The Washington times., 1927-10-29

Variety Spices Pot POurri of
Festivities of a Grounded EDeninq
A Reception and a Barn
Dance, With Dinners
Galore, "On" for To-
night
Do. JEAN. ELlOT


/ VARIETY spices the program Of.
/ ' entertaining for this evening; q
! stately reception in honor of DR..
Clayd Heck Marvin. new president
Of George Washington University,
4 ana Mrs. Marvin dividing interest
with q Halloween barn dance, at the
I Wardman Park Saddle Club. in
which most of the smart young pee.
{ plg are involved. 81,
Is The reception to! pr. and Mrs. Mar.
I vim, It win be remembered, il to be
{ held at the Mayflower. with the Co
lumbar Women and the Alumni AS
ISOLATION as joint hosts.
The barn dance, which is given an.
!, nualIy for the benefit OF Noel House,
has already become q tradition in
{ Washington and everybody looks for
: ward to It since it has an atmosphere
: Of informality and merriment more
like q private dance than charity
bali.
The guests are expected to ap.a
pear In farm costume sugges.
e ton that was so literally inter.
preted last year that eighteenth
century shepherdesses rubbed elbows
with Maud Mullers, cowboys and
sheiks,
= Extra; Added Attractions
Z Like the circus, the fete will
! boast extra, added attractions"
2 this year, as some new music ex.
trenlely popular in Vienna il to
be INTRODUCED. Moreover. hot dogs,
cider, coffee and doughnuts will be
dispensed from an old.time country
store counter over which Mrs.
= Newbold Noyes and Mrs. Rose
: Douglas Merriam will preside, The
= committee in charge of the enter.
tainment includes Mrs. Armstead
Peter, Mrs. NewbOld. Noyes, Miss
Margaret Eustis, Miss Lydia Arch.
bold, Miss Rosemary Griffin, Miss
Rebecca Wellington, Miss Eleanor
Hard, Miss Helen Strauss, and Miss
Laura Towne.
Among those who will take din.
ner guests to the fete are Mrs.
Holabird Towne, Miss Lydia Arch.
! bold and Miss Elizabeth Ives.
Less FrOllCsOlne Parties
: There's a picquant contrast to
ties In some of the other dinners
arranged for tonight.
Secretary Mellon, OF the Treas.
ury. 1t Will be remembered, is to
be the ranking guest at the dinner
for so Mr.. and Mrs, David III, Blair
are giving at the Congressional
Country Club as farewell to Alex
/. Gregg and his bride, who was Doro
thy .MondeIl. Mr.. Blair Is Com.
missioner OF lnternal Revenue and
Mr.. Gregg. semetimes, described as
zone Of Andy Melons bright boys"
has recently resigned as counsel
for the Internal Revetade Bureau
: to- become HI member 1of ID New
York firm. :. r,,.-.s.s,-.a..a.
To Celebrate REINFORCEMENT
Then, the group often spoken of as
the 'WOmsn's cabinet" and including
those women who hold high execu-
+ tive position in the Government
!, Will give a dinner tonight at the
Club st. Marks in compliment to-
/ Mrs. Bessie Parker Brueggeman,
chairman Of the employees COM.
pensation commission This isH
arranged to celebrate the reappoint.
! ment of Mrs. Brueggeman-red.
haired and very decorative-by
: President Coolidge for another six
years to the post she has filled
. successfully for the last six.
There will be present some So
women prominent in the Govern.
ment service and in club circles.
Miss Mary Anderson. of the WON.
ems Bureau, Department OF La
Dor, and Miss Lucy Minnigerode,
!: United States Public Health Service,
J; make up the committee for the din.
9 ner
, For another dinner this evening
y the hosts will be Col. and Mrs.
< William M. Lybrand, of New York,
z who are in Washington for the win.
ter. They will entertain at the
Lybrand's sisters, Mrs. Harry G.
Cavenaugh, of New Castle. Del.
widow of Colonel Cavenaugh, u. s.
: A., and Miss Mary Montgomery. of
Philadelphia, who are spending the
weekend in Washington.
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J SEVERAL GUESTS
d AT WHITE HOUSE
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
have as their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank w: Stearns, OF Boston, and
:. Col, and Mrs. George Harvey, who
* arrived Yesterday. Charles, Beecher
). Warren. who was a guest at the
Il White House, has. concluded his
visit.
: Mrs. Coolidge received the ladies
of the Missionary Society of the
Congregational Church at tea yes.
terday afternoon.
u
The Ambassador Of Great Britain
!. and Lady Isabella Howard went to
New York today and will return on
Monday m
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Mrs. Dwight F.. Davis. and Miss