Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1923, Page 44

S Miss ELIZABETH HUGHES, THE SUNDAY —~— Daughter of the Secretary of State’ and Mre Hughes, attendin, mWashtinglow White House Program To Be Opened Thursday With Dinner to Cabinet! Congressional Club Will Give First Reception| Friday—Several Benefit Entertainments Are Being Planned for Season. SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. HE President and Mrs. Coolidge will initiate their official social program at the White House this week, entertaining the mem- bers of the cabinet at dinner Thursday might. With her great love of music, Mrs. Coolidge has prepared a charming surprise along that line to follow the dinner, and there may be a few additional guests invited for the program. A graceiul attention from the first lady to her former associates in the upper house. is her invitation to the members of the Senate Women's Luncheon Club to take lunch with her at the White House December 11. Mrs. Coolidge was president of the club up to the tims of the inauguration of President Coolidge, mantle naturally falls upon the shoulders of Mrs. John B. Kendrick, first vice president of the club. HERE will be much food for conversation at the White House din- ner, as the previous day will be the first reception day for the ladies of the cabinet and there will be hundreds of callers in each home. The wives of the new senators and representatives will take the opportunity to pay their respects, and each hostess will claim a number of visitors from the diplomatic corps. Having held several preliminary meetings, the Congressional Club will officially open its doors ior the season, giving a reception Friday afternoon for the wives oi the new members of the upper and lower houses. The ities of the Congressional Club, which is recognized a powerful factor in the official social life of the Capital, have been arranged with great care for 1923-24, and the President and Mrs. Coolidge will be given a reception as one of the first important ceremonies. ac 'ACH week irom now until Ash Wednesday brings its quota of charity events in the manner of balls, card parties, sales and what-not, and the closing days of this week, Friday and Saturday, will be given over to the annual Child Weliare rummage sale at 1328 F street, the sale con- tinuing through Monday and Tuesday of next week. The collection of effects includes everything from a limousine, presented by Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, to imported things from Paris, pictures, laces, bric-a-brac and a splendid collection of gowns. Almost the entire social roster is used in announcing the names of women interested in Child Welfare, and Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall has arrived in time to take part HA\'ING set the pace for the annual series oi charity balls by the two beautiful arranged affairs at the New Willard Wednesday and Thurs- day nights of last week, the Columbia Hospital ball is looming largest on the social horizon, and the night of Wednesday, December 12, will find the ballrooms at Rauscher's thronged with society folk ready for the dance. Many important dinner parties are being arranged to precede the ball, some of which will fill the boxes in the large ballroom. Mrs. Coolidge and the women of the cabinet, with many from the diplomatic corps and resident society are sponsoring the affair, and working for it are a number of women important in the social life of the Capital. O feature of Washington life has more delighted the devotees of terpsichore than the rechristening of the Twenty-Twenty Club as the Friday Evening Dancing Class, to_hold forth in the red suite at the New Willard Hotel on a set number of cvenings, beginning with the first dance December 21. The established matrons of the social world have united in sending out invitations, which in size and elegance vie with a ‘White House invitation to a state function. MX?IS EUZ;\?F.TH HANNA, l?nc of the youngest of the bachelor maid ostesses, is arranging with great skill the two benefit perform: to be given by the Dramatic Club in the Little Playhouse, og N nre‘e’t‘.c:: 30 