Evening star., 1931-12-31
Cabinet Officers to Hold
Customary New Year at Homes.

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! Cabinet Officers to Hold
Customary New Year at Homes.
| The members of the cabinet and their
wives are holding open house tomorrow
afternoon. with the exception of the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L.
Stimson, who will give their annual
New Year day breakfast tomorrow at
1890 o'clock, at the Pan-American
Union, in place Of an afternoon at
home. and the Secretary Of the Treas
ury Mr. Andrew w. Mellon, who will
not receive.
The Vice President, Mr.. Charles Cur
tis and his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gam,
will not receive tomorrow, but will make
calls
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Patrick j. Hurley will be at home from
4 to o'clock in their home at 1924
Belmont road. Secretary and Mrs.
Hurley will have receiving with them
the Assistant Secretary of War and
Mrs. Frederick H. Payne and the chief
of staff, Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Presiding at the tea table will be:
Mrs. Guy V. Henry, wife of the chief
of Cavalry; Mrs Harry G. Bishop, wife
of the chief of Field Artillery; Mrs.
John w Gulick, wife of the chief Of
Coast Artillery; Mrs. Stephen o.
Fuqua, wife of the chief of Infantry;
Mrs. Julian A. Yates, wife Of the chief
of chaplains; Mrs. Charles H. Bridges,
wife Of the judge advocate general;
Mrs. John F. Preston, wife of the
inspector general; Mrs. John L. De Witt,
wife of the quartermaSter general, Mrs.
Robert U. Patterson, wife Of the surgeon
general; Mrs. Lyttle Brown, wife OF the
chief Of engineers; Mrs. Samuel Hof,
wife of the chief Of ordnance; Mrs.
Irving J. Carr wife of the chief signal
officer; Mrs Benjamin D. Foulo!s, wife
of the chief of the Air Corps; Mrs.
William G. Everson, wife of the chief
of the Militia Bureau; Mrs. Harry L.
Gilchrist, wife of the chief Of chemical
warfare; Mrs. William D. Connor, wife
of the commandant of the Army War
College, an6 Mrs. William A. Mccain,
wife of the director Of the Army Indus
trial College.
The Attorney General and Mrs. Will
liam De Witt Mitchell will receive from
3:3O to $50 o'clock in their home, 81
Kalorama circle, and Mrs Mitchell will
have with her Mrs. Thomas D. Thacher,
Mrs. John Lord OBrian, Mrs Seth w.
Richardson, Mrs. Charles P. Sisson, Mrs.
G. Aaron Youngquist, Mrs Charles B.
Rugg, Mrs. Nugent Dodds, Mrs Roy st.
Lewis, Mrs Charles D. Lawrence, Mrs.
Sanford Bates, Mrs. Bancroft Mitchell
of New York, daughter -in-law Of the
Attorney General and Mrs Mitchell,
and Mrs H. Brian Holland niece of
Mrs. Mitchell, who is now making her
home in Washington. Mrs. Holland was
formerly Miss Gertrude Bancroft
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Walter F. Brown will be at home in
their apartment at the Shoreham after
4 o'clock and will have assisting them
the wives Of the Assistant Postmasters
General and several out-of-town guests.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams will receive to-
morrow from 4 to $50 o'clock In their
home, 1921 r street. Mr.. Adams will
have assisting her Mrs. Claude A. Swan
son, Mrs. william V. Pratt, Mrs. Ben
H. Fuller, Mrs Ridley Mclean, Mrs
Vernon Kellogg, Mrs. Keith Merrill,
Mrs. George S. Patton, Miss Clement
and Miss Alice Lowering, sister Of Mrs
Adams.
The Secretary Of the Interior and
Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur and the Sec
retary Of Agriculture and Mrs. Arthur
M. Hyde will receive together from 4
to 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
ball room Of the Mayf1ower. This is
the third time that these cabinet mem
bers and their wives, who make their
homes at the Mayfower. have held a
Joint reception New Year Day at the
hotel
In the group assisting Mrs. Wilbur
Will be Representative Florence P. Kahn
and the wives of members Of Congress
from California, including Mrs. Clar-
ence F. Lea Mrs. Henry z. Barbour,
Mrs Philip D. Swing, Mrs Arthur M
Free, Mrs. Harry L. Englebright. Mrs.
Richard J. Welch, Mrs William z.
Evans and Mrs Charles F. Curry;
wives of department officials. including
Mrs Joseph M. Dixon, Mrs Edward c.
Finney, Mrs. Charles c. Moore, Mrs.
Charles ] Rhoads, Mrs william J.
Cooper, Ms. ElWood Mead Mrs Hor-
ace M. Albright, Mrs w. c. Menden-
hall and Mrs. William A. White
Mrs. Hydes assistants will include
Mrs Patterson, wife Of Senator Roscoe
c. Patterson of Missouri; Mrs. James &.
Stone, wife of the chairman Of the Fed
eral Farm Board, and Mrs. Renick w.
Dunlap, wife Of the Assistant Secretary
If Agriculture; Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose
and wives Of officials of the Department of
Agriculture, Mrs. Albert F. Woods, Mrs.
G. w. Warburton, Mrs. w. w. Stock
berger, Mrs. Milton S. Eisenhower, Mrs.
Elton L. Marshall, Mrs. John r. Mohler,
Mrs. o. E. Reed, Mrs. Henry G. Knight,
Mrs. Paul G. Redington, Mrs. c. L.
Marlatt, Mrs. Joseph W. T. Duvel and
Mrs. S. H. McCrory; Dr. Louise Stanley,
chief Of the Bureau Of Home Economics,
and Miss Claribel R. Barnett, librarian
Of the Department sof Agriculture.
The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Lamont will receive from to o'clock to-
morrow in their home at 2125 Kalorama
road and will have assisting them wives
Of officials Of the Commerce Department
including Mrs. Julius Klein, wife of
the Assistant Secretary; Mrs Malcolm
Kerlin, wife Of the administrative as
sistant TO the Secretary; Mrs Ephraim
F. Morgan, wife of the solicitor; Mrs
E. w. Libby, wife Of the chief clerk;
Mrs. Henry O'Malley, wife of the COM
missioner Of the Bureau Of Fisheries;
Mrs. George R. Putnam, wife Of the
commissioner Of the Bureau of Light
houses; Mrs. r. S. Patton, wife of the
director Of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
Vey; Mrs Thomas E. Robertson, wife
Of the commissioner of patents, and
the two daughters of the Secretary and
knap and Mrs. Charles Eskridge Saltz-
man Of New York, who are here for
the holidays
The Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Doak will receive from 4 to 6 o'clock
in the Willard Hotel and will be as
sisted by Mrs. Robe Carl White, Mrs
w. w. Husband, Mrs. Peter F. Snyder
Mrs. Theodore @. Risley, Mrs. Samuel