Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-18
WAR LIBRARY BALL TO
Be BRILLIANT AFFAIR
Gay Event Will Be Staged at Grays
Armory on Saturday
Night.
GOVERNOR WILL BE PRESENT
General Cronkhitc and Staff Also Ex-
pected to Acknowledging Lack
ing in Pleasure and Convenience
for Guests.

When the War Library ball opens
at the Grays' Armory on Saturday
night there will be nothing lacking in
the way Of pleasure and convenience
for the guests There Is even to be a
supper room, located on the IN eZzanine
floor of the armory. where a delicious
supper will be served at small expense
The cafe opens at 1880 o'clock and
already large supper parties have hcen
arranged by officers and their families
from Camp Lee.
Richmond also Is getting up num-
Der of Parties. and 1t is anticipated
that the supper room will be festive
in appearance and well patronizcd.
The cafe Is to be decorated with au-
tumn flowers and foliage, but the most
attractive feather will be the pretty
mattresses who will be gowncd in cos
tunes of white, with kerchiefs and
aprons, and wearing gay little caps of
red, white and blue upon their
powdered hair.
GENERAL CEONKHITE AND
STAFF WILL ATTEND
Mrs. ]. G. Miller is chairman of this
refreshment committee, with Mrs.
Chiles Terrell and Mrs. Arthur Scriv-
enor as her vice chairman. Their as
sistants include Mesdames Thomas S.
Wheelwright. f. A. Donnan. Amos
Cover. James Branch Cabell. George
w. Bethel. James Lipscomb. Branch
Morgan, Ednoe Donnan. Jr.. Robert
Pcgram, Harry Wayt, Sadler. Neil D.
Sills. Harry b. Cullen. r. Latimer Cor
don, Archer Patterson, and Miss Bessie
Jackson, Miss Patty Lyell. Miss Fannie
Tyler. Miss Agnes Grigg. Mrs. p. l..
Conquest Sr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Allen.
General Cronkhite has written Mrs.
w. w. Sale, chairman of the ball. that
he is so thoroughly in accord with the
mt m hn ha I'M % IN
of attending the ball If nothing LLfore-
seen interferes. If he himself cannot
come, part of his staff will represent
him. Governor Stuart is to be at the
ball, and will be in the Governors
box, together with his staff and the
stan from Camp Lee and others. The
box is to be decorated with the Gov
ernor's flag. the Virginia and United
States Gags. combined with autumn
leaves. The rest OF the hall will be
decorated with the flags of the allies
United States and State flags. Pine
branches. palms and cut flowers will
add TO the beauty of the scene.
MILITARY FIGURE WILL
FOLLOW GRAND MARCH
Mrs c. T. w. Kern is chairman or
the committee on decorations, and her
assistants arc Mcsdames w. w. Sale
Stuart MichauX. Miss Frances Scott,
Mesdames Lewis Machen. II. Julian
Myers. L. y. Whitlock. Arthur Wilmer,
Robert w. Vincent and w. A. Cheat
wood.
The ball will open with grand
march. in which it is requested that
all attending will participate. After
the grand march. it is desired that
those on the floor take their seats. and
a military figure will be led by tho
officers and debutantes as one Of the
opening figures. Then the dancing for
the evening will commence and last
until midnight.
TOBACCO BOOTH WILL DE
INTERESTING FEATURE
They will have everything for sale
but peace-pipe at the tobacco booth
at the ball. Mrs. Hamilton Chalkley
will be in charge.
There will be calumets and heclas,
copper-fastened meerschaums, gold
mounted calabashes. Powhatan clays,
briars-everything in the pipe line ex-
cept big German-china pipes, which
come under the peace pipe embargo
and arc therefore banned. There will
be cigarettes and the ''makin's," cigars
and plain everyday tobacco. And the
salesgirls will be a bevy of pretty
maids, in costume headed by Mrs.
Chalkley. who has been asked TO APP
pear as an Indian princess.
Aside from this dazzling display,
however, will be two other features.
For the first time in Richmond service
flags will be publicly displayed and
placed on sale for the bencht OF the
fund This is a special enterprise on
the part of Mrs. Chalkley. who loaned
her own service flag as n pattern and
guide for the making of the other flags
A service flag has deep border OF red
around a white field in which is one or
more blue stars, according to the num-
her in the household who are in SER
vice with the colors. Mrs. Chalklcy
has n son in the Blues. and was pre-
scented with service flag early last
August Consequently. she availed her
self of this opportunity to publicly in
troduce the service flags, aided by
Aaron Jacobs. who will furnish num-
her Of small silk flags. and c. Is. Nor
we'll, who will furnish larger ones Of