o'clock the nights of December 7-8. The patronesses for the plays include Senora de Riano, wife of the Spanis ambassador; Baroness de Cartier, wife of the Belgian ambassador; Mrs. Henry Getty Chilton, AMrs. Reynolds Hitt, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs, Harold Walker, Mrs. Edouard Albion, Mrs. Joseph Leiter, Mrs, John Story, Viscountess de Sibour, Mrs. George C. Lodge, Mrs. George Vanderbilt, Mrs. A, C. Down- ing, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood and Mrs. J. F. Wilkins. THE Animal Rescue League, of which Mrs. Truman G. Palmer is presi- dent, and Mrs. Warren G. Harding, honorary president, will engage several hundred women important in the life of Washington with a benefit bridge and mah-jong party at the Washington Club QVednesday after- noon. The Thomas Jefferson memorial committee in Washington has taken the same form of entertainment with which to benefit the me- morial fund, and Mrs. Andrews, who is giving her entire time to the purpose, has lrrangbed. among oOther interesting things, a card and mah-jong party to be given at the Washingt ¢ December fz L4 & ashington Club the evening of e Navy and Marine Officers | Reception Announced Plan Serigs of Dances| For Mr. and Mre. Foulke Officers of the Navy and Marine| Invitations Mave been fssued by Corps in Washington are arranging | Mrs, Maud Wood Park and Miss Ha another short series of dances, which | lean James for a reception to be were such a charming addition to|given tomorrow at 1120 16th street the festivities of last season. The first | in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William dance wil be given Monday evening, | Dudley Foulke of Richmond, Ind. Mr. Deocsmber 17, and the others will be | Foulke is president of the National Monday ey 28, and|Civil Service Reform League, which ‘ebruary 2i Willard ballroom as last year. A com- | ¥//L hold its forty-thira annual con- mittee of naval and marine ¢fficers|Vention at the Hotel Washington is sending out iavitations for the series. | December § and 7, and her | ¢ school Congress Members Back in the Capital Ready for Session Senators and Representa- tives and Other Official Folk Getting Settled for| the Winter. ator and Mrs. Woodbridge N. Ferris have taken apartment at the Burlington Hotel for the winter. Representative and Mrs. J Linthicum came fron Baltimors day at t Hotel Roosevelt, to remain for the session of Congress which will con- vene tomorrow. an Charles their home in Sa and are Representative John McSw v and mother of Wooster, Ohio, art at the Burlington Hotel, where they have taken an apartment for the winter. Representative J. M. McGee of Pittsburgh has come to shington and taken an apartment at Wardman Park Hotel for the winter. Mrs, Fi E Purnell have in Washington 1 their home In Attica, Ind., and taken an apartment at the Hotel Roosevelt for the early winter. Representative and Mrs. W. C Sulmon of Columbig, Tenn., have taken an apartment at the Burling- ton Hotel for the winter. Capt. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun will not occupy thelr residence at 1519 New Hampshire avenue until later in the season. Mrs. Calhoun and her daughter, Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Jjr., will leave shortly after the firat of the year for the south, Mrs. Calhoun visiting friends in North and South Carolina, Florida and Panama. They will not return until March. Mrs. John G. Miller and Miss Betty filler, members of the Woman's Universal Alliance, have arrived in Washington and stopping at Clifton, the club of the alllance. Capt. and Mrs. Calhoun will give a dance December 28 for Miss Miller. Mrs. George Richard Smith has as her guest her daughter, Mrs. Hoover, wife of Commander John Howard Hoover, who now is at New London. Commander and Mrs. Hoover will leave In the spring for Panama, where the former has been ordered for duty. Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Mueller of ‘Wardman Park Hotel are at the Traymore Hotel, Atlantic City, to #pend Thanksglving season with their mon, Mr. Carl C. Mueller, jr, who is & student at the Harrisburg Academy. Mrs. Charles Fuller Sharrard of Louisville, Ky, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Cyrus B. Staf- ford, on McKinley street, Chevy ase. Rev. Joseph Manly Cobb spent the ‘Thanksgiving holiday with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Judson D. Cobb, at their apartment in the Cecil. While here he was entertained by his friends and classmates from the Theological Seminary in Virginia. This year Mr. Cobb is taking post graduate work at Union and ti General Theological Seminaries in New York and is acting as an as- sistant at the Church of the Incarna- tion, under Dr. 81l Mr. and Mrs. Forrest F. Vrooman have as their guests thelr daughter Mrs. ' Allison Scott, and her small daughter, who 6 here from Phila- delphia. ' Capt. Seott also spent Thanksgiving day here, returning Thursday evening, but Mrs. Scott is remaining over the week end. 3 T ar. Marine Gunner and Mrs. Emo Ozabal arrived Wednesday from a8 W rs. Ozabal's pare Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Belt. o Mr. and Mrs. Lester L. Evans established in their apartment —at Dumbarton Court for the winter. Mr. and Mrs Evans recently returned from their wedding trip, having been married the middle of October in Massachusetts. Mrs. Evans was for- merly Miss Mirlam Loulse Kempton of Boston. Dinner and Cards at Home Of the Gundersheimers M. helthor Stertamned o1 dihe Frore day evening, followed by cards,. T ! evening STAR, WASHINGTON, D._C. DECEMBER By . 1923—PART 2. DIAMANTOPOULOS, Sistet of the Sec of the Greek Le tar ation soon to be introduced formall {0 soci -— 'President and Brilliant Under Famous for its long series of ,,,,,,| liant dinner parties each season, the | winter's schedule opens propitiously | this week The President will entertain at Coolidge Thursday W the W Ho honor members of the cabinet and This will be the most important dinner of the week, and is the first formal entertainment given by President and Mrs. Coolldge since he took the oath of office. and Mrs dinner te of the their wives. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft will be the guests of honor at dinner Saturday evening of Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West, who will entertain a aistinguished company in their residence at Soldlers’ Home. Maj. and Mrs. West will entertain et dinner again Saturday evening. December 22, in compliment to the minister of Bulgaria and Mme. Pana- retoff. The Postmaster General and Mrs. Harry S. New will be the honor uests at dinner Monday, December 7, of the assistant postmaster gen- eral and Mrs. Warren Irving Glover, who will entertain at Wardman Park Hotel. Senator and Mre. Pat Harrison were_the guests in whose honor Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson enter- tained at dinner last evening in their home in Chevy Chase. The_undersecretary of state and Mrs. Phillips will entertain u_dis. tinguished company at dinner Tues- day evening, December 11, in their suburban home Beauvoir. arry Blair Mitcheil entertained at dinner last evening for thelr house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Fd- ward T. Flood, and their daughter, Miss Bdith Flood, of Philadelphia. The company included the assistant secretary of commerce and Mrs. J. Walter Drake, the assistant attorney general and Mrs. Rush Holland, Mr. C. H. Huston, Miss Eleanor Huston, Mr. and Mre. John Lewis Phillips, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Campbell of Alizona and Mr. Mitchell Blair. Mr. and Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. John Crayke Simpson have returned from New York and are in thelr apartment at the Willard Hotel. Dr. and Mrs, Simpson will entertain at dinner December 12 in honor of Commander and Mrs. Smith Hemp- stone. Former Senator Hoke Smith was host at dinner last evening a. the Shoreham Hotel, having as his guesis the ambassador of Spain and Senora de Riano, Senator and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, Judge and Mrs. Charles B. Howry and Mrs. Nelson. Later Mr. Smith took his guests to the per- formance of “H Trovatore,” given by the San Carlo Opera Company at Poli's, where they occupied a box. Former United States Ambassador to France and Mrs. Henry White will entertain a company at dinner thi evening, The y were also hosts at dinner last evening. Col. and Mrs. Stephen L'H. Slocum will be hosts at dinner Friday eve- ning, when their guests will fnclude Miss' Margaret Flint, who will arrive that day from her home in New York to visit Col. and Mrs. Slocum. