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The reception will be given in tn
where the Minister is staying tempo
given since the Legation was reopen
residents in Washington have tax
revision of the old list has not been
possible in the short time since the
new Minister'S arrival at this Capt.
tai. All of those now In Washington
who claim Finland as their home
land, however, are invited to attend
the reception.
MIR, and Mrs. Leander McCor-
mick-Goodhart will have issued in
vitations to a dinner Monday eve
ming in their Langley Park home
in honor of Miss Margaret Babing-
ton, O. B. E.. honorary steward
and treasurer of Friends OF Canter-
bury Cathedral, who will be their
house guest upon her arrival from
England the end Of the week.
Miss Babington will be the guest
Of honor at a tea Monday afternoon
ut the American Newspaper Wom-
ems Club, the hostesses Of the tea
being members of House Commit
tee, who have invited members of
the club and their friends to meet
the visitor.
The Washington Cathedral Of st.
Peter and st. Paul, in cooperation
with the English Speaking Union,
have issued cards to an illustrated
lecture Tuesday evening at 8:15
o'clock by Miss Babington on Can
terbury Cathedral Before and After
the Raids" in which the Canter-
bury Club Of the Washington Ca
thedral is especially interested.
Miss Babington is seeking no
funds In this country for restora-
ton work on the Canterbury Ca
thedral, her lecture here being to
spur interest in the drive which be-
gan last month for funds to COM
plete the Washington Cathedral.
The New Zealand Minister and
Mrs. Carl A. Berendsen will occupy
their box this evening at the Stat
Ter Hotel for the first concert in the
series that will be given by the
Chamber Music Guild to assist
artists whose careers were inter-
rupted by the war to return to their
chosen profession.
Mrs. Marshall Bidwell Dierssen
will entertain at buffet supper
after the concert In honor of the
two artists, Abrasha Robofsky, bari
tone, and Sergt Stanley Weiner
violinist. both OF whom appeared
with the Chamber Music Guild be-
fore entering the armed forces.
They will be assisted by DR.. Fritz
Kurzwen, pianist conductor. and
Marcel Ancher, 'cellist and founder
of the guild.
Although the concert will be the
first in the series to aid musicians
returning to civilian life after serv-
ing on the war fronts of the world.
1t will be the second concert pre-
sented by the guild this season.
With the growing popularity of
the concerts new names are being
added to the list of sustaining men,
hers, Mrs. Melvin Ames Vinor, Mrs.
Irene Lorch, Miss Dorothea Hackett
and Mrs. Eugene de Reeves being
among the latest to join the group.
Former Senator and Mrs. Davis
Elkins of Washington and West Vir-
ginia, will present their daughter,
Miss Halle Katharine Elkins at a
dinner dance December 20. Miss Elk
ins is in Boston, where she is attend
Ing Simmons College and will join her
parents for the Christmas holidays
She is the granddaughter OF the
late former Senator and Mrs. Ste
phan B. Elkins, the former also hav-
ing served as Secretary Of War in
the cabinet of President Benjamin
Harrison. She is named for her
grandmother who was Miss Halle
Davis, daughter OF Senator Henry
Gassaway Davis Of West Virginia.
Miss Ekins is known as Katharine
to her friends and family for her
aunt, the late Mrs. William Hit,
who As Miss Katharine Elkins was
one Of the leading debutantes OF her
season.
Another debut which will be q
double presentation will be Sunday
afternoon from 5 to O'Clock lr
the Sulgrave Club. Invitations foi
the debut were issued last week by
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Brewer
Montgomery and Maj. and Mrs
Joseph Warren Darling for the buds
Miss Natalie Sellers Barnes Yates
and Miss Mary Beal.
Miss Yates is the daughter of the
late Mr.. Mark Reid Yates and Miss
Beal is q daughter of the late Mr.
Albert Beal.
Today's festivities included 8
luncheon given by the 18th Cluk
in the House restaurant today al
noon for several score convalescent
servicemen from the nearby hos.
pitfalls. The party was given in CO.
operation with the Home Hospital
ity Committee, and preceding the
luncheon the guests were taken or
= tour of the Capitol
Mrs. Jerry Voorhis, wife of Repre-
sentative Voorhis of California, was
in charge of arrangements, ano
those assisting were Mrs. Robert
A. Grant. wife of Representative
Grant of Indiana; Mrs. Albert
Thomas. wife Of Representative
Thomas of Texas; Mrs. Lister Hill
wife of Senator Hill of Alabama
and Mrs. Allen J. Ellender, wife
Of Senator Ellender of Louisiana.
Mrs. Grant is the newly-electee
president Of the IS Club and Mrs
Thomas is the retiring president.
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