The Washington herald., 1921-04-13
GORGEOUS GOWNS
FEATURE BALL FOR
RELIEF IN RUSSIA
Society Throngs Brilliant
Affair Held Here
Last Night.

Society will have donned the cos
tune of practically every country
on the globe by the time this un-
precedented social season has been
brought to a close.
There have been balls galore and
all sorts. the common and garden
variety" ball. ordinary costume balls
when the guests just disguised them
selves amy old way; the Chinese
ball where the Orient and the OccI-
dent met; the Colonial ball where
society danced about in the cos
tunes of their great grandparents;
the Scottish party where kits were
generally worn, and last night the
Russian ball. while next Friday night
the authors cotume ball is sched-
uled.
The bal de tete" of last evening
was one OF the most picturesque Of
many seasons-the most picturesque,
perhaps, since a similar ball was
given for the same worthy purpose
the relief Of needy Russian refu-
gees-several seasons ago in WASH
ington when, as last evening, So
Ciety turned out en- masse, the ma
jority of the guests wearing a Rus
sian headdress. while some appeared
tune OF that stricken country.
Headdresses Gorgeous.
According to an ancient ecclesias-
tiCal ruling in Russia no married
woman was permitted to enter the
House of God with her head uncov-
cred. Maidens alone were exempt
from this law. possibly because the
church did not wish to diminish
the girls chance of securing a hus-
band. AS time wore on the head
dress, worn only at divine services,
became a general article of my
lady's wearing apparel and grad
ually developed into a magnificent
specimen of the milliner's and the
jewelers. art as it reached the
decorative stage.
Brocade was the material usually
employed, with pearls, rubies, dia-
monds and other precious stones en-
crusting it. In the winter the ko-
koshnik, as the headdress is called,
was covered with a fur hood, gen.
orally of sable. Those that were
at the ball were marvels of beauty
and tended to make the scene when
the dancing started a never-to-be-
forgotten occasion.
the beautiful home of the former
Third Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Breckenridge Long in Six
teenth street. the same mansion that
sheltered the King and Queen of
the Belgians when they were the
guests of this nation in Washing
ton. The guests were received by
Princess CantecuZene, Mrs. Robert
Lansing and Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond.
Guest List Distinguished.
In the distinguished company
were the Russian Ambassador and
Nine. Bakhmetef, Prince and Prin-
cess Cantacuzene, Prince and Prin-
cess Gagarine. of the Russian En-
bassy: the Argentine Ambassador
and Nine. lie Breton. the Swedish
Ambassador and Nine. Wallenberg,
the CzechO-Slovakia Minister and
Nine. Grouitch, Gen. Pershing, Gen.
and Mime. Nikolowesska, Nine.
Christian Hauge, Capt. and Nine.
WissOtsky, Lieut.. ond Mime. Smir-
non. Mrs. Edward II. Alsop, Mr..
and Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs. TruX-
ton BeaIe. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bell. Mrs. Gist Blair. Gen. and Mrs.
Woods Bliss. Miss Mabel T. Board
man, Mrs Charles Bromwell, Mrs.
Arthur Bullard, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Castle, Mr.. and Mrs. +. a. De-
lanO, Mrs. Henry +. Dimock. Mrs.
Wilfred De Puy. Mrs. stephen Il.
Elkins, Mrs. Eustis. Mrs. Julian
James. Mrs. Donald. Comdr. and
Mrs. CIaud B. Mayo. Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Thomas Oxnard, Justice and
Mrs. MahIon Pitney. Mrs. f. c.
Walker, Mrs. F. Adams. Mrs. Owen
Roberts. Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock.
Mrs Marshall Field, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas T. Gaff. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis p Garyan. Senator and
Mrs. Peter q. Gerry, Mrs. John
Henry Gibbons, Mr.. and Mrs. VI.
lie r. Goff, Mrs. r. r. Gown, Mr..
and Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Hight. Mrs. George
d. Hope. Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jen-
ninEs, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lam
sing, Mr.. and Mrs. William Lit
tauer. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Logan.
Mrs. !. T. Mann. Mr.. and Mrs Van
Santvoord Merle-Smith, Mrs. +. B.
Moran. Mrs. Guy Norman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin S. Fuller, Mrs. Ruther-
ford. Mrs. Charles A. Spalding, Mrs.
f T. Stotesbury. Mr.. and Mrs. Den
mis- A. Epson, Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner
weIles, Mrs. Charles BoughtOn
Woods. Mrs. r. T Baker. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Ira Copley. Capt.
Harold NJ GaIIop. Mrs. Frederick A.
Keep and Mrs. sherman Miles. Miss
Louis Delano, Mile Mishtowt.
Senator Arthur Capper. Admiral
Caps, Admiral Chester. Maj. Cramer,
Capt. Enochs, U. S. N: Maj. Ray
mond Lee. Comdr. George Pigman,
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sena-
tor Key Pittman. Senator Sauls-
bury. Col r. NJ. Thompson. Justice
McReynolds, a. B. Campbell. Nc
Cormack Goodheart. Robert Stead,
Gen. John A. Johnston, DR.. l.. S.
Rowe. Senator Henderson, Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Marye. Mr.. and Mrs.
Livingston Farrand. Mrs. r. r. Co
vim. Mr.. and Mrs. John w. DavidEe.
Mr.. and Mrs. bingham Townsend,
Miss Antoinette Graves. Miss Ade-
line Oxnard. Prince Eugene Lubo-
rnirski, Chester Lockwood. James
DENLY and Miss Maize GOWN.
Exile In Charge of Booth.
One Of the features of the affair
was a fortune teller's booth, pre-
sided over by Mime. Anna Poloush-
kin. a Russian exile. who has been
living in Washington for the past
three years. Her husband. Col.
Nicholas Poloushkin. was a member
Of the Russian general stan and
was formerly attached to the Rus
sian embassy here.
The bal, opened with a blaze of
glory, the campaign for the relief