The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Others In Executive Gallery.


Others in the Executive gallery were
Brig.-Gen. and Mrs. Sawyer Mrs. Coo
lfdge, who came in alone and slipped into
the sea. just back of Mrs. Herding's (she
wore a navy blue suit, severely tailored.
and blue sailory looking hat had a book
tucked under her arm. and suggested a
high school or college girl who had Just
run over from the library across the
street to look on for a few moments)
Mrs. Weeks. who was very well turned
out in her usual not too severely tailored
style, with a little mink choker around
her throat; Mrs. Hoover, whose most
noticeable costume detail was the
straight henna colored feather brush
that ornamented her hat Mrs. Wallace.
who was dressed simply, all in dark
blue, and Miss Harlan, Mrs. Hardings
social secretary, in the rather warm
brown she likes to wear
Mrs. Longworth was in Mrs. Gi'letts
pew, in the members family gallery and
was almost as interesting 10 the women
present as was Mrs. Harding She had
on. as she usually has. an interesting
froclz of dark blue crepe. every possible
edge ornamented with long, heavy silk
fringe. 1t had short sleeves. and they
were fringed. and q round neck, also
fringed, and n sort OF tunic effect
fringed, and a narrow sash of the crepe.
ending in the same fringe. rolled into a
sort OF tassel. and there was a sort OF
scarf Of the crepe, which she wore over
her shoulders and rather constantly re-
adjusted. which had fringe across its
pointed ends. Mrs. Longworth never
wears a hat at least she never wears
ore amy longer than she has to-takes
u off and parks IL under her seat the
moment she gets indoors She had opera
glasses with her and studied the gall
leries and the floor with the liveliest
interest during the half hour or SC that
they were filling up. and afterward she
was leaning forward, her elbows on tho
rail-, watching and listening and paying
the closest possible attention to every
thing that went on.
But I'm giving entirely too much
space TO the Capitol on Tuesday. Pretty
much all the same people-all the nota-
bles at least - were at Mrs. BreclSin-
ridge Longs eight or ten hours later.
very much moro picturesquely attlred
for the Russian ball. There have been
balls galore in Washington, many of
tho common or garden variety. and dur
ing the last half dozen years an in
creasing number OF costume balls, but
none has achieved the almost startling
beauty of Tuesday nights event inaug-
urating Russian Relief Week. Perhaps
this was partly due to the fact that
none of them had quite so beautiful n
setting. The Breckenridge Longs house,
which Ia really Franklin MacVeagh's
house. which tho Longs have leased for
tho last four years. is rarely adapted TO
elaborate entertaining, but It was also
due to the costumes.
IL was the Russia OF the past, color
full. gorgeous, barbaric, decked in Jewels
and touched with the finger OF romance:
the Russia OF Bal1st and Serge de Da-
phelieff, that moved through those
stately rooms for tho benefit Of the
tragic Russia Of the present. or. rather.
for tho tightening OF the tragedy Of
those who have been driven from 1.-THE
refugees whom Red Russia has scat
tered to the four corners OF the earth.
The house was built by the late Mrs.
Macveagh as n birthday gift for Mr..
NTacVeaRh when he was Secretary OF
the Treasury. n was very much de-
scrIbed when the King and Queen OF
the Belgians were entertained there.
There is the long music room with the
organ ut one end and the great stone
fireplace at the other stretching straight
across the front OF the house. Then at
right angles with this running back H.
tho drawing room, the two opening to-
gether with almost no break in the
width and almost designed. apparently.
for dancing. The drawing room in turn
opens with the same generous sweep
into the great square dining room,
where supper was served-a wonderful
room, dimly III from above and with
tall tapcrs In great cathedral man high
oandlesticks, and one or two wonderful
paintings. Corots and the like. each
with its own lighting specially designed
TO enhance its effect. At tho far end
or the room the wall seems 70 have
been simply knocked out; possibly it
rolls back somehow. for ] have been
thero when one only caught glimpse
or the tropic grcencry Of the corseiva-
tory through ordinary doorways. But
Tuesday night the great room ended w
the conservatory and u was bathed In
queer blue light
rho whole auitc made tho most fas-
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