Evening star., 1928-12-29
SOCIETY
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur
Holding to Previously Made Plans
For New Year Day Reception.

daughter, Miss Catherine Plat, to So
ciety. Assisting Mrs. Platt will be Mrs
Richard S. Aldrich, Mrs. Porter Dale,
Mrs. s. Wallace Dempsey, ir.; Mrs
James S. Parker. Mrs. Bertrand H
Smell, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr.; Mrs
Clarence A. Aspinwall. Mrs. Daniel
LIE Roy Borden, Mrs. Thomas Edwin
Brown, Mrs. Leo D. Miner, Mrs. Charles
w. Wright and Mrs. Roy A. Young
Assisting the bud will be the following
debutantes of the season: Miss Dorothy
Dial Miss Julia Harris, Miss Mary Mac
! atee. Miss Gertrude Macatee, Miss
FLORENCE Never. Miss Caroline Thomp-
son and Miss Frances Wall, and Miss
Phoebe Fuller, Miss Lillian Latimer,
Miss Jane Love, Miss Anna Parkhurst,
Miss Caroline Wilcox and Miss L. M
ManroSS.
Mrs. Platt will wear gown of gray
satin fashioned on graceful lines, and
the debutante will be in orchld-color
moire made with a train with two
points. ameythyst necklace and other
ornaments, and will carry violets and
lilies of the valley.
The marriage of Miss Margaret Tread
well, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson
H. Treadwell of this citydsnd New York,
to Mr.. Charles Pope LAY, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph P. Day of New York,
will take place this afternoon at 4
O'Clock in the Bethlehem Chapel or the
Washington Cathedral and will be fol-
lowed at 4:30 O'Clock by reception at
the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Mrs. Elisha Gee, jr., entertained at
the Club Chantecler last evening for her
sister and MIR. Day and Thursday eve
ming Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Barber
Treadwell of Memphis, Tenn, gave
party for the members OF the wedding
party.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert B. Crosby
will entertain at tea dance this after
noon from until Z o'clock at the
Army War College, when they will pre-
sent their daughter Miss Jane Crosby,
to society. Miss Crosby will wear
bouffant frock of yellow tulle and carry
a colonial bouquet of yellow roses, or
chids, sweet peas and lilies OF the val
ley. Mrs Crosby will be goWned In
powder blue satin and will carry vlolets
Assisting the debutante will be MISS
Anne Robbins, Miss Julia Robbins, Miss
Mary Shinn, Miss Elizabeth Trescot,
Miss Frances Wall, Miss Elizabeth Muir
ray, Miss Marjorie Thompson, Miss
Katherine Donnellan. Miss Marian Nor
gan, Miss Marjory Simonds, Miss Har-
riet Mitchell and Miss Barbara King
Decorations on the tea table Will be
yellow roses and blue lupin.
Mrs. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen. wife
of the former Senator, and her daugh-
ter, Miss Emily Frelinghuysen, have
arrived to be guests of Mrs. Brewster
Warwick for several days.
Mrs. Warwick will entertain at tea
this afternoon from to Z o'clock.
Miss Betty Thorpe left for Long Is
land this morning where she will re-
main over New Year. She will attend
the ball this evening given by Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Widener in honor OF
Miss Diana Dodge.
Mrs. Enos Newman gave a luncheon
at L'Enfant Cafe yesterday, asking 10
guests to meet Mrs. Edmund Wolfe ana
her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wolfe,
formerly of Washington, but now OF
Bridgeport, Conn.
MIR. and Mrs. Wolfe and their daugh-
ter are guests of MIR. and Mrs. john
son at the Dresden Apartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Smith are Civ
ing q dinner and dance this evening
at the Columbia Country Club for their
subdebutante daughter, Miss Clara
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gates Of New
York will arrive in washington Mon
day to spend a week with the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Parker
Crenshaw Mr.. Richard Parker Cren-
shaw, jr, who spent part of the holi-
days with his parents, has returned to
NaUy Varly