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin entertained & company of fourteen at dinner last lvonlni’. in honor of their house guest, Mrs. D. F. Webster, who will return to New York tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Brwin of Lansing, Mich., will arrive in Washington to- morrow to visit thelr son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin, Mrs. Horace Macfarland will enter- tain at dinner Friday in her home on New Hampshire avenue, in honor of the majof general commandant of the Marine Corps. and John A. Lejeune. Mrs. Macfarland spent Friday in Baltimore, where slie was the guest of "honor luncheon of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene de Bullet, who entertained company of sixteen at the Kenne Club. Mr. John M. Hudging, who has been with his mother, Mrs. Macfarland, for the Thauksgividg holidays, will re- Functions Give NO‘iCE That e & | Miss BEATRICEVANK u— ENSSELAER HENDERSON, Coming from school 10 spend the holidays Wit ket gr CnvErwoor Mrs. Coolidge | ‘Will Entertain at Dinner, Winter Season of Hospitalities Already Is Way. to his studies at the Virginia this week University Miss Elizabeth Hanna entertained o company of sixteen at dinner last evening. followed hy K-und white dance. for which nvited ubout 129 gue: M wore a gown of Kkirt made houffant of the satin deep fringe about her v her snowy white wig mantilla was heid with a tall sheel comb. A buffet supper was merved a little after midnight <he Ha satin, t and a biuck shaw with oulders black Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bullard issued invitations for dinner day evening, December 9. Mrs. Timothy T. tertain a company morrow have S| nsberry at will en- luncheon Miss Dolores Crawford will tain at tew this afternoon in of Mrs. D F. Webster, who house guest of Mr. and Mre Parsons Erwin enter- is th Henr Col. and Mrs. Weston P. Chamby lain entertained a party of twenty ung people at a tew dance at Le aradls yesterday afternoon in honor of their daughter's house guest, Miss Elizabeth Norton, of Boston. = Miss Chamberlain and Miss Norton will return to Bryn Mawr College this evening. A very delightful dinner was given at the Army and Navy Club last night to Mr. George Busby Christian, Jr., secre- tary to the late President Harding, by a few of his intimate friends. Mr. Chris- tian is secretary of the Harding Memo- rial Assoclation and is devoting his en- tire time and cnergy to the work of the assoclation. Maj. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey presided at the dinner and Mr. Frank J. Hogan acted as toastmas- ter. Among those in attendance Mr. Raymond T. Baker, Mr. Ira E. Ben- nett, Mr. William E. Brigham, Mr. Wal- ter S, Buel, Mr. L. White Busbey, Col. John H. Carroll, Mr. D. R. Crissinger, Dr. J. F. Crowley, Mr. A. J. Cummings, Mr J. Harry Cunningham, Mr. Joseph E. Davies, Mr. Peter A. Drury, Mr. Da- vid J. Dunigan, Judge Milton C. Eiliott, Mr. J. Fred Esaary, Mr. Carter Field, Mr. Hampson Gary, Maj. Peyton Gor- don, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Dr.'L. S. Greene, Mr. Arthur S. Hen- ning, Mr. William B. Hibbs, Mr. Frank J. Hogan, Mr. Frederick W. Hume, Gen. Charles F. Humphrey, Mr. Gus J. Karger, Mr. Charles P. Light, Mr. Thomas P. Littlepage, Representative Nicholas Longworth, Mr. Warren_ F. Martin, Mr. William M. Mooney, Mr. George H. O'Connor, Mr. Harry X Price, Gen. George Richards,” Dr. Charles E. Sawyer, Mr. Edgar C. Sny- der, Mr. Theodore Tiller, Mr. Joseph P. Tumulty, Mr. Leroy T. Vernon, Mr. E. J. Walsh, Mr. Henry L. West and Mr. H. P. Wilson. Rev. Dr. Meade Boiton MacBryde will give an informal tea tomorrow after- noon from 4 to 6 o'clock for Mrs. James Willard Ragsdale, who has returned to Washington for & visit. Mrs. Rags- dale made many_ friends in Washington during the