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


flower last night scored a great sue
cess from the standpoint of social inn
portance and brilliancy and will long
be remembered for its truthfulneSS in
reViving the pages of American his
tory from the landing of the Pilgrim
Fathers, on through the early history
of the country and Revolutionary days
and even showing a Sketchy outline
of the Civil War times.
The ballroom was maze of brilliant
coloring gathered from the rich bro
cades and pompadour silks and satins,
Velvets and laceS, with some rare old
jewels completing some of the cos
tunes. There was no effort at deco
rating the beautiful French bathrooms
the costumes lending sufficient color,
and again in the supper room one was
reminded of the beauty and advantage
of VoluminouS skirts and cloSe-fitting
bodices over the brief styles in vogue
today. The f1ower-decked tables We're
surrounded by men and women in
splendid raiment, and, looking to the
comfort of the inner man. the supper
was in keeping with the rest of the oc-
caSion.
Many AnOint Gowns.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Douglas Robinson, chair
man of the floor committee, wear
Ing the costume of a colonial gen
tleman, made the introductions in
stentorian tones, the receiving party
standing in the small ballroom near
the east entrance. Mrs. Henry r.
Dimock, honorary chairman of the
ball, stood at the head of the line
She wore a graceful gown of silver
gray velvet, slightly draped, trimmed
with Spanish lace, the pattern Of
which was outlined with silver
threads. She wore about her throat
a band of pearls and several strings
of pearls, with earrings to match,
and diamond-and-p pearl tiara. Mrs.
Robinson. honorary vice chairman
for the ball, stood next to Mrs. Di-
mock, and wore a gown worn by Mrs.
James Monroe, loaned from the collec-
ton of historic costumes in the Ma
tional Museum. The material is a
heavy silk Of cream color, with small
punches Of flowers brocaded in deep
colors, with fiy-fringe trimming, the
skirt made full and sweeping the
floor. The fitted bodice was made with
low neck. and the. dropped shoulders
were finished with a bertha of rare old
lace. Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
chairman for the minuet, received
with them, dressed as Mrs. Oliver
Walcott in a gown with deep rose
brocade panniers over a skirt of mar
row lace ruffles.
The Graceful Minuet.
AS soon as the boxes were filled
those taking part in the minuet took
their places, the five different sets
occupying the center of the ballroom,
and to slow and stately measure the
dancers carried out their figures.
making a well adapted opening for
the ball with its general dancing
With the finish of the minuet the
characters, with other guests. assumed
their places in line and. two by two,
the brilliant pageant moved several
times aorund the ballroom, led by
Mrs. Robinson, walking with Mr..
Robinson.
In the first set of the minuet were
Mrs. Tuckerman, dancing with Mr.
Lynch Luquer; Mrs. Claude Swanson,
with Mr.. Edward Burr Powell: Mrs
Fremont, with Mr.. Carlton van Walk
enburg, and Mrs. John P. Jackson,
with Mr.. A. K. Boisen.
The second set was composed of
Mrs. Robinson, as Mrs. Isaac Roose-
welt; Mr.. Robinson, as President
James Monroe; Mrs. Charles s.
T.
Dewey, as Capt. Daniel Dewey; Mrs
Amory Perkins, as wife of the artist,
Copley; Mrs. Emory Land, as Mrs.
John Rowland: Mr.. Emory Land. as
Gen. Winfield Scott, and Mr.. Orrne
Wilson, as Gen. John Armstrong
In the third set were Mrs. Robert
e. Lee, as her third great-grand-
mother, wife of Henry I. Middleton,
first president of First Continental
Congress; the Rev. Meade Bolton
MacBryde. as one of his Virginia an
ceStors; Mrs. w. L. Crounse, as her
ancestress, Countess Marie Louise
Chasugny; Mr.. r. G. Park, jr., dane
ing with Mrs. Crounse; Mrs Sidney
Taliaferro, as her ancestor, Mrs. Rich
ard Taliaferro; Mr.. Sidney Taliaferro,
as Capt. Taliaferro, known in colonial
Virginia as the Ranger; Miss Vir-
ginia Dickins. as Lady Mary F1em-
ing: Mr.. Irwin Stein, descendant Of
an old New Jersey family.
Others in Minuet.
In the fourth set were Mile. Theo-
dora Catalani, with Mr.. Towson,
Miss Lydia Archbold, with Lieut.
Thomas White; Miss Olivia Stokes,
with Lieut.. Louis Scherer, and Miss
Halle Brooke. with Lieut.. Francis
Grayling.
Ir the fifth set were Miss Ellen
Crenshaw. with Mr.. Dayton Maxwell
Lummis; Miss Neville Gherardi, with
Mr.. Herbert Walker; Miss CAROLYN
Chamberlin. with Mr.. Mitchell Car
roll. and Miss Gwendoline F'foulke-
Smith, with Mr.. William Bowie
Clarke.
Costumes Add Color Note.
The costumes were elaboratelv
beautiful, and no time. trouble or ex-
pense was spared. The secretary of
the Netherlands legation and Nine.
Loudon were distinctive in their cos
tunes, the former wearing an i'm
maculate evening suit In Quaker
gray. the cut of coat and trousers
being the same as the somber and
severe black Of mems evening clothes
of today. and he wore a white eve
ming vest. Nine. Loudon's dress was
of black velvet with wide bands Of
red velvet falling from the shoulders
to the bottom of the rather long skirt.
her waist line marked by a broad
band Of cloth. A headdress of gold
with rad velvet crouyr ap1