The Washington times., 1920-02-13


oness Romano were with Mrs. r. Is.
Moran, who also entertained Senator
! Thomas j, Walsh, Admiral and Mrs
william =. Benson and others. The
Ambassador or Peru and Nine. Pezet
were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln
! q. Valentine, who had with them the
company they had entertained at dim
ner. Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson had
with her Justice and Mrs. Mahion
Pitney, DR.. and Mrs. David Jayne
nm. Mrs. Thomas H. Baysrd. Miss
Hilda sykes and stephen II. T.. Pell.
With Mrs. stephen B. Elkins were
her guest. Mrs, T. Dewitt Talmage,
Senator and Mrs. Howard Sutherland.
and Senator Davis Eikins. Mrs. HeL-
ry i. Dlmock entertained the Min
lister of the Serbs. Crosts, and Sloyen@s
and Nine. Grouitch, Senator and Mrs.
George p. Mclean, Judge and Mrs.
Francis NJ. Scott. OF New York, and
Miss Helen Wslcott. Mrs. Dimock
was chairman OF the Connecticut
group.
Guests of Mrs. woed.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood had as
her guests Mr.. and Mrs. Hskan Stef-
fsnsen. Mr., and Mrs. Alfred Hawes.
Miss Mary Morgan, Mr.. and Nine.
Celesia. of the italian embassy, and
Commander Zogbaum.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock gave din
ner preceding the pageant for the
members of the Maryland group, OF
which she is chairman. and had them
afterward in her box. They showed
"the burning of the Peggy stewart
an incident OF revolutionary days.
Gen. Louis Cullardet, military attache
OF the French embassy; the naval at
tache. Captain de Saint Seine. and
Nine Guy de Lavergne. wife OF the
aerial attache. were guests OF Mrs.
Theodore V. Boynton. who also had
with her Miss Valerie Padelford.
Major and Nine. Teiusanu. and DR..
Howard Van Rensselaer,. OF Albany.
Senator and Mira. James W. Wads-
worth. jr.. had with them the formers
mother. Mrs. James w. Wadsworth;
his sister. Mrs. Fletcher Harper; Mrs.
Clarence Hay, ard Miss Evelyn Wads-
worth.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Parmelee en-
tertained Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Francis,
p. A. Junkin. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Meyer jr.; Miss Maury. and Miss Ma
son Gregory. Mr.. and Mrs. Vivtor
Kaufman had among their guests
Gen. Peyton March, Col and Mrs.
Clarence Ridley. Mr. and Mrs. Hamp-
son Gary. and Mr.. and Mrs. Willis, OF
Baltimore.
Nine Hauge, and and Mrs. c. Will
son. and Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Hit
were in another box.
Directed by Mrs. Forrest.
SO much for the spectators. The
pageant, which was amazingly ar
tistic and beautiful, was arranged
and directed by Mrs. Keith Forrest
Marie Moore Forrest), of the Dis
trict of Columbia Community Service.
1t opened with the Muse OF History
(Izetta Jewell Brown) turning the
pages OF history for beautiful
America miss Helen Walcott), at
tended by her handmaidens, the torch
bearers (Mrs. Rufus 5. Day, Mrs. Ed
win c. Gregory, Miss Catherine Biddle
Porter and Miss Nancy Lane as North,
South. East and WesD and wound
up with a grand march OF the States,
carrying state flags loaned by the
Daughters OF the American Nevolu.
ton.
The New York group. with Mrs.
Charles $. Hamlin as its chairman,
put on a particularly effective pic
ture, THE First Grand Wedding in
New Netherlands. This was notable
because it was the first attempt in
the New World to reproduce the
pomp and ceremony of the old. In
the modern version Of this picturesque
event. the bride, Margritta van
Schlichtenhorst, was played by Miss
Anna Hamlin and Philip Pieterse
Schuyler, the bridegroom, by John b.
Henderson.
Lady Washinetons last reception"
given at Alexandria in honor OF the
Duke OF Kcnt-wss one of the most
picturesque and colorful incidents
shown. Frederick A. Delano had the
role of Washington, with Mrs. Robert
+. Lee as Lady Washington and Mrs.
Il. i. Andrews as chairman of the
group. Mrs. Montgomery Macomb
wore the identical gown in which her
great grandmother Mrs. Henley. at
tended Lady Washington's reception.
Franklin at the Court Of France
was also unusually beautiful. and the
costumes rarely lovely.
"Monroc" Signs Doctrine.
The historic incident OF President
Monroe writing the document which
has become known to tho world as
the Monroe Doctrine was shown,
with his Ercat-great-grandso Cow
cneur Hoes. hllng his ancestors
shoes His costume was actually
worn by President Monroe. grand
daughter of Sitting Bull, Mrs. Ger
trude Bonnin. played the role of
SAGA jorres, the Indian maid who
served as guide to the Lewis and
Clark neutrality-suspicious. under the
direction of the Idaho Montana group
and group Of genuine Sioux In
dians, in beaded buckskins and war
bonnets. lent atmosphere to this
scene.
MIss Baker Makes Debut
Little Miss Betty Baker played the
part OF Betty Zane, the little heroine
OF the frontier days in Ohio. in the
group OF which Mrs. Cary Langhorne
was chairman, and received a genuine
ovation. This incident was parttcu-