Evening star., 1932-02-21

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ball to be held under the auspices OF the
United States George Washington b.
centennial Commission. at the May
flower tomorrow will be the most I'M
portant ball, historically, ever given in
America.
Not only have the honorary commit
tees from all the States been most care
fully selected, in many cases through
names sent in by the Governors or Sem
ators of the various States. but through
out the pageant of the Colonial states
the various characters. with the excep-
ton of George Washington, are all rep
resented by actual descendants. In the
case of George Washington, direct ce-
scendants of the Washington family in
its various branches, are depicting him.
Washington the young surveyor, Is
represented by John Augustine Wash
ington, descended from one of George
Washington's half-brothers. Washing
ton the owner of Mount Vernon. IS de-
picted by Walter D. Davidge. descend
ant of another branch of the family.
and the part of George Washington
the general. is taken by Robert E. Lee
Lewis, a direct descendant of George
Washington's sister, Betty Washington.
The parts of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
jefferson are taken by Capt. and Mrs:
Thomas j. Belts. U. S. A. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Washington are represent
ing John Augustine Washington, and
their son is Corbin Washington.
In Virginia, Capt. Thomas Boiling
Byrd takes the part of his ancestor
William Byrd of Westover, called the
Black Swan. and Mrs Thomas Byrd Is
portrayed by her we'll known descend
ant. Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd. MISS
Eleanor Faulkner Flood is taking the
part of her ancestor. Pocahontas In
beautiful and original Indian costume,
Mrs. Henry Ridgely will be her great
great great granddaughter Ellzaoeth
Eskridge. wife of George Eskrldge:
, of Sandy Point and grandmother OF
MARY Bal: Washington Evelyn Byrd,
in an authentic costume Will De por-
traved by her charming descendant,
Mrs. Mary Byrd Consolvo, wearing the
very gown in which Evelyn Byrd was
presented in Court of England. and SO
on throughout the early group In Vr-
ginia.
In Massachusetts, most interesting
croup greets us, John Cabot, Elder Brew.
ster, Mary Chiffon, first woman 10 lallo
on Plymouth Rock in 1920. whose great
preat-great-great-gr granddaughter, Ahce
Noel Tuckerman will take the part.
Richard Warren of the Mayf1oWer, John
and Priscilla Alden, Gov. braoI0ro'
Capt Richard Walker, Dorothy Duoley'
wife of Gov Dudley whose part is
taken by Mrs. DeCursey taies' pfesl-
dent of Colonial Danes OF america;
Honour Treat and the Rev. Rlcharo
Mather whose many times great-grand-
son. Rufus Graves Mather, taxes MS
part.
travs the part of Gov Pieter Stupves-
ant. while Miss Janet Fish taxes tne
part of Mrs. Pieter Stuyvesant, MIS-.
.Jeremias Van Rensselaer, is portrayed by
her descendant, Mrs. William Baaro
Van Rensselaer,, and Mrs. Van Court
landt is represented by her descendant,
Miss Florence Van Rensselaer,.
New Hampshire has Mrs. Natnanlel
Peaslee. Mary Heard, wife of John
Heard, founder of New Hampshire. and
Deborah Weeks whose part will be
taken by her descendant, Mrs John w.
Davidge. the daughter Of former Secre-
tary of War Weeks.
From Maryland come those early set
tiers, Father White, the brave MISSION
ary of 1884, whose part is ably taken
by Rev Father Coleman Nevlls S. j.,
president of Georgetown University
Among those pioneers OF Maryland are
Mistress Margaret Brent. Mrs. Daniel
Carroll, Mrs Alexander Contee, repre-
sented by Mrs. John Byrd; Mrs. Greene
the wife of the Governor; Clement Hill
whose descendant. Ralph Snowden Hill
Sf the State Department stands in his
place: Col Ninian Beall, commander IN
chief of the provincial forces OF Mary
land in the French and Indian Wars;
John HolloWeS, one of the original set
tiers of 1884; Mrs. Roger Brook OF st.
Marys and Ruth Hollingsworth.
QuakeresS who was later to go to
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Roger Williams, Mrs. Henry H.
Benkhard well known in New York.
will represent her ancestor, and Eliza
beth White Herrinden is represented
by her descendant, Miss Florence EliZ-
abeth Ward.
Mr. Edgar Poe Allen will represent
his direct ancestor Henry Allen, who
was Chief Justice of Vermont and Min
lister to France and brother of Ethan
Allen With him will be Mrs. Charles
Charming Allen of Kansas City. who
will imperSonate her direct ancestor,
Martha Parks the wife of James Har-
ris of Revolutionary fame. From Con-
necticut comes Ursula Wolcott. the
cher descendant is Mrs. Allen Good
rich Kirk, Dorothy, wife of Major
John Chester (Mrs. E. A. Hariman),
Elizabeth, wife of Governor Salton-
stone, John Webster, Governor, whose
part is taken by his descendant, Harold
Webster, Mrs. Noah Webster, by her
descendant, Miss Annabel Mayo Smith.
Miss Annie B. Jennings Is representing
Mrs Thomas Welles, the wife OF Gov
ernor Welles and Mrs. Matthew Girls
void, the wife of the Governor OF
Connecticut, is the handsome Mrs.
Robert Hollister Chapman
New Jersey has Sir Edmund and
Lady Plowden represented by Mrs
John I. Haggerty and Edward Russell
Talbot and group of early settlers.
Mrs Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi-
dent of the D. A. r., and the Rev. DR..
Florian Vurpillot are arranging a
charming Huguenot group for South
Carolina.
In Pennsylvania Isaac Norris is the
Rev. Leon Shearer, Sibyll Price, who
came over in the Welcome in 1888. Is
little Margaret Graham Townsend,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ef1ngham
Townsend Mrs. Pastorius is repre-
sented by Miss Beatrice Pastorius
Turner, a friend of william Penn who
is there to welcome her, and one of the
pretty QuakeresseS is Ruth Hollings-
worth Tuckerman, named for her an
ceStor.
Members of the diplomatic corps will
be honor guests of hoSteSSeS occupying
boxes They include the Cuban Ambas-
sador and Sonora Ferrara, the Peruvian
Ambassador. the Danish Minister and
Nine Wadsted who will be guests OF