The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-30

League OF Nations or the Bolshevild. and
NOBODY gave a boot for any of the prob
lens that are wrinkling the brows of the
Peace Conference, for II was a crowd
through and through which was just glad
70 be alive. glad that there were still
drinks to drink and pretty girls to dance
with and foolish things to shout or whis-
per. II was a party that proved. too.
now little woman really needs in the
line of duds, for there were young things
around and about content with little
more than a bead and n safety min.
Had they sneezed--oh, boyi
Sunrise Cocktail Available.
Tho bar functioned steadily through
the roaring night. George J. Gloom was
not around at the Takers Ball this
year to turn of the faucet as he was
last year when the party went dry at
A.. M. II was as easy to get a cock
tail or highball or beer at sunrise as
u had been at midnight. but there was
not single case of ugly intoxication
There was not a fight or quarrel
throush the night nothing but the gay
est laughter and continuous dancing
with three bands never letting up. It
"'-' Sho "a tuoso paTuob winch appar-
emily demonstrated that Manhattan can
froiic without getting messy, that a
jinsie Is as good as a jag or better.
There was little or no champagne
called for With that disappearing mud
priced at SIS or $40 a copy the demand
was small indeed. and probably there
was never a big artists ball in New
York whore less OF the fizzy stuff was
consumed. It revealed that the wine
agent 10 virtually an extinct species.
The two or three that went to the
FakerS out of habit showed the dismal
lest faces. Updertakers would have
been jolly compared to them. Most
people called for cocktails, the cole
brsted Dry Martini standing No. 1 in
popularity. and whether the incessant
dancing or the reduced alcoholic con-
tent was responsible. the fact Is that
these neat little connections seemed to
lack their usual kick. For the rest
there was beer In floods. the beer OF
the unhappy present. the ais stuff !;
Scotch. rye and the Bourbon OF old
Kentuck.
A Dance Ntno Hours Long.
There never was an artists ball whers
dancing was more continuous and popu-
lar An orchestra Of fifty pieces ranged
alongside part of one wall Of the Com
modore ballroom went into action at 10
2. NJ. and kept going until 7--nine hours
without a break--for when ono section got
wtnded or weary another section took UP
the swing OF the music And In one Of the
dining rooms a Hawaiian band strummed
for hours the infectious music OF the
happy isles provoking girlies in the
briefest of skirts to hula-hula exhibit
lions up and down the aisles among tho
tables and sometimes squarely upon the
tables themselves. though this latter fes-
tivity was frowned upon by the head
walter. who fused about like a disturbed
old hen with naughty chicks
In the other dining room the soldiers
Jazz band, which made music for
wounded men in the hospitals of France,
ripped out the liveliest of their tunes
under Sid Marion's leadership, and when
ever they let go there was a yell and
shout OF applause not only because OF
the slam bang. trouble be- blanked quail
ity OF the music, but because the boys
themselves enjoyed their work so much.
They played with their hands and feet
and their bodies They chucked their
instruments to the ceiling and caught
them They sang altogether In gay
blasts Of melody, and sometimes they
marched tho big room around with half
the outraged headwaiter from their
path. They liked the army jazzers SO
well that when the party surrendered to
the sun they followed Sid and his troupe
into the open street.
Bradley Right ON the Job.
All of the Takers except the fine artist
lads that lost their lives or were wound
cd In the fighting in France were there
under the direction of Fred Bradley. who
has managed these parties from their in
ception. The Takers, II may be re-
marked. are the active and alumni mem
bers Of the Art Students League. tai
ented and frequently impudent sprigs of
art with n taste notwithstanding their
betters. as when Lionel Strauss TESTED at
the master. Chase, with a Faker paint
ing picturing the late William NJ. paint
ing whale in the nude; or as when
Louis Britton, girding at Ben All Hag-
gins portrait OF a solemn faced lady in
black. turned out his little thing called
"A Girl in Pain" by "Beln ALI Akin
They take care of their needy comrades
and the families thereof. do the Takers.
and that is why they hold annual frolcs.
This year they realized perhaps $4,000
with expenses and war tax settled for,
and that goes into fund to provide for
the necessities OF poor art students and
for the folk OF comrades who were in
the war.
Their BALI of yesterday morning was
unusually interesting because 1t may
have been the last. or one of the last
most likely. OF the stupendous artists
frolics for which New York has been
famous for many years. Nobody be-
iieves that such costume dances can be
successful from any point Of view if all
| the jolly old rum. even beer. is cut off.