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

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on hand. but outside Of these backsiid-
ers there wasn't a soul In the entire
world missing from the hrst annual
'Mov1e Costume and Civic Ball." which
was started under the auspices Of the
Screen Club and the Motion Picture Ex-
hibitors League in Madison Square Gar.
den late Of Saturday night. was still
going yesterday and probably will sag
from exhaustion some time to-day.
The momentous ecstasy Of the AFFAIR
vealed that even Charlie Chaplin and
Miss Mary Pickford were overlooked In
the Jam. conscientious reporters not re-
membering until hours after they left
the ball at high noon yesterday that
they had forgotten 20 look UP Charlie
and Mary In their respective boxes ow-
ing to the overflow OF other celebrities
ali around the side lines.
In a manner Of speaking the ball was
. sor; OF going away party for the Hon.
Billy Quirk. president Of the Screen
Club. and the Edwin Booth Of the Mir
rcr Film Company. President Quirk
had had II framed NJ TO 20 straight
from the ball yesterday to the Pennsyl-
vania station and head for Florida with
the Mirror-Nat Goodwin Company.
We'll. l guess l gotta lie going, fel-
lows and girls" the Hon. Qulrk re-
marked eight or nine times YESTERDAY.
Me for the station and hon INTO the
RATHER"
Snow DELAYS D~cuarture
Blu every time President Qu'rk and
the rest OF the boys and girls pceked out
the Madison avenue door Of the Garden
they SOW that II was showing. SO tho
only thing to do was to return to the
dancing floor and begin the party over
again. President Quirk did finally make
a dash for the i:l7 Florida local Sester-
day afternoon. but he just missed It.
~Thereupon he and the scndoN party
hat had accompanied him to the local
deepo to say cood-by had to return TO
the Garden and open il up agtin.
\ preposSessing young person handed
out cards steadily at the door when
tho press gallery began to arrive. IA,
cards announcing that the young per-
son was none other than Joe Gleason,
leading man IN the "rhauhouser" COM
pany Of New Rochelle '~'rhanhous.r."
II Is scarcely necessary to add, IL n
German opera lay Richard Wagner. Joe.
according TO the statement under his
picture in evening dress on his cards,
plays the leading role in "T~hanhouser."
And right beside Joe Gleason was Ma.
Goodwin himself. Nat WAS wearing his
wedding suit. lie said confidentially
later VIXEN congratulated upon the way
his suit has withstuod persistent wear
that II pays 10 hand out five or ten
bucks extra when buying clothes n
thus get real service out OF them.
Once inside the hall one came upon
Producer Arch Sclwyn seated IN a box
decorated molcStly with a banner. "Sal-
wyn 6 co.'s -Four Biz Hits" Al four
vorc ihc,e-fdGar. Arch and Mike Sell
wNu ant Mrs. Margaret Mayo Selwyn
\ hn, "r two leyond was Miss Ethel
Barry more vino admitted hat snc was
GsttIu: her FIRST taste or snaDpy high
life ~ snciet,.
~ identity a lot OF banners which had
decorated some previous automobile show
a. Tho Garden had been left In place.
Powers S!N " read on" banner Noat
~. on high. Metro Wins" ran another
automobile banner, not 10 mention count
less other advertising streamers an
nounrinr the merits OF such ears as
tho Powers six H." the "Selwyn Four
and 20 III.
Nr. Drum Has = Problem.
loo Drum. publicity man FOR the new
clara Kimball Young Film Corporation,