Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-06
THE SOUTHERN BALL
The World of Society Brilliant
Iy Represented.
LOVELY GOWNS AND GEMS
President and Mrs. Taft Watch the
Dancing Of Minuet.
OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS NOTED
Miss Harrison Becomes the Bride
of Mr.. Williams.
Dinners.

Thirteen hundred persons attended the
Southern Relief charity ball last night
at the New Willard, and the enthusiastic
pleasure which always accompanies
these events was SO far eclipsed by this
last function that one wonders where
snperlatives can be found to describe it,
say decade hence-t1e ball was SPLEEN
did success from every viewpoint
The ballroom was adorned with green
vines, palms and flags, and supper on
the first floor was a feature which only
a few allowed to pass unnoticed.
Miss Mamie Randolph Heth, president
of the society, received the guests at
their entrance to the ballroom. She was
richly gowned in black charmeuse, with
glittering trimming of rhinestones
She wore diamond ornaments.
Receiving in line with her We're Mrs.
John Hays Hammond, who wore silver
blue embroidered in seed pearls, with
eralds: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. In heavy
brocaded white satin. with Spangled net
and diamond ornaments; Mrs. L. L. Lo-
max, black velvet, with shadow lace and
pearl ornaments, and Mrs: Chisoim
chairman of the ball committee. black
satin, with trimmings Of rhinestones and
jet.
The entrance of the, President and Mrs
Taft was made a stately one, the floor
committee manning an aisle, through
to his box, Mrs. Taft following with the
chairman of the floor committee, Mr..
Hopkins. After the party was seated
the minuet was danced the costumes
worn by men and maids being unusually
effective.
In this dance were Miss kathryn Nc
Connell Hitchcock and Mr.. Harold
Hayes. Miss Helen Hardy and Mr.. Will
liam NJ. Conrad, Miss Carrie Lee Cham
berlain and Mr.. CASTOR Bulloch, Miss
Lucy Hoke Smith and Mr.. Oliver owen
Kuhn, Miss Anne Seymour Jones and
Mr.. Bennett Champ Clark, Miss Lucinda
Carpenter Pennebaker and Mr.. Douglass
ST. Cloud Bulloch, Miss Nell Fletcher
Lee Fitzhugh and Mr.. James Ely
Bready.
and the minuet party gone to supper
the floor committee. again formed
lane to the north entrance of the room
and the President and Mrs. Taft and
their party left for home.
Mrs. Taft was beautifully gowned in
pink satin, yelled in black lace, with
diamond ornaments.
Miss Mabel Boardman wore American
beauty satin, draped with purple-jew-
eled net; Mrs. Short Adam Willis. white
satin draped with white chiffon, with
cut jet trimmings and duchess lace and
white chiffon embroidered in colored
beads in flower design; Mrs. Christian
Hemmick, deep blue satin draped with
silver lace; Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, pur-
Jones, white satin with white chiffon over
dress and crystal trimming and diamond
necklace; Miss Louise Fletcher, Ameri-
can beauty chiffon over gold. and white
satin and green chiffon: Miss Harriet
Keim, pink chiffon over white satin with
rhinestone trimming and crystal fringe;
Miss Stella Carusi. cream satin and du-
cheese lace: Miss Robin Young. white
satin trimmed with crystal; Miss How
ser, pale blue satin with rose trimming;
Miss Harriet Graves. pale blue mar
uuisette over white satin, trimmed with
blue beaded fringe.
chiffon; Mrs. Reid Hunt, white crepe
meteor trimmed with lace; Countess
Frances de Badai lace embroidered with
tiny satin roses made over pale pink
satin Mrs. James d. Gatewood. rose
with rhinestones; Miss Dorothy Gate
wood, pale pink chiffon: Miss Helen Ham
mersiy. American beauty, satin trimmed
with bands OF crystal embroidery: Mrs.
crystal lace; Miss Courts. pale blue
charmeuse, with the corsage of white
lace over pale pink chiffon; Mrs. Hay
wood, black jetted tulie over pearl gray
Resale Thornton, pale blue satin with
overdress of antique lace: Mrs. Harry
Middleton. pale blue chiffon and lace;
Mrs. Angela Roach. pale blue satin.
Mrs. Phelan Hawn. black satin. with
corsage of cream lace trimmed with
bands of crystal and net: Miss Phelan,
white satin, with an overdress of white
chiffon; Mrs. Eugenia Rollins. black
marauisette over green satin and trim
med with gold: Mrs., Thomas Dobyns.
hIacl Iace. Miss Dorothy Dobyns white
crepe: Miss Dorothy Beall, pale pink
satin. with overdress of pink chiffon;
Mrs. A. Waller. white brOcade. with the
bodice of lace combined with pink chif
fon; Miss Mary Madison Jones. pink bro
caded satin; Miss Anne Henderson. pale
green brocade and silver.
Mrs James Budley Morgen, pale m1uveI
satin with rhinestone and lace trimmings;