Evening star., 1926-12-18

single short string OF well matched
pearls about her neck. Mrs. MacNider
was in a deep fuchsia shade of chif-
fon velvet and had a scarf about her
shoulders. Mrs. Lejeune's gown was
of Jade green crepe and silver lace.
Miss Eugenia Lejeune was in deep
rose chiffon, and her sister. Miss
Laura Lejeune, wore blue taheta
made bouftant and carried an old
fashioned bouquet Of roses and sweet
peas. Nine. Peter wife of the Min
lister Of Switzerland. wore q black
satin gown fashioned along straight
lines with deep fringe forming
fiounce at the left side Of the skirt.
Sonora de Sanchez Latour, wife of
the Minister of Guatemala, was in
gold lace made with a straight bodice
and slight flares at each side of the
skirt
The gypsy pirate dance arranged by
Miss Elizabeth Gardner and danced
by debutantes and young men from
the ranks of society wearing brilliant
gypsy and pirate costumes, was given
a little after II. and was gay in color
and full OF action. Among the young
ladies taking part were Miss Pauline
Bostrom, Miss Ingrid Hammarberg,
Miss Mabel Carolyn Mead Miss Mary
Page Julien, Miss Helen Clifford, Miss
Eleanor Bryan Smith, Miss Adelaide
Douglass, Miss Margaret Kerr, Miss
Betty Ridsdale, Miss Nancy Hamilton.
Miss Marguerite Orine, Miss Georgi-
ana Joyes. Miss Helen Galley, Miss
Louise FitZhugh, Miss Frances Hop
kins, Miss Frances Larner Gore, Miss
Alice Cults, Miss Harriet Huntress,
Miss Elizabeth Glenn. Miss Harriet
Whitford, Miss Idanthea Moffat, Miss
Et,~ovN Vf CQrnonfnY
Miss Theresa Pyle, Miss Grace An.
toinette Mueller, Miss Barbara Hight,
Miss Ashburn, Miss Rebekah Lips
comb. Miss Jane Kendall, Miss Kath
arine Amory and Miss Allison Roeb-
ling.
The two most striking costumes
worn at the ball were those of Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Wynne Wynn. the
latter formerly Miss Nancy Hoyt of
Washington. They were both pirates.
Mrs. Wynne Wynn in white blouse,
the sleeves of which has been torn"
out, "a gay bandanna kerchief tied
jauntily about her head, and large
brass hoops, falling from her ears.
Her very abbreviated black trousers
were quite above her knees and were
jagged about the bottom as though
having seen many battles. She wore
no nose ana the DlaCk DOOtS which
covered her ankles were finished
about the tops below the knees with
wide red bands. Mr. Wynne Wynn
was in q similar costume wearing
white very short trousers and black
boots that left his knees exposed. q
gay bandana kerchief about his head
and brass hoops hanging from his
ears.
At the west end Of the ballroom
a gypsy tent was pitched" where a
gypsy" in gold brocaded metal cloth,
read palms and foretold the future.
while not divulging too many of the
secrets of the past. Nearby a tempt
ing punch bowl was placed.
Among those at the ball were Sen
ator David l. Walsh, Representative
and Mrs. Fred A Britten. Representa-
tive and Mrs. William n. Vaile, the
military attache of the Spanish en-
bassy. Maj. Casajus; the chairman of
the National Fine Arts Commission
Mr.. Charles Moore; Mrs. Delos A.
Blodgett, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin,
Miss Sophie Casey, Mrs. Gilmer
Brenizer, Judge and Mrs. Clarence
l.. Goodwin of Chicago. Mrs. Watson
Freeman Clark, Miss Charlotte Free