The Washington herald., 1920-12-05

and the outside world. Mrs Pat
terson said to some of these: What
can you do with everything on your
farms destroyed. your bridges blown
up. your money gone? What can
you dor"
Their reply was: God willing. we
shall rebuild a greater Serbia. for
overhead Is the blue sky and under
meath Is Serbia's fertile soil, and We
have our two hands"
The last words which were spoken
! to Mrs. Patterson in Serbia were:
''Gevala Americaw which means
Long live America"
OF the charity functions, however.
by far the most elaborate was the
two-day Yuletide fete for Neighbor-
hood House at the Willard Hotel.
II was a beautiful thing, and was.
for one. sorry to see that so few
people availed themselves OF the op-
portunity to attend. OF course, on
both evenings there were two big
rival Neutrality-suspicious. even
ing the dinner and dance the Joseph
Letters gave for the British Ambas-
sador and Lady Geddes and on
Thursday night the dinner and
dance given by Senator and Mrs.
Robert L. Owen for the same two
popular members of the diplomats
set.
Those who did slip away from the
Letter and Owen dances to attend
the fete had a jolly time, though
for the music was good. the deco
lrations charming and the costumes
worn by those participating in the
various attractions both unusual and
beautiful.
/ The fete was staged by a number
of organizations of the city. includ-
ing the Child Welfare Association.
the Girls Friendly Society, the Girl
Scouts, the Near East Relef, the
Visiting Nurses Association, the
Junior League and, OF course,
lNeighborhood House.
Each of the organizations had
their own particular booth repre-
senting the different months in the
year, from "January's" snow and ice
TO 'December's' glittering Christ
mas tree. At the latter charming
things made by the wounded SOL
diers at Walter Reed Hospital were
on sale. remember one fascinating
little alligator for which 1 simply
yearned 1t opened it's red Jaws and
waggled its scaly tail in the most
fascinating manner. Mr.. Alligator
had evidently appealed. however. as
strongly to someone else as he did
to me and. alas. had been sold whe n
/ reached the tree.
The April Fool" booth was one
of the chief centers Of attraction
during the two afternoons and
evenings of the fete. 1t was in
charge of Mrs. Claude Mayo and
those assisting her were attired in
the cunningest little suits of black
satin knickers. ,ruffed waistcoats
black coats and white wigs with
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lpointed corners of the hats fioated
balloons of various tints, the only
note of color in the costume.
noticed on Wednesday evening
that Ambassador Pezet. of Peru,
and his party were quite evidently
as strongly attracted to the pretty
April Fool" booth and its charm
ing guardians. The ambassador
danced a number of dances with the
little black clad maidens. / saw his
attractive daughter-in-law. little
Nine. Pezet, jr., the same evening
She was wearing a lovely frock OF
blue sequins and> looked as dainty
and alluring as a picture. Her black
hair was drawn rather closely away
from her face and piled on the back
Of her small head with a huge comt
of tortoise shell.
Nine. Pezet, ST. was wearing q
charming gown of silver with q
georgette sash of jade green.
The most attractive gown at the
fete-and in fact l must admit IL
was by far the most attractive
have seen this season-was a delect'
to able thing in black worn by Mis-:
n, Isabel May, daughter of Col Henr.
:, May. The gown was fashioned ot
l" black satin, slim and sheathlike
st and draped with what appeared e
er lbe a wide cape of chiffon embroid'
of cred in huge clusters OF bright.
e. colored beads and gold thread. i
A. was simply lovely. / wager ever!
< woman present at the fete took IN
e. every detail Of the costume. no
ne overlooking the smallest bead.
ir Every where one goes now on'
r sees so many good-looking clothes
,e many of them with the undeniabl'
~ Paris air to them. Half of Wash
y ington society spent the summel
\, abroad. and all of the feminin'
70 travellers of course brought bach
~ Paris gowns and hats and so forth
q and are beginning to wear then
- now. 1 saw Louise Littauer. wht
~ is just b.ck from Europe, at thu
-. Navy Relief ball in a black lac'
~ gown 1 know wasn't purchased OF
a. this side of the big pond. Mari'
., Sims. Mrs /. T. Mann-but the lis
of those similarly fortunate Is too
long to enumerate. All of the Blod
gett family are sporting" Parii
creations. I've been struck. too, b!
the fact that all of their imported
. gowns reach to their ankles. Heller
- is wearing new evening wral
that is very striking. AS / 'recal
bo il. IL was of delft blue velvet.
a had a deep fitted yoke that reached
~ from the neck line to the elbow
10 and was without a gather: of blacl
he velvet. From the neck line up wa
,d a collar of the blue velvet doubled
IN and gathered full. II stood uI
stiffly and was so wide Il almos
Il, completely enveloped her Who'll,
al ihead-came far above her ears
IN Where IL Joined the black velve
were Frenchy looking and rathe
an large blue roses. I think there wa
~ a three-inch band of some darl
n brown fur around the bottom o.
as the coat.
rs But to return to the fete. tn,
Ie. willard ballroom had been trans
he formed for the occasion into
We Iduaint little village street fashioned
b. by a group of Washington archi
to tects: Ward Brown. George Oakle,
ITotten. jr.. and Lynch Luauer. as
n; sisted by ]. p. s. Neigh. of Neigh
8; borhood House. At the head of tn,
IL street the guests were received b,
ge Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, chairman O
al a. L.. g-N.