Evening star., 1919-02-22
Brilliant Ball Last Night.

| The Noel House ball given at
Rauschers last night proved to be one
| of the most brilliant assemblages OF
! the winter. Official and resident So
| ciety was well represented, and the
/ dancing was continuous from 10 until
| 2 this morning. The bathrooms were
| beautifully decorated, the walls being
| festooned with southern smilax. and
| the receiving party, which included
| Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins. presf-
dent of the board of lady managers;
Mrs. Montgomery Macomb and Mrs.
AFmstead Peter, received in a bower
| of palms in the small ballroom.
! Tables for cards were arranged in
| the pink drawing room, and buffet
supper was served throughout the
evening.
Many dinner parties preceded the
| dance, the guests coming in late in
/ the evening.
Among those entertaining box parties
| were Mrs Henry Cleveland Perkins. Mrs.
Francois Berger Moran, the minister Of
| Serbia and Nine. Grouitch, Mrs. Schuy-
| Ter Merritt Mrs. Montgomery Macomb
and Mrs. Armstead Peter.
| Mrs. Perkins wore stunning gown
! of black velvet, with draperies of black
tulle with pearl and diamond ornaments !;
Mrs Peter wore blue chiffon and
| of black satin. Mrs. Perkins box
party included Mrs Herbert Wads-
worth, Col. and Mrs. James Patton,
| Miss Marie Stevens, Mrs. Perkins
iRuggles and Mr.. Raborg.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Glasgow of Philadel-
phia and Mrs. James NJ. Johnston
were guests in Mrs. Schuyler Merritt's
box.
| Mrs. Francois Berger Moran's guests
| included Mrs. Champ Clark, Admiral
| and Mrs. Walter Mclean, Miss Conrad
| of Winchester, Va; Miss Perkins of
! Richmond, Va; Mrs. Horace C. Mac
| farland and Judge Knapp.
| Mrs. Richard Wainwright had as her
| guests Mrs. Mccarthy and Miss Nc
| Carthy of Casenovia, n. Y, and Miss
| Hubbard.
| Among the guests were: Nine.
| Grouitch. who looked charming in a
| gown of old rose chiffon, combined
| broidered in gold with gold lace, forming
the bodies and sleeves, and she wore a
stole of ermine: Mrs. Champ Clark, who
! wore black velvet, with flowing sleeves
| of black tulle edged with jet.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Julian B. Boiling, the
| latter wearing gown of black tulle, the
| bodice formed of black sequins, and
she carried a blue ostrich feather fan.
Mrs. Walter Mclean wore pink
| chiffon, with panels and train of pink
| and gold brocade.
| Miss Margheritta Tillman wore a
l.
gold in design of laurel wreaths,
! made with panel back falling from
the shoulders and gold lace outlining
! the decollete.
| Miss Enid Sims wore an apple
green taffeta gown, the skirt draped
. in pannier effect at one side, with the
girdle formed of beaded cloth of
gold, and loose sleeves of green chif-
fon.
Mrs. Perkins RuggleS wore a gown
of pale pink changeable taffeta, made
on the new tapering lines with a
scarf-Hke trimming of brown tulIe.
Capt. and Mrs. c. c. Calhoun, with
/ the latters debutante daughter, Miss
Marguerite Simonds. were guests in
one of the boxes.
Mrs. Calhoun wore handsome
gown Of reseda green velvet and green
and gold brocaded chiffon, the skirt
elaborately draped and the train fall
ing from the shoulders in panel ef-
! feet. Miss Simonds wore white satin
! made on very graceful lines the CIR
| die and shoulder straps of iridescent
sequins and the long flowing sleeves
/ of white chiffon.
Others present included Miss Dalton
| of Boston, Miss Zabrisky, Miss Hand,
Mrs. Myron Whitney, Miss Harriet
| Clark. Miss Dorothy Bertholf, Miss
Carolyn Nash, Maj. Bryant of Boston,
Mr.. Charles Richardson, Mr.. Rojas,
i Capt L. w. Glazebrook and Mr. Camp
bell
Miss Anna Hanlin was chairman of
the girls floor committee and had the
daughters of the Secretary of the Treas
| ury and Mrs Glass, Miss Glass and Miss
Mary Archer Glass, to assist her, as well
as long list of this years. debutantes
and other girls prominent in the younger
set
The members of the floor committee,
iof which Mr.. William Bowie Clark
was chairman, all of whom wore
tboutonnieres of white carnations, tied
with tricolor ribbons, included Ad-
miraI Victor Blue, U. S. N; Commander
Theodore F. Jewell Z. S. N; Maj.
Bruce Cotton, q. S. A; Maj. William
Eric Fowler, q. S. A; Count RaouI
ld'Adhemar. Lieut. Col Lamberto
Trozzi, Italian embassy; Capt. Marcel
Lerie, French high commission; Mr..
Lawrence Efingham Townsend, Mr..
| ley Campbell and Maj. Gen. James D.
| McLachlan. military attache of the
British embassy; Jonkheer DIR. W. H
de Beaufort, counselor Of the Neither
lands legation; Mr.. Robert Hinckley
and Lieut.. Robert Siivercruis of the
Belgian legation.
The patronesses included Mrs
Mrs. Lloyd Bowers. Mrs. AIlerton
Cushman, Mrs. Gordon Cumming, Mrs
Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. Frederic A.
Delano, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Miss
Ernst, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs.
Thomas T.. Gaff, Miss Gwynna, Mrs.
Charles S, Hamiin, Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins Mrs. John Hays Hammond,
| Nine. Hauge, Mrs Hennen jennings,
Mrs James Marion Johnston, Mrs
w esley NJ Merritt, Mrs. Adolph Cas-
par Miller. Mrs. George T. Marye, Mrs
James Mcdonald. Mrs William Bel