The Washington times., 1922-06-04


shall Field. Mrs. Henry Getty
Chiffon, Miss Mary Patten. En-
gineer Commander and Mrs. II. A.
Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Les
lie Craigie. Mr.. and Mrs. Tough.
ton. Admiral Pakenham, Captain
Bromley, Wilmott Lewis. Maurice
Low, Maj. Gen. II. Keppel Bethel,
Capt. r. S. Bailey. Marvin D.
Peterson. Commando Christie,
Pay Commander Ward. Flag Lieu.
tenant Cur1on Howe, Commander
Fraser. Engineer Commander Wis
dom, Major Jerram, Surgeon Com.
mander Ker. Paymaster Com
mander Pellowe and the Rev. Mr..
Harcourt. the ships chaplain.
Mr.. Harcourt. by the way. was
one Of the picturesque figures at
the ball on Wednesday night, his
satin shorts" silk stockings and
buckled shoes being something
new In Washington. During the
war we came to kno wmost Of the
foreign uniforms, but the scarlet
dress jackets of the British army
worn that night by General lie; hen.
Maj. c. E. d. Bridge and one or
two others, have never become
familiar enough to lose their thrill
The gray blue unifoun of the air
service, with it's shot jacket and
the wings embroidered upon tie
shoulder, worn by Commander
Christie. who has rep!acsd Com.
modore Charlton as air attache,
also contributed touch Of variety
and another picturesque element
was supplied by the quaint Earb.
OF the midshipmen on duty aboard
the Raleigh, which dates back to
Nelson's day.
The hall was almost exclusively
a service" party, you know, with
civilians conspicuous by their
absence and uniforms and dtcora.
tions generally in orde'.
The British amba ssad dor, by the
way. was among the recipients OF
birthday honors. being made
grand commander of the Order OF
St. Michael and st. George.
ITS not possible to tell in de.
tail about all the parties
which were given for the visiting
Britishers, luncheons, dinners.
receptions, etc, with members OF
the British embassy staff as
hosts or such prominent Wash.
ingtonians as MIR. and Mrs.
Thomas 7. Gaff. the Joseph Lett.
ers, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Laugh.
lin. Col. and Mrs. Stephen l.. n.
Slocum, Frank b. Noyes, the
Reynolds Hits. Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Charles B. Drake. Miss Mil
dred Bromwell, Miss Anna Ham
lin and the rest. But there was
a dance every single evening.
each one of which rates more
than passing mention.
To Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh fell
the distinction of giving the first
big party for Admiral Pakenham
and the officers OF the Raleigh.
She had a ball for some 500
guests. with her charming roof
garden thrown open for the
dancing, as well as the big salon
on the drawing.room floor. Sup
per was served both upstairs and
down, a wee sickle moon peeping
shyly down upon the dancers on
the roof. Mrs. J. Borden Harri-
man. like Mrs. Walsh. drew
perfect evening for her dance.
This was lucky, too. because her
house is small and she was de-
pending upon serving supper in
the garden. She had rather
small party, some twenty-five OF
the officers from the ship and
pretty girls Ito match"
On Thursday evening the naval
attaches Of the British embassy
gave a small dance for their col
leagues, next evening there was a
dance aboard the Mayi!ower. with
Capt. Ralston Holmes and the Cf-
ficers of the President Yacht as
hosts, and last night there was
another dance, this time given by
a group Of the bachelor secretaries
and attaches Of the embassy at the
house in Sixteenth strect--next
door to Senator and Mrs. Key Pitt
man's-which is occupied ny sew.
eral Of their number, and which
has been the scene of so many
merry parties.
These, with the embassy ball,
filled up every available evening.
This evening. being SUNDAY. there's
TO be a picnic party out ut the home
Of Leander Mccormick Goodhart.
of the British embassy. near Chill.
lum. Md, apd earlier in the ddy
Admiral Pakenham will be host at