Hoar and sister of Roger Sher-
man Hoar, senator-elect. She is nineteen
years old and has travelled abroad.
Miss Hoar was graduate of the Con-
cord schools and she has studied in Ger
many. Lucerne, Switzerland, and has
until recently attended school at Proy-
dence, r. I.