The Washington herald., 1919-04-22
BRILLIANT SOCIAL TURNOUT
AT ARMY AND NAVY BALL
Military Note Predominates in Annual Easter
Monday Function Liscum En-
tertains Wounded Men,

Barracks. who co-operated with the
ball the most brilliant Of the spring
season. He was chairman OF the floor
committee. and had as his aides Capt.
Edward o. Bogart. u. S. NJ. c.; Comdr.
Charles Theodore Jewell u. 8. N:
and Capt John C. Herman. u. 8. A;
Baron Goran Rosen, Mr.. Anthony Ad-
Olson, Col. Julian Schley, U. s. A,
Lieut.. Applegate, U. S. N; Capt Dan
iel Alexander. U. 8. A; Comdr. Alex
ander Charlton, U. s. N; Lieut.. Zim-
norman, U. s. NJ: Maj. Bruce Cotton.
u. s. A: Mr.. Clarence Wilson, Mr..
William Bowie Clarke. Comdr. Ken
meth Castleman. U. S. N: Comdr.
Watson T. Clark. U. s. N: Capt. Will
lam ]. Dorm. U. s. N: Capt. d. E.
Theleen. U. 8. NJ; Lieut.. Deibert, U.
s. A.; Capt Edward ]. Dorm, u. S. N:
Mr. William Flather. Mr.. Richards
L. s. A; Comdr. T. Hagner, u. s. NJ;
Mr.. B. P. Lamberton. Mai. Theodore
Low, U. 8. NJ. c.: Mr.. Alexander b.
Legare, Lieut. Hubert B. McPeak. u.
8. NJ. c.; Lieut.. Martin, U. S. N: Col
Robert G. Paxton, U. S. A.; Comdr.
Theodore Wilkinson. U. s. N; Col.
Burton Sibley, u. 8. A., and Mai.
Charles J. Sanderson, U. s. M. C.
Leila Gordon was chairman of the
young ladies' committee, and Ruth
Wilson was manager" for the re-
nowned seeress, Mime. Libra, who told
fortunes on the south gallery.
The patronesses were Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, Mrs. William H. Taft, Mrs
George Dewey. Mrs. Newton D. Ba-
ker. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, Mrs.
Benedict Crowell. Mrs. Henry T.
Mayo. Mrs. Henry B. Wilson. Mrs.
Joseph Kuhn. Mrs. David w. Taylor.
Mrs. Robert z. Griffin. Mrs. Ralph
Earle. Mrs. Merritt w. Ireland, Mrs.
George Duncan. Mrs. j. A. LeJeune,
Mrs. Albert Niblack, Mrs. F. F..
Fletcher. Mrs. F. ". Abbott. Mrs.
John L. Chamberlain. Mrs. Edward
r. Stitt. Mrs. J. A. Hoogewerff. Mrs.
Charles G. Long, Mrs. Albert Niblack,
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson, Miss Ma
bel Boardman. Mrs. Willard Brown
son, Mrs Royal Bradford. Mrs. Rich
ard wainwright. Mrs. B. II. Bucking-
ham. Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs. J. ID.
Adams. Mrs. f. II. Gheen, Mrs. Silas
Casey. Mrs. Richardson Glover, Mrs.
Charles Badger. Mrs. Charles Bell,
Mrs. Jewell. Mrs. Frederick L.
Chaplin. Mrs. Henry F. Di-
mock. Mrs. William H. Emory,
Mrs. Julian James, Mrs. Albert Mills
Mrs. F. B. Moran. Mrs. F. A. Delano
Mrs. Charles II. Davis, Mrs. Charles
s. Hamlin. Mrs. John Hays Ham,
mond, Mrs. Charles c. Glover. Miss
Helen Ernst, Mrs. John P. Faure
Mrs. Walter II. Gordon. Mrs. Aulick
Palmer. Mrs. Junius MacMurray,
Mrs. d. E. Theleen. Mrs. William
Leahy. Mrs. Charles r. Wood, Mrs
Sherman Miles. Mrs. Henry r. Rea.
Mrs. Edward Simpson, Mrs. Ross
Thompson. Mrs. Hayne Ellis. Mrs
Randolph Minor, Mrs. Sidney Ballou,
Mrs. Vandergrift. Mrs. Eugene Meyer
Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson, Mrs. NAH
Ion Pitney. Mrs. Delois Blodgett. Mrs
William Crozier, Mrs. Clarke. Mrs.
Edward ]. Dorm. Mrs. Carroll Frazer
Mrs. George Goethals, Mrs. Richard
Harlow. Mrs. Victor Karffmann. Mrs.
Walter Mclean, Mrs. Dennis McCar-
thy, Mrs. huffman, Mrs. William T
Sampson. Mrs. George Sternberg, Mrs
Tasker II. Bliss. Mrs. Peoples. Mrs
McRichie, Mrs. Walter G. Schoelkopf
and Miss Bessie Kibbey.
Mrs. Alexander Sharp. ST., chair
man. and Mrs. Theodore Jewell
vice chairman. of the ball commit
tee. were ably assisted by Mrs
Frank Freyer. chairman of the in
vitations and ticket committee. The
other members of Mrs. Freyer's
, committee were: Miss Emma
Nourse. Mrs. Silas Casey, Mrs. Wal
ter Gordon, Mrs. Louis Kingsley.
Mrs. John Faure. Miss E B. Semmes
and Miss Mary I.amberton.
Mrs. Walter Mclean, Mrs. James
Lockett. Mrs. Austin Kautz and
Mrs. George Duncan formed a spe-
cial committee working for the sue
cess of the ball. while Mrs. E. II.
Llscum and Mrs. Stimson Brown
were in charge of refreshments
Mrs. Joseph Strauss had charge of
the sale OF boxes. Miss Elizabeth
Poe, Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson, Miss
Elaine English and Miss Alice Bal
lentine assisted Mrs. Sharp with the
press work.
The Womans Army and Navy
League is the Oldest of service or
ganiZations and made up entirely of
i women. After the civil war a few
devoted women, who had followed
their husbands to isolated forts on
the plains, realized that the enlisted
personnel of the army had little in
, the way of wholesome recreation
the suffers store in those days was
the only place where they could go
to for relief from their tedious camp
duties, and resolved to form a So
ciety by which they could assist
chaplains and others in their work
of caring for the welfare and happi-
ness of the soldiers.
In time the work spread to ships
and navy yards and soon books and
musical instruments found their way
into forts and navy yards and ships.
afloat and ashore.
At present the organizations chief
interest is centered in its Soldiers :.
Sailors and Marines Club. at 3l7 C
street northwest. where a comfortable
room and bath at a nominal sum may
be had. There our boys In blue and
khaki find a happy surcease of lone
illness and home sickness and luxuriate
in the neatness and comfort of it all
One grateful lad. dying in far-off
China. beIueathed his last pay check
| 10 the club in grateful recognition of
the happiness he had enjoyed within
its hospitable walls-and that's Just
one example of the way the men feel
toward the home. Mrs. Aulick Palmer
has been manager of the club for
many years. and she is ably assisted
by Mrs. Kaufman. who is housemoth-