Evening star., 1925-02-20
INCREASE IN BOXES
FOR BALL IS LIKELY
Demands Pour In From All
Parts of Country for
Inaugural Fete.

So persistent has been the demand
from every part of the country for
additional boxes at the Charity In
euguraI Ball, to be held in the May
flower Hotel, March 4, that the ad-
visory committee in charge will meet
at 1920 o'clock tomorrow morning to
consider possible plans for more stalls
at the fete, it was announced today
by Mrs. John Allan Daugherty, chair
man.
All available boxes, 6S, were sub
scribed shortly after arrangements
got under way. There is still some
space in one or two Of the Mayfiower
ball rooms that might be used for
temporary boxes which would take
care of few applicants. Applica-
tions for the boxes are pouring in
daily.
On the advisory committee, besides
Mrs. Dougherty, who has general
charge of all arrangements, are John
Barton Payne, William F. Emo, Mrs.
Thomas +. Walsh, Mrs. Frederick II.
Brooke, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs.
Charles ]. Bell and Mrs. James F.
Mitchell, all vice chairmen of the
general charity ball committee and
actively engaged in making the fete
the most brilliant in the history of
Washington.
DNWeS 10 he UucStS.
At the same time the committee
will plan the reception of Vice Pres
ident- elect and Mrs. Dawes, who will
be the guests of honor at the ball.
Gen. and Mrs. Dawes will have the
large official box and during the
course of the ball will receive the
various State governors and other
State officials; Members of the dip
lomatic corps, too, probably will be
received.
The Governor of Vermont, native
State of President Coolidge, and Mrs.
Billings are the latest State officials
to announce they will attend. With
them will be Gen. Johnson, the gov
ernor's aide, and Mrs. Johnson. Pre-
viously large number of other gov
ernors accepted invitations to the
fete, including at least one of two
woman governors, Mrs. Ross of Wyo-
ming.
Brig. Gen. William A. Mitchell,
Maj. Ernest II. Van Fossen and Aus
tin c. Waller have engaged box in
the name of the Phi Kappa Psi ma
tional fraternity. Numerous other
such organizations and college alumni
societies are among the many bodies
that are now trying to obtain reser-
yations if new boxes are built, which
seems highly probable.
MUSIC Program Up.
Leaders of the five orchestras that
will furnish music at the hall are
meeting this afternoon with the
music committee. headed by Mrs
Laurence Townsend, to arrange the
program of dances for the evening
The program will bring together the
greatest assembly of famous or
chestras under the same roof ever
seen at a. dance. A concert, lasting
an hour, will ,precede the dance pro-
gram, which will begin at 10 % clock
The young women's committee,
head by Miss Natalie Hammond, has
postponed its meeting from today
until February 81. Another committee
of young women, with Mrs. Karen G.
Schaefer as it's chairman, has been
appointed to help sell the remain
ing tickets to the ball.
The following were named as it's
members:
Miss Ellen Blair, Miss Laura Bryn,
Miss Betty Byrne. Miss Louise Clay
tor, Miss Madeline Couzens, Miss
Diana Cumming. Miss Anne Dever-
eaux, Miss Barine Drake, Miss Helen
Griffin, Miss Natalie Hammond, Miss
Delphine Heyl, Miss Beatrice Hen
Gerson, Miss Betty Ives. Miss Louise
Ireland, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Miss
Mary Louise Johnson, Miss Rosemary
Kendrick, Miss Virginia McKenney,
Miss Bessie McKeldin, Miss Beatrice
Mclean, Miss Ailsa Mellon, Miss
Dorothy Mondell Miss Helen Strauss,
Miss Elizabeth Sutherland, Miss Vir-
ginia Selden, Miss Margaret Tread
well, Misses Zolney, Miss Carolyn
Chamberlain, Miss Caroline Swift,
Miss Eleanor Snyder and Miss Helen
Carusi.
Stands Seem Unlikely.
Hope that private concerns might
build reviewing stands along Penn
sylvania avenue for the inaugural pa
rade virtually has, been abandoned, it
became known last night, when an
nouncement was made that the only
response to advertisement for bids
for the spaces the general inaugural