The Washington times., 1921-01-01
Cabinet Houses
Open Wide for
Meqv YearDay
THOUGH the White Hous,

tiNlliCsB anu must Oh It's
turesqueness and color have gone
New Year Day will, after all, at
tain something OF Its old time gay
ETY.. The Vice President and Mrs.
Marshall will keep open house In
their apartment at the willard aft
or 4 O'Clock, and will have a group
OF ladies assisting them.
There will, OF course, be no diplo-
matte breakfast, with the Secretary
of State and his wife as hosts. since
Secretary Colby IL in South America.
But it's place will be taken in n
measure by the reception, which the
Acting Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Davis are giving from 8 to 7 o'clock.
Their guests will be limited to tho
members OF the diplomatic corps,
with the ladies of their families:
and Mrs. Davis will be assisted by
the wives OF the officials OF the
State Department, headed by Mrs.
Colby. Miss Martha Davis will al
so assist her mother in welcoming
the guests
The Secretary OF War and Mrs
Baker will be at home through
the afternoon at Beauvoir They
will have no formal receiving party,
but will be assisted by the mem
bers OF their household and
Canon and Mrs. J. Townsend Rus
sell, who are on the eve OF leaving for
the South. will receive with them.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels will receive this after
noon, as Is ever their custom on
New Year Day.
At the home of Secretary and
Mrs. Daniels section of the
Marine Band will play in the
drawing room. and in the ballroom
the Navy Yard band will give a
program of dance music. Secre-
tary and Mrs. Daniels will have a
number of people receiving with
them. the group including:
The Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy and Mrs. Gordon Woodbury..
Admiral and Mrs. Robert Coontz,
Rear Admiral Thomas Washington,
Admiral and Mrs. Charles McVey.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Robert
Griffin, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
David Taylor, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Edward r. Stitt. Major General
John A. Lejeune, commandant of
the marine corps; Miss Laura Le-
jeune. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Parks.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. George
Clark. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
PEBBLES, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
John a. Hoogewerff, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. William c. Braisted, Capt.
and Mrs. T. r. Craven, Capt. and
Mrs. Lloyd Chandler, Capt. and Mrs.
Benjamin Dennis, Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Bagley. mother of the
hostess. and Mrs. E. f. Moffitt, Mrs.
Herbert Worth Jackson and Miss
Evelyn Jackson, all of Richmond,
who are guests Of the Secretary and
Mrs. Daniels.
A group Of debutantes will also
assist. among them Miss May Tay-
lor Miss Ann Craven, Miss Griffin,
Miss Zilla MacDougaIl, Miss Char
Iotte MacDougall, and Miss Marjorie
Gelm.
Besides sons Of the Secretary and
Mrs. Daniels. who are spending the
holidays with them, there will be a
number Of young men on hand to
make themselves generally useful.
HAMLINs AT HOME.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin will
also keep open house today after
their hospitable custom. Mrs. Ro-
bert Lansing will preside at Meyer;
and the hostess will be assisted by
her daughter, Miss Anna Hamlin
and Miss Tracy Lyon of New York,
who is staying with her.
, Receptions at the Congressional
Club. which will keep open house
during the afternoon, and at the
Washington Club will add to the
gayety of the program and in the
evening there will be a dance at the
Congressional Club for members and
their families. The Women's City
Club will also have a reception this
afternoon.
Although most OF the parties to-
day have a distinctly official flavor.
several unofficial hostesses will re-
ceive, notably Mrs. Edison Bradley,
whose New Year Day reception has
become an institution in Washington.
She will be assisted by Nine. de
Riano, Mrs. Mahlon ritney. Mrs.
John Hays Hammond, Mrs. Horace
Westcott, Mrs. Frederick Anterior
Miss Margaret Harding and Miss
Mildred Bromwell.
DR.. and Mrs. David Jayne Hill will
receive this afternoon between the
hours of 4 and o'clock as is their
annual custom: and after a lapse OF
four or five years Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. John A. Johnston will resume
their New Year Day reception. They
will be at home from to o'clock
and q group of Mrs. .Vohnston's
friends will be commandeered to
preside in turn at the tea table.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. II. NJ. Lord,