The sun., 1919-04-18

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party at the TellcEsn residence and pre-
pared TO say their good nights and that
they had had lovely time
Lights, Jewels N Everything.
But paragraphs are needed to tell Of
the Tellssen.Farrar function proper,
which was ablazs with light and lowell
ness and music ano the Farrar dia-
mond encrusted pearls where II wasn't
sparkling and sixxling with magnums Of
Charlesemersoncook's Imperial. Much
print paper might be given to Mrs.. Telle-
gems lampshade or lambrequin or min
aret--whatever kind of gown 1t was
OF orange and deep purple tulles-or
whatever II was. And as for the Farrar
pearls, floating on sea Of diamonds all
over the necklaces and bracelets and
rings
The Empire state Express In collision
with Tiffany's best show case. Lightning
hitting the Fifty-ninth street Tower of
yewela
Even II . mere male reporter found It
quite beyond him TO approach adequate
ness when attempting to list the giories
OF tho gowns that were among those
present II may be said, on the other
hand. that almost any one could describe
The costume OF the frst semblance Of
human form which greeted one upon en-
tering. II was Q marble statue of Eve
when Eve was girlish and oarefree and
didn't give two whoops in Harlem what
the spring or even the fall styles were.
Only half q rug length from Eve was
10 mems coat room equipped with an as
sortmsnt Of the Charlesemersoncook's
Imperial and things.
Some Prominent Husband.
Among prominent husbands who did
not finish putting away their hats and
coats until prominent wives began to
send out the 8 o 8 signal were Barytone
Tom Chalmers, President Victor Her
bort Of the Friends Of Irish Freedom.
Eduardo Ziegier. John Mccormack.
Rsinaid werrenrath (speiling guaran-
teed). Fritz Kreisler, sidnsys Homer
and Farrar. Bob Davis. the noted gar
den hackle fisherman: Tenors Enrico
Caruso and Chauncsy Olcott, Art Bodan-
zky, Ell Nmbalist, Otto We'll. News Dis
tributer George Creel, President Edgar
Selwyn of the League Of Husbands. Sam
Untermyer. David Beiasco.
Then there was Sir Thomas Upton
who. being q bachelor. had no 8 o
signal haunting him. but was dragged
forth from the coat room BY an army
OF femihinity because Sir Thomas II
still quite the dashing blade and leader
OF the younger dancing set that he was
almost q score OF years ago. on in the
days whom he first began 70 come here
| almost annually TO automatically
| speakins-the daylights hammered out
Of him of the Scotland iightship.
And Of course there were Signor Gatti-
Casazza, Rafael Diaz, Antonio Scotti
Andres de seEurols, Gennaro Papi. Mr.
and Mr. Paul Althouse, Leading Mar
Frank Connor. Roy McCardell, Louis
Mann. Mrs; BENJAMIN Guinness. Samuel
Shipman, Miss Margaret Romaine--ir
whose honor the salad was named-Miss
Rachel Crothers, Burton Holmes, Frank
Crowninshield. william Travers Jerome
William Courtenay and Virginia Harmed
Courtenay, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Skinner
Miss Florence Reed, Daniel Frohman
A. l. Jacobs, Miss Frances Starr, Irvins
Berlin. William Gillette.
Leeie Mann Helps Party.
To make . long list compact. there
wasn't = soul left anywhere else n
New York-not q single soul. Somebody
mistook the noted Looie Mann collar fol
china punchbowl and emptied some.
thing therein and a moment later soms
one else accidentally. It was said later
dropped plate of chicken salad or
| Looie's starched and highly polished
facade amid loud cheers. And on the
way to the party Miss Florence Wick.
hams car was badly bumped by another
Limousine at Ssvsnty-fourth street and
Amsterdam avenue, nothing but the car,
being injured.
The only other catastrophe happened
when. toward daylight, the emient Sid.
ney Farrar, father Of Mrs. Tellegen
suddenly decided to take UP the art Of
singing as life career-and Mr.. Farral
never had taken q lesoon. He sang tn,
beautiful ballad by Booth Harrington en-
titled 'They Were Trying an Old Lad,
for the Stealing of a Horse and, con
sidering the short time Mr.. Farrar has
devoted to vocal culture. II was tn,
worst rendition Of the song ever hear
on the American continent Mr.. Farrai
will have to go a long way still befor,
Gatti engages him to sing opposite hi!
gifted daughter. Sidney's singing wa
something terrible; but outside of thi
unhappy Incident the Tellegen function
was the most momentous affair Broad
way has seen since the festivities 40
companyins the opening Of the Brookly1
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