Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1930, Page 18

" B2 *% SOCIETY." SOCIETY The White House to Be Scene of Holiday Dance for Members of Younger Set Tuesday, December 30. HE President and Mrs. Hoover have sent out invitations to & dance for young people Tues- day, December 30, at 10 o'clock, In the White House. Mr. Allan Hoover joined his parents at the Executive Mansion the end of last week. Secretary Mellon Host To Out-of-Town Guests. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mellon, had as his guests for the week end his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs David K. E. Bruce; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock of New York, the latter a niece of Mr. Mellon, and Mr. Paul Mellon, son of the Secretary, who has come from Cambridge, Eng- land, where he attends college. The Secretary entertained at dinner Saturday evening, when the ranking uests were the Italian Ambassador and %onnn de Martino and the Minister of Switzerland and Mme. Peter. The Minister of Panama and Senora de Alfaro entertained at luncheon yes- terday in compliment to the Governor ot the Panama Canal Zone and Mrs. Harry Burgess. The guests included the judge of the Canal Zone and Mrs, Leni- han, the second counselor of the Italian embassy and Signora Cataleni, Gen. and Mrs. George P. Scriven, Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom and their daughter, Miss Vera Bloom; Director General of | the Pan-American Union Dr. L. S. Rowe, Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mr. R. Golden Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. Burt New, Mrs, Mason Wilbur Gray and Dr. and Mrs. Victor R. Alfaro. ‘The Chinese Minister, M. Chao-Chu ‘Wu has canceled all engagements for the next few days owing to a slight operation. Mr. Justice James Clark McReynolds was among those who entertained at dinner last evening at the Carlton. Senator Samuel M. Shortridge of Menlo Park, Calif., has moved to Ward- man Park Hotel, where he has leased an | apartment for the Winter. i Senator Simeon D. Fess entertained | ® small party at dinner last evening at the Carlton. Representative and Mrs. Stephen W. Gambrill have closed their home in| Howard County, Md., and are estab- | lished at the Hay-Adams House on Lafayette square during the present] session of Congress. They will spend g’luebachflstmas holiday in Havana, The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Julius Klein returned from Europe this morning aboard the Le- viathan and will arrive in the Capital | this evening, when they will again be in their home on Wyoming avenue. The commercial secretary of the Ish embassy and Mrs. McCormick- hart were hosts to a large company last evening at a musicale when the pro- gram was given by Miss Ruth Possett, violinist, of Boston, and Miss Phyllis Kraeuter, cellist, of New York. Miss Possett was assisted at the piano by Mrs. Mildred Kolb Schulze and Miss Kraeuter was accompanied by her sis- ter, Miss Kraeuter of New York. Mme. Dimitriu, wife of the financial | attache of the Rumanian legation, was | the honor guest at a luncheon today at the Shoreham of Mrs. Henry Albers, ‘when the company included a group of younger Army, Navy and congressional matrons. Interstate Commerce Commissioner | and Mrs. Claude R. Porter entertained the members of the Iowa congressional delegation and their wives at a buffet | dinner in their home, at 2101 Con-| necticut avenue, Saturday evening. Miss Jean Summers of Northwestern | University, Chicago, is spending the holiday with her parents, Representa- tive and Mrs. John W. Summers of ‘Washington. Miss Summers is a junior at Northwestern and is active in( @ Remember all your friends 8 at Yuletide by sclection now of ready-to-mail Christmas Greeting Cards Vary your selection with 8 differently designed cards g for every one on your list. Gamma Phi Beta and Zeta Phi Eta Sororities. Gen. and Mrs. William D. Connor of the Army War College have as their guest during his holiday vacation E- riod from Severn School, T, Robert H. Strauss, son of Maj. and Mrs. H. A. Strauss of Brooks Field, Tex. Col. and Mrs. Edward Clifford will have with them for the holidays their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lambert Clifford, and their infant daughter, of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Clifford is a student at the Har- vard School of Business Administra- tion, in Cambridge. Col. Ralph Henry Hess of the general staff and Mrs. Hess are established at 1710 M street. They entertained at an evening party last week when their guests were Maj. and Mrs. Ralph Ches- ney Bishop, Mrs. George C. Ross and Miss Genevieve Goodrich. Maj. and Mrs. Thomas F. McNeill have with them for the holidays their daughter, Jean, from Sullins Colley and their nephew, Midshipman Phillip Snyder. Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. C. F. 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