The New York herald., 1921-04-10
PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARDING
MAKE WHITE HOUSE POPULAR

\ chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
I tions Committee), Representative
Stephen G. Porter chairman OF the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs),
the Under Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Henry Prather Wilson, and Col Myron
| T. Herrick, of Cincinnati, formerly and
apparently future United States Am
bassador to France. Not a single family
connection, and not single person
whose official connection was not so
clear that he who runs may read
The Chinese ball for the Chinese
| Famine Fund. was quite a wonderful
party. and certainly dominated the week
from social point of view. even as
the Colonial ball had overshadoweo
everything else the preceding week.
During the coming week Washington's
society passes from China to Russia,
with series of fetes and entertain
ments arranged for Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, by the Central Com
mittee for Russian Relief, of which
Mrs Robert Lansing Is chairman These
rather conflict with the annual book fair
and carnival of the League of American
! PeAwomen on Thursday and Friday.
Fortunately. however, the Russian Re
lief starts off on Wednesday with a cos
tune ball--it's to be at Mrs. Brecken-
ridge Longs and undoubtedly will be an
extremely brilliant event-and runs its
course through some interesting tab
leaux vivants at the Russian Embassy
on Thursday. to lecture on Russian
art by Eugene Stein, diplomat and Rus
sian scholar, at Mr.. and Mrs Robert
| Woods Bliss's on Friday. Meanwhile the
| Penwomen's League having begun with
book fair, will be gathering momen-
tum giving original plays by members,
including Mrs. Larz Anderson's Every
Boy" which received so much acclaim
when it was presented at Boston a while
| ago, and musical programme of Amer
lean songs. under the direction of the
Albions, Thursday evening, and their
ball and carnival Friday night This
entire festival to be in the ball rooms of
the New Willard
| To get back to this week. society in
| it's most brilliant mood turned out for
| the Chinese ball at Wardman Park Inn
| Tuesday night. The scene as one en-
tered the ballroom inevitably brought
| Kipling's famous For East Is East
and West is West, and never the twain
shall meet to ones lips, and left one
| wondering whether 1t proved or dis
proved his case. For everywhere one
looked in practically every costume
| there the twain did meet. They met
not merely in the ballroom in different
| individuals, but were combined in cos
tunes as worn by single persons. Even
| the most correct and elaborate Chinese
costumes were worn with high heeled
satin slippers with Cutlery buckles and
| things that suggested Paris more than
| Pekin.
| Mrs. George Barnett, who has trav-
| elled much In the Orient and has some
| beautiful and authentic Chinese cos
| tunes, was about the only woman pres
ent who wore the Chinese shoes. and
| she did not take any liberties with them,
| but moved around most sedately among
| her friends in the boxes and eschewed
| the dance. She wore a complete Man
chu costume. really complete from
head dress to foot dress, and even to
| the detail of carved gold guards for the
ends of her fingers, such as the wealthy
Manchus used to wear to protect the
very long nails, which they regarded
as badge Of nobility, since they proved
| the proud possessor gentleman OF lei
| sure He couldn't possibly do any work
with such nails. Mrs. Barnett greeted
her friends by shaking hands with her
/ self in proper Oriental fashion.
| Mrs. Buchanan Merriman. her cousin.
| believe, accompanied her attired IN
another handsome Chinese costume
from Mrs Barnett's collection, and
Miss Anne Gordon. her daughter wore
a third, functionng as one of the BRIDES
1 ding Miss Adeline Oxnard made an
enchanting little bride. borne in in q
| red and gold chair, very completely
| curtained, on the shoulders or -FOUR
| husky coolies. while Mrs. Fred Britten
was the go-between without whom no
wedding could have been arranged In
! old China Her chair. almost equally
stunning, was hung with green ana
gold curtains, but hers were pushed
back so that the occupant could see
and be seen
AS one made the tour of the room
and studied the boxes Il was a regular
game to pick out ones friends. ana
on all sides people were greeted py
| persons who did not in the least sug-
gest any of their acquaintance as tney
stood smiling with extended mana
| waiting to be recognized, and greatly
amused at the mystification.
Correct Dress OF Chinese Girls.
| By way of curious and amusing con-
trast to the colorful and not always
correct Oriental dress worn by the DC
! cidentals was the extremely correct
| even Parisian costumlng OF most ol
the women OF the Chinese Legation
and Of the blooming, almond eyed beau
ties (mostly young Chinese girls OF the
upper class over here at school or col
Iege) entertained by DIR. Yen, manag-
ing director of the Canton-Hankow
Railway. and brother OF the present
Prime Minister Of China. There were
/ two or three of these boxes occupied
bv members Of the Chinese Legation
staff. presenting a curious mixture Of
Chinese and European dress And MOI
far off was the box Of the japanese
Ambassador, occupied for much OF the
evening by the Baroness Shidehara IN
beautiful jetted gown evidently OF
Partisan origin and a huge yellow fan
OF ostrich plumes, which probably came
out OF Regent street or Rue de Ia Park.
Taking 1t all in all. il was curious
and interesting medley Of East and
West. with interest sustained until
pretty late by the constant new ar
rivals coming in late from dinner
parties.
Mrs Borden Hartman was pictur-
esaue in a wonderful rose colored cos
tune, and Miss Isabel May made
striking picture In red embroidered
robe and her jet black hair arranged
In Chinese fashion. Mrs. Lansing was
stately as usual in a purple coat Of
Chinese effect. Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood, effective II not beautiful as
an elderly Chinese woman. smiled
across at Mrs. Ekins. handsome in her
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