Evening star., 1920-02-03
Soc Gi@1GZY

members, the reception being prob
ably her largest at home of the season.
| Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer will re-
ceive tomorrow afternoon, and Mrs.
Il. j. Brown, her house guest. and
Mrs. W. Burnet Easton of Pennsyl-
vania. who is spending the winter
at the Grafton. will preside at the
tea tables.
The Attorney General will leave
/ Washington tomorrow for Excelsior
Springs, Mo, for a brief stay.
! Dinner for Diplomats.
The ambassador of italy and Bar
| oness Romano and the minister o!
| Poland and Princess LubomirSka Will
be the guests of honor at a dinner
| which Senator and Mrs. Medill NC
Cormick will give this evening.
The French ambassador and Nine.
| Jusserand will entertain al luncheon
; tomorrow at the embassy in honor
of the distinguished guests of the
nation. the minister of foreign al
| fairs of Uruguay and Nine. buero
| and the minister OF Uruguay ana
Nine. Varela -,
The minister and Nine. Varela will
entertain at a reception tomorro"
| afternoon for the minister and NINE.
Buero, when they viii be assisted IN
receiving by Sonora de Elizalde, VIE
of the minister of Ecuador; Nine.
Urueta, wife of the minister of Co.
| lombia; Sonora de Gondra. wife OF
the minister of Paraguay. and Nine.
de Pena, wife of the secretary of the
| legation of Uruguay.
The ambassador of Belgium and
Baroness de Cartier and the ambassa-
dor of Argentina and Nine. lie Breton
| will be the guests in whose honor
Mrs Charles S. Bromwell will enter
tain dinner company this evening.
Tie Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Lane entertained informally at
dinner last evening for the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. Houston.
The Norwegian Minister and Nine.
Bryn entertained at dinner last night
in honor of the French ambassador
and Nine. Jusserand. The other
guests are the Russian ambassador
and Nine. Bakhmeteff. the minister
of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and
| Nine. Grouitch. the assistant secre-
tary of the Treasury and Mrs. Leftlng-
well, Sir Arthur and Lady Willert,
| Can't. and Nine. c. Frolich Hansen.
Miss Josephine Patten and Mr.. Hub
scher, counselor of the Swiss legation
j.; Miss Julia H. Heebner of Pennsyl-
vania, who is spending the winter at
/ the Grafton, entertained at small
/ dinner last evening at the Shoreham
/ in honor of the Attorney General and
! Mrs. Palmer. Later the party at
! tended the performance at the Belas-
co Theater.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry J. Crosson will
, be the hosts at large dance at
Rauscher's this evening in compli-
ment to their debutante daughter
Miss Margaret Blaine Crosson, who
has been one of the most popular
buds of the season. The guests will
number about two hundred and will
! include the members of the younger
set.
| Mrs. Julian James was hostess at
| luncheon today.
Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman will be
home informally at "Airlie" tomorrow
afternoon and on the succeeding
! wednesday afternoons of February.
! Mrs c. c. Calhoun and her daughter.
Miss Margaret Simonds, who have
been unexpectedly called to Princeton.
| will not return to Washington until
after the Yale prom on Tuesday They
will observe their regular Sunday aft
ernoon at home On February Is.
! Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry White
/ have returned to their home on Park
road from Southern Pines. N. c., where
| they spent the greater part of jan
uary.
Mr.. c. w de Lyon Nichols of New
| York. who each year comes to Wash
ington to attend the Southern Relief
/, ball and select the most beautiful girls
present, last evening awarded the hon.
| ors to Miss Anne Gordon, the debutante
daughter of Mrs. George Barnett, wife of
the commandant of the Marine Corps,
who was the chairman of the young Ia
dies committee of the ball, and Miss
! Frances Hampson, the debutante daugh-
| ter of Mrs. Joseph Hampson.
: Mrs. jackson Ralston and Mrs
/ Henry King Love will be at home in
| formally Wednesdays in February, at
!! 1850 Mintwood place.
The Misses Clifford. daughters of Mr.
] and Mrs. John Parkinson Clifford. of
1 New York, who were to have come
to Washington to attend the dance to
/ be given tomorrow evening by Mrs. +.
| Septimus Austin and Miss Madeleine
! Austin, at Rauschers, and were also
| to have been their house guests while
! here. will be unable to come on &C
count of illness They will come later
! in the season for visit to Mrs. Aus
/ tin and Miss Austin.
! Southern Relief Bail.
The brilliant and sprightly Southern
Relief ball for the benefit of the home for
! Confederate Veterans. for which the
preparations and expectations thrilled
society for weeks past, is over. and 1t
was without doubt one of the largest
| and most brilliant functions of its kind
| ever given by that society, whose an
rual balls are distinct features Of the
winter season. The decorations in the
ballroom were elaborate. the flags of
ho "a wi