Evening star., 1935-01-29
STAGE STAR ADDED
TO BALL PROGRAM
Ray Perkins, Musical Com
edy HeadIiner, Bid to
Birthday Event.

and radio stars VINO VIII appear or
the program at the birthday ball ir
honor of President Roosevelt at the
Shoreham Hotel tomorrow night, II
was announced at ball headquarters
this afternoon.
Kate Smith will come here from
New York to sing at the ball If ar
rangements can be made to get heI
to Rochester, N. Y, in time to fill g
scheduled engagement there at noon
Thursday. A definite announcement
was to be made later in the day.
An invitation has been issued tC
Eddie Cantor, but it. is not yet known
whether he will be able to come.
Floyd Gibbons, rowing reporter and
radio speaker, has accepted an invi-
tation to appear and will come here
from New York with Perkins tomor-
row, it was announced.
Tickets on Sale.
Tickets for the benefit ball went
on sale here today as final ar
rangements were completed for what
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liant affairs of the season.
The tickets are on sale today and
tomorrow at the headquarters Of the
committee in charge of the local ball
at 825-27 Seventeenth street, at the
American Automobile Association, the
Willard Hotel and the Shoreham Ho-
tel. They also may be obtained to-
night at the e-birthday ball" to
be given by the Young Democrats OF
the District at the Mayflower Hotel.
Two classes of tickets are on sale
The first, for the ball only, are SIS
each. The others are for reserved
tables and supper as well as the ball
and are 81 each.
Funds to Aid Children.
Proceeds of the ball are to 60 to-
ward the care of children in Washing
ton crippled by infantile paralysis and
for research work in connection with
the disease. 10 per cent of the entire
amount being reserved for use wholly
within the District.
Although the President will remain
at the White House, from which he
will broadcast radio message which
will be picked up and amplified at the
Shoreham and at the thousands OF
similar balls to be held in all parts OF
the country. others of his family will
attend the affair at the Shoreham.
Mrs. Roosevelt Is to attend anc
probably will be accompanied by hel
daughter, Mrs. Anna Boettiger, anc
Tn -1ou Mr.
Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt. The diplomatic
corps is expected to turn out in forcs
to honor the President and to helr
the cause of infantile paralysis suf'
ferers here. Members of the cabinet
and other governmental officials, So
ciety leaders and prominent figures
in the arts, sciences and civic affair!
are ticketholders.
Mrs Roosevelt and her party viii
enter through a lane formed by 9
guard of honor of 100 picked soldiers
sailors and Marines and will be
escorted into the main ball room by
Mrs. John r. Williams, general chair.
man of the ball; Admiral Cary T
GraySon, honorary chairman, and Col
E. M. Watson, chairman of the Flool
Committee.
Two Groups to Dance.
Two groups of children will dance
The first group. composed of Grace
Colgate Rumbough, Elizabeth Gorine
Bliss, Mary Frances Rollow, Mary
Ann Ferrandou, Van Ness Philip
Donald Phillips, Billy Wood Stevens
and Julian Heyl Colquitt, will dance q
gavotte The second group, Mayds
Jane Linder. Rose Strong Hellman
Barbara Halbach, Martha Louise
Smith, Cynthia Ann Ellis, Nancy
Kathleen Mccarthy, Jean H. Bloom
quist and Marjorie Birdsall. will be
seen in an old-fashioned polka.
Three outstanding dance orchestras
will be heard alternately throughout
the evening, beginning at 10 o'clock,
in the four ball rooms reserved for
the birthday ball. There also will be
a succession of program features sup
piled by Washington theater managers.
This program has been arranged by a
committee composed of Hardie Mea-
kin, Carter Barron and John j. Pay
ette, working in cooperation with
Thomas Brahany, chairman Of the
Entertainment Committee. Gene Ford
and Guy Wonders will be in charge
Of the program. Phil Baker will act
as master OF ceremonies, and Rubinof
and his violin will be featured.
Miss Nan johnson, who sang last
year at the White House, will stop off
tomorrow on her way from Florida
to New York to sing at the ball.
Girls to Sell Programs.
A group of Washington debutantes,
headed by Miss Audry Campbell, will
sell special souvenir programs. Flags
of the United States, the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps and of the 48
States will be displayed. Washington
florists, under direction of a committee
headed by Mrs. Joseph Letter, have
co-operated in supplying floral decora-
tions.
A final appeal to Americans in every
part of the United States to attend
their local birthday ball tomorrow
night was issued today by Col. Henry
L. Doherty, national chairman.
I'm every city and town there will
be birthday ball for the President" )"
said Col. Doherty. go to the ball
and dance there, and you will be
dancing so that some child who can
not walk may some day dance also" )"
PERMISSION is SOUGHT