Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-05

| jr., president of the Junior League.
danced solo waltz, and following
that, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Baker,
! gave a valse.
] Mrs. Winslow Van Devanter sang a
number advertising a tooth paste.
carrying a toothbrush feet high.
She was assisted by Miss Charlotte
Freeman Clark, Miss Louise Clayton,
Miss Dorothy Hill, Miss Francesca
/ McKenney. Miss Lila Tuckerman
and Mrs. Pierre Gaillard, who dis
tributed samples Of toilet articles in
! the audience.
| Mr. Marion Law entered the ball
room riding on small bicycle, and
called for the black bottom when
/ the entire chosus gave their version
| of it, Then came the young negro
boy who is famous at night clubs in
! Washington. with his idea of how IL
! should be done. Mr.. Green then an.
nounced the end of the show and in
yited the guests to the small ballroom
| where a buffet supper was served.
| After the removal of the chairs in the
ballroom there was dancing until
| 2 o'clock.
The members of the cast were
| coached by Mr.. William +. Marlatt of
/ the Murray Anderson School of Dane
| ing. and Miss Margaret AtWater play
! ed the piano, accompanied by local
orchestra.
Box Parties of Interest.
! The boxes on each side of the long
ballroom were filled, and the demand
| was so great that the balcony at the
north end of the room was also used
f0r three additional boxes
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Mellon, gave his box to Mr.. and Mrs.
w Barnett Wolfe, who had as their
gueSNs Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Thomas
and 6leir house guest, Mrs Castle of
RocheA ter; Mr.. and Mrs. II. Bradley
Davidson, jr., and Capt. Dalton.
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood had
in her Hox Mr.. and Mrs. William
ScuIly AND MIR. and Mrs. Alfred Halves
Of Connecticut.
Mrs. william Corcoran Eustis enter
tanned in hex box Miss Janet Pitney,
Miss Eleanor Wilson, Miss Beatrice
Pitney, Mr.. jay Pierrepont Moffett,
Mrs. James Ellerson, jr., and Mr..
Morton Eustis.
Mrs. A. Gearp Johnson had with
her Mrs. Thomas Brown of New York,
Miss Sarah Majon, Miss Maud Nc
Namara, Miss Elizabeth lobe, Mr..
Paul Lutes, Mr.. John Galley and Mr..
A. Geary Johnson, il.
Former Ambassador to Russia and
Mrs. George T. Maryae shared a box
with Mrs. Frank C.. Let's and in the
box were Mrs. George Mclaughlin,
jr., daughter of Mrs. Let's; Mrs. VIII
liam d. Thomas Mr. Aston of the
British embassy, Mr.. Randolph Robin
son and Mrs. Wolcott Wasgaman.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond
gave their box to Miss tSaTlie Hews
Phillips, daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs Ze Barney Phillips, who had
with her Miss Helen Clifford, Miss
Olive Sherley, Mr.. Lee LuqJNer, Mr..
Walter Gray Mrs. William Van
Curan, Mr.. Moulton Thomas and Mr..
George Abel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmott Lewis were
hosts in their box of the latters par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Frank Brett Noyes.
Dinner Parties and Guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney r. Thomas
entertained at dinner preceding the
ball in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmot
Vail Castle of Rochester. n. Y. The
Robert Dixon Bartlett Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. Bradley Davidson, jr.; Mr.. Juan
Cochran, all of Baltimore. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore N. Gill, Mr.. and Mrs.
w Barnet Wolfe, DIR. and Mrs. Rob
ert c. Ransdell. Mrs. Eloise Orme
Robinson and Capt. Joe Dalton.
Miss Idanthea Moffat entertained a
company of eight at dinner last eve
ming at the Willard Hotel. later talk
ing her guests to her box at the ball.
Among the guests were Miss Nancy
Hamilton, Miss Eleanor Bryan Smith
and Miss Margaret Kerr
Among others in the audience,
| which numbered more than 1,100,
were the Ambassador of Germany and
Baroness Nathan, Senator David I.
Walsh, the Minister of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes, DR.. Pavichich;
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Castle, ir;
former Representative and Mrs. Philip
| Pitt Campbell. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
Belmont. Nine. Hauge. Gen. Charles
McCaully, Mrs. James Carroll Frazer,
Mrs. David duBose Gaillard, Gen. and
Mrs. John A. Lejeune, the Misses Pat,
ten, Capt. and Mrs. Emory Scott Land
| and the latter's mother: the counselor