Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Society Ball of the Sixties"
Brings Back Civil War Days
Charming Costumes and Quaint Dances of Post
Bellum Times Form Picturesque Scene
at MayAower Affair.

Chapter of the United Daughters Of
the Confederacv we're Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter f. Hutton, Mrs. r, A. Allen.
Mrs. r.. B. Whitehurst, Mrs. John
Jay Mcdonald. Mr.. and Mrs. Fielding
NJ. Lewis. Mrs. l.. w. Solbach. Miss
Katherine Solbach, Miss Sweet. Mr.
William Sweet, Miss Elizabeth Leaf
zow, Mr.. F. c. Baggarly and Mr.. Or
lando Smith.
North Carolina Guest.
In the Texas box with Capt. and
Mrs. James G. Field were Senator
and Mrs. Morris Sheppard. Repre-
sentative and Mrs Summers. Repre-
sentative Clay Stone Briggs. Mrs.
William T.. Harllee, Mrs Frank Pyle
and Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham.
Representative Charles Stedman.
who il the only Confederate soldier in
Congress. was the guest of honor in
the North Carolina box which was
sponsored by Representative and Mrs.
John II. Kerr. They had with them
also as a special guest Mrs. Angus w.
Mclean. wife OF Gov. Mclean, and
Miss Jessica Randolph Smith. who
was in costume of the sixties. and
who carried the flag of the Confed-
eracy designed by her father. the late
Maj. Orrin Smith. Others in the box
were Mrs. Edwin {. Gregory and Mrs.
John n. Small. who had with her Mrs.
John X. Hoyt. Mrs. John G. Block
and Mrs f. E. Ficklen of North Caro-
lima.
In the South Carolina box were
Senator and Mrs. Ellison Durant
Smith. former Senator and Mrs.
Nathaniel r. Dial. EepI sentative and
Mrs. Thomas Sanders Mcmillan, Rep.
resentative and Mrs. John J. McSwain.
Representative and Mrs. Allard II.
Gasque. Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Cooper,
Mrs. Alexa nder Bull and Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel c. Roper.
In the Colonial Danes box were
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer. Mrs.
George Tully Vaughan, Mrs. Percy
Quin Mrs. Trimhle. Miss Mary Suter.
Mrs. a. r. Stands. Mrs. William O.
Owen. Mrs. Harry Lee Rust, Miss
Fannie Weeks. Mrs. Bailey Shepherd
and Mrs. Rust Smith.
representative end Mrs t'inis Gar
rett sponsored the Tennessee box and
had with them Senator and Mrs. Law
renee d. Tyson. Judge and Mrs.
Charles r. Hovry and other guests.
Maryland Box.
Mr. and Mrs Wilbur W Hubbard
were sponsors of the Maryland box.
anu duiOHS JH6lI guests were SeUdltI-
elect Willard w. Tydings of Maryland.
Representative and Mrs. William A.
Oldfield had with them Representative
and Mrs. w. j. Driver. and i'm the New
York box were Representative and
Mrs. Sol Bloom. Representative and
Mrs. John j. Kindred, Representative
and Mrs. Benjamin l.. Fairchild and
Representative and Mrs. j. S. Parker.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood had in
her box Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Halves
of Connecticut, Miss Lockwood Bishop
of New York and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Joerissen.
Mrs. NJ. De Clare Berry entertained
box party in honor of her nephew
and niece. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Mathef
Hooker of New York, who are visit
ing her here. and had in her box party
Gen. and Mrs. Henry T. Allen. Ad-
miral and Mrs. NJ. ID. Cormick Mr..
George Mclean.
Among other box holders We're Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood. Admiral and
Mrs. Cary r. Grayson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert y. Harper. Mrs. A. /. du Pont
of Wilmington Del. and Mr. Ross
Cauthorne of Richmond. Mr.. eau
thorne gave his box TO his son, Ross
Cauthorne, jr.. and 1t was filled with
a group of students from the Episco-
pal High School. in Alexandria. An
other interesting box was that taken
by a group of girls from Gunston Hall
School.