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BICENTENNIAL BALL PORTRAYS HISTORY Gathering at Mayflower Termed One of Most Beau- tiful Ever Held Here. Ghosts of the past rose from battle- fleld, Tostrum, the field of sports and the brilliant gatherings of Colonial days | to fill the ball rooms and assembly chambers of the Capital with music, speech, pageant and dancing last night, every event having George Washington and his prowess as a theme. Perhaps the most beautiful ball ever given in the Capital was that at the Mayflower, known as the Bicentennial ball. The conception for the event rose in the mind of Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes and was carried to perfect com- pletion by Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, assisted by the Bicentennial Commis- gion. Such an assembling of distin- guished Americans of the past, most of them represented by their descendants, has not before been attempted, and that the gigantic task was perfectly carried out is to the credit of the committee. Those in Receiving Line. In the receiving line were the asso- ciate director, Representative Sol Bloom; Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Tuckerman, Mrs. Carol Van Rensselaer Frazer and Mrs, Edward Everett Gann, who headed the Teceiving line. The ladies of the group were in costume, but Mr. Bloom were conventional evening clothes. Groups of characters from the Thir- teen Original States formed the color- ful pageant and the costuming in many instances was the original of that worn by the persons taking the part. while others were from old portraits and prints. The Indian Spirit of America heralded the unfolding of the picturesque pageant depicting the history of the 13 original States. Gorgeously arrayed in a chief- tain’s ceremonial headdress of exquisite white ostrich feathers tipped in black, the head band of ermine tails, Mrs. Dwight Douglas of Grosse Point, daug ter of the former Secretary of War, M: Russell Alger, received spontaneous ap- plause as she gracefully walked down the center of the ball room, leading_the group which represented Virginia. Mrs. Douglas' robe was of doeskin, and she carried out her characterizition in every detail, even to having her skin tinted a copper color. The Princess Pocahontas, who fol- lowed behind Mrs. Douglas, was Miss Eleanor Faulkner Flood, who is a descendant of the Indian princess who played such a part in bringing about friendship with the settlers and her people.( Miss Flood wore an authentic Indian costume of rich brown doeskin. Feted in Box Parties. ‘The Attorney General and Mrs. Wil- liam DeWitt Mitchell were guests of Mis. Henry Alvah Strong, who also had with her in her box the president of George Washington University and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin. The dean of the diplomatic corps, the Ambassador of Italy and Donna An- tonietta de Martino were guests in the box of the Bicentennial Commission. | ‘The Ambassador of Cuba 2nd Sencra | de Ferrara were with Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter D. Denegr2, who werz hosts at din- ner and took their guests later to their boz 2t the ball. Others in the company | were the Ambassador of Peru, Senor| Don Manuel de Freyre y Santander; the | Minister of Denmark and Mme. Wad- sted, and Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. The Ambassador of France and Mme, Claudel were entertained by Represent- ative Sol Bloom, co-director of the Bi- centennial Commisison, and Mrs. Bloom, wh oalso had wit hthem the Ambassa- dor of Germany and Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron; the Ambassador of Poland, Mr. Filipowicz; the military attache of the Italian embassy, Col. Pennaroli; the chief of the Far Eastern division of the State Department, Dr. Stanley Horn- beck; Mile. Reine Claudel, and Miss Vera Bloom. The three Ambassadors represent the three countries which ;]jded this country in its Revolutionary ar. Envoys Are Guests. ! ‘The Ambassador of Turkey, Mr. Ah-| met Muhtar, was a guest in the box of Mrs. Thomson. The Ambassador of Japan and Mme. Debuchi were with Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, whose other guests were the surgeon general, U, 8. A, and Mrs. Rob- ert U. Patterson; the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and Mrs. Silas Strawn and the former’s sister, Dr. Julia