The Washington times., 1936-01-21
Ballroom Effectively Decorated

guests from the safety OF their
with it's hazards.
Overhead blue lights shrouded
in red silk cast a fuchSia glow
on the merry dancing throug
Formal gowns and black and
white masculine attire were con
spicuous by their absence-thece
were a few scattered here and
there among the dancers and in
the boxes-but most of the merry
makers were wearing costumes
of all sorts and descriptions,
Turks, Indians, ghosts, GypSieS
pirates, cats, bats, COLLINS and OF
course, mirrors, clover patches
rainbows and what not.
Mr.. Herbert Johnson, Mr.. Rich
ard Lahey and Mr.. Clifford K.
Bergman awarded the prizes to
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald L. Hay as
having the most original cos
tunes, Miss Mary C. Ourslel for
the most amusing and Miss
Marian H. Taft for the most
beautiful.
The Bal opened at 10 O'Clock
with dancing in the large ball
room and the smaller one on
the South side of the hosiery.
Floor Committee
At II o'clock, on the dot, the
famous floor committee of SO
headed by DR.. Charles S. Piggot,
made it's vastly diverting en-
trance. Arrayed in the flaming
garb of Satan they swept
down the ballroom floor and
took charge of the proceedings
from that time forth. The floor
committee, which, according to
precedent. is kept secret as far as
possible until the moment OF its
impressive entrance in he ball
room, included Mr.. Norman T.
Anderson, Mr.. Charles Bittinger,
Mr.. Albert H. Brewood, Mr.. Vol
ney o. Chase, Mr.. Alonzo w.
Clark, Mr.. Washington I. Cleve-
land, Mr.. John H. Coxhead,
Major F.. Mckenzie Dawson, Mr..
Fredric w. Dewart, Mr.. Frank
M. Eliot, Mr.. Douglas D. Filing
ton, Mr.. Raymond A. Elliott,
Mr.. Edwin H. EtZ, Mr.. George
H. Girty. Mr.. Alvin w. Hall, Mr..
Carl Henning, Mr.. William S. Hep
ner, Mr.. E. Jerome Howell, Mr..
Maurice H. Jarvis, Mr.. Samuel S.
Koones. Mr.. L. NJ. Leisenring. Mr..
William ]. McManus, Mr.. A. ].
Ted Meurer. Mr.. Gerrit S. Miller,
jr., Mr.. 10 v. Morgan, Mr.. Robert
f. Motley, Mr.. j. Craig Peacock,
Mr.. R. Lyman Sexton, Mr. Eli B..
Smith, Mr.. Frank B. Steele, Mr..
William H. Throckmorton and Mr..
T~ancis G. Wells.
Among Guests
Before the Bal there were several
supper parties. Among those en-
PERTAINING was Mrs. James P. Nc
Kane, who later took her guests
to the Willard. The guests in,
Guided Gen. Blanton Winship,
Governor of Puerto Rico; DR.. and
Mrs. Mcpherson Crichton, Mr..
and Mrs. William Shearer, Col
and Mrs. j. C. Fegan, Col. Fred
erick Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. j
Clinton Tribby, Capt. Fernando
Chiapperalli, DR.. and Mrs. Robert
McCeney, Mrs. Colby Dodge, Mrs
Patsy Pieze, Mrs. M. Porter, Miss
Gladys Woods Miss Catherine
McKane, DR.. Frank Govern, Mr.
Frank Whitman, Mr.. Gibbs Baker,
Mr.. Fritz Smith, and Mr.. John
Calvert
The Diplomatic Corps was rep,
resented. Nine. Troyanovsky,
wife of the Ambassador of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub-
lies. had in her box the Charge
d'Affaires and Nine. Skvirsky:
the Second Secretal. and Nine.
Goldman, the Acting Naval At
tache, Capt. Alexander Yakimi-
chev, and the Attache of the En-
bassy and Nine. Grigoriev.
Also Present
Others glimpsed were Judge
and Mrs. John Rutherford, Mrs.
Gillian Morrow, Miss Martha
Morrow, DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor, Miss Carol Grosvenor.
Miss Sally Foote, Mr.. Samuel An
sell, and DR.. Walter Myer. Also
Mrs. Christian Heurich, Mrs. ia,
cob Leander Loose, Mrs. Robert
Lee Keyser. Maj. and Mrs. Rich,
ard La Garde, who had as their
guests, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Fred,
erick w. Coleman, Miss Mary Isa-
bel Dwight, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Pe~non and Miss Ruth Remon.
q m a.