Evening star., 1925-02-16

Secretary and Mrs. WfIbur
Honor Guests ut Dinner Tonight.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs
Wilbur will be the guests of honor
at dinner this evening of Representa-
tive and Mrs. John D. Fredericks s
Representative and Mrs. Fredericks
entertained at dinner last evening
and were also hosts at a valentine
dinner.
The Secretary of Labor and Mrs
Davis will be the guests in whose
honor Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner and Mrs. Frederick Irving Cox
will entertain a company Of Is al
dinner this evening.
Mrs. Hoover, wife of the Secretary
Of Commerce, who spent the greater
part of the week in New York, re-
turned Friday after presiding at the
meeting of the National Board OF
Girl Scouts, taking the place of the
late Mrs. Everitt Macy. Mrs. Macy
had been executive chairman of the
National Board of Girl Scouts for
many years and Mrs. Hoover will
fulfill the duties of that office until
the annual meeting of the organiza-
tion in May.
The Minister of Egypt and Nine
dinner Wednesday evening Of Judge
and Mrs. William Bailey Lamar. Judge
and Mrs. Lamar entertained at dinner
last evening in honor of Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. Edward T. Sanford.
Representative and Mrs. J. Mayhem
Wainwright will entertain a company
of 18 at dinner this evening.
Mrs. Wainwright and her daughter,
Miss Fonrose Wainwright, have dis
continued their Tuesday afternoons
at home and will not receive to-
morrow.
Representative and Mrs. Edward w
Pou entertained informally at din
ner last evening at the Hamilton
Hotel, having among their guests
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anthony Wad-
den and Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton Ed
ward Moran.
Mrs. Morrow, wife Of Representa-
tive John Morrow of New Mexico,
was entertained at tea yesterday aft
ernoon by Mrs. Alexander Coale CO.
lumbus. Mrs. Columbus was assisted
by Mrs. Robert Williams OF Tampa,
Fla; Miss Mary Morrow and Mrs.
George S. CARL, daughter OF the
hostess.
The Director of the Mint and Mrs.
Robert Grant, Mr.. and Mrs. H. S.
Mulliken, Mrs. Dunham and Mr..
Parker, cousin Of Sir Gilbert Parker,
tho famous writer, formed an inter-
esting party who went to New York
yesterday to attend the annual meet
ing OF the American Institute OF
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Mrs Mulliken is ono of the national
vice presidents of the Woman's Aux
iliary of the institute.
Mrs. Rudolph, wife of Commissioner
Cuno H. Rudolph, left for New York
this morning. She will return at
the end Of the week.
DR.. and Mrs. John Crayke Simpson
will entertain a company of 30 at din
ner this evening in the presidential
suite of the New Willard Hotel.
They will entertain at dinner We'd
nesday at the Chevy Chase Club in
honor of the former Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Edwin T. Mer-
edith.
Mrs. Fred bennett is hostess at a
bridge-luncheon party at the Con-
Eressional Club today for her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Patton Wise Slemp, for
merly Miss Dorothy bennett, who
has arrived to visit her parents un-
til after March 4. The party is in
the nature of homecoming for
Mrs. Slemp. this being her first visit
since her marriage several weeks
ago.
The luncheon will be followed by
10 tables of bridge. the guests in
Guiding many of the older friends
of Mrs. Slemp, as well Is the young
or women of her set. Mrs. Wells
Goodykoontz of West Virginia. wife
of former Representative Goody-
koontz. who arrived here this morn
ing, will assist Mrs. bennett.
The party of today is the fore
runner of several similar events fol
Mrs. Slemp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Legare have
closed their apartment at the Lee
House and gone to New York, from
where they will sail Saturday for Eu-
rope.
Mrs. William Sherman Walker and
Mrs. John d. O'Connell of the State
of Washington are the guests ir
whose honor Mrs. Miriam Ballinger
Berryhill is entertaining at bridge
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