The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
PRESIDENT TO Visit
Horse ShOW
! Today.

morse SHOW In1S 1AlO1AACoA'
s@-fnotoring over to Arlington Park
Ssefter attending the dedication cere-
emonies of the memorial TO Alex
lander Hamilton on the south Steps
9sOf the Treasury at Wnlch the
ayPresident is to be speaker. IL
lis expected that Ambassador and
Mrs. George Harvey Will accom-
many President and Mrs. Harding"
ss Today is evidently to be big
lssfla W at the show, for the box hold
4 ers are turning out in force, each
with a group of guests, and nu-
rnerous luncheon parties were ar
+ ranged to precede the show. Mrs.
Victor Kauffmann entertained q
party who will occupy this after
4 noon the box which she and Mrs.
1Elonzo Tyner are sharing.
60 Mrs. Kennedy Wheeler also had
~ luncheon, entertaining at the
81 Shoreham for the Persian minis
Ter. Mira Hussein Khan Ali, Mrs.
Hetty Low and DR.. Paul Lessinoff
IF the Bulgarian legation, who are
guests in her box. And Mrs.
James M. Greene gave a luncheon
SFfor fourteen at the Chevy Chase
!. Club in compliment to Mrs. Will
d Ham Henry Smith, jr., and her Sis
ters, Mrs. Nathan Hopkins Hett
and Mrs. Edward Robbins, the
\ party going afterward to the show.
: HHE second day of the. morse
show brought out a notably
'sissgbrilliant attendance and luncheon
and tea parties at the tea room
! which is being run for the Chill
8 dren's Hospital added to the erect
4 Of festivity.
80 Mrs. James w. Wadsworth, jr.,
entertained a group of guests at
luncheon and other hOsteSSeS were
!. Mrs. James +. Mitchell, Miss Alice
& Sylvester and Mrs. John F.. Dry
: den. The gaily decorated pavilion
y was crowded during the afternoon
hours, among those noted at tea
/. being Larz Anderson, with Can
! non Meyer and Miss Gertrude
! Meyer, who were guests in his box;
I Mrs. r.. r. Gown, who entertained
i for her box party, the Marquis and
/ Marquise di Bernezzo and Mrs.
Medina, mother of the hostess.
The grandstand blossomed out
! Yesterday like a giant flower bed,
4 bright colored frocks and equally
( gay hats being the rule, with just
enough smart black costumes to
i bear out the Paris dictum that
Z black is to be ''the thing" this
4 heason. Miss Helen Walcott,
Z daughter of DIR. Charles d. Wal
Colt, secretary of the Smithsonian
Constitution, wore one of the strik-
! ing black costumes noted, long
l straight coat of dull finished crepe
/ de chine, with flowing sleeves, alb
solutely guiltless of trimming and
I worn with a poke shaped hat of
BLACK taffeta cut away at the back.
Miss Juiiette Crosby, who is
/ playing here this week in "The
Bad Man." also wore a smart
! black costume, the neck line and
the brief sleeves of her crepe
frock being outlined with large
] white wooden beads. She topped
off her costume with black
. turban and wore hoop earrings
of blue enamel. Miss Crosby
was with Mrs. Thomas Martin,
whose daughter, Miss Peggy
Martin, was assisting in the tea
room. Mime. Zaldivar. who is in
mourning, also made an effective
picture in her black gown, with
q small hat of black crepe, with
! q strap under her chin and a
long veil Of net edged in black
lace.
I Among the gay frocks noted
was the bright yellow flannel
sports frock worn by Miss Evelyn
sWadsworth, which was further
Enlightened by applique bands and
embroidery of royal blue and the
iclinging gown of Persian crepe
worn by Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes,
jr. The material of this frock,
which spoke Paris in every line,
= had a tomato red ground and the
design was worked out in French
! blue and black. The gown was
straight and simple, with one
short sleeve and the other
Fashioned of long scarf, fringed
In blue, which fell to the hem of
. her skirt. She topped it off with
q huge French blue straw hat
trust Mrs. Stokes to have on
either the largest hat or the
Snallest-at the show.
s.
MRS. stokes had numerous
I visitors in her box during
the afternoon, but the guest of
.shonor was her small daughter,
Miss Marsyl Stokes, an engaging
little figure all in white, with a
wee white satin bonnet trimmed
IN swansdown. Little Miss Nancy
Letter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Letter, a vision in pale
Graceful