The Washington herald., 1919-02-11

that he persuaded her to enter the
OperatiC field and sing under his di-
rection at Covent Garden, The First
Rhine Maiden" This incident started
Miss Spgrkes on her successful Oper-
attic career. for she was soon after
ward engaged for the Metropolitan
Opera Company at New York, where
she has been singing ever since. Be
tween the New York seasons Miss
Sparkes always returned to England
to sing at the Royal Opera, COvent
Garden, ard fuifll many concert en-
ga agcment throughout the United
Kingdom. Owing to the war. Miss
Sparkes. being unable to return to
England, has entered the concert field
in America, meeting With very great
appreciation everywhere.
Miss Sparkes will be accompanied
by Lieut.. Deming. leader of TIE Camp
Meigs orchestra. which will furnish
the music for the dancing of the even
ing. Lieut. Demng was for four years
aCCompanist for Nine. Schumann
Heink and is noted in civilian life
not only as a pianist but as a singer
While in the city Miss Sparkes
will be the guest of Mrs. Isaac
Pearson, president of the league.
The list of the floor committee,
young ladies' committee and pa
tronesses has been completed for the
carnival and ball.
The floor committee is composed
of: Chairman. Rear Admiral c. j.
Peoples. U. S. N: vice chairmen,
Rear Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN, U.
S. N. Mr.. Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mr..
Walter Denegre: aids, Mr.. Horace
H. Westcott, Col L. L. Gruber. u.
S. A. Mr.. 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. f. Lee, u. S. A.. Commander
f. A. Furer, Lieut.. f. A. Mitchell,
U. s. N. Lieut.. w. r. Ryan, U. s. N
On the young ladies' committee
are: Miss Gertrude Drain, chair
man: assistants. Mary HELEN, Leila
Gordon, Mildred Bromwell, Margaret
Simonds. Marjorie Brown. Henrietta
Hill. Pamela Henry, Elizabeth
Engster. Margaret Sisson. Polly
Brooks, Susan Lewis, Frances Hop
kins, Anna Hamilin, Eleanor Johns
ton. Julia Zaldivar. Frances Whit
ing. Virginia McKenny, Courtney
Let's, Virginia Puller. Lucille Clark,
Harriet Clark, Virginia Brown,
Halle Brooks and Margaret Hard
ing.
Other patronesses are Mrs. Wilson,
Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. VIM. Howard
Taft, Nine. de Riano, Nine.
Treta, Nine. Grouticn. Mrs. Burle-
son. Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Lane, Mrs.
Houston, Mrs. william Philips. Mrs.
Breckenridge Long, Mrs. Willard
Salisbury, Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs.
Nicholas Iongworth, Mrs. Larz An
derson, Mrs. E. T Stotesbury, Mrs.
Marshall Field, Princess Chik9, Nine.
Bakhmeteff. Mrs. Stephen B. EIl<ins,
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Mrs. Charles
BouGhton Wood, Mrs. Herbert wads-
worth. Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs.
Hammond, Mrs. Thomas F. Logan,
Mrs. Gibson Fahrastock, Mrs. Archi-
bald Hopkins. Mrs. g. c. Glover, Mrs.
MediIl Mccormick. Mrs. Henning Jen-
nings. Mrs. John 3. Henderson, Mrs.
George Thatcher Guernsey. Mrs.
Louis Brownlow, Mrs. w. Gwynn
Gardner, Mrs. Charles s. Brownwell
Mrs. Maurice Francis Egan, Mrs.
Thomas +. Walsh. Mrs. Henry Dim
mock. Mrs. James 4. Drain, Mrs.
John Temple Graves.
The carnival and ball is not only
the attention nationally.
but internationally. II is placing
Washington among the capitals of the
world as literary, as well as a Do
litical, center.
Mrs. Isaac Pearson, president of
the league has received a lengthy
cablegram from Gen. Diaz, comman-
der-in-chief of the Italian army, in
which he sends message to the
women of America. This cablegram
will be read the night of the carnival
and ball by the charge d'affaires of
the italian Embassy. The league has
also received an autographed photo