The Washington herald., 1913-05-13
FErE AT FRIENDSHIP.

FETE AT FRIENDSHIP.
Charity reaped golden harvest yester-
day afternoon. for nearly all Washington
| attended the benefit fete at Friendship
the proceeds of which were given to the
Children's Hospital. During the after
noon motors, carriages. and in some in
stances, four-m-hands, drove up to the
entrance of the grounds and deposited
well-dressed men and women and excited
children, all eager to participate in the
many amusements offered
The perfect weather and the beautiful
grounds, with their wonderful box hedges
and playing fountains, combined to make
an ideal setting for the unique enter
tainment. The picturesque old house
made a most attractive background for
the Marine Band in their full dress
scarlet coats seated before the broad
terrace Mn small garden inclosed
by box hedges. Many of the spectators
wandered up to the terrace and sat there
listening to the band and watching the
procession of ever-moving humanity
which trailed up and down the booth
lined walk.
The numerous children divided their
time between the ponies which they rode
under the skillful guidance of Mr.. Will
lam Hit, the doll table, and the ice
cream booth. and it was hard to tell
which proved the greatest attraction for
the Juvenile patrons.
1t was worth the price of admission
to hear the barker" Mr. Ormsby Nc
Cannon, advertising the different at
fractions through huge megaphone.
The dancing pavilion was given a place
of honor near the entrance, and proved
an immense drawing card. A huge
poster tied to one of its posts an
nounced:
Turkey trot, pc a couple,
A dance with the professors, soc,
Floor cleaned after every dance"
The professor" were Viscount Henri
de Sibour and Mr.. Cotton Smith, and
tfiey were an overworked pair before
the afternoon was over At first the
younger dancing contingent held back.
but Miss Marguerite Barbour and Mrs.
Raymond Rodgers, formerly Miss Alys
Meyer. led the way. dancing. respective
ly, with Count de Sibour and Mr.. Cot
ton Smith. and after that the colored
musicians were kept busy playing rag
time. The pavilion was constantly sur
rounded by interested spectators, and
in some cases judging by the various
expressions il was quite evident that
the new dances were being observed
for the first time. Among those who did
the "crab crawl" the fish walk" and
the fade away with skill, We're Miss
Catherine Britton, Miss Julia Wood,
Miss Rhoda Fullam, Miss Gladys In
gals. Lieut.. and Mrs. Raymond Rod
gers, Baron Won Lersner of the German
Embassy, and Capt. Louis Little. U. S.
NJ. c.
The German Ambassador, Count Won
Bernstorff was among the most inter-
ested, and he has the distinction of pay
ing the highest price for an orchid, giving
to Miss Gladys ingalls,, who was one of
the flower girls. $40 gold back. Mrs.
Charles A. Mum, jr., who was hawking
cigarettes, also received s. bill for a
small package from the same distin-
gUished diplomat.
One of the unique features of the en-
tertainment was the presence of two
manikins who paraded through the crowd
wearing gowns which were later put up
at auction and sold to the highest bidder
Capt. James f. J. Archibald was the
auctioneer and succeeded in selling two
gowns to Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, who
purchased a raspberry colored terry
cloth suit and a gray wolfe suit, for $50
and $35. Mrs. James F. Curtis, to whose
untiring efforts much of the success of
q stylish black and white wolfe. Later
on Mr.. A. Washington PeZet, of the Pc
ruvian Legation, escorted the two mani
kins through the grounds, and sold sew
eral gowns i'm that manner
The ice cream booth was patronized 10
such an extent that it was impossible to
secure seats. One of the most interest
ing groups about the ice cream tables
was that composed of Mrs. Thomas r.
H..
German Ambassador, Count Won Bern
storff; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst.
Mrs. Marshall assisted in selling the
many pretty dolls that were dressed by
well-known Washington modistes. Both
Mrs. Garrison, wife Of the Secretary Of
War, and Mrs Lane, wife of the Secre-
tary of the Interior, made extensive pur-
chases during the afternoon, and went
home laden with all sorts of interesting
bundles. Mrs. Pitney, wife of Mr.. JUS
tice Mahlon Pitney, and their small
daughter, patronized the Punch and Judy
show, in charge of Mr.. Jerome Bona
parte and Mr.. William Marrow, and the
pony exhibit, as well as the lemonade
table.
1t was treat to see the usually
well-groomed. frock-coated Chauncey
Hackett,- Basil Miles. Capt. Mccoy. and
Paymaster Little dressed in white aprons
and serving soft drinks to very
thirsty crowd, for turkey trotting"
proved dry work.
Miss Katherine Elkins was one of the
conspicuous figures in the grounds. She
wore a French imported gown of blue
chiffon over white satin. with an over
dress of changeable purple taffeta. Among
the flowers which she sold were lovely
red carnations, which Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson had contributed from the White
House Conservatives.
One of the most profitable booths was
the postofice conducted by Mrs. James
F. Curtis. One window was marked
stamps" where small white and blue
envelopes, strongly resembling seidlitz
powders, were sold. They were then pre-