Evening star., 1919-12-30
RELIEF BALL
ATWARDMANPARK
HOTEL IS BRILLIANT

Additional Dancing Space
Necessary to Accommo-
date Gay Throng.
The benefit ball for the police re-
| lief fund given at Wardman Park
Hotel last night was generously at
| tended by Washingtonians who de-
sired to show their support OF the
| work of the police department. SO
an additional space for the dancers
had to be arranged.
The larger ballroom was deco
| rated with flags and gay lights. while
Just over Mrs. WalSh's box, where she
and Mai. Pullman, chief of police. re-
ceived, was the huge silk flag OF the
police department. used only on state
| occasions.
A second and even a third dancing
| space became necessary Tor the Two
or three thousand guests VINO attend
ed the benefit ball. and a supper was
The gay lights, the tall Christmas
! tree. glistening with gold and silver
| tinsel. and all Of the splendid moth
! ings known to Santa Claus. and light
ed by thousands of small red. white
and blue bulbs, made the scene one
| of remarkable beauty.
In the Boxes.
| Mrs. Walsh, who was escorted to her
| box by Maj. Pullman, entertained a large
rarty her guests including the Secretary
! of War and Mrs. Baker, the Secretary
F., of the Navy and Mrs Daniels. the Secre-
| tary of the Interior and Mrs Lane, MI:
| Justice McReynolds. the former imperial
1 md lima h
meteff, the minister of the Serbs, Croats
! and Slovenes and Nine. Grouitch. Mr.
and Mrs Carl Vrooman. Mrs Victor
Kauffmann, Mr.. Philip Kaufman. Mr..
Samuel Kaufman. Mrs. John Alan
| Dougherty and Mr. Webster.
| Mrs Delos A. Blodgett entertained
Mrs Willis Van Devanter. Mrs. Charles
| G. Matthews, Miss Helen Blodgett, Miss
Mona Blodgett, Mr.. Winslow Van De-
| vanter Mr.. Isaac Van Devanter. Capt
| Irving. Lieut. Maurice Walsh and Mr.
| Van Waggaman.
| Give Box to Young People.
| Col and Mrs. Robert M Thompson
r, gave their box over to party of young
people which included: Miss Hilda
Sykes. Miss Nina Dearth OF New York.
! Miss Ruth Thomas. Mr.. Vernon Cox of
! England, Maj. Rayner and Col. Ma
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas F. Logan en-
| tertained a box party which included
| Mr. and Mrs Harry Wardman. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Fred Britten. Lieut.
] Commander Hetf1eld, Mr.. Robert Silver
| cruys of the Belgian embassy staff and
the Marquis de Buenavista of the staf
| of the Peruvian embassy.
| Mrs. Charles Boughton Woods box
party included Mr.. and Mrs. William
L. Graves. Mr.. and Mrs; Chase; Miss
Antoinette Graves, Miss Polly Morgan
and Mr.. A. F. M. Greig of the British
| embassy.
The ambassador Of Peru and Nine.
Pezet were among the guests In Mrs.
| Francois Berger Moran's box, the
others including M. and Nine Claude
| Langlais, Princess Ghika, Mr. and Mrs.
Malcolm McConihe. Mrs. Horace G..
Macfarland, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Hubbard and Col. Branch of Richmond,
Va.
Mr.. William Phelps Emo had with
him Mrs. George Ehle, Mrs. Heatwole
and Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell. Mre.
Stephen B. Elkins entertained Mrs.
Montgomery Blair. Miss Blair, Mr..
Henry Gassawaya Davis I'd and Mr..
| Brupec Of Philadelphia.
| Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry
entertained a party in Mrs. Richard
Townsends box. their guests including
Miss Ramona Lefevre. Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend occupied Mrs.
| Theodore Poyntons box and had with
them Mrs. James Mcdonald, Mr.. and
Mrs. Effingham Townsend and Miss
| Justine Townsend of New York.
| Mrs. Julian James had a large party,
and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thropp and
Mrs. E. w. Cole OF Nashville. Tenn.
| formed another interesting party.
Miss Skirvin occupied Mr.. and Mrs
George Mesta's box, and had with her
Mrs. George Leroy Boyle. Miss Wall
of Salt Lake City; Senator McKellar.
i Col pavtop IJarf Iylrich C0nwav Mr.
| William Skirvin. her brother and Mr.
! William Bowie Clarke.
| Mr. William Eric Fowler entertained
a distinguished party in his box.
Wears Queens Decoration.
| Mrs. Walsh wore superb gown of
| black and gold brocade elabora tely
draped and made with a short pointed
train. She wore a necklace of dia-
monds reaching to the waistline and
ment. A high collar of diamonds and
pearls encircled her neck and she
wore the decoration recently bestowed
on her by the Queen of Belgium. She
carried a great cluster of Richmond
roses.
| Nine. Pezet wore silver and tur-
quoise blue brocade with diamond or
naments; Nine. de Matthew. wife of
the ambassador of Chile. was in black
velvet with rhinestone trimming;
|
brocade with a necklace Of diamonds
and emeralds and feather ornament
in her hair: Mrs. Newton d. Baker
wore rainbow tulle over irfdescent
metal cloth with a girdle OF satin in
rainbow colors; Mrs. Franklin K.
Lane, emerald green brocade with
wing sleeves of tulle banded with
pearls; Nine. Grouitch, American
lbeauty charmeuse with draperies of
tulIe covered with sequins; Mrs Peter
lGoelet Gerry. Pompeian red and gold
brocaded crepe with a cape of sable;
Mrs. Carl Vrooman. a black and silver
| seauin gown beautifully combined
with a garland of pink chrysanthe-
I NUNS at one side of the skirt; Mrs.
Victor Kaufman, cloth Of gold in
| crusted in gold flowers; Mrs. James
Mcdonald, sea green and silver bro
cade elaborately beaded; Mrs. Thorn
as F. Logan. cloud gray tulle made
very bouffant over cloth of silver
sewn with silver sequins: Mrs. John
Alan Dougherty, violet and gold bro
cade with gold lace and net on the
lcorsage and also forming the elbow
length sleeves.
Mrs. Harold Walker, black velvet.
with a bandeau of diamonds in her
hair, and she carried a coral feather
fan; Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins wore black
velvet. with facings of red satin. and
diamond ornaments; Mrs. Joseph
Hampson, sapphire blue satin. veiled
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