The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
FAK7RS BALL PRIZE IS WON
BY GREEN WIG AND TIGHTS
End of the Season Revel Brings Out Some Startling
Costumes-Peacock Feather Captures Second
Place-Notable of Art World Dance.

equally i,ossy cars. so the Judges got
peevish and left her fiat.
Having got this far one might say that
shirley Barker won the fiivvcr by eX-
hibiting tho following mess OF clothes: /
Fluffy green wig, big ruff of ostrich
feathers. tights which deceived the eye
and lace troliserettes
Mrs. Arthur william Brown took the
second prize. $50 la gold coin. with her
famous peacock costume. tho striking
feature OF which was a single peacock
feather rising four feet from her head
dress.
In any general comment about the
Eakirs' party at tho Vanderbilt. the revcl
which closed Il season Of sun lodging
which broke all records for New York
and vicinity. the statement Of former
Postmaster-General Hitchcock. as he
stood in the balcony with $. Stanwood
Mcnken. president OF the National
Security League. and watched 900 boys
II Girls swaying and swinging to the
music of five orchestras while spinning
light wheels sta bbcd at the dancers
shafts OF red and blue and orange. must
have a place.
1T is one of the spectacles.' said Mr..
Hitchcock, that the mind could not
imagine"
For tho frs, time. probably. In the
whole history Of the town costume
dances there was never n minute when
the music wasn't going. From IL Il. NJ.
on Wednesday night to 6 A. NJ. five or
chestras alternated in "A continuous
marathon Of o~nc-stcpping and hcsita-
tioning and fox trottins- orchestras of
every shade from plain white to iniy
black. The minute one band OF musi-
cians got lip or finger cramp and quit
another let go with a blare and a bang.
IN in the main dining room OF the VAN
terbilt, which WAS used as an annex
for tho overflow from the Della Isohbia
room, Hawaiians mn their curl
Gus tddles and guitars in music that
can't be beaten for dance purposes and
were relieved from time to time by a
blonder crew, while in the Della Robbia
three bands were hitting IL vi.
some Ia ring Costumcs.
Most everybody who hates the no.
ton Of going TO bed went to the bal, he
cause they like A. Fred Bradley. the
most frenzicd Of all F'akirs, and because
the Fakirs in bulk are a most likable
set. There was a greater variety Of
costumes than any ball Of the season.
perhaps. has revealed. including some of
the most daring conceptions that were
ever seen upon any dancing floor. "
some of the girls had so much as sneczed,
7 JUST ~ lAlli'. ltb9 " pt'Il''
noches' There we're costumes that never
appeared 10 the most tortured mind in
u welsh rabbit dream.
Take clara TiCc. artist ~ the Green
wiCh Village set. II on" says tina Miss
Tice was prcmedita,ively and d~csigncdly
a fright one doesn't do her gctup jus
tice. Her small face was painted dead
white. Her lips were purpl"d, Her
eyes were ringed about with black cir
It,. H al Los ."I fAAt tn.H
CHASTITY white. Her drrss. which looked
like nothing else ever seen. was q
dilap!dation of tatters. With Miss Ticc
was Oliu Howland. Jobyna's brother. as
"rhe Man from Egypt'-facc G,aringiy
gold painted,
Blzzirg around here and there ono Oh
served Robert Henri a. a Lombard
peasan; dressed for holiday, Ernest
Truck as Charley Chaplin and a m.ll:"r
times more amusing than most oi
Chapliu's im|lta;ors Herb Roth ieuuded
Of the pink whiskers which had con
ccaled SO much Of his beauty, Jack Nc.
l'i-ath. King " trccnw'ch Nillag" in T..
domino of purple s,'ipeS Daisy Thpuup.
,on aud her husband. Paul I'rc~.dei
Cy Water!us of the tukirs. q Spauiar,
;o the watt ard q Syo'rhnau on spg'l
To 'hc feet the ;hrre Sur,lcyS-HUl
Hamilton aud Male M. and Mr.
Christy iu the ligh, blue uniform OF
the t'roucn cavalry. Fannic ilIrst, tin
magazine writer, Ethel l1unmmcr anC
Mrs. Nina Putnam. Norman Thwatt"
n" VAR expert, SANDY Mtcliir0ar, Mr.
Mary Mack uuo and Mr.. Mtrv's k'
SISTER. cha lotto Charley Fails. appear,
Ing tins year a. a hol,'d cgg Nj;
pIy.;fc Falls in hcr famous or.lnGcad'
costume. - Arson Jones. celebrated n
the husband of Mrs. Mttht'd. Jones. -
IN" spirit ~ Harlem Mis- 'urcu" "a
2cll ~ 70 dainty costume of white sat.l
decorated with French roses and with d.
r,>o crlnrgd cape Is VANITY Far, o.