The Washington times., 1921-04-03
N ELIOT"S WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL SOCIE1

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Miss Blodgett's half brother. John
w. Blodgett. Of Grand Rapids. with
Mrs. Blodgett; and her half sister,
Mrs. Edward Lowe. of Grand Rapids,
with Mr.. Lowe and their son, James
Roland Lowe. a student at Harvard.
also came East for the wedding, as
did Captain Erwin's father, Orlando
Erwin: Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Erwin
and Mr.. and MrA Walter Erwin, all
OF Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs. William
knight were here from New York.
BALLS. RAILS. AND
MORE BALLS.
There was a ball every night last
week--if one counts MrA Gibson
Fahnestock's dance for her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Syl-
vanus Stokes, jr., last evening-and
on one or two evenings there were
two or three dances. On Easter Mon
day night the Dixie ball, given by the
Robert E. Lee Chapter. u. ID. c.. had
| the right of way. and on this occasion
General Pershing WAS the guest of
honor. The next evening q group Of
army officers who have been giving
merry little dances at Rauscher's dur
ing the season repeated" this time
with the Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Weeks as honor guests. And on We'd
nesday night there was the Army and
Navy Leagues annual Easter ball,
for which the entire army and navy
contingent in Washington always
turns out.
The last of the Junior Leagues
small and earlies." on Friday night,
had opposition from the navy ball"
given by the navy and marine Off
GERS on duty here-at the Willard:
and on that evening, too, there was
an army dance at 24OO Sixteenth
street in General Pershing's honor.
Mrs. Fahenstock's dance last night
was small but very smart-some 150
guests. many of them friends OF Mr..
and Mrs. Stokes-and IL followed the
Stokes dinner to celebrate their we'd
ding anniversary. The dinner guests
were the Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier. the Brazilian
Ambassador, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Leslie CraiEie; Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner
Welles, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Spencer,
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, Mrs. Rey-
nolds Hit. Mrs. Chandler Anderson,
Mrs. Marshall Field. Mrs. Cromwell
Brooks. Nine. Hauge, Miss Gladys
Hinckley, Prince de Bearn, Gen.
Charles McCawley. Mr.. Cardenas and
Mr.. Amoeda. OF the Spanish embassy;
Mr.. Ayerza, OF the Argentine en-
bassy: Raymond T. Baker. Robert
O'Donnell Hinckiey. and William e.
Horton.
The Stokeses. by the way. are about
to break ground for a new house out
Massachusetts avenue opposite the
Charles Harlow's house. Plans have
already been drawn and work will be-
gin before long. but they don't expect
to get in until next year. They are
going to Newport to be with Mrs.
Fahnestock the greater part of the
summer, and In mid August will go
abroad for six weeks. This time they
will leave their baby daughter,
Marsyl. with Mrs. Stokes mother.
Another dance ION" last night was
one of the series of informal dances
which Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh Is giving
this month. Mrs. Walsh has selected
Sunday. April 10, as the date for the
dinner she is giving for the Vice
President and Mrs. Coolidge, the party
having been postponed from April 5
to avoid. conflict with the dinner at
the White House to which the Cool
idRes have been bidden.
The most picturesque of all the
Easter week balls--to go back a bit
was the one given by the Colonial
Danes on Thursday evening, a color
full pageant which took one back to
the time when the beaux and bellies
of colonial days foyegathered to tread
the stately measures of the minuet
Mrs. Julian James was chairman of
the ball committee; Mrs. Walter Tuck
erman. vice chairman, directed the
pageant, and Mrs. Gouveneur Hoes, a
descendant of President Monroe, ar
ranged the minuet. which was led by
Mrs. Charles O'Donnell Lee and Major
George Oakley Totten, jr.