The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-25
Great Subscription Ball Proves the Social Event of New
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MANY BEAUTIFUL GOWNS
Given for the Benefit of the Woman's Exchangc-MOst of the Socially Prominent of the City
 Present.

Tn faith and hope the world will dis
 agree.
 But all mankind's concern is charity"
 brilliant feature of New Haven's social year came last night at Music hall with the charity subscription ball. Music hall has. sheltered beneath it's roof, in the many years of its exist ence, many an entertainment dinner and dance, but never has it opened it's portals to welcome crowd more rep resentative of New Haven's best social set than last evening.
 "A fair exchange is no robbery" once wrote one versed in the gentle art of adage-making A meaning he did not think of, wise as he was, could have been found for it last night. The ball was for the benefit of the Woman's Exchange, and this com mendable object made any amounts paid for tickets or boxes, exorbitant as they might have seemed with other balls, anything but too much Char ity, Sweet Charity" had wrought the marvellous change and unloosed every pursestring
 For days before had the matrons, the debutantes, the patrons and the swains been preparing for the dancing and whirling The modistes, tailors and haberdashers had been called on to do their utmost, and that at least the first-named succeeded triumphant ly the activities of the costume-spot- ting sleuths in the galleries, who had for their aid everything from pencil and paper to opera glasses, only too well testified.
 Long before the hour set for the grand march the carriages began to tear up to the canopied entrance, there to leave their precious freight, the fair hopes of the socially elect of the city. The later it became the faster was their speed as they came along. As the guests entered they had feast for their eyes spread out before them fit for the gods to gaze upon The hall looked for all the world like the Mead ow street armory at promenade time, save for the fact that there was no victorious shell suspended from the ceiling above all heads as at the time of the latter event. The ball how ever, was not without its collegiate at- mosphere There were many from Yale on the floor committee, and there were several score more present.
 But about those decorations first. Cunningham was the decorator and the guilty party in this regard. And we'll could he take the responsibility for criticism, for there could have been none. The color scheme was blue and white. O'erhead from either wall fell a huge canopy in the prevail- ing colors, which was suspended down the center of the ceiling. The canopy was made of huge white. squares. with square blue centers, very much the same as one of the familiar weather signal flags seen on the top of the Malley building on clear days The squares were separated from each other by blue frills in a truly Fluffy- Ruffles effect
 The front of the gallery rail was fes- tooned with the prevailing colors. Behind it the spectators sat and look cd down upon the two hundred danc- l ing couples below
 The boxes, forty-nine of them in all. were built by Munro. They were not I the most spacious compartments ma- ginable but they served the purpose to Continued on Third Page.)