The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
Make Aida
Social
iVs
Extra Boxes Formed Into
Horseshoe to Hold Dis
tinguished Host.
BY EVELYN C. HUNT.

The most important social event
Of the week will be the Washington
Opera Conpany's production of
Aida" which will open this eve
ming at Polls Theater. with q very
distinguished audience. A large num-
ber of extra boxes have -heen in
stalled. forming a horseshoe, where
. notable company will gather.
Among the boxholders this evening
will be the French Ambassador and
Mime. Jusserand. who have taken
four boxes; the Argentine Ambas-
sador and Nine. LIE Breton. Miss
Mabel Bosrdman. Mrs. Delos Blodg-
EFT, Mrs. c. C. Calhoun, Col. and
bassy staffs Mrs. Peter Drury. Will
Edward H. Everett, Mrs. Gibson
Col. william Eric Fowler, Miss
Amryllis Gillett. Mrs. Thomas T.
Can, Mrs. r. r. Gown, Col. Francis
T. A. Junkin. Judge Martin A.
Knapp, Mrs. Thomas F. Logan. Mrs.
George T. Marye. Mrs. George Mes
ia, Mrs. I. t. Mann, Mrs. +. b.
Moran. Mrs. Henry T. Oxnard. Mrs.
Victor Kaufman, Mrs. James Par
malice and Mrs. Mary Stewart.
Among those who have taken
strips Of seats are Chief Justice
Edward Douglas white: the new
Czeeho-Slovak Minister, DR.. Bed
rich Stepanek; Mrs. Charles J. Bell.
Mrs. Theodore Boynton, Mrs. John
Joyce Broderick, Mrs. Wilbur ].
Carr. Mrs. Mitchell Carroll, DR.. p.
p. Clsxton, J. de LagerberE, Mrs.
Charles w. Fairfsa, Mrs. walter
Bruce Howe, Homer Hit, Mrs. The
odore Noyes and Mrs, Eugene Pom
eroy. Most of those notables are
also patrons and pstronesses. Some
OF the other patrons, all of whom
are going some time during the
week. are Nine. Grouitch. Mrs.
George Barnett, william Boyd-Car-
penter, John Barrett, Mrs. John
Dillon, Miss Mary Gwynn and JUS
tice Frederick L. Siddons.
Maj. George Oakley Totten Is go
ing to give a supper party and
dance at his beautiful studio in
Sixteenth street after the perform
ance this evening for the directors
and principals in the opera and for
the boxholders and their guests. 1t
promises to be jolly party. There
have been quite a few nice parties
given In connection with the opera
production, when the enthusiasts for
the movement of grand opera in
Washington have met and added the
zest of bit of fun to their ac-
tivities.
Mrs. George Ehle and William
Phelps Emo entertained i brilliant
company at a reception Saturday af-
ternoon to meet Nine. Mary Cavan
and Otakar Marak who canrr to
Washington to sing the leading
parts in the opera. Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend. Mrs. Franklin Townsend
and Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins assisted
In receiving the guests. In the COM
pany were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward AL
bion, the director Of the Washington
Opera Company. and his wife;
Mrs. Newton D. Baker: the Pc
ruvian Ambassador. +. A. Pezet,
Mrs. Washington Pezet. the Argen-
tine Ambassador and Nine. LeBreton,
Miss Manuela Lloveras, Nine. "a
Cana. the Serbian Minister and Nine.
Grouitch. Mrs. Randolph Miner. Mrs.
F. S. Nash and Miss Caroline Nash,
Mrs. Victor Kaufman. Mrs. Cla--
ence Day. Miss Miriam Hoy, Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Kaufman. Miss Marcia
Chaplin. Miss Frances Hampson, Miss
Janet Richards, the Assistant to the
Secretary OF State and Mrs. Wilbur
Carr. Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs.
Charles G. Matthews. Mrs Charles
Howry. George Oakley Totten. John
Barrett. Archibald Wells, and a
number of others.