Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

homes. The long tea tables will be laid
in the ball room and probably space left
for dancing. A long list of assistants
will alternate through the afternoon.
Assisting Mrs. Wilbur at the tea table
will be Mrs. Joseph Dixon, Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong and
Mrs. Anne Archbold Mrs. Hyde's as
sistants at the tea table will include
Mrs. Renick w. Dunlap, Mrs. Edwin
T. Meredith, Mrs. Herbert S. Hadley,
wife of the former Governor of Missouri,
and Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose. Mrs.
Wilbur also will be assisted by the
wives of officials of the Department of
the Interior. including Mrs. Charles c.
Moore. Mrs. Charles j. Rhoads, Mrs.
William John Cooper, Mrs. George Otis
Smith, Mrs. Elwood Mead, Mrs Horace
M. Albright, Mrs William A. White,
Mrs. Otto F. Gibson, Mrs. j. Henry
Scattergood. Mrs. w. C.. Mendenhall,
Mrs. Edward c. Finney, Mrs Ernest w.
Sawyer and Mrs. E. K. Burlew; Miss
BeSs GoodykoontZ. assistant commits
sioner of education; Mrs. George E.
Scott. whose husband is assistant ad-
ministrative officer of the Department
of Interior and Mrs. Charles A. Dobbel.
Others assisting Mrs. Hyde will be Mrs.
and Mrs. Charles S. Wilson, wives Of
members of the Federal Farm Board;
Mrs. Elton L. Marshall. wife of the
solicitor of the Department of Agricul-
ture; DR.. Louise Stanley, chief of the
Bureau Of Home Economics, and the
wives of the chiefs of various bureaus
of the Department of Agriculture, in
Guiding Mrs. Albert F. Woods, Mrs.
Clyde W. Warburton, Mrs. Warner w.
Stockberger, Mrs. Charles F. Marvin,
Mrs. John r. Mohler, Mrs. Henry G.
Knight, Mrs. Charles L. Marlatt, Mrs.
Paul G. Redington, Mrs. Thomas H.
Macdonald, Mrs. Robert Y. Stuart and
Mrs. Joseph w. T. Duvel.
Daughter to Aid in Reception.
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Lamont will have their daughter, Miss
Gertrude Lamont, receiving with them
from 4 to o'clock in their home at
2125 Kalorama road. Assisting Mrs.
Lamont will be Mrs. Julius Klein, wife
OF the Assistant Secretary of Com
merce; Mrs. William l.. Cooper, wife Of
the director of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, and Mrs.
Vernon Kellogg.
The new Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Doak will hold their reception from 4
to o'clock in the Willard room of the
willard Hotel, their home in Virginia
being too inaccessible for the New Year
day caller.
The assistant secretaries and their
wives, Mr.. and Mrs. Robe Carl White
and Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Husband, will
receive with them. Mrs. James j.
Davis, wife Of the junior Senator from
Pennsylvania, whose husband preceded
Mr.. Doak in this cabinet portfolio, will
preside at the tea table, alternating
with Mrs. Peter F. Snyder, wife of an
assistant to the Secretary; Mrs. Theo-
dore G.. Risley, wife of the solicitor;
Mrs. Hugh l.. Kerwin, wife of the d.
rector of conciliation; Mrs. Samuel j.
Gompers, wife of the chief clerk, and
Mrs Edward Heating, wife of former
Representative Heating from Colorado
and now editor of Labor. Those assist
ing through the afternoon will include
Mrs. Charles E. Baldwin, wife of the
assistant commissioner of labor sta
tistics; Mrs Harry E. Hull, wife Of the
commissioner general of immigration;
Mrs. George J. Harris, wife of the as
siStant commissioner general Of immi-
grafton; Miss Grace Abbott, chief Of
the Children's Bureau, and the assist
ant chief, Miss Katharine F. Lenroot;
Mrs. Raymond F. Crist, wife of the
commissioner of naturalization, and
Mrs Thomas B. Shoemaker, wife of the
deputy commissioner; Miss Mary An
derson director of the Women's Bureau,
and the assistant director, Miss Agnes
L. Peterson, and Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews,
director of industrial housing and
transportation.
Expect Large Crowds.
The Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles
Evans Hughes will hold one of the
largest Of the official receptions from 4
to $3.50 O'Clock, in their home at 1928
r street, assisted by Associate Justices
Of the Supreme Court and their wives.
Presiding at the tea table will be Mrs.
Frederick H. Gillett, Mrs. Henry P.
Fletcher, Miss Anne Butler and Miss
Elizabeth Roberts.
The Congressional Club will hold
open house" in their headquarters at
POOL New Hampshire avenue this after
noon and evening. Mrs. Porter H. Dale,
president Of the club, with members of
the board of governors will receive
during the afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock.
At the reception tonight, from to IL
O'Clock, there will be dancing in the
ball room. The clubs annual New Year
day parties hold place of their own in
the days schedule, composed, as it Is,
of wives and daughters Of members Of
Congress.