The sun., 1919-03-30

Schmuck respectively.
Cup Goes to italian Grour.
The Italian group. to which tho low
ing cup was awarded, was under the
patronage of Mrs. Henry Dimock--her
daughter married Signor Catalani Of
the Italian Embassy stan some half
dozen years ago, 30 she is strong for
anything Italian that needs patroness-
ing-with John Jay white and Nine.
Santini. in active charge. AS matter
OF fact Mrs. Dimock was not present
at all that evening. She had been un-
expectedly called to New York. But
her group was most effective, with Miss
Margaret Harding and her sister, Mrs.
Henry Price Wright; the Marchesa
d'Amico and her sisters, the Misses
Perkins of New York; Miss Mary
Graham, Miss Carter Mulliken, Mrs
Kenneth Castleman, Mrs. Effingham
Lawrence Townsend and Miss Louise
Delano-who can wear more different
sorts Of costumse and look more as II
she was born into each than any girl
in Washington.
The English group was headed by
Mrs. Colville Barclay and included
Capt. and Mrs. John Gregory Hope,
Mrs. Knyvett, Mrs. Small. Miss Edith
Thompson, Mrs. Robert Spear Hudson
formerly Miss Hannah Randolph Of
PHILADELPHIA. Capt. Christie and Mrs.
John Joyce Broderick.
Mrs. George Barnett headed a most
interesting Chinese party, which had
been coached by Christian Hemmick.
1t included Mrs. Edward Sturgill, Miss
Natalia Fisher. Miss Leila Gordon,
Miss Mildred Cromwell. Miss Mar
guerite Simonds. Miss Mary HELEN
and Louis Thompson, Stuart Baird as
the high priest and Harold Stanley of
New York.
effective bunch of Hawaiian and
Alaskan representatives. and Miss
Eliza Scidmore. an authority on things
Japanese. whether costumes or gar
dens, a most interesting party Of little
ladies from far Nippon-at least SO far
as costume went.
Mime. Hubscher, who was Elizabeth
Schoepf of Cincinnati until she mar
ried DR.. Hubscher of the Swiss Lega-
ton three or four years ago, had ar
ranged the Swiss group and had Sc
cured a famous Swiss yodeler to add
effectiveness to her exhibit.
Nine. Zaldivar had general charge
Of the Latin Americans for the most
part, with daughters OF the various
Ministers and Ambassadors represent
ing their respective countries. Her
sister, Princess Ghika, who arranged q
Rumanian group. and Nine Grouitch
who had charge OF the Serbians, had
gone to Philadelphia and New York
in search of genuine costumes from
their countries. And the result OF all
their efforts was a most picturesque
assemblage. which at times seemed too
much interested in the costumes TO
take much pleasure in dancing. while
the boxes were filled with the grave
and reverend seniors of the diplomatic
circle, among whom the brilliantly cos
TUNED dancers circulated. smiling and
self-conscious. but very we'll worth
watching.
Convalescent Soldiers There.
There were OF course plenty OF non
diplomatic box parties, and Mrs. Will
lam Belden Noble had as her guests
between thirty-f1ve and for soldier con-
valescents spreading over several
boxes. The boys from the Walter Reed
Hospital are everywhere nowadays.
Some of them are frankly having the
time OF their young lives. One remarked
with Joyous gurgle: Say. you know
the old stuff about not having so much
fun since you had the measles-well,
we've brought that up to date and ex-
rect for hany years to come to COM
pare our good times with the fun We
had when we were Walter Reed con-
valescents."
For a fact. no party is complete
without them. And by the same token
when they can't go to the party the
party goes to them. Many of the best
Of the threatical productions that come
to town have extra invitation matinees
for the soldiers. while there Is scarcely
a performance at which there are not
large parties OF them. either as the
guests Of the company or house man
agement, or Of some patriotic and sym
pathetic private citizen. And there
are constant concerts and movies and
entertainments given for them-even
for the bedridden out at the hospitals.
Also they recently gave at Walter
Reed the entire very amusing and
clever amateur programme which had
been given at Mrs. T. T. Gaffs a couple
Of weeks earlier for the benefit of the
British American War Relief. 1t made
as big hit with the soldiers as 1t lad
with society. And by the way, Miss
Sallie Beecher, who Is shortly going to
France with her kinsfolk, the Hugh
Wallaces, covered herself with glory
on that occasion by stepping into the
breach at short notice when May La
denburg dropped out OF the cast OF
Barrie's THE Twelve Pound Look"
and making a decided hit
The Wallaces are very busy getting
| ready for their departure. They expect
to sail next week-probably on the
George Washington, and will probably
| reach France Just after Amba ssador
Sharp has sailed. He Is sailing April
| II.
The wallaces have been as constantly
! dinner guests, when they were not
hosts. as the Readings. They them
selves gave a dinner for the Ambassa-
dor to Russia and Mrs. David Francis
on Tuesday. the latter having arrived
the night before from White Sulphur
| Springs. where they had that day en-
tertained tho Folks at luncheon. The
weeks to further Mrs Folks recovery
| from an attack of influenza
The headings were the guests in