Evening star., 1921-04-01
COLONIAL DANES
GIVE GRAND BALL
Historical DeIineations of An
cestors Make Pageant a
Brilliant Affair.

The ball given by the Colonial
Danes of Washington at the New
Willard last night was one of the
most stately and beautiful events seen
here in many years, the splendid cos
tunes of both the men and women.
the historically correct delineations
of ancestors, the pageant. with Mrs.
Julian James and Mr.. Arthur d. Addi
son leading. and the minuet which
followed. all gave the proper atmos-
phere for a colonial ball
The Vice President and Mrs. Cool
idge arrived from the dinner at the
French embassy in honor of NJ. Vivi-
ami. just before the receiving line
broke up. and they were later guests
in the box of Mrs. James Carroll Fra
zer. Mrs. Coolidge was herself a
charming figure in a gown of burnt
orange and gold brocade, slightly
draped and fashioned with a narrow
panel train.
Contrast in Music.
In strange contrast to the colonial
costumes, fitted SO perfectly to the
minuet, danced with grace and finish,
was the jazz music which followed,
hoop skirts being less adapted to the
lively strains than the narrow. abre-
waited garments of today. The dreamy
waltZes of former days, which have
been revived this season with such
good effect, were, however, part of
the program and fitted the occasion
perfectly.
Mr.. Arthur D. Addison made. the in
line included Mrs. Julian James, who
represented her sixth great-grand-
mother, Mrs. Hugh Mason wife of Capt.
Mason, who came to America from Eng
land in 1884. who wore an ancestral gown
of rich white satin brocade, embroidered
gold a of n har
white coiffure; Mrs. Nathan Sargent,
who appeared as her great-grandmother
Mrs. Joseph Bradley Varnum, wearing a
gown of white brocade opening over a
| black velvet ribbon forming the trim
ming; Mrs. 1sador Rayner, wearing a
colonial costume of daffoidil-tinted bro
cade over lace, with an ermine shoulder
scarf; Mrs. Archibald Oracle, who wore
a historic costume of lavender satin
meuse petticoat, the costume belonging
to her great-grandmother; Mrs. Arthur
Chichester. whose rose pink costume
was festooned with exquisite point lace
Mrs. Charles O'Donnell Lee. who was
lovely in stately costume of white char
meuse made in Vatican fashion, with a
graceful train and tiny black bows on the
long pointed bodice. Gold lace formed
the hem of the gown and wristlets of
Pageant in Seven Sections.
The pageant, arranged in seven sec
tions. was led by Mrs. James and Mr..
Addison, who were followed by the
visiting danes from New York, Phila-
delphia and Baltimore. Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer led the French colo
nial group; Nine. Hubrecht, wife of
ton, led the Dutch colonial group;
Mrs. Matthews. regent of the Wash
ington Chapter of Colonial Danes led
the colonial group: Miss Gouverneur
another colonial group, and Mrs. Wal
ter Tuckerman also had an imposing
group with her.
Those forming the pageant grace
fully fell into the figures for the
minuet. The minuet, danced with all
the stateliness and grace of the digni-
fed colonial days, was led by Mrs.
Charles ODonnell Lee. wearing cos
tune of brocade and lace, dancing
with Mai. George Oakley Totten.
Others taking part in the various
groups included Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Gorges. the former impersonat-
Gorges. English colonial pioneer to
America, and Mrs. GoEges, charming
as her great-grandmother judith
Harwood Vernon. Mr.. William Eaches
Fendall, representing his colonial
forebear; Josiah Fendall, danced with
" 1873 1ASiEaA HAnsoh' VIM appeared as
Rebecca Byrd, from whom she is de-
scended. and. Capt. and Mrs. F.. T.
Steele completed the Colonial Danes
set.
Mrs. Robert E. Lee, wearing a rich
costume with some of the ornaments
which belonged to Gen. Washington
and which have been passed down to
the Lee family through inheritance,
danced with Representative Turner
Logan of Charleston, s. c.; Mrs. Fran
els T. A. Junkin, wearing a graceful
costume of the period, danced with
Mr.. Dorsey Richardson, who repre-
sented his sixth great-grandfather,
Richard Keene. and wore a pink vel
vet colonial suit; Mrs. Thomas Hardy