Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-22
TITLE ITALY REVELS
m 10Y AND COLORS AT
BALL OF BARRIERS
poaI "Atmosphere" Marks Big
Affair at horticultural Hall.
Crowds Delight in Wine,
Dance and Song
ppocEEDs TO CHARITY

.,.n. cbevaler c. C. A. Baldi, Jr., got
VIZ, the chair in the Lincoln Build.
harber shop today, he inquired of
r,.,.snne Pessano:
.I,a you think we did well?"
as~nsa dubbro," came the reply. you
bets ,.,, ,o,,,,,o about the 7,b
"a annual artistic masquerade ball
ts,n last night In Horticultural Hall by
italian Barbers' Association. 1t Ger.
n,aiy was great social and financial
..nscss everybody who Is anybody In
Ng.sia Italv" was there, and today the
Lh W. of The association are bursting
o ..t ,yealth. half of which will stay In
W., Ia and the other half will go to the
,,an Immigrants Home, at 10th and
nsnbrdge streets.
one saw in the multi-colored assemblage
,iyht an occasional person whose veins
~ none of the blood of Sunny Italy
psn.hahIe psn seeker after atmosphere" But
ss,,rasnt the rule. Probably 80 per cent.
Iii the dancers were wholly of Italian
Sirh or at least the children OF parents
who we're.
~. vas the happiness of the girls and
or ~ Theirs wasn't the ordinary flush
Y nisau,re that everybody feels in col
v.hpi musical place like horticultural
siail was last night; they seemed almost
.ssrs0qured with happiness 1t was GU
s,ons 10 n degree. One was made to Won
~ n the men of those hundreds last
rieht usually had n better time for they
.ssned 10 get the amount of fun out or
the dance that one expects 10 get. but but
,ho,r wives or sweetheartS were way above
,hsm The escorts noticed 1t. too, and
.nlv tbe fact that II was so general kept
,ha suspicions down. The only explana-
,ion one of the committee could suggest
vas that more men were present than
v,rls and no one of the latter had to sit
out a single dance
Tbey started to dance early and stayed
ste Between times they drank red wines
and light, but ate principally OF dishes
made up along American ideas.
Once Senior Giannini, who Chevalier
Haldi said has the most beautiful tenor
voice below Market street, sang. Mr..
BaldI is probably right, too.
The maskers, who were about one
third of all the dancers, experimental
most wonderfully in some Instances, and
no did some of the younger girls with
cosmetics But dresses and powders were
mere side issues even the committee was
less important than the mere dancers,
and that isn't usually the case.
One girl dressed to represent the
EVENING LEDGER, attracted considerable
attention. Her costume was composed OF
clippings from this newspaper and Miss
Ledger, who declined to give her real
name was followed about the ballroom
by inuuIsitive folk who wanted to read
the latest news. Furthermore, the gown
was right up to the minute, for 1t mad
among other things clippings from the
Anal edition of Mondays paper.
The clippings were artistcally ar
ranged so that all were readable 1t was
with much difficulty that the master of
ceremonies cleared away those anxious
for war news from the human newspaper
All the girls and their mothers had
q wonderful time; it showed in their
faces.
The grand march was led by Mr.. and
Mrs. Antonio Nigro. assisted by Mr.. and,
Mrs. Gennaro iva, Mr.. and Mrs. Eustac-
chic Fiore and Mr.. and Mrs. Vito San
toro.