Evening star., 1921-04-13

| "hom the splendid pal de te'e
| was given in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Breckenridge Long last night
| have peeped in for a moment they
must indeed have thought them
selves in a veritable fairy land. The
scene eclipsed ip beauty any other
costume ball of the season, the splen-
| dor of the iewe1ed headdresses blend
| ing perfectly with the evening dress
| of the women. while one occasionally
saw a splendid costume in full like
! the eleventh century princess COS
| tune worn by Mrs. Frederic Atherton
| and pronounced historically correct
| by Prince Gargarinc, an authority on
| the subject. The richness and oeau.
| ty. as we'll rs the becom1ngness OF
! the headdresses. whether represent
| ing that worn by peasant or princess,
| was universal
A mere American fashion writer
could never describe the wonders OF
Russia's sartorial art, but it is
enough that Russian kokoshnlk and
! American tiaras worth a kings ran.
some ran a race for the benefit of
| a folk who need aid. The setting
| for the ball was beautiful.
Mrs. Lansing Receives.
| Mrs Robert Lansing. permanent
chairman of the Washington branch
! of the American central committee
! for Russian relief. headed the receiv-
! ing line. She wore Il gown of white
and silver brocade and a Russian
headdress of scarlet velvet studded
with jewels. Beside her was Count
ess Cantacuzine-S -Speranskei. who
wore an evening gown of American
beauty satin, over which fell series
of chiffon draperies shading from
deep to pale orchid shades. eacf
| edged with a narrow border of dull
gold. She wore a royal Russian head
dress of gold and jewels, worn by
| many generations of CantacuzeneS
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, who also
stood in line throughout the even
ing. wore gown of old ivory anc
! gold brocade. with Russian head
dress richly decorated with jewels.
Assisting from time to time in the
hospitality of the evening was Mrs
Breckenridge Long.
One of the features of the aHall
was a fortune teller's booth, presided
over by Nine. Anna PoulouShkln,
Russian exile, who has been living
in Washington for the past three
years. Her husband, Col. Nicholas
Poloushkin was formerly attached te
the Russian embassy here. supper
was served at midnight.
Dazzling Gowns and Headdresses.
Among the smart set of Washing
ton wEo attended were:
The ambassador of Spain and Sonora
de Riano, Sonora de Riano wearing a
gown of cloth of gold and a jade
headdress; the ambassador of Rus
sia, Mr. Boris Bakhmeteff; the am
basSador of Argentina. DR.. LeBreton
the minister of Serbia and Nine
Grouitch, the latter wearing a gown
| of rose pink velvet with a headdress
| of dull gold cloth elaborately jewel,
ed;~ Gen. Pershing; Mrs. Richard
Townsend. wearing gown OF gold
metal cloth; Mrs. Lawrence Town
send, who wore violet and gold pro-
caded satin; Senator and Mrs. Peter
GoeIet Gerry, the latter wearing a
wkite crepe meteor gown and a Rus
sian tiara of pearls and diamonds.
Others present were Mr.. and Mrs
Sylvanus Stokes. jr.. the latter in a
gown Of deep rose color velvet; Mrs
Cromwell Z Brooks, in white char
meuse and lace, with Russian tiara
of diamonds.
Mrs Marshall Field wore gown
of purple velvet and American beauty
satin; Miss Gwendolin Field wore
black lace and tulle; Senator and
Mrs James w. Wadsworth, jr, the
latter wearing an exquisite black vel
vet gown with very distinctive Rus-
broidered in silver. were there, as
well as the attache of the Belgian
mbassy and Nine. Tilmont, the lat
ter in black satin with a tall head /
dress of gold cloth lavishly jeweled ;
Mrs. Grafton Minot. in black tulle and
lace over satin and kokoshnike of
gold metal cloth covered with pearls;
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Welles. Mrs.
Welles in pearl gray charmeuSe with
a jeweIed headdress; Col. and Mrs.
1~kH ~ Ilryor
cloth and a headdress of silver cloth
studded with pearls: Miss Ramona
E. Lefevre, in steel-color tulle.
Others in Costume.
Miss Louise Littauer wore a striking
Russian costume of cloth of gold; Mrs
Frederick r. Harris was also in cos
tune, she wore jeweled headdress:
Mrs. Morris Evans wore brocaded
cloth of gold with a kokoshnik; Mrs.
Goring Bliss was in black chiffon.
with kokoshnik Of gold metal studded
with pearls, sapphires and rubies.
Miss Isabelle Mays gown was of
white and gold brocade; her head
seen. Mrs. Richard H. kimball, to
whom a large part of the credit for
the success of the ball is due, wore
white and gold brocade with an
elaborate kokoshnik.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Marye were
there, the latter in white brocaded
satin and a headdress of pearls; and
also the minister to Switzerland and
Mrs Hampson Gary, the latter in
white brocade, with headdress of
pearls; Nine. Hauge, deep pink velvet !:
the counselor of the Russian embassy
and Nine. de Bach, the latter in a
gown of white velvet and jeweled
kokoshnik; Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, in
black velvet.
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman wore a
gown of cloth of gold, with a head
dress studded with many jewels. Mrs.
Thomas F.. Logan was most effective
in a cloth of silver gown. Her head
dress of cloth of silver was heavily
incrusted with jewels.
Mrs Warren Delano Robbins wore
gold lace, with a jeweled. headdress.
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett wore an elab-