The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-26
BY REBECCA STEVENSON
Office Phone. Main COO.
Christmas

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Christmas
Christmas. after semireslrement
Of two years. emerged in mo form
Yesterday and was observed IN the
time hcnorcd manner, with kith'
hoiiy in the windows. miStetce w
the deorways, small forests ~
Christmas trees on uptown eotheth
awaiting purchasers, an endless ptu
esssson ~ family breakfasts. dinner =
ami Christmas tree parties, ana, de
rnrtine from the quaint custom In
Western Washington, hut little rain.
Famliy breakfasts and dinners are
the pieasAnteat things, and arc not
fpr relatives alone. but their clos"
friends as we'll who often celebrate
holidays together thru the years
So,ne % the many dinners and break
faSss are given here
Air. and Mrs. q II. fownan en-
sertaincd with a Christmas dinner
for twelve at their home. and have As
house guests for the Christmas
weekend, Mira Isowman's sistnr,
Mrs. Henry II. Hathaway, % kllens'
burg. and her son, MIR. Henry NJ
Hathaway,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Edward skin
rer entertained tho members or the
family and few additional saeHu
with dinner at their home
Judge and Mrs. Burke were hosts
at a family dinner at their homo
yesterday.
DIR. ana Mrs. Frederick Bentley
gave a dinner OF fourteen covers for
tho family and intimate friends. and
had n Christmas tres party In Tire
eyoniur. Bishop Frederic w.
Kenfor. Mrs. keator and their son.
Mr.. Frederic keatnf. spent Christ
mas with Or. and AIRS. bentley, as
has hccn their custom for years.
Judge ana Mrs. Richard A. Balm
ger were hosts at a family dinner
PARTY at their home. Their son. Mr..
Richard TaIcott Baliinger. who IL a
Junior at Stanford, Is at home and
spending tho holidays with them
Mr.. ana Mrs. Charles elise gave
Christmas Tree celebration for the
members Of the family and the chill
dren yesterday at their home.
Or. and Mrs. Richard W. Perry
kent open hous. Christmas day, and
entertained with a family dinner Of
seventeen covers DIR. and Mrs Jay
1. Durand. and Mrs. Matthew Perry.
with her daughters. Miss Eugenis
and Miss Gertrude Perry. OF Vic
toria. were among the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederic Strive en-
trrtGined with family dinner at
their home.
MFR. and Mrs II. r. ostrandsr
gave a house party Christmas Eve
and Christmas Day for their rela-
tive&~ Miss Catherine ostrander IL
home from school to spend the hoil-
days with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Baltic
entertained with dinner for four
teen. Their son in.iaw and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. william n. Ripley and
baby. of Tacoma. are with them for
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs IAngion c. Henry
gave dinner for the members OF
the family nj their home yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NORTH Thomson
we're hosts at dinner Of fourteen
covers. Mrs. Thomson with Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Thomson and their two
children. who have bean in Calsfor-
mia for the past sir weeks. returned
in time for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. F. lyman enter.
tanned with a family dinner for
- A.tr 4ar
mas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Myers
gave a dinner OF twelve covers for
the members OF the family and a few
additional guests.
Mr.. II. II. Williams. OF Chicago, In
their house guest. and will join Mrs.
williams In Pasadena tho first of the
year. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams. who
spend their summers on Lummi
island. have many friends here
Mrs T.. r. Blaine entertained ten
old-sime friends Mt dinner yesterday,
Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton De
veuve entertained few guests In
formally at dinner.
1f- ADG mrs. JsAtftFA fsshfsr :
dinner was for fourteen
Judge and Mrs. Stephen J. Chad.
wick entertained twelve guests with
dinner In their apartments in the
ofympian.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Parsons en-.
tertained with a family dinner. Miss
Eosamond Parsons returned from
HoQuiam 70 spend the holidays with
them
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips Morrison
gave a dinner Of ten covers at home.
afr. and Mrs. Roy Page Ballard
entertained with a dinner for twelve.
Mr. and Mrs. william ID. Perkins
were dinner hosts yesterday. Their
daughter, Miss Jane Perkins, and
their sonIn-iaw and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Gooding Witter and
baby are with them for the holidays
DIR. and Mrs. George n. McCulloch
entertained with a dinner for the
family and a few additional guests.
Mrs. McCulioch's mother and
brother, Mrs. Charles staman and
Mr.. Leon Staman from Eastern
Washington, are their guests during
the holidays.
Captain and Mrs. james Criffiths
gave a dinner for the members OF
their family. at their home. Christ
mas
Mr.. and Mrs. STANLEY Griffiths
tssfx
the members of their family, yester
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen u. Gibbs
gave a G1Ss7 n dinner at their home