The Washington times., 1916-01-11
JEAN ELIOT GOSS|PS
ABOUT CHARITY BALL
Describes Handsome. Gowns
and Tells About Many Prom.
inent Society Folk There.
BY JEAN ELIOT.

BY JEAN ELIOT.
The Charity Ball has come and the
Charity Ball has gone. and as always
IL was a truly successful function.
There were fewer people than usual,
or so 1t seemed to me. which may
have been undesirable from financial
point of view-charity balls may be
given for various and sundry philan-
thropies. but "the" Charity Ball Is
always for the Children's Hospital
but 1t added no little to the comfort
and pleasure of the guests. More
over. / have seldom seen at a semi
public gathering so many distinguish
ed people or so many lovely gowns.
There were dinners galore before
hand, so many of the guests arrived
late; but by II o'clock the two great
ball rooms were filled with members
| of the Diplomatic Corps, representa-
tives Of officialdom. number of the
interestinS visitors who are in Wash
| ington this week, an Omen and maids
by the score.
Handsome GOwns Seen.
Mrs. Horace Wcstcott. who headed
| the receiving line. was almost hidden
b, hind a huge bunch of pink roses.
| Her gown was green. Mrs. Charles c.
| Glover also wore green, grass green,
| scarf about her shoulders.
| Mrs. John i. Wilkins was in salmcn
pink satin. embroidered in silver panels.
for the rest the line was black and
wearing white setin and lace, with
| black velvet straps caught by diamond
buckles: Mrs. John CraHkc Simpson, a
handsome ietted gown or black velN ct.
costume of black satin. The SKIRT had
| bouTant drarery and | noted one
particularly chic feature-I know ii IS
| chic, for Vogue SAYS fo-a black vel
| vet ribbon worn nbcut the neck and
fastened nl each side OF the decoltnge.
| Mrs. wilkins carried great black
! ostrich feather fan. Mrs. Joseph Letter,
| who is or the hoard OF the hospital
and one of its most active workers.
was not at the ball and everybody
| missed her
Let all the young people look to their
iaurels, say !; when Mrs. Lloyd Bowers
fandsomest woman in the room. Her
| lovely white hair was cliarmingly ar
ranged and she was all in white. save
for most original fan OF stin black
mammoth affair. With her were Mr..
end Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney. while
numbers of mer stopped to lean over
the rail of her box for bit OF chat.
Holds Miniature Court.
Mrs. William b. IIibbs. Mrs. George
Howard Mrs. Edgar IcSg and Nis-
countess de Sibour were in the Hib5s
toX early in the eNeninU. Later came
Miss Margaret Perrin, and just at sup
per time the men of the party. several
husbands and one or two odd ones
evening. Her frock was BLACK. while
her mother, Mrs. Howard, wore a
sequincd gown of pink that was mos
becoming with her gray hair. She had
- a. A.,.I., l. ,.l
were among tho few jewels l noted
Indeed, the fashionable feminine world
would seom TO be out of conceit with
jewels just now. The only place where
was at the White House. Miss Perir
coquetted right prettily with her black
ostrich feather fan.
Miss Eleanora Morgan visited abou
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel II. Vandergrft
as were Capt. and Mrs. Roscoe Bumer
and later she foregathered with Pay
Inspector and Mrs. John IL. Merriam
and Miss Francise Williams. Miss WIN
Jams was wonderfully fetching in a tuiI'
gown OF an odd shade between CORA
and American Beauty. Among th'
numbers of men who visited in the boa
during the course of the evening were
Gerald May and Beverly Sinclair.
In the Boxes.
In the Victor kauffmanns' box al
the women wore light colorcd gown
save Mrs. Harts. wife OF Col. W. W
Harts, VINO was in black. Mrs. Kaun
mann wore white. Mrs. Albert L. Mills
white and slver-shc has the lovelies
evening cloak, by the way. rose pinl
chiffon velvet trimmed with bands o
gray fur-and Mrs. Timothy I. Ans
berry was also in white.
Mr.. Kaufman, General Mills
Judge Ansberry, and Colonel Hart
IIampson Gary Joined them. He
gown was of silver lace over clotl
Of silver. and she carried a whit
feather fan. Mrs. kauffmann's ia,
was also white--l think she has on
to match each costume.
Mrs. Charles n Welsh entertainc,
in her box DIR. and Mrs. Carr, Nj
Freeman Smith, of New York. an
Mr.. Corstantinldi, secretary of th
GrecE legation
In Nine IIaugc's box were Justic
; and Irs. Pitney. Mr.. aud Mrs. Hug
: Wallace, Miss Todd, Eames Mac
Neaeh, and Van Ness Phillips.
Mrs. John F. dodgers had with he
, in her box the Swedish Minister an
Nine. Ekengren; Judge and Mr..
t Davis, solicitor general.
r Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson had
r daughter, Mrs. Stephen Pell of Ne,
York. and Miss Julia Wood.
Society Meets Madame KOo.
The Chinese Minister and Madam
: koo were guests at the ball, tn
!, little lady making a very fetchin
appearance in a gown typically occ
+ dental. This was the first time tina
/ Washington society folk have had tn
opportunity to meet Madame 10,
4 and she made very pleasant impres
! | sion.
There were some truly lovely gowns
Mrs. |. T. Mann wore sapphire blu
tulle built over cloth of silver Th
bodice. mostly of cloth OF silver, wa
= embroidered in silver ribbon, wit
. touches of blue. The skirt was bande