Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

utes thereafter. The proceeds of the
mes; II there are any, are to be de-
voted to the settlement work.
| Some one has suggested that a social
| system of fines for late-comers might
prove feasible. on the same basis or at
hxed rate, thus enabling the various
| hostesses to secure considerable money
in fines for their pet phlanthropies by
/ ming those who came late to their SO
cial affairs OF course, such system
| is not only visionary but ridiculous
YET people suggest and talk about
| things these days they would never
dream of mentioning in normal times
| IN the supreme effort to converse about
something besides the war.-New York
| Times.
|
Society in motion pictures will add to
the interest at the annual entertain
ment, to be Civ
Society Movies and en- by the Junior
| I.1, 49, League, at the
| for three nights, beginning Monday,
January "a. Rehearsals for the picture
| show have been going on for days. and
the photo play, entitled 1.-The Flame of
| kapur,' is almost completed. says the
! New York Times
| This is the first time that society has
| posed for the movies. and the pictures
will reveal the first true scenes of New
| York social life. 1t was gorgeous
scene last Monday night, when nearly
| a hundred members of society. young
! and old, posed for the ballroom scene
| at the home of Mrs. James Byrne. 1,025
Park avenue. The ballroom itself is
| one of the finest in town. being Eliza
| bethan in effect, and the scene was very
! brilliant.
| The dances to be given in connection
with the entertainment, which is to be
| known rs The City of Beautiful Nom
| sense promise many original fea-
| lures. Among others there will be an
archaic Greek dance by Mrs. Archibald
| Alexander and Mrs. Howard Cushing,
in specially designed costumes. There
is to be living frieze of beautiful
! women. posed by Mrs. Sydney s. Breese.
| Mrs. Willard .. Straight, Mrs. Ralph
/ Pulitzer. Miss Mary Hoyt Wiborg and
! Miss Katharine Porter.
! Skating has not taken the place Of
dancing, but society has found it pos
| sible to COM
Subscription Dances bine both ac-
Please New Workers.. m ents and
while some of the formerly over
crowded places that were popular in
| the dancing days are much more COM
| forta BILE for those who love to dance;
on account of the less crowded rooms,
nothing as yet has interfered with the
subscription dances, which. by the way,
are remarkably we'll run this winter
1t is quite the thing to give a dinner
! or theater party and afterward take
! ones guests to a subscription dance.
! The fad works out well, because, of
| course. it insures meeting only with
| the same set of people more or less.
The managers of the dances are much
pleased at the number of additional
guests, while to the hostess of
the dinner or theater party the solving
of formerly difficult problem is made
delightfully."- simple Providing her
guests with the additional amusement
of dance given under charming aus
pices and with all the details attended
to. lust as though it were her own pri-
vate ball, for literally one thousandth
! part of the expense. And even in these
| tertaining there are few really capable
social leaders who object to saving a
| few pennies, says the New York Sun.
| The Pittsburgh Club was again the
scene of a notably handsome function
| Thursday even
A Recent Cotillon ing. when Mr..
and Mrs. Louis
! in Pittsburgh. w. Dalzell of
the North Side entertained with a
| cotiilon in honor of their debutante
niece, Miss Adelaide Dalzell Jones, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
| Franklin Jones. jr The three received
together. charming background being
formed by the stage, which. for the
| time being, showed a charming Mexican
! garden scene aglow with poinsettia,
1 variegated crotons, cibodiurn and maid
enhair ferns. On each side was an
| enormous bronze urn filled with the
vivid red blossoms. while groups of
! tropical foliage reflected their beauty
/ in. the mirrored doors nearby.
| Mrs. DalzelI wore striking costume
| of black net relieved by bands of span
/ g1ed jet, fashioned over silver and
Joffre blue satin. and trimmed with
| worn a collar of diamonds and {, cor
| sage bouquet of cattleya orchids
caught with orchid taffeta ribbons.
[ Miss Jones wore girlish gown of
silver embroidered white net over flesh
| colored charmeuse. and carried an arm
| full of American beauties, and PEN
dant bouquet of pink rosebuds.
! Three double cotilion figures, the last
| q prize figure. were danced. Dona ld
Mcleod, with Miss Jones. and Mr.. and
| Mrs. McCIeane Brown led the first and
| the others were led by William G.
Robinson, william B. Trainor, J. Stuart
! Brown jr. and j. Willis Dalzell. For
| the first figure the favors were colon ia
door knockers, cord boxes with gayly
attired girl figures as decorations
/ hand painted boxes, picture frames
hand painted in dresden colors. pens
and pencils and pale blue, pink and
white ostrich fans for the girls. For
the men there were English leather
pipe and tobacco pouches. hand paint.
ed cigar boxes, leather picture frames
and Irvine boxes. In the second figure
the girls received powder baskets, en-
: gagement pads, sewing cases. colonial
II pin cases and silver electric candles
and the men travelling cases, shoe
cleaners, cigarette lighters in the form
of pencils, and shoe horns and but
toners.
For the prize figure, the trophies
II were gold bracelets and silver memo
randum cases.
In the dining room the supper tables
held gold baskets of pink roses caught
with rainbow pink and blue malne and
taffeta ribbons, the candles being softly
shaded with pink-Pittsburgh Dis
match