Evening star., 1920-11-20

| am basSador of Great Britain ana Lazy
Auckland Geddes at the BRUSH en-
| bassy surpassed in size and briliiancy
any function of its kind held In that
| historic mansion prior to the war
| The guests, representative OF olplo-
! matte, official and smart society ioik
| from New York, Baltimore and other
cities, as well as the capital, to the
number of 100 or more, danced in the
stately white and green ballroom until
the wee small hours this morning.
! The embassy, which is particularly
| well arranged for entertaining, was
| deliberately decorated with quantities
! OF mauve and yellow chrysanthemums
intermingled with autumn foliage and
palms. and a large string orchestra
played in the bay window
The amba ssador and Lady Geddes
| received their guests in the front
drawing room. Lady Geddes wearing
a handsome gown of white faille
| heavily embroidered in silver. with
bouffant panniers Of tulle and touches
! of orange ostrich feather trimming
She wore file' # silver leaves in her
hair. The members of the STAFF with
the ladies OF the embassy assisted in
the various rooms. some of which
were arranged for auction bridge. A
buffet supper was served in the large
dining room.
A number of large dinner parties
preceded the ball. The military. air
and naval attaches Of the British
embassy, Mai. Gen. H. K. Bethel, Air
Capt. Geoffrey Blake, were hosts d
dinner of sixty covers at Rauschers'.
Gen. and Mrs. John L. Chamberlain
entertained a distinguished company
to meet the Secretary of War and
Mrs Baker; Gen. and Mrs Charles B.
dinner hosts, and Mrs. Charles $.
Bromwell and Miss Mildred Brom-
we'll entertained notable company
Of 1875 guests at a buffet dinner party
before the ball. when their guests
were seated at small tables, and in
cluded many from out of town.
The guests of the ambassador and
Lady Geddes included the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Bainbridge Colby,
Miss Colby. the ambassador of Spain
and Sonora de Riano. the AMBASSADOR
of Argentina, DIR. Tomas A. LIE Bre-
ton; the ambassador of Peru, Senor
Don Federico Alfonso Pezet, Sonora
de Pezet being en- route from abroad;
the ambassador of Brazil, Mr.. Au-
gusto Cochrane de Alencar; Baroness
Romano Avezzana and Mile. Romano
Avezzana, wife and daughter OF the
Italian ambassador, who is abroad;
Prince de Bearn ct de Chalais. coun-
selor and charge daffaires for France;
the Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Houston, the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Baker. the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs Daniels. the Postmaster Gen
eral and Mrs. Burleson, Miss Burleson,
the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Meredith, several Justices of the Su-
preme Court and their wives, foreign
ministers and others of the diplomatic
corps, a few senators and representa-
tives with their wives. and society
Baltimore, Philadelphia and else
where, the entire list includ.CS; Lieut..
Commander and Mrs. H. c. Abbott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler P. Anderson.
Erik Arentz, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Alberton.
DIR. and Nine. D. H. Andreae. Capt. and
Andrews. Luis G. and Mrs. Amaral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Ackerman.
DR. and Mrs. Bryce, Mr.. and Mrs.
Boiling, Mr.. and Mrs. Broderick, DR..
Jose T. Baron. Mr.. and Mrs. Banning.
Mrs. and Miss Bollen. Mrs: Bayard,
Woods Bliss. Gen. and Mrs. Tasker
H. Bliss, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Lansing
H. Beach, George Boyle, Admiral and
Mrs. Benson, Mr.. Charles ]. and Mrs.
Bell, Col. Marquis and Marquise Di
Bernezzo. w H. de Beaufort. Dr.. and
and Mrs. brewster. Miss Cornelia
Bruen Basel, Commander and Mrs. L.
E. Bratton P. A. and Nine. Bonet,
Maj. Count Nils Bonde. Maj. and Mrs.
John Begelow, Justice and Mrs. and
Miss Brandeis. Senor L. Alvarez de
| John Buchanan. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. w. H. H. BuIlard. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Butler, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
w. Bucknall. F. Boidler, the Norwegian
minister and Nine. Bryn, NJ. and Nine.
Brambilla. Very Rev. G. c. T. Bra
tenahl. Mrs. Cromwell Brooks. Mrs.
Charles Bromwell, Miss Bromwell,
| the Siamese minister and Mile. Schwee
Runnag. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bullard
Admiral and Mrs. Willard Brownson,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bennett. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen Bonsall, Mr.. Percy S.
F. Brown.
Gen. and Mrs. Crawford and Miss
Crawford. Gen. Charlton. Capt. and
Mrs Charlton. Mr.. and Mrs. Collman.
Maj. Gen. E. H. Crowder. Lieut.. Com
mander and Mrs. T. A. Craven, Mr..
and Mrs. Church. Admiral and Mrs.
Coontz. Mr.. A. Bradley Campbell, the
Misses Cullen, Cuban Minister and
Nine de Cespedes, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Richards Castle. Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor n. Cushman. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bernard casserly, Mrs. Gorbin: Mrs.
Bowie Clarke, Mrs. Frederick L.
Chaplin and Miss Chaplin, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Miller Collier. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Carr, Mr.. ana Mrs. Frederic Coudert.
Mrs. Alderton Carlisle. Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. J. L. Chamberlain, Mrs. Carroll,
Consul Gen. and Mrs. Gerald Camp
bell, NJ and Nine. Alberto Cartadel-
leas, Gen. and Nine. Louis Collardet.
Capt. Peitro Civalleri. Maj s. w.
Cramer. Mrs. King Carley. Mrs. c: H.
Campbell, Mrs Gordon Cumming,
Chinese Charge d'Affaires and Mrs.
Chu Foo Lin.
Capt. and Mrs J. H. Dayton, Mr..
and Mrs. f. F. Darrell, Mrs. Armistead
Davis, Col and Mrs. NJ A. Delaney.
Mrs. John Allen Dougherty. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. De Frees, Commander and
Mrs. M. F. Draemel. Mr.. and Mrs.
lRufus S. Day, Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. Norman Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bell Deford. Minister of
Venezuela and Miss Dominica, Danish
minister, Mr.. Brun; Senator and Mrs.
and Miss Dial, Mrs. Doig, Mr.. and Mrs.
Drake, Miss Drake. Miss Donaldson.
Minister of Ecuador and Nine. de
Elizalde Capt. ]. M. Enocks. Y: ). N;
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mr. and
Mrs. William Ellicott, Mrs. Elkins,
Mr.. C. P. Edwards, Capt. Echeverria.
Mr.. c. Frazer, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Farnsworth, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Fries.
M. Emile Fontanel. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
FULLER. jr.; Dr. and Mrs. Livingstone
Farrand. Mrs. Sparkes, Commander
and Mrs. Percy Foote. Mrs. Flood.
Lieut.. Col and Nine. Guldoni. DR.. B.
J. Gratama Mr.. and Mrs. Gaff, Miss
Gwynn, Miss Graef, the minister of
serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Nine.
|Grouitch, Guatemala minister and
Nine. Bianchi. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
r. SGriff1n. Commander and Mrs. W Nv.
|GaIbraith, Mrs. William Morton Grin
.n5 Mrc Gilbert TT GroSVa-