The Washington herald., 1920-02-16
MARDI GRAs RAIL-
TOMORROW EVE.

nANDA eNAS nAIAL
TOMORROW EVE.
The season will end In a blaze
Of gorgeous merriment, with tn
Carnival of the Seasons, the Mardi
Gras ball to be given for Neigh
borhood House at the New Willard
tomorrow. This Is in lighter vein
than the wonderful historical pag-
cant OF the Navy League ball, and
with the added attraction of a gem
eral carnival in which the whole
audience will join promises a very
brilliant and gay ending Of the
season. Miss Gladys Hinckley, as
Queen of Spring, has a dainty
group of debutantes and children
about her as March Winds. April
Flowers and the Flowers of May.
and some charming dances, the
Spirit Of Spring" and the Garden"
dance will be given in this group.
Mrs. Henry Price Wright will en-
ter in a gilded chariot as Summers
Queen. surrounded by the spirits
OF the woods and sea, poppies and
flower girls. Miss Ramona ..efevre
is to give a charming Spanish
dance; and a unique and delightful
Pierrot aad Pierrette dance will
take place under the rays of the
summer moon.
In Autumn Nine. Brambilla and
the Countess Celesia. of the Ital-
ian Embassy. will take the princi-
pal parts of the Spirit of the Har-
vest and the Spirit of tho Vine
yard. with Gypsy hunters and full
blooded Indian chiefs appearing on
the stage. Mai. Tittmann will sing
n delightful gypsy song. Miss
Bampson will take the part of Di-
ana: Misses Mildred Greble and
Margretta Brookes and Col. Her
ron will do a spirited Indian dance.
Miss Kingsbury, OF Hello. Wash
ington." fame. will give the Autumn
Leaf dance. The old-fashioned
| Christmas pageant. with its merry
revelers before the Lord and Lady
of the Castle of Merriment. will
| usher in Winters Court. which will
be presided over by the gorgeous
Queen OF Winter and her snow maid
| ems; among those taking part in
this group are Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes,
jry as Queen; Mile. Romano Avcz-
zana. the daughter Of the Italia n
Ambassador; the Misses BromweII,
Hamlin, Harding. Littauer. Gordon,
Dunlop. McCallum and Graef. and
many of the younger diplomats.
| An enthusiastic crowd of young peo-
| pie rode Saturday morning in the
lgymkhana games at the Riding and
Hunt Club and among those who won
| were: Miss Martha Ellis. Miss Nell
| Thoron. Miss Caroline Chamberlain n
! and Miss Louise McLanahan in the
stall race. Miss Peggy Hall and Miss
Susan Hall and Merritt Cootes In Nhe
! ball and bending race, Miss Helen
/ Marye. Roland johnson, William MIC
! l.askS and Susan Hall in the potato
! spearing; and others who rode were
| Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, Miss Barbara
Hight and Miss Phyllis Hight. Miss
! Lila Roosevelt, Miss Sophie Snyder.
| Miss Isabel Hart. Miss Victoria Ere
! linshuysen. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen.
/ jr., William McLaskey and Ennals
! wargaman. Mrs. Frelinghuysen. wife
of the Senator from New Jersey, viii
| entertain the young riders of next
| Saturday at luncheon. following the
games. The club has postponed its
evening ride next Tuesday night, be-
, cause of the Mardi Gras ball of the
| seasons, as they did last Tuesday
| nights ride. because of the American
/ pageant and ball.
! Boxes and seats for the performance
of Percy Mackaye's new play, George
| Washington" to be given at the Shu-
| bert -Belasco on Monday night of next
! week, for the benefit of the National
/ Victory Memorial Building fund. are
going like the proverbial hot cakes.
! though they have not as yet been
! placed on sale at the theater box Of
I flee. but have been disposed of large
/ ly among her personal friends by Mrs.
i Henry +. Dimock, president of the
| George Washington Memorial Asso'
! citation. which has the matter in hand.
| Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has expressed
her hope and intention of being pres
| ent, and among the other purchasers
oe boxes are the Secretary of War and
/ Mrs. Baker. the Postmaster Generai
J and Mrs. Burleson, Mime. Cremer. wife
| of the Minister of the Netherlands;
| Senator and Mrs. Francis L. Warren.
| Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Thomas
+. Walsh. Mrs. George Meyer. jr.. and
Mrs. John B. Henderson.