The Washington times., 1930-12-31
Allan Hoover
Gives Smart
Yule Party
Son of Chief Executive and
Mrs. Hoover Is Host to
200 Members Of Capitals
Younger Set
BY ANNE PATTEN

ing tiny wristlets Of rosebuds
presented each girl attending the
dance given last evening at the
White House by Mrs. Hoover,
in compliment to her son, Allan.
The wristlets were fashioned
Of red, yellow and pink minia-
ture roses and each girl received
one to match her gown. The
young men attending the party
were given pink carnations Tor
their buttonholes.
It is a safe wager that those
youngsters fortunate enough to
be invited to the dance have
safely pressed roses and carna-
tions for their memory books.
The guests. some 200, were In
vited from the junior official
group with the additions OF a
few boys and girls from Army
and Navy circles and residential
society who are intimates OF
Allan Hoover.
Is q Genial Host
The dance, although the SIM
plest Of young peoples parties
was one Of the happieSt OF the
..Yuletide season. Mrs. Hoover
f1a~ q gift for entertaining ana
Allan. although still q college
lad. has already established a
reputation in washington as q
most Zenial and accomplished
host. The invitations were Is
sued in Mrs. Hoover's name
and the First Lady and her
son received alone. President
Hoover did not come downstairs
during the evening.
The merrymaking for the
evening began promptly at 10
o'clock when Allan led Miss
Fanny Homans, of Boston, the
guest in washington for the
holidays of her uncle and aunt,
the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Charles Francis Adams,
out on the floor Of the famous
East Room for the first dance.
Miss Homans later was Allans
partner at supper.
A Touch Of Romance
The Boston debutante is the
great -great.great-granddaugh
of the second President OF the
United States and Mrs. Adams.
Her illustrious descent gave an
added touch of romance to the
evenings party and there were
few, If any, Of the youthful
guests present who failed to re-
member as she stepped out on
the East Room floor with her
debonaire young escort that her
famous ancestress, the First Mis-
tress of the White House, once
hung her weekly laundry in the
same room.
Later at supper, Miss Romans
was served from the famous
Adams service plate, one OF the
treasures of the White House.
Her mother, Mrs. Robert Ho-
mans, Of Boston, before her
marriage another Abigail Adams,
presented a portion of the ser
vice to the White House col
lection last year.
Miss Homans wore for the
party, to which her presence
gave such interest, q simple
little frock Of blue satin pat
termed in diamonds. The wrist
let presented her was Of pink
roses. Mrs. Hoover wore a
gown of cloth Of gold made
with a deep cape and slight
train.
Yuletide Decorations
The East Room and dining
room, where the seated supper
was served at midnight, were
decorated for the party with
Christmas greens and lights.
The tree in the East Room. so
much enjoyed by the Hoover
grandchildren on Christmas
Day, was left standing for the
dance.
Miss Janet Large, a niece Of
Mrs. Hoover, and a holiday
guest at the White House, did
not receive with her aunt and
cousin as she is still of Sub
deb" age. She was included
among the Capital young people
invited to the dance.
Miss Gertrude Lamont,
daughter of the Secretary of
Commerce and Mrs. Robert Pat
terson Lamont, was there &C
companied by her fiance,
Charles Eskridge Saltzman.
Miss Katherine Kingman, debu-
tante daughter of Col. and Mrs.
Ralph w. Kingman, was also
accompanied by her bridegroom
to-be, Lieut.. Frederick r. Weber,
q. S. A.
Lengthy Guest List
Other guests included Miss
Caroline Hyde, daughter Of the
Secretary Of Agriculture and
Mrs. Arthur D. Hyde; the
Misses Marian and Helen Hope,
Miss Dorothy Fell, Miss Isabel
Cotton, Miss Gertrude Bancroft,
Miss Caroline Payne and her
brother, Groverman Payne;
Miss Mary Cootes, the Misses
Florence and Elizabath 49,"
Miss Katrina Mccormick, Miss
Georgette Yerby. .,%'~
Swift, Miss Katherine Evans,
Miss Elizabeth PillSbu4s
Ruth Gullion, Miss Catherine
Fechet, Miss Virginia Glaze
brook, Miss Mora Archhold,
Miss Rion ForteScue, Miss Dora
White and her brother. William
White; Miss GrHco >T~--''