The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
CHINA BALL Bellies
leIPLNC'S WARNING
OF EAST IS EAST
Occident Becomes Color
full Orient in Brilliant
Society Event.


For East is East and West is
West and never the twain shall
meet'would, never have been writ
ten had Rudyard Kipling attended
the Chinese Bah given for the
China Famine Fund at wardman
Park Hotel last evening. Then the
Occident was truly transformed
into the Orient and maids and
matrons of Washington fiirted So
phistieated Chinese fans at gay
robed mandarins.
Chinese decorations. Chinese
players. Chinese music. Chinese
costumes. Chinese supper-every-
thing was Chinese Many dinner
parties preceded the ball and the
decorations at most of them were
Chinese.
The ball. q costume affair. was
one of the most spectacular and
brilliant ever given in Washing
ton. The leaders of society. young
and old. and from all sets, gathered
in the ball room in the gorgeous
splendor of mandarin or Manchu
robes. all elaborately embroidered
and in many adaptations. The ball
rooms were wonderfully decorated
with richly embroidered silken
hangings and wonderful objects of
art from the Flowery Kingdom.
1t was all q magnificent sight and
formed a splendid background for
the dancers.
Chinese Jazz.
Real Oriental music, furnished by
. Chinese jazz band which played
weird strains of Oriental 'toddle
music" was one of the interesting
features. while there were also
other orchestras more to the liking
Of American ''toddlers." Many spe-
eial events, all dealing with
Chinese characters, added to the
enjoyment of the guests through
out the evening. among them be-
ing the Chinese wedding with Miss
Adeline Oxnard as the "blushing
bride"
She was carried in a handsome
red and gold chair. Mrs. Frederick
Britten took the part of the go-be-
tween or official matchmaker. She
rode in a jade-green chair. In the
bridal party were Miss Antoinette
Graves. Miss Anne Gordon. Miss
May Gown, Miss Marion Trumball,
Harrison, Miss Enid Sims and Miss
Marjorie Wright
The bride received many costly
wedding presents. rare gifts pre-
pared by the attaches of the
chinese legation and by the
Chinese merchants of Washington.
After the ball these presents" were
sold at auction and the clever
posters by local artists, which made
such an impression. were offered at
the same time
Chinese Delicacfes.
There were Chinese fruits. cakes.
nuts and candy on display in an at
traetively decorated tea garden ad-
joining the ball room.
Mesdames Marcia and Carletta,
the former an astrologer and the
latter a psychic reader, gave exhi-
bitions OF Eastern magic. Mr.. wang.
a Chinese magician also showed
some of the Chinese black magic"
DR.. p. Hsieh represented the Re
public of China in an official ca
pacity. He expressed the gratitude
of China to the people of the United
States for their support of the fund
to aid his starving countrymen.
Mrs Yen. who is widely known as
singer. gave a number of Chinese
love songs in the original.
The guests were received by Mrs.
Henry Prather Fletcher. chairman
Of the ball committee: Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss. wife of the third as
sistant secretary of state; Mrs. Ir-
win Laughlin. Mrs. ]. Borden Harri-
man, Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins,
Nrx RapdaI II Harner and Mrs
Cary T. Grayson-
The Japanese Ambassador and
Baroness Shfdehara occupied a box.
entertaining members of the en-
bassy stan as their guests. Four
boxes were occupied by prominent
Chinese; the Minister occupied one,
the member Of the Chinese legation
stan another, Miss Irene Chu' en-
a party in another and
the members of the Chinese legation
tionaI Missions had a party in the
fourth.
Chinese Minister'S Guests
Among the Minister'S guests
were the counselor of the legation
and Mrs. Yung Kwai and Dr. T. c.
Yen Teching. managing director of
the Canton-Hankow railway in
China and brother Of the present
minister Of foreign affairs in China.
and Nine. Yen. and their niece. Miss
Yen who are staying at the Cairo.
The other box holders were Mrs.
Henry Prather Fletcher. Mrs. John
B. Henderson. Mrs r. r. Gown.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Owen
Roberts. Mrs. Sheldon whitehouse.
Mrs Frederic A. Delano, Mrs. Rob-
ert w. Bliss. Mrs. Edward B. Nc