The Washington herald., 1915-08-22

ball given by Mrs. George D. Widener,
in Miramar, her new villa IN Bellevue
avenue overlooking the sea
Acceptances for Mrs Widener's ball.
which was a housewarIning, were in ex-
cess of 800 and included those of friends
from many American cities as well as
representatives of the Diplomatic Corps.
Most of the guests Joined dinner parties
before they assembled at Miramar.
This day. in which Newport lived up to
the traditions that make this the leading
American watering place in summer.
started with a general assembly at the
invitation lawn tennis tournament at the
Casino The luncheon hour found twen-
ty villas. as we'll as Hill Top Inn and
Berger's. meeting places for merry par
ties. Mrs. Stuart Duncan had a large
group at Bonnie Crest, where negro min
strels played and sang. At Bellacre Mrs.
Oliver G. Jennings entertained as large
a party.
Four o'clock found Marble House. the
villa of Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, filled
with her fRends to hear a musicale. The
artists wers Fritz Kreisler. violinist, and
Vernon d'Arnalle, barytone. with Carl
Lanson as accompanist
The largest of the dinner parties ar
ranged to precede the ball at Miramar
was that of Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke
Jones, whose chief guest was Mrs. Wild
ener. Their guests, 125 in number, sat at
ten tables under a large marquee. Hang
ing from the center of the canvas COW
ering. which was open at the sides, was
a huge basket of pink lilies and wild
,smilax. Some OF the tables were deco
rated with mounds of yellow alamanders
and others with lilies of the valley fash
ioned into small trees.
Other dinners were given by Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Stewart Barney. who entertained
thirty-four guests: Mrs. William Grosve-
nor. whose party at Roslyn numbered
sixty. and by Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott
Lawrence
mar started Mrs. Widener received her
guests at the entrance to the gray and
gold ballroom. 1t was the first oppor-
tunity her friends had had of seeing the
artistic interior of her new house.
The supper was served by Sherry un-
der canopies on the broad esplanades at
two sides of the villa. The decorations
here were suggestive of the Regency
period in France, to be in keeping with
the architecture of the house. French
tubs had been filled with pink roses and
hollyhocks. False walls had been con-
structed TO carry out the idea of gar
den.
There was dancing in the ballroom to
the music of Conrad's orchestra before
and after the supper, which was served
at l2:30 o'clock. The softness of the
night. illumined by a moon, prompted
the guests to wander about the lawn be-
tween the villa and the sea front. Elec-
trio lights in many colors twinkled in
the shrubbery at one side and amid the
tall trees at the other. Here there was
more music by Fejer's Orchestra. from
the Vanderbilt Hotel. in New York. Its
program was classical, starting with
Liszt's Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody, and
followed by Mr.. FeJer's Hilltop Fox
Trot." hit of the summer here. and
selections from Massanet's "Manon."
Among Mrs. Widener's guests were the
Russian Ambassador and Nine Bahkme-
teff. the Spanish Ambassador and Sonora
de Riano. the Brizilian Minister to Wen
ma. Mr.. Regis d'Oliviera and Nine
d'Oliviera, the governor of Rhode Is
land. and Mrs. B. Livingston Beeckman,
Rear Admiral Austin NJ. knight. U. S.
N: Mr.. and Mrs. Paul A. Andrews. Mr..
and Mrs. F Lothrop Ames. Mr.. and Mrs
Charles NJ. Amory. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
P. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Stewart
Barney. Mr.. and Mrs. August Belmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont. Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodbury. Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
son Bradley. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brooke. Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Scott Bur
den, Mr.. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden,
Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler,
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverley Bogert, Mr. and
Mrs. Reginold Boardman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Brown. Mr.. and Mrs Royal
Phelps Carroll. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton