Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-18

the organizer, and the dancers, gay in
the powder and patches. silks and ruff
| fles Of the eighteenth century, were
Miss Georgia Raybaud. Miss Evalina
Gleaves. Miss Caroline Nash. Miss De-
lano. Lieut.. Alva Bernhard. Messrs
Montgomery Angel, Monis Nolck. Wal
ter Wilcox and Lieut.. Edwin NJ Wat
son. A special feature was Louis Nv
belle carried in a trim sedan chair by
gayly costumed negro attendante
greater contrast could hardly be mag
ined than that between the elaborate,
exotic Egyptian pageant and the dam
ty minuet contingent. which looked as
II 1t might have stepped out OF can
vas by Vatican.
The fifth group. La France" already
described, concluded the corteges, ana
following every member Thereon. 10,
gether with all spectators who wlshed
Joined In a hilarious grand march ana
passed by the jury on costumes. Spe-
cial prizes were awarded Miss Ruth
Wilson and Louis Thompson both par
Elephants in the Egyptian group. ana 10
Miss Delano who appeared as a Louise
Ouinze beauty, and Oliver Hartman,
impersonating an East Indian. In ad-
dition to these special prizes, SIX WON iIE
en- and six mer were IRE pl bspa ~ laurel
wreaths.
Task of the Judges.
The Jury was composed Of Nicomtesse
de sibour, Miss wetmore and Paul
Bartlett.
The Judges task was necessarily
most difficult one, but their awards ap-
parently met. with general approval
That overdone adjective. "kaleido-
scopic," is about the only one that is
properly descriptive of the scene. Tor
the fancy costumes appeared 1nnumer-
To see them all, however. one had
only to station himself anywhere in
the room or walk around its edges
for dancing space was ample. Promi.
black and white. SO dear to Pierrots
and Columbines. but the usual class
! fcations were all represented-colonia
oriental. military. ballet. Egyptian, Chi
Celtic, Balkan and French empire being
| a few of the leaders. Neutrality-suspicious.
who attended the recent magnificent
Beaux Arts ball in New York are au-
thority for the statement that last
nights affair. in so far as the beauty
of the costumes and their wearers
were concerned. compared more than
| favorably with the metropolitan offer
ing.
| Dancing Almost Continuous.
Supper in the dining rooms on the
first floor thinned the crowd from mid
night until o'clock. but general dane
ing was almost coaeinuous until the
early morning hours.
| Mrs. Paul Bartlett and Mrs Garrison
| McClintock were the organizers of the
| cabaret show that provided entertain
ment both before and after supper. They
were assisted by DR.: Alfred Francis
Hopkins and Moryen Thompson, and the
artists cooperating were: Mrs. Will
liam A. Slater. jr.: Miss Muriel Saxton,
Mrs. Ely Elliott Palmer. Mrs. Earring
ton. Miss Sylvia Metcalf. Miss Bertha
| Draper King. Miss De Pima and Miss
Crosby. George o'connor. Mortimer
| Clark, ST.; Arthur Pierce, Louis Thomp-
| son, Robert Daily. Messrs. Obach and
| Cressi, Felix Mahony, Wood Cowan,
Hugh Hennesy, Arthur Baer, 1. Hoyt
| Yoemans and Courtney Allen.
Chorus Assists Staff Of Artists.
The large chorus which assisted the
stan Of artists In anu between the va
rious "stunts'' included Miss Cora
Barry, Miss Juliette Crosby. Miss Edith
Blair. Miss Beatrice Clover. Misses
Delano, Miss M. de Pena, Miss Jean
Hinkle. Miss Frances Hoar. Miss Eliza
beth Harding: Miss Caroline Ogden
Katherine McC1intock. Miss Camilla
Lippincott. Miss Marguerite Caperton.
Miss Eleanora Morgan. Mrs. Newbold
Mrs Nathan wyeth. Mrs William
Slater. IT.; Miss l. Hendriek. Miss Mary
Moore. Julian Bishop. Gerald May. Rob-
ert Stead. Manning Stead. Newton
Guiick. FRANKLIN Ellis, Arthur Camp
| 1Snv fut iy
George OConnor. Louis Thompson.
Lawrence Townsend. jr.: Oliver Harri-
man. jr.: Henry Dickson. Lieut.. Ber--
nard. Stokes; Howard Greenley and
John Hemphill.
The beneficiaries of the proceeds OF
Washington's leading carnival event OF
the year will be the families of the SOL
der artists of France. now left in most
distressing circumstances through the
presence of husbands and fathers in the
trenches. As in the case Of last win
nounced as being done "in recognition
Of the invaluable services offered to
American art students by the Ecole des
. Beaux Arts of Paris"
Committee in Charge.
The committee in charge. members of
! which are today being congratulated on
the results of their careful and detailed
work. consisted of the following men,
bers Of the Society Of Beaux Arts Ar
) chitects: Nathan c. Wyeth. chairman:
) J. II. de Sibour. treasurer; Frederick
r H. Brooke. Edward c. Dean, Fred v.
Murphy, Charles c. Rumsey and George
. Oakley Totten. jr.
These were assisted by Ward Brown.
/, representing the Washington chapter
, of the American Institute Of Architects;
Bedford Brown, representing the Wash :
ington Architectural Club. and Paul
| Bartlett, representing the Waghingto
Society of Artists.
List Of Patronesses.
: The patronesses were Mrs. Lars An
J lderson. Mrs. Paul Bartlett, Mrs. A. e.