time her husband was repre- sentative in Congress from South Caro- lina. Mr. and Mrs. Philander D. Poston en- tertained at dinner for twelve at their lodge in Woodside Park Thanksgiving day. Mr. Howard Angus, wife of Capt. Angus, U. 8. A, entertained inform- ally Tuesday, November 27, for Mrs. Roy Beitel of San Antonlo, Tex., who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Samuel Greenwell. Among those who came to meet Mrs. Beitel were Mrs, Charles. Ray, who spent the week in Washington; ‘Mrs. Samuel Greenwell, Mrs. Harry Coburn, Mrs. Geul‘fn Joerns, Mrs. M. Crighton, Mrs. Mulliken, Mrs. Charles Bolte, Mrs. R. C. Burleson, Mrs. Frank Curtis, Mrs. Frank Jewell, Mrs. Sid- ney Willlams and Mrs. Gordon Steele, who presidéd at the tea table. Mrs. John B. Harrell was hostess Friday ‘at a delightfully arranged mah-jong luncheon given in honor of Mrs, Mark Phillips, & recent bride, who has just come to Washington from Madison, Fla. The other guests were Mrs. Harvey Cox, Mrs. Frank Wall, Mrs. Rudoiph T. Harrell and Mrs. C. Gay Harrell. Mr. Bert L. Forse, who will moon leave for Flqgids, will be host at & trimmed ‘with roses | to- | honor !y ¥ 1 Graves, re | andwother Mrs John b Hendersow % swpakwion | Debutantes to Hold Local Social Stagc Remainder of Year | lLuncheons. Teas and Other Forms of Hospitality In- troduce Buds Into Soci- ety’'s Whirl. I Mile lof the tion. will Tuncheon mantapoulos, sister f the Greek lega- st of honor at December 11, of the charge eece, whe will enter- tion mados will introduce Mile | Diamantapoulos to society at a tea | with dancing Saturday afternoon, De- ! at the legation, Miss Elizabeth Taylor Adams and Miss Laura Winder Marshall will be the guests in whose honor Miss Diana Cumming will entertain at tea Sun- day afternoon, December 9 Tuesday, cember Natalie ter of Mr. mmond. and Mrs debutante 5 John Hays ammond, will sha honors . with Frederick Thomkins of New luncheon tomorrow, which sister, Miss Anne Cothran daughter of Col. and Mrs. John Temple Graves, will give. | the Tat Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norment will entertain a large company at dinner ‘ednesday evening, December 26, at the Chevy Chase Club, in compliment to Miss Ruth Stoddard, at which many of the season’s debutantes will be present. Mrs. Pearle Moore Gray waa hostess to a_small company at a buffet sup- per last evening in her home on Ed- monds street, entertaining for her daughter, Miss Muriel Eleanor Gray. The guests included a number from Philadelphia, who came for the Army- Marine game yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Gray will be hostess to a com- pany_of sixteen tomorrow evening at the Monday Evening Supper Club dance at the liotel Hamiiton Miss Mary Lois Paschal will be I hostess 1o @ company at bridge Mon- {day afternoon, December 10, when her guests will include a number of this ! season's debutantes. Miss Eugenle Le Merle, debutante daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Le Merle, will go to Baltimore tomorrow for the first Bachelors' cotillon. Miss Evelyn Gordon, _debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Peyton Gordon, and Miss Bessie McKeldin, debutante daughter of Mrs. Leigh Palmer, will be the guests of honor at dinher Christmas night of Mrs. Cravel Long, at Wardman Park Hotel. Mrs. Herman Pohl will be host |at bridge tomorrow afternoon, when her guests will include a number of tiiis season’s debutantes. Festival of Nations To Have Wide Scope Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, chair- man of the bazaar, Festival of Na- tions, to be held at the Women's City Club, 22 Jackson place, December 6, 7 and 8 from 4 to 11 o'clock p.m. dally, announces eleven different nations will be represented at the different booths and the members dressed In costume. Fortune telling by, palms, cards and crystal gazing will be a feature, also the installation of a radio. A short musical program will be given each afternoon and evening. S IR e tea this afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clook at 1000 Vermont avenue. The guests of honor will be Mr. and Mrs, Wallace Bryant, and assisting in recelving wiil be Mr. and Mrs. Oliver H. