Evening star

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jonquils with purple lilacs placed

in a tall gold vase and here and

there on the table were graceful

silver pheasants. Several of the

plates holding dainty calces were

decorated with white wax doves of

peace, a pair on each plate until

late in the afternoon when one was j

missing, evidently the work of a

souvenir hunter.

The hours of the reception were

S to 7 o'clock and shortly after 6

a group of native Haitian dancers

firmed to give an exhibition of how

the Haitians dance at home. Wear- i

ing gay. full skirts and blouses with

bandanas, the barefoot girls also

wore gold hoops in the ears and

many beads. The boys also were

dressed in gay blouses and bandanas

but wore blue jeans. They danced

on a low stage at the end of the

Carlton room with the rhythmic

beat of strange-looking drums as

their only music. The dances were

fantastic, yet the steps resemble

many of those used in modern ball

room dances, and one of the num

bers the Haitians gave yesterday

could be mistaken for a rumba.

The dancers came for the party

yesterday and are staying over for

the festival of folk music and dance

in Constitution Hall Thursday, Fri

day and Saturday.

Mrs. Hull Wears Rcdingote

With Figured Frock.

Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Sec

retary of State, stayed to see the

dances. She wore a dark blue red

ingote with a blue and white figured

frock. With this she wore a very

becoming red straw hat with narrow

brim and moderately shallow crown.

About the crown was a band of dark

blue ribbon which formed the perky

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1941). Washington, D.C., 1941-04-29. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1941-04-29/ed-1/?sp=28

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1941-04-29.