Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27


tanning at a tea this afternoon.
Elvans Mayfield will be in the dining
room.
There is a gay decoration in Christ
mas colors throughout the entertain
ment suite.
DR.. and Mrs. Abram Simon are
spending few days in New York
City, where thes doctor is scheduled
to deliver a few addresses.
Mr.. and Mrs, Francis Marion Wig
more will entertain at dinner this
evening at the Chevy Chase Club.
Miss Virginia NJ. Nichols of Park
avenue is having tea this afternoon
from to for her guest for the
holidays, Miss Lillian Hooks. and Miss
Bette Hooks of North Carolina will
also entertain at bridge Saturday
evening.
Mr. Carlos Clark Van Leer, jr., who
has returned from Yale University is
spending the Christmas holidays with
his parents.
The Women's National Press Club
VIII nave DIS lis guests OIL nOHOT AT
it's weekly luncheon Monday eat the
Hotel Hamilton Mr.. Henry L. Swein-
hart, recently elected president of
the National Press Club, and Mr..
Hugh Wilson of the diplomatic serv-
ice, on duty in the division of cur
rent information of the State De-
partment.
Mr.. Leo W. Simon is spending the
Il nj Ia Il.
guest of Mr.. Clayton Whitehill, who
is entertaining at house party.
Miss Adelaide Oxnard has come up
from her home in Upperville, Va, for
a visit in Washington and is stop
ping at the Shoreham.
Miss Helen Richardson and Miss
Virginia Richardson are entertaining
at bridge this afternoon at their home
on Lamont street, the guests includ-
ing Miss Maud Mason, Miss Adelaide
Bride, Miss Elizabeth Hume, Miss
Mary Bradley. Miss Elemita Cren-
shaw, Miss Helen STANDBY, Miss
Frances Fuller. Miss Sarah Neville,
Miss Virginia Brant. Miss Charlotte
Childress, Miss Halle Brooke, Miss
Anne Scott, Miss Elizabeth Walsh,
Miss Jocelyn Beard, Miss Virginia
Carolyn Alexander, Miss Mary Park
er, Miss Jane Parker. Miss Margery
Shinkle, Miss Elizabeth Edwards,
Miss Marion Carmichael, Miss Doro-
thy Childress, Miss Dorothy Duff,
Miss Elizabeth Ridsdale, Miss Mary
Selden. Miss Katherine Martin. Miss
Jane McDill, Miss Sophie Beal, Miss
Barbara Hight, Miss Jessie Adkins
and Miss Anne Turner
Additional guests have been asked
for tea, when Mrs. Fielder NJ. M
Beall and Mrs. Herbert Mif1in Hall
will preside at the tea table.
Mrs. Samuel S. Paschal will be
hostess to a company of 80 young
people at dinner this evening, enter
tanning for her daughter, Miss Mary
Lois Paschal.
Conversational Family
Return After New Year.
Representative and Mrs. Ernest
Alderman and the latters sister. Miss
Juliette Weber, will return to their
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel
January 5, after passing the holidays
at their home in Plainfleld, n. ].
Miss Alice A. Barksdale was the
guest of honor for whom a bridge
luncheon and linen shower were given
this afternoon by Miss Florence Sc
vile Bergman at the Columbia Coun-
try Club. Miss BarksdaIe, a grand
daughter of the Rev. DIR. J. J. Muir,
chaplain of the United States Senate,
Is to be married next Tuesday night.
Guests, including her bridesmaids and
other friends, were: Miss Eliza Banks
dale, Miss Eugenia Harris, Miss Mir
Richards
Evangelene Lovett, Miss Helen Harp
er, Miss Maxine Girts, Miss Katherine
Spellman, Miss Mildred ONeill, Miss
Elizabeth Winston, Miss Gretchen
Campbell, Miss Virginia Schumacher,
Miss Lois Thompson, Miss Ruth
Holmes, Miss Carolyn Young and Mrs.
G. K Bergman, Mrs. H. A. Polkin-
horn, Mrs. II. X. Reynolds, Mrs. e. r.
Muir, Mrs. Henry c. Merwin, Mrs
Samuel Spruce, Mrs. c. B. De Shazo
and Mrs. Edward Fenwick, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. David D. Caldwell are
entertaining a large party Of young
folks at dance this evening in their
home on Mount Pleasant street
for their daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Burgess Caldwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caldwell will have
assisting them the latter's mother,
Mrs. Frank Repp; Miss Mary Cath.
crime Caldwell, Miss Rhoda Becker
and Miss Irene Grace Kuebler.
Dates for Army and
Navy Omcer Dances.
The committee in charge of the
dances to be given during the Winter
by the officers Of the Navy and Marine
Corps on duty in the District of
Columbia announce that they will
take place on the following dates:
January IL, February Is and April Is.
They will be at the Willard, where
they have been held in the past.
The Merrill Club OF the Eastern
High School will dance in the Garden
House of the Grace Dodge at 10 o'clock