Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28


| erman. Mr.. Charles Downer, Mr.. Wal
ter Dorsey Davidge, MIR. Henry Mar
| tyn Clarke and Mr.. William Bowie
Clarke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D. Wilcox, rep
| resenting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Adams.
had with them Admiral and Mrs.
Rousseau. who were in costume.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce Butler, Mr..
and Mrs. Godfrey Lowell Cabot. Mai
and Mrs. u. S. Grant, Sd, Col. May
hew Wainwright and Miss Fonrose
Wainwright.
Entire Parties i'm Costume.
The Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dwight +. Davis with Senator George
Wharton Pepper occupied the honor
box and had with them the Minister
of Poland and Nine. Ciechanowska
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr., and
Mrs. Truxtun Beale
Mrs. Henry +. Dimock's box was
occupied by party of young people
and she was hostess to a company of
16 at supper after the minuet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Copley Amory enter.
tanned at dinner and took as guests
to their box Canon and Mrs. Arson
Phelps Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Warren. Mrs. Alfred Weld of Boston
Miss Louis King. Mr.. Francis Wood.
man and Mr.. Forbes Amory, son of
the hosts.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Ffoulke was host.
ess to Mr.. and Mrs. Winslow Van
Devanter, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Par.
sons. DR.. Lawrence 3. Evans and Miss
Gladys Chapman Smith and Miss
Gwendolyn Ffoulke Smith, grand
daughters of Mrs. Ffoulke.
Mrs. Henry w Fitch bod 90 bar
guests in her box Mr.. and Mrs. Eliot
Goodwin, Mrs. Albert p Gerhart of
Philadelphia and Lieut.. Rowan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon en-
tertained in their box Representative
and Mrs. Richard s. Aldrich and Mr.
Arnold Whitridge.
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins was hostess
to Mrs. Edward Terry Sanford, Sena-
tor Frederick Hale, Gen. and Mrs.
George Mason Downey. Nine. Roso.
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. Van
Zetan, Mrs. Blaine Elkins. Mrs. Rob
inson Downey and Mr.. William Vain
wright.
Mrs. HancOck's Guests.
Mrs. Francis A. D. Hancock had as
her guests Assistant Attorney Gen
eral and Mrs. John Marshall, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter H. Bowes. Miss Elinor
Bolton. Capt. c. c. Calhoun, Mr.. Alex
ander Barnwell Of New York and DR..
d. z. Penhallow.
Mrs. Delos A Blodgett. who ap-
peared as Mary Hart. colonial dame
of Connecticut, entertained in her box
her sister, Mrs. Charles G.. Mathews.
dressed as Mary Lee, a colonial dame
of Connecticut and ancestor of Mrs.
Mathews; Mrs. William c. Gorgas,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin,
Mr.. and Mrs. David st. Pierre Gail
lard. and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B.
Erwin Of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Charles II. Woodruff appeared
as her ancestress. Mrs. Thomas VIII
lett, wife of the first mayor OF New
York under the crown. She and Mr..
Woodruff entertained Mrs. Frederick,
Mr.. Mccormick Goodhart, Mrs. Nc
Cagg, Mr. Charles Moore. Mr.. Lynch
Luquer. Miss Anne Randolph. DR..
David Jayne Hill. Mrs. Willett and
Mrs. Newlands Johnston.
Mrs. Louis Pennington's guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney, Gen.
and Mrs. Treat. as their ancestors,
John and Elizabeth Rowland; M. and
Nine. Loudon. Capt. Robert w. Nc
Nelly and Mrs. McNeely.
Mrs. Richard Parker Crenshaw's
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
York, Mr.. Dayton Lummis of New
York, Miss Lawson of Philadelphia,
Mr.. Edmund Carpenter Of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, and Mr.. Charles Snowden
Piggot of Baltimore.
Washington's Ancestors Represented.
Mrs. Edward Walker represented
her earliest American ancesresS,
Mary Bali, who came with her hus-
band, Col. William Ball, from Eng
land, to Virginia in 1850. They are
the great grandparents Of George
Washington, and Mrs. Walker is a
lineal descendent through the Chinn
family Her costume was an under
dres of pearl hats, draped with point
lace which has been worn as a wedding
veil by three generations. This was
held at the neck by an intaglio pin
said to have been cut AID. so. 1t has
the head Of a beautiful woman, Julia,
and a mother-of-pearl fan of great
value.
Two charming colonial costumes
were those worn by Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest G. Walker. Mrs. Walker appear
ing as Nine. Polly Cole, wife of Capt.
Matthew Cole, her gown fashioned of
light blue silk, with basque trimmed
in rare odl lace, and horsehair jowelry
as ornaments. Mr.. Walker was In a
satin suit Of wine color made after the
fashion Of that period.
Miss JeSsica Smith represented