Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
SOCIETY
Dancing Will Follow Cabinet Dinner at
White House Next Week.-Mrs.
Hoover Guest at Luncheon.

of the United States Shipping Board,
and Mrs. Denton entertained ut dinner
| last evening at the Shoreham In honor
of the Vice President. Mr.. Charles Cur
tbs. and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Everett
Gam. The other guests were Senator
Arthur Capper, Senator and Mrs. Will
liam H. King, Representative and Mrs.
w. A. Ayres, Representative and Mrs.
Homer Hoch, Representative and Mrs.
Chester I. Long, Representative and
Mrs. Jefferson Myers. Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Interior and Mrs. Joseph
M. Dixon, Admiral and Mrs. Hutchinson
I. Cone, Controller Of the Currency and
Mrs John w. Pole, Capt. and Mrs.
Samuel s. Sandberg. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sterling j. Joyner Of New York, Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy George Peek Of Phila-
delphia, Mr.. Henley Hill and Capt. Mil
Col. and Mrs. William S. George, Col.
and Mrs. Samuel Goodacre, Col. and
Mrs. william F. Ease, Col. and Mrs. Jo-
seph w. McIntah, Maj. and Mrs.
Charles r. POLLARD. Mr.. and MRS. Paul
Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. o. p. M. Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. r9Hhp Z. Campbell, Mr..
and Mrs. e. F. 00lladay, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmund H. Duff, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
LeaSure, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis j. Petit
john, Mr.. and Mrs. John Proctor, Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Quinton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sarah Sumner, Mrs. Thomas T. Thomp-
son, Miss Margaret ,Ayres, Miss Irene
Lewis, Miss Barbara Mccartney, Miss
Ella Sandberg, Judge Parker, Mr.. Golden
Donaldson, Mr.. Writ Howe, Mr.. Loring
Mills and Mr.. Charles Scott.
Miss Betsy Berrien Makes
Formal Debut This Afternoon.
Capt. Frank D. Berrien, q. 8. N,
and Mrs. Berrien will give q tea this
afternoon in their quarters in the Navy
Yard when they viii present their
daughter, Miss Betsy Berrien. GUAM
titles Of palms and ferns with gold color
and bronze chrySanthemumS, and Capt.
and Mrs. Berrien and their daughter
will stand before palms and ferns.
Mrs. William v. Pratt, Mrs. Ben H.
Fuller and Mrs. Henry Varnum Butler
will be among those alternating at the
tea table, assisted by Mrs. Arthur Mac
Arthur, Mrs. Isaac C. Bogert, Mrs.
Ridley Mclean, Mrs. William A. Ang-
win, Mrs. Thomas T. Craven, Mrs.
Dion Williams, Baroness Korff, Mrs.
Russell Train, Mrs. Hugo OSterhaus,
Mrs. Roland M. Brainard, Mrs. Olaf M.
Hustvedt, Mrs. Robert Conrad Of Balti-
more and Mrs. Berrien's sister and
niece, Mrs. Walden, wife of Dean P.
T. Walden of Yale University, and Miss
Sally Walden, who are guests Of Capt.
and Mrs. Berrien. Others assisting
viii include Miss Mary Elizabeth Mac
Arthur, Miss Elizabeth ShouSe, Miss
Olga Craven, Miss Louise Harrison
Gwynn and Miss Barbara Korff.
The debutate viii wear q gown Of
white panne velvet slightly nodded to
her figure, the long sleeves being pulled
above the elbow and tight to the wrists.
The long skirt flares toward the bot
tom and the neckline Is In q v. She
win carry q cluster of gardenias Mrs.
Berrien will be in O gown Of black net
fashioned similarly to that Of the
debutante, the long skirt having a short
train.
Capt. and Mrs r. p. Craft will give
small reception Friday afternoon in
their home on Porter street for Miss
Elizabeth Peck McKelvy, daughter Of
Col. and Mrs. william Nessler McKelvy.
following her wedding to Lieut.. Clarence
Jonathan Hauck, Jr., at $50 o'clock, in
ALI Saints Church, Chevy Chase The
wedding arrangements are simple and
due to the illness Of the brides father,
only the families will attend the cere-
mony. The guests at the reception will
be limited to the wedding party and q
very few close friends.
Miss Elizabeth ShouSe, debutante
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Jouett Shouse,
Is giving a small buffet supper and
dance tonight in honor of Miss Mary
Elizabeth Macarthur, another debu-
tante.
Gen. and Mrs. william Harris are at
the st. Regis Hotel in New York for
a short stay.
Mrs. Smith, wife Of Col. A. r. Smith,
assistant chief Of STAFF, u. 8. A., en-
tertained at luncheon yesterday, in her
home, on lie Roy place. for Miss Fran
ceS Scott Of Richmond, Va, and Mrs
w. Henry Robertson of Warrenton,
Va, who are spending a few days at
the Hay-Adams House.
Comdr. and Mrs. Frank D. Pryor
will arrive in Washington today for the
Winter, and they have taken an apart
ment in Wardman Park Hotel.
The board Of managers Of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society of
Washington entertained at tea yester-
day afternoon in honor of the members
of the societys Surgical Dressings Com
mittee and Of the Junior League.
The entertainment was held at the
new quarters Of the organization In the
Albee Building. Members Of the Hos
pitality Committee, in charge of the
affair were Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover,
jr.; Mrs. j. W. T1lrrentine, Mrs. B. w.
Ihoron and Mrs. George B. Mcclellan.
Boxes for Navy Relief Ball
Tomorrow Evening Are Popular.
Always popular, the boxes for the
Navy Relief Ball have sold with bang"
this year. Several Of the original box
holders turned in their boxes to be
resold, the Relief Society realizing
double the amount on each box.
Additional names to be included in
the list Of boxholders for the Thanks
giving ball tomorrow night are: Rep
resentative and Mrs. Richard s.
Aldrich, Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs.
Berkey, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H.
Schoellkopf and Nine. Karolik.
Those who recently have taken seats
in boxes are: Rear Admiral and Mrs.
KalbfuS, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Roger
Welles, Vice Admiral and Mrs. Huse
and Mrs. Elonzo Tyner.
Among those who will entertain at
dinner preceding the ball will be Capt.
and Mrs. Emory Scott Land, who will