Evening star., 1924-01-07
Society
White House Announces Full Capacity
List for Thursday Night Reception
in Honor of Judiciary.

ington for New York. from where he
will sail shortly for his home in
| Rumania.
The third assistant Secretary OF
State and Mrs. J. Butler Wright will
entertain company at dinner this
evening.
Mrs. Lyman b. Kendall entertain
ed at luncheon today at the Hotel
; morning musical. when her guests
Were Mrs. Clarke Waggaman. Mrs.
John NJ. Biddle, Mrs. Kenna Elkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson OF
New York and Miss Virginia Car
michal of Hagerstown. Nd. house
guests of the hostess.
The director general of the con-
sular service and Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr
will entertain at dinner Thursday
evening. January II.
Additional box holders for the per-
formance of Tales of Hoffman" TO
be presented by the Washington
Opera Company at the President
Theater Monday, January II: are
Senator and Mrs. James Couzens.
Mrs W. Harry Brown, Mr.. William
Phelps Emo, Mrs. F. Il. Moran and
Mr. Victor Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Britton Brown en-
tertained for Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Kite at the supper hour last night
at LIE Paradis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
entertained at luncheon today az
the Hamilton, following the fret of
the series OF morning musicals, which
she has organized. The guests were
the minister of Poland and Nine.
Wroblewska, the counselor OF the
French embassy and Nine. dc La
bouIaye, the military attache of the
French embassy, Gen. George A l..
Dumont; the naval attache OF the
French embassy, Capt. Rigal: Miss
Ellin Mackay and the two artists
who played today, Nine. Wanda
Landowski and NJ. Jacques Thibaud.
Mrs. Mahlon H. Pitney is not re-
ceiving Mondays this season.
Mrs. Porter ]. McCumber and her
daughter Mrs. Harrison Brand, jr.,
and her young son will leave wash
ington tonight for st. Petersburg,
Fla, where Mrs. McCumber will pass
month. Mrs. Brand will remain
there until April.
Mrs. Adam NJ Wyant will be at
home tomorrow afternoon after 1
O'Clock. in her apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel, and also on January ~.
Miss Callie Doyle and Miss Flora
Doyle have returned to Washington
after passing week at the Plaza
Hotel, in New York, where they went
to bid bon voyage to their sister, Mrs.
George T. Marye. and her daughter,
Miss Helen Marye, who sailed Janu-
ary on the Aquatania for several
months stay in Europe.
Mr.. George Creel, the noted publi-
cist, is here from New York for about
week and is stopping at the Lee
House.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Wilmer
will be hosts to company OF twelve
at dinner this evening.
The Alliance Francaise will hold a
meeting this afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock,
at the Cosmos Club. when Mr.. Alex
andre Moret will speak on the open
ing Of the tomb OF Tut-Anka-Amen.
meeting will be Nine. Jusserand, Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer. Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend and Mrs. Theodore v.
Boynton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Edwards were
hosts to a large party at supper at
LIE paradis last evening.
Full of artistic beauty in every de-
tail was the Twelfth Night Medieval
Feast and program Of middle age mu-
sic which marked the celebration of
the birthday anniversary OF Miss Ma
talie Hammond, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond. at their
home, on Wyoming avenue, last
night.
The mansion is we'll adapted TO
classic treatment and made a splen-
did setting for the large company OF
guests. in middle-age costume, who.
enjoying the feast. later distributed
themselves in groups about the draw
ing room, hallway and on the grand
stairway. The medieval feature was
carried out in the decorations, the
lofty hall, drawing room, library and
banquet hall having long scarlet satin
Streamers embellished in fitting en-
blems in gold placed to give the>-best
effect. Trumpeters dressed as her
aids of that period gave the signal
for the seating of guests. the ad :
iournment for the program of music,
for supper and other features of the
evening.
The C-shaped table from which the
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