The Washington times., 1929-01-16
ASSEMBLY BALL
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the board of governors Of the
assembly; Mrs. Charles j. Bell,
Mrs. Frederick Mccormick Good.
hart, and Mrs. Charles G.. Mat.
thews. Mrs. Dimock and Mrs.
McCormick-Goo were in mod
ern garb, but Mrs. Matthews had
on an effective colonial costume.
and Mrs. Bell, a gown of heavy
white satin-the kind that stands
alone-and rare lace, which had
first been worn by her mother.
Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard at a ball
given In 1880
Many effective costumes stand
out in memory. Mrs. Armstead
Peters court gown of blue taf.
feta built out in voluminous pan.
nieps over a petticoat of brocade,
with a garniture Of pink ribbons,
which were also used to deck
her high piled white wig. Mrs.
Sidney Taliaferros Eighteenth
Century frock of tangerine taffeta
over a petticoat of daffodil vel.
low, worn with becoming white
wig, Mrs. Thomas Taliaferro's
colonial gown of white brocade
and peacock blue. The rich king
ly robes of Fulton Lewis. And
the scarlet hunting coats spon-
sored by Maj. Gen, William Il.
Horton and Maj. George Oakley
Totten. jr.
Pretty Miss Virginia Dickins
appeared as her charming ances-
tress, Lady Spottswood, a Vir-
ginia beauty of colonial days.
Mrs. Delos Blodgett, her sister,
Mrs. Matthews and her daughters,
Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin and
Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard
were an effective quartette in Co
ionial dress. Mrs. M. de Clare
Berry was an enchanting picture
in an old English brides costume
of white satin, with lovely old
lace yelling her great scuttle
shaped bonnet. And Mrs Elwyn
Poor, OF New York, wore a stun.
ming Venetian costume of tan
gerine and gold.
Pageantry
A program of pageantry opened
the Dali. fIsI q GHdLhhAhS
group Of debutantes in shep-
herdess costume-green frocks
and flower tipped crooks--lead by
Miss Marion Solely Russell. An
aviation group, with the girls
wearing aeroplanes for head
dresses and the men garbed as
fliers. A dozen charming Pierrots
and Pierettes skipping down the
long ballroom under the leader
ship of Miss Marian Jardine. And
finally Bluebeard edward Van
Devanter) and his wives-Mlss
Ellis Bostrom, Miss Violet James,
Miss Nancy Beale, Miss Faith
Phillips, Miss Frances Hill and
Miss. Peggy Tyner-in the be-
quilting dress OF ladies of the
harem.
The prize for the loveliest
costumes went to this beautiful
bevy and the aeroplane group.
with Miss Dorothea Lane at its
head. took a prize for the greatest
originality of conception.
Among those at the BAH, either
as subscribers to the assembly or
their guests. We're the Minister of
Austria and Nine. Prochnik in a
box with Mrs. Thomas E. Walsh,
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. Mrs
Everett Sanders and several men;
Mrs. u. Wilmer Biddle, of PhiIa-
delpliia; Mai. Gen. and Mrs
George Barnett, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
NJ. Kaufman, Senator Arthur
Capper, Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Parker
Crenshaw. their daughter, Mrs.
John Monteith Gates; Col Raw.
son Warren. Miss Anne Robbins,
Mai. Gen. George Owen Squier,
Miss Phyllis Hight. Representative
and Mrs. Fred Ptrnell, Mai. Gen.
and Mrs. william ID. Connor, Miss
Celeste Crosby, DR.. George Nc
Lean, Mrs. Morris Sheppard,
Maxim Karolik, William Jeffreys
Chewnfn, the Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Ze Barney Phillips, Mrs. r. b.
Moran, Markiey Bethea, Dainger-
field Addison and Mac Minnitree.