The Washington times., 1924-12-08
ROY AL VISITOR
TO Be MUCH
FETED
Arrival Of Grand Duchess
Cyril Waited With Keen
Anticipation
BY JEAN ELIOT. 9

~ ESPITE the fact that Washing
ton is accustomed to the en-
II tertainment Of titled visi-
tors even OF royalties the ap
: preaching visit Of Her Imperial
Highness, the Grand Duchess Cyril.
! = sending little shivers Of delighted
anticipation down artistocratic
\ dearly love royalty. And the Grand
I. person., q granddaughter OF Queen
Z Victoria, q. sister or queen Marie of
Runania and the wife OF the self
proclaimed heir, In thesna1ne OF the
i Romanoffs, to the Throne Of All the
! Russians!
The attempt to read political sig.
nificance into the visit Of the Grand
Duchess, who has come over in
the interest OF the relief work
among Russian refugees which she
organized abroad, seems rather far
fetched. There will not-and can
not--Of course, be any official recog-
b milton Of her visit by the White
House or the State Department.
but she will undoubtedly meet many
4 official folk in an unofficial way
at the several parties which are
being arranged in her honor and
which win be crowded into her
brief stay.
For example all the European
I ambassadors now in Washington,
with the exception of the French
1 and German ENJOYS, win be guests
at the luncheon which Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Marye have ar
ranged for the Grand Duchess on
Friday. NJ. Jusserand could scarcely
Z be present since his France has
2 officially recognized the Soviet Rus
9 STA: and yet it is expected that
s Nine. Jusserand will be present at
2 the informal reception which Mrs.
4 Robert Lansing is having that after.
I noon In honor Of the distinguished
! visitor. In the evening MIR. and
! Mrs. John Hays Hammond will en-
= terrain the Grand Duchess at din.
: ner, having invited q carefully Sc
y lected group of twenty-four guests
to meet her.
Seeing Washington Trip Feature
OF Visit Of Grand. Duchess.
Friday morning win be devoted
i to a Seeing Washington" trip and
on Saturday the Grand Duchess is
n returning to New York. She will
n sail for France within q week, hav-
q ing made fortnight's stay in this
{ country. The Grand Duchess Cyril
n does not reach Washington until
q Thursday afternoon and that eve
ming, of course, is taken up with
the Russian fete at which she is
to be the guest of honor. She will
i stay at the Willard; hotel accom-
modations, automobiles. ETC., are
being placed at the disposal Of the
81 Grand Duchess as a contribution to
the Russian relief fund. Sheis COM
3 ing by private car from Philadelphia
where she viii be entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Van
Rensselaer,.
The Russian Fete, which gives
promise of being q brilliant event,
is being arranged by a committee OF
s Switch Nine. Ekengren is chairman.
n Other members are Princess Canta-
sscuzene, who organized the Russian
ssrefief work in America; Mrs. Robert
n Lansing, who was head Of the Wash
ington committee; Mrs. George
I. Wharton Pepper. Mrs. James w.
Y Wadsworth, jr., Mrs. Floyd Wagga-
q man, Mrs: Myron Whitney, Mrs.
Frank Hight, Mrs. George Hewitt
Z Myers, Mrs. Frederick A. Delano,
MRS. Chandler Anderson, Mrs. Jo-
3 seph Strauss, Miss Mary Sheridan,
b Mrs. Charles DENLY. Mrs. w. Harry
Brown, Mrs. George T. Marye: Miss
Caroline Thorn, Mrs. Walter Wilcox,
Mrs. r. r. Gown and Mrs. Hewitt
y Wells.
The fete will include music and
Russian dancing, winding up with a
ball. A group Of songs by Miss
Helen Howison will be feature
of. the entertainment, as will the
Enchanting ballet "Chopiniana"
danced by Miss Elizabeth Gardiner,
SPaul Tchernikoff and pupils Of the
Tchernikoff- Gardiner School Of
Il Dancing.
SOriginality and Imagination
Ito Mark Nah JOng Fete.
3 Mrs. Coolidge is to be the sole
Epatroness for the dramatic spectacle
ga Game of Nah Jong" to be
Spresented by the Belleau Wood
Memorial Association on Friday
sevening February 6, in the new
= Washington auditorium.
8 Mrs. Harry New and Mrs. Leigh
Palmer will be two Of the promi.
@nent women in Washington who will
splay the American game, while
4 members of the Chinese legation
@have consented to present the
Eoriginal game in its classic form.
= Mrs. Albert N. Baggs is chairman
lof the committee for the game.
Marie Moore Forrest Is director of
y the pageant, and will take the
: entire cast and production to
4 philadelphia Immediately following
eits first presentation here. A
especial train will convey the play
%ers, on February 10, to the second
Performance, which is to be in the
metropolitan Opera House in
philadelphia.
{, With the Russian Fete in the
Soffing, the Belleau Wood benefit on
sthe farther horizon and the brilliant
aand clever cabaret ball of the
&Junior League still being discussed,
lit is evident that an effort is being
&made to inject variety and imagi.
%nation into the interminable round
%of benefit balls and bridge parties.
W. Another event, which promises
Sboth beauty and color, is the Arts
Club "bal boheme," which will take
Eplace Immediately after the New
.Year-Monday, January s, to be
Eexact--in the ballroom Of the
Willard.
= No ball Of recent years in Wash.
ssington has been more effective In
tits costuming and its settings than
was the fancy ball arranged by the
ARTS Club members last year, with
Its gorgeous pageant, THE Seven
a -. sa