The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
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given an opportunity to view them
selves. and also Judge whether or
not they like themselves on the
screen
The makers of the film have de-
clared that the men, women and
girls who took part in the pageant
conducted -- themselves admirably
when before the camera. 1t is an
nounceb that admission to the first
showing will probably be by invita-
tion only.
The pageant at Tuesdays ball was
carnival of the seasons aud was
designed and executed by Henri de
Sibour under the management OF
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman who looked
positively beautiful that evening in
a powdered wig. a black gown and
patches which brought out her love-
ly complexion.
THE COURT ~
OF SPRING. ..r
The Court of Spring" was pic
tured first. with Miss Gladys Hinck-
| ley as the Queen of Spuring," at
tended by March Winds" Miss Car
oline Nash. Miss Genevieve Brooks,
/ lieut.. Fitch and Lieut.. Dunham), and
April Showers" (Miss Barrine
! Drake, Miss Marion Drain and Miss
Mona Blodgett). 'r',
Little Miss Betty Baker. daughter
ff the Secretary of War and Mrs.
aBker, in her Dance of the Spring
Flowers" was greeted by enthusiast
tic applause; the Spring FAIRIES"
(wee pupils of Miss Hawk) came in
for their measure of applause. and
so did charming Miss Dorothy Smol-
Ter. formerly of the Pavlowa ballet.
who danced THE Spirit of Spring"
with fire and grace.
The floor was so slippery that II
J., spoiled all of the fancy dancing a
bit; all, of the dancers appeared to
| be under a strain.
The Queen of Summer" (Mrs.
Henry Prince wrigh), her arms
filled with golden daftodils, made
her entrance in a gilded chariot, at
tended by the spirit OF the woods"
and the spirit of the sea- (the
Misses Dunlop. Miss Dorothy Smol-
| ler's lovely garden dance" Pier
rot and Pierrette dance" with Mrs.
Sherman Miles as Pierrette, and a
song, "Tosti's famous "Good-by," by
Mrs. John Orme Thornberry. were
among the charming features of this
scene.
Miss Louise Delano was a radiant
ly lovely queen of Autumn" with
all the rich reds. purples and gold
of fall woven into her costume.
Nine. Brambilla and Nine. Celesia.
| as the spirit of the harvest" and
the spirit of the vineyard" attend
ed her. The feature of this scene
was an Indian dance, put on by a
, group of native Sioux chiefs, to the
music of the tomtoms, while a group
or squaws and Indian maids looked
on. And I'm convinced now that the
"chimmy" originated with the In
dians. One of them "chimmied" to
/ perfection. Miss Elizabeth Howry
! presented the dance of the grapes"
Miss Elizabeth Kingsbury, the love-
ly and pathetic failing leaf dance"
| and Major Charles Trowbridge Titt-
man sang Gypsy John" with telling
effect He certainly looked like a
Gypsy or an Indian 1ndia IndiaN).
The climax of the pageant came
with the presentation of the Yule-
tide revels at the court of the
Queen Of Winter (Mrs Slyvanus
Stokes, jr.). She made her entrance
enthroned upon snow-covered
float, iceberg effect. and surround
ed by her snow naidens (Miss Mil
dred Bromwell, Miss Anna Hamlin,
Miss aMrGaret Harding. Miss Cecilia
McCallum, Miss Olive Graef and
Miss Margaret Dunlopl. In her
clipging gown of silver cloth, with
glcering icycles pendant from her
outstretched arm and a gorgeous
many-rayed headdress Of brilliants.
Mrs. Stokes was a striking and a
lovely figure. 1t was interesting to
watch her young good-looking hus-
oand, alone up in the center gallery.
nervously awaiting her entry, ano
his look of complete satisfaction
and tremendous admiration when
she appeared. She was decidedly
the hit of the evening.
To complete the effectiveness or
the tableau. Miss Dorothy SmolIer
{ and Miss Helen Smoller danced the
/ "Pavlowa gavotte." while the snow
queen looked on, surrounded by
lords and ladies of the castle of
merriment" (Miss Yolanda Romano.
Miss Leila Gordon. II. II. Hadow.
Capt. Harker and Hugh Tennant),
/ and such picturesque personages as
the boar's head bearer" George
oakley Totte), and the peacock
bearer Miss Louise Littauer). The
exit OF this group was made through
the falling snow. with the room
darkened and only the eIitterine
radiant queen of winter and her
maids in glow of light.
, One Of the most picturesoue mar
sonages among the dancers was
Nine. Livius Teisuanu, wife of the
military attache of the Rumanjan
legation. wearing an authentic Ru
manlan peasant costume, lavishly
embroidered, and a filmy embroider
ed veil. She was accompanied by
her husband, whose striking uniform
made another brilliant color note.
Miss Helen Blodgett. in a Dutch
peasant costume picked up abroad.
ana Emil Fontanel of the Swiss
legation. as mountaineer from one
OF his own cantons, were others
who attracted attention in the bril-
liant throng.
The prize winners in the poster
contest which was n feature of the
ball were announced. They were
Miss Hazel F. witz, Newman Sud
duth and Mrs. Claude B. Mayo, first.
second and third.
The annual breakfast given by
the Confessional Club the same
day at Rauscher's. with Mrs. Mar
shall. wife of the Vice President
as the honor guest, was one of the
loveliest entertainments of a crowd
ed season and one of the most sue
cessful that club has given since
its first entertainment of the sort
in 1902. 1t was also the largest
ever given by the club. the guests