Evening star., 1925-02-12
. HE President and Mrs. Cool
idee are entertaining at the
White House Dr., and Mrs.
il w. NJ. Irvine Of Mercersburg,

White House Dr., ana MIS-.
L w. NJ. Irvine of Mercersburg,
Pa. Academy, and DR.. Alfred
r. Stearns OF Phillips Academy. And
over, Mass. H-ho will be guests at the
dinner being giving tonight in honor
of the Speaker and Mrs. Gillett.
Mrs. Coolidge will be the guest in
whose honor the Congressional Club
will give q breakfast at Wardman
Park. Wednesday. February 1S. Mrs.
James Byrnes, retiring president, will
preside, and other guests will in
clude: Mrs Frederick II. Gillette, Mrs.
John B. Henderson, honorary vice
president: the past presidents. the
honorary members and Mrs. Bindley
Hadley. president elect of the Con-
gressiohal Club The breakfast is an
annual event given iii honor of the
wife of the President, and is con-
sidered by many to be the most at
tractive entertainment of the season.
A special program, not previously an
nounced. adds to the interest and
charm of the breakfast
Secretary and NrS. Hughes
TO Dine at British Embassy.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hughes will be the guests of honor
at dinner Saturday evening, Febru
sry IS. of the Ambassador of Great
Britain and Lady Isabella Howard
The ambassador and Lady Isabella
will entertain the members Of the
English Speaking Union at tea this
afternoon at the embassy. when they
will be assisted by the ladies of the
embassy circle.
Ambassador and Lady Isabella will
be hosts at dinner Tuesday evening,
February "a.
The Minister of Egypt and Nine.
Yousry will entertain a company at
dinner this evening.
The Minister of Sweden and Nine.
wallenberg entertained at dinner last
evening in compliment to the Speaker
of the House and Mrs. Frederick H.
Gillett. Others in the company were
the Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr..
Mellon; Miss Mellon; the Minister of
Portugal, Viscount d'Alte: the Minis
ter of Denmark. MIR. Brun: Senator
and Mrs. George Wharton Pepper, the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth, Rear Ad-
miral Andrew T. Long, Mr.. and Mrs.
William r. Castle. jr. Mrs. Richard
H. Townsend, Nine. Hause, Mrs. j.
Borden Hartman and the commercial
counselor of the Swedish legation and
Nine. Weidel.
The Minister of Ecuador and Sonora
de Orchoa Ortiz will entertain com
pany of 15 at dinner this evening.
Mrs. James ]. Davis, wife of the
Secretary of Labor, was the guest in
whose honor Mrs. Thomas Phillips
entertained at luncheon today. There
were IL guests in the company.
Senator and Mrs. Theodore E. Bur
ten will entertain at dinner Saturday
night at Hotel Hamilton a party of So.
Representative and Mrs. Fred Brit
ten are planning to close their apart
ment in Wardman Park Hotel after
Congress adjourns and take trip to
the West Indies. Mrs. Britten has
Just returned to Wardman after
visit in New York.
The military attache of the French
embassy, Gen. George A. l.. Dumont,
was host at luncheon Yesterday at the
Hotel Hamilton, following the pres
entation by Gen. Dumont of the. Le-
gion of Honor to Mr.. Harold Willis,
former pilit OF the escadrille during
the World War. In the company
were Senator and Mrs. Frank B.
Willis, Representative A. Piatt An
drew, Mrs. Harold Walker and the
assistant military attache for aero
nauties, Maj. Georges Thenault.
Mr.. Emil Wiehl, counselor of lega-
ton, who arrived in New York Mon
day aboard the Deutschland from his
home in Germany, will come to WASH
ingten the first OF the week to as
sumo his duties ais first secretary of
the German embassy. Mr.. Wiehl is
spending the week at the Hotel Am
bassador in New York.
Frau Dieckhoff, wife of the charge
d affaires of Germany, will not be at
home tomorrow afternoon, but will
receive Friday afternoon, February 90
Assistant Secretary Of State and Mrs
John Van A. MacMurray gave buffet
supper last evening preceding the
meeting OF the State Department Club
and had as their guests Assistant
Secretary Leland Harrison, Assistant