Evening star., 1935-12-29
Gracelands
Closed by
J. R. Smiths
Holiday Guests Are
Feted in Arlington
County Homes.

The secretary to Senator Carter
Glass and Mrs John Rixey Smith have
closed "Gracelands," their home on
the Great Falls road in Virginia, and
have taken an apartment In Washing
ton for two months.
Mrs. Margerye Prytherch will hold
"open house" for large company this
afternoon from until o'clock in her
attractive home among the pines in
Aurora Hills, Va. Christmas greens
and holly will be used in profusion
throughout the home. Punch and
eegnog will be served during the after
noon and Mrs. Prytherch will be as
sisted in receiving her guests by her
sister, Mrs. Mildred Gardiner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hadley Baldwin OF
Clarendon, Va, have purchased the
home with its lovely English garden.
formerly owned by Mr.. and Mrs. NAH
lon T. Hill at 2l6 North jackson street
in Ashton Heights, Va, and will move
in shortly. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill have
moved into their new home in Wester-
leigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Cobb were hosts
Christmas eve in their home on tne
Arlington Ridge road to group OF
young boys and girls Of that COM
munity at a candlelight service and
unique Christmas party Mrs. Cobb
delighted the young people with the
reading of Christmas stories and there
was a vested choir, chosen from among
the group, who sang hymns, with the
entire group singing carols. A beau
tifully illuminated evergreen tree stood
in one corner of the living room from
which bags of candy, fruit and nuts
were distributed to the guests. MI.
and Mrs Cobb were assisted IN enter
tanning their young guests by Mr.. w.
3. Camp also of Arlington Ridge.
Miss Betty Wyllys Stone Of Lyon
Village, Va, who is at home from Duke
University for the holidays, gave an
attractive luncheon Friday at the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
The guests included Miss Jane Love.
Miss Mary Jane Brahany, Miss Lucille
HeSSick, Miss Irma Johnson, all OF
Washington, and Miss Stirling Kerr,
Miss Mary Farley Ames, Miss Peggy
Rucker, Miss Elsie Mitchell, Miss
Carolyn Watson and Miss Virginia
Harris, all of the county.
Miss Stone was the guest yesterday
in whose honor her cousin, Miss Peggy
Rucker, entertained at luncheon IN
the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Rucker, in Clarendon
Miss Fuckers other guests included
Miss Katharine Campbell, Miss Mary
Fulgham, Miss Nancy Ansell, Miss
Mary Frances Bauman and Miss jan
ice Hale, all of Wash ngton, and Miss
Cecilia Couch of Clarendon.
Commissioner and Mrs. Green Enter
tained Christmas for Granddaughter.
The commissioner of revenue and
Mrs. Harry K. Green were hosts
Christmas mo ming in their home in
Clarendon, entertaining for their
granddaughter, Betty Lou Green, aud
25 of her young friends. A grab bag
provided fun for the youngsters and
there we're games and many good
things to eat.
Mr.. and Mrs Green had dining with
them informally Christmas their son,
Mr.. Bruce Green, recently back from
Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Green's nephew,
Mr.. Webster Paxton, of Washington;
the Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Lockett OF
Lyon Village and Mr.. Albert BroderS
Foltz Of Clarendon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Cloyd Byars of Al
cova Heights, Va, left Friday for
Bristol, Tenn, where they will make
their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rowe OF Okee-
chobee, Fla, are spending the holidays
with the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Croson, in Clarendon. Va.
Miss Katharine Parker, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. M. Parker of Cherry
dale. Va, left Thursday for Raleigh.
N c.. to remain over the New Year
with Miss Ruth Bird.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis L. Mohundro
have with them for the holidays their
daughter, Miss Sara Ruth Mohundro,
who is a student at Wooster College
In Ohio.
Mrs. Hansen, wife of Lieut.. r. A.
Hansen, with her baby daughter, Dor
othea, is spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Storck, in Virginia Highlands, Va.
She will join her husband, who is sta
toned at Norfolk, shortly after the
New Year.
Mr.. and Mrs E j. Skidmore had
an open house" informally in their
home in Aurora Hills, Christmas day.
Mrs. Orme Robinson, who with her
two sons, Mr.. Thomas Robinson and
Mr.. William Robinson, recently took
the home of the late Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Presley M. Rixey in Virginia,
was hostess to a company of 16 at
dinner Christmas day, having as
guests her mother Mrs William B.
Orme: her sister and niece, Mrs. Raw
lins Hume and Miss Mary Murray
Hume: Miss Mary Murray Lockwood,
Mrs. Robert P. Small and her daugh-
ters. Miss Marjorie Small, Miss Eliza
beth Small and Miss Jean Small; Mrs.
Alexander Maish and her son, Mr..
Morton Maish, and Mr. Richard Purdy,
all Of Washington, and Col. John A.
Lockwood of the Army-Navy Club.
Mrs. Robinson will also entertain
New Year day.
Miss Peggy Ann English, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs Earl w. English of
Ashton Heights, Va, went yesterday
to Montclair, N. j., to spend a few
days with her cousin, Miss Katherine
Webster, and will return to her home
after the New Year
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell Hosts
Last Evening for Daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Campbell
were hosts last evening at dance and
buffet supper in their home on the
Arlington Ridge, In Virginia, for their