Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-08

| h1chard Van W. Negley Mrs. Burle-
son Will not observe her days at home
| until after the first of January
Makes Debut Today.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic D. Mckinney
| are entertaining at large tea this
! 'iternoon to present their daughter
| HISS Virginia Mckinney. at their resi-
! !tnce on New Hampshire avenue An
iaborate decoration of American
| beauty roses. palms and ferns is in
| place in the various rooms of the
drawinS room suite and the room
where the young debutante and her
mother receive will have screen on
which the many handsome bouquets
sent Miss Mckinney will be arranged.
MRS. Mckenney is wearing a prin-
cess gown of black seuuins mounted
over Velvet and made with a long
train and wing sleeves of tulle. TIL,
deputantes gown is an imported one
OF cream white taffeta forming the
icundation and the skirt, which is
iraped over hoops. has a trimming OF
iiiihS SoId lace put on in rows of
tour WIN spaces between from waist
me 10 hem. The sleeveless bodice
somewhat long wasted and finished
with puff of the taffeta, giving a
pannier effect. while the decollete is
round. Her bouquet is of orchids and
roses. ~
oiouyS btHnett OIL Denver hn
70 the mouse guest of Miss Mckenney.
VIII assist in receiving and her gown
is OF spider web lace, with a design
emDroldered in shaded pink floss on
II, and the skirt mounted over a hoop.
her bouquet is of pink roses.
In the dining ROOM Mrs Charles B.
Drake. Mrs Charles McKenny. Mrs.
Frank Crosthwaite. Mrs Horace Ben
nett of Denver and Mrs. Charles Hen
ry smith of New York. will take turns
in presiding at the f1ower-decked tea
table The other members of the re-
ceiving party include Miss Nancy
| Lane, Miss Frances Hampson, Miss
Marcia Chaplin, Miss Lindsay Wood
Miss Barrine Drake. Miss Margaret
Crosson: Miss Myra Morgan. Miss Del
phine Heyl. Miss Helen Tucker and
Miss Marion Drain. Miss Mckinney
! and several members of her receiving
| party will go later to Wardman Park
| Hotel. where dinner dance will be
| given in her honor.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid will arrive in
Washington tomorrow afternoon to be
! the guest of Mrs. William J. Board
man and Miss Mabel Boardman
Mr.. Edwin S. Sweet. acting Secre-
| tary of Commerce, and Miss Sophy
Sweet, who leSk Washington for the
! south on Saturday. stopped at Charles
( ton, where the boarded the Cypress
OF the lighthouse service. for Savan-
| nah. Ga, to attend the Southern Com
| mercial Congress. in progress there
DR.. F. w. Stratton, director of the
bureau of standards; Mr.. Morris Par
| ris of the department and a number
! of distinguished guests accompanied
the acting secretary, his daughter
serving as hostess.
This is the eleventh annual meeting
of the Southern Commercial Congress
and air. Sweet made an address be-
fore the body today
Solicitor General of the Department
of Justice and Mrs. A. c. King are
esta blished in their new home, at
2O2S Connecticut avenue.
Prof Willis Luther Moore. now tenn
; porarily located at the Chevy Chase
, Club. has leased apartments at the
, New Chastleton. 18th and r streets.
; which he expects to occupy the first
of the year. Mrs. Moore will remain
with her parents, who are invalids at
Closter. n. j.. for an indefinite period
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence A. Aspinwall
| will entertain at a dinner-dance at
| the Chevy Chase Club Monday even
! their daughter Miss Margaret AS
! pinwall who will be home from
| school for the holidays. Mr. Aspin-
; wall. who is at White Sulphur. will
'Ddhe SHOTt WISH 10 cincinnati
| fore returning to Washington.
Brig. Gen and Mrs. Cornelius Van
! deroilt gave a dinner party last
night in their home. 5th avenue. New
| York. for the new Italian ambassador
! to WASHINGTON. Baron Romano Avez-
! zano. and Baroness Avezzano. At the
| same time they opened their new pic
| ture gallery. for which they have
! withdrawn from the Metropolitan
1 of A RI nf int
| ings lent to that institution. Sew
! enty five pictures still remain on view
/ in the museum.
The rev gallery is Louis XIV in
! terror in red. brought from France.
! The paintings shown last night to the
guests were Millet's The Sewer" and
1.-The Water Carrier" three examples
| of DiaZ two of Dupres. two Troyons.
! Rosseau. Turner and Villegan.
| Among the sixty guests at the din
and Baroness Avezzano. were Prince
.Rospolli. first secretary of the Italian
embassy: Marchese and Marchesa Ca
pelli. Mrs. Vanderbilt. Col. and Mrs
sloane. Lad Herbert, Mrs. Ogden
Goelet. Mrs. Henry Sanford. Miss
Grace Vanderbilt. Miss Rachel Little
; ton. Mr.. Murray Hoffman and Mr..
Charles Mum.
Dinner Of Last Night.
! Mrs Alice Barney entertained at
dinner last evening in honor of Mrs.
| Anderson Davis of New York. Her
guests were Commander and Mrs. Ran
dolph Miner of California;: Mr.. and
| Mrs. William Corcoran Hill. Miss
| Wells, Mr.. Underwood and NJ. and
| Nine Dreyfus-Barney of Paris. who
are spending the winter in Washing
ton. Mrs. Barney entertained on Sat
urday evening. and had among her
! guests Mrs. H. c. Corbin. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Henry Cleveland Perkins. Miss Board :
, man. NJ. and Nine. Dreyfus- Barney,
Mr. Otto Gushing. DR.. Swisher and NJ
Quesada. Mrs. Barney will continue
her Fridays at home through De-
cember
Mrs. Charles D. Helmbold heads the
committee in charge of the gypsy
camp, which will be one of the many
interesting features at the Italian fete
to be held Thursday, December IL, at
2400 10th street.
She will be assisted by Mrs. Edward
| Knox Cook, Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett
Mrs. William H. Derbyshire of
| Philadelphia, and Mrs. George Bar
nett The fortune tellers and girls
assisting, all of whom will wear
charming gypsy costumes. will include
Miss Leila Gordon. Miss Anne Gordon,
Miss Marcia Chaplin. Miss Lindsay