The Washington herald., 1921-02-27

benefit party or two not to mention
a large number of teas and dinners
COMING WEEK TO BE
BUSY FOR SOCIETY HERE.
This week is going to be a busy
one, with dinners galore, beginning
with the dinner Nine. Christian
Hauge will give tonight in honor of
the Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Colby. and the big buffet supper
which Senator and Mrs. Sheppard
are giving for the Burlesons at the
Maison Dupont. And there will be
dances every night.
Monday the Robert Z. Lee Chap
ter Of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy will give one at the Will
lard. Tuesday it will be the dinner
dance at the Maison Dupont. We'd
nesday the Junior League will stage
the last of the series Of dances they
have given this winter.
The banquet Of the Southern Com
mercial Congress will take place
next Wednesday, too. Thursday the
One Hundred Club will give the last
of their series of dances, a masked
ball affair. Friday will be the fourth
with the Child Welfare ball and Sat
urday there will be the dinner dance
at the Hadleigh given for the All
Souls Unitarian Church. And sew
eral more dances will probably de-
velop before the week Is well start
ed. Then parties for out-of-town
guests will fill the calendar to over
flowing. 1t gives promise of being
some week.
NUMBER OF CHARITY BALLS
PLANNED FOR sPRINGTIME.
There are a number of large char
ity balls already planned for the
spring season. the Chinese ball, the
Daffodil ball, the Episcopal Home
ball and the goodness knows how
many more. Then there is a very
smart new dancing club, the CotiI-
lion. which is to have a select mem-
bership OF $50 and will give their
first dance on April 6. Experienced
leaders are to be asked from Balti-
more. Richmond, Charleston, New
Orleans and other cities where the
old fashioned cotillion remains in
vogue.
One of the really appealing events
of last week was the recital on Fri
day afternoon by Everhard Bever-
MUSIC LOVERS GIVEN
REAL TREAT AT RECITAL.
Although Washington has enjoyed
a great number of concerts this
season. music lovers had a distinct
in that piano recital Ev-
erhard Beverwijk is the blind pian-
ist of Holland. and he presented an
program. The recital was
given under the friendly auspices OF
the Netherlands Legation, for the
artist has come to this country
alone and was heard publicly in
for the first time in
America.
Mr.. Beverwijk received his early
instruction in the Amster-
dam School for the Blind and later
studied under AIRY Belinfante. He
went to Berlin and became a pupil
Of the Russian master. Waldemar
Lutschg. He had made a most sue
cessful start on his concert career
when the war began. for he had
appeared with great success in Bel
gium, France, Germany and Eng
land. During the years in which
Europe was in the war he toured
South America, where he played to
sold-out houses. He returned to
Holland to reap new fame, and now
has sought the approval of America,
an ambition that belongs to every
great artist.
The recital at the Hotel Lafayette
gave Washington an opportunity to
offer encouragement and inspiration
TO a stranger who brings great gifts
10 the new world in which art is
each year gaining more and more
On the same afternoon-interes
ing in itself, and doubly so by force
Of contrast there was another mu-
toward the other end Of
Sixteenth street. at the Congressional
Club, when Dorothy bennett and
Louis Thompson, promising young
local musicians, gave the program.
Miss bennett has been taking spe-
cial courses and graduated in music
1T the University of Wisconsin. She
figured that afternoon both as piano
soloist, and as accompanist for Mr..
rhompson's fine tenor voice. Miss
bennett, who has a splendid techni-
lue. and Is an Interpreter of rare
poetic feeling, was heard in Schu-
mann, Liszt. Weber. and MacDowell
numbers. the 'Libestraume" of Liszt.
among other things and the
ovely Mcdowell "Polonaise." Louis
Thompson contributed to the pro-
gram songs by Borodine, Rachmani-
noff and Ferrari. the last group be-
ng three songs of his own compost
.ion-altogether an interesting af-
.ernooni
MAI. TOTTEN SENDS
FOR MUSICALE.
And by the way, Mai. George
oakley Totten, jr., has cards out for
musicale this evening at that de-
ightful studio of his, He doesn't
announce his artists, and it is an
fact that George Totten,
who proclaims loudly that he
doesn't know the first thing about
music" should be addicted to musi-
ais. But some one who does know
'icks his artists for him, and his
parties are always q treat
10Th a. music and a. partiesI