Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

Ante-bellum days were recalled III
che Ball of the Sixties given at thu
Mayflower Hotel last night, when SO
ciety folk dressed in hoopskirts ant
quaint bonnets, trod a measure Z
old-time dance music and went through
with the Virginia reel, maZurkas
waltzeS, the schottische and other pre-
cailing dances of Civil War days.
Mrs. Andrew J. Montague, chairman
of the ball committee, received the
guests, wearing an authentic model o.
1850, Of silver hrocade made over
hoops and a petticoat of silver lace
The tight fitting bodice and sklr'
We're both trimmed with dainty Gus
tiers of tiny flowers, and the sleeves
were short. and quaint bertha Oh
rare old lace finished the neck. Mrs
MONTAGUE WAS assisted by Mrs. Claude
A. Swanson. Mrs. Carter Glass. Mrs
Joseph Deal and Mrs George G
Peery. all of Virginia. and each
dressed in gown of the period.
The ball opened with a grand march
led by Mrs. Montague and Gen
Charles B. Howry, with the Confed
crate veterans and their partners IN
the place of honor coming next in line
1t was colorful procession. ladies IN
hoopskirts vieins in beauty with oth
ers in modern dress. and at the con
elusion of the march Mrs. Maud How
ell Smith, chairman of features for
the ball. staged the first number on
the program. which was an old-fash
toned quadrile danced in two sets
those taking part being Mrs. Mamie
Green lobe. Mrs. s. j. Henry, Miss
Alice Hartman. Miss Jessca Smith,
Mr.. Asa L. Phillips. Mr. j. +. Price,
MIR. Dorsey w. Hyde and Mr.. Fulton
Lewis. in the first set, and in the sec
ond Miss Fannie Dial, Miss Helen Cat
ley, Miss Harriet Stearns Whitford.
Mr.. Roy Neuheuser, Mr.. Samuel Syme.
DIR. r. +. Dunmire and Mr.. Ulrich
Townley Richter.
Mrs. lobe. Mrs Henry. Miss Harri-
man and Miss Smith were in the colo
NAL costumes they had worn to the
Washington assembly, Mrs. lobe IN
yellow and gold hrocade and the others
In pink brocade.
Features on Program.
After an interval of general ball
room dancing, the second number Of
the program was announced which
was two sets of the Virginia reel one
led by Mrs Maud Howell Smith and
Gen. n D. Hawkins, in which the
ladies all wore the hoop skirts of the
period of the sixties, with their part
ners in the Confederate uniform. The
second set was led by Miss Fannie
Dial, chairman of the debutante com
mittee, and Mr.. Roy l.. Neuheuser,
chairman of the mems floor commit
tee Those dancing in this set were
Miss Fannie Dial, Miss Helen Galley,
Miss Harriet S. Whitford, Miss Erica
Pochon, Miss Georgiana Joyes, Miss
Margaret Kerr, Miss Elizabeth Jobe
and Miss Marie Ragsdale, all In period
ranAnt.17 oda nj a finn nf the
style of the sixties, their partners
being Mr.. Roy L. Neuheuser, Mr..
Dorsey w. Hyde, Mr.. Asa E. Phillips,
Mr. Conrad II. Syme, Mr.. Samuel
Syme. DR.. r. P. Dunmire, Mr.. Ulrich
Townley Richter and Mr.. j. l.. Price.
At the conclusion of the Virginia
reel surprise feature was introduced,
when Miss Mildred Brown and Miss
Jack Martin. dressed in darby cos
tune, burst suddenly upon the scene,
supposedly from nearby darby quar-.
tiers. and 10 great applause, executed
q real Virginia cakewalk. which was
one of the hits of the evening.
At IL o'clock there was staged the
special feature of the ball, the Dance
OF the Sixties" arranged by Miss
Gladys Wilbur. This was of great
beauty and charm, and included two
ensemble numbers by students OF Miss
Wilbur, all danced to period music.
The entire group of dancers were in
the hoopskirts and pantalets Of the
sixties" and made a charming pic.
ture, both in the dance numbers and
In the posed background they formed
for Miss Wilbur's solo, which was the
feature of the evenings program and
which aroused great enthusiasm.
Representative and Mrs. Montague,
&L<I In %rxs "a for. fha hall had
as guest of honor in their box Comdr
Richard Byrd of North Pole fame.
Among others in the box were Mrs.
Ella Herbert Micou Mrs. Fank Bacon
and Miss May Amber.
Box Parties.
In the Virginia box Of which Sen.
ator and Mrs. Swanson and Senator
and Mrs Glass were the hosts and
hostesses were Representative and
Mrs. George C. Peery. Representative
and Mrs. Joseph r. Deal. Represent.
ative and Mrs. Harry st. George
Tucker, Representative r. Walton
Moore. Miss Moore. Representative
and Mrs. Joseph Whitehead. Repre-.
sentative and Mrs. Thomas W. Har'
rison, Representative and Mrs. Pat
rick Henry Drewry, Representative
end Mrs. Clifton A. Woodrum and
Mrs. Otis Schuyler Bland.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe Boiling were
sponsors for the third and fourth Vir'
ginia boxes and had with them Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Newcomb, Mr.. and
Mrs Eugene Adams Mr.. and Mrs
John Mcclure. Mrs. Dwight Gable OF
Petersburg, Va; Mr.. j. r. Weitzel
Mr. +. H. Huffman, Mr.. William
Manning. Mrs Marshall jenkins
Capt. William Biddle, Gen and Mrs
r. c. Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Walter
J. Harrison. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dudley
and Capt. Eugene Renter.
Senator and Mrs. William j. Har
ris had with them in the Georgia box
Mrs. Theodore Tiller Mrs. John G
Black, Mrs. Asa E. Phillips and Mrs
Ruel Tolman.
In the box of the Robert f. Lee