The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-25
TEA DANCE TODAY
FOR MISS HOUGHTON.

FOR MISS HOUGHTON.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Amory
Houghton are entertaining at a tea
dance at the Metropolitan Club
Annex this afternoon for their
daughter, Miss Gratia Houghton,
and their son, Arthur Amory
Houghton, jr., who is home from
st. Pauls School, Concord, N. H,
for the holidays.
Mrs. Houghton win be assisted
by Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney.
Mrs. John n. Gibbons and Miss
Mary Sheridan; and in. the little
group of girls asked to receive
with Miss Houghton are Miss
Louise ireland, Miss Elizabeth
Parker, Miss Helen Marye, Miss
Caroline Swift, Miss Eleanor Will
son, and Miss Violet Spencer.
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Mrs. Theodore v. Boynton will
entertain at dinner tonight, among
her guests being Miss Emily Van
Amringe, of Morristown, N. j., who
is visiting her:
Colonel and Mrs. Robert N.
Harper will be hosts tonight, as is
their custom on Christmas, enter
tanning at cards with dancing
afterward.
Mr.. and Mrs. CORTLAND Van
Wrinkle have arrived in Washing
ton from st. Paul, where the for
mer is Professor of English in the
University of Minnesota, to pass
the holidays with Mrs. Van Win
kle's mother, Mrs. Thomas w. Sym.
ons Of 1909 Sixteenth street.
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Senator and Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick entertained at dinner at the
Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, on Tuesday evening Tor
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Kirkwood. The
Senator went recently from Wash
ington to White Sulphur to Join
MIS-. Mccormick and his mother,
Mrs. Robert Mccormick and to re-
main through the holidays
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Major and Mrs. J. L. Beatie, Of
Park Lane, Battery Park, will en-
terrain a few friends informally ct
Christmas dinner tonight.
Colonel and Mrs. Frank c. Jewell
viii give q party tomorrow evening
for their daughter, Miss Cecil
Jewell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar T. Crosby
will pass some time in Washington,
having closed View Tree Hall, their
home near Warrenton, Va. Miss
Celeste Crosby will join her par
entS for a few days, coming from
New York.
Gnral and Mrs. William Mitchll
entertained at tea yesterday after
noon in their home.
General and Mrs. Wilbur NJ
Wilder are staying at the Hamilton
Hotel Their wedding took place
in Washington several days ago.
Mrs. Wilder was formerly Mrs. Wes-
ley Merritt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw
have as their guests at Wardman
Park Hotel their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc
MILAN, and their two small sons,
Leslie and Jack, all Of New York.
The Reverend John T. Axton,
chief Of chaplains Of the United
States army, and Mrs. Axton and
Misses Matilda and Lily Jane Axton
will spend the holidays with Cap
tain and Mrs. r. d. Daugherty ut
Davidson, N. c.
+ Mrs. Charles b. Drake and her
daughter, Miss Barrine Drake, will
leave. Washington the first week in
JANUARY for short stay in New
York.
Miss Josephine WilIiford, of At.
lanta, who Is in Washington visit
ing her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn, will
leave here January 8 for New York,
where she will be the guest for sew.
eral weeks of Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing
Shield. Miss Williford will be
Joined in New York about the mid.
die. Of the month by Mrs. Thorn,
who remain for several days, re-
turning to Washington with her.
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Miss Mary Litchfield, of Brvn
Mawr, who was visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Z. Boiling at Wardman
Park Hotel, has gone home.
Captain J. s. Tatdy win entertain