Evening star., 1939-12-22

hours of morning.
A very long buffet table in the
dining room was set for the mid
night supper when the doors into
the various rooms were opened and
small individual tables were moved
into the end of the hall and the
drawing room for the guests.
A few of the people gllmpsed at
the dance included Mrs. Joseph
Letter, in mauve and silver lame;
Mr.. Tommy Letter, Mrs. John R.
Williams, Mrs. Kenna Eikins, in
blue lame with purple orchids; MIR.
Stephen Elkins, Mrs. Alex Legare,
IN red; Mrs Noyes Lewis, in silver
lame with red velvet straps on the
shoulders; Miss Gertrude Webb,
Miss Audrey Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Doeller and Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth jenkins, the latter in beige
satin; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nc
Cannon, Mrs. Richard CoWell Mr..
and Mrs Moran McConihe, the lat
ter in blue chiffon; Mr.. Randall
Hagner, Mr.. Britten Brown. jr.; Mr..
and Mrs. George Garrett, Mrs. Ran
dali Hagner. in green with matching
green ostrich feathers on the shoul-
ders, Mr.. Pendleton Turner. Mr..
Waverly Taylor. Mr. Pendleton Ho-
gan, Mr. Frederick Roy, Mrs. Rich
ard Boiling, Mrs. Wallach Merriam,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Bingham. Mr..
and Mrs. Josper Du Bose, Mr.. Will
lam Mitchell, Mr.. James Mitchell,
jr., I'd Mr.. Benjamin Plunkett.
Numerous Dinner Parties
Precede the Dance.
Numerous dinner parties preceded
the dance, and among these was that
which Miss Nancy Letter gave at her
home in honor of Miss Hines, and
the one Mr.. and Mrs. Hines gave
at the club for their friends. In this
latter party the guests included Mrs.
Whitney, Mrs. Hines sister; Mrs.
Wallach Merriam, Gen. and Mrs
Frank T. Hines, Mrs Henry Miller,
Chief Justice and Mrs. D. Lawrence
Groner. Mrs. Randall H. Hagner,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Legare,
former Senator and Mrs Hiram
Bingham, Mr. and Mrs. John Callan
OIaughlin. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
McConihe. DR.. and Mrs. Harry Kerr,
Mr.. Clarence HeWes. Mr.. Warren w.
Smith of New York, Mr.. Clarence
A. Aspinwall. Mrs John R. Williams,
Mrs. Joseph Letter, Mr.. Pendleton
Turner, Mr.. Ralph Snowden Hill,
Mr. Corcoran Thorn and Mr.. Ben
jamin S. Minor.
Another dinner party of interest
was that which Mr.. Stephen B.
Elkins, Sd, gave at the Chevy Chase
Club in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan Wing, jr., of New York Mrs.
Wing is the daughter of Mrs. Whit
hey. Among the guests at this party
were Mr.. and Mrs. F. Moran Nc
Conihe. Mr.. and Mrs. Gale Mclean,
Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran Thom,. jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Newbold, Mrs.
Thomas Richard Cowell Miss Eliza
beth Shouse, Miss Stellita Stapleton
Miss Emily Davis, Miss Ann Wilkin-
son. Miss Isabel Devereux, Miss
Barbara Bradley, Miss Patricia Hur-
ley. Miss Billie Byrd West, Miss
Rosemary Merrill, Miss Aloise Buck
lev of Sharon, Pa; Miss Nancy
Weller, Miss Eleanor Brooke Comfy,
OF Frederick, Md; Miss Jacqueline
Meredith, Miss Elizabeth Derby of
Long Island; Miss Marion Shouse,
Mr.. Richard Cassidy of Pittsburgh;
Mr. H. B. MacCormac of Winchester,
Va. Mr. John Buckley of Sharon,
Conn; Mr.. Reeve Lewis, jr., Mr..
Berkeley Simmons, jr., Mr. Philip
Christian of Scranton, Pa; Mr. Brit
ton Browne, Mr.. Roger Derby of
Long Island; Mr. Randall H. Hag-
ner, Mr.. John Derby of Long Island !;
Mr.. George Milligan of Pittsburgh;
Mr.. D. Miles Lustig, Mr.. Francis
Powers and Mr.. Charles Powers of
New York; Mr.. Arthur Schmidt of
Baltimore; Mr.. Cuthbert Train, Mr..
Garfield Hines, Mr.. Edward Powers