Evening star., 1931-12-29
Congressional Club
Parties for Young People.

The Congressional Club will give a
dance tonight from to II o'clock for
the sub-debutante daughters and young
sons of members in its club house at
POOL New Hampshire avenue.
The club was the scene Of a gay
Christmas party given for the children
and grandchildren of the members yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Howard S. Reeside played Santa
Claus to the delight of all the litCle
guests. Games and stories were con-
Quoted by Miss Elizabeth Molster. A
group of songs sung by the Powell Jun
ior High School Quartet and the mov-
ing pictures directed by Mr.. Joseph
Herbert and Mr.. Kemper Cowing COM
pleted the afternoons fun and frolic
for the youthful guests.
The Belasco Theater held a capacity
house last evening which had much
the appearance of an opera crowd, but
instead it was a delightful presentation
of THE Jewel Robbery" with Mary
Ellis and Basil Sydney starring
Representative and Mrs. Clyde Kelley
had a party with them as also had the
Controller General and Mrs. j. Ray
mond McCarl, Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Craven. Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley ard her
sons, Mr.. Harvey w. Wiley and Mr..
John Wiley; Mr.. and Mrs. Felian Gar
zia and Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. Bush
Brown.
The first of the annual Georgetown
assemblies was held last evening at
historic Linthicum Hall, in George
town.
DR.. Robert S. Beale is chairman of
the Assembly Committee, which in
cludeS Mr. John Blake Gordon, MI
Basil Boteler, Mr. Llewellyn Nichol-
son and Mrs. Henry Matthews, jr In
the receiving line last evening were
Mrs. Beale, Mrs. John Hanna and
Mrs. S. Percy Thompson. Miss Emily
Matthews entertained at dinner pre-
ceding the dance for her niece, Miss
Lucy Mackall, daughter Of Mrs. Louis
Mackall and the late DR.. Mackall
There will be two more assemblies
this season, one January 48 and the
other February 8.
Mrs. Henry c. Smither entertained at
dinner last evening at the Army-Navy
Country Club for her son, Mr.. Henry C..
Smither, jr., who is home for the holi
days from his studies at the New York
Military Academy. The guests included
Miss Carol Martin, Miss Jane Evans,
Miss Peggy Grimes, Miss Jean MCNEIL.
Miss Beatrice O'Malley, Mr. John
Thompson, Mr.. Peter Kieffer, Mr.. Wal
ter Pick, Mr.. Thomas Kimmel, Mr.
Steve Holderness and Mr.. Alex Stewart.
Miss Quincy Smith will be at home
this afternoon from 4 to o'clock at
BIO Woodland drive Miss Smith will
leave Thursday for Africa.
Mrs. Natalie r. Fernald is spending
the holidays with her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Prof. and Mrs. Ernest Mer-
Ger Fernald, at Easton, Pa.
Miss Madeline Prentice of New York
City is the guest Of Maj. and Mrs.
Henry L. Larsen in their apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Maj and Mrs. Larsen entertained
group at dinner there last evening.
covers being laid for TO-.
Mrs. c. M. Stover was hostess to q
company of IL at luncheon yesterday
at the Carlton.
DR.. and Mrs Ralph G. Hills of Balti-
more are spending a few days with
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. George F. Dixon, in their apart
ment at Wardman Park Hotel. Miss
Betty Dixon, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dixon, who spent Christmas with her
parents at Wardman, has returned to
Columbia N Y, where she is attending
school.
Judge and Mrs. John c. Clark have
arrived in Washington from their home
In New York City, accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Jane P. Clark, and are
stopping at the Carlton.
Mrs. c. Frank Bolt of Anderson, S. c.,
is the guests Of her sister. Miss Laura
Ruff, and Miss Mabel Ezell for the
holidays.
DR.. Hornell Hart of Bryn Mawr, Pa,
is at the Dodge for a few days. DR..
Hart is head of the Garcia Woerishoffer
graduate department Of social economy
and social research Of Bryn Mawr Col
lege.
DR.. Robert M Stabler of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, with Mrs. Stabler
and her father DR.. Adelbert Hamilton
of Elmira University, N. Y, have been
guests of the Misses Stabler at Edge
wood, in Sandy Spring. DR.. Stabler left
Saturday for New Orleans, where he
will deliver two lectures before a con-
vention of parasitologists.
Miss Frances Kerr, a Trinity College
student, will entertain a group of her
classmates at tea tomorrow in her home
IN Massachusetts, Park.
Mr.. BENJAMIN Cohen, former secre-