The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-08
Big COSTUME BALL.
A GORGEOUS SHOW
Pageant Of Striking Groups
VI Various Historic
Periods.
MANY ARTISTIC EFFECTS
Ladies' Auxiliary Of Lying-In
Hospital Makes Big Finan-
cial Success.
MANY ARTISTIC EFFECTS


Hospital was held last nigh. at shcrry'..
The entire establishment being given over
to the bail To give interest and novelty
TO the occasion the committee had ar.
ranged a pageant OF costumes similar to
one recently given at Albert Hall In Lon.
don. and this added distinctly to the sue
cess of the night
For weeks the committed had been
working at the details of the pageant and
their labors met with great success artis-
Ideally as we'll as financially. The execu.
live committee of the ball included Mr..
Austen Gray and Mrs. Arthur lsclin and
associated with them we're Mrs. Arthur &,
Burden. Mrs Ernest 1sclip. Mrs. Z. RIOS.
coe Mathews. Mrs. Frederick NJ Davies.
Mrs oliver q. Jennings, Mrs J. Fred
P.erson. Jr.. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson.
Mrs. W. De Lancey Kountze. Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Jr.. Mrs. +. Gray 0rs-
void. Mrs. Walter l.. Maynard. Mrs. r..
french Vanderbilt and Mrs. Frank l.,
shoemaker.
Extensive wardrobe resources con-
.iibuted 10 this feature % the night,
which was watched by a distih suished
gathering. There were numerous dinners
In advance OF the ball. among the hos
,esses being Mrs. Cornelius c. Cuyler.
Mrs. Lloyd Bryce. Mrs. Payne whitney.
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer. Mrs. \. Mclean
Tinker and Mrs +. French Vanderbilt.
On arriving from The dinners the guests
were received IN the foyer Of the large
ballroom by members OF the committee.
WHO took turns. and many watched he
proceedings from n row OF boxes which
had been placed around three sides Of tho
large ballroom. The boxes were occupied
nv Mrs. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Cornelius Van
de~blt Mrs. Whitney Warren. Mrs. Percy
Y pyne. Mrs. George ". Forsyth. Mis-
W Barclay Parsons. Mrs. Cornelius c.
Cuyler. Mrs. james Markoe. Mrs. French
Vanderbilt. Mrs +. II. Eaton, Mrs. Walter
James. Mrs. Henry VI. Tford. Mrs
Flvald y. Rreitung. Rojnian Wana-
waHer. Mrs. William =. Douglas and Mrs.
Adolnh I.evisohn. Each box holder had
several fricnds Who sat on; the dance and
.7,na o. them woie 'he regulation evening
dress.
Pageant Groups Revealed.
last before II o'clock sixteen men
dressed in Louis Nv livery. with pow
dered wigs, formed Gordon around the
ballroom. many OF the guests standing
within the circle. leaving an aisle which
extended around the ballroom floor. Just
n front OF the conservatory. which In at
the west end OF the room was erected
stage Ave feet high and covered with
ed carpet. wide flight Of steps led
rom this TO the floor Of the ballroom. A
curtain OF tapestry was lrawn aside
conservatory WAS revealed the first group
Of the pageant. which had been arranged
BY Mrs Walter T.. Maynard.
Those posing in the pageant wore Eng.
fish. French and italian costumes OF the
sixteenth century. all most gorgeous. and
In the centre OF the group was James L.
'reese. who was attired az F-arccis Pre-
.oier Around h.rn were Mrs. Maynard,
Mra Penry Clews. Mrs Snovden a.
Tahnestock. Mr.. W. De Lanrey koun'ze,
Ashbel II. Barney. J. Philip Bernhard.
,us Brtic'. ~ lNiuI '-re"uOlgh. W.
Rhinelander Stewart. II. ara r. Chssl.y
Richardson. Jr. A spotlight was played on
tnern. and afterward they 20 I"d down
he STAIRWAY, taking their place a; one
side Of the stage 10 await The other
groups.
Next came In view the seventeenth cen-
Jury group centred about Beverley Rosert
as Cardinal Richelieu. In this group were
me Hon. Alfred Arson ana Mrs. Arson.
w. .nd Mrs. John A. G. Leishman. Jr"
Nrs =. Stuyvesant pilot, Mrs. Adrlan
1seiin %. Beverley Bogert and Umner,o
Then followed a dainty Louis Nv. group
ma, had been arranged by Mrs. J. Fred
picrson, Jr., and II suggested a painting
Df the W,ttoau period. that or "Biind
Mans Buzz Tho costumes were all OF
pale shades and the men and women had
powdered wigs. Posing with Mis-. Pierson
were Mrs. George = Bre wst"r. Mrs.
Rradish q. johnson, Mis. CORTLAND.
Nicoll, Miss Helen Hunt. Miss Elsie
N!coll. Miss Mildred Hives. Miss Mimi
.icott. Miss Mur.el Winthrop and Miss
Theodore I.arocque
Following this was Il Louis XVI, court
group arranged by Mrs. Oliver q. Jen-
nngs, and posing with her were Mrs r.
Horace Gallatin Mrs. Paudins Fosdick
Mrs. Henry $. Redmond. Mrs william II
rsissell and Miss Sylvia Wilder. All OF
~, nm md sle
% coetun,cs that marked the court OF Marie
Autoine,te.
Group shows strikims Contrast.
The period OF the French Revolution
arranged by Mrs. Frank l.. Schoonmaker
presented a great contrast to the elegance
Of tn" preceding groups with the tricoloI
~ that period and the sans cuotte. Pos
ing with Mrs Schoonmsker were Mrs
Arthur scott Burden. Mira Belmont TIT
fanny. Mrs Payne whitney. Miss Ma,
Duncan Watson, Eliot Bacon. q. Louis
Boissevain. Robert =. Breese. sydney s
Rrcese. Eustis Gibb. Whtewright Watson
and Herbert Neal.
The group that followed represented tn.
First Empire. with all the rich simple
ity Of the court of Josephine. This grouI
rad been arranged by Mrs. r. Gray Girls
void and posing with her were Mis-.
aura Cass Garfield, Miss Mary Cas-.
ranNeld, Miss Mary Pyne. Miss Barbara
Rutherfurd. Mrs. Leonard NJ. Thomas
Marshall Russell, James w Barney, Ly
Zig Hoyt, Leroy King, Curtis Moffat, Mau
rice Roche and Richard Whitney.
Then followed an 1880 group which hat
been arranged by Mrs. Theodore Roose
Welt Jr., who could not appear OF &C
count OF family mourning. Her place wa
taken by Mrs w. Bourke Cochran. an'
In the group We're also Miss Mar!
rocker Alexander. Miss Angelica Schuy
Ger Brown, G. Lawrence Perkins. Franci
Eoche. Philip w. Livermore and Carol
ilobnson. The big skirts and nirbelOw
o. the women contrasted sharply will
IN" simplicity of the Empire group.
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson's group o
'le hustle period of the late '70s then fol
owed, and II suggested a scene from
lyde Fitch's comedy captain links
Posing with Mrs, Gibson were Mrs. G
w Hin, Mrs J. W. smith, Mrs. Pau
lhpps, Nrs. T. Price Post, Mrs. Henri.
rogers Winthrop and the Hon, Geoffre
toward.
Group In UP TO Date Attire.
The Anal group was styled "The Min
'Ist and 1t was very much up to date
he costumes following designs OF Pau
Iorct and Leon Bakst. This group ha