The New York herald., 1920-12-26
Boys and Girls Home From
Schools and Colleges Make
for Fun and FrOlic.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Dec. 25.


theory that homes where the
heart is-and at Christmas time one
tries to join ones nearest and dearest,
wherever they may be- It's the week
when being lonesome is lonesomer
than ever and not to be borne. Which
is probably why house parties are the
rule.
Everybody has 'em. For ten days
the clans have been gathering. Every
train has brought it's happy freight
of boys and girls from schools and COL
leges, bringing, in many instances,
their less fortunate mates, whose
homes and families were too far away
to be reached even for Christmas. And
from the moment they stepped from
the train their time was all arranged
for them-crowded as full as it would
hold.
Among the gayest of the home
comers is Nadine Oxnard, who is shar-
ing in most of her debutante sister
Adeline's parties, and getting glimpse
of the heavenly time she will have
next year, or perhaps the year after
When her debut takes place. Then
there is Evelyn Wadsworth, Senator
and Mrs. James w. Wadsworth's one
fair daughter, who is 'in" on all the
fun that is going for the juniors. Quite
the party of parties--the one that the
debutantes and the sub-debs alike are
looking forward to-is the Christmas
masquerade dance which Mrs. Wads-
worth and Mrs. Henry NJ. Hoyt are
giving Jointly for their sub-deb daugh-
ters. Evelyn and Nancy, respectively.
1t is to be out at Grasslands on Mon
day evening.
Another of the Christmas home
coners is Frances Noyes. who though
neither deb nor a sub-deb is being
showered with parties-but she's a sub
bride. so to speak-going TO be married
on January 6. Her engagement to
Edward Hart Of New York was an
nounced couple of months ago. Parties
for her are getting all mixed UP with
the regular holiday rush.
Ethel Noyes-Mrs. Thomas Blagden
Jr., and her husband also are here for
the holidays-and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Noyes have a gay and happy housefu
this Christmastide. But not for long,
for almost Immediately after Frances's
wedding the Tom Blagdens are sailing
for India to be gone about a year.
It's been a week when dinners-the
favorite indoor sport of those who are.
well. no longer as young as they were
have given place to dances. There was
the British Embassy dance as a fare.
well to Col. and the Hon. Mrs. A. T.
A. n. Thorne. the former military at
tache Of the embassy, on Monday night.
That, to be sure, was preceded by sew.
H.,
and Lady GeddeS were themselves the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ham
lin, who invited a distinguished com.
pany to meet them. And Gen. Bethel
entertained at dinner for the Thornes
Gen. Pershing's Aids.
One OF the pleasantest parties was
the country supper, which Col Queke-
meyer. one of Gen. Pershing's aids,
gave at Highwood. the Corbin place
out Chevy Chase way, which the Gem
eraI and his unmarried aids have beer
occupying for six or eight months. That
took In the married set, rather than
the flappers and recent debutantes-the
Longworth, the Warren Delano Rob-
binses, Col. and Mrs. Guy D. Henry,
Col. and Mrs. Harry Cootz, Mrs. Crom.
well Brooks. Mrs. Charles Bromwell,
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs
Mrs. Grafton Minot, Mrs. Horace West
colt, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Playford OF
Baltimore, and, of course, number OF
bachelor officers as we'll as Gen. FER
shing. He has gone to Roslyn, Il. l.
to join family party at his brothers
Mr.. James Pershing's house. Their TWO
sisters were to come on from the West
and they were bringing young warren
Pershing, the Generals beloved only
child. So It is safe to say that Gen.
Pershing is having q happy Christmas
The supper was followed by dance.
Mildred Bromweu had a small dinner,
fourteen guests, I believe. to meet ner
euest. Margaret Dunlop daughter or
Mrs. Archibald McCrea: Ruth Hitch
cock had another, her guests Including
q number of the young dancing set. and
Alice Harding had one, with the group
OF girls that includes Caroline Story
and Annas Hamlin. and their play
mates, Capt. Henry OF the embassy
staff. who alasi 10 sailing for home next
week: Chester Lockwood and Ballard
Moore
It was not very big dance. the the
ory being that the guests were the es-
pecial friends of the Thornes. but 1t was
a. very pretty one. all white and silver
and Christmas greens. OF the Cabinet
there were the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Baker, who had been the CHIEF
guests at dinner and theatre party
given by Gen. and Mrs. Drake earlier
In the evening. and the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Houston, who are
not In a general way addicted to
dances. Justice and Mrs. Pitney were
there and Mrs. Letter, of course. since
the Thornes have been her guests; the
woodbury. Blairs. the Charles Hamlins.
Miss Boardman and her sister, Mrs.
Frederick Keep; the Sheldon White
houses, the Longworths. Senator and
Mrs. wadsworth. the Irwin b. Laugh
Inns. Dr. and Mrs. Walcott-and. by the
way. Mrs. walcott, who was Miss
Vaux of Philadelphia, has an interest
ing exhibit of water color sketches OF
the flowers of the Canadian Rockies at
the National Museum this month-Col.
and Mrs Sherman Miles, Mr.. and Mrs.
Summer Weles. Col. and Mrs. stephen
L'Hommedieu Slocum, Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph Caspar Miller. Mrs Hare
Lippincott. Miss Lippincott, Mrs. Bar
nett and her daughter. Miss Gordon.
and. of course, the military attaches OF
thc other embassies and their wives and
n general scattering of others of the
dinlomatic corps as well as of society at
large.
Mrs. Barnett was at home for the first
time this season--ln her new house on
Bancroft place--her daughter assisting
t.oth n h