The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-03
SOUTHERNBALL
PICTURESQUE
EVENT
''Thin Gray Line" Grows
Thinner-and Attend
!. ance With It


Attendance at the Southern Relief
Ball seems to be falling Off in
proportion as the thin gray line"
of Confederate veterans grows
thinner.
Memories Of the days not 80 long
ago when the great Willard ball
room was crowded to suffOcation
on the occasion Of this annual bene-
fit were revived last nightly
contrast.
For the company at the ball, the
thirty second to be given for the
appealing work Of this organization,
was small, although the dance was
marked, as usual, by many pic
turesque features.
The little group Of Confederate
veterans, smart in their gray uni
forms, were easily the bellies Of the
ball. And, after marching round the
ballroom, several of them joined in
the dancing. They were conn
manded' by Colonel Lee CrandalI,
,ninety-three years young.
. In the receiving line was: Mrs..
Pearce Horne, president Of the
Southern Relief Society, assisted
by Mrs. Claude Al. Swanson and
Mrs. John e. Fowler and Mrs.
Robert e. Lee, widow OF General
Lees grandson. The Marine Band
furnished the music and the guests
were introduced by Captain Brooks
and Lieutenant Ruffner.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
presented her box TO Major General
and Mrs. George Barnett, who on
tertained at dinner beforehand,
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ball. Their party included Rear
Admiral and Mrs. FRANKIE. Beatty,
Colonel and Mrs. Edward A.
Sturges and Mr.. and Mrs. Lucien
Mrs. william f. Dennis had
as her guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Michel; Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Potter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
II. Cox, Doctor and Mrs. Harry
Borjas, Mrs. Macatee. Mrs. Charles
Nelson Riker and Mrs. CardWell.
Mrs. Il. w. Cole was hostess at
dinner at the Willard, later talking
her guests to the ball, where she
had two boxes. Her guests were
Senator and Mrs. Claude Swanson
Admira and Mrs r. w. Eberle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Cooper,
Senator Key Pittman, Mrs. Dewitt
Talmage, Senator McKeller, Mr..
and Mrs. b. b. Jones, Miss Mary
Temple, Mrs. James Morris and
Lawson TreadWeIl.
with Mrs. r. B. Moran were
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoke Smith gave
Ia dinner party before the ball.
In the. Smith party were: Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Charles r.
Crisp. Representative and Mrs.
w. 6. Wright; Major Bloodworth.
Major and Mrs. Fcet, and Mss
Helen Dudley.
/ Mrs, Hughes, wife of the Score
tarv OF state, will be assisted in
receiving tomorrow afternoon, when
she will be at home from to =
o'clock, by the wives Of Officials
OF the State Department.
Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter OF
the Secretary of the Treasury, will
have assisting her tomorrow after
noon, VIXEN she. will receive from
4 to o'clock in her apartment at
1875 Massachusetts avenue, Mrs.
David Aiken Reed, wife OF Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania, and Mrs.
Charles Carroll Glover, jr.
Mrs. Weeks, wife OF the Secretary
LOT War. will not receive tomorrow
afternoon, as she is out of town.
Mrs. Stone, wife Of the Attorney
General, will receive from to CSC
o'clock tomorrow afternoon and viii
have assisting her Mrs. Grosvenof
Backus, Mrs. Louis Hertle, Mrs. Gill
bert Grosvenor, Mrs. Charles Henry
Butler, Mrs. Chauncey Parker. Mrs.
Bertrand Smell, and Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt.
Mrs. New, wife Of the Postmaster
General, will not receive tomorrow
afternoon.
Mrs. wilburm wife Of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy, will receive from
to 6 o'clock and will have as
sisting her her daughter, Miss
Edna Wilbur, and Mrs Guy Bur-
rage, wife of Rear Admiral Bur
rage.
Mrs. Hoover, wife Of the Score
tary of Commerce, will receive from
to o'clock and those assisting
her will be Mrs. Charles D. Wal
colt, Mrs. Adolph G. Miller, Mrs.
Vernon Kellogg. Mrs. Mari sulli-
van, Mrs. George Hewitt Myers,
Mrs. J. Walter Drake and Miss
Aida Henriques.
Mrs. Davis, wife Of the Secretary
of Labor, will have the Secretary's
mother, Mrs. David J. Davis, OF
Sharon, Pa, receiving with her to-
morrow afternoon when she will be
at home at Wardman Park from 4
| to 6 o'clock. Assisting her will be
Mrs. Thomas Phillips, Mrs. E. A.
Alderman, Mrs. John HI. Bartlett
and Mrs. e. j. Henning.