The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1912-04-12
DAZZLING SCENE
AT SHRINE BALL
Gay 1hrong Enjoys Novelty Of
Memorable Social
Event

In a dazzling display of brilliant
costumes and beautiful ball gowns the
, chivalry of Masonry and the pick of
Bridgeport womanhood mingled in one
of the most memorable balls ever held
/ in the city, the Shriners' ball at the
| Hotel Stratfield, last evening. Daz-
zling illumination, gorgeous coloring,
superb floral decorations, novel fea-
, lures contributed to the success of the
| undertaking.
The Stratfield ball room and colon
| made were thronged throughout the
evening, and it was we'll towards day.
| light before the last of the gay danc-'
ers forsook the inviting brilliance of
| the ball room.
The reception began at s o'clock.
| The officers of the Shrine, with prom
! inent guests of other cities, received
| the guests in the colonnade for up
wards of an hour, and at $50 the
guests adjourned to the ball room,
there to await the much heralded ap-
pearance of the Arab Patrol.
At 10 o'clock the Patrol, gaudily
attlred in new costumes of bewildering
! coiors, was marshaled by Captain F.
i A. Bartlett and Lieut.. II. C. Steven
| son. The red, yellow and green COM
bination in the co,or scheme of the
! uniforms lent itself readily to the
ClOCk IKE LudHeuV0TS OF the Skilled
body of the Patrol of half hundred
men.
! Then the formal reception was held,
!, with Potentate Philip L. Holzer and
other officials in the center of the ball
room. The ushers presented the
! guests, and then the Patrol went
! through the new exhibition figures
amid rounds of enthusiastic applause.
| The dismissal Of the Patrol was the
| signal for the opening of the dance
program. There were 40 numbers.
Music by several orchestras and the
band was played continuously, and the
ball room was not al any time desert
| ed. Dinner was served in the main
dining room from II o'clock on
| Among the out of town guests pres
| ent were: Mr.. and Mrs William Fow-
| ard Wakeley of .Southbury; DR.. John
| G. Downs. Frederick D. Tweedy. and
/ Sterlin Fanton of Danbury; Mr. and
Mrs; Charles Tower of Holyoke, Mass.
| Carlton e. HOadley of New Haven
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Foot of South
| Norwalk, accompanied by their young
| son, Jack, student at the mill larry
! academy at Cornwall-on- the-Huoson,
who was in uniform. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Milton Elwood of South Norwalk; Mr..
and Mrs Ridgley Larkin of New Ha-
ven; Arthur G. Wheeler and wife of
Norwalk; Walter F. Garde and wife OF
Hartford; Thomas A. Lewis, i1lustrious
pOtentate of Mecca Temple, New York,
and Mrs. Lewis, accompanied by Wal
ter w. Griffith, director Of Mecca Tenn
| pie, and wife, and william w. Will
Temple, and wife,
| The committees in charge Of the af-
| fair were as follows:
! General contradictory G. Beers
chairman, William E. Parker, Edward
T. Buckingham, George S. Foote and
Anker S. Lynne.
i Music committee-George S. Foote
chairman. Frederick E. Brown, Au-
gust M. Engelhard.
| Decoration committee Anker S
Lynne, chairman, Frederick A. Strong
and George H. Wallis.
! Arrangement committee-George s
Hill, chairman, John H. Richardson
! and Louis Kutscher, Jr.
! Invitation and Printing committee
Edward T. Buckingham, chairman, r,
Irwin Smith, Joseph p. Frisbie and
| John H. Wade.
| Reception committee-Past Potentate
Charles D. Davis, chairman. assisted
Beecher, David M. Trecartin, John M
Hawley, J. Reed Topping, Frank M
| Wilson, Henry Setter, Lou p Bristol
Merle c. Cowles, John J. Fisher, An
gus H. Mackenzie, Carleton E. Hoad-
ley, New Haven, and Fred L. Gaylord
Ansonia;' Charles E. Rounds, New
Haven; Frederick NJ Drew, Ansonia;
D. Tweedy. Danbury; Frank M. Scott,
Danbury; Arthur c. Wheeler. Nor
walk; Milton Elwood, South Norwalk
/ John X. Lawrence, Stamford; Edwin
| S. Thomas, New Haven; William M
Hotchkiss, New Haven; John C.
| Crabb, New Haven; Ira Elithorpe,
| New Haven, and Burton H. Strick.
land, New Haven