The sun., 1916-11-20
SCREEN CLUB BALL
IS HIGH JINKS AFFAIR
Motion Picture Kings and
Queens Start Grand March
at Hotel Aston.
SOME GOING YET, MAYBE
Celebrities Of Film World Spill
Festivities Over Old
Broadway.
SOME GOING YET, MAYBE

All custard pies. tapioca and rice
puddings. fresh patches Of fapjack
batter and the similar high power pro-
jectiles which movie cutups begin to
throw at one another when gleeful were
carefully removed from the Hotel As
tors serving tables and kitchens early
on Saturday evening and securely locked
up in Proprietor Muschenheim's private
vault. Then the key was thrown away.
These precautions having been taken.
the Astor's grand ballroom was thrown
open Just before midnight Saturday and
the FIRST ball OF the 19l6-1917 season
OF the movie stars. directors. magnates
and lesser lights who compose the mo-
ton picture social organisation known
as the Screen Club began to get Its
stride. Last night the dance still was
on. but by that time the entire field
of operations had been bodily trans
planted from the Longacre Square sec
tor TO the film folks new clubhouse
along the West Forty-ffth street 'front.'.
Change In Programme Explained.
The original plans were OF course to
have the function end at the Aston as
well as begin there. Toward daylight
yesterday morning. however. there was
an accidental change Of plan. II seems
that Just about the time Jeb %Stebbleton,
the popular dairyman Of Cold Spring.
i. l.. drew his horse up to the front
door Of the Astor to deliver the MORN
ing milk. young Jimton Lackaye's BROTH
er. Wilton. remarked to Mrs. Mary Pick
ford's husband. owen Moore, that II was
too bad hundreds OF dancers had arrived
at the ball too late to view the wonders
of the dazzling grand march.
The eminent Billy Q~uirk--eminent
not only as president OF the Screen
Club and as a film celebrity but tre-
mendously famous as the husband OF
heard the rema,k in pas.ing president
Quirk pad led the grand march at mid
night win MISS Norma Iaimadge' Both
were stiii on hand' so were the rank
ana hle OF the grand march. Then why
not welcome a new sunday morning
nttihsiy oy repeating the graho march'
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To think was to act. But alas. II was
learned after President Billy and Miss
T~alnadge had lined ~ their group OF
marchers on one side Of the ballroom
and Scenario Creator Martin Green and
Miss Jane Gail had marshaled another
regiment on the other side and every
body was marking time eagerly while
waiting for the command to start-just
then 1t was learned that the lad who
operated The multi-colored spotlights had
all gone home hours ago Also the ball
room lighting system was s%agglng from
exhaustion. Without the whirlihg col
ored disks In front OF the balcony spot
lights and next to no artificial lights at
all except the rays cracking from dia-
mond shirt studs. pearl dog collars and
emeralds and rubies and things worn
ton OF the grand march promised to be
a hivver.
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And then somebody-groups OF per-
sonal admirers gave credit for the Idea
variously TO the Misses Gail. Grace Val
entine. Clara kimball Young. Pearl
White. Annette kellermann, Alice Joyce,
Theda Bara. Nance o'Nelll, Mary Pick
ford, Ethel Barrymore, Margaret Green,
Violet Mersercau, June Caprice and
Maude Fealy-anyway some one arnonc
the dazzling girls present made the dis
covery that out In Longacre Square the
first rays Of the brilliant morning sur
were turning Broadway into a blaze OF
glory.
And so. after n quick consultation. II
was decided to hold the second edition
Of the grand march out in the all per
Tberefore the hall marched through IN,
lobby and out through the revolving
doors and LETT the Astor nat
President Billy, MISS Can, MISS Tai
madge and the rest OF the march Leaders
intended. OF course, merely 10 20 through
the, various marching cVolu',ons out II
broadway Tor an hour OF 80 ana 'ner
return to the ballroom.
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