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SOCIETY. OCIETY {Chilean Ambassador and Senora de Davila| T e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, to Fete Symphony Conductor at Embassy This Evening. HE Ambassador of Chile and Senora de Davila will entertain at dinner this evening in honor of Mr. Leopold Stokowski, con- 2 ductor of the Philadelphia Sym- $hony Orchestra, which will give a con- cert this afternoen. ‘The Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi went to New York today and will attend the dinner this evening of the Japan Soclety of New York. They will return to Washington Friday. The | Ambassador and Mme. Debuchi have is- sued invitations for a reception Wednes- day afternon, December 18, at 4 o'clock, at the Hotel Mayflower, in compliment to the Japanese delegates to the naval conference which will be held in Lon- don next month. The delegates will ar- rive in Washington Monday. and Tues- day they will be guests at luncheon of the United States Ambassador to Japan, | Mr. Charles MacVeagh, who will enter- | tain in his home on New Hampshire avenue. The President and Mrs. Hoover will be hosts to the delegates at dinner W d- nesday evening, December 18, and “he following day the Secretary of State, Mr. Stimson, will give a luncheon party for | length skirt. them. Prochnik in line and they were assist- ed by Mrs. Seymour Lowman, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury, and Mrs. Robert E. Lee. Mrs. Phipps was in a mauve velvet gown trimmed with dainty French flowers in palest pastel shades, and made quite long. Mrs. Lowman had a gown of | sapphire blue velvet, made long in the | skirt and with touches of silver on 1he | severely plain bodice. Mrs. Lee's cos- | tume was in pale rose chiffon, grace- fully made and long. They all wore long white gloves, which were greatly in evidence at the party last evening. There were more white gloves, on both men and women, and more long skirts at the cotillon | than have been seen in Washington since pre-war days. Diplomat’s Daughter in Lead. the Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik, with Mr. Walter Davidge, led the cotillon, which was directed by Gen. Horton. Mlle. Prochnik had a striking costume of egg shell colored satin made in & fitted one-piece effect, circular godets giving the fashionable flare toward the bottom of the ankle- ‘The favors were brass The Senate Tadies' Luncheon Club |med with jade, and the cotillon was held their first luncheon of the season | danced between 11 and 12 o'clock, pre- today in the conference room of the Senate Office Building. Reprezentative and Mrs. H. J. Pratt of ceded by general dancing and followed by supper. The delicious hot supper was served in the main dining room and a large number of the guests returned Highland, N. J., are again in their apart- |to the ballroom after supper to dance ment in the Mayflower, where Mrs. Pratt | until a later hour. 18 Tecuperating from serious injuries re- celved in an automobile accident on their way from Highland the 1st of De- cember. Tliness resulted from the in- juries from which she is now recov ing. Representative Pratt, who was ériving the car, was not so seriously in- Jured. Capt. and Mrs. Freyer, Hosts, To Introduce Daughter. Capt. & s will give a tea this afternoon in their home, at 1771 Massachusetts avenue, to present their daughter, Miss Engracia Freyer. Capt. and Mrs. Freyer and their daughter will receive from 4 to T o'clock and the drawing room will be gay with flowes Ims and ferns. Mrs, Freyer will wear . black lace and tulle, the skirt | very long and full and the fitted bodice having long sleeves of lace. ‘The debutante will have a gown of white satin made with fitted bodice, which has a V-neck line back and front, though not low, and long fitted sleeves. The skirt is cut very long and forms a train in the back, circular godets giving a flare to the lower portion. She will carry an armful of bright red roses, giving a touch of gay color to the sim- plicity of her costume and that of her mother. Senora de Alfaro, wife of the Minis- ter of Panama, will preside at the tea table and alternating with her through the afterncon will be Mrs. George Sutherland, Mrs. Guy Despard Gofl, Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Richard Leigh, Mrs. Victor Kauff- mann, Mrs. William Fitch Kelley, Mrs. Edward J. Dorn, Mrs, Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Francis Whitten and Mrs. Frances Walker. Assisting in the din- ing room will be Mrs. Henry Winfleld Watson, Mrs. Henry H. Hough, Mrs. Joseph Strauss, Mrs, Benjamin Frank Cheatham, Mrs. Francis Pope, Mrs, Thomas Kurtz, Mrs. Arthur MacArthur, Mrs. Karl D. Klemm, Mrs. Goodloe Fal- | coner, Mrs. Walter