Evening star., 1932-01-01
IpLOMATIC CORPS BREAKFAST
OPENS NEW YEAR RECEPTIONS
Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson Are
Hosts to Envoys-Cabinet Members
Entertaining at Homes

| Inc secretary Vi obdIc dllu MS
Henry L. Stimson gave the traditiona
New Year day breakfast at 1890 O'Clock
today to the diplomatic corps. The Gus
tom of feting the representatives OF
| other nations at breakfast on the first
day of the new year was inaugurateo
| by the Secretary of State OF an early
administration.
| Each year since then, with but scarce
exceptions, the State Deparvmen heac
| and his lady have given this interesting
| function. Before the erection vi The Pan
American Union Building the cabnel
officers entertained in their homes, bu'
with the expansion Of the diplomatic
corps the secretaries have found the
union building a most charming anc
adequate setting for the event honorine
the heads of foreign missions, then
respective staffs, with their families
Secretary Of State Philander c. Knox
in the Taft administration. was the
| first to give the New Year party at tbs
| Pan-American Union Building.
The Secretary and Mrs. Stimson re-
ceived at the north end OF the Han OF
Flags today, standing before an Ell.
| festive arrangement of tall palms and
| huge red poinsettiaS. Mr.. Charles Lee
Cooke made the presentations. AS the
! long line of guests assembled the spa
| cious marble stairway leading to the
Hall of Flags, selections were given by
! the Marine Corps Orchestra, stationed
! in the patio, where unusual tropical
plants and birds of brilliant plummage
are housed.
! DR.. Rowe Greets Guests.
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director general OF
| the Pan-American Union, greeted the
guests as they arrived on the lower
! floor of the building, exchanging with
many Of the diplomats Happy New
Year" in their native tongue.
| A delicious buffet breakfast was
served at two long tables placed the
length of the Pan-American room ad-
Joining the Hall of Flags and coffee
and punch at two smaller tables at the
south end of the room. On the tables
were standards four feet high, filled
with long -stemmed poinSetttas.
After the last guest was received the
! hosts Joined the company in the Pan
| American Room and following thei1
custom of other years took their place
at the small table provided for special
guests.
CaDlnet NltmDcEs nCeSNc
New Year day In the National Cap
itol is observed with ceremony un-
euualled in other cities. for in addition
| to the Presidents reception and the
diplomatic breakfast there are scores
of fetes honoring the beginning OF
| 1892. The cabinet officers and their
! wives are holding open house in their
respective domicileS this afternoon, with
the exception of the Secretary and Mrs.
Stimson. whose fete at the Pan Amer
lean Union takes the place OF an after
! noon at home in their residence, Wood
ley, and the Secretary Of Treasury, Mr.
Andrew w. Mellon, who is taking no
active part in social affairs this season
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Pat
rick ]. Hurley will receive in their
home, 1920 Belmont road from to
/ o'clock. Presiding at the tea table will
be the Assistant Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Frederick H. Payne and the chief
of staff, U. S. A, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. 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.
| Fuuua, wife of the chief of Infantry;
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! 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.
| Ashburn, Mrs. Harry L. GilChriSt, wife
J of the chief Of chemical warfare and
! Mrs. William D. Connor, wife Of the
commandant of the Army War College;
Mrs. Leach and MS. Gilchrist.
/ Mischells Hold Party.
The Attorney General and Mrs. VIII
! liam De Witt Mitchell will be at home
! from $3.50 to $50 o'clock, at "a Kalo-
rama circle and with Mrs. Mitchell
will be:
Mrs. Thomas D. Thacher, Mrs. John
Lord o'Brian, Mrs. Seth w. Richard-
son, 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 Nit
chell of New York, daughter -in-laW of
the Attorney General and Mrs Nit
Chell. and Mrs. H. Brian Holland, niece
Ct 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 receive in their
apartment at the Shoreham, after 4
o'clock and with them will be several
out -of-town guests and the wives of
the Assistant PoStmasters General.
Adams Re ,ntiop
The Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs
! Charles Francis Adams will be at home
at 2221 r street from to $50 O'Clock
and assisting Mrs. Adams will be Mrs
Claude A. Swanson, 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 Lover ng
sister Of Mrs. Adams.
The Secretary OF the Interior anc
! Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur and the Secre.
tary OF Agriculture and Mrs. Arthur M
Hyde will receive together from 4 to
O'Clock in the grand ball room of tht
Mayf1ower
In the group of ladies assisting Mrs
Wilbur will be Mrs. Florence p. Kahr
and the wives of members of Congress,
from California, including Mrs. Clarenc,
F. Lea, Mrs. Henry E. Barbour, Mrs
Philip D. Swing Mrs Arthur M Free
Mrs. Harry L. EnglebrighD MRS. RicharS