The Washington herald., 1920-12-23
SOCIETY DANCES Z
AT WILLARD BALL
FORNOEL HOUSE
Pageant and Tableaux
Grace Event for
Dc. Charity.


mats. oficials. army and navy Of
hcers and members of resident socie-
ty crowded the large ball room,
forming q, brilliant assemblage.
The ball opened at $3.50 with q
Ipectacuiar and colorful pageant ar
Wanged sby Mrs, c.. C. Calhoun and
Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest. The
pageant was formed OF men and
women In strange costumes. all ad-
Vertising some well known commodi-
ty or shop. The. ball was dubbed
The Christmas Advertisement Balr'
and its slogan was at Pays to Ad-
vertise."
1t was q unique. idea and was a
most enjoyable and distinctive affair.
Many Of the guests at the ball wore
costumes advertising some American
prodnct or business. and gave checks
to the Noel@House for the advertis-
ing they thus received. Smart society
women wore gowns fashioned by
their favorite, modiste and labeled
with their names.
Amusing Tableaux shown.
In addition to the pageant there
were a number Of tableaux, most
picturesque and amusing as well as
novel, arranged on a stage repre-
senting a shop window and some
ere' really beautiful. One for the
rists was Of tall jars, out Of which
pddenly bloomed in their debutante
esses, the debutantes of the season.
Nney each appeared from an unfold
Yed rose. A toy shop OF one Of the
department stores was represented
oy living toys, who became animated
In the picture. There was inter-
pretative dancing preceding the pa
Seant of beautiful maids and ma
irons. wearing Greek costumes and
carrying long gilded trumpets, with
shields on their arms, bearing the
names Of the Washington firms who
Were advertising with the ball and
mad sent checks. to the, charity.
There were moss-green banks be-
tween the boxes, from which living
rcseouds bloomed-the twenty-five
oeoutantes of the season. They
danced the length of the ballroom
with their attendant cavaliers.
A list OF the debutantes who
oIoomed at the ball included the
MISSES Colby, Miss Rosalie Wright,
MISS Adeline Oxnard. Miss Anne
Hight, the Misses Smith, Miss Mar
ina Daviss Miss Martory Gelm, Miss
mary Louise Johnson, Miss May Tay-
lor' Miss Edith Bacon, Miss Nav
Govin, Miss Margaret Taylor, Miss
Zilla MacDougall. Miss Katherine
Marriott, Miss Minnie Veeder, Miss
Eiinor Wheeler. Miss Anne Dulaney.
Miss Anne Gordon, Miss Marcia
Chapin. Miss Barrine Drake, Miss
Delphine Heyl, Miss Peggy Martin.
MISS Frances Hampson and others
this season and last,
Mrs Perkins Receives Gue.t..
Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkfn,
president Of the board of Noel
house, received the guests at ~.
oall, assisted by Mrs. Henry MAJ.
guard. Mrs. William M Black ana
Mrs. Richard WainwrightS Ms
Perkins had her son-in-law ana
daughter, Mai. and, Mrs. Francis
Ruggles in her box. Others who
mad boxes and most of whom enter
tanned parties of DISTINGUISHED
guests are Mr.. and Mrs. R. r. Gown,
Mrs Charles Boughton Wood, Mrs
Deafe mclean, Mrs. John
Hays Hammond, Mrs. F. B. Moran
Mrs. B. H: warder, Mrs, DeIos Riod'
gett. Miss Helen Jones and Miss
Elizabeth. Patterson. -
With Mrs. Charles Boughton WOOD
were MIS- Arthur Halves, who is
visiting her; the Serbian Minister
and Mime. Grouitch, Mai. Geore.
Oakley Totten. jr.. and Miss MARY
p. Morgan. Mrs. F.-B. Moran enter
tanned Mrs. George Barnett, Senior
and Sonora Penaherrera- Mrs. PAN,
Fitzsimmons. Mr.. and Mrs. W. w
Hubbard, Mrs. Horace Macfarland
and Mrs David Taylor. Mrs. Delos
Blodgett had with her in her box
her daughters, Miss Helen Blodgett
and Miss Mona BIodgett, Mrs,
Charles G. Matthews and severaf
young men. Mr.. and Mrs: Hammond
Esre unable to attend the ball, but
Aair box was occupied by Rear Ac-
niral and Mrs. s. s. Wood, Miss
nargaretta Wood, Mrs. Woods sis
Ter, Miss Fryer; Capt. and Mrs. John
X. Dayton. Comdr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Miner and Lieut. Comdr. Craven.
Mrs. Warder was unable to 20 to the
ball. Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean were
also unable to attend.
- s.,
Mrs. b. H. Rousseau, Mrs. Irwin 7.
Laughlin. Mrs. Edison Bradley, Mrs.
Henry ?. Dimock. Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, Mrs Mahlon Pitney, Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. C. Bouehton
Wood. Mrs. Augustus p. Gardner,
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs Henry
White, Mrs. r. B. Moran and Mrs.
George Ehle.
Noel House has been a settlement
house for twenty years, has meant
q friend and good neighbor. a place
where the children. the girls, the
boys and the mothers. indeed the
whole family, come for help and for
pleasure. Through its clubs, classes,
gymnasium, dances. dispensary, IL
brary and many other activities, It
reaches many homes and is a power
for good. It,expresses a community
conscience, every one standing ready
to lend a hand. Miss Grace T. Whit
ney is secretary, and the board of
Ranagers includes: Mrs. Henry
S1eveland Perkins. president; Mrs.
Montgomery Macomb, vice presi-
dent; Miss Helen s. Jones. treasurer;
Mrs Myron whitney. secretary; Mrs.
Horatio Bigelow, Mrs. W. NJ. Black,
Mrs. c. c. Calhoun. Mrs. Frederick
Chaplin, Miss Helen Cash. Mrs. Amos
Fowler. Mrs. John Hewson, Mrs.
Henry Marquaad. Mrs. F, K. Moss,
Mrs. Richard Olney. Mrs. Armistead
Peter, Mrs! Duncan Phillips, Mrs.
George Shiras. Mrs. Thomas Wood
and Mrs. Bates Warren.
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