Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21
AleXanOria Society.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, February 20, 1909.
The most brilliant affair of the season
was the bal-masque and cotillon given by
the young society girls of the town at
McBurney's Hall Tuesday evening. The
ballroom was decorated with flags and
red. white and blue streamers. The chap
erons were Mrs. William B. Daingertield.
Mrs. j. Sidney Douglas, Mrs. George A.
Mushbach. Mrs. George Anderton, Mrs
Arthur Snowden. Mrs. Edward III. KEN
per. Mrs. Albert D. Brockett. Mrs. Ed
ward s. Fawcett. Mrs. Dabney Herndon,
Mrs. Anthony W. Armstrong, Mrs. Her
bert Anderson. Mrs. George >. French,
Mrs. Samuel G.. Brent and Miss Cochran.
The costumes ranged from the very beau
tiful TO the ridiculous, and the affair was
unusually interesting. as this Is the first
costume ball of note which mas been
given in this city for several years The
cotillon was led by Mr.. Charles Dodson
Barrett as a rough rider. with Miss Rich
ard Edwards Wise of LeeSburg as Peggy
O'Neal. and Mr.. James Sidney Douglas,
jr sailor. with Miss k1tte Bar
rett as Mary Queen of Scots Among
others dancing were DR.. and Mrs. Louis
s. Greene, the latter in blue satin direc-
toire: Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner l.. Boothe.
Mrs. Boothe in black satin trimmed with
gold: Dr. and Mrs. Thomas b. Cochran
a George and Martha Washington; Miss
Jean Brent as Carmen, with Milton
French as cowboy; Miss Eva Dent is
Grecian goddess, with DR.. Y. T. Berry as
Buster Brown. Miss Phyllis Snyder of
Wallace Lindsey as Zuzu; Miss George
French a paper doll, with Griffith
Thler as Lord Thomas Fairfax; Miss
Alice Chinn as Norman peasant. with
Madison Brown of Washington as an ltal-
ian courtier: Miss Hattie Douglas as Ma
non, with Richard Chichester as a clown:
Miss Margaret Hoge of Washington as
Queen of Hearts. with Howard Smith as
a colonial gentleman; Miss Mary Glenn
Chler as Folly, with Dennis Ramsay as
convict 999: Miss Mary Snowden ss a
Dresden shepherdess. with Henry o Ban
non Cooper Happy Hooligan; Miss
Rose LAnderton as Pocahontas. with
Churchill Gibson Of Seminary Hill as
Farmer Hayseed; Miss Alice Anderton as
Dolly Warden. with Julian Burke as
blue hussar: Miss Ethel Ryan. with Al
bert Bryan, both of Washington: Miss
Mittie Herbert as Babette, with Stuart
Hunter as Jack OF Clubs; Miss pauline
Nico as flower girl. with John l.. Marye
as a German artillery colonel: Miss Grace
Anderson as Rose of the Rancho. with
Philip Dawson as pink domino; MISS
Kathleen Ryan of Washington in red
silk and mask, with Edward Fawcett as
SavonarOla: Miss Jessie Armstrong
jonquii. with Lewis Machen as Christie
pher Columbus; Miss Clarence SnoWden
as Janice Meredith. with Garnett Pitts
as toreador: Miss Mary Phillips as
Vatican shepherdess, with K. D. Brum-
bach as Gloomy Gus; Miss Julia Nicol as
a flower girl with William Bose Mayre
of Baltimore as red hussar: Miss Mary
Dent as Bo Peep. with Robert Standing
as a Mexican cowboy; Miss Fanny Wash
ngton in lavender evening gown and
mask. with Jack Stephenson a black
nanny; Miss Josephine Wright of Fred
ericksburg as colonial Girl. with Nelson
Shepherd of Washington in a black dom
inc; Miss Margaret Boyden of Washing
ton as a Norman peasant. with LenOX
rhler as the Nirginian: Messrs. Urquhart,
Frank Neer and Charles Cary of Bati-
more as sun, moon and stars; Mr. Frank
Gwathmey of Washington in red domino,
Mr.. GustaVe Thompson as a Portuguese
count, DR.. David G. Allen. C.S.N.. DR..
Pollard, U.SN.. DR.. Cartel, U.S.N..
Messrs. J. b. Diamond and Robert Davis
of Washington as Cinnamon. William
Thomas Ransdell of Manassas. Fred
Richardson of Fairfax as a monk, Sin
gIeton, Basil Boteler and Erskine Gordon
of Washington, Windsor Snowden as
Pierrot. Arthur Herbert as Tecumseh,
Magruder Dent as a yachtsman, Mar
shall King and Aylet Nicol policemen
and Gym Dent in a black domino Among
others present were Mr.. and Mrs. H. V.
Liggett Of Philadelphia. Mr.. and Mrs
Carroll Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ.
Shepperson. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Preston
Gibson, Misses Lila Barrett. Emma Car
ter. Nellie Uhler, Della Phillips, Eliza
Douglas, Christina Kemper, Messrs. A.
d. Brockett. G. S. French, S. G. Brent,
Herbert Anderson, Jack Barrett, Richard
Fawcett, Anderson Sommers, Bathurst
Daingerfeld, Edmund Hunter. Wilmer
Waller. Jack Ashton and Boylan Green.
Miss Marv Thomson entertained Mon
day afternoon at ) o'clock tea in honor
of Mrs. Frank Lee Saymaker and Mrs.
]. Armistead Eggborn. The ladies assist
ing were Mrs. Edward II. Kemper Mrs
Anderson Sommers. Miss Ida McLaush
lin, Miss Edith Bentley and Miss Mary
Phillips.
Miss Ella Broders is visiting Miss An
ME Emmerson in Portsmouth.
Miss Ethel Crupper entertained Tuesday
evening at her home, 1OS North Columbus
street, in honor of her sixteenth birth
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ciemmens have re-
turned from visit to Jacksonville, Fla.
Among those who attended the unveil-
ing Of the tablet at the Octagon House,
Washington, Wednesday afternoon were
Mrs. Frank T. King and Miss Alice Chinn
of this city,
Mrs. Fewks. wife Of Prof Fewks of the
Smithsonian Institution, Washington. was
the guest of Miss Virginia Burke during
the past week.
Mr. Frederick D. Richardson of Fairfax
was the guest this week Of his aunt, Mrs.
Benton Chinn.
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