SOCIETY.

igoofietyPresident and Mrs. Coolidge Guests at

Dinner Tonight of Secretaryand Mrs. Hughes.

THE President and Mrs. Coolidge

will be guests tonight at din-

ner of the Secretary of State

and Mrs. Charles Evans jijiighes. the dinner being the first of

tive series given by cabinet membersfor the Chief Executive and the firstlady of the land each season. TheSecretary and Mrs. Hughes were joinedtoday by their sou and daughter-in-

litv. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes

jftand Col. George Harvey, former am-bassador to Great Britain, is arriving

to attend the dinner and will remainIn the Capital a short tin*, before go-

ing to Jekyl Island for a holiday.

The ambassador of Era nee and Mine

Jusserand will lie the guests of honor

at dinner this evening e.f the minister ofPanama and Senora d> AKaro, who willentertain a distinguished company at

the legation.

The ambassador of Belgium, Baronde Cartier, was host at luncheon yes-terday, his guests including the am--1 iassa'diir of Spain. Senor Hiano;ambassador of Cuba. Dr. de la Tor-rlente; the Swdss minister. Mr. MarcPeter: Mr. John Merriam. president of

the Carnegie Institute, Mr. Kersten and

Mr. Amdry of Belgium and Mr. LTser,secretary of the embassy.

John and Calvin Coolidge. jr.. will ar-rive this afternoon from their schoolat Mercersburg. Pa., to spend theChristmas holidays with their parents,the President and Mrs. Coolidge, inthe White House.

Dinner Party TonightAt Bulgarian Legation.

The minister of Bulgaria and Mme.Panaretoff will entertain a companyof eighteen at dinner this evening inhonor of the Secretary of the Interiorand Mrs. Hubert Work.

The minister of Colombia and Senorade Olaya will entertain a company atdlnne.y this evening.

Senora de Cordova and Senorita Car-men Cordova, wife and daughter of theminister of Honduras, entertained acompany at luncheon today at theHotel Hamilton. Those Invited wereMiss Laura Bryn,l Senorita YolandaJaimes Freyre, Senorita Angela Cro-meyer. Mile. Nina Diamantapoulos,Miss Janet Moffett. Miss EugeniaLejeune. Miss Claudia Read, MissElizabeth Taylor Adams. Miss MurielEleanor Gray. Miss Betty Byrne, MissKatharine Wrenn, Miss Eleanor Mon-tague. Miss Loliia Dawson, Miss RuthStoddard, Miss Elizabeth Haynes, MissEugenie LeMerle. Miss Cecil LesterJones. Miss Margaret Zolnay. MissNovell Clark Munford. Senorita JuliaLgradizabal and Senorita Kina Laeos.

The minister of Siam, Phya BurlNavarasth, has issued invitations fora tea Wednesday afternoon. Japuary2. from 5 until 7. at the legation,2300 Kalorama road.

The counselor of the German em-bassy and Krau von Lowinski. willentertain at dinner this evening intheir home on 16th street, in honorof the commercial attache of theUnited States embassy in Berlin. Mr.Charles Elred Herring, and his moth-er, Mrs. Herring, who arc in Washing-ton for a short time.

Frau von Lewinski was hostess to asmall company yesterday, entertain-ing informally at tea.

Mrs. George Wharton Pepper willreceive on Thursday afternoon, after4 o’clock, at the Hotel Powhatan.

Mrs. Young, wife of Representa-tive George M. Young of Valley City,N. D-. will be hostess at tea thisafternoon from 4 to 6 o’clock in herhome on 16th street in honor ofMrs. Frazier, wife of Senator LynqJ. Frazier, the new senator fromNorth Dakota.

