The Washington times., 1922-12-25
Christmas Day Gay
With Dinner
Parties
VIZ HILE President and Mrs.

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Christmas dinner will take on the
atmosphere of fete since 1t will
take place In the state dining
room and Mrs. Harding will be
able to preside at the gaily deck
Cd table.
From the Vice President and
Mrs. Coolidge down, the men,
bers of the Presidents official
family are celebrating Christmas
en- famille and family dinners will
be given tonight In most of the
Cabinet homes.
As for the embassies and lega-
lions, many of them will be the
scene of gay dinner parties. The
French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand will entertain the en-
bassy staff at dinner tonight. as
has been their custom on Christ
mas Day for many years. The
Belgian Ambassador and Baroness
de Cartier de Marchienne will also
give Christmas dinner tonight for
their staff and yesterday afternoon
they held an informal tea at the
embassy for the Belgian girls
who are students in Washington
schools. The Counselor Of the
Embassy and Nine. de Selys like
wise entertained yesterday. hav-
Ing some of their countrymen as
guests at luncheon at the Hamil.
ton hotel and entertaining
small dinner in the evening at
the same place.
The Ambassador of Peru and
Nine. Pezet are having small
dinner tonight at Wardman Park
hotel for their official family and
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Washington
Pezet, who are spending the holi-
days with them. The German
Ambassador and Nine. Wiedfeldt
will give a dinner and will have
. Christmas tree party afterward
with the individual candle decked
trees which are always a feature
or the German Christmas.
INSTEAD OF Christmas dinner
luncheon party was given
today at the Chilean embassy, with
the Ambassador and Nine. Mat
hieu as hosts and the embassy
staff as guests, and the Minister
OF Ecuador and Nine. Elizalde
also gave a luncheon for their Of
ficial family.
Staff dinner parties will like
wise be given tonight by the Min
lister of Bolivia and Nine. Bal
livian and the Minister of Switz.
erland and Nine. Peter. DIR. and
Nine. Peter have their sons, John
and Mark Peter, ir., with them
for the holidays sud are arrang-
ing informal festivities in their
honor. A dinner will be given
at the Swedish legation for the
Christmas house party which the
Minister and Nine. Wallenberg
are entertaining.
They have with them for the
Holidays Marcus Wallenberg. Mr..
Hitchcock. Olof Hermann Lamm
and Mr.. Primtzkiond.
They also had dinner party
last night when the members Of
the legation staff were their
guests.
A Christmas tree party will be
given at the Latvian legation to-
night, with the Charge d'Affaires
of Latvia and Nine. Seya as
hosts.
A NUMBER of the diplomats
"A elected to celebrate Christmas
Eve instead Of Christmas Day and
perhaps the largest and most bril-
liant party of the evening was
given at the Spanish embassy.
where the ambassador and Nine.
de Riano entertained for their
staff, Spanish residents of Wash
ington and memhers of the Span
ish colony from New York. among
them Alexandra Berea Y Rodrigo,
Spanish consul general in New
York. Princess de Bourbon is a
guest at the embassy for Christ
mas.
The Polish Minister and Nine.
Wroblewska also had their Christ
mas celebration last evening, enter
tanning the legation staff at din
ner, while the British Ambassador
and Lady Geddes gave their Christ
mas dinner on Saturday evening
and new Italian Ambassador
Prince Gelesio Caetani had his
staff to dine with him that night.
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MRS. RICHARD TOWNSEND
AVA will be hostess at one of the
most interesting OF the grist OF
Christmas dinners, and others who
will entertain friends tonight are
Senator and Mrs. James A. Reed,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John l.. Glen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic d. Mcken-
ney, and Mrs. Delos Blodgett, who
is having family party. Last
evening. Mrs. Blodgett's son.in-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Parsons Erwin. gave a Christmas
Eve dinner at Graystone, their
guests including Mrs. Blodgett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett I'd,
Major and Mrs. David st. Pierre
.Gaillard. Mrs. David Gaillard. Col.
and Mrs. James l.. Walsh and
Mrs. Charles G. Matthews.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Horton Ar
mold will entertain at a Christmas
dinner this evening at their apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel
with a Santa Claus, who will dis
tribute gifts. and Christmas