Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
Prison Commissioner Guest
OF Woman'S Alliance Tomorrow.

Prison Commissioner Guest
OF WomanS Alliance Tomorrow.
Mr.. Sanford Bates, United States
commissioner of prisons, will be the
speaker at the meeting of the Womens
Alliance of All Souls Church, Uni
| tartan, in Pierce Hall, tomorrow morn
! ing. The meeting will begin with a
! business session at II o'clock, followed
| by luncheon, served at IL o'clock, I'M
der the direction of Mrs. John w.
Adams, and Mr. Bates will speak on
THE Educational Program in Federal
Prisons" at l O'Clock.
Mrs. John Allan Dougherty Is chair
man of the Executive Board of the
Festival of Nations the musical spec
tacle which will open in Constitution
Hall Monday evening for a week.
Patrons and patroneSses include the
| Minister of Ecuador and Sonora de
| Viteri, the Minister of Denmark and
Nine. Wadsted, the charge d'affaires
1 of Ell Salvador and Sonora de Leiva,
Mrs. William Howard Taft, Comdr.
and Mrs. Paul Bastedo, Mrs Charles
J. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bookings,
Miss Grace Burton, Mrs FREDERICK l..
| Chaplin, Mr.. and Mrs Frederic A. Della
no, Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis, Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs.
| Chandler P. Hale, Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
| Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Beale r. How
] ard, Mrs. Reginald Huidekoper, Mrs.
Hennen Jennings, Mr.: and Mrs. George
| Hewitt Myers, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry s..
| New, Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan G. Phillips,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcclellan Ritter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Sanders, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Jouett Shouse, Mr.. and Mrs. Hor-
ace Lee Washington and Mrs. Francis
| Written.
More than $50 of the younger set
i will take part in the various tableaux
of the festival, in character parts,
dancing sets and choruses. For the
past three months they have given up
parties, dinners and dances to attend
rehearsals with the regularity Of pro-
fessionals. For most of them the fes-
tival will mark their stage debuts.
Girl Scouts of various troops will
take part in the grand finale of the
! spectacle and members Of Mrs. Hoo
ver'S own troop are being drilled IN the
art of ushering, so that at every per-
Torrance guests will be seated as ex-
peditiously by trained Scouts IN uni
form as by experienced ushers.
The children's horse show at the
Preece Riding Club, always one of the
interesting events of the Spring season,
will take place this year, Saturday,
May 9. Following the custom in former
years, the morning classes will be for
the children, the afternoon show for
the older folk who always turn out for
this smart event.
The family class, one Of the out
standing features, already has list of
entries including the Ambassador of
Germany, Herr Won Prittwitz und CAT
| from, who will ride with his small
daughter, MarisSa: the Minister of
Hungary, Count Szechenyi, who will
ride with his two daughters, Countess
| Sylvia and Countess Nardine; Capt.
Christopher Rodgers and his daughter
Virginia; Mrs. Robert Low Bacon and
her three daughters; Mrs. William Hill
and her daughter Margaret, one of the
outstanding young equestriennes of the
Capital: Mai. George Patton and his
son and daughter; Mrs. Frank NJ. An
| drewS and her small daughter and Mr.
Newbold Noyes with his young sons.
The show will be held in the ring
adjoining the Preece Club and the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh D.
Auchincloss on Massachusetts, avenue
| Mrs. Persis Myers, eldest daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Georges Hewitt Myers, who
has farm In Virginia, where she raises
her own thoroughbreds, will show her
| famous 3-year -olds, and Miss Janet
White, daughter of Mrs. Richard S.
Aldrich, who has done much riding in
| Aiken, where she is a member of the
girls polo team, will also show Mrs.
j. F. Reynolds Lands of Fort Mead
will bring some of her saddle horses to
| show, Mrs. Vernon Olsmith of polo
fame will show a string of her thor
| oughbre6S, and young officers from Fort
Myer will show in the polo class at the
| afternoon show.
Miss Helen Lee Eames Doherty heads
the Young Ladies Committee for the
| Hunt Ball and breakfast to be given on
! the opening night of'the National Capt.
| tai Horse Show, May -, at the May
flower. Others on this committee are
Miss Frances Virginia Waggaman, Miss
/ Helen Walker, Miss Engracia Freyer,
Miss Beatrice Patten. Miss Margaret
Piison. Miss Emiscah Davis, Miss Eliza
! beth Dunlop, Miss Mary Ingraham Hen
| ry, Miss Lucille Swift, Miss Margene
Musser, Miss Elizabeth Edison, Miss
Janet Murray, Miss Lalla Harrison
| Lynn, Miss Mary Martha Wren, Miss
Peggy Tyner, Miss Anne Virginia Ash
burn, Miss Georgette Yerby and Miss
/ Jocelyn Hubbard.
DR.. and Mrs. Alec Horwitz will en-
| terrain party at dinner this evening
| at the Shoreham Hotel, the company
remaining later for the supper dance
| Mrs. Maurice A. Holton of Manches-
| ter. N. H, is passing brief time at the
Dodge Hotel and Is accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Sarah c. Holton.