The Washington times., 1926-12-24
COUNTRY HOME
| BALL TO BE
GALA,EVENT
Family Dinner Parties
Planned to Pre-
cede Fete

Family parties seem to be the
order of the evening for the Chill
dren's Country Home ball tomorrow
at the Mayflower Hotel.
Everyone seems to be entertaining
groups Of young people home for
the holidays or members OF their
immediate families.
Mrs. Joseph Letter, president OF
the board Of managers, sets the
ball rolling wi.3s a dinner given
chiefly for friends Of her young son.
Tommy. Mrs.. Letter il entertain.
Ing, a real family party this Yule.
tide with both her sisters home
from abroad and New York. Mr..
and Mrs. Alex Legare will also be
hosts at dinner to a family group.
Miss Rosemary Griffin, daughter
of Mrs. Paul Bastedo, has COM
Wandered the family box and ex'
poets to invite a party Of young
people to share 1t with her. Miss
Griffin Is a member OF the girls
floor committee and will don for
the evening the apparel OF a little
girl-supposed1y q patient at the
home. The Bastedos are dining en-
familie before the party. Miss Crit
fin, however, is invited to the
Letter party.
Al second member OF the girls
committee with a. box OF her own
that evening will be Miss Allison
RoebIing, daughter Of Mrs. Arthur
O'Brien. Mrs. O'Brien has turned
her box over to the young people
for the evening.
The Stanley Rineharts have with
them their son Stanley, jr. and his
family. After dinner at home tbs
family party will 60 on to the ball
Mrs. Joseph Noel Is entertaining
OF his, Thomas Lee. Mrs. Joseph
Hines, who expects to spend Christ,
mas with her husbands mother
Mrs. George Hines in Pennsylvania,
has turned one OF her boxes over
to Paul Lutz, who Is entertainine
group OF debutantes.
Mrs. Perry Belmont has taken a
box.
Dinners will also be given before
the ball by Senator and Mrs. James
w. WadsWorth. 5r.. Mr.. and Mrs.
James +. Curtis, Mrs. Charles
Brighton Wood. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII.
liam Mcclellan Ritter. Mrs. Richard
Townsend and DIR. and Mrs. James
r.. Mitchell.
A children's Christmas party will
be given by the League for Larger
Life at its town house, 1923 X ST..
tonight ait o'clock, when a
number Of homeless children will be
the guests OF the league. A Christ.
mas program Of singing and instru-
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games and refreshments. A beauti.
be in evidence. and Santa Claus
will be there with presents for all
the guests.
Mrs. r. c. Jeffords, OF Charleston
w. Va. will come to Washington slle
middle of January to visit her
sailing the last week IN January on
q Mediterranean cruise |
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scudder and
their daughter. Miss Edith Scudder
have gone to Scranton, Pa, to sperS
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Schautz. Mrs. Schautz was formerly
Miss Katherine Scudder.
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Mrs. e. r. Whiting has gone tc
Langley Field, Va, to spend the lol!
days with her son-in-Iaw and daugh
ter. Capt. and Mrs. Willis Hale.
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Mrs. Harold Allen has issued in
vitations for tea on Sunday after
noon from to o'clock at her home
| at 612 Nineteenth St., when the
guests have been asked to meet
Miss Allen and Miss Elizabeth
Allen.
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Mr.. Festus j. Wade, of st. Louis
| Is passing few days at the Willard
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