The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Kauffmann Ball
Gay Event of
Holidays

one OF the gayeSt ana most sue
cessful parties Of the Christmas
season. 1t was arranged In honor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. kauffmann's son
and daughter-in law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Hay Kaufman, and the
guests were for the most part 70.
cruited from among their young
friends, although a group Of con.
temporaries Of the host and host.
ess were included.
Never has Rauscher's looked
prettier than II did last night,
and the several hundred guests
were I'm holiday mood. The
. decorations were suggestive of
the Christmas season. Smilax
yelled the walls, and against ehe
great mirrors of the large ball.
"oom were fastened graceful bas-
kcts filled with poinsettas and
red berries, with their proper
complement of green's. At one
end of the ballroom was a screen
Of fir trees. and palms and grace
receiving line in the small ball.
room.
Mrs. Kaufman greeted her
guests and presented them to her
son and daughter. The hostess
Jore lovely black velvet gown,
evere in line but embroidered IN
Silver thread and brilliants in an
tll-over design. and she had a
,oronet of diamonds in her hair.
Mrs. Samuel Kauffmann's frock
was white, fashioned OF chiffon
and embroidered In crystals and
rhinestones. She carried q bou-
auet Of sweetpeas and lilies of the
alley.
THE music was perfect and so
entrancingly syncopated that
before the evening was ovRr
many of the younger guests Were
.ioing pas deux which would
have done credit to the stage.
Then along toward morning,
when lie ,Paradis had closed.
came it's famous orchestra and
contributed some of the amusing
pusical stunts they had prepared
'5r recent venture in vaude.
lille.
Supper was served at mid
light, many small tables being
rovided for the guests and the
'verflow grouping themselves in
'olorful effect in the ante rooms
nd on the: stairway. At the
able with Mr.. and Mrs. Kauff.
mann were a group of the diplo-
mats and official folk who were
numbered among the guests
Many delightful dinner parties
we're given last evening and most
# them wound up at the kauff.
mann dance The Minister OF
Switzerland and Mime. Peter were
Nhe guests for whom Major and
Mrs. Parker West had enter
tained, the others i'm their party
being the Minister OF Panama
and Nine. Alfaro, Senator and
Mrs. Arthur Capper. Mr.. and
Mrs. william Eric Fowler, Mrs.
Clarence Richmond Day. Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Kaufman, and DIR.
Paul Lessinoff..
Commissioner and Mrs. Cuno
Vudolph also gave dinner, en-.
tertaining at Rauscher's.
Congressman and Mrs. Fred
Britten had young peoples
party for Miss Frederica McKen-
ney and took their guests to the
ball. with Mrs. X. r. Gown,
who had given a dinner for Miss
Nav Gown, were, Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Langlais, Princess Bertha
Cantazuzene, Miss Beatrice Beck.
Miss Alice Mann, Miss Anna
Montgomery. Mr.. Amoedo. OF the
Sprnish embassy; Mr.. de Larger.
berg. Hamilton Gordon, John
Temple Graves, jr.. Chester Lock
wood and Alan Rinehart.
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OTHERS who took dinner COM
panies to the dance were Mr..
and Mrs. j. b. Smull, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. c. Calhoun, Miss Delphine
He'll, who entertained for Miss
Cecilia McCallum: Miss Isabel
Crawford. niece of Senator and
Mrs. Arthur Capper, and Mr., and
Mrs. Joseph l. Weller. who enter
tanned for Miss Catherine Weller
and her guest, Miss -Frances
Wiser. In the Weller party were
MISS Margaret Cutnerhnu, mbS
Virginia Sutherland, Miss Virginia
Selden and her guest, Miss Kate
Gray, of New York; Francis Clark
Howell, of Atlanta, Ga: John
White, Jack Shaw and Yandes
Wheeler.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Harry Tay-
lor also took dinner party to the
ball, their guests including Miss
Lispenard Seabury and the girls
who had received with her at her
debut tea.
Mrs. Charles Milburn was host
ess for her daughter, Miss Alice
Milhurn, who had AZ her guests
Miss Elizabeth Taylor Jones. Miss
Betty Werner. Miss Katherine
Wrenn. Lieut.. II. Peckham, U. 8.
A.; Major Xenophon Price, u. 8.
A.: Lieut.. Robert Garde, U. s. A.,
and Russell Whyte.
Others among the guests were
the Ambassador of Peru. Mr..
Pezet; Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Kaufman, son of the hosts;
Senator and Mrs. Arthur Capper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Davies, Mrs.
Henry Wilder Keyes, Col. and