The Washington herald., 1921-04-01

Maryland. Capt. and Mrs. r. r
set Mrs. John C. Fremont danced
with Capt. Roy Smith, and she wore
the dress Of her fourth great-grand-
mother, katharine Van Cortiandt
wife Of Olaf Van Cortlandt. on the
occasion OF the patrons bail in Al
bapy. N. Y, given in 1851. Miss
Gouverneur wore q dress OF sn an.
tcestress belonging to the Louis Seize
period. sky blue silk. embroidered
In straw. She danced with Maurice
Darling.
Represest Ancestors.
Mrs. Charles CampbeiI's partner
was Bowie Clark. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Sim Lee danced together.
The former represented his great
great-grandfather.. Thomas Sim Lee,
who was q delegate from Maryland
to the Continental Congress. first
United States Senator, and later Sec
ond governor of this same State.
Mrs. Lee impersonated her own an
cestress. Abigail Harvey. wife of
Capt. Thomas Harvey. who was Sec
ond in command to Gen. Ethan Allen
at the siege of Ticonderoga.
Miss Virginia Hunt. who Is a d.
rect descendant Of Margaret Beck
man. wife Of Robert r. Livingston,
who was Judge of the Supreme Court
of New York in 1858. and also q
delegate to the Stamp Act Congress,
danced with David Edward Finley,
Miss Mary Sanger. who danced with
Lynch Luquer, is a lineal descend
ant Of John Haynes, who was a CO.
lonial governor of Massachusetts,.
and a few years later became the
first governor of Connecticut, which
office he held twenty-five years. Gov.
Hayes wife. Mabel Harlackender.
was an Englishwoman. and in i'm
personating her Miss Sanger wore
an orchid brocaded satin opening
over a petticoat of rare old family
lace. Miss Helen Louise Sargent
and Comdr. Pigman danced togeth-
er. and Miss Sargent appeared as
her three-times greatGrandmother
Mrs. Nathan Sargent MARY DENNY.
of Leicester, Mass, who during the
Revolution melted the weights of
her clock into bullets to supply the
Minute Men, among whom her son
was enrolled. Miss Gertrude Jew
ett. of New York. trod the stately
cotillion with Douglas Vernon, who
represented his grandfather in the
sixth degree, Judge Samuel Ver-
non. OF Newport, R. ].
Lead Minuet.
Miss Downing and Paymaster Z.
J. Alexander led another set in the
minuet. in which Miss Nash and
Mr.. Sloan, Miss Farman and Mai
James A. Lyon. Evelena Magruder,
of Virginia, and Augustine Jaque-
lin Todd danced The latter repre-
sented his fourth great-grandfather
Edward Jaquelin. of Jamestown. Va
The Serbian Minister and Mrs. Hell
berg led another set in this stately
dance. Mrs. Heiberg impersonated
her ancestress, Laura Wolcott, wife
OF Gov. Wolcott. OF Connecticut. who
was also a signer OF the Declara-
tion. Nine. Grouitch danced with
Col. Junkin. Mrs. Frederick Camp
bell, who is the guest of Mrs. Ell
kins. with CT. william Horton, and
Mrs. Carlos Cusachs, who is a grand
daughter of Admiral David Porter
appeared as an exact reproduction
OF her Observation-Disclosures, Mrs. John
Thompson Mason, as she appears In
her portrait, now exhibited in the
Corcoran Art Gallery. Her part.
ner. Robert F. Knox, jr.. represent.
ed his ancestor, Gen. Knox, a mem.
Der OF Gen. Washington's Cabinet
Mrs. Charles G. Matthews. who lee
her set. danced with Frederick Ste.
he fx,,D
tor of the tenth degree. Mary Hart
Lee. granddaughter of Deacon Hart
who held office and was one of the