The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-06
tOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
TRY A.
FEATURE OF
ASSEMBLY
Tableau Will Show We'd
ding of Washington
and Martha Gusts

The tableaux and pageant at to-
nights assembly bali will be the fea.
ture of an evening filled with
pleasurable surprises. The stage OF
the Mayflower Hotel ballroom has
been transformed into a setting
proper for the wedding ceremony Of
George Washington and Martha
Gusts which took place on this day
many years ago and which will be
re'enacted tonight.
Following the ceremony the par
Elephants will march In two lines
down to the ballroom where they
will take their places in their
designated sets for the minuet.
Walter Davidge will take the part
Of George Washington and It il
rumored that Mrs. Walter Tucker
man will be Martha Gusts. Mr..
Davidge IL related to the Washing.
ton family, and is very like George
Washington in feature.
In the assemblage will be de-
scendants of most Of the distin.
guished persons in colonial history
in New England and the South.
Mrs. Walter Austin, of Boston, will
go to the ball as her great great
grandmother, Anne Halsted, who was
a daring girl Of Revolutionary days,
not too prim to dress up like a
soldier and parade up and down her
village to indicate that there was a
man about to protect the ladies.
George Washington's staff toasted
the brave miss more than once.
John Alden will be represented
by one of his descendants, Linsley
Austin, OF Boston.
Mrs. Barney Phillips will repre-
sent Elizabeth, the wife Of Major
John Little, who was aide to Gen
eral Knox, Of Revolutionary fame,
who was also one of the original
members of the Order of the Gin
cinatti.
In the Minuet
In the minuet will be many
descendants of the famed beauties
of colonial days. Miss Maud Mason
who dances with Capt. Bayat
U. s. N, will represent her ancestor,
Evelyn Byrd, famous beauty who
lived at Wetover in Virginia, the
home Of the Byrds for generations.
Mrs. Mason Nicholson, who was
to have represented Lady Forrest,
has been obliged to withdraw from
the minuet, owing to the serious ILL.,
ness of her mother. Mrs. John e.
Mason.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond will
have as guests in her box Miss
Jane Tucker, Miss Helen Carusi,
Miss Margaret Zolnay, Miss Sally
Hews Phillips, Miss Elizabeth Ives.
Mrs. Margaret Mann. Of Chicago,
and Miss Natalie Hammond, Mr.,
Rufenacht. Jan Stalinski, M. )ia.
mantopoulos, Jarvis Barlon, James
Kerr, Chester Lockwood, Anthony
Wayne Cooke. jr.. Manning Stead
and Baron Rape.
Colonial Danes Box
In the two boxes taken by the
Colonial Danes will be Miss Laura
R. Dorsey, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
NJ. Henry, Mrs. Richard Hill, Mrs.
Henry Lyme, Mrs. Dudley Morgan.
Col. and Mrs. w. A. Mccain, Mr..
and Mrs. Austin Mccarthy, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. ]. Mcmahon, Mr. and Mrs.
c. B. Northrop, Comdr. and Mrs.
H. H. Stuart. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Jerre. Mrs. Everard Todd. Mr.. and
Mrs. Augustin Todd, DR.. and Mrs.
George Tully Vaughan, Miss Jessica
Randolph Smith, Miss Sophie Casey,
Mrs. Hickins, Mrs. Howard L.
Hodgins. Mrs. James g. Penn, Capt.
and Mrs. w. p. Robert, Miss Haz.
card, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Stands,
Representative and Mrs. Percy
Quin, and Mr.. and Mrs. Dorsey
Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Norment will
have in their box some Of the
guests from the dinner the Minister
Of Austria and Nine. Prochnik are
giving before the ball, including the
Minister Of Switzerland and Nine.
Peter, the Prochniks, the minister
Of Czechoslovakia. Mr.. Frierlinger:
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Snow. jr., and