The Washington times., 1919-02-04
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY

his box over 10 the committee for the
same purpose.
Miss Brown Selected.
Miss Brown, daughter of Major John
Wilson Brown, Of Baltimore, now in
France, was one of the three daugh-
ters of Dixie selected as the prettiest
girls at the ball. Despite the fact
that the judge, c. w. DeLyon Nichols,
OF New York, comes from above the
Mason and Dixon line, three Southern
girls took the palm from girls from
the North, East, and West. The other
two thus honOred were Miss Marguer-
lite Simonds, daughter of Mrs. c. c.
Calhoun. whose home is in Charles
ton, 8. c., and Miss Margaret Harding,
daughter of w. P G.. Harding, gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve Board.
Who also halls from Dixie. Miss
Calhoun, was described by Mr..
Nichols as "a typical Charleston
beauty. with patrician features, and
exquisite blonde coIoring."
Mr.. Nichols inaugurated the Gus
tom of naming the prettiest girls at
the Southern relief ball five years
agp, when he selected Mrs. Hugh
Roland French, formerly Miss Ida
Wynne, who was declared by King
Edward to be the most beautiful wo-
man at the English court.
Mrs Carter Glass, wife of the re-
Gently appointed Secretary of the
Treasury. made her first appearance
in public in the role of Cabinet
hostess, standing in the receiving
line next to Miss Mamie Randolph
Heth, president of the Southern Re
lief Society. Others in the line were
Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory and Mrs.
George Denis, Of California. Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, who was to have
been present, was out of town, and
Mrs. Claude Swanson and Mrs Will
lain L. Marshall were both unable Ito
take their places in the line because
of recent illness.
Miss Heth wore wine-coIored vel.
vet with diamond ornaments. and
carried an arHful of pink carnations.
Mrs. Glass fore a gown OF black vel
vet and point lace, Mrs. Gregory tur-
quOise velvet, and Mrsh George Denis
gold crocaded velvet with pearls and
diamonds.
Those in the Boxes.
Among the boxholders were the Min
lister from Colombia and Nine. Urueta.
who had with them the Minister from
Ecuador and Nine. Elisadle, and Mr..
and Mrs. Adabler
Mr.. and Mrs. Angus w. Mclean had
in their box their dinner guests, who
were asked to meet the Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. Glass. Their
guests were Senator and Mrs. Lee s.
Overman and the Director of the War
Finance Corporation and Mrs. Clifford
NJ. Leonard.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frederic Abbott
had with them Mrs. Earle I. Brown,
Mrs. David de Bose Gaillard and her
son, Captain Gaillard; Colonel Lane
gan, Major Jervey, the Misses Abbott
and their guest, Miss Anne Piper, of
New York.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock gave her
box to the officers of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Major William Eric Fowler enter
tanned in his box Mr.. and Mrs. JoUett
Shouse. Capt. and Mrs. c. c. Calhoun,
Miss Alice Requa, Miss Antoinette
of New York: Miss Margaret
Simonds. Miss Margaret Deeble, Miss
Hill. Miss Margaret Harding, Maj.
Gen. George Squier, Captain Rife,
Lieut. Franklin X Lane, jr., William
Bowie Clarke and Victor Patton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Z. Thropp had
with them Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. d. Full
lerton, Mrs. Richard FitZhugh Led
yard. Mrs. Robert Henderson, Com
mander Nuida, of the Japanese navy,
and DR.. Thomas A. Williams.
Mrs Charles BOughton Wood had
among her guests Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred Hawes, Mrs. Morris Evans, Miss
Morgan. Major r. f. Bell. and Will
liam Wilson DUrant.
Mrs. William Beldon Noble had
among her guests her daughter, Mrs.
Sherman Miles, Miss Josephine P:y-I
or and Miss Mary Simpson.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran had
with her the United States minister
to Salvador, Boaz Long; Miss Bes-
sic Conrad. OF Winchester, Va:
guest of Mrs. Moran; Mrs. James
Pryor Tarvin. Mrs. Horace Macfar-
land, Colonel Gplliam, DR.. Jarvis,
and William FIather, jr.
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