Evening star., 1924-12-25
Secretary and Miss Mellon
In Pittsburgh for Holiday.

Secretary and Miss mellon
In Pittsburgh for Holiday.
The Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
Mellon ard his daughter, Miss Ailsa
Mellon, have gone to their Rome In
APittsburgh for Christmas and were
.iofned there by the formers son, Mr.
Paul Mellon.
The Minister OF sweden and Nine
WalIeabtrG will have their customary
Christmas celebration for the MEM
htTs Of the legation stan this eve
ming. when they will have a Christ
mas tree and supper.
The Minister OF Colombia and
Sonora de Olaya Will entertain
Company of Is at dinner this eve-
ming at the legation.
The Minister and Sonora de Olaya
will be hosts to a distin guished com
pany at dinner Monday evening. Janu-
airy u. in honor OF the Ambassador
of Italy, Don Gelasio Caetani. and
saturday, January II. they VIII again
entertain at dinner.
The Minister OF Hungary and
Countess Szechenyi entertained the
legation staff yesterday afternoon
entertained az dinner las. evening az
White Sulphur Springs in compli-
ment to Mr.. and Mrs. irwin kirk
wood.
The Children's Country Home ball
at the New Willard tonight. the annual
Christmas night ball, will bring together
the very snrartest element OF society
and the large contingent of young folk
nd Nniva-Sffv
the holiday season.
Receiving the guests tonight will
he Mrs. Joseph Letter. chairman OF
the ball committee; Mrs. James f.
Mitchell, Mrs. Lyman 8. Kendall.
Mrs. Harry Hylsnd Kerr. Mrs. New
bold Noyes and Mrs. Randall HaGner,
all members of the board of the home.
A sprightly list Of girls named as
committee includes Miss Gratia
Houehton. Miss Eleanor Wilson, Mi So
Helen Narye. Miss Elizabeth Parker.
Miss Laura Towne. Miss Louise Ire
land, Miss Louise Clayton. Miss Caro-
line Swift. Miss Elizabeth Johnson
and Miss Violet Spencer.
Box holders for tonight include
such distinguished following as the
Secretary Of the Treasury. Mr. Mel
Ion; Countess Szechenyf, Mrs. James
W Wadsworth. Mrs. Richard H.
Townsend, Mrs. Joseph Letter. Mrs.
Eugene Meyer. jr.; Mrs. John A.
Johnston, Mrs. John r. Williams. Mrs.
Joseph Hines, Mrs. Arthur A. Hough-
ton. Mrs. Q. II. Perry Johnson, Mrs.
Stephen Slocum. Mrs. Lyman E. Ken
dali, Nine. Hause. Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood, Mrs. Frank 3.
Noyes. Mrs. r. r. Hit, Mrs. Perry
Belmont, Mrs. William Mcclellan Rit-
ter, Mrs. Donald Woodward, Mr.. Hor-
ace Luttrell. Mrs. r. r. GOWN. Gen.
James A. Buchanan, Mrs. Arthur
O'Brien, Mrs. Sarah Lee Phillips. Mrs.
Joseph Noell, Mrs. Duncan Phillips.
Mrs. Charles S. Dewey. Mrs. Alfred
r. Thorn, Mrs. Alexander Legare, Mrs.
Cpshire Morehead. Mrs. William E.
Fowler and Mr.. Guy NJ Standifer.
Mr.. Joseph Letter is chairman Of
the mems floor committee and asso-
ciated with him are DR.. James F.
Mitchell. DR.. George Marshall Lyons.
Mr.. Alexander Legare, Mr.. Frederick
Faust Mr.. Henry Spencer. Mr.. c. c..
Glover, jr.: Mr.. Randall Hagner, Mt.
William Payne Meredith, Mr.. Walter
wilcox, Mr.. Newbold Noyes. DR.. Har-
ry NJ. Kerr, DR.. A. P. Y. Garnett. Mr..
Lyman E. Kendall, Capt. Russell
Train, Mr.. Duncan Phillips, Mr.. Lee
Warren, DR.. Grove, Comdr. Lang
worthy and Mr.. Coffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter will oe
hosts to a company at dinner this
evening in their Dupont Circle home
taking their guests later to the ball
for the Children's Country Home,
where Mrs. Letter will be a member
of the receiving party.
Mrs. John Upshur Moorhe4d will be
hostess at dinner this evening pre-
ceding the ball for the Children's s
Country Home, where she and her
guests will occupy her box, later in
the evening.
Con. and Mrs. Wilbur Wilder are
staying at the Hamilton Hotel. Their
wedding took place in Washington
several days ago. Mrs. Wilder was
formerly Mrs. Wesley Merritt.
Mrs Davis Ireland gave a dinner
dance at the Metropolitan Club last
night for her daughter, Miss Louise