Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-11
BAL DIES ARTS
BY CHARCOAL CLUB
BaItimnreans Anticipate Brilliant Sue
cess at Lyric Jan Ia Important
Features Of Big Affair
Especial to the Evening Capital.)

Especial to the Evening Capital)
With the preparations nearly COM
pleted and the date drawing near, all
signs point that the Bal des Arts to
be given by the Charcoal Club Of
Baltimore at the Lyric, in that city,
on January "A, will be a most bril-
liant success.
Art with the big-big a. and society
fthe big-big S are combining to
make it So The members Of the club
who are so generously devoting their
time and talents TO its adornment are.
many ofthem, already world famous
Men of other circles. leader in bust
ness, financiers and professors are
are serving upon its various commit
tees. while the extreme fashionable
element Of several cities viii be repre-
scented in the assemblage Of guests.
Baltimore society viii attend en-
masse as far as il can. For the ques-
ton no longer is who will 60" but
who can 20, the demand for tick
cts already threatening TO swamp the
committee in charge, of which Mr.
/ William H. Chaffe, Jr.. is general
chairman
General William Nicholson. L. s.
Army, ia command at Camp Meade.
viii be the guest OF honor and with
| three Of his aides will occupy a box
/ towards the centre of the line of
boxes on either side of the vast audi
torium at the Lyric For this box a
special scheme OF decorations has
been devised by Everett L. Bryant,
one of the most widely known and adj
nired Of the present day American
artists, whose verile imagination de-
signed the whole elaborate setting Of
the ball, and whose slillfull brush has
| for weeks been engaged in carrying
it out, with the able assistance of
/ Howard Frech, one OF the noted
younger members OF the Charcoal
Club
In ADDITION TO General Meade and
hrs stan there will be large at
tendance of his subordinate officers
| from Camp Meade as we'll as several
Of prominence representing the Al
| lied countries abroad and in Canada.
Numerous requests for invitations
have also been received from naval
officers stationed in Annapolis, Wash
ington and the vicinity of Baltimore.
| These win appear in uniform For
all others the rule Of fancy dress will
be strictly enforced.
/ Another important feature of the
bali which is being given close atten-
ton is the music, which will be UNI
der the direction Of the well known
leader, Louis II. Fisher, now Band
master Of the 313th Infantry, N. A.,
at Camp Meade Mr.. Fisher has pre-
pared a particularly spirited program
for the occasion in keeping with the
carnival nature of the entertainment.
Supper will be served en- buffet
from II clock until the conclusion of
the ball
In connection with the present ball
distinct departure has been made
from the custom of former years in
that the boxes at the Lyric are being
i sold. Hitherto, they have been camou-
naged completely out of existence, in
| order that all available space might
be given over to those participating in
the revelries, which its promoters by
no means wished to be regarded mere
ly from the spectacular point of
view That this rule has been waived
on the present occasion is due TO the
fact that the committee in charge is
desirious of obtaining this extra sum
for the war charities, for the benefit
of which the ball is given. Even in
the present instance. however, they
viii be used only as resting places be-
tween dances by those who do not
care to spend the entire evening on
the floor.