The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-25
HARDINCS FAIL
TO GRACE BALL
OF NAVY SOCIETY
Eventt at New Willard
Attended by Many Dis
tinguished Guests.

President and Mrs. Harding did
not attend the ball given last even
ing at the New willard Hotel by
the Navy Relief Society, which fur
nishes funds for the needy families
Of the navy and Marine Corps. as
they expected to do. but everybody
else did. 1t is an annual event
which always attracts the cream OF
Washington society. but was par
tieularly brilliant last evening be-
cause of the many notable folk
from all parts of the world who
were present
Many dinner parties preceded the
pail and all of the boxes were
filled with smart parties Among
the box holders were Mrs. Charles
+. Hughes. Mrs. w. W. Galbraith,
Mrs. William Eric Fowler, Mrs.
Bliss. Mrs Edward de Croft. Mrs.
Brooke. Mrs. Hayne Ellis. Mrs.
Truman II. Newberry. Mrs. f.
t. StOtesbury. Mrs. S. Il. Elkins.
Mrs c. B. Wood, Mrs. willard
BrOwnson. Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh.
Mrs. Charles McVay and Mrs. Will
fred DuPuy. Rear Admiral and
Mrs Thomas Washington, Capt. and
Mrs Dorm and Mrs. j. o. Nicholson
occupied a box together.
Box for GaIbraiths.
Mrs. Hughes had in her box,
among others, her daughter. Miss
katherine Hughes: Laurence Green
and Miss Mary Wallace.
Comdr. and Mrs. W. W. GaIbraith
occupied a box. having as their
guests Cen and Mrs. Harry Tay-
Tor. Capt. and Mrs. W. n. letters.
'omcr. and Mrs. Brown. Mrs.
charles Preston. Count and Count
esq de Sieyes. Capt. Piero Civalleri.
naval attache Of the Italian En-
hassy; capt. Rigal. naval attache
Of the French Embassy. and Capt.
NaganO. naval attache of the Japa
nese Embassy.
Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh enter
tanned in her box Mr.. and Mrs
Hampson Gary, Judge John Bar
ton Payne, Mrs. John Allan Dough
erty. Col. William Horton. Thoma.
Willard. adviser to the Chinese dele e
cation. and Mrs. Charles Fenton.
The guests in the box of Admiral
and Mrs. Charles Mcvay were Mr..
and Mrs. W Z. Boeing, of Seattle,
Wash; Comdr. and Mrs. Leary; Lieut.
Comdr. and Mrs. Rankin: Miss Es-
Their Reno. sister of Mrs. McVay;
Capt. Tucker Smith; Lieut.. Comdr,
and Mrs. Bernhard.
Capt. and Mrs. Hayne Ellis had
in their box Admiral Chatfield OF the
British delegation. and Mrs. Chat
field; Admiral and Mrs. Eberle and
Admiral and Mrs. Pratt.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles l.. Hus-
sey occupied the box OF Admiral and
Mrs. Brownson. having with them
several guests.
Capt and Mrs. j. ]. Raby had
as guests in their box Mrs Walter
Seymour. of SAP Francisco; Mrs. Will
Ashe, OF San Francisco: Miss Ida
Callaghan; Col. and Mrs. Freder-
lex Marsh and their daughter, Miss
Lady Jane Raby.
Among the guests in the box of
Judge and Mrs. Charles B. Howry
were Col. and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee.
tMr. and Mrs. Henry Miller. Capt.
and Mrs Charles Jupp. and Lynch
Luquer.
The box OF Senator and Mrs. Tru-
man II. Newberry was occupied by
Mai Arthur E. Foots, director of
postwar activity of the Red Cross
several guests.
Mrs. Stephen p. Elkins entertained
in her box the Minister of the Serbs.
Croats and Slovenes and Mime. Grou-
itch: Lady Annesley, Miss Juliet
Thompson and Mr. Norwed.
Mrs. Edward de Croft had a.
guests in her box Admiral and Mrs
Robert f. Coontz. Mrs. Hugh wy
man. Admiral and Mrs Eberle, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Trayer Cha
pin.
Through the courtesy of Maj.
Gen. John \ Lejeune. commandment
~ the Marine Corps. the music was
furnished by the Marine Band. al
ternatfng with the Navy Rand.
loaned by Capt. John II. Dayton,
.ommandant of the Navy Yard
The bail room was one flame Of
color. the wall. boxes and balcony
al being draped with flags. while
rows Of faGs were strung across
the room near the ceiling Comdr
Galbraith presented the guests to
Mrs. DENLY, wife OF the Secretary
~ the Navy. Mrs DENLY was as
sisted by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
wife Of the Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy: Mrs. r. F.. CoOntz. wife
Il the cher OF naval operations;
Mrs. j. \ Lejeune. wife Of the COM
handanI of the Marine Corps; Mrs.
charles McNay. jr.. wife of the
chief OF Bureau 4 Ordnance. ana
Mrs. John Dayton. swife of the COM
mandant Of the Washington Navy
Yard. Mrs DENLY wore a rose col
cred tameta gown trimmed with
tuIle OF the same color. Mrs
Roosevelt's gown was of rose col
ored velvet; Mrs. Coontz wore gray
velvet.
Among the guests were the Sec
rotary of Agriculture and Mrs.
Henry G. Wallace. Miss Margaret
Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davies,
Gen. William Mitchell, Mrs. George
Earnett. Admiral and Mrs. Helm,
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs. John
Allan Dougherty. Comdr and Mrs
George Fort. Mai. Reginald Foster.
Comdr and Mrs Thomas Kinkaid.
Mrs /. T. Mann. Miss Alice Mann,
stuart Hunt. Col. and Mrs. T. O.
Donaldson. ComdT. and Mrs. Thomas
Hapner Miss Katherine Hitchcock