Evening journal., 1919-10-22
SOCIETY TO DANCE
IN new BtLLRCON

! November 10, there VIII be an exhibit
ton In the ball room by the Columbia
Graphanoia Company. On December 1
! a dance VIII be given by the Emerald
ciuD, composed OF young women OF ST.
( Patrick's Catholic Church. and on De
( cember T. there VIII be coiilllon ten
dered by Miss Kate McClamerty 10 her
dancing classes. Shorter's Orchestra, OF
"a pieces, viii furnish music Miss
McClaiferiy also viii hold her Saturday
morning classical dancing classes IN the
bali room, Beginning November %.
The flrst Assembly will be held dur
I ing December, and Il Is anticipated u
VIII be an event long TO be treasured
| in the memories OF is palronesses and
guests. During January and February
there VIII be a series Of Thursday after
noon muslcales IN the suite. The He
brew Charity bail also Will come In
January. In February the Wilmington
Society OF the Fine Arts will hold rs
anDual exhibition OF paintings In the
ball room.
IN addition TO these events there will
be a large number OF private affairs,
such as coming OUT for the debulan-
tes. receptions and dinner dances. Al
together The new suite viii be filled
with gayety many evenings from now on.
In designing the new lobby OF the
hotel. the club room and the ball
room suite, the idea OF maintaining a
general atmosphere and appearance OF
a tne residence or club rather than
that cf a metropolitan hotel has been
kept "a view. The Intention has been
20 make The hotel OF quiet elegance yet
home-lke, and thereby attractive IN the
highest degree, especially TO Whining
tonlsns.
Elaborate and gaudy effects have
given place 90 quiet Interiors, executed /
IN the best and most subs .antial mate |
rials, OF The sort that enhance the |
solldity and comfort OF the design. Il !
Is. n fact, safe 20 say there are few
hotels that excel the new dupont in the !
seriousness of It's execution and the
careful selection OF decorative mate
riais.
The new lobby Is OF trayerline stone
-an Italian stone noted for its sOflness
OF color and texture. All OF the wood |
work Is OF American walnut. In char I
acter the lobby is that OF the great hall /
OF an Italian palace. Venetian In inspir- /
tlon with rs detail drawn from early /
Christian sources.
Particularly are TO be noted the great /
carved walnut doors leading 30 The ball |
room suite, and the carved walnut cas-
ing OF the revolving entrance door on
Eleventh street
Leading from the lobby Il TIE clue.
a room entirely in Italian walnut.
The feature OF this room Is a
gorgeous batlk, entitled, "a Legend OF
over the fireplace. This
batk. dyed IN thirteen colOrs on silk
for the hotel by the painter, Arthur
Crisp, measures IL by &c feet, and Is one
OF the most ambitious works OF the
sort ever attempted. I. recently was
on view al Mrs. II. r. Whitney's studio
In New York. After describing a num-
Der OF sculptures by Malvina Hoffman, |
the art critic OF the New York Times, !
said:
In the adjoining room sre deoora-
tive paintings and batik hanging by
Arthur Crisp. The paintings fade into
IN the company OF
the gorgeous fabric made for hotel
IN Wilmington Del. The painter has re-
membered his psychology. lie calls his
batik Hospitality" and has designed
II In harmony with the profuse, costly,
and aggressive hospitality OF a public
hostelry.
"These far from obseQulous atten-
iants who come bearing gifts, this port
Iy keeper OF the keys, this music and !
food and superficial gayety II all bents .
Inc paying guest ,as the honest coun-
Irv title gOesl who advances TO receive
n a guest whose argOsles are in view
and whose luggage, on the shoulders
Of his slave, is encouraglngly aDun-
liant
"Mr. Crisp has managed the rather
linlcult batik process with boldness ana
subtlety and has brought out its inter
ostine possibilities TO degree not be
fore achieved In the modern work OF
this kind
The club room Is also notable for
three circular skylights which adorn
The ceiling In these an interesting 1
marine motive has been made in loaded
rlass. The first depicts a ship OF Lord
period; the second, frig-
ate Of the War OF 1912, when Whining
Ton was gaining its renown as a ship
building community; and the third, a
modern destroyer
Tho ball room suite has a direct en-
france from Eleventh street in addition
10 the entrance from The lobby Of the
hotel, The latter entrance is so ar
ranged that it closes Off the suite en-
tirelv from the hotel. From The
entrance hall. which like the lobby, Is
travertine stone, with an elaborate
Italian coffered ceiling, splendid
roseal marble staircase sweeps up TO
the banquet hall.
The balustrade OF polished steel and
bronze is particularly worthy OF note,
as a decorative study OF metal work.
From the low level, the entrance hall
opens into The ball room foyer, a
paneled room, with the quiet furnish
ings Of a home.
The banquet hall above has CO.
lonial treatment of white pilasters with
walnut doors, and old rose hangings
II is a room about flfty feet square,
which at the end, being in the mezza-
nine, looks out over the ball room.
The ball room. which Is entered
through the foyer Is a room Of splen-
did proportions one hundred couples
may dance In 10 at a time without the
least crowdlng This room has received
very unusual treatment from both
the designer and the artist who worked
in 70. The walls are done almost
entirely in sgrafftto, process Of col
ored cements, worked in place on the
walls into an elaborate and interesting
design.
The decorative treatment OF this