The Washington times., 1923-04-04
Carnival Spirits
Mark Noel House
Benefit

/" A r NIVA L !! NymphS ana
naiades treading more or
~ less stately measures with
Venetian mobiles, dashing Spanish
cavaliers paying court to fair
Apaches. The underworld of Paris
contrasted with idyllic Already and
all in the erstwhile correct and
fashionable atmosphere Of the
II ami lton Hotel! intoxicating
music Boernstein's Orchestra GER
tainly can play when 1t gets
warmed up-and everybody In
mad spirits!
The occasion was the benefit for
SNoel House. put on last evening
by a group of fashionable young
people and Witnessed by their sis
tiers and their cousins and their
aunts-not forgetting fathers,
brothers, uncles and admiring
gwains-who were grouped about
the supper tables while the ca
baret was on and later Joined In
the general dancing which brought
the evening to q hilarious close.
It was fun from the very be-
ginning, sitting about the lobby
and watching the people come in
people, many Of them, not often
seen at benefits. The Belgian am
bassador, Baron de Cartier Miss
Betty Connolly, niece Of Baroness
de Cartier. was in the cabaretD;
the Speaker of the House and Mrs.
Gillett, who entertained a supper
party and had Secretary Weeks,
Mrs. Hope Slater, Mr.. and Mrs.
irwin Laughlin and Congressman
Nicholas Longworth with them,
Mrs. Longworth dropping in later
to join the group.
Mrs. Joseph Letters looking
very handsome in black lace, with
her mother, Mrs John r. VIII.
Hams DR.. and Mrs. Harry Kerr
ut their table. DIR. and, Mrs.
James F. Mitchell. Rear Admiral
III. H. Rousseau in their party.
The Walter Tuckermans. They
never miss a party. Mr.. and
Mrs. Larz Anderson-they'ye been
away almost all Y4ter. Mr.. and
stMrs. Frederick 14hidekoper with
them, and other guests. Brig.
Gen. Charles McCawley.
Little Mrs. Newbold Noyes.
chairman OF the committee which
had the entertainment in charge
las pretty as a pink in a bout
FAINT picture gown of green
bouquet tucked under her arm.
Mrs. Randall Hagner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Armistead Peter, 3rd., Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Phelps Stokes,
Col. and Mrs. Howard Dickinson,
with an army crowd. The Polish
= IA. al lwrr.lpr
the Kwapiszewskas with them.
Nine. Hauge and her niece, Miss
Louise Ross Todd. at table with
the Clarence Wilson's: Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Benning Spencer and
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Wilkins.
p The lights grew suddenly dim,
the hum OF voices ceased: two
spianos, under the slxiiIful fingers
OF Mrs. Franklin Ellis and M. de
Lagerberg, OF the Swedish lcga-
ton. took up the strains Of a
Rimsky-Korsakoff composition
and the show was on.
-
uERALDED as Cabaret Fam
tastique," the entertainment
was something quite new to
Washington. and resembled in
some ways q Partisan revue. It
was arranged by Renato Silenzi.
OF the Italian embassy, who
worked out the tableaux and the
advertisements and drew the de-
signs for the costumes. bizarre or
beautiful, which were such an
effective feature of the fete.
In the role Of lie Compere,"
de Chico Wi1lmott Lewis direct
ed the revels and interpreted the
pageant. A picturesque figure
In top hat and flowing cape, his
rich and flexible voice contributed
an element of poetry to the va
rious episodes described. He was
aided and abetted by la Com
mere" Mrs. William Stuart Rey-
burn, who as La Mode" intro
Tduced the group Les Mines"
which included La Beaute,"
Nine. Nano, wife OF the secretary
Of the Rumanian legation; LEI