The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
(OL0RFUC BALL
GIVEN IN AID
OF HOME
Large Number Of Smart Din
ners Precede Annual Benefit
Held In Salon des Nations
at the Hotel Washington.
BY EVELYN C. HUNT.

A LARGE number Of last eve
n ning's many interesting din
ner parties wound up at the bril-
liant ball given last evening at
the Hotel Washington for the
benefit of the Children's Country
Home
Among those who entertained
at dinner before the ball were
the Commercial Counselor of the
British Embassy staff and Mrs.
John Joyce Broderick, who en-
tertained twelve guests for din
ner; and Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Glover, jr., and Mrs. ]. Upshur
Moorhead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter had
q young peoples dinner party to
meet Miss Beatrice Pitney, debut
ante daughter of Justice and Mrs.
Mahlon Pitney. the party later oc-
cupying the boxes Of Mrs. Letter
and that of her mother, Mrs. John
r. Williams. DIR. and Mrs. James
Mitchell had a buffet supper party
at their residence in Nineteenth
street for forty young people In
compliment to their son, James +.
Mitchell, jr., the party later oc-
cupying the Mitchell box at the
ball. The other box holders were
the Secretary Of the Treasury A.
W. Mellon, Mrs. James w. Wads-
worth, jr.. Mrs. Roberts Woods
Bliss, Mrs. William Eric Fowler,
Mrs Henrietta B. Huff, Mrs. Rob
ert Hit, Mrs. John A. Johnston,
Mrs. Frederick II. Brooke, Mrs
Thomas Bell Sweeney, Countess
Szechenyi, Mrs. Richard H. Town
send, Nine. Hauge. Mrs. Edward
Walker. Mrs. Edward B. Mclean,
Mrs. Marshall Field, Assistant At
torney General Albert Ottinger.
Mrs. Henry B. Spencer and Lieut..
Col. Morris Ernest Locke.
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss gave
her box to Miss Frances Mckee,
daughter of Mrs. Frederick H.
Brooke, who entertained her
brother. Bates Mckee, Miss Beat
rice Mclean, Miss Mary Paschal.
Guy Paschal, James Mitchell and
Miss Florence Loomis. Mrs. Brooke
and Mrs. Sweeney had a box to-
gether and they entertained Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney. jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Walker, Miss
Sarah Scudder and Midshipman
Zimmerman.
Miss Evelyn Wadsworth and her
brother. Jerry Wadsworth. had
some of their young friends in the
Wadsworth box. Colonel and Mrs.
Fowler had in their box the lat
ter's children, Jarvis Earl, Emily
Earl. Edwin Earl and Chaffee
Earl and four or five of their
young friends. DR.. and Mrs. Blair
Spencer and the latter's sons,
George Thomas Summerlin and
Jack Summerlin and several of the
boys" friends occupied the box of
Mrs. Johnston With Mrs. Walker
IN her box were Col. A. l.. Dumont,
military attaChe of the French EN-
oessy. and Nine. Dumont, Miss
Gertrude Myer and Mrs. Andre
Brewster.
The ball was held in the Salon
des Nations. the big gold ball
room which was colorful with
It's elaborate Christmas decora-
tions. The guests were received
by Mrs. James w. wadsworth,
tr., president of the board of the
home. and Mrs. f. II. Kerr, chair
man of the ball committee. Mrs.
Wadsworth wore a modish cs-
tune of brown chiffon elabor-
ately embroidered with crystal
beads. and Mrs. Kerr looked very
handsome in a gown of black
crepe de chine with large silver
embroidered roses scattered all
over it. There was a drapery of
black lace at one side of the
skirt.
Proceeds of the ball will be
turned over to the board of the
Children's Country Home for use
In carrying on the activities of
the home. which cares for young
children taken from hospitals to
recuperate under homelike sur
roundings. With Mrs. Wads-
worth on the governing body of
the home are Mrs. John New
bold. vice president: Mrs. Clarke
Waggaman. secretary. and Mrs.
Fleming Newbold, assistant treas
uTer.
The ball committee comprised
Mrs. Kerr. Mrs. G. G. Glover, jr.,
Mrs. Henry r. Spencer, Mrs.
Randall II. Hagner. Mrs. II. Hag-
ner, Mrs. James F. Mitchell. Mrs.
Fleming Newbold and Mrs. Clarke
Waggaman.
Miss Patricia Ainsa, chairman
of the girls committee for the
ball. had with her an almost
complete roster OF this and last
years debutantes and other popu-
lar girls society. all the group
which add $50 much to the beauty
of a hall