The Washington times., 1928-12-11
BACHELORS.
CO. TILLION
REVIVED
Pretty Old T i'm e Cos
tunes Mark Ball Given
by New Group

The rebirth of the old Bachelors
is an event of no little impor-
tance. for a generation ago this
organizat ton ranked with Charles
tons st. Cecilia Club and the
famous Philadelphia Assemblies.
No maid or matron not invited
10 the Bachelors could be con-
sidered among the social elect,
and there was wailing and gnash-
! ing of teeth among those ignored
when the invitations for the series
of Germans went out.
No modern group can aspire
to such Influence in a society
grownt so large and so inclusive
as WaShingtOn's. Nevertheless In
vitations to dance at the first ball
new washington Bachelors, Co
of the new Washington Bachelors
CotilIion,, held last night at the
Mayflower, were highly priced.
Married Bachelors"
The name has given rise to
some merriment, for most of the
'sbachelors' on the board of gov
ernors of the revived group are
safely married, widowers or in the
perennial bachelor class. But
there was reason for their being
cast in the role OF hosts last night,
since most Of them had been men-
bers of the Bachelors Of an earlier
day.
Moreover, there was no lack Of
youth at the ball, for the seasons
prettiest debutantes were present.
with the cream OF the young mar.
= 49, .As a1A H. aHrhN
many OF Washington's most dis
tinguished dowagers were on
hand, they looked down upon the
gay scene from their boxes.
Re-enter the Chaperone
The revival of the chaperone.
in her glory when the old Bach.
elors held forth, was q picturesque
feature of a ball pnarked further
by the dancing OF the first cOtlI-
lion Washington has seen ip many
a long day.
The chaperones' group each
the personal guest OF some mem.
ber of the committee cluded
Mrs. John b. Henderson. Mrs.
Claude Swanson. Mrs. Thomas
+. Walsh, Mrs. John Allan Dough
erty, Mrs. Stanley Rinehart. Mrs.
John ]. Hemphill, Mrs. James
Carroll Frazer, Mrs. r. A. Har-
riman, Mrs. Edward Clifford. Mrs.
Clarence Cary, Mrs. Mason Nieh-
olson. Mrs. Gilbert Smith. Mrs.
Harry Reade, Mrs. Thomas Har-
dy Taliaferro. Mrs. Robert Hem
derson and Mrs. Wilbur Moore.
And the members OF the famous
bachelor board Of governors. in
whose name the invitations for
this ball and the two to follow
were issued are:
Thomas Anderson, Maj. Gen.
George Barnett, u. s. M. c.;
Senator Arthur Capper, Charles
Carroll, George Calvert. Will
liam .Jeffries-Chewning. jr.; Bowie
Clarke, Robert Dulaney Cummin,
Walter Davidge. Charles Delmar,
Richard Flournoy, Fairfax Harri-
son, Brig. Gen. William e. Hor-
ton, u. 8. A.; e. A. Hartman.
Ralph Snowden Hill, Commander
Theodore Jewell, u. S. N;
Thomas Sim Lee, Chester Lock.
wood, Breckinridge Long. Brig.
Gen William f. Mitchell, u. 8.
A.; Wilbur Morse, Judge John
Barton Payne, Edward Peter,
Edward Burr Powell, William
Jennings Price, C. Bascom Slemp,
Maj. Gen. George Owen Squier,
II. S. A.: DIR. Thomas N. Vincent,
Senator David /. Walsh, Archibald
c. V. Wells, Walter Dwight Will
cox and Nathan C. Wyeth.
Gay Favors
So much for the bachelors in
general, now for the ball in par-l
ticular. 1t was a very pretty
party, with Maj. Gen. William e.
Horton directing the debutantes,
their somewhat staid partners and
many who had danced the ger
man" in years gone by, in the in.
tricacies OF the cotillion. He was
assisted by Maj. Gen. George
Owen Squire, Comdr. c. T. Jewell,
Archibald Wells and William JEFF
fries Chewing, with others of
~ the floor committee. And Bowie
Clark led the cotillion. dancing
with pretty Miss Marion Jardine,
a dainty picture in gown of vel.
low tulle and satin decked with
embroidered golden butterflies.
Other debutantes taking part
in the figures were Miss Faith
Phillips, Miss Elise Alexander,
Miss Rahel Davies, Miss Eliza
beth Dunlop, Miss Jane Crosby,
Miss Eleanor McParlin Davis.
Miss Lalla Lynn, Miss Frances
Wall, Miss Cynthia Hill, Miss Car
roll Henderson, Miss Phyllis
Hight, Miss Peggy Tyner, Miss
Janet Murray, Miss Mary De-
vereux, Miss Betty Alexander and
Miss Mary Lee Phillips.
Favors were effective, If not
extraVa agan t-fahs and head
dEaasns of hrio hit .cnlnrnd rn..