Strawn of Chi- cago; and Brig. Gen, Willlam E. Horton, U. S. A, retired. Mrs, Loose was host- ess at dinner in her apartment in the Mayflower before the ball, the company | being those who were with her in her box lzter The Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir Ronald Lindsay, was with Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Schoellkopf, who also enter- | tained Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mark | Bristol and Mrs. Irving Hall Chase. The Ambassador of Brazil and Senhora de Lima e Silva were in the box with Mrs. Deming Jarves, who also entertained the Minister of Czechoslo- vakia and Mme. Veverka, the Minister of South Africa and Mrs. Louw, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenna, The Ambassador of Chile, Senor Don Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal and the Minister of Nicaragua and Senor de Sacasa were guests of Mrs, Thomas Gresne ! The Minister of Finland, Mr. Astrom, | was a guest of Mrs. Eugene Griffin,| who also entertained in her box her daughter and granddaughter, Mme. De | Mauduit, and Mille. Yolande de Mauduit; | Mrs. Frank T. Mitchell and Mr. Hol- land Beal of Boston. | Host to Minister Prochnik. | The Minister of Austria and Mme. Prochnik were entertained by Repre- sentative and Mrs. Percy Hamilton Stewart, whose other guests included | the Bishop of Washington, Right Re James E. Freeman, and Mrs. Freeman | and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mason‘ Remey. The Minister of Sweden, Mr. Bos- trom, was with Mrs. Gibson Fahne- | stock, whose other guests included Gen. | Blanton Winship and Miss Dorothy | Sollers, niece of Mrs. Fahnestock. | The Minister of Norway and Mme. | Bachke were guests of Judge and Mrs Chauncey G. Parker, who also had | Wwith them Mr. and Mrs. E. Courtland | Parker, | Senator and Mrs. John B. Kendrick occupied & box with Senator and Mrs. | 1 8. Copeland, Senator and Mrs. | Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson and Mrs Rose of Arkansas | Senator and Mrs. Sam G. Bratton| were hosts in_their box to Mrs. E. T. Lassiter, sr.; W. R. Lovelace and Mr Randolph Lovelace of Albuquerque and Miss Isabella Eccles of Sante Fe, who Nephritis! (Bright’s Disease) A prominent physician writes: | “Albumen in the urine is diminished after a short course of treatment | with Mountain Valley Mineral Water. 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Mrs. DeCoursey Fales, president of the Colonial Dames of America, sat in the box of that association with Mrs. J. Wilmer Biddle, president of the Phila- delphia chapter, and Mrs. James Fran- cis Sullivan of Philadelphia; Mrs. Henry Benkhead, Mrs. R. Tait MacKenzie, and Miss Van Renssaleer of New York; Mr. | and Mrs. Bruce Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. Tunstall Smith, Miss Gardiner, Prin- cess Raspoli di Poggio Suasa, Mrs. Frank Anderson and Mrs. Guy Castle. Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd, mother of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U. 8. N, occupied & box and a group of other Virginians were her guests. The Misses Howry were hostesses at dinner before the ball, the company go- ing later to the box of Mrs. Ralph ‘Worthington. Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Thorndike, Miss Mrs. John Lowell and Susan Amory of Boston occupied a box. Wharicn Peppers There. Former Senator and Mrs. George ‘Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia were in & box with Mrs. Gordon Woodbury and Mrs. Schofield, also of Philadelphia Mr, and Mrs. George Dallas Sixon of Philadelphia were in the box with Miss Lamberton, * Mrs. Edward C. Walker and Gen. and Mrs. Andre Brewster occupied a box. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Graves Mather attended, the latter going as her an- cestress, the Right Hon. Maria Temple, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, baro- net, who was commissioner of Bucking- hamshire, and wife of Rev. Dr. Richard ‘West, preacher to the House of Com- mons. Mrs. Mather's costume was of yellow brocade with old family lace and her hair was dressed in the style of Queen Anne. Mr. Mather wore the cos- tume of his ancestor, Rev. Richard Mather of Boston, whose portrait in his pastoral role was the subject of the first wood cut made in this country., Aside from being one of the most in- fluential of the colonists of his