The Washington herald., 1919-02-14

will be the box guests Of President
and Mrs. Owens.
Plans are being completed for the
authors carnival and ball to be
given by the League of American
Penwomen on Friday evening at the
willard to raise funds for the estab-
lishment of a permanent home for
women writers in Washington.
Only a limited number Of boxes
have been sold. as the decorations OF
the ballroom, which are representa-
tions of books in posters and living
tableaus, have taken up the greater
part Of the room. Among the box
holders are Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury.
Mrs. Thomas H. Logan, Mrs. Herbert
WadswOrth. Mrs. F. Berger Moran,
Mrs. c. b. Wood, Mrs. L4arz Anderson,
Mrs. N. T. Scott, Mrs. Perry Belmont,
Mrs. Wesley G. Merritt. Mrs. Frank
Let's, Mrs Axsel Wichfeld and Mrs.
George T. Marye. The honor box
will be kept for the literary people
who are coming to Washington espc-
Gladly for this benefit. Among them
will be Miss Fannie Hurst, Lillian
Lauferty, Cora Harris, Theodosia
Garrison, Miss Mary White Slater and
others. Miss, Leona Sparkes. OF the
Metropolitan Opera Company, is COM
ing from New York to sing.
The floor committee for the ball Is
headed by Rear Admiral Peoples,
U. S. n. The vice chairmen are Rear
Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN, Thomas
Bell Sweeney, Walter D. Denegre,
and the aids. Horace H. Westcott,
Col. E. L. Gruber. A. S. Gardiner,
Capt. Henry V. Butler. U. S. N; Col
F. B. Wells, U. S. A; Capt. c. c.
Bloch. U. S. N: Capt. Hayne Ellis,
U. s. N: Col. R. Z. Lee, U. S. A;
Commander ]. A. Furer, U. S. N;
Lieut. Z. A. Mitchell. U. s N, and
Lieut.. W. R. Ryan, U. s. n.
The young ladies' committee Is
headed by Miss Gertrude Drain. who
will be assisted by Miss Mary Hell
len and Miss Leila Gordon. Others
on the committee are the Misses
Bromwell. Margaret ST.
monds. Marjorie Brown, Henrietta
Hill. Pamela Henry. Elizabeth Eng
ster. Margaret Sisson, Polly Brooks,
Susan Lewis. Frances Hopkins,
Anna Hamlin. Eleanor Johnston.
Julia Zaldivar. Frances Whiting,
Virginia McKenny. Courtney Let's,
Virginia Fuller. Lucille Clark. Har-
riet Clark. Virginia Brown. Halle
Brooks and Margaret Harding.
The moment the guests leave the
elevators they will find themselves
in a literary atmosphere, the ante
room being metamorphosed to rep
resent scenes from Vanity Fair
and from Beau Brummel." Before
entering the ball room the specta-
tor will pass through Dickens Blue
Boar Inn, where refreshments VIII
be served during the evening and
drinks passed out over real bar,
the once famous bar of the Willard
Hotel. Pretty barmaids will dis
pense drinks.
On entering the ball room the
guests will find themselves back in
the days of the Arabian Nights. Mrs.
Isaac Pearson. president of the
league, will take the part of Queen
the story teller OF
the Thousand and One Tales. Tab
leaux from sixteen popular books
will be staged in the inches between
the boxes around the ball room.
Among the books represented by
these living tableaux are The
Amazing Interlude." tom Sawyer"
Paris ana f1tltHt
Little Lord Fauntleroy." "Old Gre
ole Davs," Dear Folks at Home"
aHiawatha," The Little Minister"
Joan of Arc" Helena Ritchie,"
'0To Have and to Hold" Mrs. Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch" Madame
Butterfyg Gave of the Sybil," and
Col. Carter of Cartersvflle."
The posters representing these
books were made by the Camouflage
section of the Fortieth Engineers, by
special permission OF Maj. Bragden.
These men are the leading artists and
of the country.
Each guest at the ball is request
ed to appear in the costume of some
great character OF literature. Here
will mingle the heroes and herofnes
Of Shakespeare, Scott. Tennyson. and
the modern characters OF our popu-
lar writers, At 10 o'clock there will
be a grand march of all those In
costume. The march will be led by
Literature, Music and Art, played by
Miss Margery Day. Miss Katherine
Hitchcock, and Miss Olga Pilsen.
They will pass before Service. This
symbolic character will be portrayed
by Miss Nancy Miley. The march
will portray the progress of litera-
ture from the darkness of the an
cient ages to the light of civilization.
A most unusual and varied enter
tainment will be given during the
evening. Miss Ienora Sparkes, of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, will
come from New York to sing. There
will be a special dance by Mile. Mimi
Pincon, of the French Opera Com
pany, and Sergt- S. A. Spur.
The principal feature of the even
ing, will be an auction of autograph
ed books, original manuscript, il
lustrations and photographs. Collec-
tors and art lovers are coming from
all over the country to bid for these
rare copies of famous authors.
Washingtonians who are stopping
at the Hotel Chatham, Vanderbilt
avenue, at Forty-eighth street, New
York. this week. are: Mr.. and Mrs. ].
ID. JOlkovski. who reside at the Ho-
tel Lafayette. Washington; Mrs. A.
W. Church and Capt. Church, Miss
Florence NJ. Brown, Mrs. Avery Coon
ley. Frederick Lathrop Mayer, C. ",
and Miss Edna II. Launt