The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-12

That rnuhby little trick Dom Barber
was one of the touus leading archi-
tects up 20 twilight yesterday. hut
with the beginning Of nightfa.l every
body who was anS body IN tho Society
OF Beaux Arts Architects saw tie plump
MI Barber saw. Oh. a lot OF h!m-as
Donna BGrJcrini Pldiorer. premiere
dlnssuse IN the amateur stage high inks
that marked the formal opening las'
night of the Society's new clubhouse
~ l26 East Seventy-hfth street.
Late afternoon, last night and large
part OF this II, rniug We're ore day.
There was "a lot OF Dom Barber, wha'
VITA his ravlowa wig and suggestion
o: ballet costume In the stirring ballade
en-ti-tu!-ed The white Feather Rcd.
or Inside the sheets as the joint bur
lesque OF INSIDE the Lines and "Thc
" hite Fsathv'" was called But regard
less OF how much Barber there was In
sight he WASH me Whoa uproar. by
any means,
There were TWO dramatic uproars in
two scenes each and a buffet spread. just
enough drInkahl"s. MANI songs, dancing
that may or may not have finished by
The time this reaches the breakfast
table, with all the men and women on
the floor m.-careme-ing dressed as
Allies-anything European so long as ii
wasn't Austro-,ieiman
bella some Bast-r.
but perhaps most glorious Of all the
thrilling happenings OF an e%cstatic house
warming was the rendition by Architect
Bradley Delahanty. as Cccii Woodhc0d.
an English spy. " the beautiful Old
martial ballad, "Belln's Blasting Belly
bands for B~elgians."
ReNt'. hn.ting belyband. for Bels'ans
Sn"n bully wool'y beil,bands our Bella
huthev bHstes
tut the Re giins bail cut Rotten
Tines" AIM wool, they' 70 only cotton DO"
80 the Bcisians' bellies bulge beneath our
Be,la's bellybands.
When everybody and his wife and
s.ster had arrived In costume. ana every
body had 10 be IN costume to get into
90" shindig, the Beaux Arts lads be-
gan to boost art vita = tabloid play IN
two SCENES called Tier pnrtrpIt.' hN
playwright-Architccts Charles l.. Law
renee and Philp a. Cusichs
y granvilcbarkel sort of curtain
parted and disclosed Mrs samuel \.
Weldon as Mrs. RdUuc having I,r pnr-
trait painted by GcrdLd Hprst CAuth"~.
NI,AUc't-Actor philin Custcls). Old
Mhn hdwIrd BGgnc tCnar!cs l.. Law
rcnCcI--and he was a boa. too-tp.
tooS Io'n" - luncheon and listens a. q
door ajar while Mrs, Bdpuc and tlc
dr'ls' tax In WAY that rONVluDcS
ll'llu husband mat Yrs, EUUnf ihd iur
Young man who has been painting her
portrait are altogether too fr,"u !lN.
Well, this boarisi person RdVnc chasrs
his chaste and beautiful VII" of rirht
stage--the artist already has taken the
gate unags.st"d-aud thea tn" |irtlous
old man and In" recently finished por-
trait If his wife nav" tho stage 10 them
selves for the rest Of the scene A.
there's nobody els" around RoUl' falls
into conversation with the portrait and
/ accuses 1t OF gr!uniug in u taunting
manner At nm.
Therefore he u~nsheathos tho long cary
ing knife most business men carry home
10 luncheon with them and alaShrs the
face If tn" portrait In In" frenzy then
hr 'iuts ilts ia the Spotlight aud ones
noart goes out to the husband. for his
jealousy has driven the old Ioy uutty.
when the ,urtaln rises IN tn second
seen" the new p%ortrai, on the easel Is
drapcd IN ono of those red tahlccloths
that always grace the dining room
ables in Brooklyn between meals,