day, he was the author of the first book pub- lithed in the United States—the Bay Psalm Book. Guests in their box inc'uded Mrs. John Bigelow and Mrs. Joseph Colt Bloodgood, representing thuir Colonial | ancestors; Miss Winifred Holt Blood- good as her &ncestress, the Right Hon. Henrietta Cobham, daughter of Lord Cobham _of the period of 1790; Mrs. George F. Becker as her ancestress, Anne Arundel, wife of Lord Calvert, founder of Baltimore; Miss Eleanor Houston of Philadelphia wearing a copy of the costume worn by her an- cestress, Charlotte Chambers of Cham- bersburg, Pa, When she visited Mrs. Washington in Philadelphia in 1792, and Viscountess de la Morlaix as her ancestress of the same name, who was guillotined in the French Revolution. Others in Box. Others in their box were Mr. L. 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From HOT SPRINGS, ARK. 230 Woodward Bldg. Met. 1062 F Street at Seventh o Lieut. Timothy Wood, who fought in the battle of Lexington. The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde were accom- panied by their daughter, Miss Carolyn Hyde, who wore a very lovely costume of rose pink silk that had some very rare lace on it that had belonged to her grandmother. Mrs. Hyde wore a turquoise blue taffeta trimmed with some lace that had been used on her wedding gown. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen presented a lovely picture in a gown of white taffeta and old lace, the bodice trimmed with tiny blue bows. Representative and Mrs. Harry C. Ransley also were at the ball, the latter as her great-great-grandmother Sarah Jackson, wife of Henry Jackson of New Jersey. A very old brooch that belonged to her Quaker ancestor was| used with her costume. The Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Frederick H. Payne represented the former’s ancestors, Mr. and Mrs. | Stephen Payne of Hingham, Mass. Col. Payne wore the uniform of an officer in the Continental Army and Mrs. Payne was in a blue brocade Colonial costume of the same period. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Trnest Lee Jahncke repre- sented the Marquis and Marquise de Lafayette, wearing the same costumes in which they appeared several years ago at the Mastick Club in the Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans. Mrs. McCormick-Goodhart of Lang- ley Park, Md, attended the ball ac- companied by her son, Mr. Frederick E. McCormick-Goodbart and his debu- tante daughter, Miss Patience Henrietta McCormick-Goodhart. Mrs, McCorm- ick-Goodhart’s costume was one of the most beautiful worn at the ball, the Tobe of rare old Brussels lace, a mu- seum piece, bought by her mother at the Crystal Palace in London many years ago and worn by her on many grand occasions.. Tke last times Mrs McCormick-Goodhart wore the gown were at Buckingham Palace and at reception given by the Duchess of Devonshire in London. Over the gown which is fashioned after one worn by her ancestress, Elizabeth, Duchess of Hamilton, who married Count de Gram- | mont, was a beautiful mantle of ¥ | blue ‘velvet which sweeps into a train at the back. Her jewels, rare and in- tricate in design and consisting of ear- rings, a -handsome brooch suspended from a chain, bracelets and buckle, are of sapphires, pearls, amethysts, and other precious stones which form a blaze of color. Miss Patience McCormick was a Colonial dress of satin and lace. Mrs. E. Bolling Byrd, mother of the famous Tom, Dick and Harry Bn‘d_, appeared as the wife of the second William Byrd of Westover. Her son, Capt. Thomas Bolling Byrd, attended as Willilam Byrd, “the Black Swan” and his little daughter, Margaret in | Lewis Byrd, as Betty Washington, the | d. [ }ulam, Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi- | dent general of the D. A. R. headed | the Huguenot group in quaint cos- es. e J. Wilmer Biddle of Philadel- | phia, wore a striking costume of pink | and blue brocade, the skirt and bodice | frimmed with garlands of flowers, Mrs, Gibson Fahmestock was accom- | panied by Miss Dorothy Sollers, both portraying Colonial ladies. Miss Jessica Randolph Smith was a dainty picture in & gown of brocaded and old lace, and in her handsome Fhite wig she wore brilliants, Collateral Descendants, Among the collateral descendants of | George _Washington County, W. Va. who attended the bail Were Mrs. Samuel Walter Washington, Miss Eliza