Evening star., 1920-11-26
NAVY RELIEF BALL
LIKE PRE-WAR DAYS
Atmosphere Of Gayety With
Beautiful Gowns Lends
Air to Fete.

An atmosphere of gayety surround
ed the Navy Relief Society paii a.
the New Willard last evening, quite
suggestive of pre-war days. Constant
music from two excellent orchestras.
the flags suspended over the heaus
of the dancers moving in rhythm, the
Unusually gay and beautiful gowns
of the women and many men in uni
form all lending exactly the air
which should obtain for such an
event.
parties in a body. filling the boxes.
and many who were to be box guests
only stopped to rest for moment.
joining Immediately in the dance.
Admiral Andrew T. Long made the
introductions, and in the receiving
line were Mrs. Daniels, wife of the
Secretary of the Navy, who wore
handsome draped gown of pale yer
low brocade, with a scarf OF oiack
tulle falling from the left shoulder
to the hem of the skirt.
Mrs. Gordon Woodbury.. wife OF the
assistant secretary of the Navy. In
charming model of orchid charmeuse
with tulle incrusted with gold sequins
on the bodice; Mrs. Coontz. wire OF
the chief of naval operations. in black
velvet with the bodice of black Jetted
tdlie: Mrs. Charles MaeVay. jr. wife
of the chief of the bureau OF ord
nance. wearing black velvet elabor-
ately trimmed with jet; Mrs. Henry
c. HaineS-who represented the Ma
rine Corps in the absence OF MRS.
Lejeune, wife of the commandant.
who is in mourning-in gown OF
sapphire blue velvet and silver lace.
commandants Of the Washington navy
yard. who wore yellow brocade and
gold lace with crystal trimming.
In the Boxes.
Mrs. Daniels. wife of the Secretary
of the Navy. entertained party IN
the presidential box, when her guests
were Mrs. Adelaide Worth Bagley,
Miss Belle Bagley, Miss Ethel Bag
ley, the director general of the Pan
American Union, DR.. Rowe; Admiral
MCGOWAN. U. S. N; Commander and
Mrs. Percy Foote and Commander
Stenhouse.
Admiral and Mrs. Charles Mcvey.
and Mrs. Louis Hertle Of Gunston
Hall on the Potomac, Commander and
Mrs. Randolph Miner, Capt. and Mrs.
Ralston Holmes, Miss Esther Reno
and Capt. John Enochs. who were
their guests at dinner earlier in the
Galbraith also entertained at dinner
and brought their guests on to the
BALL where they occupied a box.
Those in the party were the naval
attache of the Brazilian embassy and
Nine. Marques de Azevedo, Command
Dunlop. Mrs. William Jeffords. Capt.
Jean F. j. E. Rigal. naval attache of
the French embassy, and Capt. Pietro
Civalleri, naval attache OF the Italian
embassy.
Mrs. Frederick L. Chaplin and Ad-
miral and Mrs. Joseph Strauss were
joint hosts in one. of the boxes. and
among those in the party were Capt
and Mrs. Charles Preston, Capt. and
Mrs. William Leahy and Lieut.. Com
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett had a box
and her guests included Mrs. Charles
G. Matthews. Miss Helen Blodgett and
Miss Mona Blodgett.
Another box was occupied by Mrs.
R. e. Coontz. wife Of the chief of ma
o. Nicholson. Mr.. and Mrs. Chamber
lain, Miss l. r. CaElaghan and Capt.
and Mrs. J., ]. Raby.
The assistant secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Gordon Woodbury. had a
box party. their guests including Mr..
and Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin. Miss Anne
Hamlin, Commander and Mrs. Syther
Of Portsmouth. Miss Gordon Wood
bury and her house guest. Miss
Frances Thompson. of New York.
son gave their box to Capt. and Mrs.
T. T. Craven and their debutante
daughter, Miss Ann Wickes Craven,
whose party included the air attache
Of the italian embassy and Nine. Gui-
doni. Capt. de La vergne and Capt.
Jean F. ]. e. Rigal of the French
embassy, Maj. Blunt, U. s. A., and
Mr.. Goodwin Ordway
Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson
had as guests in their box their house
guestsa Mr. and Mrs. John Jefferies.
r.. offs sBoston, and Miss Hilda Sykes.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran enter
tanned Miss Rosamond Starr of Mary
land and her fiance. Mr.. John w. Belt;
n. and Nine. Claude Langlais. Mr.. and
Mrs. Malcolm McConihe, Rear Admiral
and Mrs Cary T. Grayson. Mrs. Horace
G. Mcfarland and Col. Clarence Rid
ley.
Mrs. Geoi ge Barnett, wife of Gen.
Barnett. and her daughter, Miss Cor
don. were among the guests in Mrs.
Julian James box.
Col. William Eric Fowler enter