Evening star., 1934-12-21
.HE President will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt to
the platform being erected in
Il Lafayette Square, where the

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Il Lafayette Square, where the
community Christmas tree
stands and which the President Will
light Christmas eve at $40 o'clock.
The lighting of the tree will follow a
program of Christmas music by the
United States Marine Band.
Invitations have been issued by the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt for the
first of the State receptions this sea-
son which will be in honor of the
members of the diplomatic corps in
Washington. The reception will be
given Thursday evening, January 8,
at 9 o'clock.
Yesterday Mrs. Roosevelt was as
sistant to Santa Claus, when she dis
tributed gifts from a giant tree in
the Tompkins Square club house Of
the Boys Club of New York. More
than 600 boys of the East Side were
in the company. Mrs. Roosevelt is
spending a few days in New York
and will return Sunday in time to
keep the engagement with crippled
children who will be entertained by
the Kiwanis Club of Washington. The
club will give its annual Christmas
party Sunday afternoon at 2:20
O'Clock in the Roosevelt High School,
the honor guests being the crippled
children and others invited are the
children Of members OF the club, and
Mrs. Roosevelt will assist in the dis
tribution of gifts from the tree.
The Ambassador of France and
Nine. de Laboulaye were hosts at din
ner last evening, their guests includ-
ing the Ambassador of Poland, Mr..
Patek; the Ambassador of Spain and
Sonora de Calderon, the charge d'af-
flares of Belgium and Princess de
Ligne, the Undersecretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson
Coolidge, the Assistant Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Sumner Welles, Mr..
and Mrs. Adolph CaSpar Miller, Lieut..
Col. and Mrs. Edwin M. Watson, Mrs.
Tracy Dows, Mrs. George Cabot
Lodge, Sir Willmott Lewis and Lady
Lewis, the first secretary Of the Brit
ish Embassy and Mrs. Wiggin, the
secretary of the Polish Embassy and
Nine. Moscicka, the third secretary
OF the French Embassy, Comte de
Leusse, and the attache Of the en-
bassy and Nine. Saint.
Secretary and Mrs. Ickes
Guests of Assistant Secretary.
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Harold L. IckeS will be the honor
guests of the First Assistant Secretary
of the Interior and Mrs Walters at
the reception they will give Saturday,
December %, from until O'Clock
at the Hotel Roosevelt.
Sonora de Alfaro, wife of the Min
lister of Panama, will not receive this
Friday or the following Friday, but
will again receive after the first of the
year.
The United States Ambassador to
Argentina and Mrs. Alexander w.
Weddell, who have been at the Carl
ton for the past few days, left this
morning for their home In Richmond.
Va, where they will spend Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Lawrence Groner
have as their guest for the holidays
Mr.. Groner's brother, Mr.. Duncan
Groner. Mrs. Groner entertained at
luncheon today in honor of Mrs
Breckenridge Long, wife of the United
States Ambassador to Italy. Yester-
day Miss Elizabeth Shouse and Miss
Marion Shouse, daughters Of Mrs
Groner, entertained at tea In honor
Of Miss Christine Long.
OF interest to old residential circles
Of Washington will be the tea given
this afternoon from to o'clock
when Mr.. and Mrs. Absalom Waller
will present their daughter, Miss
Louise Waller, to their friends al
their home on wyoming avenue. The
color scheme of the dining room viii
be white and green and will be bright
ened by bowls of red roses.
The debutante will wear a white