Evening star., 1919-12-31

engagement to Mr.. James Writ Rus
! sell Robinson.
York. and after few days there
will visit another sister, Mrs Edward
Finkenstaedt, in Cleveland.
! The members of the Washington
| Club will hold their annual New Year
reception tomorrow afternoon, from
to O'Clock. The boa Of governors
will receive.
Mr. and Mrs George T. Marye viii
| entertain at dinner this evening for
| their young daughter, Miss Helen
Marye.
Mr and Mrs. Charles II. Chaplin have
returned from New York and are at
Somerset House for the New Year
festivities. They are accompanied by
Miss Lenore Jackson of Philadelphia,
who has just made her debut in Phil
adelphia society. Mr.. and Mrs. Chaplin
Will give large dinner party tonight
at the Chevy Chase Club for Miss
Jackson. the guests to be from the
! debutante circle here.
Mrs. Joshua Willis Alexander. wife
of the new Secretary of Commerce,
will be at home tomorrow afternoon
from !. to o'clock at the residence
+ lilo Rhode Island avenue, which also
is tn home of their son-in-law and
daughter. Dr. and Mrs. " r. Jenner
Mrs Alexander will be assisted by
Mrs. Jenner and Miss Alexander.
Mr.. Robert Silvercruys. attache of
the Belgian embassy. is leaving
Washington, preparatory to sailing
Saturday on the s. s. Adriatic for
| Europe. He will go at once to Bel
GUM. where he will report at the
foreign office.
Mr.. Silvercruys has been one of the
most popular of the young diplomats
in Washington. and his departure is
a matter of great regret to society.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis Mayer
of Ardmore. Pa. have arrived TO
spend few days with the Iarter's
mother, Mrs. James F. Barbour. Mrs
Barbour will give her annual Christ
mas treat to the orphan boys at St
Joseph's Asylum tomorrow afternoon,
when toys, candies and other gifts
will be distributed.
Mrs a. F. King was hostess at a
charmingly appointed tea at the
Washington Club yesterday afternoon
to present her daughter. Miss Sarah
V. King. to her friends. Christmas
club. Miss King wore a charminG.y y
girlish gown of white tulle over
satin and carried an arm bouquet of
pink roses.
Louise King. Others assisting were:
Mrs. w. II. Wilmer, Mrs. Louis S
Greene, Mrs. John Van Rensselaer,
Mrs. Avery D. Andrews of New York
and the Misses Abbot
The debutantes who assisted were
Miss Peggy Martin. Miss Betty Grove.
Miss Marcia Chaplin. Miss Elizabeth
Kemp. Miss Helen Tucker. Miss Anne
Dulany, Miss Mary Custis Lee. Miss
Lindsay Wood. Miss Helen McLana-
han, Miss Eleanor Harris and Miss
Eleanor Johnston.
Following the tea Mrs. King enter
tanned the young people at dinner at
her home in Massachusetts avenue
Mrs. Lane Guest of Honor.
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Lane will be the guests of honor
at a dinner given by Miss Amaryllis
Gillett on New Year night from
which the guests will go to the Co.
Mrs. Lane has been instrumental in
interesting the whole city in this
event, working hard for its success as
chairman of the ball committee. Brig
Gen. Collardet. military attache of the
French embassy, and his aid, Capt
Lombard; Miss Ruth Hitchcock and
Judge John Barton Payne, are among
the distinguished company to be en-
tertained by Miss Gillett.
Other hostesses have also planne d.
celebration, prominent among them
being Mrs. Reeve Lewis and Mrs
William r. Fendall.
The complete list of box holders for
the event is evidence of the wide
spread interest the affair has aroused
in Washington society. The list in
cludes: Nine. Sol. wife of the minister
from Salvador; Mrs. II. Il. Learned, Mrs
Frank S. Bright. Mrs. Victor Kauff-
mann, Mrs. Guy T. Scott Mrs NJ h
nfn I'm Mt.c
liam =. Emo, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson Mrs
T.. Fl. Everett, Mrs. Clarence Aspin-
wall, Mrs. Charles Il. Drake. Mrs
Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Francois b. Mo-
ran. Judge Martin Knapp. former Gov
Folk, Miss Amaryllis GilIett. Col
William Eric Fowler, Mrs. Thomas
Walsh, Mrs. George II. Myers. Mrs
Frank Anderson and Mrs. William +.
F'endall.
The marriage of Miss Jane Story,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John +.
Story, jr., to Capt. r. r. Glen of the
British embassy staff, whose engage
ment was announced yesterday, will
take place in st. Johns Episcopal
Church on Saturday. January II. 1t
will be followed by breakfast.
Mrs. William Atherton Du Puy was
hostess last night at a dinner dance
for young people in honor of Miss
Angela Marshall of Phoenix. Ariz.
Miss Marshall. who is attending the
Girls Cathedral School, is spending
the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Du
| I'uy, at her home, in Chevy Chase.
Gen. and Mrs. T. q. Donaldson will
be at home tomorrow afternoon from
to O'Clock at their residence on
Kalorama road. Their son. Capt. John
q. Donaldson, who has been their
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