The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-07
Jean ELIOTT
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81 the Horse Show. which IL "some
fhift," the one involving the flower OF
Washington girihood. with considerable
outside additions. the other all the
local equine stars. also with consider
able outside additions.
We didn't quite get away from tho
woman In khaki however. She was at
the Horse snow--several of her--in her
uniform, and seemed to have q fellow
feeling for the officers whose dark blue
and gold lace raado bright spots In the
ring during many Of the events.
Julia whiting. who was In from the
camp con leave" had laid aside her
khaki for simple tan corduroy suit;
but Frances Moore. In full regimentals'
was visiting from box to box.
Twas brilliant scene. both the
grandstand and the ring! In spite CT
the counter attractions Of the camp
Mt Chevy Chase and the tennis tour
nament at the Chevy Chase Club. So
siety was there in full force. Seldom
have I seen so large a gathering at
any Of the horse shows in the past.
There was a grand turning out OF the
horsey set and the army and navy con-
tingent was well represented as usual.
but noted almost no officials. Even
President and Mrs. Wilson, who were
expected to appear about 8 o'clock.
failed to arrive at all, to the disap-
poiptmcnt Of many.
Only q Few Diplomats
Turned Out for Show.
Also there were few diplomats; A.
vouros, charge d'affaires OF the Greek
legation Constantin Brun. minister
from Denmark, Nine. Riano. wife OF
tho Spanish ambassador. and ]. T..
Lefevre are all whom l can recall.
Most of them were to be found In Mrs.
Peter Gerry's box on the north side of
the ring.
Count d'Adamar was in the same box,
also Mrs. Paul Pearsall.
There was quite gathering OF the
social-elect in the neighboring boxes.
Mrs. Richard Townsend was In ono.
Mrs. Robert Fitch Shepard In another.
while Margaret Perrin. wearing the tin
lest little black hat that scarcely COW
cred half of her dainty head, was near
by. Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes, the
latter In a pink cloth suit and a small
pink toque, occupied one Of those boxes,
and so did Mrs. Perry Belmont. She
had on an unusual hat. a good-looking
carried a small cane with a tortoise
shell handle.
Mr.. Belmont spent the greater part of
the afternoon roaming around. greeting
friends or hanging over the rail. Some
others, who seemed to fancy the rail-
after paying their respects to their
friends In the boxes. were ]. Low Har-
riman. Lee D. Latimer. william A.
1iili. George Wheeler, Louise Clark.
with one OF the Denys girls; Ned NC
lean. Gen. Robert Shaw oliver. Mar
saret Reed, who was unusually lovely
in q yellow sports hat and silk sweater
OF the same color; Ruth Parker and
Bob Dove. Katherine Britton. In a stun
ming blue georgette gown; Cora Barry,
Antoinette Ray, who sat on the inner
rail with Lieutenant Mllliken; Kather-
inc McClintock, Evelina Gleaves, RAN
dali Hagner, Charlie Wilson. Henri de
Sibour, and dozens Of others whom you
know.
Boxes of Grandstand
Are Centers of Interest.
or course, the. boxes on the grand
stand proper were the center OF inter-
est. OF course, Col. and Mrs. X. M
Thompson. also Hilda Sykes. were there.
Mrs. Billy Hit held her usual small re-
ception in her box. She was wearing a
black chiffon gown, with a huge white
COLLAR under a smaller black one, and
n large black hat. In fact, large hats
eeemed to be worn by many OF the
smartest dressed women-not large hats,
as we have known them for severai
wears, but really huge ones. Mrs. Joe
4 .eiter wore a large purple chiffon hat
and Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte had on a
large black straw, trimmed with an
edging of ostrich. She. with her hus-
band and her children. were in box.
and did little rambling.
Tn General Buchanan's box was his
daughter Helen. and Mildred and Ed
Greble. ~ has been away for several
months. so It was good to see MIN again.
but II did seem odd for him not TO nave
on the uniform which became him SO
we'll. He resigned from the army you
know, to go into munitions Factory.
Mrs. w. F. Draper and margaret
Draper did not have guests with them
in their box. but received callers during
the entire afternoon. Mrs. Draper wore
n striking lavender hat, piled high with
hydrangeas OF the same color.
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ord Preston IN
their box were Mrs. Preston's father
and mother. Gen. and Mrs. Arthur Muir
ray, and sadie Murray-excuse me-
mean Mrs. Conger Pratt. 1t was nice to
see Sadie again. as It is the first time
she has visited here since her father
was stationed in washington. She was
wearing a light colored suit and be-
coming purple hat, turned high on one
side.
Mrs. Mann's Hat
Also Turns Up.
Mrs. I. T. Mann's hat turned up the
same way. but in back. She. with Mr..
Mann. Bess Hickey, Mrs. Bayard
schindei. Hannah Henley and little
peggy Mann. looking quite grown up In
a new tan riding habit, were In the
adjoining box. Peggy rode during the
afternoon and received many compli-
ments on her skill in managing
horse.
Mr. william Phelps Emo had an inter-
esting group with him in his box;
Dorothy McCombs was with the Letters;
Mrs. F. 8. Nash and Caroline were in
another. the Delano girls with Randolph