Mrs. Young and Mrs. Frazier willhave receiving with them Mrs. Ed-win F. Ladd, wife of the senatorfrom North Dakota, and Mrs. Burt-ness. wife Representative OlgerBurfness of that state. Assisting willhe Mrs. Peter Norbeek, Mrs. Pat Har-rison, Mrs. T. H. Caraway, Mrs. A..T. Gronna, Mrs. John M. Baer, Mrs.Margaret Cow™, Mrs. Clyde B. Altch-ison, Mrs. L. C. Cramton, Mrs. JamesA. Frear, Mrs. Edward E. Brown,Mrs. Philip H. Swing, Mrs. SydneyAnderson. Mrs. Henry F. Woodard,Airs. Lindley H. Hadley. Mrs. Percy<iuln, Mrs. Ladlslas Lazaro, Mrs.John Smlthwlck, Mrs. M. Clyde Kel-ley and Mrs. LC. Dyer. Presiding atthe punch bowl will be Miss LucyBurlingame, Miss Dorothy Dennett,and the Misses Frazier, who will beassisted by Miss Katharine Youngand Miss Margaret Cramton, who arehome from school for the holidays.

Mile. Nina Diamantapoulos, debu-tante sister of the secretary of theGreek legation, was th® guest ofhonor at luncheon today of Mrs.Thornton P. Boland, who entertainedin her home. Her other guests wereMme. Tsamados. wife of the charged’affaires of Greece; Miss MargaretZolnay. Miss Anne Devereux, MissNatalie Hammond, Miss Bessie Mc-Keldln, Miss Betty Byrne. Miss HelenStrauss, Miss Janet Moffett, Miss'Laura Winder Marshall and Miss(Charlotte Freeman Clark.

Mrs. Boland will entertain a com-pany of twelve at luncheon Thursdayin honor of Mrs. Preetorius.

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Edward W.Eherl® will entertain a company oftwelve at dinner this evening in honorof the assistant secretary’ of the Navy

and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.

The Misses Stitt, daughters of Sur-geon General and Mrs. Edward R. Stitt,

“Say it with Flowers”

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Yulctldc Message—better than words.Ready for your selectionat Shaffer's are the finestspecimens of Cut Flow-ers and Blooming1 Plantsof every variety—all atModerate Prices.

Holiday Baskets,Boxes, Table Center-pieces, Corsages, etc.,arranged to your order.

Christmas FlowersDelivered at any dis-tance by Telegraph

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900 14th St.

arc entertaining a large company atbridge this afternoon In honor of MissJane Moffett nnd Miss Eugenia Le-jetine, debutantes of this season. Theother guests at bridge are Mrs. BCarroll Reece, Miss Laura Bryn. Mrs.Gerald Desmond Linke, Mrs. EgmontKoenig. Mrs. Roger Bagnall. Mrs. F.Addison Bra-tow, 2; Mrs. XenophonPrice, Miss Elizabeth Taylor Adams,Miss Bessie MeKeldln, the MissesKrone Mias Agnes Shands, MissCharlotte Freeman Clark. Miss MayTaylor. Miss Margaret Davis, MissM>ra Morgan, Miss Katharine Dent.Afi-s Lucille Smith, Miss Atala Kim-mell. Miss Bertha Coontz, Miss RuthAMller Green. Miss Ruth Stiles, MissIrene Hancock Russell, Miss MaryDiana Cummipg, Miss Elizabeth Tay-lor Jones. Miss Dorothy Mondell. MissAlary Happen Miss Jessie Adkins,Allss Eleanor Northrop. Miss LouiseAnderson, Miss Helen Newton, Miss

late John W. Darley and Is a memberof the Maryland bar. No date hasbeen set for '.he wedding.

Mr. Earl J. Davis, new assistantattorney general, is at the Burling-ton Hotel.

Miss Lydia Bush-Brown will ar-rive this afternoon from New Yorkto spend Christinas with her parents,Mr, and Mrs, Henry K. Bush-Brown.

Miss Hush-Brown will receive withher mother tomorrow afternoon andagain Wednesday, December 26, inthe studios at 1 729 G street, return-ing to New York early in the newyear.

