Evening star., 1923-12-30
Receptions New Year Day
Chief Events of the Week
Secretary and Mrs Hughes to Be Hosts to Diplo-
mats-Hospitalities in Official Life
:. to Be General
to Be General.

tho assistant postmasters general
Mrs. John H Bartlett. Mrs. Paul Hen
derson. Mrs. w. Irving Glover. Mrs.
Harry n Billany-and by Mrs Fred
erick Dent Grant. Mrs. Parker HIT
Mrs. J. c. Montgomery and Mrs. AL
Ian Kirk. After the reception, which
will be from 4 to O'Clock, in their
home, at 1869 Wyoming avenue, the
Postmaster General and Mrs. New
will entertain their assistants at a
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Denby will have receiving with them
from to o'clock in their home, at
2224 r street, the assistant secretary
Of the Navy and Mrs. Theodore Roose-
Welt Mrs. Robert E. Coontz and Mrs.
John A. Lejeune will preside at the
tea table and will be assisted by Mrs.
Hayne Ellis. Mrs Turner and Mrs.
Charles DENLY.
The Secretary Of the Interior and
to 6 o'clock in their apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel. Among those
assisting will be Mrs Lawrence c.
Phipps Mrs B. Carroll Reece. Mrs
Merritte w. Ireland. Mrs Hugh S,
Cumming. Mrs. ]. Butler Wright, Mrs,
Mra Frederick Dent Grant. Mrs. Guy
Despard Goff and Mrs. Edward A.
Gam.
The Secretary Of Agriculture and
Mrs. Wallace will receive from to 6
man Park Hotel. having with them
! their daughters, the Misses wallace.
Mrs. Arthur Capper, Mrs. Simeon d.
Fess, Mrs. James E. Watson and Mrs.
John T. Adams will preside at the
tea table alternately, and others as
sisting will be Mrs. John Hull and
Mrs. Wilson Compton.
The Secretary OF Commerce and
Mrs. Hoover will have with them
from to o'clock in their home. at
1900 street. the assistant Secretary
Drake and the chiefs of bureaus of
that department and their wives.
Those assisting will include the So
licitor and Mrs. Stephen e. Davis, jr..
the director of the census and Mrs.
William M. Stuart, the director OF the
foreign and domestic commerce bu-
reau and Mrs. Julius Klein. the d.
rector of the bureau OF standards and
Mrs. g. K. Burgess, the commissioners
of fisheries and Mrs. Henry O'Malley.
Mrs. George r. Putnam. the director
of the coast and geodetic survey and
Mrs. e. Lester Jones. the commission
er Of navigation and Mrs. d. B. Car
son and the chief Of steamboat ir-
spection and Mrs. George Uhler.
The Attorney General and Mrs
Daugherty and the Secretary Of Labor
and Mrs. Davis will be the only
members of the cabinet who Will not
in some way entertain in celebration
Of the New Year day.
, The Chief Justice and Mrs. William
Howard Taft will receive Tuesday
afternoon from 2:30 to z o'clock al
their home. 224 Wyoming avenue. They
| will have assisting them Mrs. Pierce
Butler, Mrs. George Butler. Mrs; ,,,,s Ed, 4,
Van Devanter. Presiding at the tea
table will be Mrs. Ezra B. McCaig
Miss Mamie Bell Maury and Mrs
Frederick Manning. daughter OF the
hosts.
The deputy chief Of stan and Mrs
John L. Hines will receive New Year
day from to o'clock in their quar-
ters at Fort Myer. They will have
presiding at the tea table Mrs. Dennis
Nolan. Mrs. Robert c. Davis. Mrs. j.
Franklin Bell. Mrs. William J. Snow
assisting will be Mrs Bonneycastle
Mrs. Troup Miller, Mrs. Charles L
Bolte, Mrs. Charles K. Kilbourne, Mrs
Goldsborough, Mrs. Leland Stanford
CONFESS, Miss Nancy Hawkins and the
Misses Grammer.
Cen and Mrs. Hanson D. Ely will
be at home New Year afternoon in
/ their quarters at Washington bar
racks, from 3 to s o'clock, to the la
dies of the barracks and the War
College.
Gen. n. NJ. Lord. director of the bu-
reau Of the budget, and Mrs. Lord
will be at home Tuesday afternoon
January l, from to o'clock. Mrs
Lord, during the month OF January
) will be At home on Fridays