The Washington times., 1925-03-05


Mrs. Hokan Steffanson, of New
York. and Miss Mary Morgan. the
party merging frequently with the
group of guests entertained in the
next box by William Phelps Eno,
Mrs Woods brother. Among them
were Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Ioinchot,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Halves and
Miss Alice Eno,s all of New York.
Major and Mrs. Robert Goelz and
Miss Marion Trumbull eventually
Joined this party.
Governor and Mr.. Fuller. of Mas
sachusetts, arrived late from Sena-
tor and Mrs. William M. Buffers
dinner party and handsome Cover
nor Richie, of Maryland, was dis.
covered eventually in thes box of
Senator and Mrs. James w. Wads.
worth, jr., by whom he had been
entertained at dinner. Boyish Gov
efnor Winant, of New Hampshire,
with Mrs. Wfnant-young, pretty,
blonde and charmingly gowned in
white satin and silver with a scarf
of tulle about her throat--were with
Senator and Mrs. Henry Wilder
Reyes, whose box party included
the Minister Of Uruguay and Nine.
Varela, with some others OF the
dinner party they had entertained.
Speaker GlIlett Appears as
Senator GiiIett" for First Time.
The boxes were duly ticketed with
the names of the hosts and host.
esses. And hunt for Speaker and
Mrs. GHIett disclosed them cor.
rectly labeled as Senator and Mrs.
Gillett.' They had come on from
Senator and Mrs. Buffers dinner
and had their brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur GiIlett,
who are staying with them. among
their guests. Others in the party
were former Senator and Mrs. Jo-
seph Frelinghuysen, Senator Fred
.erick Hale. the Countess of STRAIT.
ford Lady Mary Byng and Mrs. Gill
let's mother, Mrs. Rice.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth,
soon-to-be-S Speaker of the House, was
also present, a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Belmont; and along to-
ward the shank of the evening one
met him in the promenade with Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York,
upon one arm and Miss Grace Van
derbilt on the other They, too,
were in the box of Mr.. and Mrs.
Belmont, whose ranking guests were.
the Belgian Ambassador and Bar
oness de Cartier, and whose party
also included Mrs. Truxtun Beale
and Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Delano
Robbins.
1t was Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont 5
first appearance at a big function
after period of mourning and they
had a stream of visitors to their
box. Baroness de Cartier had OH
one OF the loveliest gowns seen at
the ball, maybe sheath of black
and white entirely covered in gilt
tering strings of tiny beads of
crystal or steel--it was hard to
see which. Lovely Mrs. Robbins
wore an orchid tinted gown with
bead embroidery about the low
waist line.
The diplomatic corps was bril-
liantly represented at this function
which had all the aspects of an of
fetal inaugural ball-save for the
absence of the President and Mrs.
Coolidge. The Spanish Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Riano were present,
the British Ambassador, Sir Esne
Howard, being among Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman's guests and
Mr.. and Mrs John HAYS Ham
bassador and Nine. Daeschner. The
Hammonds' other guests were Mrs.
Robert Lansing, Miss Emma Ian
sing, Cecil Thomas, the English
sculptor, Richard Hammond, son
of the hosts, who is a successful
composer of music
The Minister of Guatemala and
Nine. Sanchez Latour- entertained
the members of the Guatemalan
special mission to the inauguration,
which includes. DR.. Robert Loweh-
thai, chief of the mission, who is
minister of foreign affairs of
Guatemala: Mr.. Palma, acting sec.
rotary to the mission, and General
Aguila, chief of staff of the presi.
dent of Guatemala and military at
tache of the mission, and Mrs.
Aguila.
The Minister of Hungary and
Countess Szechenyi had in their
box the Minister of Egypt and
Nine. Yousry. the Countess Roman
Potocka and her son, Count Alfred
Potocki, and the secretary of the
legation and Nine. Pelenyi.
The Minister of Sweden and
Nine. Wallenberg, also Senator and
Mrs. Thomas f. Bayard. Major and
eraI John 3. Bellinger were guests
in Mrs. Josiah Pierce's box. The
Minister of Panama and Mrs. Al
faro were entertained in the box
of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman.
Cabinet and Supreme
Court Well Represented.
Justice and Mrs. Sanford and
Justice and Mrs. Stone represented
the Supreme Court contingent. The
Cabinet? Well, Secretary Mellon,
of the Treasury and Miss Ailsa Mel
Ion had a box and entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Mellon, of Pitts
burgh; Miss Sarah Mellon, Paul
Mellon. James McKaye, and Miss
Alice Sylvester, whom they had
previously had for dinner. Alex
ander p. Moore, American ambas-
sador to Spain, who had also been
a guest at the Mellon dinner, had
a box of his own and had among
his guests, Prince Habib Lotfallah.
Arabian envoy to Rome: Senator
and Mrs. Royal Copeland and her
mother. Mrs. Alice Friesdtedt. The
Secretary of Labor and Mrs Davis
had a box party, for whom they
had given a dinner before hand:
and the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur were guests of Cap
tain and Mrs. George w. Steel. The
Steels also brought a dinner party
to the ball.
In striking contrast to Prince
Habib Lotfallah-very smart in his
correct evening dress-was another
Arabian parsonage, Archbishop