The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26
ENJOY Host
For Original
Fete
By JEAN ELIOT.

party OF a crowded season was
the supper dance and cabaret
given last evening by the italian
Ambassador, Prince Gelasio. Gaze
tani, as farewell to Mr.. and
Nine. Geisser Celesia, of the en-
baSSy staff, who are leaving
Washington on Sunday.
The guests, numbering perhaps
100, were seated at small flower
decked tables in the salon, which
was transformed for the occasion
into a Sicilian garden. Orange
trees were ranged about the walls,
with garlands of laurel leaves and
gaily tinted fruits strung from
corner to corner and soft lights
shedding their glow over the ex-
otto scene.
The center Of the room was left
clear for the cabaret, which in.
cluded many engaging and origi-
nal numbers. The performance
opened with q group Of songs by
Henry Getty Chiffon, of the Brit.
ish embassy, Jonkheer e. G. de
Seriere, of the Netherlands lega-
ton, and Willmott Lewis, with
George Angus Garrett at the
piano.
An Argentine tango was danced
by Nine. Nano, of the Rumanian
legation, with Conrado Traverse,
OF the Italian embassy. A fiery
Tarantella Sorrentina" was pre-.
9ented by Mrs. Emory Sands,
Mrs. Chauncey Parker, jr., Miss
johnson and Miss Eleanor Will
HamS, OF Baltimore, assisted by
Lieut.. Col. Louis Little, Lieut..
Comdr. Semple, William Doeller
and Marion Law, Miss Williams
singing an Italian song as a fea-
tur0 OF the number.
The more formal phase of the
entertainment closed with de-
hghtful Rumanian pantomine
directed by Dmitri Dimancesco, of
the RumaIlian legation, who had
also designed the colorful cos
s tunes and painted the amusing
menu cards which each person
found at his-or her-place.
There were also impromptu fea-
lures, including the singing of
old Southern songs by the negro
orchestra which played for the
dancing. And announcements, en-
livened by much wit and wisdom,
were made by Capt. Jean Rigal,
Of the French embassy.
General dancing brought the
evening to a close when the
popular Three O'Clock in the
Morning" had been played over
and over again. A second sup
per was served at midnight more
especially for the group OF guests
who had come on from other din
ners, joining the jewellers some
what belatedly. And the evening
was further enlivened by the
drinking of toasts to the am
bassador, who was hailed with
For He's Jolly Good Fellow"
and to Mr.. and Nine. Celesia..
There was also an old-fashioned
Virginia reel, in which almost
the entire company took part.
THE ambassadors guests in
= cluded the Spanish Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Riano, the Belgian
ambassador, Baron de Cartier:
the Minister of Switzerland and
Nine. Peter, the Minister of Hun
gary, Count Szechenyi; the Coun-
selor Of the British Embassy and
Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon, the
counselor of the Spanish. en-
bassy, Senior Cardenas: Robert
Woods Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Stuart Reyburn, Mr.. and
Nine. J. Henri de Sibour, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes, jr.; Mr.. and
Mrs. George Angus Garrett, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend, Mrs. Trux-
tun Beale, Nine. Hauge, Con-
gresham and Mrs. John Philip
Hill, Commander and Mrs. Nc
Farland, Mr.. and Mrs r. Henry
Norweb, Mrs. James NJ. Beck,
jr.; Miss Beatrice Beck, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Parker, jr.;
Commander and Mrs. Claude
Mayo, Miss Beatrice Pitney, Miss
Elaine Sullivan, Miss Camilla
Lippincott. Miss Rosamond
Castle, Miss Elizabeth Connolly,
Miss Louisa Todd, Miss Neville
Johnson, Miss Helen Williams,
Nine. de Mohrenschildt, Gen.
Charles McCawley, Matthew E.
Hanna, William Hurley, Capt.
Jean Rigal, Alan Winslow, Col.
Duncan Major, Leland Hanson,
Coleman Jennings, Jules Henri,
Stanley Hawkes., Harold H.
Sims, A. H. Hamilton Gordon,
Senior Agelet. Senior Amoedo,
Maj. John Quekemyer, Hugh
Tenant, G. II. Thompson and
Baron di Giura, and the entire
staff of the Italian embassy with
the ladies of their families.
Mr.. and Nine. Celesia will be
entertained at dinner tonight by
Nine. Christian Hauge, who will
have a company Of young people
to meet them. They were also
the guests Of honor at luncheon
given today by Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvanus Stokes, jr., who had a
party of twenty-five, and tomor
row Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell
Sweeney will give a luncheon for