Evening star., 1924-11-30


of the aCti'. social season. daily be
come moro frequent and important,
leading un to the dinner parties of
State at tic White House and the
cabinet dinners fer the Frcsiisr. and
Mrs. Coolidge. which start III DecsIr
bor aud continue until Lent.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
stone viii he tho guests Of honor at
H dinner Wednesday OF The solicitor
General ana Mrs. James NJ. Beck.
Tire Secretary OF the Snaithsonian u
Institution and Mrs. Charles l.. Wal.
colt were hosts to 4 distinguished d
company at dinner last evening. en-
tertaining in honor of the Secrctars
Of State and Mrs. Hughes. Among
the other guests were. Mr.. AMI Mrs.
Elon II. Hooker and Mr.. Frederick c.
Walcott of New York.
Mai. and Mrs. Parker w. West will
be hosts At a tea this afternoon in
their quarters. at the Soldiers Home
for the new Chief OF staff and Mrs.
John l.. Hines, the Deputy Chief of
staff and Mrs. Dennis Nolan also be-
ing III TIL" rece wing line.
Assisting Mrs, West by presiding 81
the tea table will be Mrs. Arthur
Capper. Nine. .Alfaro. Mrs Merritt
W. Ireland. Mrs. Maiin CRAIG, Mrs.
David =. Stabley Mrs Harry Taylor.
Mrs. Ernest L. Peek and Mrs. Edgar
7, Collins. 80.
Assisting generally. were Mrs. John
Hull. Mrs. e. c. McChord, Mrs. Harry
Norplept, Mrs. Peyton Gordon, Miss
Mary Morgan, Mrs. Fred B.itten and
Mrs. Gaebler. -
Mrs Henry r Dimock will enter
tain at luncheon Monday, December s,
in honor of the Ambassador OF Great
Britain and Lady Isabella Howard.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant will. en-
tertain n small company informally
at dinner Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Amory Housh-
ton will entertain at dinner Friday
preceding the Junior League ca baret
which will be efven iu>tiTe. bathrooms
of the New Willard that evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mesta of Pitts
burgh entertained a small company at
dinner last evening at the New Will
lard Hotel Mr.. and Mrs. Mesta ar
rived in Washington Saturday morning
and will return to Pittsburgh to-
morrow.
Mrs. Horace AIacfarland will enter
tain at dinner Wednesday, December
II, in honor of Judge and Mrs. Sam
uel J. Graham.
Mr.. b. Moran McConihe, nephew Of
Mrs. Mcfarland, who has spent the
holiday with her, was host at dinner
last evening in honor Of Miss Carol
Clapp and her fiance, Mr.. Jeffery Par
sons. The other guests were Miss
Laura, Bryn, Miss Frances Miller of
New York, Miss Franceska McKen-
ney.@Miss Virginia Selden. Miss kath-
arine Wrenn, Mr.. John Melton Hudg-
'ins. MIR. Robert Looney. Mr.. John
Bryn and Mr.. William Mondell.
Mr.. McConihe will return to Wash
lngtons about December 10 from
Princeton, where he is a student. and
VIII spend the Christmas holidays
with. his aunt, Mrs. Macfarland, who
also Will have with her her son. Mr..
John Melton Hudgins. who will come
from the University of Virginia, and
:another nephew, Mr.. Malcolm Nc
Ccnihe, jr., who will come from his
studies at Pomphret School in Con-
necticut.
Col. and Mrs. William Eric Fow-
Ter will entertain at dinner Decem-
ber 10 in honor of the American
Ambassador to Chilli and Mrs. Will
liam Miller Collier.
Mr. and Mrs. p. L. McLain enter
tanned q small company at dinner
last evening at the New Willard
Hotel.
- Miss Nfrginia Edwards entertained
at dinner last. evening in Baltimore.
when her guests included Maj. and
Mrs. Xenophon Frlce, Miss Mary-Stitt,
Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson. En-
sign Elbridge Parker, Mr.. Edward
Dewey and Mr.. Merrick Parker.
Miss Elizabeth lobe will entertain
a company of1D at dinner Friday eve
ming preceding the Junior League
ball.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Galbraith Of
GIenbrook road. Battery ,Fark, en-.
tertained friends at several theater
parties last week in honor of Mrs.