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McIntyre and Mr. and Mrs. Atcheson. Mrs. J. J. Dimon will be at the tea table. Miss Edith McCartney, Miss Eliza- beth Mills, Migs Jean Simpson, Miss Millard, Miss Margaret Sanders, Mr. James Adams, Mr. Frank Muse, Mr. George Hastings, Mr. Paul Florin, Mr. Will Parker, Mr. Paul Taylor and Mr. Albert Viault will also assist, Miss Adelaide Henry of Chevy Chase was hostess at luncheon yesterda. entertaining at the Hotel Roosevel for a number of schoolgirls here for the Thanksgiving holiday. Her guests included Miss Nancy Hamilton, Miss Carolyn Alexander, Miss Jane Elmore, Miss Martha Washington, Miss Margaret Lundv, Miss Elisabeth | Lundy, and Miss Mary Capoline Henry, l 1 1_ Miss BETTY BYRNE a tea dance Thanksgiving day Who Of Season’s HARRIS B EwWiNo— made ker debut at/ . Jusserands to Open Series Hospitalities | Will Be Hosts Tuesday Evening at Dinner at the Embassy Other Diplomats Entertain Informally The dean of the diplomatic corp and Mme. Jusserand begin their wi ries of hospitall Others of the corps are ning less formally. ssador of France s Jusserand will be hosts at din- ner Tuesday evening at the embassy, which will be the first formal tivity since thelr return from several months’ rest in their home in France. The company will include Senator and Mme. du Puy, who arrived Washington last evening and will be at the Hotel Hamilton for a short fes- in a The ambassador of Chile and { nora de Mathieu arrived in Panama Friday and will continue their trip to Chile the first of this week, arriv- ing in Santiago the first of next week. They will not return to| Washington until the middle of Feb- ruary, when the new house whlchl they recently purchased will be in| readiness for them. Senora de Mathieu spent some weeks of the| summer in Paris, where she pur- | chased furnishings for the house, and during their vacation in Chile the | new home will be furnished and ar- ranged for them. ) ! Lady Geddes, wife of the ambas- sador of Great Britain. has returned to her home in England and joined } the ambassador after a short trip on the continent. She spent some fime The ambassador will sail country late in Decembe: dy Geddes is expected to ac company him or come a little la‘er. The ambassador of Italy, Don Ge- larlo Caetani, will entertain at din- ner Friday evening, December 1 He will return tomorrow from New York, where he has been for a short stay,” having jolned Mr. Clarence Mackay on a hunting trip. The minister of Norway and Mme. Bryn entertained a small company in- formally at dinner last evening. vr. J. nd at phia. | ddress The minister of Uruguay, Varela, is spending the week the University Club in Phila where he went to muke an on the Monroe doctrine at the cen: tenary celebration which s bein held there at the Americun Academy of Politics and Social Science The minister of China and Mme. Sze are expected to return to the legation tomorrow or Tuesday from Atlantic City, where they went to wpend Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs, C. B. Kugler of Philadelphia. The minister of Finland, Mr. Axel Leonard Astrom, returned to Wash- ington vesterday from Philadelphia, where he spent several days. The minister of Siam. Phya Buri Navarasth, will return to Washington today fromn Cambridge*Mass. where he has vigited for & few day: The minister of Bolivia, Senor Dr. Don Ricardo Jaimes Freyre, will re- turn to Washington the first of the week from Richmond, where he went yesterday, accompanied by the secre- tary of the legation, Senor Dr. Don Javier Paa Campero. Senora de Gana-Serruys, wife of the charge d'aftaires of Chile, is expected to arrive in this country shortly join Senor Gana-Serruys here, after & visit in their home in Chile. The charge d'affaires of Peru and Senora de Gonzalez Prada will return today from Philadelphia, where they spent a portion of last week. Senor and Senora de Prada will e tertain at luncheon today in honor Senor Pezet, former ambassador of Peru. The charge d'affaires of Lithuania, Mr. Matas J. Vinikas, will g0 to New \'orl‘(‘ tomorrow to spend the entire week. The