The Washington times., 1917-02-18
HUNT BALL WILLBE
CLIMAX OF GAYETY
History of Chase to Be Shown
As Feature Of Tuesday
Evenings Event.


given Tuesday evening at the Awinard
under the auspices of the Riding and
Hunt Club of Washington. will be
fitting climax to the three days Of
gayety incident to. the mIdwinter
horse show organized by the club.
Diana, Robin Hood, Daniel Boone,
famous huntsmen Of all times and
ages, centaurs. fox hunters in pink
coats, whips, jockeys, grooms, all the
dramatis personae Of the chase from
the earliest days will mingle with
Harlequin and Columbine. Pierrot and
Pierrette, all the gay carnival throng,
and for the nonce war and wars al
arums will be quite forgotten
Seven Groups In Pageant.
George Oakley Totten, chairman Of
the hunt ball committee, and his as
sistants, Clarence A Aspinwall,
DR.. ]. Ryan Devereux, Dr. Scott
Breckenridge, Robert H. Chap
man, John o. Evans, Lieut. comdr.
w. W. Galbraith, C. B. Hewes,
Capt. Charles @. Harvey. DR.. Alfred
z. Hopkins, Gerald May, Ord Preston,
DR.. Cary T. Grayson. and Walter r.
Tuckerman, are completing arrange
ments for a brilliant entertainment to
include q pageant depicting the his
tory OF the hunt, q grand march be-
fore the jury on costumes, which
will award handsome prizes to the
man. and woman best fulfilling in
costume the spirit OF the hunt, sup
per, and general dancing, with many
carnival features to add zest to the
ball.
The pageant viii include seven
groups: I, Centaurs-The Hunt
Eternal, organized by the National
School Of Fine. and Applied Arts; II,
Diana, organized by Mrs. John Jay
White; III, Robin Hood. under the
direction of Mrs. Richard Harlow;
w, Fox Hunt, organized by Miss Ethel
MacMurray: v, Daniel Boone, organ
lied by DR.. A. F. Hopkins; VI. Ameri-
can Indians, organised by Victor J.
Evans, with q war dance and hunt
ing dances by real American Indians
as part of their program, and VII.
Horse Race, organized by Joseph F..
Sinnott Devereux.
Ball Room woodland Scene.
Two orchestras will furnish con-
tinuous music throughout the even
ing; and the great ball room where
this picturesque company will gath
er, will be treated as a woodland
scene. Natural bark of trees will
cover the columns. the walls will be
veiled IN foliage and mounted with
trophies of the chase, the boxes
which line the walls will be wreathed
in wild roses, and palm trees wiz
tower above the small tables -for
nalv ruhirh will
be placed between the boxes
The boxholdsrs are Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs.
George T. Marye, Mr.. and Mrs Lara
Anderson, Col and Mrs. Robert NJ.
Thompson. william Phelps Enh, Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood, Congressmal
and Mrs. Ira c. Copley. Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Alban u.
Butler. Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
Clellan Ritter, Mrs Gibson Fahne-
stock. W.. E, Fowler, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Upson, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Fowler, Thomas F. Logan, and. Mrs.
James W. Hustled.
Personnel Of the Diners.
Those who hate taken tables In
the supper-room include Mr.. and Mrs
George Eustis, Mrs. Frank Edward
Johnson, ]. z. MARITIME, c. T. Jewell,
Donald Woodward, Mrs. Richardson
A. c. Downing. DR.. ]. Creyke
Simpson, Gen. George P. Scriven, Mrs
w. B. Moran, Miss Martha c. Goldman,
DR.. A. F. Hopkins, Commander w. W.
Galbraith, Charles Wheeler, DR.. Ryan
Devereux, Edward Everett, Walter r.
John o. Evans, Thomas
F. Logan, Richard Crane, T. B. Hutch
inson. A. E. Clapham, Miss Ethel Mac
T.In r.
Hamilton Lewis.
The following young ladies will sell
confetti, photograph tickets. or
Mrs. William Father jr.,
Mrs J. II. Towers. Mile van Rsppard.
Miss Frances Moore, Miss Edith Blair,
Miss Halle Elkins Davis. Miss Mannello
lie Pena, Miss Catherine MeClintock.
Miss Adelaide Heath. Miss Ann Talbot
Day. Miss Sally Beecher. Miss Virginia
LeSeure, Miss Evelina Gleaves. Miss
Margaret McChord. Miss Lillian Birney.
Miss Janet Heron. Miss Jeannetts
Cowan. and Miss Dorothy Shuey.
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To Hold INFORMAL Reception.
The officers of the National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage Association will
hold an informal reception at head
quarters, 1926 Rhode Island avenue,
on Thursday evening, February %, in
honor of the visiting delegates to the
executive council, which will
convene in this city, February % to
IS, inclusive. DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
who will come from Florida especially
for the event, and RIrs- Carrie Chap
man Gait will both be in the receiv-
ing line with other officers OF the ma
tional association:
The District federation will hold
reception at national suffrage head
Iuaurters. 1926 Rhode Island avenue,
Dn Saturday evening, February ~,
IN honor OF the delegates to the ma
.ional eXeCutivc ccUuD"il o: the Ma
.ional American Woman Suffrage As
,ocIation. Only members, of the fed
grafton are invited. The arrange
nents for the reception are in the
hands of Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt, chair.
nan: Mrs. Henry b. +. Macfarland,
Irs. Frank Hiram Smell, Miss Flor
.nce F. Stile0 Mrs. Anna Z. Hendley,
Mrs. George \. Armes, and Mrs. Henry
Churchill Cook.
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To Entertain Mrs Guernsey.
Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, OF
Kan, is at the Willard
'or a few days on her way to the
'tate conference of Daughters of the