Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
ASSEMBLY BALL is BRILLIANT
HISTORIC AND SOCIAL FUNCTION
Prominent Folk Appear in Costumes Dating From
Pilgrim Days Down to Civil War Period-Bri-
liant Colors and Jewels in Evidence.

| over hoops on the hips and falling over
a lace petticoat.
The tight-htting bodice was made
| with round neck and finished with ;
| deep flounce of the lace. About hel
short, white hair, which fell in ring
| lets, was a garland of flowers match
| ing the colors of the design painted
| on the dress.
Mr. and Mrs Harold Marsh were
very quaint. the latter wearing hel
! mothers wedding gown of heavy pear
colored satin, made with short, tight
fitting waist and long gored skirt
which was finished with a double quill
ing about the bottom, and was cut
into 4 short train at the back, the
sleeves made with puffs at the tot
and were tight fitting to a circular
cuff. Mr.. Marsh was a gentleman O.
the same period in purple clotf
| Prince Albert, the collar and button!
of black velvet and the trousers helt
tightly down by a narrow band under
each foot.
Box Parties and Costumes.
The Attorney General and Mrs
Sargent were the honor guests al
dinner last evening OF the Interstate
Commerce Commissioner and Mrs
Frederick l. Cox, who later took some
of their guests to the ball where they
had box The other guests at din
ner included Senator and Mrs. Morris
Sheppard. Representative and Mrs
Fred S. Purnell, Commissioner of In.
ternal Revenue and Mrs. David H.
Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Macpherson
Crichton, Mrs. Stevenson Scott, Mrs
Harry Dougherty, Mrs. James L.
Morris, Mr.. Bascom Slemp, Mrs.
n
Priest. Mr.. Ray Richardson, Mr..
Burnap and Mr.. James Houston
Simpson Cox. Mrs. Sargent wore a
smart gown Of gold lace made with
circular skirt, edged with a band of
brown fur and the bodice was embroid.
cred In coral beads.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone were guests of Judge and Mrs.
Wilbur Turner, who also had with
them In their box, Representative and
Mrs. Allen T. Treadway, Judge and
Mrs. j. Harry Covington and Admiral
and Mrs. Huse.
Other Parties at Ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Everett en-.
tertained at the ball DR.. and Nine
Varela, Mrs. De Witt Talrnage. Mrs
Fred S. Purnell, Gen. George O.
Squires and Mr.. George Burnap. Gen
Squires appeared as seventeenth
century doctor Of philosophy.
Mrs. Robert E. Lees guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. l.. Grouse, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Lockwood, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
Ter. MIR. and Mrs. ]. l.. Proctor, Dr.
and Mrs. Devereux. Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Light. Mr.. and Mrs Terrell
and Mr.. George Washburn.
Mrs. Thomas H. Taliaferro's guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Lee, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Calvert, jr.; Col. and
Mrs. f. G. Peyton, Mrs. Richard s
Hill, Mrs. George Dudley Morgan
Mrs. George j. Harrison and Miss
Mary Forman Day.
Mrs. Stokes Halkett's guests were
Miss Olivia Phelps Stokes, honor
guest; Miss Anne Butler, Miss Frances
Mckee. Mr.. S. Rowland Chase, Sd
Lieut.. Gerald Wright, Mr.. John Cabot
Mr.. A. X. Bojsen of the Danish lega
ton, Mrs. Clarence Blair Mitchell OF
New York and Mr.. George f. Mclean
Mrs. Halkett appeared dressed as her
own grandmother. all other guests ir
colonial costumes.
Mrs. Moran's Guests.
Miss Mary Temple had as guests
Senator and Mrs. Lawrence d. Tyson
who appeared as Gen. and Mrs. James
White, the former her ancestor
founder of Knoxville, Tenn; MIR. and
Mrs. Kenneth Gilpin of Boyce. Va;
Senator Kenneth Mcclellan Of Ten
nessee, Representative and Mrs
Thomas Phillips, jr.. and Mr.. Charles
Mason Remey. Miss Temple repre-.
scented Henrietta Temple her kins.
woman.
Mrs. Francois Berger Moran dressed
as her ancestresS, the last mistress OF
Mount Vernon, Jane Charlotte Black
burn. She had as guests Admiral and
Mrs. Edward Campbell, Senator and
Mrs. Arthur Capper, the Minister OF
Serbia, Mrs. Horace mcfarland, Mr.
and Mrs. William Laird Dunlop, jr.
Powell Of Virginia, daughter of JohI
Levin Powell, Mrs. Malcolm McConihe
and Capt Glidden.
Mrs. Andrews a Hostess.
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews had {
most interesting group of women, al
closely identified with the art and pro.
fessional life of the National Capital
including Mrs. Randolph Keith For.
rest, Mrs. Jean Lowry Bennett, Miss
Grace Lincoln Temple and Mr.. an6
MIS- Z. Z fAuUIc"S
Andrews represented Eliza Carter
Randolph, her grandmother. three
times removed. and wore the dress
that the late Z. +. Andrews used tc
paint the picture of Martha Wash.
ington.
Nine. Ekengren as Mrs. Jabez Hunt
| ington. whose husband was a majo
general with Gen. Washington, com
manding all the Connecticut troops
had as her guests the Brazilian Am
| ba ssador, Mr.. do Amaral; the Austrian
Minister and Nine. Prochnik, Mrs
William Butler, wife Of the Senator
from Massachusetts; the counselor o
the Hungarian legation and Nine. Pei
envi. the counselor of the French EN-
bassy, Count de Sartiges: the nava
attache Of France and Nine. Willm
| commercial attache of the Swedish
| legation, Mr.. Gustaf Weidel; Barol
Leopold Plessen, the secretary of tn,
German embassy; Mrs. Gibson Fahnes
took. Mrs. HOLSTER Chapman, Mrs. H
D. Flood, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Tuck
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