charge daffaires of Salvador, Dr. Don Hector David Castro, will re- turn to Washington tomorrow from Philadelphia, where he went to attend the Monroe doctrine celebration. Mme. Tsmados, wife of the charge d'affaires of Greece, will receive Friday afternoon at the legation. Mme. Tsama- dos was appointed chairman of the en- tertainment _committee of the Greek- American Club at its meeting Thursday evening in the home of Miss Anne Darl- ington. The entertainment committee will arrange a_Greek chauve souris for the benefit of the Rellef Soclety of Fatherless Children of Greece and to the American Friends of Greece. Senator Willlam H. King presided at the meeting Thursday evening, which was the third annual meeting of the club, and responded to the welcome ex- tended the charge d'affaires of. Greece, Mr. Tsamados. _Senator King waa elected president; Dr, Mitchell Car- . & « l Mine - mmanuel v Wasl 8- directors. Mine. Tsamados spoke the ai f the refugees in ivitie: the Relief herle: ldren of Mme. Teamados i | ton, The counselor of the French embassy and Mme. de Laboulaye will be hos at breakfast today in their home Connecticut avenue in honor of Senat: and Mme. du Puy of Franc this country for a vi M. and Mme. d tertain at dinner to » secretary of th Hon| Mis December abourd £ after vi d for two Bere: a ing in their months. count The secretary of the legation of Finland, Mr. Bruno Kivikoski, will return to Washington the middle the month. The secretary of the Netherlands legation and Mme. Hub ht, left yes terday for Chatanooga, Tenn., to re- main a week. mmercial etary of bassy and Mrs. Eric Bux < returned to Washington and are tempo staying at the Let House Mr Mrs, Buxton have away for four months, whic pent in their English hom They motored for several week through Scotland and Wales and be- fore coming back to this country made a visit on the continent, stop- ping in France and Spain. The ¢ The third secretary of the Chinese legation, Mr. Pih Min-Yu, will return from the Pacific coast in another fort- night after going to San Francisco to bid bon voyage to Mme. Pih when she sailed Friday for their home in Shanghal. China. Mr. Pih will stop in several of the larger cities on his way east. ubassador of Peru, Dr. . is spending the week nd in Washington and will return to home in New York and join Senora Pezet Lomorrow The former Frederico Pe The former minister of war of Bra- zil, Mr. Joao P. Calogeros, arrived in Washington Friday and is spending a few ddys at the Hotel Lafayette Mr. Calogeros was minister of war during the last administration in Bra il and before that had served as mix ister of finance and of ugriculture Engagements to Wed Formally Announced Mrs. Helen M. Whitmore of 2700 Connecticut avenue announces the engagement of her daughter, Helen Ives Whitmore, and Ensign Edward White Foster, U. . N. The wedding will take place early in April Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Miller of Easton Pa., announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Adele to Mr. D. Tenney MacNair, son of Capt. and Mrs. Eugene L. MacNalr, of Falls Church, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tuley Wright of Port Gibson, Miss., announce the en- gagement of their daughter Virginia Marguerite to Mr. S, Van Dyke Brooke, son of Mrs. Brooke and the late George W. Brooke of Prince George county; Md. The wedding will take place in the spring. Ladies of the Cabinet “At Home" Next Wednesday The first formal reception day of the wives of cabinet members will be held Wednesday afternoon. Each hostess will receive in her home or apartment, and will have assisting her members of her own smaller offi- clal clrele. Mrs. John A. Lejeune and Miss Lejeune, wife and debutante daugh- ter of the major general commandant of the Marine Corps, will be at home tomorrow afternoon at the marine barracks from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, wife of the surgeon general of the public health service, will observe her day at home Mondays in January. Mr. and Mrs. W. Bowyer Pain will be at home this afternoon, with tea from 4 to 8 o'clock. in their aparte ment in the Eckington.