Representative and Mrs. HomerHoch of Kansas nnd Representativeand Mrs. John W. Summers of WallaWalla. Wash., will give a familyChristmas party and musical at theCongressional Club Wednesday, De-cember 26, at 8 o’clock.

Hepresentatllve and Mrs. Hoch willhave with them Mr. and Mrs. JamesW. Reid and their sons and Repre-sentative and Mrs. Summers willhave Miss Hope Summers, from theSchool of Public Speech, Northwest-ern University; their son Paul andAir. and Mrs. V. H. Donald and theirdaughter of Arthur, 111., with them.There will he music as a special fea-ture of the Christmas party.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Samuel Row-land of Waterbury, Conn., have is-sued invitations for the marriage oftheir daughter Helen North to En-sign Melville Bell Grosvenor, son ofDr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor ofWashington, Friday, January 4, at 4

SENORITA AURORA QI KSAUA,Daughter of Senora dr Uurwada of Havana, and the late Senor tfuesada, firstCuban minister to Washington, and with her mother Just completing a visitin the Capital.

Vernon Seminary, and is an intimatefriend of Minn Grosvenor. EnsignGrosvenor is stationed on the U. S. S.Wert Virginia.

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, wife ofthe assistant secretary of the Navy,will receive tomorrow afternoon In

her home at 1601 21st street, from4:30 to 6:30 o’clock. She will be as-sisted by Mns. Henry (Jetty Chilton.Mrs. Edward W. Eberle. Mrs. RobertL. Bacon and Airs. Hillary A. Jones

Mrs. David Aleado Lea entertainedat luncheon today in her home onMassachusetts avenue jn honor of her

house guest. Miss Katharine M. Hun-

ter of Berkley Springs, W. Va. Thecompany numbered twelve, and re-

mained to play bridge through the

afternoon.

Air Willoughby S. Chesley. jr, who

is a student at the University of

Michigan, is cxpecetd today and will

.sincinl the holidays with his parents

at the Ruchainheau. He will enter-

tain some of the members of theca<t from the musical comedy. "Cot-

ton Stockings,” playing here Thurs-

day night.

Postmaster General andMr*. \rw Honor Guest*.

Assistant Postmaster General and

Mrs W. Irving Glover entertainedlast evening at dinner at the Ward-

man Dark Holed in honor of thePostnmster General and Mrs. Harry

S New. The table was decoratedwith red roses and Christmas greens.

The company Included th« Post-

master General and Mrs. Harry 6.

New the Secretary of th® Interiorand Mrs Hubert Work, the Secretary

of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry L.

Wallace. Senator and Mrs. Walter E.Edge. Senator nnd Mrs. Arthur Cap-

per, Senator and Mrs. Edward I. Ed-

wards. Undersecretary of State andMrs William Phillips, Assistant At-torney General and Airs. Rush 1..Holland, First Ass'stant Postmaster

General and Mrs John IT. Bartlett.Second Assistant Postmaster General

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FascinatingRemembrances

ARE these DelicatelyP erfu in e d Bath

Salts in lovely hand-decorated bowls. Theycarry the Yuletide mes-

sage on the wings of a

rare fragrance, which ishot quickly forgotten.

Personally Prepared by

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Handled Downtown by

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Cecil Lester Jones. Miss ElizabethMarbury Beale, Miss Madora Robert-son. Miss Margaret Yard, Miss Be-atrice Whittier. Miss Virginia Ellis,Aliss Lewis, Miss Henrietta Hill, MissKatharine Shaw, Miss Dorothy John-son. Miss Caroline Happer. Miss Es-ther MoVann, Miss Katharine Wrenn,Miss Virginia Edwards and MissLaura Winder Marshall.

Additional guests are asked fortea when Mrs. Bogert, wife of Capt.

Edward S. Bogert, and Mrs. Stitt,

mother of the hostesses, will preside

at the tea table. Among those w-ho

will attend the tea are Miss TheresaJames, Allss Genevieve Rusk. Miss

Helen Strauss. Miss Corinne Stevens.

