The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
ENTERTAINMENTS.

ENTERTAINMENTS.
The Chevy Chase Club was the scene
of much gayety last evening when the
New Years ball, an annual event at the
club. was given. and took the form Of
a cotillion. Mai. Horton led. "A num-
Der of dinner parties at the club pre-
ceded the dancing. The committee Of
arrangements was composed Of Mr.. Je-
romc Bonaparte, Capt. E. w. Saden.
Lieut.. Commander Leigh c. Palmer. Mr..
Frederick W. Faust. Lieut.. Byron A.
Long, U. S. NJ: Capt Mason L. Gulick,
U. S. N; Mr.. William T. Bingham, sec
retary. and Maj. Horton. chairman.
The clubhouse was beautifully deco
rated with Christmas colors. and an old
ship bell was sung in the center of the
ballroom. The majority Of the sixty cou-
Piles dancing dined at the club in parties,
Dutch treat fashion, and the cotillion
began Immediately afterward. Mr. Her.
bert Wadsworth received the guests. At
midnight the ships bell began the stroke
of ''eight bells" and the lights went out
1t was an impressive few moments, and
at the conclusion of the eight bells. the
lights went up again, and the band
played Aud Lang Syne." the refrain
being taken up and sung as a chorus.
Supper was served afterward, and then
Home, Sweet Home was sung.
The favors for the cotfllion were a
little out of the ordinary, savoring both
of the holiday season and of the Hunt
Club. They consisted Of trinkets of
horseshoes, horseshoe pin cushions.
sashes of different colors, grotesque and
comic headdresses. and wands, for the
men, and punches Of poinsettia. tiny
potted plants, baskets Of flowers, serpen-
tines, spangled rosettes, and noisy Christ
mas toys, which were used Justify. Six
ty men and sixty women composed the
party. The former were Commander H.
Lee Butler. Capt. H. v. Bishop. Mr.. A.
L. Bristol, Q. S. N; Col. Burr. Mr..
Clayton. Capt. craisle. Capt Cal
Mr.. James C. Crawford, Lieut.. c. E.
Courtney. Mr.. William Bowie Clarke.
Mr.. Edward Clark, Lieut.. Conger Pratt.
Mr.. Robert Roosevelt, Lieut.. Rowland.
Mr.. Charles Richardson, Lieut. H. F.
Spencer. Dr. Sewers, Lieut.. Commander
Symington. Capt J. F. Tracy, Mr.. G. o.
Patton, Mr.. C. F. Wilson. Mr.. Clark
Waggaman, Mr.. w. B. Wood. Mr.. H.
L. Williams. Mr.. Joseph Letter. Maj. T.
H. Low. MIR. William Marrow, Baron
Hardenbroek, Lieut.. S. NJ. Major, Capt.
Newbill, Mr.. H. B. Parker, Lieut.. E. r.
Pollock, Mr.. Calhoun. Lieut.. Commander
Crank. Capt. j. r. Lindsay, Lieut.. E. S.
Jackson. Maj. Delaney, DR.. Gowell, Mr.
G. T. Dunlop, Mr.. William T. Davis. Mr..
c. NJ. Dom. DR.. Grayson. Mr.. Harlow.
and Mr.. Chauncey Hackett-
Miss katherine Aver, Miss Burr, Miss
Jennings, Miss Townsend. Miss Gertrude
Williams, Miss Dorothy Williams, Mrs
Wadsworth, Mrs. Somerlin, Miss Rec
side, Mrs Waggaman. Miss Clark. Miss
Cromwell, Miss Conrad, Miss Neff, Miss
Sullivan, Mrs. Mein. Mrs. Talcott, Miss
Helen Downing. Miss Downing. Mrs.
Gherardi. Miss Oliver. Miss Johnson,
Miss Finley. Miss Weeks, Mrs. Carpen-
ter, Mrs. Harlow. Mrs. johnson, Miss
yesterday. Mrs. Tracy, Miss Aleshire, and
Mrs. Clayton.
Mrs. Arthur Lee entertained at a
Christmas party for her older children.
Miss Ellen Bruce Lee and Master Henry
Davis Lee. yesterday afternoon in her
Massachusetts avenue home. Miss Anna
Vernon Dorsey gave a programme Of her
inir1itable plantation songs and negro i'm
presentations, and a charming supper was
served in the dining-room.
There were about forty little ones,
children of Mr.. John T. Davis, Mrs.
Lees brother; Mr.. Montgomery Blair,
Senator Culberson, Mr.. Ten Eyck Wen
dell, Viscount de Sibour. Mr.. William Cor
don Crawford, Mr.. James McCallum, Mr..
George X. McLanahan, Mr.. Chapman
Smith, Of Philadelphia: Mr.. Clarence
Moore, and Mr.. LIE Roy Tuttle. The
souvenirs were both beautiful and in
good taste, and there were toys enough
to make noises to entirely satisfy the
juveniles. There were chanticleer horns
a-plenty. Miss Ellen Bruce Lee presided
with her brother, Henry Davis Lee. at
t. 4h1 n mi - o.
room, which was as nearly like the tables
Of the grown-ups as it was possible to
make it, The decorations were all In red.
The little hosts cousins, Henry Davis and
Miss Bessie Wolf and Miss Mary Wolf,
presided at the others.
One Of the prettiest of the debutante
teas was given yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. Beale r. Howard to introduce her
daughter. Miss Edythe Howard, to So
ciety. The house, 1il9 Sixteenth street,
was handsomely decorated and festooned
with red blossoms and smilax. and
masses Of flowers send the bud by
friends and admirers. Mrs. Howard had
assisting her Mrs. Claude A. Swanson.
wife Of the Senator from Virginia, and
former governor; Mrs. John Paul Jones,
Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman. of Balti-
more; Mrs. F. A. Holton. and Miss May
Adams, and the young girls assisting
We're Miss Louise Bayne. Miss Gertrude
Gordon. Miss Elizabeth Collins, Miss
Mildred Bacon. Miss Elizabeth Noyes.
and Miss Dorothy Deeble. all buds Of
this year: Miss Ruth Pflling and Miss
Leonora Finley. buds Of last season. and
Miss Katharine Gwynn. cousin Of Miss
Howard. who makes her home with her.
A string orehestrl played during the
afternoon. and the company was . lakge
and distinctive one OF REPRESENTATIVE old
residents of the Distrfgt and Maryland.
Ms Howard wore . gown Of kings
'ihsiv govned y white sstin. With