Evening star., 1927-12-10
Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond
Hosts, at Afternoon Tea.

Hosts at Afternoon Tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond
will entertain at tea this afternoon
from to o'clock in their home,
2221 Kalorama road. when they will
present Miss Alma Clarita Mestres to
society.
Owing 10 illness Mrs. Hammond will
not receive, and Mr.. Hammond will
have his sister, Miss Elizabeth HAM
mond. assisting him in receiving the
guests.
Generally assisting will be Mrs. Ed
ward w. Eberle, Mrs. George Hunt.
ington Williams of Baltimore, Mrs.
Sidney Cloman, Mrs. Robert Chew
and Nine Lombard.
With the bud, who will be in
dainty pink frock, and will carry
orchids and lilies of the valley, will
be Miss Alice Davis. Countess Corneila
Szechenyi, Miss Elizabeth Chiffon.
Miss Catalani, Miss Evelyn Walker,
Emily Childs.
Miss Hammond will he in a rose
velvet draped gown and will carry
white orchids.
The noon wedding today of Miss
Lenore Scullen and Mr.. Floyd Gill
bert Blair of o5 Wall street. New York,
son of Mrs. Lafayette G Blair of BoS-
ton, called together large number of
society folk who witnessed the cere-
mony and attended the reception
which followed. The Rev. Father
Buckley of St Matthew's Church per-
formed the ceremony in the home of
the brides stepfather and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Petit Warren, Mr..
Warren escorting the bride to the inn
provised altar, while a stringed orches-
ira and a group of choir boys gave the
music. Her robe was of tulle and
satin from her mothers wedding
gown: the point-appiique lace veil hav-
ing been worn by her mother, was ar
ranged for the young bride with a
Florentine cap of pearls, and she car
ried a bouquet of gardenias and lilies
of the valley.
Miss Bertha Norton of New York
attended the bride as maid of honor
and wore a lovely tulle gown of tea
rose color. with a large hat to CORE
spond. Miss Helen Runkle, Miss
Phyllis Thompson Of New York,
Miss Laura Towne, Miss Helena
Lodge. bridesmaids. wore gowns
similar to that of the maid OF
honor. Little Lenore Thomas, cousin
of the bride, was flower girl, and wore
an old-fashioned dress of pearl-color
batiste.
Mr.. Pierrepont Blair of Boston,
brother of the bridegroom, was best
man. There were a number of enter
tainments for the bridal party preced-
ing the wedding Miss Laura Towne
giving a dinner in honor of the we'd
ding party. Mrs. Joseph Letter gave
a small luncheon for her Friday and
there were several other hosts just
preceding the wedding day. Mr.. Blair
was graduated from Harvard in 1913
and from the Harvard Law School in
1916 He practiced law in Boston and
in New York the Spring of 1924, when
he was made adviser to the Allied
Debt Commission, and is now in the
National City Bank, New York.
Mrs. Warren. who assisted the bride
and bridegroom in receiving following
the ceremony. wore a costume Of gray
chiffon. Guests from out of town in
cluded the brides uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles DENLY of Philadel-
phia: Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley P. Ramey
of Boston. Mr.. Daniel Freeman and
Mr. Wallace Falvey of New York. Mr..
and Mrs. Festus j. Wade, jr., of st.
Louis. and Mrs Festus J. Wade of
the same city, grandmother of the
bride.
After the reception and when the
bride and bridegroom left for a we'd
ding journey she wore a tailored cos
tune of beige-color tweed trimmed in
nutria, with a beige-color hat to corre-
spond. They will make their home at
1140 Fifth avenue, New York.
Gen. John J. Pershing was host at
dinner last evening, his guests includ-
ing the Amba assador of France and
Nine. Claudel, Senator and Mrs. David
A Reed, the UHderSecretary of State
Dbl. =
Mrs. James Brown Scott. Mr.. and
Mrs John Callan O'Laughiin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Healy. Countess Salig.
nac-Sene1on, Mrs. Henry G. Corbin,
Mrs. Sidney Cloman, DR.. David Jayne
Hill. Prof. Henri Hyzernot and Prof.
Jules A. Baisnee.
Senator Smith of Illinois was host
informally at dinner last night at the
Willard. where he had four guests.
Rear Admiral and Mrs William
Kimball will entertain company of
u at dinner this evening.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles
Morris entertained at tea yesterday
afternoon in compliment to the Sup
ply Corps of the Navy.
The air attache of the British en-
DoSSy anu Ton enter
tanned company of Il at dinner last
evening for Miss Elizabeth Chiffon.
debutante daughter of the counselor
of the embassy and Mrs. Henry Getty
Chiffon.
Countess Cornelia SZechSnyi.
daughter of the Minister OF hungary
and Countess SZechenyi, was the
guest in compliment to whom Miss
Rahel Davies. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph T.. Davies. entertained at
luncheon today. Others in the COM
pany were Miss Alice Brooks Davis,
the Miles. Claudel, Miss Elizabet
Chiffon, Miss Victoria Tytus, Miss
Ellen Peelle, Miss Emogen Taylor
and Miss Ann Carter Greene.
The Governor General of Canada
and NiscounteSs WillinSdon were the
guests in whose honor Mrs Whteaw
Reid. widow of the late United States
ambassador TO the Court of St
James. entertained at dinner last
evening in her home on Madison ave-
nue.. New York. The company after
wards attended the opera at TIA Met