The Washington times., 1904-04-03


made their appearance at Rauscher's and
paid for the privilege.
The affair was called a Festival of
Nations. and it certainly proved to be
such from financial. artistic. and social
standpoints- There was a regularly es-
tablished rathskeller. which might have
come direct from old Heidelberg. so far
as viands and decorations were con-
/ cerned.
AristOcratic Walters.
Many of the beautiful furnishings
were loaned for the occasion by the Ger
man embassy. Some OF the prettiest
debutantes and fairest matrons of the
! capital acted as Mattresses. They were
aided by prominent bachelors Of the
Diplomatic and Congressional circles
Everything that could be obtained in a
/ genuine rathskeller was TO be ha6 from
the gracefully artistic waitress, but ut
aristocratic prices. The ladies IN charge
! we're Mrs. oliver Cromwell. of New
! York; Miss Ivy Langham. Miss Nc
| Kenna. Mrs Charles Moore. the Misses
Cotton. Miss Margaret Hitchcock. Miss
Ely. Miss Ridgely. Miss Anette Town
send. Miss Lowery. Miss Polly Morgan
Miss Goldsborough. Miss Robson, and
| Miss Bessie Ferguson.
They We're in the costumes Of old Ger
many. and very pretty pictures they
made The walters were Representa-
tive Butler Ames. Representative Long
worth. Herr Verdy du vernois. Herr
scheller. Major Won EtzeI. and Com
mander schaefer, Of the German en-
bassy. These ladies and gentlemen
served all corners throughout the even
ing, and afterward prepared and dis
posed Of a supper OF homemade deli
cacies Of the ''Vaderland."
In addition to the rathskeIer. there
were a number Of booths such as are
TO be seen at all bazaars and fairs, ex-
cept the articles were Of a quality and
a price that at times made some of
the less wealthy gasp as they paid.
The prices were for charity-the babies
though. so the money was turned over
to the fair amateur saleswomen.
One Of the prettiest Of the booths was
one called the Booth OF the United
States" at which Mrs. Miller. wife Of
the naval commander, presided, assisted
by Mrs John T Davis. This was the
largest Of the booths. and in IT was a
gypsy camp at which fortunes were told
by several young ladies whose names
have been concealed. There were a
number Of other distinctly American
scenes.
There was also a North Pole booth
at which Mrs. Peary. wife OF the explor-
er. and several prominent social lead
ers Initiated visitors into the ways Of
the far north 1.-THE Booth of the Brit
ish Isles" was illustrative Of English
life. and at II was Miss Durand. the
daughter Of the British ambassador. and
several attractive assistants. There was
no Russian booth. consequently the
Countess Cassini appeared as a flower
girl. and aided the Misses warder and
Ames at the French booth.
At the other booths there were nearly
all Of the prominent young women OF
the city. And all were busy. indeed in
creasing the funds OF the association. at
the expense Of their friends.
Amateur Vaudeville.
In addition to all Of the attractions OF
a regular bazaar there was long pro-
gram OF vaudeville. the performers be-
ing amateurs from among the various
Capital social sets. Songs were sung
by the younger Of the organizers. There
was dancing by some Of the bachelors
and there we're a number OF tableaux-
Mrs Alexander Graham posed as
Sweden and Norway, and Miss Anita
Poor made a very pretty Goddess Of LIB
erty Mrs. Fremont impersonated Tur-
key and Mrs. Charles J. Bell appeared
as Britannia. The idea WAS to give the
affair an atmosphere in keeping with
its name. and the promoters succeeded
beyond their expectations. IT was lone
after daylight before the last of the