Evening star., 1935-01-30
Brilliant Company at
Opera Last Night.

Preceding the ball Mrs. Roosevelt
attended the performance Of La
Traviata" by the Cosmopolitan Opera
Co. of New York presented in Con-
Stitution Hall by Max Rabinoff.
Guests in Mrs. RooSevelt's box in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Clap
per. Two former First Ladies of the
Land, Mrs. William Howard Taft and
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, also attended
the opera, Mrs. Taft, sitting alone,
wearing a gown of black lace. Mrs.
Wilson and her house guest, Mrs. Ed
win T. Meredith, widow of the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture during the Wilson
administration, were with Mrs. Claude
A. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of
the Navy. Mrs. Wilson wore deep
purple velvet with a sable scarf, and
Mrs. Swanson was in gold lame, its
only trimming being a black velvet
flower on the bodice. Mrs. Meredith
was in black velvet and a scarf of
ermine particularly becoming to her
soft white hair and black eyes.
The Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Cordell Hull had with them in their
box Senator and Mrs. Morris Shep-
pard. Mrs. Hull wore a becoming
gown Of ice blue lame fashioned with
very short sleeves edged with sable,
and Mrs. Sheppard was in pale green,
satin trimmed, with narrow bands of
mink. Mrs. George H. Dern, who, with
the Secretary of War, entertained
guests in their box, wore black lace.
The Royal italian Ambassador, Sig
nor Augusta RoSso, occupied box and
had with him the counselor of the
Embassy and Marchesa Rossi Longhi,
Signorina LuiSa Ferrero and the Sec
retary of the embassy, Signor Giuseppe
Tommasi.
The secretary to the President and
Mrs Marvin H. Mcintyre and their
daughter, Miss Marion Mcintyre, oc-
cupied the box of Mr.. and Mrs. James
A. Moffett, the latter chairman of the
Washington committee for the opera,
who was called out of town. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcintyre had with them Senator
and Mrs. James F. Byrns, Mrs. j. K.
Tigrett and Mrs. McIntyre's sister,
Mrs. H. c. Bonnycastle.
The chief of naval operations, Ad-
miral William H. Standley, and Mrs.
Standley were guests of Mrs. M. de
Claire Berry, who also entertained
Comdr. and Mrs Duncan. Mrs.
Standley wore black satin nodded to
the figure and without trimming,
Mrs. Duncan was in black crepe with
a deep yoke Of silver sequins and Mrs.
Berry wore white crepe trimmed with
black velvet and rare old lace.
Mrs. Oscar Jarecki had with her
In her box Baroness Won Below. Mrs.
Charles Robert, Mrs. James Ellwood
Jones and her sister, Mrs. Born
traeger; Mrs. Marvin Griswold, Mrs.
John Marshall and Mrs. 'Efingham
Townsend.
Among others in the large audience
were the Ambassador of Turkey and
Nine. Munir, Senator and Mrs. Ben
nett Champ Clark, the military at
tache Of the French Embassy and
Nine. Lombard, Rear Admiral and
Mrs Emory Scott Land, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Mr..
and Mrs. Brice Clagett, Mrs. Harry
Hickey and her daughter, Miss Mary
{ Adams Manning; Mrs. Alvin T. Hert,
Judge and Mrs. Samuel M. Wassell,
. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs.
Gibson Fahnestock, who had with
her her niece, Miss Dorothy Sellers;
Mr.. Ralph Snowden Hill and Mr..
Lynch Luquer; Mrs. George Barnett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman,
Mrs. Elonzo Tyner, Mrs. Charles w.
Fairfax, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Burch-
ard, Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Cappell. Mrs.
Carl A. Droop, Mrs. j. Paul Yoder,
who entertained Mrs. Harry Schofield
and Mrs Ralph Couch; Miss Patten,
Mrs. Genieve Cook, Mrs. Georgia
Knox Berry and her daughter, Miss
! Nancy Berry.