Evening star., 1931-12-08

T%HE President and Mrs. Hoover
will be the guests in whose honor
the Vice President, Mr.. Charles
A. Curtis, and his sister and Official
hostess, Mrs. Edward Everett
Gam, will entertain at dinner this eve
ming at the Mayf1ower. The function
Is the first of the series of dinners given
annually an honor of the Chief Execu-
tive and First Lady by the Vice Presi-
dent and members of the cabinet.
Mrs Hoover was entertained at lunch
con today by Mrs Mitchell, wife Of the
Attorney General, in her home on Kalo-
rama Circle.
Invited to meet the First Lady were
Mrs. Thomas D. Thatcher, Mrs John
Lord O'Brian, Mrs. Seth w. Richard
son, Mrs Charles p. Sisson, Mrs. G.
Aaron Youngquist, Mrs. Charles B.
Rugg, Mrs. Roy st. Lewis, Mrs Charles
D. Lawrence, Mrs Sanford Bates, Mrs
John Stewart Mosher, Mrs. Stark Nc
hfullin and Mrs. F. l.. Bancroft, mother
Of Mrs Mitchell
Earlier in the day Mrs Hoover re-
eeived at the White House group of
members Of the Western Pennsylvania
Republican Womens Club.
Second At Home Tomorrow.
OF Mrs. Gam and Cabinet Circle.
The wives of members of the cabinet
with the exception of Mrs Hurley, wife
of the Secretary of War, and Mrs. Hyde,
wife of the Secretary of Agriculture,
will observe their second day at home
this season tomorrow afternoon. The
cabinet hostesses will then discontinue
their DAYS at home until after
Christmas.
Mrs. Gam, sister Of the Vice Presi-
dent, will likewise be at home tomor-
row afternoC1 in the vice presidential
suite at the Nayhower. Mrs. Charles
p George, niece of Mrs. Gam, will
receive with her, and also assisting will
be Mrs william j. Harris, Mrs. James
s. Parker, Mrs. Hamilton Fish, jr.;
Mrs. Homer Hoch, Mrs. U. s. Guyer,
Mrs. James G. Strong, Mrs: w. A.
AyreS, Mrs. william V. Pratt, Mrs. Ben
II. Fuller, Mrs. Samuel Hof, Mrs. Fred
erick H. Payne, Mrs. Harry N. Cootes,
Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Lillian
M. Kitchener of Hutchinson, Kans.;
Mrs. William A. Scully, Mrs. Parker w.
West, Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, Mrs.
Davis Wills, Mrs. Paul E. Haworth and
Miss Margaret Ayres
Mrs. Mitchell, wife of the Attorney
General, will receive in her home on
Kalorana circle from to o'clock.
She will be assisted by Mrs. Pierce
Butler Mrs Thomas D. Thacher, Mrs.
John Lord O'Brian, Mrs. Seth w.
Richardson, Mrs Frank B. Kellogg,
Mrs. Charles p Sisson, Mrs. @. Aaron
Younguuist, Mrs Charles B. Ruge,
Mrs. Nugent Dodds, Mrs. Roy St
Lewis, Mrs. Sanford Bates, Mrs. Claude
r. Branch and Mrs. Hubert Brown
Holland, formerly Miss Gertrude Ban
croft, niece Of Mrs. Mitchell.
Mrs. Brown, wife Of the Postmaster
General, will receive In her apartment
at the Shoreham after q O'Clock, and
will have among those assisting her
wives OF the Assistant postnssters
General.
Mrs. Adams, wife OF the Secretary Of
the Navy, will receive in her home, at
222l r street, from q to o'clock and
will have assisting her Mrs. warren Bar
bour, wife of the new Senator from
New Jersey; Mrs. William r. Castle, jr.:
Mrs. David S. ingalls,, Mrs. William v.
Pratt, Mrs. Frank P Upham and Mrs.
Arthur Adams of Boston sister-in-
law of the Secretary, and Mrs. Henry
Brinton Coke of Philadelphia, sister of
Mrs. Adams, who are house guests of
the Secretary and Mrs. Adams. Mr..