Evening star., 1921-03-02
|BALL FRIDAY NIGHT
| ATTRACTS VISITORS
Requests for Tickets to Child
Welfare Dance Come
From All Parts.

increasing receipt by mana gers of
the large hotels Of telegrap phic requests
for tickets for the Child Welfare bail.
to be held at the Willard Friday night.
gives evidence that inauguration visitors
are eager to attend this affair which
coming as welcome substitute
for the Cancelled official ball. vii, be
attended by members of tho diplomatic
corps. by government officials and by
many Washingtonians in private life
Sales of tickets continue brisk at the
| special booths installed in downtown
hotel Hobbies in charge of pretty girls
and prominent matrons.
The executive committee of the large
floor committee. of which Col. William
Eric Fowler is chairman met again
yesterday afternoon to perfect final ar
rangements. One change of importance
was made as follows Guests will not
debark from the north elevators at the
ninth floor and ascend on foot to the
ballroom floor. as previously announced.
but will ride direct to the tenth floor
a-nd emerge directly adjacent to the
feceivinE line. which Will be in the
foyer hall.
In order that cont tinuous dancing may
be enjoyed in both bathrooms the Ma
rine Band will be divided into three
sections. TWO viii play in the large
and one in the small ballroom.
Elaborate Decorations.
Arrangements have been made for an
unusually ella aboratc and interesting
display of official flags and banners as
| decorations. Several of them. including
! that of the Vice President. the Secre-
taries of War and Of the Navy. and of
Gen. Pershing. are seldom seen under
| one roof.
! The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall, holders OF box X. in the small
| ballroom. will sit in the center one
of the three boxes in the big ballroom
| taken by Mrs. Thomas r. Walsh. This
box will be specially decorated with
| flowers and potted plants and palms
! while all others will be draped with
| flags. Mrs. Marshalls own box was
| offered for resale, and has been pur-
! chased by Mr. and Mrs X. NJ. Simpson
| of Wardman Park Hotel,
| Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. chair
man of the ball committee. asked to-
! day that special attention be called
! to the fact that the general public is
! not only welcome. but is expected to
attend the ball. Some of the incom-
| Ing visitors had been heard to ex-
press the fear that the charity bail is
an invitation affair.
! Beginning tomorrow. number of
| prominent theatrical stars, playing at
| the local theaters. will assist the
women in charge of the hotel booths
| in assuring the public that the ball is
! open to all.
!. BONhOIders In Large Ballroom.
| Among the holders of boxes in the
! large ballroom, tickets for which are
| printed in red. are Mrs. Thomas F.
| Walsh. Mrs. Philip II. Lansdale. Miss
| Mary Perry Brown. Senator and Mrs.
| Frank b. Kellogg. Mrs Victor Kauff-
mann. Senator and Mrs. Henry w.
4 Il r.I
Fhelan. Mrs. Richard Townsend, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Lawrence c. Phipps, Mrs.
| Edward Doheny. Mrs. Eugene Hale.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. Mr..
Batchelder. Mrs. Robert L. Owen. Mrs.
Owen Roberts, Mrs Henry Kfrke
E. V. Cam. Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mrs
Delos Blodgett. Mrs. William l.. Mac
Farland Mrs Francis T a. Junkin
Mrs. Elkins. Col. and Mrs. Robert NJ
Thompson. Senator and Mrs. John *
| Shields. Mrs. Julian James, Mr.. and
Mrs. George +. Hesta, Mr.. and Mrs
! Rafael Il. Henry Gown, Mrs. Joseph
| Hampson. Mrs. Harry Oxnard, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mrs. Gist
Blair. Mrs. Thomas r. Gaff, Miss Yer
ran. Representative and Mrs. Ira Con
ley. Mrs. Henry Rea. Senator Walsh
Mrs. Bernard Jones and Mrs. Gun
ningham B. Jones.
BoxhOlders in SmnII Ballroom.
| The box bought by the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Marshall is in the
| small ballroom. tickets for these
boxes being blue. and the other box
| holders being Senator and Mrs. In
| derwood. Mr.. and Mrs. Van s. Merle
| Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Titus, Mr.
| and Mrs. EdW ard Everett. Senator and
Mrs. "adsworth and Senator and Mrs
Frelinghuysen. Mr.. and Mrs Charles
| Ward. Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle. Maj.
| Elliott. L. S. A: Mr.. and Mrs r. II
Arnold and Gen. and Mrs. Johnston.
| Tickets for the nine boxes installed
! in the reception hall on the north
/ side of the hotel are white Those
| holding these boxes are: Col. and
| Mrs. Cecil and Mrs. Edwin r. Fuller
| Senator and Mrs. Capper, Col and
Mrs. William Cary Sanger. Senator
/ and Mrs. Pomerene. Senator and Mrs
: Pittman, Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop Cow
| den, Senator and Mrs. Henderson and
Senator and Mrs. Gay, Mr.. and Mrs.
! Robert Woods Bliss and Mr. Justice
! McReynolds.