Evening star., 1925-02-22

Revolution. The guests were Mrs
Mason. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Spear
and Mrs. Medorem Crawford. The
guests were dressed in colonial cos
tunes and the hostess was in the
Maxwell clan tartan and Cain-Gorm
shoulder brooch brought by her an
cester from Scotland.
DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Rush Logie's
box was named Logic of Buchan,
and they appeared as Logic of Bucan
and Lady Somersall respectively
Their, guests included Miss Taylor
Logic, as Jessie Logic, great-grand-
daughter of Logic of Buchan; Mrs
John Ritchie, as her ancestress, Lady
Jane Gray; Mr.. John Ritchie, as Gen.
Robert Nelson; Capt. Conrad of the
Navy, as Lord Somersall; Mrs Conrad
as Dorothy Edmonston, her great
nt-granddaughter; Maj. and Mrs
Thornton, in colonial dress; Mrs
Thomas H. Taliaferro, as Mary Fitz
Randolph of Middleham, an ancestress
before the Crusaders, and Miss Doy
as Martha Brown Ogle, wife of Gen
Forman.
Represents Her Mother.
Miss Alice Lane of the Louise Home
attended the ball representing hel
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson
Hooe, who was a descendant of Presi-
dent Tyler and of President Var
Buren, and Col. Phil Thompson OF
Louisville, KY, Miss Minor of Vir-
ginia represented her grandmother
Lucy Landon Carter of Cleveland
daughter of Landon Carter of Cieve-
land and Mildred Washington Willis
and wife Of Gen. John Minor of Hazel
Hill.
Miss lone Rebecca Cuiberson went
as her mother, Emily Dashiell, daugh-
ter of Gen. Matthias Dashiell OF
Metipquin, Somerset county, Md, Mrs
Philip H. Powers impersonated her
great-greatg grandmother. Lady Judith
Howard of Howard Hall, England
Susanna Johnson Summers, whose
mother was a daughter of Zacha rial h
Forrest, who was a descendant of
Lady Forrest, the first Colonial Dame
of America, was represented by heI
granddaughter Miss Leah Burkhardt
Miss Mary J. Williams appeared as
her ancestress Mary Taylor, wife OF
Henry Pendleton and mother OF
Judge Edmund Pendleton of Ed
mundsbury.
Comes az Washington's Aide.
Mr.. David Meade Lea attended the
ball dressed as his great-great-
grandfather, Gen. Richard Kidder Meade
Gen. Washington's aide to whose un-
happy fate fell the details Of the execu
tion Of the unfortunate Mai. Andre. Gen
Meade was also a great t-great-uncIe
to Mrs. David Meade Lea, for the
reason that he married Eliza Ran
dolph, while his own sister Nancy
Meade married his wife's brother
Richard Randolph, both being the
children of Jane Boiling and Richard
Randolph of Curls Neck, Va. Mrs. Lea
is descended through another branch
of this same family and impersonated
Mrs. Randolph.
Mr.. Charles Light represented his
ancestor, Col. Charles PorterfieId oi
Virginia; MIR. and Mrs. Robert f
Beresford appeared as Lord and Lad,
Howe; Mrs. Warner A. Gibbs repre-
sented Adelina Patti, and Mrs. San
ford Bissell of New York appeared
as Mrs. William Bradford, wife OF
William Bradford, first governor oi
plymouth Colony.
Box Named for Ancestor.
Representative and Mrs. Thomas
w. Harrison named their box Rich
ard Henry Lee, for their direct an.
cestor All their guests appeared ir
costume, including Mrs. Henry D
Flood, Comdr. and Mrs. Evelyn Byrd
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace G. Smithy, DR.
and Mrs. Henry Randall Elliott, Mr.
Dudley Carr. Mr.. Burr Powell Harri-
son, Mrs. Lucien Carr. jr., and Mrs
Franklin Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Calvert were
in the Lord Baltimore box appearing
as Lord and Lady Baltimore, ant
other well known characters fr
American history were represented
by their descendants in this box, in
cluding DR.. William Bowie, as Gov
Robert Brookes; Mrs. Bowie, as Flea
nor. wife of Chief Justice Sprigg3
Richard Tasker Lowndes, Sd, as Gov
Tasker: Mrs. Harvey Wattles, as Yer
linda Cotton. wife of Gov. Stone; Mrs
Richard S. Hill, as Lady Dudley
Diggs; Miss Nancy Wattles. as Pris-
ella Alden: Edward Burr Powell. as
Col. Levin Powell. 18th Regiment
Virginia Continentals; Mrs. Richard
Tasker Lowndes, jr., as Mrs. Samuel
Mcdowell, wife of Col. Mcdowell, one
of Gen. Washington's aides; Harvey
Wattles. as Capt. John Wattles OF
Massachusetts Colony; Capt. Arthur
Fairfield, L. $. N, as Gov. Fairfield
of Maine: Mrs. Fairfield, as Nancy
Douglas Sims; Miss Pauline Wilcox
as her great grandrnother Emily
Donelson, mistress of the White
House during President Jackson's
administration, and Mrs. William S
Powell, as Mistress Mary Brewster OF
Scrooby Manor, wife of Elder Brew
ster of Plymouth Colony. who wore