The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
SOCIETY BOWS
TO king COTTON
Congressional Set Dances for
Relief of Belgium's
Destitute.
COSTUMES ARE BRILLIANT
Representative Mcclellan. of Tennes-
see. Crowns Alabama Miss as
Queen of Ball.
COSTUMES ARE BRILLIANT

| Willard last night for the last big
event of the season when. at 10 O'Clock.
King Cotton and his queen. with
nifty ladies-in-waiting from Congress
sional circles and guard OF honor OF
some score of Washington bachelors
made their grand procession into the
Willard ballroom.
The identity OF the king and queen
had been carefully kept secret till last
night. when his majesty proved to De
none other than Representative Ken
meth Mcclellan. of Tennessee. clad In
white satin costume with velvet
mantle of purple and ermine and wear
ing a gold crown. The queen was
Marion Bankhead. OF Alabama. grand
daughter of Senator Bankhead. She
was gorgeously arrayed in white cot
ton costume with touches of gold lace.
with a white corduroy mantle.
The herald was Rufus W. Fontenot.
who wore white herald's costume trim
med in blue with a blue lined mantle
and a blue cap The marshal ot the
guard was Samuel Rayburn. OF Texas.
and the sponsor of the maids OF honor
was Anna Ihrie Pou. The crown bearer
was Master Blanchard Alpuente. The
maids Of honor were clad in white cos
TUNES with nantes Of blue, green,
ORANGE or pink.
Speeches in Court.
The procession proceeded into tho ball
room and lead by the king took its
stand at the throne. which was set up
in the center OF the ballroom. The king.
ascending the dais. crowned the queen
with the crown that had been brought
in By the crown bearer on a velvet cush-
ion and then proceeded to make hum
orouS speech anent the cotton question.
Senator IIokc Smith. vino played the role
lodi
by another interesting speech. Al about
IL o'clock tho short program was over.
the procession proceeded from the throne
dais out of the ball room. and general
dancing began.
The decorations in the ballroom were
OF pine hOuGhs laurel. and southern
smlaX. intcrSpcr$cd with lantcrns and
red hearts of flowers. There was a
booth at one end Of the ballroom in
which cotton fabrics grown and manu-
featured in Alabama were on display and
at the other end of the room Ella Font
Ter Binklcy told fortunes in gypsy COS
tune.
Among the boxholders were T.. b.
Dean. Mrs George Pflaster, Miss Anna
Pou. the ladies of Fairmont Seminary.
Mrs. Armstrong Mrs. White. Mrs. Fitch,
and Judge and Mrs. George DoWney.
with a marty entertained in honor of
Mary Pollock. Among the party were
Mrs George Pollock. who wore a gown
OF blue velvet with diamonds and pearl
ornaments: Miss Pollock, in pink accor-
dion plcated chiffon: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lincoln. the latter in a gown of white
satin and Mr.. and Mrs. Won Pressac, tho
latter in white satin. Another box
holder was Mrs W. NJ Stoner. who en-
tertained Miss Kate Gordon.
Band Among Cotton Bales.
The reception committee for the ball
was composed of Mrs. Thomas F. Greg
Dry. who wore a gown of blue satin and ,
net: Mrs. Francis S White. Mrs. Joseph
+. RansdelI. Mrs. David F.. Finley. Mrs.
Percy Z. ouin. Mrs. Charles Douglas,
and Mrs. Hampson Gary.
Among the prominent folk present last |
night were Senator and Mrs. Bankhead. !
Senator Ransom. Senator and Mrs. Jo- |
seph Ransdell. Representative and Mrs. |
Percy Quin, and Senator and Mrs. Ollie |
James. |
The Fifty Cavalry Band, from Fort
Myer furnished the music, playing on |
a platform decorated with bales of cot
ton. At intervals during the evening a |
quintet of SOutheln cOlored men played |
old cottonfield melodies. The ball was |
given under auspices of the committee |
for the relief OF the homeless and desti- |
tute children of Belgium.
Among the patrons and patronesSes |
were Mrs Frances Gordon Cumming, !
Mrs. f. c. Pilling. Mrs. Edmond Pendle-
ton. Mr.. Robert y. Mason, Gen. George |
l.. Andrews. Miss Ida Thompson. Mrs. |
Senator and Mrs. John |
Kern. Mrs. W. J. Boardman. Senator
and Mrs. William Chiffon, Mrs. Olivia !
Closson, Mr.. George Bond Cochran, Mr..
II. Osterhaus. Mr.. II. V. Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs E. Southland Parker. Col. T. c.
Thatcher. Mr.. and Mrs. Stellwagen.
Gen. and Mrs. Charles l.. FitZhugh, Gen.
George E. Martin. Mr.. and Mrs. Winston
Churchill. Commander and Mrs. Richard
n. Davenport. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Charles Stockton. Mr.. and Mrs. Beale
Howard Mr.. and Mrs. John Chew. Sena-
tor and Mrs. Harry Lane. Surg. e. st.
]. Butler, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Craig.
Mr.. George Stepson. Maj. and Mrs.
lanes A. Logan, Nichola Luquer Mr..
and Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Erig. Gen.
and Mrs. Daniel c. kingman, Lieut..
James +. Lannon. Mr.. and Mrs. An
Drew ]. Peters Senator and Mrs. James.
Col. and Mrs. Richard Lay. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas F. Chatard. Col. and Mrs.
George Richards. Capt. and Mrs. Maish.
and many others.
The floor committee consisted of the
following well-known Washington
ans: Barry Buckley. Walter Davidge,
Frank p. Morgan, Chris Cox Dawson.
John W. Buckley, Harold G. Waters.
Fucker X. Sands. w. d. Hoover, Col.
George Richards. Capt. A. F. Lucas,
Col. Henry May. Robert f. Lee, jr..
Robert w. Wolley, Richard Peters.
R. W. Buckley, II. A. Gardner. DR.. n.
Monroe Hopkins. DR.. Lawn Thompson.
John Washington Davidge, Stewart
Beale r. Howard, Gerald De
= May. Walter L. Penfield. Charles f.
Howe. Col Eugene B. Wills. E. W.
Dom. julius NJ. Dashiell, E. S. Nc
-almont. German NJ. Hendricks. Capt.
W. A. Gill, L. S. N: Philander john
son, Col f. b. Smith, Alexander Vest.
". S. Knox. william Hamilton Knox,
George Plaster. c. c. Calhoun. DR..
A. b. Hooe. John G. Capers. James
Nalle, Jerome Barbara. Rice Hooe,
Beale r. Howard. Judge J. Wilmer.
Walter c. Clephane. J. NJ. Niven,
Judge James H. Blount, DR.. Clifton p.
Clark. Frank B. Martin, Col. ]. G.
Bullock. Edward French. Ruskin Nc
Ardle, Roy jerks. and Albert Esto-