The Washington herald., 1921-05-03
STPOLOBALL
ONE OF CTTYS MOST
BRILLIANT AFFAIRS
Weeks, Wainwright, Per
shing and March in
Receiving Line.

Balls have been given here for
the benefit Of every thing imagina-
BILE but last nights function was the
first time the smart set have danced
to raise funds to purchase equip<
ment for the War Department polo
team which, with other army teams
and those from surrounding country
clubs, are holding q tournament In
West Potomac Park. That WASH
fneton society comprises hundreds
of poIo enthusfasts was proved by
the large and smart crowd that
. filled the New willard Hotel ball
room last evening to overfiowing.
Polo mallets. horse shows, polo balls
and other appurtenances of the
game. were used for decorations.
with the stars and Stripes, service
haEs and other pennants, and the
polo players in their costumes added
much color to the scene.
The guests were received by the
Secretary of War and Mrs. John ".
Weeks. the Assistant Secretary Of
War Mayhew Wainwright. Gen. John
j. Pershing and Gen. Peyton c.
March.
Mrs. wainwright is Out Of Town.
These were box-holders:
The boxes were occupied by va
rious members Of the French En-
bassy staff, British Embassy stan.
the Assistant Secretary of War. Gen
John ]. Pershing. Senator Walter
Edge, Senator Lawrence C. Phipps.
Senator W. B. Mckinley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert w. Rliss. Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin Laughlin, Mrs. Marshall Field,
Mrs Richard H.. Townsend. Mrs
Charles Boughton Wood. Mrs. Thos.
Z. Walsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner
welles, Mrs. Thomas F. Logan. Mr..
and Mrs. George T. Marye. Mr.. and
Mrs. r. r. GOWN, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Littaur. Mrs. Cromwell Brooks,
Mrs. n. T. Oxnard. Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Robbins, Nine. Christian Hauge,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylyanus Stokes. r.,Gen.
and Mrs. Charles B. Drake, Mrs.
George D. Hope. William P. Emo,
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman. Col.
and Mrs. r. NJ. Thompson. Col and
Mrs. +. T. A. Junkin. Maj. and Nrs.
George S. Patton, ir., Mrs. Charles
Bromwell, Mrs. E. H. Alsop. Col. and
Mrs. A. W. Yates, John Henderson,
y. II. Luttrelll and Arthur Camp
bell.
One OF the British Embassy boxes
was occupied by the counselor of
the Embassy and Mrs Henry Getty
Chiffon, Maj. and Mrs. c. E. d.
Bridge. II. V. Tennant, Capt. c. j.
Henry, Harold Sims and Arthur
Yencken- In the other were M.
d. Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Craigie. Capt. S. r. Bayly, Miss
Olyve Graef. Miss Ailsa and Count
de Sails. The British Ambassador
and Lady GedGes divided their time
between the two boxes and visiting
around among their friends. Gen.
Pershing's box was occupied by the
receiving party.
Mrs. Brooks had with her in her
box the Minister of Rumania and
the Princess Bibesco. Countess
Gizycka, Mrs. Dorthy Williams Nc
Combs. Senator Walter Z. Edge,
Admiral Andrew T. Long. Gen.
Clarence Williams and Philip de
Laszlo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaufman enter
tained in their box Mr.. and Mrs.
William B. Shearer. Miss Sonia
Shearer. Allan P. Graves, l.. Nc
Cormick Goodhart and Capt Paul
Hudson. Col. and Mrs. Junkin had
with them in their box Col. and
strs. Charles H. Patterson. Gen.
I'eyton c. March, Col. Robert G.
Paxton. Miss Julia Junkin Ravenel
ami Mrs. John McKie.
With Mai. ana Mrs. Patton.
With Mai. and Mrs. Patton in
their box were Mr.. and Mrs. George
S. Patton, sr., Miss Anne Patton
and Representative and Mrs. John
Jacob Rogers. Col. and Mrs. Yates
entertained in their box Maj. and
Mrs. Busche, Maj. and Mrs. Jordan,
Col. Merwin Buckley, Col. and Mrs.
Schuman and Maj. and Mrs. Frank
Davis. Mr.. and Mrs. Logan had
with them Comdr. and Mrs. McEl-
dun, of Annapolis; Comdr. and Mrs.
Thomas Hagner. Mrs. Joseph Hamp-
son. Mrs. Melville Thompson. of New
York: John Barrett, ]. Alvarez de
BeunaYista, of the Peruvian En-
bassy: Robert Silvercruys. of the
Belgian Embassy, and Capt. Harold
Gallop.
Mr.. LuttrelI entertained in his
box Chester Lockwood, Miss Ailsa
Mellon. Miss Olyye Graef. Ballard
Moore and some of the members of
the dinner party which Mrs. Crom-
we'll Brooks gave. Mrs. Charles
Bromwell, who was. like Mr.. Lut-
trell, a member of the same dinner
party, entertained some of the
guests in her box at the ball also
She shared the box with Mr. and
Mrs. Randall Hagner. Mr. Hender-
son did not occupy his box, nor did
William Phelps Emo, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry T. Oxnard. Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Delano Robbins and one or two
others. Mrs. Marshall Field gave
her box to Mr.. and Mrs. John P
Story.
In MT. wainwrighrs Bax.
Mr.. Wainwright had with him
in his box Gen. and Mrs. william
G. Haan, and Gen. and Mrs. W. NJ
Wright. Mr.. and Mrs. Marye en-
tertained a box party comprising
Mrs. Andrew Moreland, of Pitts
burg. and Miss Doyle. Mrs. Will
lam Littauer had with her in her
box Miss Louise Littauer. Miss Mar
garet Harding, Count de Sails. NJ
ID. Peterson, Arthur Yencken and
Capt. Dwight Partridge. NTH Mime.
Hauge In her box were Miss Isa-
belle May. Mrs. william Hit and
Henry May. Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes
entertained in their box, among
others, the Chilean Ambassador and
Mime Matthew, Miss Gladys Hinck-
ley and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, and
several Of the latter's friends.
Gen. and Mrs. Drake entertained
a box party composed of Miss Bar
rlne Drake. Capt. and Mrs. c. C.
calhoun. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Price
wright, Capt Riggs and Morris
Paris. With Mrs. Hope in her box
were Mrs. Bates Bacheller Mr. ana