The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-05-02
INVITATIONS OUT
GET THE PRIVILEGE
Shakespeare Ball Will Be
Memorable and Strik-
ing Social Event


| ttonal memorial theater. Mrs. Corn
wallisWest was Jennie jerome of New
York before 1874, when she was mar
ried to the late Lord Randolph Church
| ill.
The proposal found instant accept
RnCe, and the originator is now acting
chairman of a committee of more than
200 women who are actively engaged
in organizing the affair.
All the dancers must be in costume,
| preferably in that of a Shakespearean
character. This offers a wide field Of
choice, as the plays contain some 1000
characters in all. Elizabethan dresses
generally will be accepted. however,
| but no one will be allowed to commit
! the anachronism of appearing in any
costume belonging to later date than
that of Shakespeare's own times. In
a sense the ordinary Elizabethan cos
/ tune will be the more truly Shake
| spearean. as this must have been worn
! by the original actors when the plays
/ were first performed.
But in this respect the organizers
have decided to improve on the Eliza
1 bethan tradition, and the effect is GER
! tain to be excellent, for it will be
| possible to introduce almost every kind
| of costume. from the classical to the
| fifteenth century. and every care will
be taken to make the dresses as his
| torically accurate as possible.
One of the happtest ideas in connec-
| ton with the ball is for series of
| quadrilies of the different dramas. All
| the principal characters in a play will
take part in its particular quadrille,
dressed in appropriate costumes. In
| order to insure the success of this plan
different women have undertaken the
direction of each play and win make
themselves responsible for gathering
the required characters from among
their friends.
Albert hall will be entirely trans
formed for the occasion. The dancing
floor will be raised to the level of the
boxes, providing a magnificent arena
in which more than sixty sets of qua
drilles can be danced at the same
time The decorations viii be faith
ful to the Shakespearean idea The
balcony will be transformed into TIL
dor garden, with the stiff yews and
conventional planning Of the period.
Green will be the predominant color.
giving a soft background for the gay
and varied costumes of the dancers.
Its popularity is already assured, for
more than 1900 seven and a half dol
lar tickets were sold before any an
nouncements about it were made to
the general public, and in truth 1t
should be perfectly gorgeous sight.
Queen Objects to Smoking.
Women are not likely to do much
smoking in the royal presence while
Mary is queen of England. Court la
dies have not forgotten an incident Of
q few years ago when she showed her
dislike for the habit in an original and
effective manner.
The then Princess of Wales was the
guest of an American hostess in Lon
don who after dinner sought and OBJ
tained the royal assent to some OF the
women smoking cigarettes, the prin-
cess dislike not then being generally
known. But during the consumption
of the cigarettes the future queen re
manned standing. and of course. every
other woman in the room had to do
likewise.
The hostess had the shrewdness to
guess why the royal guest did not sit
down. and in few minutes she man.
aged to convey her wish to the others
present that they should dispose of
their cigarettes. The princess then
seated herself, and she has never since |
had reason to express her dislike of
women smoking In her presence.