Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-20
VANITY FAIR FETE
PROVES GAY AFFAIR
Legations and Embassies
Aid Benefit for Women'S
Clinic and Noel House.

|
| The embassies and legations in
Washington joined yesterday after
noon and evening in making the Van
| ity Fair fete for the benefit OF the
| Women's Evening Clinic and Noel Set
| Element House one of the most sue
| cessful benefits given in Washington
| this season. If there was a fault TO
| be found 1t was in the fact that the
entertainment extended over too many
! hours of the day and night and might
| have been confined entirely to after
| noon or evening with benefit.
The wares of the various countries
! corridors of Wardman Park Hotel
| turned the promenade into a gay mid
way, and the wives of ambassadors,
ministers and other women of the
corps assisted in lending a feature of
carnival life hard to achieve.
Nine. Matthew, wife of the Chilean
ambassador, directed the Chilean
| booth, and assisting her were her
handsome nieces. the Misses da Cana.
The Ecuadoran booth, at which Nine.
| sided for a time, was watched over
through the entire evening by Nine.
Bonilla, Mile Bonilla, Nine. Diaz. Mile.
Marie Soto. Mile. Camilla Soto and
Mile. Bertha Duron. who sold delecta-
BILE dulces of all kinds peculiar to that
country
Indicative of Holy Land.
The booth representing characters
and wares of the holy land, the CO.'S
being contributed by Mrs. Paul. was
one of the most fitting and attractive
places on the corridor The splendid
costumes, hundreds of years old, were
worn by well known women. Mrs. G..
A Lyon wore the costume of the
Queen Of Sheba with stately grace.
Mrs. William II. Moses wore the cos
tune of Queen Esther. Other cos
tunes of women of the Bible were
shown, and Joseph with his coat of
many colors was represented by Rob-
ert Wheeler.
Nine. Full, wife Of the third secre-
tary of the Japanese embassy and a
granddaughter of Prince Ito, was in
the Japanese booth, which was almost
cleared by the time the evening was
half over.
Turkeys and plum buildings were sold
at market prices in the British booth,
which was in charge of Mrs. Henry
Getty Chiffon, wife of the first secre-
tary of the British embassy; Mrs. Will
liam s. Scully and Mrs Howry, assisted
by Mr.. Chiffon. Gen. Charlton. air at
tache of the embassy, ard Mrs. Scully
The French booth was IN charge of
Nine. Langlois, wife of an attache of
the French embassy, assisted by Nine
de Lavergne and Nine. de Commines
The Italian booth was presided over by
Nine. Barmbilla and Mile. Bartolucci
Mrs. Raymond Rodgers and Miss Camil-
Ia Lippincotte. They had corals, scarfs
Roman pearls and some beautiful an
tiques for sale.
Offerings of Belgium.
Belgium offered rare laces. embroid-
cries, and some medallions and PLAQUES
arranged by Mime. Paternotte Mrs Yer
non Kellogg and Mrs. Arthur Billiard.
Mrs James Wadsworth. jr., had charge
of the Spanish booth, and was hand
some in Spanish lace and bright COL
ored garments. She was assisted by
Mrs Randolph Miner, Miss Sanger and
Miss Louise King, Nine Grouitch had
charge of the Serbian booth, Mime.
Mistowt OF the Russian booth, assisted
by Nine. Benklevsky. and the Misses
Hazelbiatt. Countess Ostrovska man
aged the Polish table and Nine. Tsa-
mados had charge of the Greek booth,
assisted by Mrs. Kirk and Miss Abbott.
Inc progress of fashion was de-
picted py a pageant in which the deb
utantes OF this season took a promi-
nent part, and it was one of the beau
tiful and picturesque features of the
fete. Capt. c. G.. Calhoun. in colonial
costume. read a prologue in verse
written by Mrs. Calhoun, and the
vagaries OF each period were foretold
o. III,
directed the bail, wore a white wig
and a velvet costume.
The ballroom was deliberately dec
grated with holly, and the chairs and
boxes were arranged about the walls,
with the entire ballroom floor left free
for the parade of fashion, each group
forming in tableaux on a raised plat
form in the center.
Group Of Indian Maidens.
The pageant opened with the en-
maidens, Miss Virginia McKenney,
Miss Ruth Thomas. Miss Marion Drain
and Miss Marie Sturgeon. wearing
cred with beads in vivid colorings.
Next came the Puritan maids. Miss
Peggy Martin and Miss Betty Grove,
who looked charmingly demure in
gray c 9nsk and ehns The colonial
Danes Of lit. Miss Helen Blodgett
and Miss Genevieve Brooke, wore
pink Powered gowns with graceful
trains and painters Their white wigs
were encircled with wreaths of flow
charming grace.
Miss Frederick Mckinney made a
handsome Columbia, draped in an
American flag. and she. with Miss
don. representing the Daughters of
the Revolution Q775), wore flags
draped over their brilliant blue skirts
and white bodices. They made a
striking tableau. Miss Elizabeth
Walmsley as Josephine, in a white
satin gown with a scarlet valvet cape
with an ermine collar, and Miss Mar
garet Smith. in a lovely blue costume
represented the empire mode of 1906.
Represented Fashions of 1920.
Miss Margaret Crosson and Miss
Beatrice Pollock represented the FASH
ions of 1920. The former wore Dres-
den Powered silk with quaint bon
net and the latter was in green silk
costume of rare beauty. The period
of 1910 was represented by Miss Mona
Blodgett and Miss Celeste Crosby. and
as they entered, dancing to the strains
of Dixie, were received with pro-
longed applause. Their costumes were
beautiful. Miss Blodgett wore lace
covered with ruff1es of narrow pink