The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-01
JEAN ELIOT ON SOCIETY
Edison Bradley Ball
To Focus Interest
On Newport.
BY JEAN ELIOT.

DRADLE1 WHOM WASH
AVA ington claims as well as
New York. will hold the center
of the social stage at Newport
tonight, for they are celebrating
their. golden wedding anniversary
with a dinner party followed by
a ball; and all Newport--Or rath-
er that part of Newport which
has sufficiently recovered from
the Aspegren ball last night-Will
join in the merrymaking at the
Bradleys.
Invitations. engraved in gold.
were sent out by Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley for this evenings enter
tainment and about sixty guests
will dine with them and their
son-in-law and daughter, Bishop
and Mrs. Herbert Shipman Later
500 guests will attend the ball.
The Bradley ball will pring to-
a close one of the most interest.
ing and hectic weeks Newport
has enjoyed in more than a de-
cade. And those Of us who have
attended Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley's
parties in Washington and are
familiar with the lavishness with
which they entertain, can well
imagine what a beautiful and
brilliant fete this is likely to be
Regret was very general here
when Mr.. and Mrs Bradley de-
cided to shake the dust of Wash
ington from their feet to the ex-
tent Of giving up their palatial
home in Dupont circle. They will
never give us up entirely, how
ever, but propose to spend at
least part Of every winter here.
and will probably take an apart
ment. They are influenced in
making the change by the fact
that Mrs. Bradley has not been
in very good health, and presum-
ably the difficulty of getting to-
gether sufficient staff OF serv-.
ants to run two or three big
establishments had something to
do with their decision.
At all events, they made up their
minds to demolish their Dupont
circle house, one of the landmarks
Of the city, and to make their
principal home in Newport-the'
camp in the Thousand Islands
where they had previously spent
their summers having been burned
meanwhile. They purchased one
of the show places Of Newport, but
the house is being so extensively
remodeled that they were not able
to get into it this summer and
consequently have a rented house
which is to be the scene of the
great ball tonight.
It is in their new home at
Newport that the Bradley collec-
tons - paintings. statuary, ex-
quisite old furniture, Chinese
porcelains, jades, etc.-for which
their house here was famous, are
eventually to find their home.
Work on the tearing down of the
house in Dupont Circle has stop
ped for the nonce, but it is prob
able that it will be resumed in
the autumn when fashionable folk
return to town and when the
project to build a home for the
Washington Opera Company on
it's site will receive fresh impetus.
ITO the moment of writing. the
L ball given last night by Mr.,
and Mrs. John Aspegren was the
most brilliant event of the pres
ent season in Newport. They en-
LSI Tic CnIlIO
summer colony at Aspen Hall.
More than $4,000 electric lights
were used in decorating the
grounds. special ballroom, suDper
room and the three rose arbors
that extended from the residence
to the ocean.
A special ballroom was erect
ed on the lawn to accommodate
the large number of guests, and
adjoining this was a special sup
per room, also built for the &C.
casion. The driveway to the
house was outlined by lines of
green electric lights.
in the special ballroom there
were 500 lights overhead, with
a red and gold color scheme. The
favors were Frech heads with
chiffon collars. Red and yellow
gladioli were used and all col
umns were covered with red and
yellow. while the~side walls were
outlined by fans of gladioli.
Black and white were the shades
for the conservatory where there
were hanging baskets of flowers.
American beauties were used in
the supper room. a centerpiece in
fan shape being covered with 500
electric lights and showered with
yellow roses. Oak foliage and
southern smilax covered the sides
and there were columns Of gladioli
On the lawn swere three rose
arbors outlined with bay trees and
covered with rambler roses. Each
had 5000 miniature lights. On
this brilliant display all over the
lawn colored spot lights were
focused, with their colors chang
ing constantly.
During the evening Mr.. Yakov-
left. former dancing partner of
Nine. PaVlowa, and his wife,
Nine. Chebalska. with four girls
from their Russian ballet. danced
in the outdoor ball room, and
later gave one of their speciality
numbers on tho lawn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Aspegren also presented a
dancing novelty in the appear
ance Of several midgets, who did
toy dance.
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