Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-20
Legion Ball January 50
Prominently Sponsored

/ Interest in the annual ball of the
| Department of the District of Column
bia, the American Legion, is increasing
as the date of the function Wednes-
day, January 80, draws near, and from
present indications it will be the
largest attended in the history of this
veteran organization. The ball will be
held this year in the two bathrooms
of the New Willard Hotel, with orches-
tras furnishing music from $50 to l
| o'clock.
President and Mrs. Coolidge and
Vice President and Mrs. Dawes are
heading the patrons and patronesSes
committee this year, and their inter-
est in this annual social event has been
| the cause of much qualification on the
part of legionnaires in the National
| Capital The interior of the bathrooms
will be more attractively decorated this
year than ever before, the colorS of the
various posts comprising this depart
ment in the American Legion being
| conspicuous features. The committee
in charge of the affair is now engaged
in completing final details in order to
make 1t the most brilliant ball yet gwen
| Dy JnlS OrganlZaClOn.
| Among the boxholders, patrons and
patroneSseS will be National Com
mander Paul v. McNutt of the Amer
| lean Legion and Mrs. McNutt, and Mrs
Boyce Ficklen. jr., who has secured two
| boxes and will entertain national OFF,
Gals of the American Legion Auxiliary
of which she Is national president
| Mr.. Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary OF
the Treasury, and Mr.. Ogden L. Mills
| Undersecretary; Senator Hiram Bing-
ham of Connecticut, Senator Arthur
| Capper of Kansas, Senator George p
Mclean of Connecticut, Mrs. Alvin S
Hert, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Moves
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn
| Mrs. Constance c. Williams, Past De-
partment Commanders Paul j. Nc
Gahan and Watson B. Miller OF The
American Legion, Senator Lawrence G
Phipps of Colorado, Mr.. Wallace
Streater, past commander OF George
Washington Post, and Mrs. Streater
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mr.. Frank
B. Kellogg, Secretary of State; DR.. anc
Mrs Stanley NJ Rinehart, Mrs. H. w
Keyes, Mrs Frank Hight and Mrs
Frederick Moseley Sackett are spon-
sors, as are Dr. and Mrs E. c
Riggs, Mrs William c. Rives, Rear Ad'
miral and Mrs. T. j. Cowie, Secretary
of War and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. George B
Tribe, Mrs. James F. Kerr, Mrs. Viii.
liam c. Deming, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
F. Norment, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans
Mrs G. D. Golf, Mrs. Charles B. Nc
Way, Mrs Morris Sheppard, Mrs. War.
rem Irving Glover, Senator Jesse H
Metcalf of Rhode island and Mrs. Met.
calf, Dean and Mrs. Henry Grafton
Doyle, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Frank
H. Schofeld, Mrs. George Hewitt Myers
Mrs. John D. Beuret, Maj. and Mrs
Greed C. Hammond, Gen. and Mrs
Frank T. Hines, Gen. and Mrs. TaSkel
H. Bliss, Mrs. John Warren Joyes
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Peter c. Harris
Rear Admiral and Mrs. A. l.. Willard
Mrs. Alvin w. Hall, Rear Admiral anc
Mrs. Luther E. Gregory, Col. anc
Mrs. j. Miller Kenyon and Henry
c. Spengler. National Press Club
George Washington Tank Corps, Blu.
reau of Engraving and Printing, Vic.
tory. U; S: S. Jacob Jones, Quentin
Roosevelt, Kenneth H. Nash, Sergeant
Cullough and Vincent B. Costello
Posts of the American Legion, the
Eight and Forty Society and Genera
Councils Office of the U. S. Veterans
Bureau.
The chairmen of the various COM
mittees in charge of the ball include
Mr.. John Thomas Taylor, committee
on distinguished guests; Mr.. Paul
McGahan, invitations: Mr.. Thomas
Frailey, floor committee; Mr. Thoma.
E. Franklin, boxes; Mr.. Edgar H. Hale
ticket distribution; Mr.. Ernest v. Nc
Intosh, decorations: Mr. Theodore
Cogswell, patrons; Miss Emily j. Carey
patronesses; Mr.. Thomas D. Walsh, hal
and music; Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries
reception with Mr. Harlan Wood, de-
partment commander. The officers O.
the general ball committee are: Mr.
Thomas D. Walsh, chairman; Mr.
Thomas j. Frailey, vice chairman: Mis-!
Helen Sprague, secretary, and Mr.
Howard S. Fisk treasurer.