The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28
Society
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Otto H. Kahn. Mrs. Francis K. PEN
dleton, Mrs. Charles B. Alexander,
Mrs Frank Gray Griswold, Mrs.
Frederick Lewisohn, Mrs. George F.
Baker. jr., Mrs. J. Nelson Boriand,
Mrs. +. Burial Hoffman, Mrs. Ebert
H. Gary, Mrs. Sidney Borg, Mrs. Nor
timer L. Schiff. Mrs. Leonard Replo-
gle. Mrs George Biupenthal, Adolph
Lewisohn and Charles Hayden.
The special committee Of the Blue
Bird Campaign for Happiness, which
took an active part in the arrange
ments for the ball and the opera, in
cluded the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Arson,
Mrs. Henry clevs. Mrs. Harry H.
Duryea, Mrs. James w. Gerard, Mrs.
Ogden Goelet. Mrs. Work Hewitt,
Mrs. u. Lawrence Keene, Mrs. Regi-
maid De Koven, Mrs. Pierre Mali,
Mrs. Walter z. Maynard, Mrs. w.
Starr Miller, Mrs. oliver Gould Jen-
nings. Mrs. w. Goardby Loew. Mrs.
Goodhue Livingston. Mrs. Lewis
Cass Ledyard, Mrs. James H Kid
der, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James, Mrs.
William Jay. Mrs. Frederick c.
Havemeyer. Mrs. Edward N. House.
Mrs Adrian Iselin. Mrs. Edward s.
Hardness, Nine. Gatti-CasazEa, Mrs.
r. 7. Coleman du Pont, Mrs. Paul D.
CraVath. Mrs. James A. Burden, Mrs.
Cornelius N. Bliss. Mrs. August Bel
mont. Mrs. Frederic r. Coudert, Mrs.
Winthrop Chanler. Miss Julia Ar
thur, Miss Ethel Barrymore. Mrs.
Henry Martyr Alexander, Mrs. Jos
eph H Choate and Mrs. Ebert H.
Gary. Many OF these women enter
tanned at dinner before the dance.
to which they took their guests
Maurice Maeterlinck was the guest
of Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
at the ball. where among the many
attractions. were blue bird booklets
containing a sketch OF Maeterlinck.
blue bird pencils. blue bird cigar
cites and blue bird candy. There
were prizes for the most beautiful
costumes at the ball.
4 week ago yesterday, while on an
other short visit in New York,
Baron de Cartier presented a decora-
tiOn to Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt in
recognition Of her work for Belgian
relief during the war and for the
part she took in entertaining the
King and Queen OF the Belgians
when they were here.
The presentation was made at the
house OF Mrs. Vanderbilt. No. $40
Fifth avenue. where she had enter
tanned Queen Elizabeth at a recep-
tion attended by $50 persons promi-
nent in society. This was the first
private affair to which the Queen
accepted an invitation.
Among those present when Mrs
Vanderbilt received the decoration
from the Belgian Ambassador were
Justice and Mrs. Francis K. Pendle-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Gerard,
Mr.. Percy R. Pyne, I'd. Mr.. William
Rhinelander Stewart, jr.. Mai Fran
els Burial Hoffman, jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. George F. Baker, jr., Mr.. WILL
lam X. Vanderbilt. jr., Mr.. Frank A.
Munsey, Mr.. Francis Crowninshield
and Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Iselin.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's war ACTIVITIES
began when the National Guard
went to the Mexican border. At
that time she sent them an ambu-
lance train She was appointed
chairman OF the Active Service Aux
Hilary to the New York National
Guard. She gave numerous con-
certs at her house for the benefit
of the Belgian Fund and the Red
Cross and also donated the use OF
her rooms for the exhibition of
paintings for war charities
She served on the committee in
and navy hospital patients given in
the Hippodrome by the Herald and
the Hippodrome stan.
1t was at her house that the FIRST
meeting was held to arrange the
gala performance at the Met1opoIi-
tan Opera House. This epoch maxi
ing event in the history of the
Metropolitan was attended by King
Albert and Queen Elisabeth, and
realized more than $4,000 for the
benefit Of a fund to establish an in
stitute for medical research in
Brussels. This is Queen Elizabeth's
favorite idea:
As, chairman Of the committee on
arrangements for the beneft per-
Torrance, Mrs. Vanderbilt waived .
signal compliment when the Queen
requested that she visit Her Maj
esty in her parterre loge in an in
PERMISSION.
THIS WEEK
TO BE GAY.
This week gives every sign Of be-.
ing as gay as last. In addition to
the ball Thursday evening there is
the big hall tomorrow to be given
at the Wardman Park Inn to raise
money for the families OF the police
men.
The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall are expected back from In
dianapolis in time to attend the ball.
They will be guests in Mrs. Thomas
+. Walsh's box. Mrs. Walsh Is meet
ing all of the expenses OF the ball
so every cent raised will be clear
profit. Her close friend. Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty, is managing the
affair. so you know the sum raised
will be huge-she is efficiency and
t1orouGhness personified. Anything
she manages is always a bowling
success. II now appears that the
world and his wife-also his sisters,
and his cousins and his aunts-are
going to the ball. Tomorrow fore
noon. at Wardman Park Inn, one
Of the most unique Christmas holi-