The Washington times., 1917-02-21

DIR. Alfred Hopkins, whose makeup
as Boone was capital. From his
coonskin cap down to his beadeu
moccasins he wa sthe trapper that
every boy pictures. And he had win
him a group of real, honest-togooo-
ness Indians, who did a real honest
to-goodness war dance, which was
totally unexpected, and alone would
have been worth the price of sd-
mission.
At least, the management swears they
were the genuine article, band OF
Blackfoots who happen to be In wash
ington. They were certainly pictur-
esque to a degree, and their clothes
were more than ordinarily handsome
and colorful.
Century-OId Costume.
Mrs. Richard Harlow's Robin Hood
group was almost equally attractive
and of course so very different"
Louise Delano was a perfectly dear little
Robin Hood, in doublet and hose. Louise
said she felt rather embarrassed by her
lack of skirts until she saw how much
more some OF the others lacked, and
then she decided she was really very
fully clothed. And certainly 1t was most
becoming.
The steeplechase brought out the
hobby horses again and they took
their eighteen-inch jumps without
casualties. Again the faithful crea-
lures did their part in the fox hunt,
which was the laughing hit OF the
evening-quite unintentional. A fox
not being practicable as quarry in
ballroom, a rabbit was substituted.
But the poor little creature was so
frightened that he was simply rooted
to the spot.
-. Varied Costumes.
So much for the features" The
costumes? Well there were all sorts
and conditions of costumes, the ma
jority having no visible connection
with the "hunt" idea. There were
Mexicans and Montengrins, Turks
without number, pierrots and harle-
quins, with of course pierrettes and
columbines galore; the usual array
of monks and nuns, Russian ladies
and Roumanian peasants. and several
Red Cross nurses whose sole occupa-
tion was furnished when an American
sailor slipped on the waxed floor and
was revived by something out of
long green bottle, from a table in
one of the boxes.
Every box, of course, had a table
in it-what is a box lat a ball, any
howl without a table?-and there
were more tables in between the
boxes, at all of which only liquid re-
was served.
Many Box Parties.
In the boxes? Well, Mrs. Copley
and Mrs. Lane. Secretary and Mrs. |
Assistant Secretary and Mrs. |
Adolph Caspar Miller, Mrs. James r. |
Mann, and Senator Phelan-all the |
women choosing for simplicity the |
colonial" idea of powder and patches |
and evening gowns, built on colonial
lines. Mrs. Copley was quite stun
ming in yellow: Mrs. Lane in cloth of
silver and silver lace, and a high. |
white wig: Mrs. Houston in heavy
white satin with a sort of directoire |
coat; Mrs. Mann in white satin veiled |
in tulle heavily embroidered in crys-
tails, and Mrs. Miller in a charming
pink howered gown.
Mrs. Fred Britten was the most |
notable figure in Mrs. Thomas +.
Logan's box, in a perfectly stunning |
Turkish costume OF black and white |
with beautiful beaded bOlero and
a wonderful headdress. Mr.. .Britten's |
evening coat had red facing in fed
erence to the hunt idea.
Phillips Present.
Some of the others whom 1 saw
were Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. William Phillips, Major and Mrs. |
James A. Woodruff, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hagner, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Payne Meredith. Major General |
and Mrs. George Barnett, Jack Chap
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Ashton Clapham,
Mrs. A. B. Browne. Miss Mary |
Browne, Mr.. and Mrs. Britton Browne. |
Miss Susanne Chase, J. Z. Lefevre. |
Ezra Gould, DIR. and Mrs. Cary Gray
son, Fitzwilliams Woodrow, Mrs.
Howard Nyman, Mrs. A. V. Zane.
Miss Dorothy Aleshire, Miss Frances
Hoar, Viscount and Ciscountess Henri
de Sibour, Mrs. Beale Howard.
Mrs. Charles Howry, Major and
Mrs. r. u. Patterson, Col. and Ms.
Charles Fenton, Miss Minnie Saxton.
Felix Hahoney, Michael Jacobs, Miss
Evelina Tleaves. the Misses Blair.
Miss Margaret Howard. Miss Dorothy
Miss Pauline Kindleberger,
Myron Parker. jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Lori
mer Graham Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Pill