Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-30
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
A WHITE HOUSE HOLIDAY BALI.
Is ON FOR TONIGHT.
Receptions Official and Otherwise
for New Year-Personal
Notes.

The White House dance tonight and a
| number of dinners which will precede 1t,
| with other dances at the Chevy Chase
| Club at Rauscher's and at homes, prom
| Use a busy evening for the younger set.
| a more extended program for tomorrow
| night will include Col. Robert NJ. Thomp-
sons dinner and musical. Mrs. Clovers
dinner-dance. Miss ingalls, dance and
Mrs Hewsons dance at Rauschers for
her schoolgirl daughter. Miss Georgia
Schofeld, which are some of the end-of
the-year events ANTICIPATED with great
pleasure.
White House guests include Miss Edith
Morgan and Mr.. Walter S. Logan, jr.,
both of New York
Miss Helen Taft and Mr.. Robert Taft
and their house guests lunched informally
today with the Misses Frances and Ethel
Moves.
Secretary and Mrs. Nagel are entertain
| ing at dinner tonight for young people.
| Their niece, Miss Lionberger of Detroit,
| is with them.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox
will entertain at the Pan American Union
building New year day at their annual
| breakfast to the diplomatic corps. 1t will
| Immediately follow the presentation Of
the latter body at the White House.
They will hold no public reception. The
members of the cabinet and their wives
will generally receive at their homes New
Year day. These receptions rarely begin
before 3 o'clock.
The Chief Justice and Mrs. White will
i receive at their home. assisted by the
| wives of the associate justices, from j
| to 6.
Mrs. and Miss Clark, wife and daughter
| of the Speaker. are in Panama, doing
| away therefore, with a reception at the
| Speakers home.
The Countess of aberdeen and Miss
| Violet Asauith, who arrived yesterday
| from England, will spend the first few
days of their American visit in New York
| with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Phipps. They
| are expected here at the British embassy
| Thursday and will sail for England
| again January II.
| Mr. Theodore W. Moves will omit his
| usual New Year day reception Wednes-
day to the Washington National Monu-
ment Society. owing to the recent death
| of his brother, Thomas G. Noyes.
Mrs Walter Mclean. wife of Capt Nc
| Lean. will receive informally New Year
day, following her custom of many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry V. Bouic are spend
| ing a week at the Knickerbocker Hotel,
| New York.
! Mrs. Victor S. Foster, wife Of Lieut.
Foster, now stationed at Fort Riley,
| Kan. is on a visit to her parents, Col.
| and Mrs. Garrard, at Fort Myer.
The arrival of the members of the
Harvard glee bango and mandolin club
| who are to give a. concert tomorrow aft
| ernoon. is looked forward to with much
| interest by the many Harvard graduates
| and their friends here. 1t is expected
| that the local Harvard alumni will en-
| tertain. the musical clubs at luncheon at
| Chevy Chase Club. Among those who
have taken boxes for tire concert are Mrs.
| Beekman Winthrop. Mrs. Henry Cabot
| Lodge, Mrs. Frederick Stevens and Mrs.
| Henry Cleveland Perkins
Miss Jane Hunter of New Castle, Pa.
| who has been the guest of Mrs. c. s.
Pomeroy for the past week. is now with
Mrs c. b. Lower, New Hampshire
| avenue, where she will be until her re-
| turn home.
| Mrs Carl Stone Pomeroy entertained at
| a young peoples tea Thursday after
noon. in compliment to Miss Jane Hunter
| of New Castle. Pa, her house guest for
| the Christmas season. Those who as
sisted in receiving were Mrs. George
| F'iske Dudley. Miss Speer, Miss Williams,
Miss Allen. Miss Diedel and Miss schoen-
| field. The tea table was presided over
| by Mrs c. B. Lower and Mrs. Stuben-
| ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred c. Wilton of the
| Portner sailed yesterday for short stay
| in Bermuda.
Miss Anne Darsie of Pittsburgh ar
| rives today, to be the guest OF Miss
Frances Miller for the next two months.