Evening star., 1924-12-31

80 ONE of the cabinet homes will b.
open to callers tomorrow after
noon, following the reception
~ in the White House and the
breakfast to the diplomatic
CORPS given by Secretary and
Mrs. Hughes in the PanAmerican
Union Building. They will be those
of the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Mellon; the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Weeks. at 2100 Sixteenth street
the Attorney General and Mrs. Stone
2400 Sixteenth street; the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur, 1871 n
street; the Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Hoover, $500 S street. and
the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. James
J. Davis, just returned from South
America, at Wardman Park Hotel
The Secretary of State and Mrs
Hughes will not open their home
because of the eXacting duties OF
the reception in the White House
and their own function following it
The Postmaster General and Mrs. New
will not be at home because of Mrs
News health which will permit her
to remain but d short time at the
White House and not to go to the
diplomatic breakfast. The Secretary
of the Interior, DIR. Work, is in
mourning for his wife, who died last
Spring.
Miss Ailsa Mellon will observe New
Yeaer day at home in her father s
apartment, on Massachusetts, avenue
tomorrow from to o'clock.
Assisting her will be Mrs. Charles
Dewey and Mrs, Eliot Wadsworth.
The Secretary of War and Mrs
Weeks will receive.
Attorney General and Mrs Harlan
Stone will be assisted by Mrs. Gros-
venor H Bakus, Mrs. Augustus T
Seymour, wife of the Assistant to the
Attorney General, and Mrs. Bernard
H. Smell, wife of the Representative
from Potsdam, n. Y.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Wilbur will have assisting, from
to o'clock, Mrs. Eberle. wife OF
Admiral L. A. Eber1e, chief of naval
operations; Mrs. Lejeune, wife of the
major general, commandant of the
Marine Corps; Mrs. Benjamin f
Hutchison, wife of the commandan nj
Of the Washington navy yard. and
Mis- Edna Wilbur, daughter of the
hosts.
Mrs. Hoover asked the Assistant
Secretary and the heads OF bureaus
Of Commerce and their wives to be
with her for the afternoon. HeI
charming home is always one of the
most hospitable, both in appearance
and in atmosphere, with its decora-
tons which denote the wealth OF
their home State and their loyalty
to 1t, and as the piece de resistance
there is always a glowing open fire
IN the ample fireplace. The Assistant
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. j
Walter Drake will receive with Sec
retary and Mrs. Hoover and presid-
ing over the tea table will be the
solicitor of the department and Mrs
Stephen ]. Davis. Others assisting
will be the director of the Bureau OF
Census and Mrs. William NJ. Stewart
the director of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce and Mrs
julius Klein, the commissioner OF
fisheries and Mrs. Henry O'Malley, the
commissioner of the Bureau OF
Lighthouses and Mrs George
r. Putnam, the director OF
tho Coast and Geodetic Survey and
Mrs. e. Lester Jones, and DR.. George
K. Burgess, director of the Bureau of
Standards; Mr.. D. B. Carson, COM
missioner Of navigation, and Mr..
George Uhler, supervising inspector
general of steamboat inspection
service, whose wives were unable to
be present because of illness, and the
following assistants to the Secretary;
Mr.. William r Snyder, Mr.. L. w
Lbbey. Mr.. Ritchie and Mr.. Harold
Phelps Stokes. and their wives. Sec
retary and Mrs. Hoover will be al
home from $3.50 to $50.
The Secretary OF Labor and Mrs
Davis will receive tomorrow in their
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel
from 4 to 6 o'clock. They will have
assisting them Mrs. E. ]. Henning
Mrs. A. II. Vestal, Miss Dorothy YES
tai, Mrs. Henry Watson and Mrs
Adam NJ Wyant.