Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20

beth Harper, Miss Mary Bowie Claggett,
Miss Devereux Green, Miss June Cush-
ing, Miss Emma Tompkins. Miss Char
lotte Reed, Miss Virginia Hall and Miss
Kitty Mitchell.
Mrs. Benjamin C. Perry and her
daughters. Miss Isabel Tracy Perry and
Miss Cecil Patin Perry of Bethesda,
Md, entertained at luncheon today at
the Mayt1ower in compliment to Miss
Eleanor Calvert and Miss Margaret
Peyton Calvert. The company included
Miss Helen Walker, Miss Evelyn Walker,
Miss Frances Morse. Miss Polly Foote,
Miss Rosa Hayes, Miss Betty Mentally,
Miss Mildred Blaine Clark, Miss Peggy
Walsh, Miss Patsy Ridsdale, Miss Ruth
Gullion, Miss Charlotte Mayo, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Macarthur, Miss Emily
Jane Quirk, Miss Mary Mcmillan, Miss
Jane Mcmillan, Miss Mary Key Lewis.
Miss Elizabeth Henning, Miss Eleanor
ODonoghue, Miss Jean Woodson. Miss
Eloise Hopkins, Miss Muriel Thomson,
Miss Jane Gormley, Miss Louise Hoover,
Miss Catherine Hoover and Miss Betty
Hoover Poinsettias were used for dec
orations on the table, the luncheon be-
ing served in the presidential dining
room of the hotel.
Nine. Lessinoff will entertain at din
ner this evening in her home, on Bel
mont road.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Holmes Cushing
gave a ball last evening in the May
flower Hotel, when they presented their
daughter, Miss June Cushing. The
hosts and their daughter were assisted
in receiving by Miss Cushing's cousin,
Miss Lucy Bayless of Louisville, KY,
who is her house guest for the holidays.
Miss Gushing wore very lovely gown
of cream-colored velvet with cowl
neckline, slightly fitted at the waiStline
and with a very full fiared skirt with
band of white fur at the hemline, and
she carried Talisman roses and lilies OF
the valley. Miss Bayless was becomingly
gowned in a frock of orchid taffeta,
with which she wore corsage bouquet
of yellow roses.
The debutante was assisted by Miss
Susanna Bagley Wallace, Miss Geor-
gette VERIFY, Miss Dorothy Dodge, Miss
Betty West, Miss Rosa Hayes. Miss
Calvert, Miss Margaret Calvert, Miss
Mary Stuart Birdsall, Miss Mary Eliza
beth Acker, Miss Mary Eleanor Orme,
and Miss Elizabeth Edison.
The guests numbered about $50 and
included members of the diplomatic as
well as official and residential circles.
A breakfast was served at small tables
shortly after midnight instead Of the
usual buffet supper and during the
serving of the meal in the presidential
dining room the debutante was sere-
naded at her table by the orchestra fur
nishing the music for the ball.
Among the young men on the Floor
Committee for Miss Cushing's ball were
Mr.. Edward Cook, Mr.. Ross Barrett, Mr..
James Young. jr.; Mr. Eric Durand, Mr..
Edgar One, Mr.. Dudley Knox and Mr..
Francis Sherer.
Mr.. and Mrs. McElroy Moss enter
tanned company of 20 at buffet sup
per last evening preceding the first
meeting of the Friday Evening Dancing
Glass at the Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moss will motor to
Philadelphia Tuesday to spend Christ
mas with the latter's mother, Mrs. Ben
ney, with whom the young children OF
Mr. and Mrs. Moss have been for a
week.
Mrs. Mckenzie Moss, mother Of Mr..
Moss. also will spend Christmas at Phil
daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene C. B.
Simonin and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w.
Howe, jr., at Chestnut Hill.
MT. ana MTS. CIldTleS II. lie reNTe
will have as guests their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon L.
Duke and their small daughter, who
will arrive tomorrow, to spend the holi-
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reed have as
their guests at the Mayhower for the
Christmas holidays their sons. Mr.. John
Reed of Yale and Mr.. Stanley Reed, jr.,
OF the Taft Preparatory School.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Richie, Sd, ar
rived in Washington today from New
Haven, Conn, to spend the holidays
with Mr.. Ritchie's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Richie. jr. Mr.. Ritchie, Sd,
is a Sterling fellow at Yale, where he
is taking a special law course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Stallings Gain
announce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Christina to Mr.. Arnold Bruckner
of YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Wednesday, Deem
Der IT, at Chicago Ill.
Mrs Imbrie Hostess
At Annual Reunion Tea.
Mrs. Robert Whitney Imbrie will en-
terrain at tea today in compliment to
the friends she made In the Near East