Evening star., 1925-03-15
Belleau Wood Benefit
Ball Friday Evening
To Be Feature Event
Association Is Raising Fund
: for Preservation of b. tile
field as Memorial to Amer
+, lean Valor.

: The Belleau Wood Memorial Asso-
aciation, which has for its object the
preservation of the Belleau Wood
battlefield and it's maintenance as a
.permanent memorial to American
.valor in the World War. is to be a
beneficiary Friday evening of this
sweek of an unique and interesting
Storm of entertainment, combining
practically all forms of social amuse-
sElent and called the mi-careme Chi
4Iese ball and street carnival.
The ball Will take place in the New
4willard bathrooms, starting at $3.50
to'clock and will be preceded by
wonderful Chinese dinner downstairs
sxor those so fortunate as to obtain
reservations from Mrs. Helen Ray
sHagner, at the hotel. Chinese chefs
from New York City. Chinese music
Chinese decorations and Chinese at
atmosphere will abound at the dinner,
(which is to be served in the Willard
Room, with places for 200 guests.
: Up in the larger ballroom, promptly
Eat $50 o'clock, the festivities will
Commence with the presentation of
tChinese playlet. THE Sweetmeat Game,
Ruth Comfort Mitchell. directed by
by Miss Emma l.. Ostrander of the Colo
.nial School for Girls of this city, with
wonderful Chinese stage decorations,
.0nder the direction of Mrs. George
tBarnett, Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews S
sand Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, all
Heading artists Of Washington. Mr..
sMaurice H. Jarvis will appear as a
real Chinese actor, or announcer. for
,the play, which is laid in the Chinese
souarter of San Francisco, on New
Year eve, amid scenes Of excitement
land revelry, In the cast will be
sArthru j. Rhodes, as Yiung-Yueug. a
merchant; Jean Farnham Peterson, as
San Chi. his blind son; Edna Ellis
hilton, as Woo-Liu Mai, his second
wife, and Denis L. Connell as "A
5Thite Devil" one of the New Year
srevelers.
: Following this presentation will
Come a brief repetition of a number
of the famous mah-jong dances, un-
der the direction of Marie Moore For
rest, with beautiful lighting effects,
accompanied by the United States
Marine Band Orchestra, conducted by
Second Leader Taylor Branson. The
rances are being given by special re-
quest OF numbers of persons, and
practically the same dancers who ap-
speared at the Washington Auditorium
several weeks ago viii participate.
Directors of the various groups in
clude Mrs. Edward Sturges for the
-bamboos, Mrs. John Callan OLaugh-
lin for the winds, Mrs. H. D. Gibson
year and Mrs. w. c. Harllee for the
circles, Miss Caroline Mckinley for
4he dice and Capt. j. H. Craige, U. 5.
II. c., fof the dragons.
At IL o'clock the general dancing &
will begin, and will continue without
interruption until o'clock, with
music by Boernstein's Orchestra. The
festival feature OF the evening, called
The Streets OF Peking," will occur in
aehe small ballroom, which is to be
set as a wonderful street fair, with
gaily decorated booths, all done in the
rich Oriental colors, weird Eastern
Emusic, game. of chance, flower girls,
cigarette girls, bonbon girls, refresh
.ment booths, fortune tellers of all
kinds; in fact, q Chinese street fair as
China would have it.
= AS evidence of the great interest I
that Washington in general takes in
the Belleau Woods memorial fund, the
chairman of the committee on ar
~rangements, Mrs. Mason Gulick, has
received numberless donations for the
entire setting and entertainment in
The Streets Of Peking," and for that
reason it is possible to offer all these
.amusements for a very trifiing fee
above the price of the ball ticket,
which may be had at the New Willard
newsstand.
"A large committee of prominent
architects and artists of Washington,
headed by Horace Peaslee, have de-
signed and built the settings, and the
lighting of the streets" will be ex-
seeptionaIly beautiful, and will be
done under the direction of Delos
Smith.
The architects committee. which is
meeting each day at 5 o'clock in the
upper story of the Mayfiower garage
DO as to complete its work by Fri
day, includes such well known archi-
teots as James Adams, Robert Beres-
Yord, r. H Brooke, Ward Brown,
Louis Justement, Arved Kundzin, l..
NJ Leisenring, Lynch LuQuer, F. V.
Murphy, Gilbert Rodier, Louis Rou-
feau, Deios Smith, Carlton Van Walk
Anburg. Harvey Warwick, Joseph
Younger, B. c. Flournoy, William
Partridge, Carroll Bennick, John Del