Evening star., 1939-10-25
Cosmopolitan
Audience
Street and
Evening Clothes
Are Worn
BY KATHARINE BROOKS.

The audience which filled COnStl-
tuition Hall for the opening concert
of the Philadelphia Orchestra last
evening was as cosmopolitan in dress
as it was in personnel. Many were
in street clothes and as many In
evening dress, black ties and white.
But among the women there were
very few without sleeves and almost
no one without a back in the dress.
Short, puffed sleeves predominated,
with here and there scarf or cape.
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife
of the Secretary of the Treasury,
who. with him, occupied Mrs. Roose-
velt's box. wore a becoming gown
of ecru color chiffon and lace, which
had elboW-length, puffed sleeves
Quite in contrast was Sonora de
Cabero, wife of the Chilean Ambas-
sador, who was with him in orches-
ira seats. Her black crepe gown was
backless, a band of silver holding the
narrow black halter neckband in
the back. She wore with this
jacket of white chiffon which, be-
cause of the extreme heat in the
auditorium, she removed during the
concert.
Nine. Horinouchi, wife of the
japanese Ambassador. was quite diff
ferent with her short jacket of
ermine with white fox fur collar.
which she wore over a black crepe
gown, and did not remove during
the concert. She and the Ambassa-
dor had members of the embassy
staff and their wives with them last
evening. Mrs. Davis, wife of Sena-
tor James J. Davis, was among those
in orchestra seats and showed her
independence by wearing what was
most convenient. street dress
and smartly tailored hat in black.
There were few seats vacant last
evening for the first appearance this
season OF the great orchestra from
Philadelphia, and the occasion was
stirring. as Fritz Kreisler, the soloist,
bowed his head, now almost white,
IN acknowledgment of the sponta-
neous applause which greeted him
at his first appearance on the
program. Scores of musicians and
Washington residents recalled his
first appearance in Washington
after the Great War, when he had
so recently returned from fighting
with the forces of Austro- Hungary,
his native land. Pressure had been
brought. by patriotic organizations
to prevent his appearance and when
tho nfNrfc foi1oI fhnrn t.
of what would be done when he
appeared-and when he did. the
audience, which filled the National
Theater. gave him such an ovation
as has seldom been heard in WASH
ington.
The Hungarian Minister and Nine.
Pelenyi were hosts at double box
party in compliment to the conduc-
tor OF the orchestra, Mr.. Eugene
Ormandy. who Is Hungarian by
birth. Before the concert they en-
tertained at dinner when their
ranking guests were the italian Am
bassador and Princess Colonna.
Others who died with the Minister
and Nine. Pelenyi were the new
Netherlands Minister and Nine.
Louden and the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Gambler Cobb of New York:
Mrs. j. Butler Wright, wife of the
United States Ambassador to Cuba ;
the Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Adolf A. Berle and the Coun-
selor Of the Hungarian Legation, Mr..
Rothkugel.
There were scores of others
prominent in various circles of
Washington society who attended
the concert, forming such an audi
ence as can be seen only in the
National Capital.