Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31

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/ uncle and aunt, the Secretary OF the
Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams
They received applause from the
| guests, this happy young couple, as tney
! stood forth on the east room moor 1or
/ the dance which opened the ball. MRS
Romans presented some pieces OF the
ornate Adams china to the White House
| collection some months ago, and 1t is
| said the honored young guest who was
escorted to supper by Mr.. Hoover dined
| from the Adams china of her forebears.
| The guests last night were chosen
! from diplomatic official and resident
| society and included Miss Janet Large,
the winsome niece of the First Lady OF
the Land There was no dancing tol-
lowing the supper and the guests de-
parted shortly after midnight.
Cabinet Officers New Year
Receptions and Assistants.
| The members of the cabinet and their
wives will receive in their respective
homes tomorrow afternoon, with the
exception of the Secretary of State and
| Mrs. Stimson who will be hosts at
New Year day breakfast at 1890 o'clock
| in the Pan-American Building, and the
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.. Andrew
w. Mellon, who is at his home In
Pittsburgh.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Hur-
ley will receive in their home, at 1920
Belmont road, from 4 to 6 o'clock and
! will be assisted by the Assistant Secre-
| tary of War and Mrs. Frederick H.
Payne and the chief of staff, U. S. A.,
Gen. Douglas Macarthur. Assisting
| through the afternoon will be the wives
| of the chiefs of the various branches
| of the Army.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
| Mitchell will be assisted in receiving by
| the solicitor general and Mrs. Thomas
| D. Thatcher Assistant Attorneys Cen
eral and their wives will assist during
the afternoon. Attorney General and
Mrs. Mitchell have selected the hours
| from $3.50 to o'clock because Of the
situation of their home, at "a Kalorana
Circle.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
, Walter F. Brown will receive from
| to o'clock in their apartment in
Wardman Park and will have assisting
them the four Assistant Postmasters
General and their wives. also Mrs.
| Miss Grace Burton, Mrs. Kenneth
Macintosh, Mrs. Thad Brown and Mrs.
Caleb Mckee.
The Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
| Charles Francis Adams will receive
| from 4 to $50 o'clock in their home at
| 1921 r street. They will have receiving
with them the formers niece, Miss
Fanny Romans, and Admiral and Mrs.
William w. Pratt. Alternating at the
tea table will be Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Mrs. William r. Castle,
| Mrs. Mark Bristol Mrs. r. Lemmot
1 Beiin, Miss Louisa Clement, Mrs. David
F. Sellers, Mrs. Keith Merrill and Mrs.
George Patton, jr
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur and the Sec
rotary of Agriculture and Mrs. Arthur
| M. Hyde will receive together from 4
| to 6 o'clock In the Chinese room and
| ball room of the Mayfower. following
their plan of last year. Assisting Mrs.
Wilbur at the tea table will be Mrs.
| Joseph Dixon, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs.
Henry Alvah Strong and Mrs. Anne
Archbold. Mrs. Hyde's assistants at the
tea table will include Mrs. Renick w.
Dunlap, Mrs Edwin T. Meredith. Mrs.
| Herbert S. Hadley, wife of the former
Governor of Missouri, and Mrs. Jacob
L.ander Loose.
Mrs. Wilbur will also be assisted by
the wives of officials Of the Department
of the Interior, including Mrs. Charles
! c. Moore, Mrs. Charles j. Rhoads. Mrs.
! William John Cooper. Mrs. George Otis
Smith. Mrs. Elwood Mead, Mrs. Horace
M. Albright, Mrs William A. White,
Mrs. Otto F. Gibson, Mrs. j. Henry
scattergood, Mrs. w. C.. Mendenhan
! Mrs Edward G. Finney, Mrs. Ernest w.
SAWYER and Mrs. e. K Burlew; Miss
Bess GoodykoontZ, assistant commits
sioner of education; Mrs. George z.
scott. whose husband is a member OF
the Central Committee of the American
National Red Cross, and Mrs. Charles
A. Dobbel -,
Others assisting Mrs. Hyde will be
Mrs. James C. Stone, Mrs. Carl Williams
and Mrs. Charles S. Wilson. wives OF
rnembers of the Federal Farm Board'
Mrs Elton L. Marshall, VIE OF tne So
licitor Of the Department OF Agrlcul-
tlre: DR.. Louise Stanley. chief OF the
Bureau of Home Economics; and the
wives of the chiefs of various bureaus
Of the Department of Agriculture, in
GLIDING Mrs Albert F. Woods. MRS.
CLYDE w. Warburton, Mrs. Warner w.
Stockberger, Mrs. Charles F. Marvin
Mrs. John r. Mohler, Mrs. Henry @.
knight. Mrs Charles L. Marlatt Mrs.
paul @. Redington, Mrs. Thomas H.
Macdonald, Mrs Robert Y. Stuart and
Mrs. Joseph w. T. Duvel.
The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Lamont will receive from TO O'Clock
in their home on Kalorama road ana
Will nave Win bAlCAA
Miss Gertrude Lamont. Assisting Mrs.
Lamont will be Mrs. Julius Klein, wife
of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce;
Mrs. William l.. Cooper, wife OF the
director of the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, and Mrs. Vernon
Kellogg.
The new Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
William N Doak will receive In the
Willard room Of the Willard from TO 6
] O'Clock and will be assisted by the
Assistant Secretaries and their wives,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robe Carl White and Mr..
and Mrs w W. Husband. Mrs. James
j. Davis, wife of the former Secretary,
who is now Senator from Pennsylvania,
will preside at the tea table and alter
mating there will be Mrs. Peter F.
Snyder, wife Of an assistant to the Sec
rotary; Mrs. Theodore O. Risley, wife
of the solicitor; Mrs Hugh l.. Kerwin,
wife of the director of Cancellation: Mrs.
Samuel j. Gompers, wife of the chief
clerk, and Mrs. Edward Heating. wife of
former Representative Heating from
Colorado and now editor of Labor.
Those assisting through the afternoon
will include Mrs. Charles E. Baldwin.
wife of the assistant commissioner of
labor statistics; Mrs. Harry z. Hull, wife
of the commissioner general of immi-
grafton; Mrs. George j. Harris, wife of
the assistant commissioner general of
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