The New York herald., 1920-11-21

at the present rate or exchange. Ihat
costume will have some rivals from
the Castellane atelier. A local busi-
ness man is said to have fallen back
upon the French Counts opinion as to
a proper.- magnificent as
a Venetian duke of affiuence.
Some persons who will form the cast
OF celebrities at the ball have revealed
the characters they will represent.
Princess Francesca Rospigliosi. who has
had much to do in staging this animated
historical picture. has had her costume
designed after one of Browning's fa-
miliar feminine characters. Mr.. Lloyd
Warren will impersonate Dante. and as
such has gone little further back into
italian history for his inspiration. but
that is historic license permitted under
the circumstames.
HistorfcaI Costumes.
Mr.. Robert w. Chanler should be both
grim and picturesque as ''the Grand In
Quisitor." Like Mr.. Warren. Mr..
Francis w. Crowinshield has gone to
italian literature for his character. He
will impersonoate "Boccaccio" himself.
and about him will be grouped num-
Der Of the characters from his sprightly
stories. but Boccaccio will have a rival
in Don Juan, behind whose character
istic habiliments will be Mr.. Hosmer
Barrett.
The new representative In Congress.
Mr.. Hamilton Fish, Jr., will take even
greater historical liberties than Mr..
Warren, coming down to modern times
for his character, which will be that of
Garibaldi. Columbus will have a repre-
sentative In Mr.. John J. Chapman, al
though most of the pictures of the dis
Coverer of America that are extant do
not show the Genoese mariner with a
beard. Mr.. Conde Mast as Machia-
velli' and Mrs. Craig Biddle as Lucrezia
Borgia should make an interesting his
torical pair. Mr. Chester II. Aldrich has
appropriately found inspiration in
Michael Angelo.
Mrs. William Astor Chanler as "Bea
trice," Mrs. Henry j. Whigham as
catherine de Medici," her husband as
"Petrarch." Mr.. Charles Hanson Towne
as a Venetian court Jester. Mrs. Charles
Cary Rumsey as "Pippa" from Brown
ing's "Pippa Passes" Mrs. Newbold lie
Roy Edgar as Blanca Capello." Mr.
Frederick r. Frelinghuyseu as Caesar
Eorgia" and his wife as Francesca da
Rimini." Mrs. Biddle Duke as Petrarch's .
laura" Mr.. George s. Chappell as Ad-
rniral Morosini, who helped make naval
history for the Doges. Mr.. William
Rhinelander Stewart, Jr.. as a Romeo"
and Mrs. william j. Sturgis as a
"Juliet" and Miss Elsa Maxwell as lisa
belle d'Este" will help make UP the cast
OF characters from italian history. lit
erature or drama.
Debutnntes ns Maids of Venice.
Several debutantes. will be attrac-
lively costumed as maids OF old Venice,
Venetian vamps." II that anachronism
may be used. Among those who Will APP
pear in such eighteenth century garb
will be Miss Wanden Mathews, Miss
Genevieve Clendenin, Miss Ellen Ran
dolph Miss Adele Ryan. Miss Dorothy
Sharp, Miss Florence Loew. Mrs. George
Henry Warren. Jr., and Miss Eleanor
Peabody.
The directing committee has decided
that the Venetian Ball shall not be a
crush. Thus the characters will stand
out--will not be lost In jam that would
not permit a perspective. Mr. Giullo
Gatti-Casazza has generously come to
the committees help by permitting the
member 10 make tree use OF MS scenic
treasures In the property rooms Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. So the
setting in the ballroom of the Ritz-Carl-
ton Hotel, with It's sweeping stairways.
will be theatrically in keeping with the
idea Of the occasion to make the first
costume party of the winter as his
torically complete as possible. Not more
than five hundred persons will attend
the ball. No one will be permitted to
participate unless appropriately dis
guised. Those who have not had cos
fumes made viii be able 70 purchase