Evening star., 1948-12-06

with italian interests.
United States Ambassador James
Clement Dunn and italian Ambas-
sador and Signora Tarchiani were
among the guests as were Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Edmund T. Wool
ridge, the Italian Military Attache
and Signora De MARITIME as well as
other members of the Embassy
staff; Mr.. Samuel Reber, Mr.. Wal
worth Barbour and Mr.. Walter
Dowling of the State Department,
former American Ambassador to
Poland, Col. Anthony Drexel Bid
die, and Mrs. Biddle: Lord and Lady
Jellicoe and Mr.. j. N. Henderson OF
the British Embassy; Mr.. and Mrs.
Jean-Claude Winckler of the
French Embassy; Col. and Mrs,
Francis j. Grayling, 1t. Col. and
Mrs. John Lane, 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Keith Ware and Mr.. Robert Simp
son.
A constant stream of new arrivals
kept knocking at the door OF Miss
Essary's apartment yesterday. About
80 members of the young married
set enjoyed her hospitality and the
company until long after the hors
d'oeuvres hour.
The hostess mother had come
down from New York the day before
with her husband Capt. William j.
Murphy, Just for the party and
brother -in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Ansell, were there too.
Miss Essary's other sister. Mrs. Bruce
Aitchinson, is coming with her hus-
band all the way from Tokyo for a
Christmas reunion.
The Misses Marion Norris, Mary
Mclaughlin. Alice Nicolson, Elaine
lie Fevre, Eleanor Burton, Claire
Snow, Edwina Pou Walden, Jane
Lingo and Beverly harrington were
scattered among an attentive mascu-
line contingent that included Mr..
Thomas Francis Hagan, 1t. Dennis
Moore, Mr.. Charles Kapler, Mr.. Will
liam Alexander Mr.. Robert Werlich,
Just back from Paris; DR.. Romer
Donnelly and Mr.. Harry Donnelly,
and the Messers. Dick Powell, John
Gill and ]. H. Colquitt and 1t.
Comdr. and Mrs. Frank Balsley, Mr..
and Mrs. Spencer Davis, the Raleigh
-Hansels, and Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Bowie.
There was q big party out at the
home Of Mrs. James A. Cahill on
Foxhall road yesterday afternoon.
She entertained with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John F.
Waggaman II, following the chrisen-
ing of their son, James Prescott Ell
lott Waggaman. Dressed in the
christening robes worn by his pa
ternal grandfather, the three-weeks'
old infant looked q little small for
his big name.
The christening took place at 4:30
o'clock in the Church of st. Thomas
the Apostle, the baby's own uncle,
Father Raymond P. Cahill, ofici-
ating. Present at the ceremony
were his two sets Of godparents,
his aunt, Miss Louise Cahill, and his
great uncle. Mr.. Raymond H. Nc
Kinney of Rye, N. Y, and MIR. and
Mrs. Lewis McCracken.
Somewhere between $50 and 200
friends dropped by Mrs. Cahills
between $50 and 7:30 o'clock to
toast the little ones health. Mr..
and Mrs. William MacCracken were
there and Mr.. and Mrs. Mccullough
Darlington, Mr.. and Mrs. James
MacSherry Wimsatt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wiley Buchanan, Miss Renee Beau
regard, Miss Nancy Ordway and MIR.
and Mrs. Victor Cahill.
Mrs. Mckinney and Miss Jane
Mckinney were down from Rye, too,
and others on hand were DR.. and
Mrs. Floyd Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Stanley, DR.. and Mrs. Philip
Caulfeld, Mr.. and Mrs. Brewster
Chapman, Miss Eleanor Bunker,
Mr.. Charles Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Berkeley Simmons and Mr.. Robert
Simmons, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Stohlman and DR.. and Mrs. Joseph
]. Mundell. /
And still another party going on at
the same time as all the rest was the
housewarming given by MIR. and Mrs.
r. Ridgway Macy. their post-debu-
tante daughter, Miss Sonia Macy,
and their son, Mr.. T. Ridgway Macy,
tr. All invited some Of their friends
to make q total of q round 10 toE
be found in their new @ street house
between 5 and 7 o'clock. The MacysI
actually moved in June but this was
their first opportunity to give a
proper housewarming celebration.
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