Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-05
35th ANNUAL CHARITY BALL
is CAY GATHERING OF NOTABLES
President and Mrs. Coolidge Centers of Brilliant
Throng-Beautiful Costumes and Quaint
Dances Add Color to Assembage.

annual ball for the benefit of the Chill
! drenS Hospital, the President and
| Mrs. Coolidge, who We're the guests of
| honor-as had been other Presidents
and their wives in years past-beinG
met and escorted to their box to the
music of Hail to the Chief" After
they took their places in the box of
state, the orchestra played THE Star
Spangled Banner" while the President
and Mrs. Coolidge and the hundreds
OF guests in the room stood at atten-
ton. They arrived at 1925 o'clock.
The presidential party was greeted
at the elevator by Representative John
! Philip Hill. chairman of the mems
floor committee, and four of his aides.
A fanfare of trumpetS announced their
arrival at the entrance of the ball
room, where an aisle had been formed
by stretching a Gordon rouge held by
members of the floor committee from
the entrance to their box. Two
marines stood at attention in the rear
of the box holding the Presidents flag
and the Stars and Stripes. On their
arrival at their box they We're greeted
! by Commissioner Cuno Rudolph.
| Occupying the box with them We're
! members of the ball committee and
the various officers of the Children's
| Hospital. The Presidents Military
Aide, Col. Sherwood 4. Cheney, and
! his naval aide Capt Adolphus An
drews. with several of the other aides
! furnished the official escort.
Decorations Simple.
The decorations of the large ball
room We're simply the flags over the
box of the President and that of the
Vice President, furnishing almost the
only change from the stationary set
ting of the room, except a graceful
frieZe Of smilaX.
Shortly after the arrival of the
President and Mrs. Coolidge and the
Vice President and Mrs. Dawes. who
had preceded them by a few minutes,
the most charming feature of enter
tainment of the evening was presented
in the form of u gavotte, the young
girls dressed in Eighteenth Century
costumes, the skirts long and full,
i the close fitting bodices and effective
head gear of that period completing
! the picture. The group of dancers
included Miss Mary Bradley, Miss
Haillie Brooke. Miss Charlotte Child
dress, Miss Suzette Dewey. Miss Helen
Gary. Miss Rosemary Griffin, Miss
Annie Hume, Miss Elizabeth Hume,
Miss Maude Mason, Miss Frances Nc
kee, Miss Sidney Neale, Miss Elenita
Crenshaw, Miss Rosemond Reed. Miss
Mary Selden. Miss Elizabeth Wrenn,
Miss Caroline Alexander, Miss Sophie
Beale, Miss Dorothea Lane, Miss
Evelyn Matthews. Miss Lenore Soul
lin, Miss Gwendolyn F'foulke. Smith.
Miss Olivia Stokes, Miss Grace Wag-
gaman. Miss Kathryn Watson and
Miss Winifred West.
General dancing followed this fea-
ture and the President and Mrs.
Coolidge, remaining for about an hour,
greeted many of the guests besides
the officers and board of the hospital
President Taft was the last if not the
only President who ever danced at
the Hospital Ball, but Mrs. Coolidge
trod a measure at one when Mr..
Coolidge was Vice President.
In the Receiving Line.
The receiving line was headed by
Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph, wife Of the
District Commissioner, who is also
president of the Board of the Chill
dren's Hospital, and she wore a gown
of black velvet, slightly draped. the
bodice cut square in front and deep
V in the back, outlined with rhine
stones, a long rhinestone tassel fall
ing from an ornament of the stones
at the waist line on the left side, the
tassel falling to the hem of the skirt.
a panel of velvet hung from the left
shoulder and formed a short train.
Also in the receiving line were Mrs.
Stanley Rinehart, who was in gown
of silver cloth, made with, side train
lined with black chiffon, and slight
drape in the skirt held by rosette
of ostrich feathers; Mrs. Frederick II.
Brooke, who wore a gown of gray and
silver brocade, made with ruff1es at
each side and a sash falling at the
left of the front; Mrs. Arthur O'Brien
in a gown of black chiffon crepe en-
broidered in rhinestones in flower
design Mrs. Eldridge Jordan, who
wore a gown of yellow taffeta, made
with a close fitting bodice and a full
boufant skirt. appliqued with large
black velvet flowers; Mrs. James Cur
tbs in a gown of turquoise blue vel
vet with a long train, which was
caught at the left shoulder with a
buckle of diamonds; Mrs. Walter Still
son Hutchins in a gown of purple
velvet, made with side train, and
wearing a string of pearls; Mrs. John
Fairfield Dryden, who wore a gown
of green and gold chiffon, and Mrs.
Richard H. Wilmer in a gown of
white satin embroidered in pearls.
Costumes of Beauty.
Mrs. Coolidge was in a very be-
coming costume, the smartly fash
toned gown of silver cloth shot with
Jade green made simply and without
trimming. The skirt was draped
toward the back, where it gave the
effect of a sash with a wide piece
of the material falling almost to the
hem and finished with silver fringe.
The bottom of the skirt, which was
moderately short, had as a border a
wide band of gray fox fur. The bodice
MI sleeves
and she wore a string of jade beads
about her neck. Mrs. Dawes wore
a gown of green chiffon embroidered
In silver, made over green, the chit
fon forming panels back and front,
and at the right side of the back a
large green satin bow marked the
waist line, from which hung a long
streamer of the ribbon. which formed
a train. The bodice was finished in
a round neck and had sleeves almost
TO the elbow, a scarf of tulle to match
the gown about her shoulders. and
string of pearls about her throat.
Sonora de Riano was in gold lace
embroidered in flowers over gold
gauze, made straight, ruff1es of the
lace forming the lower part of the
short skirt. Baroness Maltzan's gown
was cloth of gold embroidered in tur-
ouoise and pearls from the hem OF
the short skirt half way to the waist
and touches of the embroidery about
the neckline. She wore coronet OF
the gold cloth on her head. Nine.
Matsudaira wore a simple but yer,
.becoming gown of soft white crepe
embroidered in crystals, the back of
the waist cut low, strings of crystals
falling from a band of the crystals
across her shoulders.
Nine. Peters dress was of gold lace
the pattern outlined with gold bugle'
and made over gold cloth. The dress