The Washington herald., 1920-02-15

ter of the room. Spring will open
the carnival. The Queen of Spring
is Mrs. Scott Thropp, who. sur
rounded by a group of pretty maid
ems. one of whom will give a grace
full dance of the spring. will make
most attractive picture. 1t is
hoped to nave as a special feature
of the ball the beautiful and clever
and extraordinarily fascinating Dor
othy Smoller to do a group of
dances to open the carnival. She
is a Washington girl who was
lately with Paylowa- Next comes
Summer. surrounded by her
flower attendants, and holds her
court, while before her Miss Ra-
mona Lefevre will give a Spanish
dance, and Pierrot and Pierrette
will do their courting under a sum-
mer moon. With the beautiful
Queen of Autumn come the Indians
and huntsmen and maidens bearing
the fruit and grains of the harvest
here. too. there will be a clever
dance. Last comes the gorgeous
Winter Queen with her attendants
Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes. jr.. with
Miss Hamlin, Miss Bromwell, Miss
Harding, Miss. Littauer, Miss Graef
and Miss McCallum as the winter
maidens-and their part of the pag-
cant will include some very novel
and striking features. After the
pageant there will be a general
carnival. in which all may join.
The Neighborhood House puts on
a ball with special features every
winter, and they never fail to pro-
duce something unusual and par
ticularly enjoyable. Wasn't it the
Neighborhood House that was re-
sponsible for the Hunt ball and the
famous Beaux Arts ball?
Balls. balls and then some moro
balls-never was a season so pack
jammed with balls: large. small,
early and late, public and private.
Last week produced two big balls.
the Navy League affair and the
,Oriole ball given last evening by the
Maryland State Society. a very beau
tiful AFFAIR. Then there were quite
few private dances. the dinner
dance Mrs Marshall Field gave last
Monday before the last rehearsal OF
HNllo, Washington" among others
Then after ~the performance on
tuesday evening Ronald Lindsay
and the >other members of the Brit
ish Embassy STAFF gave a dance in
compliment to Henry Getty Chiffon
OF the staff and Mrs. Chiffon. as the
former was leaving town NE mex,
day on the first leg of his journey to
Rio de Janeiro, where he will be
counselor OF the British Embassy.
Most of the guests were members
OF the cast of the revue. How they
ever managed to go. / sent know,
but go they did and hal a dandy
time. Those girls and ooys had
worked night after night rehearsinc
that play and going TO parties like
Mrs. FIELDS between times. Then
they put on a matinee Tuesday aft
ernoon and that performance Tues
day night. which wasn't over until
about midnight. and then their
clothes had to be changed. After
the performance the whole cast was
entertained at a supper by Gen.
and Mrs. Barnett in the messroou
of the barracks, and feasted on
baked beans. hot dogs" strone
coffee out of thick cups and hunks
of bread. After the feast the girls
all went over to the commandant's
house and went to sleep on lounges
and floors and the men slept and
rested on the floors and hunks of
the Marines until the evening per-
formance, after which you can bet
they were a tired let of buds and
beaux.
But not too tired to go to the EN-
bassy dance and dance half of the
night and then put on the third
performance Wednesday night. Also
many of the cast took part in the
pageant at the ball Thursday. One
other private dance of the week was
the charming one given Friday
evening by Admiral and Mrs. Coont,
at Wardman Park. their guests in.
GLIDING official, army, navy and res
ident society. There was bridge and
donninoes for those who did not care
to dance. The same evenine
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilcox enter.
tained at a dance in compliment tc
their guests. Mrs. Albert Halstcad
wife of the American Commissioner
in Vienna, and her daughter, Miss
Aline Halstead. and Saturday even.
ing Gen. and Mrs. Barnett enter.
tanned at a dinner in complimen,
~ the dshIuSf IeN
! other young people in to dance later
The Barnetts make charming hosts
one always has a good time at their
parties. 1t was a st. valentinei
Day party. with the ballroom deco.
rated in strings of hearts.
Gen. and Mrs. Barnett entertained
q young peoples house party for tn,
occasion. numbering among theil
guests Miss Dorothy Savage, Mis-
Caroline Ellicott, William Ellicot
and David Brewster. all of Baiti
more.
There are two dances scheduled fol
tomorrow evening, the Georgetown
Assembly ami the Hundred Ciul
PARTY. And the next day-the last be-
fore Lent will be full to overf1owing
There will be two Mardi Grss balls
the Neighborhood House affaiI have
been talking of, and one given TO
the Confederate Memorial Home, a
Rauscher's. Senator James Duval
Phelan will entertain a large and dis
tinguished company at dance tina
evening in compliment to Nancy Lam
and Phil Kaufman. That party will
be preceded by a number of dinler'
and suppers. The Riding Club viii
have their weekly drill and ride, fol
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