The Washington herald., 1919-01-12

success Mrs. Meserve has set her
heart, because she knows how much
the help 1t may afford is needed, 1t
| ought to be a most brilliant AFFAIR
II the social prestige Of its sponsors
counts for anything. And 1t ought
TO be a most picturesque affair II
their plans are carried out. For they
are asking everybody who owns, or
can arrange, a distinctive national
headdress to wear IT, This is not
obligatory. 1t is not regarded as
| distinctly costume party. But there
are good many characteristic head
dresses owned in Washington where
there is probably larger. high-class
| foreign colony that anywhere else In
the country: and really the most
] sophisticated grownups are more or
/ less children in their liking for
'dressing-up." That dance, too. will
be preceded by a number of dinner
parties, planned to adjourn to the
| ball.
Boxes have been taken by Nine.
George Bakhmeteff, Mrs. Marshall
Field, Countess Gizycka, Mrs. Edward
Mclean. Mrs. George Marye, Mrs.
James Mcdonald. Mrs. Meserve, Mrs.
Hope Slater, Mrs. Thomas Walsh,
Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Edison
| bradley, Mrs. William Slater, Nine.
Hauge. Mrs. W. B. Noble, Mrs. Eu-
gene Meyer. Mrs. Walter Denegre,
Mrs. Raymond Baker, Mrs. John
Rodgers. Mrs. Bromwell. Mrs. Mitch
ell Harrison, Mrs. Bayard, Mrs.
| Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs. John
A. johnson, Mrs. DeIos Blodgett, Mrs.
John Hays Hammond, Mrs. Shoelkopf.
Mrs. Thomas F. Logan, Mrs Bron-
son, Mrs. Walter Penheld, Mrs. Frank
Let's, Col Robert Thompson, Mr..
William Phelps Emo, and Mai. Eric
Fowler OF course in most OF these
cases 1t means Mr.. and Mrs"
| The floor committee includes Mr..
George Howard, Mr.. Horace West
cott. Capt Alec Legare. Jonkher de
beaufort' OF the Netherlands lega-
ton; Mr.. F. L. Sargeaunt. of the
British embassy; Lieut.. Arthur Brad.
| icy Campbell. Mr.. Hallett johnson.
Count de Sartiges. Commander Tbeo-
dore Jewell, Count de Rosen, OF the
Swedish legation; Count d'Adhemar
Mr.. Zimmerman. OF the Netherlands
legation; Mr.. Effingham Townsend
MIR. John b. Henderson. Mr.. Ray.
mond Baker. Mr.. Clarence Hughes
Mr.. samuel PiZa, Lieut.. John J. Ide
Mr. Constantinidi. OF the Greek hga.
tlon; Mr.. Randall Hagner. Mr.. Henry
spencer. Maj. Eric Fowler. Mr., Hors.
mann. Mr.. Harold Walker, Capt. Van
Iennep. Mr.. William Bowie Clark
Mr.. Thomas B. Sweeney, Lieut. Bal.
| lard Moore, and Mr. Newton Gulick
With all those people actively en-
listed, and with a good cause TO be
served. it would seem as il the bal
was bound to be a great and glorious
success. Here's hoping. anyhow.
Mrs. Marshall is about the onl,
woman occupying high official posi-
ton whose name appears on the list
OF patronesses OF this Russian ball
She and the Vice President will be
the chief guests that night at tn,
dinner Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh 4
giving. and will later on ACCOMPANY
her 10 the ball
The Marshalls seem 10 have beer
out Of luck lately Several partic,
arranged for them have been called
off or postponed. and Mrs. Marshal
has herself been obliged to call of
her own at home. though that would
scarcely be called a party And Tho
party arranged for Don BeItrar
Matthew, which the Marshalls were
to have attended was also called on
/ But the Lanes succeeded in hayins
dinner for them on Thursday nigh
and the Frelinghuysens seem to have