Evening star., 1925-03-14
SOCIETY
Vice President and Mrs. Dawes Guests
at Belgian Embassy Dinner in
Their Honor Tonight.

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tertain small company at dinner
this evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Winslow Van Devanter. Mr.. and Mrs.
Snow will leave Washington Monday,
accompanied by Miss Bessie McKeldin,
for Palm Beach and Havana, Cuba.
They will be absent about three
weeks.
Miss Anna Richards and Miss Maude
Richards entertained a company of
so at luncheon today at the Mayfiower
Hotel.
The United States envoy to Sweden,
Mr.. Ira Nelson Morris, arrived in At
lantic City today from Washington,
joining Mrs. Morris and the Hon. Mrs.
Welton Astler OF London for the week
end at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Princess Margaret Boncompagni
and her cousin, Mrs. Henry Matson
Waite of New York. who are spend
ing some time at Hot Springs, Va.
motored to Three Hills last evening
to dine with Miss Mary Johnston.
Maj. and Mrs. George Oakley Tot
ten, jr, entertained a company at
dinner last evening.
Maj. Coupal, physician to the Presi-
dent, entertained at luncheon today
at the New Willard, where he had
eight guests.
Mr.. J. F. A. Cecil, formerly attache
at the British embassy, whose mar
riage some months ago to Miss Cor
nelia Vanderbilt, daughter OF Mrs.
George W. Vanderbilt, was an event
of the season, was host at a luncheol
to a few guests at the Mayfower yes
terday afternoon.
Capt. Joseph p. McCrink will en-
tertain a party of friends at his resi-
dence, 1880 Garfield street northwest
March II, in honor of Irelands pa
tron saint.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Livingston
Crounse are spending a week at the
Marlborough -Blenheim, Atlantic City.
Mrs. Crounse will not be at home
Monday afternoon.
Mfr. and Mrs. Z. L. Miller of New
York, who are spending a few days
at the Mayfower, entertained guests
at dinner in the main dining room
there last evening.
G1rlS In Costume Assist
At Spring Music Festival.
Mrs. William Atherton Bu Puy, who
is chairman of the ushers' costumes
committee for the Spring festival of all
American artists in a series the first
concert of which will be given Monday
evening at the Mayfiower Hotel, is the
designer of the very attractive and
appropriate costumes to be worn by
the ushers at these festivals.
The costumes are to be of white
satin, with tight-fitting bodices ard
short, fiaring, circular skirts. The
skirts are to be hand painted with
snatches of music in a most decora-
tive design, done in black on white
background. Black ruffs around the
neck and wrists and white hose with
black shoes complete the costume.
The group of Washington girls who
will serve as ushers includes Miss
Virginia Caldwell, Miss Marjorie
Chace, Miss Olive Chace, Miss Adair
Children. Miss Frances Helen Clark,
Miss Ruth Colman, Miss Celene Du
Puy, Miss Elizabeth Gasque, Miss
Babby Jackson, Miss Claire knight,
Miss Laura Lejeune, Miss Eugenia Le-
ieune, Miss Pauline Long, Miss Mar
garet Lowe, Miss Eugenia LIE Merle
Miss Elizabeth Thorpe, Miss Helen
Watson and Miss Laura White.
Keen interest is being shown in
the forthcoming mi-care Chinese
ball and street festival. which is to
be given at the New Willard Friday
evening of next week, for the benefit
OF the fund being raised by the Bel
leau Wood Memorial Association for
the preservation and maintenance of
the wood as a permanent memorial
to American valor in the World War.
With a. splendid list of patrons and
patronesses, including leading mem
bers of Washington official and
social life, with a. great demand for
boxes, and the tickets ceiling fast
at the New Willard Hotel, the various
committees are working with intense
enthusiasm to make the ball the most
brilliant success of the season.
Each day the committees on the
streets of Peking," with Mrs. Mason
Gulick as chairman of the women's
committee and Horace Peaslee as
chairman of the architects. WHO have
designed and are building the
Streets" meet at 5 o'clock at the
residence of Mr.. PeasIee to perfect
their plans and work out many de-
tails of the street festival, which is
expected to afford a most unique and
diverting part of the affair, as is like
wise the unusual Chinese dinner that
will precede the ball. Another COM
mittee is preparing for presentation
OF "The Sweetmeat Game" and the
decorations for the stage in the big
ballroom, where this delightful Chi
neSe play is to be given under Miss
Ostrander's direction.
The floor committee, headed by Will
liam Bowie Clarke, and the debu-
tantes are working on the chief fea-
ture of the ball itself, which is the
general dancing in the main ballroom
beginning at II o'clock, with music
by Boenstein's Orchestra
A musicale will be given Monday
afternoon at the Club of Colonial
DANES, when Dona Ghrey will sing
a. collection of songs. Tea will be
served at o'clock.
A dance will be given by the
American Association of University
Women at its club this evening from
9 to IL o'clock. Mrs. Burt Carroll
will be hostess.
The Marlin Club will celebrate St
Patrick's day by having an attractive
banquet Tuesday evening at the
Grace Dodge Hotel.
Miss Anne F. Parker of 2S4o
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