The Washington herald., 1921-11-24
HOSPITAL BALL
DIVIDES INTEREST
WITH RECEPTION
Boxes at New Willard
Filled With D. C.. So
ciety People.


evening between the brilliant ball
al the New Willard Hotel. given
Tor the benefit OF the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital. and the
reception given by the District
commissioners Cor the delegates
10 the arms conference, many 60
ing from the reception to the ball.
Inc ballroom was a mass of color,
the walls and boxes being draped
Win nags OF all the nations. while
palms and ferns were arranged ar
tlstically about the room.
me guests were received by Mrs.
DaVid Meade Lea. president of the
hospital board. assisted. by Mrs.
watson Freeman Clarke. first vice
president. Mrs. Lea looked very
handsome in a gown of black and
goid orocade, made with a full train
OF black and gold tulle. The girdle
was OF the gold tulle entwined with
clusters Of flowers.
hishop Harding Enterrains.
Inc boxes were occupied by a
smart company who visited about
from oox to box. chatting when they
were not dancing. The boxholders
We're the Bishop of Washington,
mrs. E. 7. Stotesbury. Mrs. Stephen
o. EIklns, Canon and Mrs. ]. Town
send Russell, the Assistant Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Guy D. Con-,
Mrs Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs.
6o"srd j. Stellwagen, Mrs. Henry
w Fitch, Mrs. Edward A. Harri-
man. Mrs. George Mesta, Mrs. Frank
Hume, Mrs. Emerson II. Liscum,
Mrs Joseph Fletcher and Mrs. David
Meade Lea
Bishop Harding entertained in his
ooN Col and Mrs. W. c. Rivers,
mrs Minnigerode Andrews. Mr.. ano
mrs AItred Harding, jr, Miss Char
Iotte Harding and Paul Harding
Mr. and Mrs. Lea entertained in
tnelr box Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett.
MRS. Charles G. Matthews. Mrs. AL
e1ander Pope. Maj. and Mrs. San
oerson and number OF young peo-
pie Mrs Wood had with her In
ner box her guest, Mrs. Alfred
raves, of New York: Boaz Long.
Minister to Cuba; Maj. Reginald
Foster and Miss Mary Morgan. Mrs.
Hume entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Wat
son Freeman Clarke, Miss Char
lotte Clarke, DR.. and Mrs. Howard
Hume. Miss Katherine Rice, and Mr..
and Mrs. z. s Pratt, Of South Or
ange, y. ].
Mrs z. H. Lscum had as guests
in her box Col. and Mrs. Parker
West, Miss Evans, Col. and Mrs.
Bookmiller and Mics Betty Poe: The
Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher had with
them, among others, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. A. Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Cormick- ck-Goodhart, Miss NAB Bige-
low Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Baldwin.
and Gen and Mrs. /. w. Littell- In
Mrs. Stellwagen's box were Mr. and
Mrs Morris Hacker and the Misses
Hacker. Mrs. H. w. Fitch had with
her in her box Mr.. and Mrs. Hewitt
Wells and Mrs. A. w. COPELAND, of
Detroit Judge and Mrs. C. NJ. Nc
Chord were among the guests en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Mesta in their box.
Leroy Tuttle was treasurer for
the ball committee. Mrs. Howard
Hume was chairman of the young
women's committee and had assist
ing her the Misses Alice Mann,
Laura Lejeune, Sidney Webb. Helen
IGriffin. Nancy Hoyt. Soma Cana.
Elena. Ramona Lefevre, Gladys
Hinckley. Ruth Hitchcock, Marga-
ret Harding, Alice Harding, Flea
nor Johnston. Delphine Heyl. Lind
say Wood, Adelaide Lutte, Caroline
Nash and Charlotte Harding.
The following were among those
who served on the mems floor COM
mittee: Mai. wilfred Blunt, william
Bowie Clark, Lieut.. II. T. Dickinson,
William ]. Flather. jr., Col. William
Eric Fowler. II. w. lockwood, Maj.
a. c. Sanderford, II. L. Rust, jr.,
George A. Sloan, Robert Stead, jr.,
Manning Stead and r. H. Wilmer.
List of Patronesses.
Mrs. Harding headed the list of
patronesses for the ball. which in
cluded Mrs. Coolidge. Mime. Riano,
Lady Geddes, Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes, Mrs. John W. Weeks, Mrs.
Henry c. Wallace, Mrs. James ].
Davis, Mrs. william Howard Taft,
Princess Bibesco, Princess Lubomir-
ska, Nine. de Cespedes, Mrs. James
w. wadsworth, jr., Mrs. Frank B.
Kellogg, Mrs. T. Coleman du Pont,
Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson. Mrs. Charles B. Howry, Mrs
Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. Guy d. Gofr,
Mrs. Z. T. Stotesbury, Mrs. Elipha-
let F. Andrews, Mrs. Edison Brad
lev, Mrs. Charles ]. Bell, Mrs. Henry
c Corgin, Mrs. T. NJ. Chatard, Mrs.
F A. Delano, Mrs. William F. Den
mis-, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty,
Mrs Franklin. H. Ellis. Mrs. George
W. Ehle. Mrs. william Eric Fowler
Mrs. Henry w. Fitch, Mrs. Marshall
Field. Mrs. A. P. Gardner, Mime. j.
Il. Hubbrecht. Mrs. NJ. A. Hanna,
Mrs. Ridgely Hunt, Mrs. Julian
James. Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mrs
Rudolph Kaufman, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman. Mrs. c. B. Keferstein,
Mrs. Nicholas Luquer. Mrs. Breck-
fnridge Long, Mrs. Ridley Mclean,
Mrs. Charles A. Mum, Mrs. Bey-
erley r. Mason. Mrs. william d.
NacDougall. Mrs. Frank B. Noyes,
Mrs. Truman G. Palmer. Mrs. Ed
win s. Fuller. Mrs. Cunc H. Ru-
dolph.t Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
Mrs willard Salisbury. Mrs. John
N Speel. Mrs. Harold Walker, Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood, and Mrs.
Charles V. Wheeler.