The Washington times., 1935-01-01

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Many Beautiful Balls
The past year has been marked
with some outstanding events
here in the Capital, prominent
among them the establishment
of a new Embassy in Washing
ton, that of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, with Mr..
Alexander A. Troyanovsky as it's
chief. Memories of the large
evening reception given at the
embassy by the ambassador and
his wife will linger long with
those fortunate enough to have
been present, for it rivaled any
similar fete given in years, for
the lavishness of its appoint
mentS.
To my mind, the outstanding
event of the past year was the
Presidents Birthday Ball given
on January 80, when all social
Washington congregated to do
him honor and help swell the
fund for the Warm Springs
Foundation, which is one of
his prime interests. A similar
ball is to be given in celebration
of his natal day this year, for
the same cause.
The Bal Boheme, a most color
full and picturesque fancy dress
affair, which is sponsored an
nually by the Arts Club, proved
to be more gorgeous than ever,
and other balls which were out
standing were the BLACK and
White" a gala affair given each
year for the debutantes by Mrs.
William Laird Dunlop, jr.; the
ball which marked the height
of the Cherry Blossom season.
and the Washington Bachelors
Cottillions, at which diplomatic.
official and smart residential
society was brilliantly repre-
Sented. The Navy League ball,
always a gay service party,
proved more popular than ever
this year.
Affairs at Embassies
Other dances of interest in
cluded those given by the
Dancing Class, the Friday Even
ing Dancing Glass, the Thurs
day Supper Club-which is a
new organization formed dur
ing the past winter. which holds
its meetings at the Sulgrave
Club-the Sail Loft" dances
at the Navy Yard, and the
Marine Corps Barracks officers
hops.
The receptions held at the
embassies and legations, on the
occasion of their national holi-
days, birthdays of rulers, and
the like, are brilliant affairs to
which invitations are eagerly
sought.
Apropos of these events, there
were three foreign visitors here
during the past year, whose
presence in the Capital was the
occasion for much formal en-
tertaining; His Highness Prince
Tokugawa, president Of the Jap
anese Red Cross; Senor Stanio
Vincents, President of Haiti,
and Sonora de Sacasa, wife of
the President of Nicaragua.
Such delightful events as the
meetings of the Italy-America So
ciety, and of the Archaeological
Society; the Latin-American con-
certs at the Pan-American Union,
the weekly luncheons at the
Woman'S National Democratic
Club, and the receptions held
there from time to time, also
the annual luncheon of the
League of Republican Women,
and the "at homes" they hold
at their clubhouse in Rhode Is
land Avenue.
Concert Series
The receptions given by the
State societies provide splendid
opportunities for these various
groups to get together; and the
many concert series given
here bring world-famed artists.
Notable among these are our
National Symphony, the Phila-
delphia, the Boston, the New
York Philharmonic. and Mrs.
Townsend's Wednesday morn
ing series, not to mention Mrs.
Dorothy Hodgkin DorSey's,
which are delightful. The Chill
dren's Theater plays are of the
greatest interest to the young
Sters who flock to them, and