Evening journal., 1914-01-10
BAL MASQUE
is DAZZLING
SOClety'S Supreme Entertain
ment in duPOnt Ballroom
Crowns the Season
DANCES MAKE UP
BRILLIANT COMPANY

The bal masQue Of the Wilmington
Assembly. held in the DUPONT Dall
room last evening was as usual the
merriest happiest one OF the series,
and during the entire evening there
was plenty of fun and frolic for the
more than 250 guests present.
The patronesses, Mrs. Francis G. du-
Pont, Mrs. Henry p. Scott, Mrs. Fred
sr.ck NJ. Kirkus, Mrs. j. Dan.orth
Bush and Mrs. John Bigss cordially
greeted their Enthusiastically y-costumed
guests about 10 o'clock. The late
ness of the hour was due TO the dim
ners preceding the dance, and from
that time on until the "wec sma'
hours of dawn one and all "tango-
d'-one-stepped and every other
kind Of the new" stepped to their
hearts content. the pleasure of the
dancers being enhanced by the vari-
Gus costumes, and the general appear
ance Of the whole scene being some
what similar to a dazzling pano-
rama.
The decorations Of southern smilaX
and the richly-hued poinsetteas, with
numerous electric lights sparkling
like tiny stars among the green. made
d most effective setting for the ies-
tive scene. Long sprays of poin-
setteas combined with smilaX were
suspended from the centre of the
room, ana garlands of smilax were ar
ranged artistically around the room,
and the doors leading into the card
rooms we're screened with heavy
topes OF smiiax.
A large bank Of palms and ferns
screened the orchestra whose inspir-
Ing dance music made it impossible
Tor the dancers TO keep still long at
a time
And who were there? Rather say
who were not--Mexicans. Chinese,
Japanese, Americans Indians and
other nationalities were an represent-
ed Yama-Yama girls. fair DANES
and courtly men i'm garb of ye am
ciente colonial days His Satanic
Majesty or rather majesties. there
being several OF the gentlemen ilit-
ted around seeking whom they might
lure to their heated realm. Freaks
were to-a-plenty, and among them
'ho-who comes here" Woth the as
scmbly as "The Knight of the Bath
stalked maiesucally forth th-robed I'm
Turkish toweling with a cake OF
soap balanced on his mead.
The supper rooms In which a re-
past was served at the hour OF 1890.
Mere prettily decorated
Tables were laid for eight with the
exception OF the large center table.
Il which We're seated the members of
he receiving party and the assem-
by committee.
A large bowl of poinsettias and
larcissus decorated this table. and
he smaller tables lad bouquets or
2oinsttias tr,.t
The out-of-town guests included.
Mr. and Mrs Grenwle Montgomery.
Ardmore Pa; Mrs George B aae,
Ardmore, Pas Mr. and Alrss AlcN-
ander sellers, Ardmore. Pa Miss
Elizabeth B Hanson. Herbert n.
NcIlvaine. Philadelphia Pa Albert
Hopes. West Chester. Pa. NJ. and
Airs j. S. Wilson, Baltimore. Nd;
Miss Gladys Ramsey Pupper Charles.
iown, s. c.; Nathaniel b. Smnhors
Philadelphia; Miss Helen Ward podd,
Ossing- n. r.; RAYMOND
Ellegood, ng-on-Hudson. n. 81;
Butler Wendle, West Chester. Pa;
Miss Crawford, Baltimore, Nd; Mr.
Lawton. Baltimore Md. leighton ~un-
ming, Berwyn, Pai John w. Watson,
Berwyn. Pa; Joseph NJ Shoemaker,
Elias Ahuja, Mr.. and Mrs William
Taliman, Sewickley Pa. Leandel-
Riddle. Glenriddle. Pa
Among those who gave dinners be-
fore the dance were Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph P Wales. General James II, VIII
son and Miss Kathryn Wilson, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Il. Wales for Miss
Eleanor Pyle Mrs A Felix dupont
Mrs. II +. Brown at the Country
Club.