Evening star., 1925-01-01
CABINET OFFICERS
KEEP OPEN HOUSE
Weeks, Wilbur, Mellon, Stone,
Hoover and Davis Receive
Guests.

Fewer of the cabinet homes than
usual will be opened this afternoon
for receptions, the Secretary of War
and Mrs Weeks and the Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur having by
far the largest number of visitors.
The guests Will wear full dress uni
forms, with swords, and present an
imposing spectacle enjoyed by on
lockers outside, as they pay homage
to the heads of their branches OF
service.
Scarcely less imposing are the
callers in other cabinet houses, many
of the diplomats making the rounds
of the cabinet In democratic fashion.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
Miss Mellon will receive callers In
their apartment on Massachusetts,
avenue from 4 to o'clock, and have
with them at the tea table Mrs.
Charles Dewey and Mrs. Eliot Wads- q
worth.
At Weeks Home.
With the Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Weeks, who are receiving in their
home on Sixteenth street from $3.50 to
$50 o'clock, and either presiding at
the bountifully laden table or as
sisting generally are: Mrs. John W.
Davidge, daughter of the hosts; Mrs.
Dennis L. Nolan, Mrs. Charles Mex.
Saltzman. Mrs. Edgar Jadwin, Mrs.
JOnn a. HULL, AlGS. JOHdlDdIi NJ W ain
wright. Mrs. John r. Thomas, Jr.'
Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Pratt
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
| Wilbur will have with them during
| the afternoon at their home Mrs. f
| A. Eberle, wife of Admiral Eberle,
| chief OF naval operations: Mrs. John
| A. Lejeune, wife of Maj. Gen. Le-
| jeune, commandant of the Marine
| Corps; Mrs. Benjamin F. Hutchison,
wife of the commandant Of the Wash
| ington navy yard. and Miss Edna Will
| bur, daughter of the hosts. Mrs.
| Wilbur will wear this afternoon in
| receiving her guests a becoming
gown of rose-color georgette en-
! broidered in pearl beads.
| The Attorney General and Mrs.
Stone are keeping open house and
will have assisting them in their gayly
| decorated drawing rooms, Mrs. Gros-
| venor H Bakus, Mrs. Augustus T
! Seymour, wife Of the assistant to
the Attorney General, and Mrs. Ber-
| nard II. Smell, wife of Representa-
| tive Smell of Pottsdam. n. Y. Mrs.
Stones gown for the afternoon is a
| handsome visiting dress of pinkish
tan velvet trimmed in mink bands
and tails and d hat to correspond.
| Because of the recent illness of Mrs.
| New, the Postmaster General and
Mrs. New are not keeping open house
as they have done In previous years
since coming into the cabinet
Gay Like California
The home of the Secretary of Com
| merce and Mrs. Hoover is gay with
| the riot of fruits and flowers of Cal
ifornia, suggestions from that State
showing in many features of the
home, including the Yule logs blazing
in open fireplaCes, and the table. on
| which appears a bounteous center
piece of fruits and flowers from that
State. Mrs. Hoover will wear this
| afternoon in receiving her guests a
gown of black silk with large lac
quer design printed in red and jade.
Assisting them will be the heads of
the divisions of the department, their
| wives lending special assistance This
| group includes: The Assistant Secre-
/ tary of Commerce and Mrs J. Walter
| Drake will receive with Secretary and
Mrs Hoover and presiding over the
| tea table will be the Solicitor of the
Department and Mrs Stephen J.
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 Domes-
tic Commerce and Mrs julius Klein,
the Commissioner of Fisheries and
| Mrs. Henry O'Malley, the Commits
sioner of the Bureau of Lighthouses
| and Mrs. George r. Putnam, the
| Director of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey and Mrs. z. Lester Jones, and
DR.. George K. Burgess, director of the
Bureau of Standards; Mr.. D. B. Car
son, commissioner of Navigation, and
Mr.. George Uhler, supervising inspec-
| tor 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.. E. w.
Libbey, Mr.. Ritchie and Mr. Harold
Phelps Stokes, and their wives. Sec
rotary and Mrs. Hoover will be at
home from $3.50 to $50.
The Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Davis, who have but recently re-
turned from a Latin American trip
of unusual interest, will keep open
house at Wardman Park Hotel. where
their living suite occupies one floor
of a wing of the building. Their
hours are from to o'clock and they
| will have assisting them Mrs. E. j.
/ Henning, wife of the assistant secre-
tary; Mrs. A. II. Vestal. Miss Dorothy
| Vestal. Mrs. Henry Watson and Mira
Adam NJ. Wyant.