The Washington times., 1919-03-27

James Enerson. jr.. otho CushingAshd
Benjamin Morrison.
The scandinavian Group.
Norway, Sweden and Denmark,
combining in one picturesque group,
staged a Bit from a characteristic
Scandinavian mideummeh festival.
with bride and bridegroom stand
ing beneath q Maypoie and q berries
Of interesting folk dances. Nine.
NordSs1l. wife Of the special Swedish
commissioner. and Mrs Claude Mayo
were chairnen. Among those who
took part were several ladies con-
nected with the Norwegian legation
and number Of prominent Scandi-
naYiahs from New York.
From comment ii was evident that
many PEOPLE judged the Chinese
group, OF which Mrs. George Barnett
was head, the most gorgeous and
spectacular; and certainly Harold +.
stanley's dancing in the role OF the
high priest was a memorable thing.
The costumes we're at once authentic
/ and magnificent. Those who took
part were Walter Dillingham;. Mrs.
Edward A. StHrges, Christian Hem
mick. Stuart Baird. Miss Betty Bur-
nett Miss Natalia Fisher, Miss Leila
Gordon, Miss Mildred Bromwen, Miss
Marguerite Symonds and Miss Mary
HELEN. Miss Mae Ladenburg made
beautiful Belgium. preceded by two
beIglan officers carrying banners OF
Llege and Namur; and Nine. Bar
bier, the only woman connected with
the Belgian legation. was patroness
for this group.
Switzerland. with It's group OF
mountaipeers and its parish priests.
was particularly effective, and Fritz
Zimmerman, famous yodler. gave
an original touch to the tableau with
MS carroling. A beautiful st. Ber-
nard dog a wee kid carried in the
arms Of one OF the peasant maids, and
the famous Swiss bear all appeared
10 add interest to the group. Nine.
Sulzef. wife of the Swiss minister.
was patroness: Nine. Hubscher, whose
husband is counselor OF the legation,
chairman: and those who took part
were Nine. Hubscher. Miss Elizabeth
Grinnell. Miss Adelaide Heath. Miss
Ruth Hitchcock. Miss Carolyn Nash,
Miss Joan Oil, DR.. Conrad Jenny,
Alexander Zellwager, Emil Fontanel,
A. Auguste Noblet, and DR.. Julius
GoebeL
Nine. Tjarda van starkenborgh-
Stachouwer directed the Dutch group,
which included Mrs. SculIy, Mrs La
nier Winslow, Mrs. Theodore Wilkin-
son, Mrs. William Armour, Miss De-
ford. Miss Anna Hamlin, Miss Vir-
Einia Hunt. and Miss Means Myron
Whitney sang william of Nassau"
and with quaint Dutch windmill as
a background. the young women, in
their peasant dress and wooden shoes,
put on a delightful Dutch dance.
Ruuanlan Gypsies.
/. Authentic and wildly beautiful were
the peasant costumes and the gypsy
dress worn by those who represented
Rumania in this amateur League of
Nations. Princess Ghika ded them.
carrying the flag of her adopted
country. The costumes for the Ser
bian group, of which Nine. Grouitch.
wife OF the Serbian minister. was the
head, were also authentic, and were
borrowed for the occasion from Pro-
Pupin, OF Columbia University, and
Mrs. Everett Morse, of Boston. SAr-
bia, Croatia and SIoYeRia, three
queens with but a single crown.
were represented by Mrs. Francis
Leathererbee. Miss Nanny Morgan,
and Miss Archbold.
Before them the joy OF the popula-
ton at being liberated from Austrian
tion was shown in spirited national
dance by Miss Enid Sims. who con-
Quoted the procession dancing and
throwing flowers.
Mrs Leatherbee il the beautiful
daughter OF Charles R Crane, and
sister OF Richard Crane, OF the State
Department The Crane family were
brought up on Balkan legends and
history, their father having been an
authority on Jugo-Slavs' and Czech
ko-Slovaks' aspirations for twenty
years before any other American ever
dreamed that such peoples existed, so
that Mrs. Leakherbee may be ex-
pected to feel all the real JOY and
pride OF Serbia in her role OF liber-
atoF Of her two sister states.
Nine. ZaldivaT, wife OF the Minister
OF Salvador, arranged the lovely
group made up of representatives of
the South and Central American re-
publics and was assisted by a number
OF charming women OF the Latin
American diplomatic corps. Then
came Cuba, an alegorical group ar
ranged by Nine. Alfonso de FORBADE:
and last, the United States, hostess TO
all the other nations. Mrs. William
Phillips was chairman, Mrs. Arthur
Graham Glasgow appeared in the role
OF COlumDla, ana the group included
such picturesque fgures as Capt. c.
c, Calhoun, an Indian chief in war
paint and ceremonial dress: A Co
lOnial Dame. Miss Helen Ernst: Mrs
Sherman Miles. as the South, and
numerous others.
Mr.. Heemskerk. of the Netherlands
legation; Ballard Moore. Mr Silver
cruys and Walter r Tuckerman as
sisted with the arrangements for the
pageant Maj. Gen. George Barnett
made the fntroductions. William
Bowie Clarke was chairman of the
large and efficient floor committee,
and Mrs. Theodore wilkinson. of the
dance comnittee. John Barrett auc-
toned the beautiful posters which
re submitted to the prize contest.
but more important still, who
sas there?
Well. the British Ambassador and
Lady Reading were present, coming
on from the Misses Patterns dinner
and occupying a box. Also the Ja2a-
nese Ambassador and Viscountess
Ishii. who put their box at the Dis
posal Of some visiting Japanese no
tables. and were guests of the Min
lister of Sweden and Nine. Ekengren. |
Mr.. and Nine. NordvaIl were also with |
tka E-Lnnrrans Mra FrankIin