Evening star., 1934-12-24

"HE President ana Mrs. ROoSe-
welt are entertaining the office
staff and their families at a
i Christmas tree party in the
east room and later in the day
will be hosts at similar party to
the household and their families. The
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will
have a family dinner party this eve
ming, which will be followed by the
singing of carols in the east room by
a choral society.
Mrs. Roosevelt will accompany the
President when he lights the Com
munity Christmas Tree in Lafayette
Square at 5 O'Clock. Mrs. Roosevelt
assisted in giving baskets to the needy
for the General Union Mission at the
Fox Theater, later going to the Saliva
ton Army to assist in the distribution
of gifts there.
Tonight, following the carols in the
east room, the President will follow
his custom ard read to his family
Charles Dickens "a Christmas Carol"
Foreign ENJOYS Garry Out
Traditions of Homeland Fetes.
The Ambassador of Poland, Mr..
Stanislaw Patek. will be host at din
ner this evening to the members OF
the embassy staff and their families.
The Ambassador of France and
Nine. de Laboulaye will give a party
this afternoon for the children Of the
members of the embassy staff.
The Ambassador of Germany, Herr
Hans Luther, will be host to the
bachelor members OF the embassy at
dinner this evening and wednesday
will entertain all members OF the stan
including those employed in the
ofices and their families.
Mrs. Couzens, wife of Senator
James Couzens, will receive for the
first time this Winter Thursday, jan
uary 10, and the remaining Thurs
days in January.
Judge and Mrs Samuel Jordan
Graham, who are established IN their
apartment at the Shoreham, expect to
leave early next month for Egypt to
spend the remainder Of the Winter.
1QeN dGIlNCu 1OSCAltAy AAOAAA
where they have been living.
Gen. John ]. Pershing will arrive
in New York today aboard the Man
haitian from Europe. Others return
ing to this country on the same ship
are the United States Minister to Nor
way and Mrs. Hoffman Philip and
the secretary to the United States
Embassy at Mexico, Mr.. John H.
MacVeagh.
Col. and Mrs. William Mark Con-
rad. who make their home at the
Shoreham, plan to spend the Christ
mas holidays in New York with the
latter's son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene w. Ong, at their
home on Fifth avenue.
Also included in the family party
will be Miss Virginia Bacon Penf1eld,
daughter of Mrs. Ong, and the late
Mr.. Walter Scott Penfield, noted in
ternational lawyer of washington.
and grand daughter of the late Judge
William L. Penf1eld, formerly solicitor
of the State Department.
Miss Penfield, who Is student AT
the Spence School in New York, and
still in the subdeb class, will probably
be presented to society in New York.
Baltimore and Washington within the
next few years.
Mai. Frank c. Mahin of the Army
Inspector Generals Department, now
stationed in Boston, Mass, with his
family is spending the holidays with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w.
Mahin, in the Woodley Apartments.
His twin daughters Margaret and
Anna already have spent several
weeks with their grandparents. Maj.
Mahin, after graduating at the War
College, was stationed in Washing
ton three years.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Harold A. Brusher
from West Point and Miss Hilda H.
Hase from Vassar have arrived to
spend the holidays with their parents,
Mai Gen. and Mrs. William F. Hase,
at 1853 Columbia road.
Miss Margaret Calvert Bishop,
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Percy P.
Bishop, has arrived at the Martinique
to spend the holidays with her
parents. Miss Bishop is a student at
the Oldfield's School at Glen Coe, Md
Mr.. Washburne Wright Of New
York is spending the Christmas holi-
days with his mother, Mrs. Hamilton
Wright, in her home on Sheridan
Circle.
Miss Angus Presented
At Tea This Afternoon.
Mrs. Grace Kendall Angus is pre-
senting her daughter, Miss Betty
Angus. at reception and tea dance
this afternoon in the grand ball room
of the Mayflower.
Miss Angus will be assisted by Miss
Dorothy Let's, Miss Margaret Clarke,
Miss Jane Ramseyer, Miss Peggy Nc
Neale, Miss Jane Culbertson, Miss
Mathilde Bruce Rodger, Miss Mary
Winifred Brown and Miss Betty
Marsh.
Assisting Mrs. Angus will be Mrs.
F. Dickinson Let's, Mrs. c. William
Ramseyer, Mrs. William S. Culbert-
son, Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs. r.
H Van Nest, Mrs. Wilhelm Kretching,
Mrs. Joseph Herbert. jr.; Mrs. F. A.
Kendall, jr., of Philadelphia; Mrs.
Howard Roberts and Mrs. Ernest H.
Van Fossan.
A song Roses in Bud" composed
especially for the occasion by Mr..
John Kendall of Pittsburgh, Pa,
uncle of the debutante, will be played
by the orchestra during the reception.
Miss Angus will wear satin frock