Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1937, Page 26

SOCIETY. By the Way— Beth Blaine I AST night society attended the opening of the Fort Myer pageant, “Hoof “ Prints.” Undoubtedly the best performance ever given, and for richness of costume and quantity, as well as quality, of the 100 beautiful girls who rode, it was worthy of a Ziegfeld production. [l The President and Mrs. Roosevelt were among the early arrivals, ' and nearby sat the Secretary of War and Mrs. Harry Woodring. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt were enthusiastic spectators, and, as & soldier remarked to us: “Gee, miss, have you seen the President laugh, he’s sure havin’ a good time and I don’t blame him!” The Chief Executive and Mrs. Roosevelt had with them Dr. C. K. Leith, professor of geology at the University of Wisconsin, and Mis. Leith; Miss Elizabeth Peabody, Miss Victoria Hartwell, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Stanley Parker and their son, “Sandy” Parker; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, jr.; Miss Rose Peabody Parsons, Mrs. Donald Alexander, Mr. William Safford, Mr. Hall Roosevelt, brother of Mrs. Roosevelt; Miss Marguerite Le Hand and Mr. Bernard Baruch. Others glimpsed in the enthusiastic audience were the chief of staff and Mrs. Malin Craig, who were playing hosts to the Secretary of War and his youthful and attractive wife; the chief of Cavalry, Maj. Gen. Leon Kromer, with his daughter, Miss Jane Kromer; the com- mandant of Fort Myer and Mrs. Jonathan Wainwright, who were re- cetving congratulations on all sides for the beautiful show on their post; Capt. and Mrs. William D. Brereton, jr., who had with them the military attache of the British Embassy and Mrs. Frederick Bradley and Group Capt. T. E. B. Howe, air attache of the British Embassy; Maj. Frank Whittaker and Mrs. Whittaker and Mr. and Mrs. William E. Pearson. Would you like to hear, from one who knows, the intimate details of what took place behind the scenes during the four weeks of constant re- hearsing? The continuous pageant, starting with Pegasus and Bellerophon . . the Amazons . . . Philip of Macedon . . . Nopaleon . . . Hunters of Merrie England . . . George Washington . . . the Coventry ride, with Lady Godiva, all owe there being to the author, stage manager and costumer, Capt. Reybold. This is the second year of Capt. Reybold’s directorship of the show, in which all the officers and soldiers at Fort Meyer participate. His mother, Mrs. Reybold, is in charge of the wardrobe; the costumes from New York, valued up in the thousands, are in her capable hands. The night of the dress rehearsal Mrs. Reybold, watching her hundred beauties step- ping on each other’s veils, falling over their yards of velvet trains, waving good-by from the post auto-bus covered in grease paint, was heard to remark, “Well, there they go; this show will either get it out of my son’s system or land him in Hollywood.” Thus spake a modern Cornelia! “The Coventry Ride,” or “Godiva Gallops Again,” was Capt. Rey- dold’s pet, his sister acted the part of Lady Godiva in realistic tights and a flowered blond wig. For weeks prior, Capt. Reynold’s oratorical heights would have shamed Demosthenes. With eloquence he appealed to the 12 young girls (all riding side saddle for the first time) and the 12 young lieutenants, who refused to look like gallants of old. Taking psychology and the power of suggestion, as a medium, he would say: “Try and remember . . . you are all ladies and gentiemen ... Look as ladies and gentlemen should ... Remember you are of noble birth, try to look noble. Be graceful, don’t iook as though you expect the horse to bolt.” One lieutenant, after the usual pep talk, remarked sotto voce, “Well, maybe we don’t look like gentlemen, but we’re gentlemen by act of Congress.” Having advised every one to say over and over again when entering the riding hall, “Elegance and grace, elegance and grace,” there followed days when a faint murmur of the aforementioned was audible, thus the coventry ride was whipped into shape. When Diana Rowland and Lieut. Sibley led & through the doors it was the personification of “elegance and grace!!” The pages’ drill, riding tandem, was excellently done, and the girls in their blue tights and short page coats looked very smart. Riding with the pages were Marion Shouse, Peggy Townsend, Caroline Cecil, Alice Tuckerman and Suzanna Wilson, the latter’s blond bob, rolled under, was most becoming. The hunt ride saw Teenie Ekengren and Luizzie Myers covered with honors. Kay Pearson was among the Amazons, and looked very striking in her white silk jersey and helmet. Mary Brereton, looking like Scarlet O’Hara, in a becoming green dimity dress with a matching bonnet