Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-24
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
OFFICIAL HOMES HAVE FAMILY
PARTIES TODAY.
A Debut Tea and a Ball Are on
the Program-Personal
Notes.

With the President and his family at
the White. House for Thanksgiving, Miss
Helen Taft had four Bryn Mawr girls
as her special guests. They are Miss
Phyllis Rice, Miss Marion Crane, Miss
Isabel Vincent and Miss Gordon Hamil-
ton. The day of pleasure for the young
people eliminated IN the big luncheon to-
day and the dinner tonight. which will
make the Thanksgiving celebration a
memorable one.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
are still at their Utica home, and the
Speaker and Miss Cannon are with their
family circle in Danville. Ill.
Several members of the cabinet at
tended the Pan-American celebration at
ST. Patrick's this morning and afterward
lunched with the pastor. DR.. Russell.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox
are spending. the holiday here. as are
Secretary and Mrs. MacVeagh, Secretary
Dickinson, Secretary Meyer, Postmaster
General Hitchcock, Secretary Ballinger
and Secretary Wilson. Secretary and Mrs.
Nagel will have their family party aug
mented at dinner by the Attorney Cen
eral and Mrs. Wickersham. Mrs. Dickin-
son Is still away on account of the illness
of her son, and the Secretary has accept
ed the invitation of Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
for dinner. Mrs. Meyer and her daugh-
tiers are still abroad, and Mrs. Ballinger
will not return from the west until next
week.
Mr.. Wayne Macveagh is spending the
day with his brother. the Secretary of
the Treasury, whose new home on 18th
street will be the scene of his next
Thanksgiving celebration.
Miss Constance Wickersham is home
from the Cathedral School with her
parents
Miss Elizabeth Mason Collins. the at
tractive young daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.
Charles Read Collins. will be presented
at a tea today at her parents home, on
K street, an event in which resident So
ciety is especially interested and Will par
ticipate. The date is very happily chosen;
affairs to monopolize the attention OF
the younger set and their elders, who like
to be on hand also.
Mrs. Collins has large receiving party
invited for the afternoon. 1t includes
Mrs. J. William Henry, Mrs. Charles Lar
Mason Gibbs. Miss Mary Stead. Miss
Alice Boyd, Miss Frances Goldsborough,
Miss Adelaide Heath. Miss Anne Gleaves,
son, Miss Gertrude Greedy, Miss Louise
HELEN, Miss Louise Bayne, Miss Dorothy
Decide and Miss Doris Haywood.
Won Bernstorff entertained at dinner last
night the French ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand, the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor and Mrs.
Charles Nagel. the minister of Panama,
Mr.. Arosemena; the minister Of Portugal.
Viscount d'Alte: the counselor of the Ital-
ian embassy, Marchese Negrotto; Mrs.
Norman Williams, Mrs. Julian James,
Mrs. Thomas T. Calf, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Slater. the naval attache of the Rus
IsA(Q
ess Luise-Alexandra Won Bernstorff and
Baron Won Heyl.
DR.. and Mrs. William G. Morgan's re-
ception last night for their house guests.
DIR. and Mrs. Max EnhOrn of New York,
was a brilliant occasion, at which about
200 of their friends assisted. the medical
profession of the city being largely rep
resented The house was adorned with
flowers and plants and buffet supper
was served. An orchestra played
throughout the evening.
Col. Francis Cotton and Miss Margery
Cotton entertained at dinner last evening
Lieut.. Camperio. Miss Colton's guests to
meet them wer. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Letter, Paymaster and Mrs. John Mer-
RAM, Mrs. Summerlin, Mrs. Archibald
Davis, who returned yesterday to her
old home after visit to her husband,
Commander Davis. U. S. NJ. in Cuba;
Miss EVELYN Chew. Miss Alice Clarke.
Commander McCulley, Rev. Mr. Snively
of Chicago, Mr.. William Merritt and Mr.
Lamar Leahy.
Mrs. Hutchins. wife of Rear Admiral
Hutchins, gave a small tea yesterday at
her home on 18th street in compliment
to Mrs. Hutchins. wife of Lieut. Charles
T. Hutchins. jr., bride of last summer
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop and Mrs. Rob-
ert Hincl;ley assisted.
Mrs. Joseph F.. Craig, wife of Rear
Admiral Craig L. S. N, is entertaining
at a house-warming tea today at their
new home, 1908 New Hampshire avenue.
Assisting will be Mrs. Bradford, Miss
Mary Radford and Miss Mohun.
Representative Joseph +. OConnell oil
Boston and Miss Marisite r. Lenahan,
daughter of MFR. John T. Lenahan OF
Wilkesbarre Pa. formerly a representa-
tive in Congress, were married yesterday
morning In st. Mary's Church. Wilkes
barre, by Father McManus at nuptial
high mass. The bride was escorted by
her father and attended by her sisters
Misses Gertrude and Margaret Lenahan
DIR. John a. O'COnnell of Boston was the
best man.
They will he at the Normandie in this
city after December ).
The bride is a graduate of Notre Dame
Phil. delphia. and very popular socially
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