Evening star., 1940-12-29


Mrs. Sawyer's niece, Miss Virginia
Bayliss Brittin. Col. and Mrs. Saw
line Miss Brittin, Mr.. and Mrs. Bl
Sebrell III. Mrs. Y. B. Hall, Mr..
Edward Bayliss Brittin, father of
the honor guest, and Mrs. Bayliss
Brlttin, her brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Give
Dance for Daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel ]. Allan
entertained at dance Thursday
evening for their daughter, Miss
Jane Allan. Gadsby's Tavern was
bright in a Christmas setting of
lighted Christmas trees, running
pine, holly, cone pine and other
greens of the season, with illumina-
ton from red candles in silver
candlelabra. Miss Martin wore
long-sleeve gown of white taffeta
and net. Mr.. and Mrs. Allan had
as their assistants Miss Viola Gompf
of Richmond, Miss Marjory Clapp,
Mr.. Herbert Haar. Miss Virginia
Brittin, Miss Villa Moss. Mr..
Samuel Meeks and Mr. William
Meeks. Supper was served about
midnight.
Mrs. Zerelda Mcconnell enter
tained II guests at dinner Christ
mas Eve, including Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Essex, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Temple, Capt. Thomas Moran,
U. S. NJ, and Mrs Moran, Mrs. John
Gillian Bullard, Mrs. Clarence
Crittenden Calhoun, Col Charles j.
Ferris, Mr.. Thomas Spragens >and
the Rev. Meade Bolton MacBryde.
Mrs. Mcconnell was hostess again
Thursday when she gave a luncheon
IN honor of her house guest. Mrs
Hugh Cooper of Lebanon, KY Other
guests were Mrs. John H. Iden, Mrs
John Gillian Bullard, Mrs. Horace
G. MacFarland and Mrs. H. H.
Sheen.
Richard Ruffner. jr., gave dance
Yesterday afternoon for a group of
his friends. 1t was the first large
party given by Master Richard, who
Is l3 years old.
Miss Ella Fairfax Haar and her
brother, Mr.. Herbert Raymond Haar,
gave tea dance Yesterday after
noon at the Lord Fairfax Country
Club.
Miss Jean Robinson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. T Wilford Robinson
of Belle Haven, entertained at tea
yesterday afternoon.
Another party yesterday was a
late tea given by Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Forshew.
Amid all the Christmas festivity
Mr.. A. j. Kincheloe found time to
celebrate his Goth birthday ami
versary in the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. o. I. Keys, on La Verne
avenue.
Among those giving informal
Christmas Eve parties were Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas E. Covel of Potomac
Courts, and Miss Anita Howard of
Rosemont.
Monday evening the Misses Jose
phlne and Frances Robinson enter
tanned group of friends preceding
the ball for Miss Nancy Washington
and Miss Welby Plaskitt, as did also
Miss Ruth Ann Butler.
Teas and at Homes
Mark Christmas Day.
Christmas Day functions included
an at home held by the Misses Hill
In their home on South Washington
street, a tea given by Miss Frances
Swami Sinclair and her brother,
Mr. Talbot Sinclair; an at home
held by Miss Constance Small at
her house in Rosemont, and
Christmas night party given by DR..
and Mrs. j. Cameron McCleur at
their home in Belle Haven in honor
OF Mrs. McCleur's mother and sister.
Tomorrow Miss Helen Chapman
Calvert will be hostess from 3 to 7
O'Clock at reunion of the Calvert,
Chapman, Alexander Swami and
Brown families. Other parties for
tomorrow include a tea at which
Miss Polly Payne Stevenson and
Miss Jessica Callahan will be
hostesses; an at home held by Miss
Elizabeth Porter and her brother,
Mr.. Lewis Gordon Porter, and a
late tea given by Miss Marie Rey-
nolds.
Miss Emma Lewis Lipps, tech
nician of bacteriology at the Univer-
sity of Georgia Medical School, is
spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs William Lewis
Lipps, at the McNair.
Mrs. George T. Klipstein has a.
her holiday week end guest her
neice, Miss Mary Simmons of Phoe-
nix, Ariz
Mrs. Edward Dibrell and her
daughter of Little Rock, Ark, and
Mr.. Frank Dibrell of New York are
visitors for the holidays of 1t. and
Mrs. Sterling T. Dibrell.
Mr.. and Mrs Anthony Muto of
Belle Haven, who have spent the
past few weeks in Florida and Cuba,
returned in time for the holiday