Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-15
SOCIETY
Guests Arriving to Visit Sir Esme and
Lady Isabella Howard at British
Embassy for Easter

Mitchell Chappell, the scientist; Mr..
Ernest Thompson Seton, the natural.
ist; Mrs. Elizabeth T. Brodie, the
sculptor: Mrs. Elizabeth MEG
| Knowles, the painter; Mrs. Lyman
| Beecher Stowe, the publisher; Mr..
| Richard Halliburton, the romancer,
and Mr.. Clifford Bergman. the car
toonist. and a number of distinguish.
ed guests, including the Secretary OF
the Navy, Mr.. Curtis j.. Wilbur; the
chief of staff of the Army, Mai. Gen.
/ Charles T. Summerall; Sir Edward
/ Lutyens. Mrs. John b. Henderson, MIR.
/ Byron Price, chief of the Bureau Of
/ the Associated Press; Mr.. Ashmun
| Brown, president of the Gridiron Club:
| Mr.. Louis Ludlow, president of the
| National Press club Miss Cora Rigby,
| president of the National Women's
| Press Club; Mrs. Sallie V. II. Pickett,
/ vice president of the National Wom-
ems Press Club: Princess Cantacuzene
Mrs. Harry Atwood Colman. chairman
of the Authors Congress and past ma =
tional president. and Mrs Edward
Nelson Dingley, associate chairman of
! the Congress and first national vice
president of the league.
Final rehearsals for the Historical
Sketch, 1897 to 1927" are being held
| today, among those taking part in
/ this pageant being Mrs Virginia King
Frye Miss Anna B. Patten, Mrs. lisa
bel Geddes Smith. Mrs. Ada Orme du
Puy. Mrs. Leona Tiller. Miss Elizabeth
Barnes, Miss Marie c. Redfern, Mrs
Isabel Anderson. Mr.. Theodore Gun.
ningham and Mrs. Grace Thompson
Seton.
The grand finale Of the pageant will
he the orga nization parade. when the
l,srg
each be personally represented. while
Mrs Seton as 'LEnvoi of the Pearls"
will represent seven new branches
now in process of formation in various
parts of the country.
The attractive dances which will be
features of the pageant have been
arranged by Miss. Ma iorie Webster
and include THE Owl Dance" a solo
dance by Miss Louise Raymond the
Dance of the Twins" commemorate
ing the entrance into the league of the
first branches, Texas and western
New York, to be danced by Miss
Betty Hill and Miss Mary Lynn Giles,
and the Blue Stocking Ballet" to be
interpreted by Miss Virginia Peaseley,
Miss Louise Raymond, Miss Maynor
McWilliams, Miss Amelia DICKENS,
Miss Mildred Smith, Miss Kathryn
Shapiro, Miss Katherine Stearns and
Miss Leta George.
The musical program. which has
been arranged by Mrs Edouard Albion.
assisted by Miss Irene Juno, will be in
keeping with the spirit of the ami
versary program and will consist of
both instrumental and vocal numbers.
The soloists will be Mr.. George Beuch-
Ter, who will sing Dear Old Pal of
Nine" and Miss Doris Morrow, whose
selection win be 1.-THE Years at the
Spring" by Mrs. II H. A. Beach.
prominent composer member Of the
league.
Comdr. w. X. Kilpa trick, u. s. N,
and Mrs. Fitzpatrick. have arrived at
the Carlton Hotel to spend Easter.
Comdr. Fitzpatrick is stationed at the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard.
The list of Washingtonians who
have guaranteed the financial and So
cial success of he forthcoming an
pearance in Was nington of the Metro
politan Opera Co., which will make its
first appearance in Washington in
score of years at the Washington Au-
ditorium on Friday and Saturday.
April 22-23, in series Of operas that
includes La Traviata, |" "a Boheme,
'Cavaileria Rusticana" and III Trova-
tore" was announced today by Mrs
Wilson-Greene, under whose manage.
ment the Metropolitan will appear
here:
The guarantors are the Princess
Boncompagni. Mrs. Delos BIodgett,
Mr.. Emile Berliner, Mrs. Wallace
Chiswell Mrs. William G. Eustis, Mr..
Julius Garfnkle, Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gold
smith, Mrs. William 8. Howell. jr.:
Mrs. Borden I 7rriman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian He ch, Mr.. Coleman Jen-
nings, Mr.. ] rank Jelleff, Mrs. James
Lansburgh, nr. Sol I.ansburgh, Mrs.
A. Lisner, Mrs. George Hewitt Myers.
Mr.. Lawrence Mills, Mr.. Frank II.
Noyes. Mr.. Roy Neuhauser. Mrs.
Thomas Phillips. Mrs. ". NJ. Ritter.
Mr. Charles Rubel, Mr.. II. C. Sher.
idan. Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mr.. Her
bert Shannon, Mr.. c. Bascom Slemp
and Mr.. Donald Woodward.
Those who have taken boxes for the
Metropolitan performances are the
Princess Boncompagni, Mrs. Charles
Boughton Wood, Mrs. Clarence VIII