The New York herald., 1921-04-08
French Enjoys at
ApiatOrS' Ball Are
Cheered by 1000
Ambassador JuSserand, M,
Viviani and Myron T. Her
rick Principal Guests.

The third annual aviators' ball in the
WaIdorf-Astoria last night and a good
part of to-day proved to be one of the
brilliant incidents of the season. The
crowd of more than 1000 persons who
attended the soiree included men and
women Of social note. men who helped
make history in the war and prominent
officers In the active service, In addi-
ton to the three chief guests of the
evening. Mr.. Jules j. Jusserand. the
French Ambassador; NJ. viviani. former
Premier and Special Envoy of France;
Mr.. CASTOR Liebert. Consul-G General of
France In New York. and Mr.. Myron
T. Herrick. the recently appointed Am
bassador to France, who also Is presi-
dent of the Aero Club Of America. un-
der whose auspices the ball was given.
DIR. Z. Garnsey Brownells chairman of
the ball committee, who served in France
two years as senior medical officer of
the Air Force, and Mr. Augustus Post,
secretary Of the Aero Club. went to Del
monicos. where the quartet of chief
guests had attended dinner given by
the American Committee for Devastated
France. and escorted them back to the
Waldorf Astoria. Their arrivel was the
signal for patriotic demonstration. A
box decorated with the entwined Ameri-
can and French colors had been reserved
for them.
Pending their arrival the crowd had
started the merry whirl of dancing
through the entire second floor of the
hotel. with two orchestras furnishing the
music. Following formal presentations,
the former Premier, the Ambassador, the
appointed Ambassador and the Consul
General were preparing to take In the
scere OF charming confusion on the floor
uyh0 fha hall
into cabaret and, using the floor for
stage. group of professional enter
tainers turned the ballroom into a
modish theatre.
There appeared Miss Edythe Baker,
Miss Vie Quinn and Frank Farnum,
from the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic; Miss
Tot Qualters and Willie and Eugene
Howard, from the Winter Garden; Miss
Emile Lea. Miss Elizabeth Hines, from
Love Birds; Richard Bold. Miss Evan
Burrows Fontaine, the dancer and
others.
Among those who attended the bah
was Brig-Gen: William Mitchell. U. S.
A.. Chief of Staff of the Air Service
who made nonstop flight from Boil
ing Field. Washington. to Mineola On
wednesday and will fly back to WASH
ington to-day. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
burrall Hoffman gave a dinner for
Gen. Mitchell. The other guests. who
also went on to the ball. were Mrs.
Vanderbilt. Prof. and Mrs Henry Fair
field Osborn, Mrs. Charles Van Rensse-
laer. Miss Muriel Vanderbilt, Miss
Helen Crocker. Miss Josephine Osborn.
Major William NJ. v. Hoffman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell and Messrs
Phillip A. Carroll and Francis Burial
Hoffman. Jr.
Other dinners were given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Woods. Mrs. William Tay-
Tor and Mrs. Charles Addison Miller.
They were box holders as we'll as Mrs.
Newbold LIE Roy Edgar, Countess del
Sera. Mrs. Harry II. Duryea, Mrs.
Harry Harkness Flagler Mrs. Edwin
Gould, Mrs. George Jay Gould. Mrs.
James b. Haggin, Mrs. James Black
stone Taylor. Jr. Mrs. John North
WHY'S. Mrs. Richard T. Wilson and
Mrs. Rawson Lyman Wood.
About the sides Of each of the two
bathrooms had been placed tables and
In the centre of each was an ash tray.
Ihat arrangement constituted an invita- :
ton to smoke, and smoke both sexes
did while others danced.
There was large Junior committee
made up of last winter debutantes. with
Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris and Miss
Symphorosa Bristed as their chiefs. An
other large committee was made ND OF
former aviators. with Mr.. Albert p
Looming representing the army. Mr.. ]
kendrick Noble the Marine Corps and
Mr.. James Blackstone Taylor, Jr., the
navy.