Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-28

Miss Taft and Robert Taft. with the
members OF their house party. were en-
tertained at dinner last night by Mrs
Lloyd Bowers. and the entire company
went later to the Draper ball. Hiss Har-
rlett Anderson OF Cincinnati, Miss Edith
Morgan of New York and Stanhope "
Jones of New Orleans arc White House
guests Tor the remainder Of the holiday
season.
Mrs. William l. Draper, entertaining
for her Young daughter. Miss Margaret
Draper, added another beautiful spectacle
to the social history OF tho capital
in tho fancy dress ball given last
night, at which the beaux and bellies Of
the moment and their elders, which lat
ter group seemed to include most Of the
notables In resident and official society.
were present. Each new arrival added
another element OF interest to the won-
derful scene to which the spacious homo
or Mrs. Draper, it's drawing rooms, wide
nails and tapestry:lined ballroom, lent
itself SO admirably. There was an elab-
crate floral decoration In place. and the
young daughter of the house portraying
BotuceIlfS famous picture. Spirit Of the
Spring, was clad in diaphanous draper
les OF silver tissue, yelled in white tulle,
Il
ed butterfly. JeWeled butterflies CLEANED
IN her loose wrCathcd hair and glittered
on each slipper.
mrs. Draper was Sowned in black satin
MISS Helen Taft, who attended the ball
with her brother, Mr.. Robert Taft. went
as d court lady Of the time of Louis XIII.
IN q gown OF pink satin, which had pam
nler draperies over u petticoat Of pink
brocade.
Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers was q milk
maid after the Greuze picture; Miss Alice
W hitting, Night; Miss Julia Whiting, Lady
Orde; from Cosway's portrait: Miss Flea
yellow chiffon draperies; Miss Elizabeth
MOVES, Holland girl, In delft blue. short
skirt of white satin with drapery Of delft
blue satin, and a black velvet bodice won
oyer a white chemisette: Miss Frances
hodges, Romney portrait; Miss Gather
Inc Britton. Hungarian peasant; Miss
Emily Beatty, u Chinese lady; Miss Sophy
johnston, a Spanish dancer in yellow
satin skirt and black lace draperies: Miss
Eudora Clover. Mary Queen Of Scots: Miss
GLADYS Hinckley, Lady Macbeth; Miss
adelaide Heath, colonial lady; Miss
Dorothy viii ans, Merry Widow; Miss
MAJ Mary Mo- MsGauie Yo, the spring maid;
ant; Miss Marion Oliver, an Indian girl;
Miss Leita Montgomery, a French peas
ant; Miss Laura Merriam, Alice in Won
derland: Miss Esther Slater Of Boston, a
Norwegian peasant; Miss Gladys Ingalls,
and Miss Barnard. Pierrettes; Miss Doris
Haywood, Marie Antoinette: Hon. Kath-
crime Beresford, paper doll: Miss Ce-
!estine Finley. a Neapolitan fisher girl:
MISS Lillian Finley, a Quakeress: Miss
Miss Harriet Switzerland. Pierrette:
Miss Edith Oracle, a snow queen, in
white tulle. with tulle veil hanging
from a gold crown and a snow dove on
Carmen: Miss Margaret Cotton Smith,
Norwegian peasant: Miss Dorothy Tay-
Tor. as Dawn, enveloped in pale pink
sauze. yelled in lighter shades of pink
tulle; Viscountess Benoist day, a green
butterfly. silver galze being used in CON-
bination and green gauze wings from
the shoulders and smaller ones in her
hair. Nine. Vassilieff. wife of the Rus
sian naval attache. represented a Rus
sian woman of the sixteenth century;
Nine. Loewenthal-Linau, a Vienna wash,
erwoman costume. and her sister. Count
ess Nostitz, a French peasant: Nine
Riano, French court lady; Mrs
stephen Pen of New York. a court
lady; Mrs. Robert Hinckley. Ireland, in
a robe of green velvet and wreath Of
shamrocks; Mrs. Preston Gibson Ophelia:
Mrs. Henry White as an old-fashioned
lady wearing point lace and diamonds.
MRS. George Howard wore superb cos
tune in pale green satin, with A head
dress formed of Il pointed gold crown and
flowing veil of green tulle. Mrs. Oracle
as Japanese princess, her dress in rain
bow effect in palest blue and pink with
the appropriate jewels in her hair Mrs
WOlcott Tuckerman, a marchioness Mrs.
Edward Beale Mclean was the Princess
de Lalnballe, the friend of Marie Antoi-
nette Her costume was pale yellow satin,
made after the fashion Of the ladies OF
the court of that time. 1t had garlands
OF tiny pink roses On skirt and bodice
and pink roses were worn in her DOW
dered hair. She had on wreath Of
diamonds
Some OF the men in costume were Mr..
John Barrett, n Chinese mandarin: Maj
Archibald w. Butt, q cowboy costume;
Mr. Preston Gibson, society belle; Maj
Horton, French hussar: Mr.. Thomas
brock, a German nobleman; Col. Thomp-
son, an Egyptian prince; Mr.. William B.
Clarke. Tommy Atkins; Mr.: Basil Miles,
an artisan in u fairy book: Mr.. Henri
It's, Mad Halter: Mr.. Cotton Smith, an
Arab; the Messrs. Thropp, cavaliers in
black satin. with white wigs; Col. Archi-
bald Oracle portrayed his ancestor. the
Duke of Rosmey, and Mr.. Henry White.
former ambassador to France, wore his
court costume.
Among the guests were the Russian
ambassador and Nine Bakhmeteff, the
Belgian minister and Nine. HaVenith the
minister of Norway and Nine. Bryn, the
charge d'affaires of Sweden and Nine.
Ekengren, the military attache Of the
Russian embassy, Col. Baron de Bode;
pdToueSS IIilZdDetil De BOQe tne charge
d ;tffaires of Austria Hungary and Nine.
French embassy. N. Lefevre Pontalis:
Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington Wilson. the
charge d'affaires of Switzerland. Mr.
Henri Martin; the military attache OF
the British embassy and Mrs. McLachlen,
Mp. and Mrs.. Mclean, the Postmaster
General Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Clover, Mrs
Hinckley, the. Misses Patten, Mr.. and
Mrs Woodbury. Blair, the naval at-ache
of the Russian embassy and Nine. Vas
siieff; Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Ballou. Mrs.
Horatio Slater, Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Wilkins, Col. and Mrs. Oracle, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Corcoran HILL Mr.. and
Mrs Clarence Moore. Lieut.. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Is. Spencer, Col and
Mrs. Cosby, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White,
Mrs. John Reyburn, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Aldrich,- Miss Alice Brice. Miss Mary
Webb, Miss Dorothy Williams, Miss
Switzerland, Miss Aldrich, Miss Helena
Case, Miss Yvonne Townsend, Miss Ruth
Wales. Miss Dorothy Sturgis. Miss Leita
Montgomery. Miss Frances Hodges, Miss
Laura Burleson: Miss synlons, Miss
Miss Martha Bowers, Miss Hinckley. |
Miss Sophy Johnston, Miss Laura Mer- |
Ram, Miss Dora Clover. Miss Edith |
Oracle, Miss Beatty, Miss Finley, Miss J
Britton, Miss Nasel. Miss Howry, Miss |
Dorothy Taylor, Miss Rebecca Wilmer. |
Miss Gilmour. Miss Elizabeth Noyes, |
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, Miss Weeks |
Miss Abby Barnard, Miss, ingalls,. Miss |
Reid Rogers. Miss Margaret |
Frances Brooks, Miss Marjorie Cotton, |
Miss Christine Owen Miss Marion Wise