Evening star., 1924-01-06

the Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Hughes, with others Of the cabinet,
are sharing in the series of mid
winter official dinner parties. so pop
ular a form of entertaining that
many Invitations extend into March.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
will be the guests Of honor at dinner
Tuesday evening of the Secretary of
the Treasury. Mr.. Andrew w. Mellon,
and his daughter. Miss Ailsa Mellon,
who will entertain a notable COM
pany in their apartment at 1885
MASSACHUSETTS avenue.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Weeks have issued invitations for
dinner Thursday evening, January
II, when their guests are asked to
meet the President AID Mrs. Coolidge
The Secretary Of the Interior and
MRS Work were guests of honor at
dinner last evening Of Maj and Mrs
Parker w. West, who entertained in
Other guests were Senator and Mrs
John B. Kendrick. Senator and Mrs.
James Couzens, Representative and
Mrs. Fred A Britten, District Com
missioner and Mrs Cuno H. Rudolph
and Col. and Mrs. Matthew A. De
Larey.
Maj. and Mrs. West will be hosts
at dinner again Friday evening, Jan
uary IL. when their guests will be
asked to meet the minister of Ecuador
and Sonora de Elizalde.
The Secretary of State, Mr.. Charles
evans Hughes, will be the guest Of
honor at the dinner which the little
cabinet will give January II at the
Hamilton Hotel.
Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry entertained at one of the larg-
est and most brilliant dinner parties
or the winter last night at their
home on goth street, having in the
party OF more than a hundred guests
20 dine the ambassador Of Spain and
Sonora de Riano, the amba ssador Of
Belgium and Baroness de Cartier the
ambassador of Italy and other diplo-
mats OF like rank and society folk.
FOR the dance which followed there
were about 200 additional guests
younger diplomats and women and
men or resident and official society
senator and Mrs Gerry. have a
NUMBER OF guests from New. York.
Senator and Mrs. Thomas = po
entertained company at dinner last
evening. ias'
Representative and Mrs. Allan n
arsaoWay nave issued invitations for
dlnner January 23 in honor of The
Secretary of War and Mrs. Weeks
Miss Mary Smithwick, dauebt., ~
hePresentative and Mrs. Smithwick
OF Florida, has as a guest Miss r.thN
crime McLane of Pensacola EIo IN
whom she will entertain at tea this
afternoon. eed this
Assisting Miss Smithwick win no
MIS-. e; F. Stone, Miss Fannie Nav
I,i pail. MISS Catherine Keyser.
Mss Anne Pollard. Miss Peggy Ered
Miss Harriet Mitchell. Miss T,rsiria
Garrett and Miss Catherine yonSg
Commander Charles Theodore lew
n sa's ms thirteenth annual debu-
chevy Chase cIub. 1aI5 wSen sSSening H,. at 1.-THE the
6' niair' aebutante daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. montgomery Blair Of SANDY
SSprings: MO. was the guest of honor.
baI. ana mrs. George Reber Little
ofhW war- vne latter formerly Miss Dor
society last season hv bbTsen.eu bar naeet 20
Mr, and Mrs. Bates Warren, chaper.
gneo the party. Commands Finer
GGangworthy and Mr.. Henderson
~ presided at the ends of the
1aDie ana the other. guests were Miss
T;t Sanet Monett. Miss Helen Strauss,
MISS MISS Natalie Hammond. Miss Eliza
9e,n pMts ives. Miss Eliza beth Parks, Miss
Hutn stoddard. Mr.. William Blair,
n1r. Eowin Ellerson, Mr.. George How
taL ,ano Chase, Sd; Mr.. Paul Harding,
Rn; Rawa canning Stead and Lieut.. Hugh
Mrs. Merritte W. Ireland. wife of
sno surHeon general, United States
army, Will entertain at tea Saturday
AFTERNOON, when her guests will be
the Army medical students and their
Mrs: Benjamin. Scott Young enter
Ialneo at a charmingly appointed tea
Friday afternoon in her apartment t
at the Cairo In compliment to Mrs.
Burt Emory Haney of Portland, Ore,
| wife OF Commissioner Haney Of the
Shipping Board. There were about
sixty guests, among them being Sen
ator and Mrs. Peter Norbeck, Senator
and Mrs. Charles E. Townsend, Mrs.
James e. Watson, wife of Senator
Watson; Representative Cole, assist
| ant attorney general and Mrs. VIII
| liam D. Ritter. the director OF the
Veterans Bureau and Mrs. Frank +
Hines. Commissioner and Mrs. WI
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