The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-21

Weeks ago the celebrated Paris dress
maker received from many women In
ciety carte blanche as to cost.
II is doubtful II any ball OF recent
years was az notabl. for magnificent
tewelry AS the one Of last night. The
women who took part In the pageant and
those who looked on displayed the ran
SONS Of emperors In tiaras. necklaces Of
diamonds or vi pearls or OF emeralds. and
III the brilliant Jewels Of the costuming
The press at the doors of the Hotel
Astor from 10 r. NJ. until midnight was
so great that special details OF police
men had difficulty in manpuvring the
traffic from icy. snow clogxed streets. The
procession OF private motor cars, taxis
and carriages at one time stretched for
several blocks north and south Of the
hotel
The stage for the pageant was erected
at the south end OF the ballroom. willie
/ space for the spectators was on the
| main floor. In the boxes and the corridors.
A much larger room was needed for the
accommodation Of the guests. More than
a,70o tickets were sold and nearly 5000
persons attended.
Mayor Mitchell in BOa.
The boxes. appropriately decorated to
resemble Venetian loggias. We're all taken.
| The box OF honor. in the centre OF the
| room. Was occupied by Mayor John Purroy
Michel. Mrs. Mitchell, the French Am
bassador and Mine. Jusserand and their
guests while notable among those present
| In nearby boxes were Mrs Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. Whitney
Warren. Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs. Mrs. Cass
Gilbert. Mrs. John W. Alexander. Mrs.
| August Belmont, Mrs. Nicholas Murray
/ Butler, Mrs W. Bourke Cochran. MIS- K
Fulton Cutting, Mrs. Walter Damrosch.
81 4. Mra
! Gibson, Mrs. Robert Goelet Mrs otto
II. Kahn, Mrs. James +. H. Lanier. Mrs.
| Francis Key Pendleton. Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Norman de r. WHITE
house.
Everywhere one saw architects. painters.
| musicians, stage folk. men OF letters. men
/ OF the greatest prominence In business
! and the professions and men and women
OF society. For all. n costume In Keeping
with the spirit Of the pageant Was op-
/ !igatory Mr.. Warren and his committee
barred conventional dress.
The pageant and the spectacle which
! followed were planned 10 picture Nenices
successive steps In rising TO glory. Each
| sceno was announced by kenneth NJ
! Murchison as Pantaleone, Master OF the
Pageant. There WAS Il prologue and three
divisions OF the pageant. lie byAahl,n'
lie Moyen Age and lie Renaissance
IN. :lrst scene. the commencement or
,h.. Hvzantine period, reproduced an open
square, d market place on the auai. Lis nj
I cam. on softly then brilliantly. as the
/ ain rora There was a furry OF voices.
cries songs, = shouting OF wares
/ Merchants displayed their goods, CD
tanned from the Far East by the courage
and energy O: Venice's seamen ana
/ traders piles OF carpets, bolts OF silks
/ and ,atins, rich iaces. Jewels caught the
eve OF the citizens, Dancing girls whiried
| through the market place.
Come the Pirates.
Suddenly there were shouts OF alarm
cries from the men. screams from the
women. Dalmatian pirates ,or s,,.i
yenices scourKe. swarmed TO the quail
| singing their battle songs. Selling the
wares OF the merchants. snatchlhg AZ
/ the dancing girls.
| Nembers OF the Mendelssohn Glee CLUB
were costumed az the pirates. after de-
signs by Mr. Taylor and MI HUTCHINSON
/ From, the wharves bugles sounded clearly
soldiers OF the Byzantine empire. COM
rnandea by Belisarius trooped 10 the quai.
disnersed the pirates and rescued the Vene-
tians, Joseph Rowland Hunt was the no
man general. BeHsdrius, who announces
the arrival Of the Emperor J~sttntdn Al
bert Herter) and the Empress 1heoaoTo
MRS. Peter Cooper HEWITT.
The next episode, depicting the Eiories
NJ the byzantine period. exhibited Jus
tiuiau and Theodore on their thrones
surrounded by their court ana the hop'es
and dlgnitaries OF Venice. Goths, cap
tured 10y the EmperoTs soldiers, were
brought in and led IN chains psiore .me
r,,,ev 81 the East. Jugglers and dancers
| uniformed. And then followed the Dance
/ ~, the Mosaics, which closed the Byzan-
tine period Mr.. Ierter was the general
! manager OF the first part OF the pageant
Period of Middle Ases.
Tn. story of ~. Ursula, as depicted
In Carpaccio's famous paintings In the
! Academia In Venice. opened tine period
~, ,hs Middle Ages OF which Mr.. Warren
- ..n.ral charge. As the Venetian
.",,,,,tv assembled for the betrothaI OF
81 Ursula and the young prince, son
Of KING Conan, strains OF organ music
we're heard. .,., -.
bots and monks over riEhts OF precedence
IIaiberdiers and men at arms prepared
an,orce order. Duels were about to
~, ,ouvht when the heralds announced
~. arrival OF King Conan. Miss Angel
,c, schuyler Brown was the ST. Ursula,
Henry Hornbostei, KiwO CoMdn, Maurice
Roche the young prince,
Al the close OF the tabieal group Of
.rgs,s performed a stately dance around
~ Ursula and the young prince.
Nh. final period, lie Renaissance" pic
cured the Doge returning In triumph from
I. areat victory at sea. The Do1e (Theo-
dor. n. Blake) was accompanied by a
rs,,nne OF umbrella bearers, pages and
attendants His entrance WAS preceded
nv that Of the Council OF Ten, the Vene-
,ian senate the State Chamberlains. AM
hassadors and the nobility.
After the ruler had been seated with
Great Formally Pdntdleone informed him
that the arts and artists OF Italy craved
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