Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-07

:. r,,iI lead to horticultural
Lb .a.,ebt. when the world and
- ~ or should I say wives VIII
y VIZ nn, 10 attend the Bal Masque,
t'n ~ =. making philadelphia more ana
vhlon ,..,ous :. each year / am told that
more ~ ~. Masoue of the Seven Allied
y ', wss pale in comparison 10 tne
~ wb,ch will be a part OF tonight s
agnu oo feel sure that the man
1'IiO'n 1'., has seen to it that Miss Janet
igenl, =, al. will not be admitted to
Bl'nsa .,,ol, this evening; for let me tell
" Miss Richards will not back down
you "a" ,soos on the subject of the recent
N ne' aud though l question her
pase'" woshingtonian criticising Phil
INK ,.,ohia Society, and, by the way that
real faux pas, for 1t was not
W. ''s,,.do,pbia Society, not even all Phiia-
rnl'st. s,s Ar,ists who took part, I agree
osr D,,S her that the performers had no
80 I'd Join in the dancing III the
49, ,nsoo,r after the pageant that night
.rou,d certainly have changed their
aA
su or want of costumes, for
- 49, garments before they took part
@ s,,s ,be general public in the dancing
.,r,rd From all know of the Bal
..,, ~ shrove Tuesday l think
-in he really more worn than at
4. pareant; let us fervently nope So u.
10 for the so.called costumes OF
"a, on that occasion, and some OF
.o,,,sn as we'll. especially those who
rsre the flowers, were unspeaKaoly I'M
.oasst still would rather say 1t my
IN than have stranger do So Inc
s...ant itself was beautiful spectacle
q, n should have ended there.
r,rcv GOWNS seem to break the bar
~. and make some persons feel FREQ
!, .sv and do things which they would
y, drsam of doing on ordinary oc-
casions.
There will be a number of dinners be-
49,, The festivities at the Ritz, Belle
via and in many private homes. and
spssts from all over the country Will
attend. They will be here from New
york Washington, Baltimore, st. Louis
poston Providence and numerous other
elties, The patronesses will be Mrs.
George Dallas Dixon, Mrs. James Pot
Ter Mrs. Eli X. Price, Mrs. Charles
McMchael, Mrs. Norris Barratt, Mrs.
waiter Douglas, Mrs. Harrison Smith,
Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Mrs. Craig Bid
dIe Mrs Robert Cassatt, Mrs. Henry
Reed Hatfield, Mrs. Daniel Hutchinson,
Mrs Edward Hopkinson and Mrs. Rob-
art Large. OF course, the latter will
not be able to attend, owing to her
severe illness, but we are all so glad
10 know that she is recovering from the
attack and will soon be on the con-
yalescent list.
\ The old dental hall, where the archi-
Aectural students held their famous By
mntine Ball last night, was certainly
one festive scene. Costumes included
everything from Turkish ladies', archers,
pirates. "piratesses," high priests and
priestesses. and the thousand and one
other picturesque costumes of the pc
Rod. The various loges held their
stunts" and the Van Pelt section out
did all in originality when they pro-
duced an Oriental dancer from a, huge
box, which had been hanging in the air
all evening. To the strains of snaky
music, supplied by several members of
the student body, disguised with tom
toms, flutes, drums and violins, debu-
tante Of the season, noted for her terpsi-
chorean ability, whirled and gyrated
about in front of Bob Carrere, who
tried, in vain, to look properly dlsdain-
fnl OF her charms.
Uytendale Baird led the grand march
before supper and looked as charming
@ ever in a red and gold costume,
studded with rhinestones and colored
stones The collation. was served from
large baskets, all of the guests having
been requested to bring their own pill
iows to replace the chairs that would
have been, Of course, an anachronlsm.
The color scheme of blue, green, gold
and orange was carried out with ever
changing lights thrown on from the bal
cony.
Among the debutantes were Eleanor
werner, Dorothy Norris, Marion Myers,
Dorothea oberteuffer and numerous
others.
It is gratifying to hear that our
american people are so generous in CIV
ing to the suffering abroad. Young