of taffeta, looked adorable, waving from a Southern carriage. Lieut. Lubberman made a handsome but cruel Earl of Coventry and on and on. The Society Circus is indigenous to Washington and is keenly anticipated | every year by the debs, post-debs and subdebs, who are invited to ride, as| well as society in general, who turn out not only to see their daughters ride, | but to witness the excellent horsemanship of the soldiers and officers, whose | marvelous performances furnish the thrills necessary in any successful circus. | Miss Aiton Guest Of D. A. R. Chapter Miss Maude E. Aiton, administra- try home, Wilton Green, near Alex- andria, Va. They purchased this place last Winter from the Ballenger | estate and now are in the process of remodeling it. Mrs. Borah Speaker. Mrs. Willlam E. Borah will be ameng the after dinner speakers at the fortieth anniversary banquet of the League of American Pen Women tomorrow evening. Mr. James Waldo Fawcett will talk on the Mellon Art Collection following the dinner, and among other speakers will be Mrs. M. J. Whittall, who will %alk on her col- lection of Stadivarius instruments, which she has given to the Library of Congress; and Mrs. Ethel Heuston, author of 24 books, the la® of which was off the press a fortnight ago, who will talk on free lance writing. Dinner. (Continued From Third Page.) was found through the identifying verse: Look for gray eyes and raven hair ‘That cannot help entrance, For further clue, she’s our gift to A gentleman of France. Mrs. Grayson, wife of Rear Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson, had a fitting verse: Her husband is a doctor now, As good as good can be, And yet there were some hectic years ‘When he was all at sea. Mrs. Benton McMillin, civil service | commissioner, was easily recognized by her couplet; Be civil in your service and Let no “r” issue from your mouth. Because your lovely seat mate is The heartbeat of the South. Among others at the party were the Boviet Ambassador and Mme. Troya- novsky, Mrs. Barkley, with the Sen- ator; Senator James Hamilton Lowss, Senator John G. Townsend, jr.; Sen- ator and Mrs. F. Ryan Duffy, SBenator and Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst, Senator Harry Flood Byrd, the Solicitor Gen- eral and Mrs. Stanley Reed, the As- sistant Secretary of State, Mr, Francis B. Sayre and Miss Eleanor Sayre; Mr. and Mrs. Breckinridge Long, the con- troller of the currency, Mr. J. F. T. O’Connor; Mr. Thomas Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin King, Mr. Ralph Jenny of 8an Diego, Calif., and Mrui.! John McFarland of Pasadena, Calif. Residential (Continued From Third Page.) home, 4811 W street northwest, to celebrate the birthday anniversary of her husband. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde S. Balley, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Brewood, Mrs. John J. Fitzgerald and Mr. and Mrs. Max von Berne- witz of Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Chance Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Carl, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Dorsey, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Haley, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Kendrick and Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Sherwood of Arlington County,* Virginia. Mr. | Richard is & supervisory examiner in the Patent Office. Mr. Joseph B. Kennedy, formerly head of the Securities Exchange Com- mission, whose nomination & head of the new Maritime Commission is now before the Senate, is in Wash- ington at the Carlton Hotel. He ar- rived from New York City. Mrs. Charles 1. Stengle, wife of for- mer Representative Stengle of New York, who is now president of the Baku Crepe Faced ¢ AGNES = Drapes C., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1937. American Federation of Government Employes, entertained at a bridge luncheon yesterday at the Congres- sional Club. ‘The guests, mostly wives of members of Congress and Government offi- cials, included Mrs. John K. Rankin, Mrs. Prank Crowther, Mrs. Clarence Lee, Mrs. U. 8. Guyer, Mrs. Charles Walters, Mrs. J. Shera Montgomery, Mrs. R. N. Elliott, Mrs. Herbert Drane, Mrs. Ewin L. Davis, Mrs. W. W. Ar- nold, Mrs. Charles West, Mrs. Clay- ton Corlies, Mrs. Frank Schaefer, W. W. Ryon, Mrs. T. 8. Tincher, Mrs. W. W. Ferguson, Mrs. W. W. Fitts and Miss Marian Smith Mr. Dana B. Johannes, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Johannes of Chevy Chase, arrived in New York yesterday morning from & southern cruise in the steamship Dixie and returned to Washington later in the afternoon. He visited New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La. Mr, and Mrs. H. J. 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