The Washington herald., 1922-12-01
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GUESTS AT BIG
. LUNCHEON
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale
Mclean Hosts to a Distin-
guished Company Lady
Geddes to Be at Home This
Afternoon.
By EVELYN C. HUNT.

By EVELYN z. HUNT.
THE Vice President and Mrs.
Il Coolidge were guests at the
luncheon which Mr.. aSd Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean gave yes
terday for a large and distin-
guished company.
Lady Geddes, wife Of the Brit
fsh Ambassador, will be at home
this afternoon after 4:30 o'clock
for the first time this ssAson.
She will receive again Friday
afternoon, December %.
The Minister of Bolivia and
Mime. Ballivain and their fsss<s.
FREDERICK de Ia Saye and Rafael
Taborga. jr.. Of Bolivia, will go
to Baltimore for the Army-Ma-
rine football game.
Nine. Ballivain will be at home
Sunday from to 6 o'clock at the
legation, 1925 Massachusetts ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lewis Ed
wards presented their daughter,
Miss Virginia Edwards, to society
yesterday afternoon at a tea in
af II ST Tho
spacious old drawing room was
beautifully decorated in a pro-
fusion of roses and ferns and
there was an effective arrange
ment of flowers over a lattice
work before which the receiving
party stood. In the dining room
pink roses and snapdragonS
adorned the table.
The charming debutante wore
q frock of white crepe beaded in
silver and made on straight lines
with = slight drapery at the
sides. She carried a bouquet of
old fashioned flowers. Mrs. Ed
wards wore a gown of cloth of
silver richly brocaded and made
over magenta crepe Roma with
flowing sleeves of the magenta
crepe. She carried a bouquet of
orchids. Mrs. John l.. Edwards.
sr., grandmother of the debu-
tante, assisted and wore a gown
of rare old black lace and heavy
black satin.
The group OF matrons assisting
Mrs. Edwards was composed of
Mrs. Allen 4. Walker, Mrs. w. F.
Ham, Mrs. Sherman Ford. Mrs.
r. II. Warner, jr., Mrs. w. L.
Pearson and Mrs. John Lewis
Smith. Alternating at the punch
bowl in the dining room were
Mrs. Robert V. Fleming and Mrs.
Harry Kite.
Miss Edwards was assisted by
Miss Alice Milburn. Miss Emma
Stitt. Miss Elizabeth Beale, Miss
Helen Campbell. Miss Dorothy
Warren, Miss Virginia Selden,
Miss Catherine Weller, Miss
Catherine Radcliff. Miss Eleanor
Northup. Miss Louise Anderson.
Miss Julie Hume. Miss Mary
Elizabeth Thompson and Miss
Charlotte Lemoine.
Following the reception Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwards entertained the re-
ceiving party and a correspond
Ing number of men at a dinner
and dance at lie Paradis, when
there were about fifty guests.
THE Charge d'Affaires Of the
Netherlands Legation, DIR. ].
b Hubrecht, has gone to st.
address before the chamber OF
"a
Washington on Monday.
Mrs. Hugh Wallace entertained
1T a reception yesterday after
noon for her son and daughter
in-law, Capt. and Mrs. Melville
w. Fuller Wallace, who are visit
ing her.
Capt. and Mrs. William Dugald
MacDuGall entertained at a tea
dance yesterday afternoon in their
home at the Naval Observatory
for their daughters. Miss Char
lotte MacDougall and Miss Zilla
MacDOugall. and their guest, Miss
Pauline Ames, of Boston. Those
who presided at the tea ta-
welt, wife of the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy; Mrs. Thomas
Washington, and Mrs. Austin
kautz.
Captain and Mrs. MacDugall
also entertained a small company
at dinner last evening. and later
took their guests to the Navy
Relief ball. The out-of-town
guests were Miss Ames and Mrs.
Albert T. Fowler, of Syracuse,
n. Y; Livingston Delafield, of
New York, and Gilbert Keech. of
Tuxedo Park. will be the week
end guests of Captain and Mrs.
AacDougall.
THE Counselor of the Legation
OF Austria and Nine Procnik
will go to Baltimore Tomorrow to
attend the Army-Marine Corps
game.
The Assistant Attorney General
and Mrs Rush Holland will enter
tain small party at the dinner