Evening star., 1926-04-07

tic TO "A high degree and altogethe
delightful.
Polo Ball Last Night
lniuue and Brilliant.
The annual Polo ball given by tn
War Department polo team scintil
lated with prilliancy and novelty las
night. being given at the Willar,
Hotel where the Vice President ant
Mrs Dawes the Secretary of Wa
and Mrs. Dwight +. Davis and tn,
chief OF staff and Mrs. Hines re
ceived the guests The ball WAS at
tended 10y the Ambassador of Peru
DR.. Herman Nelarue: the Ambassado
nf Brazil, Mr.. do Amaral the Ambas
SadOr of Germany ana Baroness
Nathan and the Amba sSador of Franc,
and Nine. BerenGer, all - whom &c
cupied boxes with the flag of Their
country forming a background. while
the chairs IN the boxes We're arrange
under huge. gay striped umbrellas
with the cages outlined in little elec
trio lights IN gay Colors, and the rails
of the boxes draped in vari-colofeC
streamerS.
Guests entered the ballroom rs they
would a paddock or polo field through
lstticed.work gate in brilliant blue
hanked by cedar trees. Goal posts
were al either end Of the ballroom
and a side rail in white enCircled the
room.
Among the features that attracted
particular attention were the horses
in stalls at the far end of the room
where they showed human but
drowsy interest in the proceedings
for the greater part of the evening.
The orchestra was stationed on a
platform in the middle of the ball
room and was surrounded by white
picket fence. set with little cedars.
Diplomats Occupy Boxes.
The Amba ssador nf Peru. Senor
Nelarde. gave his hoX to the secretary
of the embassy. SenOr Redoya. who
had guests with him.
The Amha assador Of Germany and
Baroness Nathan were hosts to
members of the embassy staff in their
box.
The Ambas ssador or France and
Nine. Berenger entertained in their
box Mrs. John e. henderson. Miss
Beatrice Henderson and members ot
the embassy staff.
The Chief of Staff and Mrs. John
L. Hines had as their guests in their
box the chief of Cavalry. Mai. Gen.
Herbert s. Crosby, and Mrs; Crosby
Mrs. Hines son-in-law and daughter
capt. and Mrs. j. r. D. Cleveland and
Gen. Hines aide, Capt. Charles XII
burn. and Mrs. kilburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman
were hosts at dinner before the ball.
their guests including the Minister of
Panama and Sonora de Alfaro, Sena-
tor and Mrs. w. w. King, Col. and
Mrs. George {. Thorpe. Mrs. Jack
HAYES. Mrs Dallett Wilson former
Postmaster General Mr.. Will H. Hays,
L.: Ia.
Maj. Gen. ard Mrs. Charles ;.
Blakely entertained at dinner last
even nG and took their guests later to
then box at the ball. In the company
were Senator and Mrs. Frederic NJ.
SaCkett. Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Hanson
T.. Ely MAJ. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert
r. Crosby and Col. and Mrs. &. +. {.
G.. Charlton.
Capt. and Mrs. John II. Gibbons
caVA a dinner party before the ball.
and with their guests went later To
the bail. the company including Mr..
and Mrs. Alex LeGare.
Brig Gen. $. y. Rock"nbach was
host in his box. his guests being Rep.
resentallve and Mrs. Fred :. Purnell,
Col. and Mrs. Alexander B. Coke and
Mrs L. G. Church.
Gen. and Mrs Henry T. Allen and
Gen. and Mrs Charles G.. Treat occu-
pied a box having with them Capt
and Mrs. Henry T. Allen. jr.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Davidge and
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, and Miss
Mabel Boardman had among her
guests Miss Patten.
Nj. and Mrs. George 7. Marye had
with tn m their daughter, Mrs. Will
liam Thomas, and the Misses Doyle,
sisters of Mrs. Marye.
MAJ. and Mrs. II. Conger Pratt had
guests with them in the box of Nh
and Mrs. Ord Preston.
Mrs. Wood and Other Hosts.
Mrs Charles Boughton Wood was
hostess to a company Of young people.
Mrs. John r. Williams gave her box
to Mai. and Mrs Maurice T'itzmaurice
Day. who are visiting tha latters
mother. Mrs James Dudley Morgan.
Mrs, a. Geary Johnson entertained
In her box Mrs. Watson Freeman
Clarke, Miss Yolande Fravre, Miss
Elizabeth lobe. Miss Charlotte Free
man Clarke, Miss Smith of Boston.
Mr. Frank Kelly. Mr.. 4. Geary John
aon, jr.; Air. Paul Lutz and Mr.. John
Gately of Chicago.
Others at the ball were the Minister
nf Hungary. Count Szechenyi: Senator
and Mrs. Henry +. Ashhurst. Miss
Madeleine CouZens. Senorta Yolando
Jaimes Freye. the military attache of
The Spanish embassy Maj Casa ius:
he military attache of the French
embassy, Gen. Dumont; the naval at
tsche of the French embassy and
Nine. Willm, tho assistant military
attache Of the French embassy and
Nine. Thenault. Mr.. William Phelps
Emo, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury
Mrs Horare G. Mcfarland. Miss
Helen Carusi, DR.. and Mrs Daniel G.
BORDEN. MIR. and Mrs Walter II
Tuckerman, Mr.. and Mrs. Leona rd
Block. Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Mallan
Miss McKenney. MIR. and Mrs. Ches
ter Snow, Miss Anne Devereux. Miss
Katharine Wrenn, Mr.. and Mrs. F'loyC
Waggaman, Miss Banks. daughter ot
Mrs. Lynn Banks of st. Louis: Mr.
Wilbur w. Hubbard. Mr.. Wilbur w
Hubbard, jr.: Comdr Theodore f
Jewell. Miss Maud Marshall Masor
and the Rev. Meade Bolton Mac
Sryde.
Mrs. J. Anthony Geyer of Syracuse
n. Y, is spending Easter week witt
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. ", Smith in thei,
apartment at the Hotel Roosevelt.
The marriage of Miss Alice Eliz
abeth Mayhew, daughter Of Mrs