The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-16
CAPITAL SOCIETY
THRONCS
BALL FOR OPERA
Picturesque Scenes En-.
acted as Famous Mas
tiers Are Posed.

was the ballroom or the New Willard
last evening when the ball of the
Washington Opera Company was
given. Decorations suggestive of
| Christmas and the arms conference
were the dominant notes. The gallery
at the north end of the ballroom was
mass Of cedar trees. and underneath
there were scores Of cedar trees on
either side Of the entrance. the whole
making an exquisite picture Of winter
greenness At the south end and on
both sides there were also cedar trees
placed at intervals. The frieze around
the wall was Of smilax.
| The frame OF each living picture wa 8
draped In the flags Of the nation rep.
resented at the conference, EXCEPT the
two in which posed representatives OF
the scandinavian countries, Norway
and >~eden-these two had only the
national flag Of the countries.
Posed for Paintings.
These living pictures were a feature
or unusual artistic beauty and were
posed after famous paintings by de,
outantes OF this and past seasons.
Mrs. Charles II. Campbell unveiled
the portraits which included Portrait
OF a Colonial Lady" by Franklin Bar
Der Clarke. posed by Mrs. Julian s.
Carter, of Baltimore; Lady Hamil
ton" by Romney. posed by Miss Laura
| Bryn. daughter OF the Minister OF
| Norway and Nine. Bryn: Mrs. Rob
inson.' by Gainsborough. posed by
| Miss lngcsard Wallenberg, daughter
OF the Swedish Minister and Nine
! Wallenberg Madame de Dugazon.
by Natter, posed by Miss Mary Emily
| Hamilton: Lorna Doone," by VIII
/ lam Clarke Woutner. posed by Miss
! Mary Montgomery Mrs. Mark Cur
/ rie,' by ROmney. posed by Mrs. Law
renee Reddington; Countess Potocka,'
by Anton Cram. posed by Miss Mar
garet Decide La Lattiere." by Greuze,
posed by Miss Frances Barber Clarke
Countess OF Oxford" by Hoppner
posed by Miss Annette Ashford
Madame Louise de France by
Natter. posed by Miss Marjorie
Wright: "A Girl With Doves" oy
Greuze. posed by Miss Barrine Drake,
and "A Spanish Dancing Girl artist
unknown. posed by Miss Josephine
| Pomeroy.
Cream of Society.
The guests who included the
cream OF Washington society. and
hundreds of others, were received
by Mrs. Mahlon Pitney. Nine. Wal
lenberg and the members of the eN-
ecutivr committee OF the National
Opera committee. including Mrs.
Charles Henry Butler, Mrs. George
W. Ehle, Mrs. william Eric Fowler,
Mrs. Mitchell Carroll. Mrs. J. Town
send Russell. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley
EdOuard Albion, president, and
George Oakley Totten. jr.. vice
president
Practically all OF the many dinner
parties of the evening ended up at
the ball and the boxes were a brill
liant sight with the women in their
handsome gowns and Jewels and
the many men in uniforms OF vari-
Gus nations. all visiting back and
forth. Among the box holders were
Mrs. Charles Henry Butler. Mrs.
Charles F Cramer. Mrs. stephen +
Elkins. William Phelps Emo Mrs
Gibson Fahnestock. MS WILLIAM
Eric Fowler, Mrs. Edward A. Harri-
man, Mrs. George d. Hope. Mrs.
Victor Kaufman. Mrs. Thomas +.
Logan, Mrs. George Mesta Mrs
Francois Berger Moran. Mrs. NJ. o.
Terry. OF California and New York,
Mrs. T A. Scott ThrOpp. Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh. Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood and Mrs Mark
Reid Yates.
Maj. and Mrs. George Oakley Tot
ten entertained in their box the
Swedish Minister and Madame Axel
r N4llpnhaT% ha "a IL.
Minister, DR.. J. c. A. Everwijn Mrs.
John B. Henderson, Mai Cen
George o. Squier. and John b. Hen
dcrson. jr.
Guests Of Terrys.
Gen. and MRS NJ. o. Terry had as
guests in their box Representative
and Mrs. Frederick c. Hicks. Mr..
and Mrs. Heber Notaw, Mai. l. L.
Feaman. of New York. Mrs George
F.. Pickett, Senator and Mrs. Will
lam VI. Calder, and G. A. Dawson.
jr., OF San Diego. Cal. Mrs Francois
Berger Moran was hostess in her
box to Gen. George O. Squier, Sena-
tor and Mrs. William NJ Calder Mr..
and Mrs. Malcolm s. McConihe, Mrs.
Horace Macfarlandc Mai Reginald
Foster. Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons and
Miss Cornelia Bowie. Mrs. Thomas
F. Logan has as guests in her box
the Minister OF Ecuador md
Madame Rafael H. Elizalde, Mr..
and Mrs. Hugo V. de Pena, and ].
II. Lorentzen.
With Mrs. EIkins.
Mrs. stephen r. Elkins had Gen.
and Mrs George Downey. Mrs.
Arthur Lee. Miss Juliet Thompson.
Fairfax Downey and Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph H. Gains in her box Mr.
and Mrs. william Eric Fowler en-
tertained the Minister to China and
Nine. SEE. Mrs. Hawkins and the
former Minister to China. Paul
Reinsch, and Nine. Reinsch in their
box.
Mrs. Charles 3. Wood had among
her guests Mr.. and Mrs owen Free
man Roberts, of Connecticut and
New York City; Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward P. Packard and Miss Mary
Morgan.
William Phelps Emo and Mira.
George Ehle had as guests in their
box the Solicitor General and Mrs
James NJ. Beck. Mr.. Davidson. Mrs
Northrup Dean and John Batchel-
Ter Among those in the box Of
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock were her