The Washington times., 1923-11-29
JEAN. ELIOT'S NEWS. OF SOCIETY
sail for Hospital
PROBES Great
Success

Throat Hospital as the beneficiary
ball was given last evening at the
Willard which brought out the larg
est attendance in the history or this
hardy annual. Most Of the season 9
debutanteS were present. with tnelr
cavaliers, and In the boxes were
many representatives Of Washing
toms cave dweller contingent from
whose ranks are recruited most o.
the supporters OF this Appearing
charity. The Episcopal clergy were
numerously In evidence, GS y
customary at this ball. I.
The long ballroom, where the bah
was held, was decorated with plans
and greens, the new pink SILK
petticoats which have been added g
tho crystal chandeliers adding an
effective touch and shedding q most
becoming light over the picturesque
scene. Supper was served at I11o'
night In the small ballroom.
Mrs. David Meade Lea, president
OF the board Of lady managers, re-
ceived the guests, wearing a hama
some gown Of French blue CHIFFON
brocade, trimmed in point lace; ano
the first vice president, Mrs. wal.
son Freeman Clark, who received
with her, was becomingly goWned IN
black. Mrs. William Curtis White.
second vice president. was also N
the receiving line, and Commands
G.. T., Jewell made the presentations
Mr.. and Mrs. Lea entertained
in their box Canon William Z.
DeVries, the Rev. William IA.
Pettus, David Beatty, OF Boston;
Mrs. Victor Kaufman and Philip
Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
e. Peters, Mrs. Alexander L. Pope,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.
Occupying Mrs. Charles Boughton
Woods box were Gen. and Mrs,
Merritt w. Ireland, Col. and Mrs.
John Hull, Miss Marion Trumbull,
and Miss Mary Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. "A. Hartman en-
tertained at dinner, taking their
guests later to the ball. In the
party were Surgeon General and
Mrs. Hugh s. Cumming, the Rev
and Mrs. Joseph Fletcher, Mrs.
Melvin Johnston, Arthur >.
Brown, Lynch Luquer, and John
III. Storer, Miss Storer md Mrs.
Henry M. Clarke, Of Boston.
DIR. and Mrs, William G. Rives en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
woodruff, Mrs. Marinus Willett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney ana 'Charies
Moore.
Mrs. Watson Freeman Clark had
as her guests last evening in her
box Mrs. Pearl Moore Gray, Miss
Muriel Gray, Miss Henrietta Hill,
Miss Agnes Stands, Miss Charlotte
Freeman Clark, Capt. Lewis Arthur,
Lieut.. Maurice Smith, Richard
Allen, Frank Buckley, and Capt
and Mrs. Herman Pohl.
Surgeon General and Mrs. g. r
Stitt and Miss Mary and Miss EN-
ma Stitt, occupied a box last even
ing, and had as their guests Comdr
and Mrs. Allen Mclean and 1)r
and Mrs. Lewis Greene.
Many of the boxholders enter
tained at dinner before the ball
Mrs. Delos "a. BlOdgett entertained
at dinner, taking her guests to the
ball, where she had box.
Honor guests were DIR. and MRS
who are visiting Mrs. Blodgett
Among those asked to meet them
were: The Charge d'Affaires Of
Great Britain and Mrs. Henry
Getty Chiffon, DIR. and Mrs. w. s
Newell, DR.. and Mrs. James F.
Mitchell, DIR. and Mrs. Beverley
Mason, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews
Miss Myrtis Porcher, and severa
others.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parsons
Erwin gave a dinner last evening
in compliment to their guest, Mrs
David r. Webster, taking the party
later to the ball where they had =
box. In the party were: Mr.. and
Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Watson, and Major
Winthrop Greene.
Miss Rebecca Wellington had
guests dining with her. The party
later occupied the box OF Mrs vii
liam Corcoran Eustis. In the party
We're: Miss Margaret Eustis, Miss
Katharine Wylie, Rowland Chase
Richard Stands, and Edward FL
lerson.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Peter gave
a dinner before the ball in compn
ment to the latter's son and daugn
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bea!e
Green, who are returning from tneii
wedding trip. Mrs. Green was Miss
Francine Singleton, Of Columbus. Ca
Other guests were Miss Emily
Mackall, Miss Lucy Matthews, Miss
CllZdDeLn 6edlS, MISS NMSLi0 A@A
wards, Lieut.. Douglas Johnson
Norvell Belt, James M. Greene
Theodore Repplier and Mr.. Johnston
Mr.. and Mrs. Claudian B. Nor
throp entertained a small company
of young people at dinner for theil
daughter, Miss Eleanor Northrop
The party later occupied the box o.
| Commander and Mrs. Hayne Ellis.
Many pretty gowns were worn. the
| quaint 1880 fashions which are en-
toying a renewed vogue, contribut
ing an effective touch to the picture
Among others noted at the ball were
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hardy Talia
ferro, Mrs. Everard Todd, Miss
Laura Byrn, Mrs, Frank Hume, who
had with her Col. and Mrs. Henry
c. Jewett, the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
w. Cooke and Miss Margaret Cooke
Major and Mrs. Howard Hume, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen P. Hume and Robert
Hume, Major Davis Wills and Paul
Gardner. Admiral and Mrs. Albert
GleaVes and Miss Evalina Gleaves
had with them Lieut.. and Mrs. Edgar
Allen Poe, Lieut.. and Mrs. Hyde
Miss Ruth Richards, Miss Caroline
Nash, Commander Theodore Jewell
Manning S. Stead, James Ellerson
and Randall Webb.
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