Evening star., 1928-01-11
Brilliant Company to
Attend Assembly Rail.

Members of high official. diplomatic
| and residential circles of Washington
society have accepted the invitations
issued by the board of governors of
| the Washington Assembly for its third
| annual costume ball. which will take
| place this evening at 10 o'clock at the
| Mayt'ower Hotel, and brilliant com
| pany will assemble TO enjoy the event
which has become one of the high.
! lights of the Winter season in the Ma.
| tional Capital The receiving line
which will form at 10 o'clock, will be
| headed by Mrs. Henry F. Dimock
chairman OF the board of governors
| of the Assembly, and n number OF
board members will receive with her.
| This list includes Mrs. David A. Reed
wife Of Senator Reed of Pennsylva MIA
Mrs. Lawrence ID. Tyson. wife OF Sen.
ator Tyson of Tennessee: Mrs. Robert
Lansing. wife OF the former Secretary
of State: Mrs. Walter Il. Tuckerman,
chairman OF the minuet, the entertain.
ment feature Of the evening, and Mrs.
Copley Amory. chairman of boxes.
All are members OF the governing
body OF the permanent organization
Of the Assembly.
Mrs. James Robert Mckee, daugh.
ter OF President Benjamin Harrison:
great-granddaught of President
James Monroe, Mrs. Rose Gouverneur
Hoes: great-grand d-gra nddaughter of
President William Henry Harrison,
Mrs. Eleanor Cox Griffith will honor
the ball with her presence. and de.
scendants of officers Of the Colonial
and Revolutionary Wars. OF signers of
the Declaration Of Independence Of
early royal and colonial governors, OF
men and women who laid the founda.
tons of the country. will be present
in large numbers.
A number OF brilliant dinners will
prccede the ball and the boxes will
be filed with distinguished guests.
The minuet will be staged at IL
o'clock, according to announcement
by Mrs. Tuckerman, four sets OF the
dance 10 be presented by a group of
society buds and their escorts. all in
colonial costume. This will be follow.
ed by the special dance to be given
by Miss Marian Chace and Mr.. Lester
Shafer. whose costumes are reminis.
cent OF those OF the eighteenth cen.
tury French court, and who will dance
special arrangement of the minuet.
The group OF minuet dancers will then
lad in the grand march. in which all
ihose in costume win be invited 10
participate. General dancing will pre-
cede and follow the entertainment
features and the grand march and a
collation. will be served during the
evening. Those dancing the minuet,
which has been carefully rehearsed
under the direction of Miss Hawke.
viii be Miss Bina Day Deneen. Miss
Elizabeth Robinson. Miss Louise Con-
ley. Miss Frances Montague Hill. Miss
Theodoria Catalani, Miss Violet James,
Miss Hester Ann lie Fevre, Miss Lila
le Garde, Miss Florence Marlatt, Miss
Francesca McKenney. Miss Ellen
Peelie. Miss Virginia Peters. Miss
Helen Strauss, Miss Imogene Taylor.
Miss Evelyn Walker, Miss Florence
Wetherell, Mr.. Brashears Avis. Mr..
William Jeffries Chewing, Mr.. Eben
Comins. Mr.. James lie Roy Dougall.
Mr.. Wilbur Hubbard. jr.: Mr.. Fulton
Lewis, tr.: Mr.. Honore lie Clercq. Mr..
Paul Lutes, Maj. Albert Myer. Mr.. Ed.
ward Burr Powell. Mr.. Owsley Stan.
ley. Mr.. Cecil Edward Way, Mr.. Her.
bert Walker. Mr.. Kenneth Watson.
Co,ndr. Robert j. Walker. Mr. Robert
Walker and Mr. Randolph Zell.