Evening star., 1931-12-25

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New York City are spending the holi-
days at Wardman Park Hotel and have
been Joined by their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs George Shaw.
who came to Washington from their
home in Los Angeles. Calf. to spend
the holidays with the judge and Mrs
Henning
Engagement Announced
OF Miss Seeds to Mr.. Whalen.
Mrs Karl B. Seeds announces the
engagement of her daughter. Elizabeth
Milar to Mr.. Horace K. Whalen, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen of
Bethesda. Md. The wedding will take
place in the Summer after the gradu-
alton in June of Mr.. Whelan from the
Military Academy at West Point. Due
to the recent death of Miss Seeds
father, formal announcements of the
engagement will not be sent out
Mr.. and Mrs. Meriwether Smith of
Hyattsville, Md, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Evelyn Lindsay,
to Mr. Paul Guthrie Tomalin of Wash
1ngton and Mountain Lakes N. j. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Mr.. Tomalin is the son of Mrs Alberta
Tomalin and the late Arthur Tomalin
of Mountain Lakes. He is a graduate
OF the Webb Naval Architectural School
In New York City and has been con-
nected with the Bureau of Construction
and Repair of the United States Coast
Guard for the past year
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Beale Rloomer were
hosts at dinner dance last evening
a the Mayf1ower for their daughter.
Miss Pansv Bloomer who made hor bow
at tea given in her home November 81 .
The hosts with their daughter and
her grandmother, Mrs Harry Morris
Clabaugh, received their guests in the
Jefferson room and dinner was served
In the garden of the hotel Covers were
laid for 100. Mrs. Bloomer wore
gown Of brown velvet made with a
bodice OF pink and gold lace and her
daughter was in red velvet made along
slender lines with flowers of the same
material edging the neckline.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Norment will give
small dance this evening in their
home on Wyoming avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Breckenridge Long will
give dance to a small company of
young people for their daughter. Miss
Christine B. Long. at the Carlton Hotel
tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strickland Gillian
have issued invitation for a tea Sunday
afternoon in their apartment at the
Shoreham, in honor of their daughter.
Mrs. Carl Buchheister.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.. Brooke and
their daughter. Miss Margaret Brooke,
who has arrived from Pittsburgh. Pa.
to spend Christmas with her parents
and sisters, are hosts at a family re-
union. Their guests today at Christmas
olnner. which will be celebrated at the
Corner Cupboard include Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Henderson and sons and Mr.
and Mrs Conant Webb and family from
Montclair, N. j.; Mr. and Mrs. Caleb S.
Miller and Miss Helen Miller of WASH
lngton; DR.. and Mrs. Charles Tumble
son. Mrs Robert H. Miller, the Misses
Miller of galloway; Mrs. Charles F.
Kirk, Miss Sarah Kirk, Mis- Ann Miller,
Miss Mary Moore Miller, Miss Elizabeth
T. Stabler and Mr.. Robert H. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Fuller have with
them their son. Cadet r w. Fuller Sd,
of the United States Military Academy,
during the Christmas holidays
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Douglas Farquhar
have followed an old established Gus
tom and issued invitations to about 200
of their friends in or near Sandy
Spring, to Christmas dance in their
home, THE Cedars," this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl w. Corby and
family will go to Palm Beach early in
January for the season and will be at
the Breakers.
Mr.. Stephen L. Gregg and Miss Jane
Sutton, have returned from Harrisburg,
Pa, where they went to attend the
dinner given Tuesday evening by Repre-
sentative and Mrs. I. H. Doutrich, when
they announced the engagement of their
daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Mr.. D.
Bayley Brandt, jr. The dinner preceded
dance at the Harrisburg County Club,
when large company was entertained.
Confederate Veterans
Christmas Party Tomorrow.
The annual Christmas party for Camp
I'll, United Confederate Veterans of
the Capital City, will take place tomor-
row at noon in the Confederate Vet
erans' headquarters at 1922 Vermont
avenue. when the ladies of the District
of Columbia division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy will en-
tertain about 80 of these distinguished
old soldiers at a real turkey dinner. The
dinner will be followed by real Christ
mas party with Christmas tree, stock
ings hung by the fireside, and a pro-
gram designed to delight the hearts and
memory of the group of more than $50
veterans who will be present.
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, who for
many years has been in charge of this
annual feast, has arranged that every
old soldier present shall receive a spe-
cial gift from Santa Claus. Mrs. Smith,
in cooperation with special commit
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president. Mrs. Fred Volland. has ar
RANGED program which will incll1da