Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-21

| New Year eve. at Rauscher's. include
Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell, Mrs. CID
son Fahnestock, Mrs. Bernard Ba-
| ruch. Mrs. F. Ward Denys. Mrs.
Hitchcock. Miss Lillian Birney, as
chairman of the ball committee, and
her assistants are doing everything
to make the ball as brilliant a sue
cess as those of former years.
Mrs. Wilson lent her name to head
the list of patronesses before leaving
for France, and others on the list
are Sonora de Riano, Mrs. James w.
Madsworth, jr.; Mrs. Robert NJ.
Thompson. Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs.
Mrs. Ross Thompson, Mrs. Julian
James, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs.
6ennen Jennings. Mrs. Frederick
Delano, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs.
j. Esary Johnson, Mrs. Harold Walker
and Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper.
Mrs Clarence .Crittenden Calhoun
was hostess at a large tea yesterday
AFTERNOON, at her residence in New
hampshire avenue, when her daugh-
ter, Miss Marguerite Calhoun Simonds,
made her formal debut. The various
were adorned with a profusion of
pink roses and palms. while the
many bouquets sent the young bud
formed an imposing collection. The
guests, representative of the official,
diplomatic and resident life of the
capital, were received by Mrs. CAL
houn, her mother, Mrs. Breaux of
New Orleans, and Miss Simonds. Mrs.
! calhoun wore sapphire blue velvet,
the skirt deliberately draped. and blue
ostrich fronds forming the only trim
ming; Mrs. Breaux wore a hand
some gown of orchid brocade with
point lace and a corsage bouquet of
orchids, while the debutante was
charming in a pale rose-pink tulle
ana charmeuse gown, with which she
| carried bouquet of sweetheart
roses.
Assisting at the tea table were Mrs.
Gregory, wife of the Attorney Cen
eral; Nine. Zaldivar. wife of the min
lister from Salvador; Mrs. George Bar
nett, wife of the major general COM
mandant of the Marine Corps; Mrs.
Leigh Palmer, the Princess Ghika,
Spencer, Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell.
Mrs Richardson Gibson, Mrs. Charles
Fremont, Mrs. Leonard Imboden and
Mrs. Poe White. The other assistants
Eugenia Bankhead, Miss Julia Zaldi-
var, Miss O1yve Graef, Miss Mildred
Bromwell, Miss Carter Mullken, Miss
Alice Requa, Miss Imboden, Miss
Mary Duncan Gibson, Miss Emily
Spear of New York, Miss Marjorie
Mrs. George Draper and Mrs. Salt
onstall have been added to the COM
mittee for the tea and ball for the
American fund for French wounded
to be given on December 81. in the
home of Mr.. Edward H. Everett. Mrs.
Mary B. Chipron will have charge of
the mystic room both afternoon and
evening. In the evening the Princess
Ghika will be in charge of the en-
trance to the mystic room. There will
be bridge in the afternoon also.
Officers Hop.
Brig Gen. Kutz. the new Engineer
Commissioner of the District Of CO.
lumbia, and Mrs. Kutz and Capt. and
Mrs. c. H. Nash will be in the receiv-
ing line at the dance tonight at the
Washington barracks.
Mrs. Benjamin HELEN entertained
at dinner last evening at the Club de
Vingt in honor of her debutante
daughter, Miss Mary HELEN. Her
guests included Miss Elizabeth Grim
nell. and they all went to the dance
Mrs. Grinnell gave at the Washington
Club later.
Gen. and Mrs. William H. Arthur
will leave Washington on Monday for
New YORK, Wnere tneV are planning
to spend the greater part of the win
ter. but will go south during the Sc
we're weather.
Gen. and Mrs Arthur have leased
their residence on Leroy place to Mrs.
w. H. Jaques for the winter sea son.
Mrs Richmond P. Davis has taken
an apartment at the Brighton. where
she will make her home until Gen.
Davis return from France.
Mrs. Newman D. Waite of East
Orange, N. j.. announces the engage
ment of her daughter. Edith Dwight
Reynaud, to Lieut.. Henry Whitcomb
Nicolson of the 9th Aero Squadron,
American air service. now in France.
Lieut.. Nicolson is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Llewellyn Nicolson of
Washington.
Mr. Grosvenor Dane has gone TO
Paris in connection with the Y. NJ.
c. A, and during his absence Mrs.
Dane and their two sons will re-