New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-21
BeauX Arts Architects Give
Elaborate Entertainment
at the AstOr.
MAYOR AND FRENCH
AMBASSADOR THERE
History of Once Great Republic
Shown in Gorgeous Pageant
and Spectacle.

Society transported itself bodily TO
Venice last night. and the history OF that
once great republic was reviewed IN 4
Gorgeous pageant and spectacle fete ana
costume ball given in the Hotel AstoF 0y
tho Society Of Beaux-Arts Architects.
r,ve hundred society solk and a host OF
,,rops pa ~s and dancers appeS'eu
81, the spectacles end all OF the fasni0n-
.hls audience Of TWO thousand We're ~
,i-cd IN oostum, s. Of the time Whei Ne.''0
rs Great. Vivarini. Titan, tTlNe"i' n"H
80 and other Venetian masters So
i,snirstion for the costumes ana soiu' CO.
.ordoiiore queens kings, testers DEB
csrs nuns. monks. sladiators' oahce''
- enseIs thronted the huge ballroom
-, ., ,pper box Mayor and MIS-
,oh. pprrov Mitchell looked down on inc
-,iniaure Venice With them were we
french ambassador and Nine Jusseraho'
II vas the inst ball given by the So
.,,,,. ard the proceeds Will be applied 10
,,s educational fund. Nj Lloyd was III
.h,rre Cor the society," and was assisted
~, Georse : Chappell, Ernest fIase.
Howard Grcenley. Arthur ware anu
others. p.,,s
preceding the ball Frederick Potts
Moore gave A dinner at Sherrys Ills
,,,eets we're IN costume and included MI
nd Mrs W. North Luane. Mr.. and Mrs'
,a-o,b La,ublen Sears, Nj. and Mrs. Stove
pnelne Mr. and Mrs. Dom Barber MI
and Mrs. Henry c. Trevor Mr.. ana MIS-
Rich steers NJ. and Ms Ansel FhelpS,
Nr and Mrs. J. Prentss kellogg MI anu
,lrs AIcIane van Ingen. Miss Anna Ssnos,
ambrose Henry DE Forest Grant ana
Emlen Litten.
s L. Bond also gave dinner at
Sher~y's before the ball Mrs. lhoiiias
Hastings gave dinner At her nome No
g., rgst 1st street. Mis-. William Alex
snder gave a dinner for twenty-five at the
~ Regis Mrs Michael T. Van BuIeh
ave dinner at the Ritz-Callton.
Venetian Idea Carried Out.
THE Venetian idea was carried out IN
detail IN the ballroom decorations. the
BOXES being made to represent lossiSs'
John ". Alexander James Monroe he"-
left Louis Tiffany. Albert IIerter Nhit
no., Warren and William Emerson COM
prised the committee in charge OF deco
.ations.
At the south end Of the room huge
.taee had been erected. and on this were
.uacted the pageant and spectacle. Inc
ioce setting represented Venetian
outward. with the Rialto bridge in the
Immediate background and the Grand
anal shcwn In tie distance.
The pageant 'Venize Trayers les
Ages" was divided into three major por-
ions. exclusive of the prologue. A Fan
are Of trumpets announced the beginning
~ the pageant and heralded the arrival
n Pantaieone, Kenneth NJ Murchson,
preceded by the standard bearer and
hsl6erders
Pan;aleone announced the first main
division Of the pageant. an incident OF
the Byzantine period. in which appeared
Mrs Cooper Hewitt as the Impress The
odors. Albert Herter as the Emperor JUS
tinian, Everett Weeks, Joseph II. Hunt
and Howard :. Borden. assisted by the
Mendelssohn Glee club ss Dalmatian pi-
rates
4 mosaic dance in this part was ar
ranged by Miss Civilse Alexandra and
Mrs Langdon Geer. and was taken part
In by Mrs. Kenneth VI. Murchison. Ms.
James y. Hill. Mrs. Edward Knapp. Mrs.
Walter Chambers and the Misses Civilise
Alexandra. Maud Coster. Edith Morgan
and NJ. J.. Rodewald
The second part OF the pageant COW
cred lie Moyen Age or the medieval Pc
Rod OF Venetian history. The incident
presented was the celebration OF the be-
trotha OF St Ursula TO the young prince.
son OF King Conan, and followed closely
the painting by Carpaccio in the Acade-
mia OF Venice Miss Angelica Brown
was 81. Ursula and Maurice Roche the
dash!nG prince.
4 dance OF angels was arranged by Mrs
F.. Il. Mathews and Mrs. Belmont Tiff
fanny. and was led by Mrs. Mathews and
Miss Clara Fargo.
Others who appeared in this lance were
Miss Margaret Andrews, Miss Frances
Breese. Mrs Arthur Scott Burden, Mrs.
Roderick Cameron Mrs. Allen c. Well
man and the Misses Marie Taller. Edith
Mortimer. Emily Sloane. Alexandra
EmcrJ. Janette AleSlnlsr. -lasie Louise
Emnot. Mary Cass Garfield. Aida Chan
.er Mercedes de Acosta and others.
Lloyd Warren was general manager Of
this part Of the pageant and was assisted
by John Cross. Lawrence Peck, William
Emerson and Goodhue Livingston.
Scene from the Renaissance.
Part three represented a scene from the
period OF the Renaissance-the Doge tri-
unphant returning from great naval
victory In charge OF this part was +. NJ.
l.. Tonetti The retinlc OF The English
Ambassador and Ambassadors was
under the direction Of Mrs. Reginald de
Koven. and Literature and Comedy were
represented by Miss Caroline Duer and
MIS-. Payne Whitney. Theodore Blake
was me Doge and the Council Of Ten was
directed by Ernest Flagg.
The spectacle which followed the pag-
can't. an allegory OF the Renaissance, also
was divided into three parts. Howard
,;reenley was in charge Of the entire
spectacle.
The first movement was a dance OF the
Dark Ages. arranged BY tho Baroness Won
Rottenthal In this there took part Goelet
Gallatin, Dom Barber, L. c. Lakeland
Ernlen Littell, John Oakman, Richard