Miss Muriel Eleanor Gray, the MissesButler and Miss Jane Hopkins.

The Congressional Club has issuedinvitations for a reception Friday

afternoon in honor of the ambassa-dor of France and Mme. Jusserand.

Airs. Bertie W. Roller of Washing-

ton. D. C., announces the engagement

of her daughter, Mrs. Alberta RollerStacks, to Mr. John W. Darley ofBaltimore, Md. Mrs. Stacks is thedaughter of the late P. S. Roller ofMount Jackson, Va., and niece of thelate Gen. John E. Roller and Col.O. B. Holler of Harrisonburg, Va. Mr.Darley is the son of Mrs, and the

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o’clock in the First CongregationalChurch, Waterbury, Conn.

Aliss Gertrude Grosvenor will bemaid of honor for Aliss Rowland, andMiss Alabel Gfosvenor and Aliss Lil-lian Grosvenor, younger sisters ofthe bridegroom, will be in the partyof bridesmaids, which also includ.-sMiss Frances Pitcher of East Hamp-ton. Hass.: Miss Frederica Chase.Miss Anna de Lancy and Miss Eliza-beth Gauss of Waterbury. The bridehas. a number of friends in Wash-ington, having attended the Mount

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ADORABLE Xmas Gifts indeed jj >\are these glittering bits of per- 7section! Our complete stock of J&L

better grade Evening Shoes included.Distinguished fashions in rare imported S/Paisley Brocades, Metallic Brocades,Paisley Velvets, Silver and Gold Bro- Uncades, Silver and Gold Kid, and otherbrilliant materials—all reduced to |io.

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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923.and Mrs, Paul Henderson, hourth As- ¦distant Postmaster General and Airs. ¦H. H. Blllany, Representative and ,Mrs. Ernest R. Ackerman, SecretaryC. Basoom Slump, Miss Webber. Com-mlssloner of Internal Revenue andMrs. David Blair, Col. and Mrs. FrankHatch and Mr. and Mrs. John TAdams.

Air. Walter S. Penflcld entertainedat dinner last night in the presidentialsuite of the New Willard In honor ofthe minister of Panama and Mine.Alfaro, and later took his quests tothe opera.

The counselor of the Brazilian em-bassy and Mme. dc Sousa Leao Graeie" p r<i hosts at dinner last evening, (>n*

tertalnln* in compliment to the r**tir-niAf naval attache of the embassy,Capt. Heraclito tlrara Aranha. •

Miss Ag-nes Ashford is spending to-day in Baltimore, where she wentfor the wedding of Miss Dorothy

Town»h«nii, daughter of Col. O. P.Townshend, and Lisul. Robert ChaffeeOliver, IT. S. A. Miss Ashford will bethe bride’s only attendant and wi)l ireturn to Washington tomorrow. j

The first private entertainment held !at the Metropolitan Club annex will [be Hie dansanto given by Mr. and 1Mrs. Arthur Hale in honor of their idebutante granddaughter, Miss Clsa lDiedericb, tomorrow.

Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney of New 1York Is spending some days In Wash- IIngton at the Shoreham Hotel, where!she entertained a. dinner company of |eighteen last evening.

Maj. and Mrs. Sidney !•'. Mash Kirhave arrived in Washington fromTokio and have taken a suite at Ho-tel Roosevelt for the winter.

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Sill ©her 4501 i) encrustationsTea Sets. $45.00; Cake Plates, 512.50; After-Dinner Coffee Sets,

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HuStre Cea £ktsThese popular and serviceable 23-pc. tea sets, in Orange, Blue.Green and Yellow lustre with black trimming, priced at SIB.OOthe set.

jHistellaneouS Stems of CfjinaMayonnaise Sets from SI.OO to $5.00; Syrup Jar and I late, 50cto $4.00; Condiment Sets, $2.00 to $3.00; Honey Jars, $1.25 to$2.00; Marmalade Jars, $1.25 to $4.00; Spoon Trays, SI.OO to

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