Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
Many House Parties Mark
Close of the Old Year
Exchange of Visits Makes the Season Quite Gay
Hosts Entertaining in Many Ways for
Their Visitors

Family houses parties and a gen
eral exchange of visits In the officia
and unofficial ranks mark the season
and give rise to many informal hos
pitalities.
The Secretary of the Interior, DR.
Hubert Work, will return this week
70 his apartment at Wardnan Park
Hotel, after spending the holidays in
Chicago.
Senator and Mrs. Simeon d. Tess
have with them their nieve,' Miss
katherine Bazore of Columbus, Ohio
who will remain with them at Con-
gress Hall Hotel through the season.
Representative and Mrs. John w.
Summers have a family reunion
Christmas party in their home at the
Balfour, which includes their son and
daughter law, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Summers of Philadelphia, another son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Burks Summers of Richmond, and Mr..
James Witherell of Chicago. Their
daughters, Miss Hope Summers and
Miss Jean Summers, are also with them.
Mrs. Summers entertained at a
theater party for the interesting
company Friday night, later taking
them to the New National
Mrs. W. I. Glover, wife of the Third
Assistant Postmaster General, who is
Ill in a hospital in Baltimore. will
return to their apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel some time next week.
Nine. Grouitch, who has been i'll
since her arrival here several days
ago as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles MacVeagh on New Hamp-
iS eli N
She was to attend one or two notable
events in New York, but was unable
to fulfill any of her social obliga-
tions. She will go to the home of
Mrs. Stephen Is. Elkins January 8,
where she will be a guest for some
time.
Mrs. Hamilton Wright, who re-
turned to this country on the Olym
pic Monday, has taken an apartment
at 1892 Eighteenth street for the
Christmas holidays, her house on n
street being leased to the Secretary
of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur. She
will return to Europe in a short
time.
Miss Rosalind Wright is spending
Christmas with the Netherlands
charge d'affaires at Madrid and Nine.
Hubrecht, both of whom were for a
members of the younger diplomatic
ste in Washington.
Miss Katherine wylie and Miss Re
hecca Wellington, who entered OK
ford University in October for a
years study. are the guests of Gen.
and Mrs. Adlercron, Culverthorpe
Hall, Granthone, England, until New
Years, when they will be the guests
nxT
at Beggrave Hall, Leicester, England,
until after the holidays, when they
will return to oxford to continue
their studies.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Garrett of
Baltimore are spending a few weeks
with Mrs. CARROTS mother, Mrs.
Benjamin H. Warder. at 1155 Six
teenth street.
Capt. and Mrs. C. c. Calhoun have
gone TO Charleston, S. c., where they
have joined the latters son-tn-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A.
Drury. jr., and their children at Mrs
Calhouns old home. They will return
here before the New Year.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F.. Hamilton
are ntertaininE a family party at
their country home, Stone Ridge,
which includes Maj. and Mrs. William
+. Tompllins of Savannah. Ga, and
their three sons, who arrived from
tho South last Sunday.
They also have with them their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
George L. Hamilton, jr., and their
two children, Marion and the baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are giving a
buffet supper for this evening for
Mr.. and Mrs. George T.. Hamilton, jr.,
and Mat. and Mrs. Tompkins.
Mrs. George D. Hope Is leaving for
Richmond today and will be the
guest of the Governor of Virginia and