Evening star., 1922-11-05
Teas, Dinners, Dances
Vary Social Routine
In Capital Circles
Ex-Minister Grouitch and
Nine. Grouitch Enter
tanned by Maj. and Mrs.
West-Other N ota b | e

Mai and Mrs. Parker w. West are
among the chief hosts in society today.
giving a tea for the former minister of
the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes. Dr.
slavko Y. Grouitch and Nine. Grouitch,
who are leaving Washington after
residence here Of nearly three years.
Mai and Mrs. West will entertain from
4 to $50 o'clock in their quarters at the
soldiers Home. where Maj. West is
lieutenant governor ana INVITATIONS
have been sent to several hundreos OF
their friends.
The scenery about the grounds is at
its best in autumn tints and there will
be quantities of yellow and white
chrvsanthemums and autumn foliage
used as decoration in the drawing
room, while in the dining room pink
and lavender chrysanthemums ana au-
tumn foliage will be arranged.
Mai. and Mrs. West will have Dr. ana
Nine Grouitch and Mrs. George Mesta
to receive with them, and presiding AT
the tea table will be Mrs. Merritt w.
Ireland. wife Of Maj. Gen. Ireland. sur
sioner Of the Soldiers Home; Mrs. John
A. Hull. Mrs. Peyton Gordon. Mrs
Frederick Coleman, Mrs. Goring Bliss
and Mrs. Rufus Day.
Mai. and Mrs. West will entertain
guests at dinner November II and again
the evening of December 8.
Col. and Mrs. Edwin Bricker were
hosts at dinner last evening in their
home on Wyoming avenue. and took
their guests later to the Chevy Chase
Club for dancing.
Col. William T. Horton was host
at dinner last evening. entertaining
at the Chevy Chase Club. his guests
remaining for the dancing after the
dinner. Col. Horton. who was sta
toned in Washington for several
years, was transferred to Boston,
where he has been for a few weeks.
He is making a short visit here
where his mother makes her home.
Capt and Mrs. Luke MeNamee will
entertain a company Informally at
dinner this evening in compliment to
their guests, Comdr. and Mrs. Will
lam W. Galbraith. Last evening Gen.
and Mrs. Harry Taylor were hosts
to a small company at the Chevy
Chase Club. entertaining in compli-
ment to Comdr. and Mrs. Galbraith.
Mrs. Galbraith was the honor guest
at luncheon yesterday given by Mrs.
George Dunlop in her home in Chevy
Chase. Md. The other guests were
Mrs. McNamee, Mrs. Reeve Lewis,
Mrs. William Littlefield. Mrs. B.
amS M9s Harry MerTyman Taylor Mrs johnson
This afternoon Comdr. and Mrs.
Leigh Warren will give a tea for
Comdr. and Mrs. Galbraith.
Miss Elizabeth Hanna. daughter of
the late Mr.. Dan r. Hanna of New
York, was hostess to about forty
young people last evening for dan
cling She was assisted by Miss Jean
Sutherland. who will spend the win
ter with her in the house at 2168
Florida avenue, which Miss Hanna
has leased from Col. and Mrs. Mason
Gulick. Miss Hanna was to have
been presented to society last sea-
son by her grandmother, the late
Mrs. Marcus A. Hanna, who died
shortly after the death Of Miss Han
mas father, in the early autumn.
Miss Hanna was honor guest at
dinner. preceding her dance, Of Mr..
G. H. Thompson and Mr.. A. H Hamil-
ton Gordon. third secretaries of the
British embassy.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bemis of Roches-
ter, N. Y, entertained at dinner in
the Pompeiian dining room of the
Lee house last evening. Her guests
were Miss Nina Vanderwalker. Miss
Edith A. Lathrop and Mrs. N. B. Paul.