The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-21
WITHOUT THE MALE.
An ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN EY THE
SOCIETY OF LADY ARTISTS.
The venturesome Youth Whose Disguise
Was Detected-A Brilliant Descrip-
ton of tho Ballroom.

| rlSnC JOuy Dali, 100, prOHOulcel NY tii
present one of the most delightful of the
seasons festivities! Among the vast throng
1000 strong, that filled the Philharmonic
hall on the evening recently, the members
| of the orchestra and the few walters at
the beer stand, were the only specimens
of the sterner sex present-otiicially that
| is-and the two venturesome wights who
| trusted to their disguise to secure immunity
from the law of utter exclusion, were dis
/ covered and cast out with scorn and OPP
probrium.
| The annual fancy dress ball given by
! the Society of Lady Artists is one of the
| most important festivals of the season and
has grown in popularity year by year until
/ the great Philharmonic hall is scarce large
! enough to contain the crowds of pleasure
seekers. Every ticket is taken days be-
fore the ball comes off, and the name of the
holder must be proposed and seconded by
members of the society before she is allow
ed to buy the ticket. So that there is sell
dom found a woman devoted enough TO
risk the future black baling, which would
certainly be her fate if it were discov-
! cred that She had aided u male relative to
| visit the ball in disguise.
| 1t may not be out of place to say a few
| words about the purpose and work OF the
| Society of Lady Artists before describing
|
| friends, for these women are carrying on
| a good work against great odds and de-
serve every credit. They have under their
charge the only art school i'll Berlin, i'll all
| Germany in fact, where women can obtain
Il thoroughly graded art education under
| the best teachers and for reasonable terms
| all the advantages enjoyed by the male
students at the academy, but not elsewhere
| accessible to an enterprlSlng girl.
There are free scholarships for talented
| q
| GERS CT other servants of the state, and the
| instruction throughout is the best that can
| be had. For years the school has been
housed in the second story OF an old bar
racks back Of the house of representatives,
a central location and a desirable building
| on account of the many skylightS. Now
| the state has doomed the old house and the
| school must move. Friends and members
of the society have COM forward nobly
| toward the raising of fund for Il new
house, and with the general land generously
| interest taken by the public i'll their en-
tcrprise the society hopes to see its school
settled i'll a building of its own in the course
| of the next year or two. The patronesses
and members of the society number on their
roll some of the nOblcst names in the land,
| and painting seems to be considered Il
most fitting and aristocratic occupation,
| either as paStlme or as Il means OF sup
| port for women whose fortune is not equal
to their title. Therefore when the society
gathers itself and its friends together it is
| al aSsemblagc which even the autOcrat of
New York society, the critical McAllister.
might gaze upon with pleasure.
Now to the description of the ball it
| self When the gon@S sounded for the
| commencement of the performance the
stage it was about . o'clock, and the hall,
| boxes and balcony were filled to overlooking
with a motley crowd, gaily colorad as Il
| tulip bed. When II comparative degree of
silence was obtained, lphigenia, followed
| by her maidens, stepped out on the stage
| and greeted the company i'll most poetic
| prologue, the closing words of which We're
| lost in the chorus Of the maidens from
| Glucks "IphiScnia in Aulis.' When the
! chorus was over, the princess and her at
! tendants walked from the stage down
among the audience, and their place on the
! boards was taken by the actors IN little
| comedy given in honor of the superintend-
| gem of the entertainment, circus, univer
! sally pronounced the success of the evening
| The gallant rngmaster his or her. pretty
| face half hidden in Il great mHstache, or
dcred the clowns about in great style, and
the clowns themselves would have done
| honor to any troupe. The dainty bareback
| rider and dancer, who sprang on and off
her elephant with such supple grace, and
tlirted with the most preposterous
| clown in the interval of the per-
Torrance, the quartet of relocated riders
and the lady on the high school steed "a
| hobby horse scarcely six inches long,
mounted on a cranc), who pranced about
with really admirable deXterity, they were
one and all worthy of the applause they
| earned in such generous measure Then
| there were further gypsy camp with song
/ and dance, Il AIkado ballet, and more of
the same style. When the performance
was over, the performers, led by the com
| mittee in academic gowns, paraded about
+ the hall, but he had scarce made one
| round before they were lost in the crowd
and the real fun of the evening com
menced. In the center of the hall was a
structure of wooden bars labeled. Pub
| lie Prison. and here were incarceraed
chose unfortunates whom the Watchtul-
ness of four red gowned policemen dis
covered guilty of appearing in modern
evening dress. Then there were two tall
advertisement columns. such as are seen
on every corner in Berlin, but the notices
on these columns could hardly be found
on any other in town. Booths lined the
walls, and outside in the galleries were
rows of tables for those for whom the
light refreshments in the hall were not suf-
ticient. And this crowd! or every ma
| ton, of every age and cline, the queercst
combinations, md groupings, and all hail
fellow well met not d particle OF the
stiffness nseparabIe from the average Ger
man entertainment where both sexes OF
the upper class meet for pleasure.
Here comes Bruuhilda in full armor, on
the arm of II blonde dude in a gray street
suit, while Il grave and gray-haired profess
sor in dress coat leads a sweet-faced Greek
maiden, who smiles at him under her
wreath of roses without the slightest awe.
An houri of the east, her dark eyes shin
ing above the gauze veil, walks beside
ragged and dirty shocmaker's apprentice
with a pair of bndly-mended boots swing
ing over his shoulder, and chimney
sweep, Il gay lieutenant of ,hussars,a couple
of real "Virginny niggers' and Il blonde
beauty who might have sat for Il portrait
of Madame Rccamcr, are laughing to-
gethcr over their tea cups in Il corner.
Baker boys, with great trays Of inviting
| rolls and cakes wander among the crowd,
monks and nuns bedouins, knights and
free lances officers. Greek-Itomans, ballet
girls sailor boys, cadets-there would be
no possible use in endeayoring to describe
the great mass OF costumes for 1t would
not be in my power, so L will be content
with mentioning a few more of the most
original. Two babies, wrapped on their
pillows in true German fashion, and pre-
senting a most remarkable appearance
from behind, where only the pillow could
be seen, Il couple of red-legged, long-billed
storks, wandering graycly through the
throng, Otbello, Isolde, several jockeys,
and two rcd-goWncd clowns with decora-
tons symbolic of the noble art of painting,
were a few Of those whose originality or
correctness of costuming made them no.
tceablc. Painting was not the only art
represented there. Literature sent her
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