The New York herald., 1921-04-17
ORIENTAL WEDDING PAGEANT
NOVELTY AT CHINESE BALL
DIR. SEE, Minister From China
Attends Event-Dinners
Precede the Dance.

DIR. Alfred s. Sze the Chinese Minis
ter. came from Washington to New York
yesterday to give official recognition
last night to Chinese ball and pageant
In the Ritz-carlton. arranged by Mrs
Richard T. Wilson and a large commit
tee of women of society for the China
Famine Fund. of which Mr. Thomas w
Lamont is the national chairman. While
In New York the Minister Is q guest OF
Mr.. K G. In. Chinese-American mer-
chant. at his home, West Ninety
second street. He attended luncheon
in the Lawyers Club and In the after
noon opened an exhibition of Chinese
paintings for tine benefit of the famine
fund in the Bourgeois Galleries at 66s
Fifth avenue. To-day DR. SEE will be
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r.
McSparren Of Glen Cove, l.. T. at lunch
con. Mr.. McSparren was a classmate
of the Minister in Cornell University
and Mrs. McSparren is a daughter oi
Mr.. and Mrs. George Westinghouse. who
frequently entertained the envoy In their
home in Washington when he was a
college student.
In the Chinese ball DR.. SEE and the
members of his staff who accompanied
him found "a spectacle we'll worth their
attention The benefit formed an i'm
portant incident in the spring social life
OF New York. The committee under
Mrs. Wilson had the aid Of merchants
artists and members of the theatrical
profession in faithfully reproducing a
Chinese fete of which a wedding pageant
was the prime feature.
The reception of the bride formed a
picturesque interlude to a scene that
was rich in color. Miss Genevieve Glen
denim. the bride, dressed after the ac-
tnd Ap
nese society. was carried in a golden
chair attended by her bridesmaids who
In spite of their elaborate disguises were
recognized as the Misses Miriam Harri-
man, Dorothy Fellows-Gordon. Wan
dern Mathews, Mary Van r. Lorillard
and Rita Boxer and Mrs. Charles Hop
per. Miss Consuelo Bettini, the official
matchmaker, was carried, after the best
Chinese traditions, in jade green chair.
Miss Marie Dressler has amused the
world in varied roles, but not until last
night was she the erstwhile Emperor of
China, and as such she received the
wedding party while Julian Eltinge, as
the royal consort, added a new character
to his repertory as female imper-
senator.
Then came the entertainers with
Miles and Jack Merson from the Winter
lTaFQeH, WHO SllOWtd tile 10y dl pdti ~ anu
the general public how the Javanese
dance Miss Janey Adair also came
from the Winter Garden to sing a Chi
nese song made into English for her.
Minister Sze was one Of the guests at
a dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson gave in
the Crystal room of the hotel before the
ball. The other guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Wilson were Dr. Yen, who is head of the
Chinese College in Washington; Mrs
Yen, Mrs. Harry II. Duryea. Mr.. and
Mrs Oliver Hartman, Mrs. Edward N.
Breitung. Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell,
Mr.. A. Leo Everett. Mr.. Frank A. Mum
sey. Mr.. and Mrs. owen F. Roberts,
Capt. Theodore Crane. Mr.. Edmund j.
Stone and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph How
land Hunt. Mr.. Roberts who is head
Of the China Society of New York.
helped make the wedding pageant the
artistic and dramatic success 1t was.
Numerous other dinners were given
before the BALL Mr.. Joseph p. Kennedy.
who came from Baltimore for the fete,
gathered the younger participants about
him. Mr.. and Mrs. Lyttleton Fox and
Mr.. Frazer Jelke had as their guests
Count and Countess Dru de Mongelas.