The Washington times., 1919-12-20

liam Phelps Emo. With Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mesta were Miss Margaret
Skiryin. Miss washburn Newlin, Will
liam Bowie Clarke, and Arthur Brad
ley Campbell
Mrs. Fletcher Harper was with Mrs
James w. wadsworth, jr.. during the
evening. Mrs. Wadsworth, who pre-
sided over the Spanish booth, wore q
Icyely black lace nantilla with her
black and white evening gown, and
her assistants at ner stall made an
effective picture in Spanish costume.
They were Miss Mary Sanger, Miss
Louise King. Miss Morell. Miss Ra-
mona LeFevre, Miss Nancy Hoyt, Miss
Evelyn Wadsworth. and Miss Bessie
Christian.
Among the guests in the evening
one noted Princess Ghika, Mrs.
Charles B. Howry, Miss Elizabeth
Howry, Mrs. William Morton Grin
nell. Mrs. John II. Hewson, Mrs.
Henty w. Fitch, Miss Alexandrine
Fitch, Mr.. and Mrs. James Parmelee,
Mrs. Harry Lee Rust and her son,
Harry Lee Rust, jr.: Mrs. Charles S.
Bromweu. Mrs. Alice Barney, Mrs.
Reye Lewis, Mrs. Thomas c. Martin,
M. and Nine. Claude Langlais, Mrs.
F. r. Harris, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Buchanan, Mrs. Lillian Hendrick
McCleIland, Mrs. Olga Roosevelt
Bayne, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard v. Oula-
han, jr.; the Misses Uribe, Count
Raoul d'Adhemar, Miss Edith Lester
and Mrs. Walmsley.
Others present were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Davidge, Miss Muriel Denys,
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles B. Drake,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilson. Mrs. E.
H. Brooke, Col. and Mrs. Edward
Woodbury., DR.. and Mrs. Walter Wells,
Miss Margaret Harding, Miss Eloise
Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Smith, Miss
Virginia Sutherland, Judge Martin
Knapp, Col. william Eric Fowler,
Ballard Moore, Chester Lockwood.
George williams, Mr.. Duvan, Mr..
Peacock, Tom Jenkins and Denis
Upson.
Mrs. Calhoun took seriously the
suggestion, which most people ig-
nored, that the dance was to be
bal poudre, and made handsome
picture in her black velvet gown and
elaborately coiffed white wig. She
wrote the verses which formed a
running accompaniment to the fash
ion pageant and directed its produc-
tion.
The pageant, depicting the cos
from the days of Minnehaha to the
cigarette smoking. slim silhouetted
1919 girl, opened with four handsome
Indian maidens who were ad nirably
carried out by Miss Ruth Thomas.
Miss Virginia Mckenney, Miss Marion
Drain and Miss Marie Spurgeon.
Four Puritan maids followed. Miss
Peggy Martin and Miss Betty Grove
werG the quaint, demure Priscillas.
Miss Helen Blodgett and Miss Gene
We've Brooks, represented the colo
| nial danes Of 1717, the first named
| in rich brocaded satin. the latter in
dainty pink satin and much lace, and
both in powdered hair. "1775" was
represented by two daughters Of the
Revolution and Columbia, Miss Ann
Gordon. Miss Frances Hampson and
Miss Frederick McKenney, respective
ly. The empire mode Of 1906 was
shown by Miss Margaret Smith in a
quaint short-waisted frock of French
blue silk, and Miss Elizabeth walms-
ley in white satin with court train,
both carrying tall STATS.
The fashions OF 1920 were repre-
sented by Miss Margaret Blaine Cros-
son and Miss Beatrice Pollock, the
fiji st in rose-colored silk. the latter in
historic green silk. The period of
1S4O was represented by Miss Celeste
Crosby and Miss Mona Blodgett, who
entered to the stirring strains of
"Dixie," and made decidedly the hit
OF the evening. Miss Crosby was in a
straight full short skirt Of white.
with blazing red flowers brocaded
thereon, and Miss Blodgett wore a
ruffled frock Of silver tulle over pale
blue with silver cloth girdle.
The girls of 1860 ere Hiss Helen
-McLanahan and Miss Delphine Heyl,