The Washington times., 1925-03-21
Jhina and America in
Alliance With France
at Ball

But the small ballroom, where q
sort of street fair was in progress
all evening, was metamorphosed
into a bit Of old Peking, authentic
In its atmosphere of the Orient with
just enough OF exaggeration to
lend enchantment to the scene.
Here those of the guests who
were in Chinese dress-and they
were many-found themselves alb.
solutely at home. Lacquer red
booths, tiny Chinese houses in
from within articles of Chinese in
spiration were sold and Chinese
games of chance were played, with
pretty girls In Chinese dress pre-
siding over the activities. A grace
full temple gate in lacquer red
dominated one end of the room
and across the ceiling was swung
that genius of Chinese street fes-
tivals, a great green dragon, fierce
ly beautiful.
The street in Penking" was really
an artistic triumph and a great
credit to the group of Washington
architects, under the leadership OF
Horace Peaslee, by whom it was
designed and executed.
Dances From Mah-JOng Fete
Repeated at Ball Last Night.
The repetition of the dances from
the Game of Mah-Jong' put on
earlier in the year for the Belleau
Wood Fund, was a feature of the
entertainment of the evening; and
as at the earlier fete the hit of
the evening was made by THE
Dice''-Miss Judy Leith and Miss
V]&
Miss Minnie Hawkes. wee pupils as
Counters the Group of the
Dragons''-stalwart marine officers
gaily and ffercely caparisoned-con
tributed an element Of comedy to
the entertainment. A Pago-Paso
fox trot, in which Miss Katherine
Hayden and Edward Keane, OF the
cast of Rain" took part, was also
an entertaining feature.
Festivities commenced with the
presentation of a Chinese playlet.
''The sweetmeat Came" by Ruth
Comfort Mitchell, directed by Miss
Emma L. Ostrander, with Chinese
stage. decorations, under the direc-
ton Of Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs.
Minnigerode Andrews and Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith. Maurice II!
Jarvis appeared as a Chinese an
nouncer for the play, which was
laid in the Chinese quarter in San
Francisco In the cast was seen
Arthur ]. Rhodes, as Yiung- -Yueng,
a merchant; Jean Farnham Pete.-
son, as San-Chi, his blind son; Edna
Ellis Hilton, as Woo-Liu-Mai. his
second wife, and Denis e. Connell,
as "a white devil"
Chinese Minister and Nine. SEE
Contribute Touch Of Orient
The presence of the Chinese Min
lister and Nine. SEE in the receiving
line with Mrs. Mason Gulick, chair
man Of the ball committee, and Mrs.
James Carroll Frazer, head of the
%Bealleau Wood Memorial Assocla-
ton, contributed an authentic touch
of the Orient to this picturesque
reproduction thereof A charming
figure, little Nine. SEE. in her color
full native dress of soft blue, richly
embroidered, with her dainty French
slippers limiting of Occidental in.
fluence.
Mrs. Frazer had entertained at
dinner before the ball, having
among her guests Doctor and Nine.
SEE, Congressman and Mrs. Fred
Britten, Mr.. and Mrs. Breckenridge
Long, Colonel and Mrs Mason
Gulick,S Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Mrs
Sanford Bissell, Mrs. Mayhem Vain.
! wright, Major and Mrs. A. N
Bags, L. Mccormick Goodhart
John w. Davidge. Captain Rigal
and Captain w. w. Galbraith.
Ihe hostess was in Chinese dress
authentic from the soles of her
Chinese shoes to the crown Of her
gorgeous headdress and she even
wore huge square bowed spectacles
of ancient Chinese inspiration. Mrs
Gulick was also richly garbed in
Chinese fashion and so was Mrs.
George Barnett, one OF the leading
spirits In the arrangement of the
fete. Indeed, Mrs. Barnett and Mrs
Gulick, both Of whom have lived in
Peking, loaned most OF the costumes
for those taking active part in the
fete as well as the gorgeous hang.
ings on the walls.
An imposing Mandarin with flow.
ing moustachios. turned out to be
Miss +. Josselyn Giffin, and another
lovely and authentic costume was
worn by Miss Alice Hartman.
Miss Laura Harlan was a guest
in Major General John A. Leieune's
box, pretty Mrs. James 3. Glennon
playing hostess for her father; but
Miss Harlan soon joined the dancers
and was spied treading a measure
with Congressman Stephen G. Por-
ter.
Dinner Parties Arranged to
Precede Chinese Ball.
Mrs. S. Stokes Halkett was hos
tess at a dinner before the ball
when her party consisted Of Mr..
and Mrs. Godfrey Lowell Cabot
and their son.in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Bradley, of
Boston, Admiral William Rodgers,
Arthur Pickering and Lady Bette
Fielding. Later the party were
guests of Mrs. Halkett and Mrs.
Cabot at the ball, several attaches
of the British embassy joining
them there.
Commander and Mrs. Robert
Henderson entertained a party in
the box of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hays Hammond. They first had
their guests for dinner. In the
company were Admiral and Mrs
Guy ii. Burrage and Miss Charlotte
Burrage, Congressman Stephen G..
Porter. Colonel and Mrs. Joseph
Baer and Major and Mrs. Parker
West.
Doctor and Mrs. John Cravke