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UliH WX1J UD 1ZVMRS. DRAPER’S CHRISTMAS BALL TO SUSTAIN HER HIGH REPUT A TION AS A SOCIAL ARBITERIn Costumes Representing the Moyea Age and Renaissance, Her Guests Will Seem as Artists* Masterpieces Stepped From Their Ancient Frames—Balls of the Past in Miss Draper’s Honor Landmarks in the SocialLife of the Capital,HE social world of Washington Is -always fully aware that It has no more charming and gracious exponent of Its best traditions than Mrs. William F. Draper, whose long residence abroad as the wife of the late Ambassador gave an additional brilliance to her own distinctive personality. That tactfulness and savoire falre. so difficult to define and. yet so engaging, find, delightful expression in all she does, whether it be in the quieter rounds of social duties or the more pretentious functions which have linked'her name with the highest type of elegancfeand refinement.It Is, therefore, but natural that the exclusive circles of the Capitdl felt a thrill of pleasure when It became known th*U this gifted hostess was soon 1S re^ new her custom of giving a midwinter entertainment such as always stands alone In social historyCostumes Designed Abroad.Wherever an invitation went for the Christmas ball to be given on December 26 by Mrs. Draper, there preparations are afoot for a costume hither of the moyen age or renaissance period. Some who had an intimation before going abroad in the spring or early summer that the bail wag on the books for this season had Wonderful costumeB designed In the famous ateliers of Paris, in which they Will reproduce in the beautiful ballroom of modern times heroes and heroines of those remote periods from celebrated canvases of great painters.Wigmaker’a Masterwork.Miss Margaret Draper, for whom Mrs Draper has given these elaborate balls since the daughter was old enough to appear in a ballroom, selected every detail of the lovely costume worn at last year’s ball while In Fails during the previoussummer. The white wig was as perfect a specimen of the wlgnaaker's art a* was the bed ounced Marie Antoinette gown, of the high art of the great Worth establishment. where it was designed.Mss Draper’s Debut Ball.'The ball, given for Mies Draper by her father, the late Mr. William F Draper, former Ambassador to Italy, and Mrs. Draper, the year of her debut, was one of the most beautiful ever given at Washington The favors for the cotillon were brought from. Paris, and were veritable works of art, and, like all such things, very costly. The death of den. Draper and the retirement of Mrs. Draper and Miss Draper from society- followed withtn a few weeks of this elaborate function.Their home In Farragut square was Closed for two years. Their ball of last year marked the reopening of their Washington residence. The invitations for these functions are not limited to young people any more than are Mrs. Draper’s dinner parties limited to her own generation. It Is a feature of her hospitalities that they embrace both her own friends and those of her daughter, who, though one of Washington’s most charming heiresses, is one of the most unspoiled and loveable of ite younger set.Social Institution Here. lt;Mrs Draper’s balls are as much an Institution In Washington society as were the great balls given periodically In New York by Mrs Asior, grandmother of the present young head of the house, Mr Vincent A'storThe forthcoming affair, novel in conception and bearing the stamp of Mrs Draper's strong Individuality, will no doubt be carried out with the consummate success which is Invariably associated with the name and prestige of the hostess.Dllre 1miIpisehwihaTtth.felB*Pi8*1peexwlt;AsofdeACp*roTJ«vQU3mlt;ailrlt;IhexcoN*Bjwlt;ofthlt;ofpuliftpaO Vithlt;etcthlt;I£rcthifm
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sun, Nov 23, 1913
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