The sun., 1917-06-07
ALLEY FIESTA OPENS
IN VIA MACDOUGAL'
Mayor Speaks for Allies Char
ity After Interesting
Procession.
IT'S LIKE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Charming City Lane Is Trans
formed Into Wondrous
Holiday Guise.

According to the programme the Alley
yvsta for the benefit OF the allied ma
tons opened oflcislly In Macdoagal
aIley last night al 10 O'Clock, when
Mavor Mitchell addressed the multitude
from the upper balcony of the four story
Italian restaurant which was once no
iai,- than last week. Mrs Harry psyne
whitney's three story studio. Rut, a. a
matter OF fact the good times began at
At that hour Mrs. whitney and Mrs.
walter MAYNARD rode into the alley from
Nacdougal street mounted on the Hip
podrome's tue biggest elephants. Babe
ard Roxie.
There were other elephants IN gor-
eeous trappinrs and ridden by male
members OF the fiesta committed who.
though obviously uncomfortable. were
not going TO Be ousdone by any woman.
and what with the entire population of
Greenwich Village assembling 20 zee the
exci,erent and all the movie men IN
town wildly turning crsnks. to say moth
ins Of about a score of photographers,
the Alley FIESTA may be said TO have
ccened with considerable eeIat.
Mrs. MAYNARD and Mrs Whitney were
vronounced by the Hippodrome men who
ehaperoned Babe and Rox,e TO be as
esune as II born TO the circus ring. hut
Mrs. Maynard confessed she'd rather
cross the ocean and brave lot Of u
toats than do II again.
Mrs. Delane wins . -. bet.
Tney weren't the only trick riders
though Mrs William A. Delano. burn
ing with patriotic longing to aid th'
Allies took up HAIRY Payne Whitney's
bet OF IS tnat she wouldn't dare ride g
cunning little gray donkey that stood
there rayiy capsrisoned. He gave her q
hand and. riding astride the little beast
Ms Delzno gaiboped down the alley
I, was a quaint and charming piac'
into which Babe and Roxie carried thei'
brave riders at the opening of this mar
vellous benefit for our soldiers
charming place, OF course. Macdouga
Allev is In its every day Euise. and
nsybe the transformed Nacdougal ALE,
would be too strenuous for every day
hui as a weeks attraction II certainly y
a wonder And when the sun wen
down and the strings OF cciored hxnf
above the new and strange building
which an army OF carpenters have mad
out of scaffoidtng and stuccc and pain
twinkled out like a thousand red. whit
and blue stars. II was like the Arabia,
Nights IN Italian dress
Here YOU saw a church with sfafne
riass windows. and you thought yo
we're In medieval Italy till you looked I
a, the entrance and saw Alice MorE2
Wright and Portia Wills IN 1911. SUI
frage coiors selling little plaster Aiie
Cats" for the benefit of the suffrage wa
relief
Just Like s0ae Far Oh Land.
SeapoEtau flower girls. cowled monk
donkey boys. Italian peasants made 70
feel as II You had walked from Fiji
avenue through Philip Lydig's garage
rarage no longer. but a wonderful Oh
World entrance way gorgeous with IN
fzxs Of the nation--rtEht into SON
far off land And then YOU heard Mr
James B Eustis inviting you 10 walk
To her china smashing place and take
vhack for IS cents at the row OF cuI
and saucers at the other end or yc
were invited to buy Liberty Bond, ar
You realized that this was Little o.
New York after all.
Although the Mayor did not speak Il
nearly 10 o'clock. he came much Garlic
With Mrs. Mitchell. and they d.ned with
large party in the al fresco resfAuran
Mrs Whitney, Mrs MAYNARD. Mrs.
4 Vanderbilt. Jr., Mrs. Otto Kahn. Mr.
I.vdix. Mrs Charles Dillingham; and MI
lvdix Hoyt were a few OF those vi
we're there
Mrs Vanderbilt. dressed in black vi
q large nat. sat on the Mayors right Al
smoked cigarettes TRANQUILITY, though
Honor declined to join her. Below
,Ae Alley II was like a sea OF heads mo
ting ceaselessiy up and down. exec
when the crowds became 80 great Tn
tNsv couldn't move, for the attendau
vas beyond all expectations Even on
side. In MaodouEal street. along tAsh