The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-08
OPERA BALL IS
MERRY AND
COLORFUI
Something Doing Every
Minute; Stars
Present

w party! Opera stars and social
planets of the first magnitude.
Fancy dress. Colorful decorations.
Pages in medieval costume on ped.
estals to step down from their
perches and lead off the grand
march.
An anxious moment that. Trun-
peters signaling the triumphant
march from Aida" Marching
pages. The artists in costume
from the receiving line. A few
stragglers in fancy dress, Mrs,
+. B. Moran and William Bowie
Clarke, separately, not together,
among them. Was the party go
ing to be frost?
DUT no, emphatically no. The
ID trouble was that the parade
began too promptly. Guests came
late. many of them picturesquely
CARRIED. Some from dinner par
ties. Others from the reception
at the Canadian legation. That
accounted for the uniforms and
decorations which gave more
color to the ball. The floor COM
mittee. headed by Leander Nc
Cormick -Goodhart. of the British
embassy, had walked out almost
TO man, being Commanded" to
the party for the governor gen.
eral Of Canada. But they walked
back again as soon as they
properly could. So by 11:30 the
ballroom was filled with a kaleido-
scopic throng and by midnight
they had overlooked into the
dining room for a seated supper.
From then on there was some
thing happening every minute. A
group from the opera ballet in a
speciality dance. Miss Elizabeth
Gardiner, premiere danseuse, in a
stately Spanish number. General
dancing, intriguing because of the
difficulty of recognizing old
friends in new guise.
y + y
TUE Illusion had begun at the
i. doorway, 'Lohengren and
Elsa" (Edouard Albion. director Of
the Washington Opera Company.
and Mrs. Albionl greeting. the
guests. Peggy Albion. with a
flowing fair wig and pleased to
discover that gentlemen do prefer
blondes. Pretty Dorothy Speare
as her charming self, her arms
filled with flowers: The High
Priest from Aida" Yes, that's
Charles Trowbridge Tittman.
Other artists in line or on the
floor. There's Maurice Capitaine.
the new French tenor, in his cos
tune from "Mignon." He dances
ravishingly. Ivan Ivantzoff, an
old favorite. Surely he's Esca-
milo, fresh from reaping laurels
In Carmen" A monkish figure.
Out of That's" apparently. Friar
Lawrence.
And there's Juliet, rarely
lovely Juliet, all in white with
long blonde hair and the tradi.
tional little cap of pearls. Eve
Ign Walker. to be sure. arriving
late from a dinner party at which
she had shared honors with n
sister bud. Ellen Theron. Mrs. Ed.
ward Finckenstaedt was hostess.
e*k
MISS MARGARET WILSON in
W1 a box. No she's dancing now.
And pausing to greet many ole
friends. A becoming orchid tinted
gown and much flowing tulie.
The Claudel girls, Marie and
Refine, daughters of the French
Ambassador. Just from the Cana
dian Legation party. Likewise
Dora Catalani. a dashing Carmen.
presume she changed costumes
between parties. Nine. Bedoya
as Elizabeth from "Thanhauser."
very beautiful and all in white
with flowing veil and headdress
of pearls and diamonds. Mrs.
/ Stokely Morgan. quaint as an old
time miniature, in a gown which
might have been her grand
mothers. Jeanette Hume as a
Dutch boy. perhaps out of Han
sci and Gretel. Didn't know her
in her blonde wig.
r IEUT. JOHN HEFFERMAN,
Ia as live. and his Irish bride.
Married in Dublin recently and
back here for station.
Lots of big.wigs in the boxes,
but not much chance to look 'em
over. General and Mrs. Summer.
all occupying Mrs. John A. Hulrs
box. The general in uniform
and much bedecorated. Gen. r.
@. Donaldson also in uniform.
Has just been made a major gen.
eral and was being showered with
congratulations. Mrs. Donaldson
naturally elated. Gen. George o.
Squier in "cits." Dashing Major
Harry Leonard also in multi, but
wearing several orders.
THE Minister of Persia dancing
i assiduously. The Minister Of
Albania look on-equally assidu-
ously.
Mrs. stephen B. Elkins in box.
With her, Mrs. Joseph H. Gaines,
Miss Anne Gaines, Gen. and Mrs.
George r. Downey and Mrs.
Arthur Lee. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
T. Clark. Haven't seen them all
winter and it's always a treat.
Col. and Mrs. F,itzhugh Lee, with
Mrs. Moran. Also Mrs. Jeffrey
Parsons. Mrs. John Hudgins and
Major Reginald Foster.
A Presidential candidate. Sen.
ator Curtis. Senator Capper.
Capt. and Mrs. Emory Land and
Mrs. Dwight, with Mrs. Edward
Speare. The charming Dorothy
joins them when she leaves the
receiving line.
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T the reception at the Con-
"A gressional Club tomorrow,
which is being given for the
wives Of new members of the
Senate and House. Mrs. Peter
Goelet Gerry, president of the
club. will receive.
The assisting hostesses will be
Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Frank
Briggs, Mrs. Alger ,Burtness, Mrs.
Louis G. Champion, Mrs. Leoni-
das G. Dyer, Mrs. Louis F'roth-
ingham, Mrs. Homer Hoch, Mrs,
Albert Johnson. Mrs. Harry c.