The New York herald., 1922-05-07
Polo Ball for Capital on
! Night of Horse Show Opening
Postponed Dance To Be Held Next Friday-President
Goes Back Stage to Greet Students at
Mask and Wig Entertainment

them, and Cecilia Mccallum and Robert
Bell.
| But it was by no means entirely an
audience from the college set." Sena-
tor and Mrs. Francis Warren had Justice
and Mrs. Mahlon Pitney with them and
Mrs j, Harrison Steedman. who Is their
guest Mrs. Francis Berger Moran had a
party of grave and reverend seniors.
Senator Phipps had box party. the
aftermath of a dinner party. as did
Mrs. Benjamin Wardour, while in the
orchestra seats were the Postmaster
General and Mrs. Hubert Work, Mrs.
Frederick Fl. Giiiett and her daughter.
Miss Frances Hoar; Brig.-Gen. and
Mrs. Charles Sawyer and ever so many
more.
oh. yes, the Govins--Mr. and Mrs
Rafael r Govin--who are back In
Washington for little while after
spending the winter In Spain. They
haven't opened their house, but are
staying at the Shoreham. They are
among those whom Washington has
flowed long since and lost a WHILE and
everybody Is making much OF them
Their daughter, Maize Gown, doesn't
seem to be here with them, at least not
very steadily. EARLY last week she went
down to Richmond to make some visits.
and though she was expected back by
the end Of the week. 1 haven't as yet
seen her anywhere,
Reception for Nine. d'Alvarex.
One Of the really delightful parties Of
the last week was the Marquis de
Buenavista's reception for his sister.
Nine. d'Alvarez, the Peruvian contralto
last Sunday afternoon. The Marquis
a an ytg In nj ivxa
full name. is secretary Of the Peruvian
Embassy, and he is very proud, as well
he may be. Of his talented sister. III"
organized a party which went to Balti-
more for the production of Samson ct
Delilah" by the Washington Opera Com
pany in which Mime. D'Alvarez, as the
guest artist, sang the DeHldh, and on
Sunday he gathered a distinguished
company to meet her and to hear her
sing some more.
AS he has merely bachelor quarters
at Wardman Park he borrowed for
the occasion an unoccupied but partly
furnished apartment down at 17S5
Massachusetts avenue. and received his
guests there. I'm under the impression
IL was the apartment recently occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner Welles before
Mr. Welles resigned a month or so ago
from the State Department. It Is a Joy
"a great and lasting joy--to hear Nine
e'Alvarez sing, and the surroundings
ard the company on Sunday could not
have been improved upon to make
the occasion socially as well as artisti-
cally worth WHILE Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood received with Mr.. de Buena-
vista in drawing rooms decked with
palms. American beauties and spring
flowers. Mrs. Harold Walker and Mrs.
Wilfred Du Puy---two of Washington's
ron-officiai ostesses--presided at the
tea table. FOR the music the guests
were seated-n the long drawing room,
and Nine. d'Alvarea gave q generous
and varied program, which reused her
audience TO high pitch OF enthusiasm.
II would be hard to say whether COM
position OF her own which seemed par
ticularly to suit her voice, or the stirring
"Habanera" from "Carmen." which
brought salvos Of applause. made the
greatest impression.
IL was not very big company that
Mr.. de Buenavista had gathered to meet
his sister and enjoy her lovely voice,
but II was a decidedly representative
one--representatiye of the best OF the
several circles that make UP Washing
ton society-the diplomatic corps gen.
erously represented-the Argentine Am
bassador and Nine. lie Breton, the Swiss
Minister and Nine. Peter, the Serbian
Minister and Nine. Grouitch. Mr.. Vouros
of the Greek Legation and DR.. Yessinoff
of the Bulgarian. Mrs. George Ehle,
Mrs. Hampson Gary and Mrs. Joseph
Hampson, MISS Mary Morgan and Miss
Antoinette Graves, Miss Boardman. DR..
and Mrs. Francis Nash, Mrs. George
Wheeler, Commander and Mrs. Mayo,
the Edouard Albions of course. Col.
and Mrs. william Eric Fowler. Mrs.
William Mcclellan Ritter, DIR. and Mrs.
Stanley Rinehart, Major and Mrs.
George Oakley Totten, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Bennett and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Langlais, and enough more, equally well
and favorably known, to bring the
audience up to two or three hundred