The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-19

ed tort6ise-shell combs win again
see the lights Of the ball room.
y It ID not alone from attics that
addreeses are being brought
forth. The popular wife OF an ad.
miral il contemplating a descent
upon the cases or a Government
museum where she has o collection
OF objects darts loaned for ex.
hih1tion purposes. The Mancha
headIaress made OF gold and king
fishers feathers will be withdrawn
for the night of December 2. Its
jewel-likes work may. prove so allur-
ing with her gown OF blue and
gold brocade that she will continue
to wear them together long after
the ball itself has passed into social
history. " Safe deposit vaults, too,
are opening up and from one of
them comes an antique Russian
diadern which was first worn at
the barbaric court of Peter the
Great. Il
With the recrudesence of interest
In old ship models one avid col
| lector has added to her store a full
rigged ship which was worn in the
hair Of a. French beauty of the
l.elgh teeEth century. This will prob
Eablg sail over unknown seas at the
Hotel willard, though how 1t will
stand the transition from the minu-
| etteS to the fox-trot Is q problem
! that only the day after win BE-
able to solve.
From the same century and coun.
, try comes a. costume that will GER
| tainly be the simplest and may
prove the most sensational Of the
evening. A debutante of q season
! or so ago will go "a la guillotine.
In the reconstruction days that
followed the French revolution ''bals
a Ia guillotine" were quite the
! thing The sole qualification for a
guest was that some member Of
! the family had paid tribute to La
| Guillotfne. With o face chalked
| white, hair cut short in expectation
OF the axe and q broad red ribbon
with red heads like drops of blood
around the neck, nothing was left
to the imagination. This American
descendant Of the French noble.
woman, who a century and a quar-
! ter ago gave UP her life, has her
shingled locks all ready for the
part.
JUSSEFANDS LEAVE &
FOR NEW YORK TODAY.
The French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand win go to New
York today to remain several days
and will be at the Hotel Chatham.
The minister OF Siam, Phyr Burr
Navarasth, win 60 to New York
Friday and sail Saturday as spe.
cial representative Of his country to
the centennial Of the battle OF
| Ayacucho in Peru. He will make d
/ trip through South America before
returning 70 this country.
~ n
The centennial of the battle Of
| Ayacucho, from which dates the
independence OF !. Peru, will be
marked here by bah which the
/ Peruvian ambassador, Doctor Her.
nan Velarde, will give at the Pan
American Union on December 8.
The celebration in Peru will be
brilliant In the extreme, with many
Of the nations sending special en-
baSsieS. General Pershing will head
the delegation from the United
States.
Hector velarde, son OF tho am
bassador and secretary of the EN-.
bassy, has returned to Washington
after spending three months hoI-
tday in Peru. Madame Vclarde,
wife Of the ambassador, who Is in
Paris, has made no plans for com.
Ing to Washington.
NA
RUNIANIAN MINISTER
NOW IN PARIS.
The Minister Of Rumania, Prince
Bibesco, who sailed recently for
Europe, has arrived In Paris &C.
compAnied by Princess Bibesco.
They propose to spend several weeks
in Paris and will rejoin Princess
Bibesco'S parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Asquith, In England for
Christmas. In the interval the Min
lister will 60 to Bucharest for con.
sulthtion with his government. M.
AAA
The Minister Of the Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes. Doctor Pavichieh,
left for New York today and, will
be the principal speaker tonight
at the opening Of the winter ex-
hibition at the Brooklyn Museum
Of Natural Science. He viii re-
turn edAy after tomorrow.
Mrs. Hope slater, who spent the
summer abroad, has returned to
Washington and has opened her
house in Eighteenth street FOR the
winter.
s..