Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
Large Attendance Gay
And Colorful at Horse
Show Yesterday
Mrs. Gam, With Guests,
Again Occupied Box-Lin-
en- and Printed Silks Pop
ular for Costumes.

Clear skies yesterday made the clos
Rng day Of the National Capital Horse
show the best so far as the attendance
was concerned, and perhaps the color
Ana class of hunters had something to
do with the full grandstand and crowd :
"a rail. The temperature brought out
many Summer dresses with linens and
figured silks vying with each other
for supremacy. Mrs. Gam was in
silk gown of wisteria shade and her
small fitted hat matched the gown. The
Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson
were in their box, the latter wearing
black suit, blouse of white with
tiny black figure and a small black
hat with moderate brin. Mrs. William
De Witt Mitchell, wife of the Attorney
General, was there until the late att
ernoon and had a dress OF pale OLD rose
chiffon fashioned simply with bit OF
uneven drapery hanging below the
henline at the sides, and her hat, Win
a brim wider at each side, was OF beige
straw. She wore a pale tan topcoat,
long and straight.
The Chinese Minister and Nine. WI
were among the interested spectators,
as were many others from the diplo-
matte circle. Mrs. Bacon, wife OF Rep
resentative Robert Low Bacon, spent
most of her time about the rail- ana
had with her her pet white Highland
terrier. Her costume was OF brown
crepe woven In stripes IN several dll-
ferent shades of brown and made Win
a circular skirt and circular cape.
Her brown hat with a narrow brim had
a band of ribbon about the crown IN
the shades to match the gown. Mrs.
Britten, wife of Representative Fred A.
Britten, was with Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Cirnbel in teir box, and among others
from the congressional circle was Mrs.
s. Wallace Dempsey, wearing crepe
gown in fuchsia shades with small
hat of black.
Former Assistant Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Rob-
inson, who are spending the week END
in Washington, were among the most
enthusiastically greeted. Mrs. Robinson
was in white crepe, with which sne
wore a crepe striped sweater coat and
a white hat. Mrs. j. Wilmer Biddle
Of Philadelphia was among those in the
boxes, wearing a beige crepe costume
trimmed with brown and a brown hat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randall Hagner were
about the rail, Mrs. Hagner's costume
being of dark blue, the gown having a
dainty figure of beige color with a fine
thread of red. Her hat was dark blue
straw. Mrs. Karl D. Klemm had chif-
fon gown in shade of bois de rose
trimmed with brown and a wide-brir1-
med horsehair braid hat Of brown. Mrs.
David duBose Gaillard, who was among
the guests of Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett,
had a gay costume of canary yellow. the
gown of chiffon and the hat of horse
hair braid. Miss Elena Calderon wore
q violet crepe gown, the bodice made
Of a lighter shade and the marrow belt
marking a normal waist line. Her hat
Of the dark shade had a wide brim and
q band of the lighter shade. DR.. and
Mrs c. Augustus Simpson came late,
she having a gown of gray silk with
large dots of white and red. Her wide
brimmed hat. beads and pocketbook
were red to match the dots.
Miss Mary Lee Phillips and her
f1ance. Mr. Francis Christie Jameson,
whose marriage will take place late In
June, were among the younger members
of society at the show. She wore a
French blue linen costume made with
circular skirt and deep circular cape
fell to her elbows. There were no
sleeves. Her hat was of blue in the
same shade and she wore blue shoes
and short white gloves. Miss Dorothea
Lane had a deep shade of blue crepe
suit with which she wore flesh color
SILK sleeveless WALSH, Ikl6 neCkllIle mn
tshed with frill. She carried both her
coat and her small blue hat and had
short white gloves. Her pocketbook OF
blue had tiny white polka dots.
Miss Elizabeth Howry had figured
SILK dress of yellow and black and wore
q black straw hat with dropping brim
Among others at the show were Gen
William E. Horton, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
w. Mondell, Mrs. Charles G.. Matthews
Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard and her
cousin, Mrs. James L. Walsh of Detroit,
who is her house guest; Mrs. Fitzhugh
Lee, Mrs. Alexander B. Legare, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ennals Waggaman, Miss Elizabeth
Slater DunlOn. Mr. and Mrs Sidney z