The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-19
British "GOOd Will Mission"
Entertdins and Is Entertained
Ball at Embassy Pictur-
esque Event; Luncheon
Today Aboard Flagship
Calcutta
By JEAN ELIOT

By JEAN ELIOT
IN return for the hospitality which
i has been showered upon them,
Admiral Sir Walter Cowan, com
mander of the British West Indies
Squadron, and the officers of the
cruisers, H. NJ. s. Calcutta and
H. NJ. 5. Cairo, will be hosts at a
round of festivities aboard ship.
Tomorrow there will he gala re-
ception on the flagship, Calcutta,
and today Admiral Cowan was host
at a mans luncheon for a group
largely made up Of officials. The
British ambassador, Sir Esme
Howard, was a guest and so were
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, the
Canadian minister. Mr.. !. Massey;
Henry Getty Chiffon, counselor.
and others Of the British embassy
staff.
There will be a dinner at the
British embassy on Friday evening
in honor Of Admiral Cowan and his
staff and tomorrow they will be
luncheon guests of the minister Of
Canada.
Tonight the wardroom officers of
the two cruisers will be guests at
q dance at the Mayflower Hotel.
with Leander Mccormick. Goodhart.
of the embassy staff, as host. This
will be smaller party than the
embassy ball last night and dis
tinetly less formal in character.
with debutantes of this season and
last-and a few years beforehand
members Of the young married set
making UP the guest list.
The Embassy Ball
Everybody" was at the ball
given by the British Ambassador
and Lady Isabella Howard-diplo-
mats, domestic" officials, the Brit.
tsh delegates to the information
radiotelegraph conference, lar g
groups of officers from our own
Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
They crowded the British Embassy
to the doors. the bright tints of
the women's gowns, the uniforms of
the services, British and American,
and the orders and decorations worn
by the diplomats weaving a color
full, ever-changing pattern against
the background Of the staid draw
ing rooms.
hosts. He is described as a ''timid
little man''-an odd designation for
one of the heroes Of the battle Of
Jutland and one of the most distin-
guished officers of His Majesty's
service. But the drawing room some
times has more terrors than the
quarterback for the fighting man.
Lady Isabella Howard, who is just
n fro iOH 49, i've
wore a simple black gown in effec-
tive contrast with the glittering,
tewel-decked, metal cloths and bro
cades worn by the guests Of femi.
nine persuasion, who had been sav-
ing their smartest new costumes for
this event.
Friendly Enemies
There was drama in the presence
at the bah last night Of Gen. VII
helm Heye, commander-in-chief of
the German army, who chances now
TO be a visitor in Washington. A
fine figure Of a soldier, with fiercely
waxed mustaches, he was in the uni
formed contingent. He was under
escort of some of the German en-
bassy group.
several OlSIlHSulSneQ brlClSn V1Sl-
tors were among the guests last
night, among them Sir Philip Sas-
soon, Undersecretary Of State for
Air in the British Cabinet, who is
making an inspection of American
activities in the field Of aeronautic
development, and Sir Louis Mallet,
sometime British Ambassador to
Turkey. Aud another guest was
Baron George Franckenstein, Aus
TRAN Minister to the Court Of st.
James, who is visiting the Minister
OF Austria and Nine. Procknik and
who had come with the dinner party
they had entertained in his honor.
The Secretary of the Navy ana
Mrs. Wilbur and Admiral and Mrs.
Edward w. Eberle were among the
guests-indeed / think most of the
Cabinet group was present at some
time during the evening. The
Eberles had attended the dinner
given by Capt. the Hon. Arthur
Stopford, British naval attache. for
Admiral Cowan before the ball.
The younger Set"
Although this was preponderant.
ly a party for dignitaries and the