The Washington herald., 1914-05-10
BEAUTY QUEENS
FOR PEACE BALL
Most Spectacular" Women
of u. S. and England to
Be Selected.
TO BE PAGEANT CLIMAX
Will Represent "Columbia" and Brit
tania" in Anglo-Ameriean Pro-
cession June 10.
TO BE PAGEANT CLIMAX

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London. May s.-"The most spectacular
woman in England and the most spec
tacular woman from the United States" "
according to G. Sherwood Foster. who
has entire charge of the Anglo-American
peace centenary ball to be held in Albert
Hall June 10. will appear respectively as
Brittania and Columbia as the chief rep
resentatives Of the two countries.
The final choice is yet to be made. but
|. il is understood that Britannia will be
~impersonated by a titled woman who is
almost six feet six inches in height.
Strong pressure has been brought to
bear on the committee of sixty-eiGht
titled women nominally in charge of the
arrangements TO invite Miss Maxine FL
lott to play Columbia. but this role
probably will go to an American woman
who has married title.
Costumes to Antedatc 1s14.
The 1900 dancers will all be in costume,
the most modern of which must antedate
1874 For the first two hours. from 10
o'clock TO midnight. the music and
dances will both be confined TO those in
vogue in the eighteenth century. On the
stroke OF midnight the floor will be
cleared and there will begin a series OF
professions picturing the early stages OF
the development of North America.
George Washington. to be imperson-
ated by an American resident in London.
who Is said to hear a striking likeness
to him. will march at the head of his
Colonial forces and pay homage to Amer
icas discoverer with the rest of the
pioneers. The burgomaster of Client
and the signing of the famous treaty will
come next and complete the historic por-
ton of the pageant.
The entrance of Brittania and Column
bia is planned to be the climax of the
procession. Brittania. at the head of a
bevy OF debutantes representing Eng
lands colonies. will enter from one end
of the big hall at the same moment that
Columbia, followed by American girls
representing all the States and outlying
possessions of America. appears at the
other end. The two women will meet in
the center of the hall and there exchange
Fluctuations. The pageant will come to
finish with the entrance of representa-
tives OF all the countries of the world
who will each felicitate Brittania and
Columbia on their arrival at the conclu-
sion of 100 years Of peace.
Women on Committee.
The committee. composed entirely of
women. Is headed by the Duchess of
Teck, chairman. Mrs. Walter Hines
Page. wife of the American Ambassador.
represents the American women on the
committee. Two of the seven duchesses
on the committee are Americans, the
Duchess OF Marlborough (nee Wander
bil0. and the Duchess of Roxhurghe
(nee GoeleO.
Other Americans on the committee are
the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
who was Miss Flora Davis, Of New Yok:
the Countess of Suffolk. formerly Daisy
Letter. Of Chicago; the Countess of Es-
sex formerly Miss Adela Grant, of New
York; the Countess of Granard (nee
Mills), Cora. Countess of STAFFORD. who
was Cora Smith, OF New Orleans: the
Countess of Ancaster. formerly Miss
Eloise Breese. of New York; Lady Ran
dolph- Churchill. daughter of Leonard
Jerome, Of New York: Lady Barrymore
who was Miss Elizabeth Wadsworth. of
New York: Lady Bateman. Lady Cheyles-
more (nee FRENCH. Lady Speyer. Lady
Hadfield, Lady Arthur, Butler. Mrs. ]. L.
Griffiths. Mrs. Ridgeley Carter. Mrs. Vic
toria Woodruff Martin, and Mrs. Ralph
Vivian.