The Washington herald., 1918-12-17

An unusually brilliant audience wit
messed Guy Bates Posts performances
Of The Masquerader." given as a
benefit for the Columbia Hospital at
the Belasco last night. Among those
entertaining parties were Mrs. Miller
Brown. head of the finance committee
OF the Institution: Mrs. L. 2. Tanner,
treasurer; Mrs William c. Redfield,
and Mrs. F. B. Moran.
Among the box holders were Mr..
and Mrs. R. ID. Shepherd. who had
with them the Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Baker, and Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Hunter Gait; Mr.. and Mrs. He
witt Myers, whose guests were Mrs.
Marlborough Churchill, and her sister,
Miss Smith and Capt. David Leahy;
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry p. Fairbanks
whose party included Mr.. and Mrs
William Fisher and Miss MCKENZIE
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eaehes Fen
Gall. who had with them Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Herbert, jr., OF Virginia, and
Capt. Malcolm Kenneth Gordon; Mr,
and Mrs. Henry B. Learned. with the
Misses Sedgeley and Mr., John Learn
ed; and Mrs. Delos Blodgett. who had
Mona Blodgett. Lieut. william II.
Peck. Lieut.. Wilson and Col. Sewer.
Others in the audience were Mrs.
Alexander Mackay Smith, Mrs. George
o. Bright. Mrs. Douglas Putnam BiT-
ME. Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp, Mr.. Cam
eron, of North Carolina; Mrs. Stimsorl
Brown, Mrs. ]. c. Boyd, Mrs. Richard
son Glover. Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Mrs.
\. c. Ringgold, Herbert Campbell, OF
Chicago; Mrs. Charles c. Glover. Mrs.
V. Everitt Macy, Mrs. George Joseph
McCarty. Mrs. Randolph McKim, Mrs.
John Newbold. Mrs. Frank l.. Polk,
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman. Mrs. William
\. Slater, Mrs. William c. Reeves,
Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, jr.. Mrs.
Harold Walker. Mrs. Caleb O'ConnoT,
Col and Mrs. Robert Thompson. Mrs
Edward B. MeiEs, Col. end Mrs. Will
lam Cornell. Mrs. Thomas F. Logan
and Mrs Preston Peters.
A novel feature of the entertainment
was The Dance OF the Dolls" from
the Pirates Of Penzance." presented
ss an entr' acte, under the direction
of Harold Graham Those taking part
IN 1t were Miss Camille Little, Miss
Hughes. Miss Campbell. Miss Isobel
Robinson. Miss Marjorie Robinson,
:
Miss Amy Proctor. Miss Nancy Kane,
Miss Mamie Klosper, Miss Clara Rem
muth. Miss Francis Cory and Miss
Katherine Allen.
The Secretary Of War. Mr.. Baker:
the Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Dan
iels; the Secretary of the Interior,
Mr.. Lane. and the Secretary of Agri-
culture, Mr. Houston. went to An
naDolis. Md, to attend the tenth an
nual conference of governors. which
opened there this morning. Tomor-
row evening a brilliant reception
will be given at the executive man
sion in honor Of the distinguished
visitors.
Mrs. Jossphus Daniels has gone to
New York for a few days. She will
take part in the Red Cross drive and
attend to certain Y. W. c. A. busi-
ness while she is there.
Secretary and Mrs. RedheId. who
have been making a little visit in
Boston, are expected back today.
The first Peruvian Ambassador in
this country will be DR.. Francisco
TsIdela. formerly his country's mini
fter of foreign affairs.
The Peruvian congress last week
raised the legation here to the rank
Of embassy. and as this country al
ways reCiprocates with the SAM
courtesy. the United States will raise
the rank of its minister. who at
present is Mr. Benton Mcmillan. for
q long time representative in Con-
grcss. to the rank OF ambassador.
Just now Mr. Manuel de Freyre Y
Santander is minister from Peru, hav-
ing presented his credentials in that
capacity in December, 1917.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood gave
a dance last night for her debutante
niece. Miss Antoinette Graves, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Graves. of
New York. who is visiting her. The
guests were mainly OF the debutante
set, and the dance was held in the
fine ballroom of the beautiful Hem
mick house at 1926 Rhode Island ave-
nut. almost directly opposite Mrs.
Woods own home-the house that has
been for the last two seasons the
headquarters of the National Ameri-
can Woman's Suffrage Association,
but which has had many distinguished
occupants in its day. and contributed
brilliantly to the social history of
Washington.
Sir Richard Crawford, Commercial
Commissioner of Great Britain, and
Lady Crawford sailed yesterday morn