Evening star., 1921-12-25
Cabinet Circle Shares
In Social Festivities
Dinners. Luncheons. Teas and Other Functions
Mark the Holiday Period-Many Enter
tain During Week.

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes will be the honor guests at
dinner Tuesday evening of the Rt.
Hon. Arthur J. Balfour.
The counselor of the Belgian en-
bassy and Nine. de Selys will enter
tain a company at dinner tomorrow
evening.
Air Marshal Higgins will be host at
dinner Tuesday evening.
DR. Hubert Work, first assistant
postmaster general, and Mrs. Work
entertained party of twenty-eight
at Christmas eve DINNER party at
the Wardman Park Hotel last night,
the guests being: Secretary and Mrs.
Henry c. Wallace, Secretary and Mrs.
James j. Davis, Gov. and Mrs. John H:
Bartlett, Gen. and Mrs. Merritt II.
Hugh S. Cumming. Gen. and Mrs. Rob
ert E. Noble, Col and Mrs. NJ. 4. De-
laney. Col. and Mrs. Guy d. Goff. As
sistant Attorney General and Mrs
Rush l.. Holland. Third Assistant
Postmaster General and Mrs. W. lr-
wing Glover, Mr.. and Mrs. James 3;
Reynolds. Mr.. and Mrs. John \. Speel
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Richard
SON.
The counselor of the French en-
bassy, Prince de Bearn, will give
Miss Catherine Hughes. daughter of
the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes. and Miss Mary Wallace,
daughter of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Mrs. Wallace, will share
honors at the dinner dance which Mrs.
O. NJ. Barber will give Wednesday
evening in her apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant will en-
tertain at dinner tomorrow evening
for her granddaughter. Princess Ber-
tina Cantacuzene, and the latters
brother and sister-in-law, Prince
Michael and Princess Teresa Canta-
cuzene. who are spending the holi-
days with the princes parents Prince
and Princess Cantacuzene. who are
spending the winter with Mrs. Grant.
Mrs. John B. Henderson will give a
small dance Thursday evening for
the youthful friends of her grand
Mrs. Grafton Minot will be hostess
at dinner Wednesday evening.
Col. and Mrs. o. W. Bell will give
a cotillon Wednesday evening Tor
theif. daughter. Miss Mildred Lucille
Bell, at the washington barracks.
DR.. and Mrs. Alexander Graham
BELL will entertain at dinner Thursday
evening for their granddaughter,
Miss Gertrude Grosvenor. who is
snendine the holidays with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert GroSVenor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grosvenor Will give
small dance. New Year eve Nor Ior
Grosvenor.
Cant and Mrs. Luke McNamee en-
tertained a company of twelve at am
ner last evening at the Chevy Snase
Club in honor of Admiral ACTON Oh
the Italian delegation.
Former Representative and Mrs.
George Edmund Foss OF ILLINOIS en-
tertained at dinner last evening for
their twin daughters, Miss Marcia
!. and Miss Constance Foss. in honor OF
Miss Helen Colbert, and took the
party later to the dance in honor OF
Miss Colbert. The other dinner
guests were Miss Evelyn Wadsworth,
Miss Nancy Hoyt. Princess A sertna rtils
Neville johnson. Miss Nina Lunn, Mr..
Rishop Hill, Mr.. Jack Shaw. Mr..
Spottswood White, Mr.. Marshall
Marsden, Mr.. John Dolan, Mr.. Chester
Snow, Mr. William Sturtevant. Mr..
Yandes Wheeler and Mr.. Reber
tIjttlehale, Red roses were combined
with Christmas green's in the decora-
tions which harmonized with the sea-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. F'oss also were hosts
at dinner last Friday night In honor
of their daughters, preceding the
dance for Miss Nina Lunn.
On January S they win again en-
/ tertain the younger set at a large
hall at the Congressional Club.
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett will enter
tain a company at dinner Friday
evening for her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Par
son Erwin, the company later going
to the dance of the Junior League.
Mrs. Blodgett returned late last week
from Grand Rapids, where she visited
her SON and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs, Delos A. Blodgett. jr. Before
| going west Mrs. Blodgett made a
short stay in Boston. where she went
with her sister, Mrs. Charles G. Mat
thews, for the dedication of the
canopy for the Plymouth rock at
Plymouth, which the Colonial Danes
of America have erected.
Mrs. Blodgett and Mrs. Matthews
will go to Cocoa. Fla, the middle
! Of January. to meet Capt. and Mrs
David s. p. Gaillard. at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward st. P. Porcher.
brother-in-law and sister of Mrs
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