Evening star., 1928-12-11
Bachelors COtiIliOn Carried
TO Brilliant Success.


embassy, Confdr. Francisco Lajous.
Bachelors CotiIliOn Carried
TO Brilliant Success.
The Washington Bachelors Cotillion
was inauglIrated last evening when the
first of series of three cotillions was
given in the ballroom of the Mayfiower
Hotel. The large company made
gay scene. the bright hues of the favorS
adding much color. The several flg-
ures of the cotillion were beautifully
done and apparently much enjoyed by
the dancers. Mr.. Thomas Sim Lee,
made the presentations. Mrs. William
M. Jardine, wife of the Secretary of
Agriculture, received the guests, as
sisted by Mrs. Lee, Mrs. George H.
Calvert, jr. Mrs. Robert Dulaney Cum
min and Mrs William Laird Dunlop.
who has done much for the success
of the cotillion and who stood in the
receiving line for Mr.. William Jeffries
Chewing, jr., treasurer OF the CO.
tillion. Mrs. Jardine wore a becoming
and graceful gown of chiffon, the
broidered in crystal beads. From a
low waistline fell deep circular f1ounce
of rose color chiffon outlined at the
top with crystal beads. Mrs. Lee was
in white chiffon, clusters of flowers
handpainted on the chiffon and out
lined with fine color threads and she
wore Juliet cap of gold beads. Mrs.
Calvert's gown was of deep roSe-color
velvet, the bodice fashioned straight
20 a low waisltine where the skirt was
shirred on each hip, and drapery of
the velvet hung below the hemline al
one side. She wore a spray of silver
shoulder
Cummin had a gown of midnight blue
velvet made after a draped model and
wore a string of Chinese crystals with
pendant earrings to match. Mrs. Dun
lop wore black velvet gracefully draped
and pearl ornaments.
Gen. William E. Horton, assisted by
Gen. Squier, directed the figures of the
cotillion, which was led by Mr.. Will
liam Bowie Clark, with Miss Marian
Jardine. Miss Jardine wore grace
full gown of golden yellow taffeta, the
bodice cut with diagonal neck line and
Semi-f1tting, the full skirt having a
deep full dounce of tulle in a deeper
shade. Large ornaments of gold ana
emerald beads were on the bodice back
and front and on the skirt at intervals
ct the edge Of the taffeta and tulle
1iounce. There we're two orchestras SO
that the dancing was continuous. An
S1uUOAdOc supper WqS SSIFeu III GIIS
large dining room, the guests seated
at small tables. A table was reserved
for guests from Baltimore and another
for those from Philadelphia.
MRS. Mason Nicholson was hostess at
dinner last evening preceding the
cotillion and with her guests went later
to the box of Wr Willianm Jeffries-
Chewning, jr. In the company were
the president of the cotillion, Mr..
Thomas Sim Lee, and Mrs. Lee; Col. and
Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Kean, Mr.. and
Mrs. Brewer, Miss Marian Jardine, Miss
Dorothy Dial, Miss Elizabeth Powell
Dunlop, Miss Lilly, Miss Gloria Lincoln,
Mr.. William Bowie Clark, Mr.. Watson,
oner, Mr.. John Way, Mr.. Shepherd Tay-
lcr, Mr.. Leroy Dougall and Lieut.. Mac
PherSon.
Mrs. Mamie Green Jobe entertained
In her box Mrs. Francis Hopkinson, Mr..
j. Livingston Price and Mr.. Chambers
OF New York, her daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Jome, and Mr.. A. Geary johnson.
The second of the series of cotillions
planned by the Washington Bachelors
will be given in the Mayflower ballroom
Monday evening, January IA.
The members of the board of gov
ernors of the cotillion include Senator
Capper, Senator Walsh, Mr.. Thomas
Anderson, Maj. Gen. George Barnett,
George Calvert, Mr. William Jeffries-
Chewing, jr.; Mr.. William Bowie
Clarke, Mr.. Robert Lulany Cummin, Mr..
Walter Davidge, Mr.. Charles Delmar,
Mr.. Richard FlOurnoy, Mr.. Fairfax Har-
rtson, Brig Gen. William E. Horton,
u. S. A.; Mr. E A. Hartman, Mr.. Ralph
6nowden Hill, Comdr. Theodore Jewell,
u. S. NJ. Mr.. Thomas Sim Lee, Mr..
Chester Lockwood, Mr.. Breckenridge
Long,, Brig. Gen. William e. Mitchell,
u. S. A.; Mr.. Wilbur Morse, Judge John
Barton Payne. Mr.. Edgar Peter, Mr..
Edward Burr Powell, Mr.. William Jen-
nings Price, Mr.. c. BaScom Slemp, Mai.
Gen. George Owen Suier, u. S. A.: DR..
Thomas N. Vincent, Mr.. Archibald G. v.
Wells, Mr.. Walter Dwight Wilcox and
Mr.. Nathan c. Wyeth.
Miss Helen Cannon left Washington
yesterday afternoon for Danville, H.,
after passing 10 days In Washington at
Christmas in Dailyille with her brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
X LIE Seure. and return here the first
Of January.
Miss Cannon has taken an apartment
at the Hay-AdGmS House on Lafayette
Square for the rest of the season and
win have with her her nieces, Mrs. Dor
sey Richardson, who has already arrived
from Paris, and Mrs. William Hough-
telling of San Francisco, the latter ac-
companying her here from Illinois. Mr..
Richardson, who is still in Paris, will
sail for this country January IA and
will join his wife for the rest of the sea-
son. Mr.. Houghteling will join Mrs.
H0llQnteling here for a visit
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