Woodson, Mrs. | Francis Martin Savage, Mrs. Chester Wells, Mrs. Dudley Knox, Mrs. Barry Mohun, Mrs. William A. Hill, Mrs. Reeve Lewis and Miss Katharine Critcher. In addition there will be a large group of debutantes of this season. Capt. and Mrs. Freyer will be hosts at a supper, with dancing, this evening | for their daughter in compliment to Miss Helen Walker, Miss Carolyn San- | derson and Miss Mary Caroline Henry. ‘The guests will be the debutantes assist- ing at the tea this afternoon and a few additional young ladies and young men. Miss Junia Culbertson, debutante dawghter of the United States Ambas- sador to Chile and Mrs. William 8. Cul- bertson, was the honor guest at lunch- eon teday of Mrs. Wilson Compton. The grests included Miss Katherine Lowman, Miss Mildred Huston, Miss Marion Jardine, Miss Barbara Vanden- berg, Miss Betty Thorp, Miss Kath- erine Berry, Miss Clara Bolling, Miss Starr_Eaton, Miss Eunice Lee Evans, Miss Katherine Fechet, Mis Engracia | Freyer, Miss Mary Ingrahan Henry, Miss Katherine Phillips, Mis Helen | Walker, Miss Prances Brooks, Mss Jean | Hoch and Miss Mary Evelyn Compton of Princeton, niece of the hostess. Cards have been received in Wash- ington from Mrs. Theodore Laurence Pomeroy announcing the marriage of her daughter, Elizabeth Boyd Reed, to Mr. James Andrew Vaughan, Friday, December 6, in Greenwich, Conn. Mr. and Mrs, Vaughan will be at home after January 1 on Fox Run lane, at Green- wich, Conn. Mrs. David Ireland of New York is passing several days in Washington at the Mayflower., Her daughter, Miss Louise Ireland, did not accompany her on this trip, but will visit Washington in the near future. Miss Ireland enter- tained at dinner last week in New York in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Pell, who are accompanying the newly appointed Ambassador to France and Mrs. Walter E. Edge. made | First Bachelors’ Cotillon Proves Brilliant Affair. The first of the series of cotillons given by the Washington Bachelors in the ballroom of the Mayflower last evening presented a gay scene, and ‘the figure was well done and thoroughly en- Jjoved by the dancers. The ball room was decorated with large flags of this country and of many of the States, as well as small emblems of foreign coun- tries, and with the Japanese parasols and canes tied with red bows and car- ried during the figure made the party one of the most colorful which the Bachelors yet have given. # Mme. Prochnik, wife of the Minister of Austria, received the guests, Gen. “William E. Horton, president of the or- ganization, making the introductions. The receiving line stood at the foot of the steps in the Chinese room, where Col. and Mrs. Henry M. Morrow en- tertained at dinner before the cotillon and took their guests later to their box. The company included Mr. and Mrs. S. Hight, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Adams, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Wil- liam Morrow, sister-in-law of the host, and their house guest; Maj. Reginald Foster and Mr. Herbert Hengstler. Maj. and Mrs. Albert F. Myer en- tertained at a buffet supper last eve- d Mrs, Frank Barrows FIeYer | ning for the latter's niece, Baroness Astrid Ungern-Sternberg, and _ with their guests went later to the Bachelors cotillon. In the company were, Miss Margaretta Bayard Wright, Miss Elise Alexander, Miss Betty Thorpe, Miss Jean Cortney Hay, Miss Anna Park- Maj. Benjamin of the Netherlands legation: Mr. Rob- ert Chambers, Mr. William Stanley, Mr. Chilton Biays, Mr. MacKillepp, Mr. g\{:der!ck Kimball and Mr. Willam Jar- e. Other Parties Entertained. Miss Isabel Lamberton, debutante | daughter of Mr, and Mrs. B. Paulding Alabaster As Ice Pails Gifts at $5.00 Gifts at $10.00 Gifts at $15.00 Library Sets Bathroom Se: Liqueur Sets Crystal Bottl, Crystal Dess Desk Sets Boudoir Lam; 1317 CONNECT Ra-Leigh Mlle. Loranda Prochnik, daughter of | cigarette boxes and match cases, trim- | Victor Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. Frank | | unusual value at this low price, \McDEVITT hurst, Miss Eleanor Crain, Maj. John | striking costume of | Chilton MacDonnell, Breckenberg, Mr. Van Hoorn, counselor | present EXQUISITE GIFTS and Inexpensive Venétian Glass Vaces Figurine Perfume Bottles Breakfast Trays Beverage Shakers Reading Lamps Onyx and Bronse Ash Trays Unusual Book Ends Mirror Plateaus Eieii Mave Wedgwood Dessert Plates—the dozen A. D. Coffee Cups and Saucers—the dozen Individual Breakfast Sets All Gifts Exclusively Tied Just Below Dupont Circle 3 Pairs $1.50 Sheer Silk in Gift Wardrobe Lamberton, was the guest in whose honor her aunt, Mrs. A. 8. Musselman of Washington, entertained at dlnner[ last evening at the Mayflower preceding the Washington Bachelors’ cotillon. The guests included Miss Elvira Johnson, Mrs. Alberta Perley, Miss Mary Parrish Bradley and Miss Clara Bolling; also Mr. Jennings Bailey, Mr. Jack Hays, Miss Mary Ruden entertained at din- | ner in her home before the cotillion, among her guests being Miss Loranda Prochnik, who. with Walter Davidge, led the cotillion; Miss Junia Culbertson, | Miss Emiscah Davis, Mr. William Jef- | fries Chewning, Mr. James Le Roy | | Dougall and Mr. James Twohey. | Among those dancing and watching | the gay scene from the boxes were the Minister of Austria, M. Prochnik; Sena- | tor Lawrence C. Phipps, Senator 'Arthur | Capper, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Mr. | and Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mr. and | Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee, Mr. and Mrs. William Livingston Crounse, Mr. and Mrs, Frank S. Hight, Mr. and Mrs. R., M. Kauffmann, Dr. and Mrs, James A. | Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur W. Hub- | | bard 'and’ their son, Mr. Wilbur Hub- | | bard: Mrs. Gibson' Fahnestock, Mrs. | | William Bailey Lamar, Mrs. Delos A. | Blodgett, Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie, Mrs, { Karl D. Klemm, Mrs. Charles G. Mat- thews, Col. and Mrs. Edward Clifford, Mrs. Marthena_ Harrison Willlams, Mrs. John E. Dana, Mrs. Loren Johnson, Miss | Mary Bradley, Mrs. Mark Reid Yates and her debutante neice, Miss Katha- | rine Yates; Miss Eleanor Corby, Miss Marion Jardine, Miss Bina Day Deneen, | Mrs. Geneva Dunham, Mrs. M. De Clare Berry, Miss Barbara Vandenberg, Miss Elsie Alexander, Miss Elizabeth Jobe, Miss Helen Plimmer, Miss Goodwin Rhett, Mr. Stanley Hornbeck, Maj. George Oakley Totten, Maj. Gen. George O. Squier, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, Mr. William Staub of Baltimore, Mr. R.'L_Armstrong of Providence. Mr, Wiiliam Rowle Clarke, Mrs. Archibald C. V. Welles, Mr. F. Randolph Karr of | Los ‘Angeles. the Rev. Meade Bolton | MacBryde. Mr. William Van Lennep, Mr. | Lawson H. Treadwell, Mr. Willlam Jef- | | fries Chewning, jr.: Mr. Ricardo Dur- ham and Mr. Paul Lutz. The officers of the Bachelors, in ad- The Chinese Antique Shop 1502 Conmecticut Avenue Exquisite Chinese Furaiture Art Treasures of Ancient China Every Piece Guaranteed Genuine $10 Includes sides 2'4 yds. long, tie back. An Fine Damask Ove! Drapery Sets . ... 1211 F St | A Good Christmas Book “They Stooped to Folly” | by Ellen Glasgow All the Other New Books. WM. BALLANTYNE & SONS 58 AND 142] F St. h Trays ts es ert Plates—the dozen ps ICUT AVENUE Stockings 1 0. 077 dition to Gen. Horton, the president, are: Mr. George H. Calvert, jr. vice president; Mr. Willlam Rowie F'-rva secretary, and Mr. Willlam Jeffries Chewning, jr.. treasurer. Gen. Hortun was assisted in the direction of the fig- ure by Maj. Reginald Foster, and the distribution of favors was in the hands of Mr. Archibald C. V. Welles and Mr. Chewning. Mr. Clarke was the official escort for the chaperons, who were: Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Sydney A. Clo- man, Mrs. acob Leander Loose, Mrs, Everard Robinson Todd, Mrs. Karl Klemm, Mis. George H. Calvert, fr.; Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr.. Mrs. Percy Hamilton Davis and Mrs. Francis ‘Whitten. Baroness Korfl Entertaining Son and Daughter-in-Law. Baroness Korff has with her as guests until after the Christmas holidays her | son and daughter-in-law, Baron and | Baroness Serg Alexander Korff, in the | home of her mother, Mrs. William K. Van Reypen, 2308 California street. The financial counselor of the Polish luncheon today in New York of her cousin, Miss Alice de Peyster, and Miss Margaret Daingerfield. Senor Don Juan B. Chevalier, secre- tary of the legation of Panama, enter- tained a party of 14 at luncheon yester- day at the Carlton | | New York, Mr. Jan Lech Byeszewski, has been puslnf a few days at the Wardman Park Hotel. Visitor Arrives From Balboa To Spend Christmas Holiday. Mrs. McGraw, wife of Lieut. Thomas Marion McGraw, U. S. N., has arrived from Balboa, Canal Zone, and is visit- ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred B. Garges, at_their home, on Columbia road. Lieut. McGraw expects to arrive in time for the Christmas holidays and spend some time in Washington. Cadet Troup Miller, jr., first class, United Stal Military Academy, will | _(Con n_Nineteenth Page DRESSES DYED legation, Mr. has taken an apartment at the Ward- man Park Hotel. | Miss Laura Tuckerman, debutante | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. | Tuckerman, was the guest of honor at | Alexander Wnyl.klowin.‘Any IC(iT:lr a $2.501 FOSTER’S DYE WORKS S.E. Corner 11th and You Sts. N.W. 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