Washington Willis and Miss Pattie Willis, Miss Virginia Bassell Mitchell and Miss Laura Landon Mitchell Mrs. Washington represented her an- cestress, Hannah Bushrod, the wife of from Jefferson John Augustine Washington, in a Co-| Jonial costume of white taffeta with a | white _taffeta polonaise trimmed in old lace. She was accompanied by her son. Dr. John Augustine Washington of John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, who appeared in a pageant in the part of George Washington during his engi- neering days. Miss Jane Washington Willis_of Chicago, who is a niece of Mrs, Washington, also was present and took part in the pageant. Miss Eliza Willis represented her an- a costume of flowered pina cloth of old rose which was made of bordered mate- rial and trimmed with ruffles. Pattie Willis wore a gown of white brocade which had panier and a bertha of old lace. She represented Mrs. Jane Charlotte Washington, her an- cestress. Miss Virginia Mitchell wore blue bro- cade over a white satin petticoat and represented her great-great.grand- mother, Betty Carter Browne Bassett. Miss Laura Mitchell's costume was an appricot petticoat embroidered in silver, with an over-top of pale green satin, and represented her great-great-grand- mother, Betty Washington Lewis. The Misses Mitchell were joined in Washington by their brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. S. Fahs-Smith of York, P in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Burwell Bassctt Smith, who accompanied them to the ball. Mr. Fahs-Smith represented his ancestor, Edimund Beachamp, and Mrs. Fahs-Smith, who is the great-great- | granddaughter of Anna Maria Dand- ridge, represented that ancestress. Mr. Burwell Smith impersonated his great- great-grandfather, Col. Burwell Bassett, and Mrs. Smith took the character of Lucy Carter. Mrs. Smith is the fifth generation of the original Lucy Carter and is her namesake. Mr. Churchill Miss | and their son and daughter- | | Todd attended the ball. D. C, FEI Eisenhart of Princeton, N. J., who is a nephew of the Misses Mibchell, at- tended the ball costumed to represent his great-great-grandfather, Robert Lewis, who was one of the sons of Betty ‘Washington Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. TUESDAY, Augustine Jaqualin Mrs. Todd was the former Miss Frances Packett of Charles Town, W. Va, and she represented Anne Steptoe, one of the wives of Samuel Washington. Mr. Todd took the character of one of his ancestors, Augustine Warner. Rich Ancestral Costumes Worn. Mrs. Willlam A. Scully represented her ancestor, Honour Treat, who was the wifc of the Hon. Richard Treat, who came to Massachusetts in 1637 Miss Kate Hyde Scully represented Mary Heard, of whom she is a direct descendant. Mary Heard was the daughter of John Heard, who was his- toric founder of New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. William Jeffries Chewn- ing, jr, represented the former's an- cestors, Col. and Mrs. Willlam Ball, who were early maternal ancestors of George Washington. Col. Ball came to this continent in the early seventeenth cen- tury and settled in Lancaster County Va_ He is one of Mr. Chewning's So- ciety of Colonial War ancestors. Mrs Chewning impersonated Mrs. Ball, who was the famous Hannah Apherold. Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle of Chi- cago. who was appointed a member of the Iilinois Bicentennial Commission by Gov. Louis L. Emmerson, represented her paternal ancestress, Lady Winfield, cestress, Mrs. Bushrod Washington, in | Saromother of Richard Schutt, who the great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Earle and fought in the Revolu- tion. Mrs. Horace Macfarland had an in- teresting party with her, including Mr. and Mrs. Bushrod Corbin Washington of Norristown, Pa.; Mrs. Chester Bax- ter of Mechanicsville, N. J.: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Campbell Washington and their son. Mr. Thomas Campbell Washington, jr- Mrs. Bruce Cotton of Baltimore wore a striking costume. She represented Ann Van Dyke, daughter of Nicholas Van Dyke, first Governor of Delaware, who married Chancellor Kensey Johns. Mrs. Cotton wore the going-away bon- net worn by Miss Van Dyke when she left with Mr. Johns for her honeymoon. __Mr. Arthur Tirrell represented his (Continued on Sixth Page.) 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