The Washington herald., 1921-04-12
SOCIETY THRONCS
EPISCOPAL BALL
FOR Child BENEFIT
Brilliant Affair in Aid of
Home Held Last ?
Night.

the brilliant history of an unprece-
dented season. a season every week
Of which has been marked by ut
least one big charity function. Last
evenings entertainment was given
at the New willard Hotel for tho
banefit of the Episcopal Home for
Children. and was the complete sue,
cess that this function always IL
each year. The bathrooms were
crowded with the social elect. The
guests were received by Mrs. David
Meade Lea, who headed the receiv.
ing line. assisted by other officers
of the board of which she is the
president They included Mrs. Ar
thur A. Birney, first vice president:
Mrs. Alexander l. Pope. second vice
president: Mrs. Henry William II
Plummer. corresponding secretary:
Mrs Henry W. Offutt., recording
secretary; Miss Leila f. Draper,
treasurer. and Mrs. william X
Petty. assistant treasurer, and
members of the various committees
promoting the ball.
Among the box holders last eve
ming were Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding,
Bishop of Washington: Admiral and
Mrs. Thomas o. Selfridge. Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph Z. Thropp. Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood. Mrs. Thomas f.
Walsh. Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Gown,
Col. and Mrs. Francis T. A. Jun
kin. Mrs. Z. T. Stotesbury. Mr.. and
Mrs Edward Beale Mclean, Mrs.
Henry W. Fitch. Mrs. J. NJ. Stod-
dard, Mr.. and Mrs. George Mesta,
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett. Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
eric Atherton. Representative and
Mrs Frederick Cox Hicks. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman. Mr.. and
Mrs Harold Walker, Mrs. Davis Ire
land. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard A. Har-
low. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Hight.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Meade Lea and
William Phelps Emo.
Bishop Harding Entertained.
Bishop Harding had as his guests
in his box Canon and Mrs. Henry
Russell Talbot. Miss Harriette
Douglas. Miss Charlotte Harding
and a number of others. Mrs. Lea's
guests were Capt. Lucian Jones.
Miss Grace Rinehart, of Kentucky.
Mrs. T.. W. Burch, Mrs. Alexander
L. Poke and Mr. and Mrs. William
Payne Meredith. Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Thropp entertained in their
box among others. their daughter,
Mrs. Henry W. Farnum, of New
York and her son, Henry. jr. Mrs.
Charles Boughtop Wood had with
her in her box Mr.. and Mrs. Hokan
Steffanson, of New York. Miss Myra
Morgan. Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage,
Mrs. Joseph Brouse. of Toronto and
Miss Antoinette Graves. In Col.
and Mrs. Junkin's box were Col.
and Mrs. T. Q. Donaldson, Allan
Lawrence Story. Col. Robert Paxton.
Miss Julia Ravenel, and Col. and
Mrs. Dunlap. With Mrs. Blodgett
in her box were Mrs. Charles G.
Matthews. Judge and Mrs. William
Bailey Lamar. Col. and Mrs. W. G.
Rivers and Mai. and Mrs. George
Patton
Many Others I'm Boxes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hight entertained in
their box the latter's mother, Mrs.
George W. Mccain; Mrs. Thomas F.
Logan. Mrs. Frank Smith, of An
dover, and her daughter. Mrs. Frank
Purdon. of West Point; Capt. Harold
N. Gallop, Tom Darden and several
others. Ms. GOWN had with her in
her box NJ and Mime. Claude Lang
lais. Mr.. end Mrs. Henry Price
Wright, Miss Mary Veeder. Miss
Mildred Green. Lieut.. Heppinger,
William Bowie Clark. Thornton
Parker and Miss Maize Gown.
Mrs. Davis Ireland had her brother.
George Kidder Davis. of Paris. with
her in her box. Rev. and Mrs. George
Dudley entertained in their box Maj.
and Mrs. and Mrs Charles Frailey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hill, Mrs. Cum
ningham, Mr.. Lose, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Sabin. Miss Betty Shaw, Girls
void Werner, Miss Emily Dowell.
John F. Dudley. Thomas Hasten, of
New York: Miss Cecil Dudley.
Weldon Frank. Mrs. Gochnow. DR..
and Mrs. Burton English, DIR. and
Mrs. Buynitski and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Bowen.
Senator Capper Assisted.
Arthur Bradley Campbell. chair
man of the floor committee. made
the presentations.
Assisting him on that committee
were Senator Arthur Capper. the Min
lister of Costa Rica, Senior Beeche;
Arthur d. Addison, Edward II. Alsop.
Charles ]. Bell, Mai. Stuart. w.
Cramer. Capt. Civalleri. William
Bowie Clarke, Col. william Eric
Fowler. Capt. Edward S. Gardiner.
John Temple Graves, jr; Col. Will
lam E. Horton. Lieut.. Comdr. Robert
Henderson, Edward A. Hartman.
Ralph w. S. Hill, Lieut.. Comdr.
Theodore Jewell. Col. Francis T. A.
Junkin, David Meade Lea. Lieut..
Joseph II. Lawson, Horace Luttrell,
Chester Lockwood, G. Carroll Nor
gan. l. Mccormick -Goodhart. Henry
T. Oxnard, Jefferson Patterson,
Henry Cleveland Perkins. G. Quincy
Peters. Walter S. Penfield. Chester
A. Snow, jr.; Sylvanus Stokes, jr.;
Manning Stead, George Sloan, Rob-
ert Stead. Col. Robert NJ. Thomp-
son. Walter r. Tuckerman. l.. Effing-
ham Townsend, Maj. George Oakley
Totten, jr.; Col. Jennings Wise,
Richard II. Wilmer. Horace West
cott, John c. Wiley and John Hervey
Young.
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckermsn was
chairman of the committee on
boxes. and Miss May Gown, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Gown.
headed the young ladies' commit
tee, and had many of the dcbu-
tantes of this aa1 last season as
sIstiug her.
On Mrs. Tuckerman's committee
were Mrs. Charles ]. Bell, Mrs. Fred
eric A. Delano. Mrs. Frederick H.
Brooke. Mrs. Richard A. Harlow,
Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, Mrs Henry
Drfna VriRhf Mrs Franz G ui0h,