Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25

mittees for that function. which will b.
held at the New Willard Januar!
%: Mrs. Louis Lehr and Mrs. Eldridge
committee, and Mr.. Arthur T. Addison
| and Mr.. Horace Westcott OF the men
committee.
| A specially attractive feature this year
will be the dancing Of a minuet. MRS.
the season and Mrs. Robert L.. Taylor
| of the senatorial young ladies who will
| take part Miss Mamie Randolph Heth
is the president of the Southern Relief
Society, the only one of it's kind in thu
United States.
The Columbian Women of the George
Washington University have issGed invi-
tations for reception to meet President
and Mrs Stockton Tuesday evening. De-
cember 81, at 8 o'clock, in the university
buildings. 1886 and 1888 I street.
Mrs John B. Larner. Mrs. Henry B. F.
mcfarland, Mrs. John Joy Edison and
Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes. Columbian
Women. whose husbands are members of
the university board of trustees. have
been asked to assist in receiving the
guests.
The presentations to President Stockton
will be made by the president of the Co
lumbar Women. Miss Grace Ross. as
Munroe. Miss MIA. Clancy, Miss Flor
ence Frisby. Mrs. Edwin B. Behrend.
Miss Anna A. Hazelton and Miss Julia
McCord. Others assisting will be the
deans Of the university and their wives.
The chairman of the committee on ar
lrangements, Mrs. George. p. Merrill. will
be assisted in the dining room by Mrs.
Martin A. Knapp. Mrs. James Brown
Scott. Mrs. NJ. NJ. Parker. Mrs. William
H. McKnew and Mrs. Howard L. Hodg-
kins, who will serve the coffee and ices.
and by Mrs. Oscar A. Mecklin. Mrs. Paul
Bartsch. Mrs. John Barber. Mrs. Fred
erick Elder. Mrs. Louise P. Hiss. Mrs.
&c. H. Brice, Miss NJ. Elsie Turner and
Miss Adele Taylor, members of her COM
mittee.
A committee from the Pi Beta Phi, Chi
Omega and Sigma Kappa fraternities and
from the university Y. w. c. A. will also
laSsist.
The decorations will be Christmas
greens intermingled with university flags
and fraternity pennants.
Among those invited are the officers OF
government. administration and instruc-
ton of the university. and the ladies of
their families and the students.
For the first time in the history of the
United States, Naval Academy at An
napolis the midshipmen are granted a
Christmas leave of absence. and this is
a gala time for a score OF them. who are
the guests of Mrs j. Sylvester Phillips
at her home on Connecticut avenue. The
house is lastly decorated in Yuletide
greens and Killarney roses, and upon
their arrival yesterday afternoon a gay
scene was presented. There are numer-
Gus entertainments for them throughout
the capital. but Mrs. Phillips house party
is the most extensive. Among the guests
are Mr.. and Mrs. Wells Goodhue and
little daughter Louise of Chicago, Rob-
ert King Awtrey of Georgia, Philip RAN
dolph Baker Of Nebraska, Henry Fred
erick Bruins of West Virginia. Pat
Buchanan Of Texas. Andes Haley Butler
Of Louisiana, Calvin Hayes Cobb of
Maine, Francis Marion Collier of Vir-
GINA, Robert Henry English Of Georgia
Wells Eldredge Goodhue of Illinois
James Gillespie Blaine Gromer of Mis-
souri,, Edward William Henson of Min
nespta,. Robert Paul Hinrichs of Iowa
Frank Carey McCord Of Indiana, Albert
Roscoe Mack of Illinois. Summerfield Key
Ragon of Tennessee. George Arthur Rood
of Indiana. James Harvey Taylor of In
diana. Fred Weldon of Iowa and Carroll
Quinn Wright. jr, of Pennsylvania.
Miss Mildred Duval will give a card
party January in honor of Miss Ger
trude Fry and Miss Elizabeth Shedd, two
brides of January.
Mr.. J. B. Morgan expects his daughter.
Miss Mary Edna Morgan. to spend che
Christmas holidays at his country home,