The Washington herald., 1917-01-24
ORIENTAL SPLENDOR
MARKS COSTUME BALL
Lavish Colors Make Resplendent Pic
ture of Far East.


trappings. myriad lights, perfumed IN.
cense and plaintive music. the Oriental
Ball held at Rauschers last night re-
vealed the splendor Of the East.
Offering an ever changing panorama
the costumes of the dancers were pic
turesque In their Eastern styles and col.
crs. Here and there a grotesque figure
accoutered In all the traditional apparel
of ancient China, met and shook hands
witt a lady from Egypt, whose face was
hidden behind a film veil, in accordance
with the custom of her land. Women in
elaborate evening dress danced with men
arrayed in the curious but resplendeni
earb of the Turk.
The ball was a merry Mardi Gras, sur
rounded by an atmosphere typical of the
Orient. Pretty girl cigarette venders
msidens selling confetti and others offer
ing homemade candies for sale made the
whole scene a perfect picture of some
Oriental garden.
The guests were received by Miss Fran
ces Carpenter, chairman of the ball COM
mittee; Miss Ruth Larner. president OF
the Junior League; Mrs. John W. Thomp-
son, its founder and organizer, and Miss
Margaret Howard, vice president
At II o'clock the curtains parted from
the raised dias at the end Of the ball
room and the tableaux from Arabian
Nights, after Dulac and Maxfield Parish,
were presented by a group Of society
bellies and beaux.
The first "Scheherezade" was posed by
Miss Camilla Lippincott and Mr.. Morven
Thompson; Mrs. Lawrence Baker appear
ed as "Pierutze." from The Wicked
Half Brothers"
''The Queen of the Ebony Isles" was
represented by Miss Olga Pilson, and
Miss Julia Brice, Miss Muriel Denys, and
Mortimer Clarke was seen in the episode
from THE King Of the Ebony Isles"
when the king hears the women clap
ping. The fifth tableau was also from
THE King at the Ebony Isles" and
showed Mr.. Mariyn Brown, of New York,
at the moment when in this part Of
the narrative the young king began to
sob."
Miss Alexandrine Fitch had the role Of
Morgiana in The Forty Thieves" and
the next scene was the Sword Dance"
from The Forty Thieves" posed by Miss
Candace Howard. Mr.. Wilder Tomlinson.
Mr.. Lawrence Baker, and Mr.. Walter
Alexander. Two scenes from The Magic
Horse" were shown. 20. wicked man, Is
this the watch thou hast kept?" posed by
Miss Gwendolyn Denys and Morven
Thompson, and Until the tale of her
mirror contented her." with Miss Mildred
Cameron, Miss Suzanne Chase, Miss Dor
othy Denys, and Miss Elizabeth Smith.
The tableaux were arranged by Miss
Lena Hitchcock and Mr.. Mortimer Clark
and were not only particularly gorgeous,
but faithful in detail and faultless In pre-
sentation.
their boxes were Mrs Gibson Fahnestock,
Mrs Victor Kaufman, Mrs. Thomas
Walsh. Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
Mrs. Frank G. Carpenter, Mrs John w.
Thompson, Mrs. Richardson Clover, Mira
r. Ward Denys, Mrs Edward c. Wal
ker, Mrs. Dennis A. Upson, Mrs. ]. ID.
Stafford and Mrs. Francois Berger Moran
who had with her the Japanese Ambas-
sador, Admiral and Mrs. Benson, Mr..
Jules Blondel, Senator and Mrs. sha-
rroth, Senator and Mrs. Beckham, Mrs.
Horace Macfarland, Judge and Mrs. Will
liam Bailey Lamar, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Gait, Admiral and Mrs. Frederick
Harris Mr.. Alexander Sharpe, DR..
Charles Noble Gregory. Gen. Squier, and
DR.. Swisher.
Others among the guests were: Sena-
tor and Mrs. Robert L. Owens, Mrs.
Dorothea Owens. and their guest. Miss
Joyce Kennedy; Mrs. Amos II. Fowler,
Miss Sally Fowler. Miss Helen McCum-
Der, Miss Dorothy Shuey, Miss Marie
Sims, Miss Enid Sims, Mr.. and Mrs. John
~
Julia Brice Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Mann,
the Misses Edith and Minna Blair,
Baroness Charlotte Won Winckler, Baron
ess Lily Won winckler, Miss Dorothy
bennett, Miss Mary Graham. Assistant
Attorney General and Mrs. Graham, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Foraker, Miss Ruth
Patterson, the Misses Hitchcock, the
Misses Tuttle, Capt and Mrs. Mason
Young, Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Pratt,
Naval Constructor and Mrs. Land, Miss
Emily Merryman, Miss Elizabeth Hard
ing, DR.. and Mrs. Nevil Monroe Hop
kins, Miss Anne Hopkins, Miss Mary
Veeder, Gen. and Mrs. George Barnett,
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Cleveland Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs. War
wick Montgomery. Miss Anna Mont
gomery.
The patronesses were Mrs. Richardson
Clover, Mrs. Edward B. Mclean. Mrs.
George Barnett, Mrs. Robert NJ. Thomp-
son, Mrs John B. Larner, Mrs. Thomas
F. Walsh, Mrs Charles Boughton Wood.
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. William
Salisbury, Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mrs.
Duncan Phillips, Mrs. Hugh L. Scott,
Mrs. Cleveland Perkins, Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock, Mrs. Willisan Crozier. Mrs.
Richard Harlow, Miss Mabel Boardman,
Mrs. Henry Dimock, Mrs. Victor Kaufr-
mann, Mrs. C. c. Glover. Mrs. E. War