The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
AUTHORS CARNIVAL
COSTUME BALL is
BLAEOF ROMANCE.
Pen Women and Guests
Frolic and Dance Till
Late Hour.


last night frolicksd as characters Of
song and story in the ball room OF
the New willard. dancing until .
o'clock this morning to the strains
Of the Meyer Davis orchestra at the
Authors Carnival Costume Ball,
: They were all there. the people of
story-book Iand-Harlequin. with
his multicolored ccat. stately Mario
Antoinette, Pierrot and Pierrette,
Abelard and Helolse, Paul and Vir-
ginia, lords and ladies. DANES and
cavaliers. clowns and sheperdnesses.
nymphs and gnomes-a symphony OF
color and. music
weIl-known artists, writers and
musicians mingled with members Of
and their wives army and navy OFF,
GERS. and men and women prominent
in social and political life.
The ball opened at 10. o'clock with
the grand march. following which
Mrs. E. +. Andrews, Mrs. Rose
Gouveneur Hoes and, John Temple
Graves acted as judges Of costumes.
Miss Anne Gordon was chairmaa 4
OF the young ladies' committee, and
Theodore Roosevelt. jr. Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy, chairman Of
the mems floor committee. ....
These Were Patrons.
Patrons were: Mrs. Warren G..
Harding the Vice President and
Mrs Coolidge. the Spanish 1Ambss-
sador and Madame de Riano, the
Russian Ambassador and Madame
Bakhmeteff. the Chilean Ambassa-
dor and Madame lie Brenton, the
Peruvian Ambassador and Madame
( de Pezet, the Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Hughes. the Minister Of the
Serbs. Croats and Slovenes and
Madame Grouitch, the Polish Min
ister and Princess Lubomirska, the
Swiss Minister and Madame Peter,
the Roumanian Minister and Prin-
cess Bibesco. Justice Reynolds, Jus
tice and Mrs. Brandeis, the Secre-
tary of War and Mrs. Weeks, the
Attorney General and Mrs. Daugh-
erty. the Secretary OF the Navy and
Mrs DENLY, the Secretary Of Agri-
culture and Mrs. wallace.
Senate Henry Cabot Lodge. Sem
ator and Mrs. Pomerene, Senator
and Mrs Sheppard, Senator Hale.
Senator Walter Z. Edge, Senator
and Mrs. Joseph Frelinghuysen. SEN
ator and Mrs Kendrick, Senator and
Mrs Lenroot. Senator and Mrs Har-
Is, Senate and Mrs. Stanley. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Gillett. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Towper. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Frank Mondell,
Representative and Mrs Britten.
Representative and sMFs. Hicks, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Kelly, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles s. Hamlin, Mrs. Eugene
Hale, Mrs. Stephen B. Eikins, Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock. Mrs. Marshall
Field. Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Blair. Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Kellogg, Mrs,
Charles BouEhton Wood, Mrs. Frank
s. Hight, Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
Kaufman. Mrs Sara Lee Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman, the
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Wallace Rad
cline. Ms Walter Tuckerman, Mrs.
Charles Bromwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Wood Bliss, Col. and Mrs.
William Cary Sanger. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic, Atherton. Mrs. Charles M,
Ffouike. NJ. and Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles C..
Glover. Mrs. Edwin Denby..
Among the box holders: Mrs. Larz
Anderson, who had two boxes for
her guests, Mrs. Charles Bouzhton
Wood. Mrs. Francois, Berger MO-
ran, Mrs. Rafael GOWN, Mrs. Joseph
Thropp, Mrs George Hope, Mrs.
Thomas T. Gaff. Mrs. John Storev.
the Misses Pstten. Mrs. Nelson Per-
IN Mrs Gist Blair, Mrs. william II.
Moses, Col. William Eric Fowler,
Mrs Ruth Mason Rice, president of
the Eastern New York auxiliary.
Miss Eff1e Farnham Burns, president
OF the Western New York auxiliary:
Mrs. Martha p. Ridge, president Of
the Chicago auxiliary; Mrs. Jane ].
Ertzserald' State vice president for
Iexas; the Senators and Represen-
tatiVes of Louisiana, the Senators
and Representatives of California: !:
the National Press Club, the Ma
tional Press Club, the National
Executive Board of the League on
American Pen Women, containing
thirty-two chairs, among the guests 8
being Vice President and Mrs. Cool
idge. the Spanish Ambassador and
Madame de Riano. the Russian Ann
bassador and Madame BakhmetefS
the Gillian Ambassador and Madame
Matthew. the Argentine Ambassador
and Madame de Pezet.
will-known Members,
Among well-known members of
the league were Mrs. William Ather-
ton Du Puy, national president.
Mrs. Ernest Thompson-Seton, Mrs.
Grace Richmond, Mrs. Daniel Loth-
rop, Mrs, Frances Parkinson Keyes.
wife of the junior Senator from New
Hampshire; Mrs. Frank Abbott
(Jane Abbott), Mrs. Annie Never.
Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs. Vernon
Kellog, Mrs. Daniel c. Chace, Mrs,
Minnie Ferris Hauenstein and many
others.
Among the costumes worn were:
Mrs William Atherton Du Puy,
Queen Yictoria"; Mrs. Theodore
TiAer. Charlotte Corday"; Mrs. Au-
gustus knight, Duchess Of Devon
shire; Mrs. Francois Berger Moran.
gown of her aunt, member of old
Washington family; Mrs. r. z. Carl
son, Lady Teazie"; Mrs. J. J. Loeb
or, airline, from The Bohemian
Girl; Miss Cynthia Cleveland, a
cousin Of former President CIeye-
land. In the gown she wore at his
first inaugural ball.
Book Fair Closes.
The Authors Book Fair closed
yesterday. Included in the after
noon program was Mrs. Annie Ma
than Meyers piaylet, "P's and Q's,"
with the following cast: Mrs. c. c.
Calhoun, Mrs. Bertha Taylor Yoor-
horst, Miss Daviette Ficklen, Z.
Trusheime and II. B. Montgomery.
Madame Olberg had a program Of
vocalistss which included Mrs. Mar