The Washington times., 1917-02-25

whole grist OF lesser official dinners,
and the two-day indoor horse show of
the Riding and Hunt Club, winding
up with the hunt ball, by way of a
mardi gras festival Tuesday night.
The hunt ball was a great success,
which goes without saying, when you
know the group of men who were
managing the affair.
The most striking thing about the ball.
the thing which will stand out in my
memory for some time. were the decora-
tions. They were beautiful and complete
In every detail George Oakley Totten
planned the general scheme for the dec
orations. assisted by Michel Jacobs and
Felix Mahony and the pupils OF the Ma
tional School of Fine and Applied Arts.
Michel Jacobs arranged the color scheme
and the lighting effects which were
! charming.
! Hanging from the ceiling were a
series Of huge. solid looking balls which
! seemed to throw forth soft lights of sew
eral colors. ! looked at them long for
found them puZzling. I couldn't imagine
what they were made Of. for they were
so solid and yet gave forth a light which
seemed to come from within. They
proved TO be plaster Of paris. The
light was indirect, made by throwing
colored lights on the balls from the side
Of the room, the three primary colors,
red, green. and violet. making a perfect
reflection.
Red and Gold Furniture
HarmonIzes With Walls.
The red and gold furniture Of the room
was not at all noticeable for it harmon
lied with the green background Of the
walls and the higher colors Of the spec
tTum used near the ceiling. The fas-
cinating posters. too. used TO advertise
tional School OF Fine and. Applied Arts.
Altogether George Oakley Totten and
Michel Jacobs should pat themselves on
the back. for they proved themselves to
be exceedingly clever. / am quite proud
that know them.
The first of the Cabinet dinners in
honor of the President and Mrs Wilson
was that Of the Secretary OF War and
Mrs. Baker on Monday night. the second
was that of the Secretary OF the In
terror and Mrs. Lane on Thursday.
| The Bakers are to be congratulated
! on having actually pulled of the first
dinner their department has been
able to give for the Chief Executive
since 1914.
/ 1t rather looked, when their. din
ner was once postponed on account
of Admiral Dewey's death. and the ten
sion caused by the break with Ger
many was causing the canceling OF
many of the Presidents social engage
ments, as IL the jinx that had pur-
sued that particular function was still
working.
And. really, as 1t turned out, only
the Bakers succeeded in beating IL bv
| a few hours; for dinner was only JUST
! about over when word came OF Gen
I eral Funston's death, and found the
head of the nation and the head OF
Funston's particular department to-
gether.
Dinner Largely Recruited
from OhIoans.
1t was at a dinner largely recruited
I from Ohioans that the news Of the
passing of this other son of the Buck
eye State Cfor Funston was born
there. though his adventurous career
had taken him pretty much all over
| the worId) was received. The Bakers
had invited TO meet their honor guests
/ the ranking member OF the Ohio Con-
gressionaI delegation; Senator Atlee
Pomerene, and Mrs. Pomerene; Jus
/ tice J. H. Clark, the Chief OF Stan ana
Mrs. Hugh l.. Scott, Assistant Secre-
/ tary and Mrs. Ingraham, Mrs Newton
Baker, ST., Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Stock
well, jr.. of Cleveland; Mr.. and Mrs.
Calvin Chestnut. OF Philadelphia; Miss
Grace Drake. OF Cleveland, and Mr..
Douglas Macarthur.
On Tuesday night practically the
entire Cabinet was being dined some
2 and Mrs
Marshall at the Country Club, with
Senator and Mrs. Warren. of Wyom-
| ing, as hosts; the Secretary OF State
| and Mrs. Lansing, by the Assistant
Secretary OF Agriculture and Mrs.
Carl Vrooman: the Secretary OF the
| Treasury and Mrs. McAdoo were in
the Gregory's party. assembled In honor
of the Justices of the Supreme Court
and their wives; the Secretary OF the
Navy anG Mrs. Daniels, by DIR. and
Mrs Cha rles II. Lowndes; the Lanes
and the Iroustons and the Manns, oy
CONGRESSMAN Snd Mrs. Copley, Of I'LL
nois, and Speaker Champ Clark (Mrs.
Clark is still! in Eew Orleans with her
daughter, helping to make her new
little grandson feel quite at home).
by Mrs. James Pryor Tarvin. One
might continue almost indefinitely
through the lists of officialdom and
find that almost all were either en-
tertaining or entertained Tuesday
night-all but the President and Mrs.
Wilson. They occupied in solitary
state their box at the National Thea
ter--about the first time in any ones
memory that they have done so with
out guests.
Great jam Of People At
n reisIer Recital.
Never have ] seen such a jam Of
people in A theater as attended the
Kreisler recital at Polls Friday after
noon. 1t took me fully half hour to
get from the entrance of the theater
to the man who collected the tickets.
Kreisler certainly was in fine form
and was thoroughly appreciated by
his audience, which insisted on his