Evening star., 1949-02-06
Valentine Ball
To Be Brilliant
Society affair
Fantasy in Furs
Feature Event
By Margaret Germond

~ AVA W 6OseS oeV"OU0
Wherever prominent Capital host.
esses have met these past several
weeks strange talk has floated into
the surrounding atmosphere. such
ood phrases as model turn" lead
with your chest" "the most fabu.
lous furs in the world" remember
to smile" "look over the footlishts.
intriguing to the uninitiated, have
a special meaning to the ladies who
may have been overheard by pass
,ersby.
Their conversation, Of course, has
been about the Valentine Ball which
Will be given Monday evening, Feb
ruary IA, at the Statler Hotel by
the American Newspaper Women's
Club, and about the lessons thev
have been taking for their roles
as models In the fur show which will
be feature Of the ball.
Mrs. Kenneth c. Royal, Mrs. Tom
Clark. Mrs. Harold H. Burton, Mrs,
John Nicholas Brown, Mrs. Cor.
nelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Mrs.
John r. Steelman, Mrs. Clinton p.
Anderson, Mrs. Clifford Davis, Mrs.
Robert Whitney Imbrie, Mrs. Robert
Elliott Freer, Mrs. Atherton Ma
condray, Miss Marguerite Grimm
and Mrs. Elizabeth Churchill all
will appear as models. They have
been given training in the basic
model turn, have been practicing for
several weeks, and they all are eager
to make their debuts on the runway
on the 14th
Nine. Dendramis in Shosc
One Of the best looking diplomatic
hostesses, who is noted for her chic.
has been added to the models. Nine.
Dendramis, wife of the Greek Am
bassador, has just returned from
Greece and has missed some Of the
training classes, but she will take
her turn on the runway. All Of
the ladies will wear their own beau
tiful ball gowns and exquisite jewels
to set of the luxurious furs.
Never has Washington seen such
furs-some originals by American
designers-some brought especially
for this lavish ball from Paris. Just
think a mink-and you'll see it in
the Fantasy in Furs." White mink,
Breath of Spring mink, Kohinor
mink, silver blue and unusual hy-
brid furs! There will be matchless
sable, rare chinchilla and snowy
ermine created in the most gorgeous
stoles, capes and full length coats.
Also there will be a white mink
coat, Of which there are only q
few In the world.
In addition to this quarter-of-a-
million-dollar collection Of modern
furs there will be flash-backs into
history, showing furs through the
ages. A special script has been
written by Mrs. Gladstone williams
and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst,
jr., who will describe the fashions
in furs ii, q running commentary.
Brsfsches Among BoshoIders
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Bretsch
are among the latest subscribers
to boxes for the ball, and others
are Mr.. and Mrs. A. Burke Sum-
mers, Senator and Mrs. Owen
Brewster, the Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force and Mrs. Whitney,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. p. Rawley, Mrs.
j. H. Shelton, Mrs. Gilbert M.
Hitchcock, Comdr. and Mrs. Edward
Halloran, the French Ambassador
and Nine. Bonnet, Miss Cecilia B.
Martin, Mrs. Ernest Eden Norris,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Dewey, Mrs.
Allie Freed and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar.
eel Ancher.
Among others are Capt. and Mrs.
Allen I. Price, the Secretary of the
Dominican Embassy and Sonora de
Diaz, the Attache of the Belgian
Embassy and Nine. Hubert, Mrs.
Nancy Osgood, Judge and Mrs.
Clarence Norton Goodwin, Senator
and Mrs. Homer Ferguson, As.
sociate Justice and Mrs. Stanley
Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Pruyn
Hoff, Mr.. Richard L. Sullivan and
Mrs. Curtis II. Nance.
Still others are Representative
and Mrs. Albert Gore, Senator and
Mrs. John Mcclellan, Comdr. and
NA4 D. S1ldllC0 ~. "uluSOI, Vic OGCS
retary of the Air Force and Mrs. w.
Stuart Symington, Admiral and Mrs.
J. Frank Bowling, Miss Alice
Hutchins Drake, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
B. Markell, Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Jacob, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Hur.
witz, Mrs. William H. Schaefer, Mrs.
Arthur Clarendon Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Eastman, Representative
and Mrs. Ken Regan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Auguste Boaz, Mr.. and Mrs. Pueri-
foy Spilsbury, Senator Sheridan
Downey, the Brazilian Ambassador,
Mr.. Mauricio Nabuco, Mrs. Ollie
James, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis e.
Hildebrand and DR.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Foster Burdick.
Tickets for the ball are available
at the clubhouse, 1904 Twentieth
street, and reservations may be
made daily from 1890 to $3.50 by
telephone, North 653l. Reservations
by mail should be addressed to the
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