New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-18
AT Hotel and Restaurant
The Cinderella Ball Vas
Like Ne,o Years Foe,
Only More So; Week
With Genial Hosts

With Genial Hosts
Last Wednesday was the night of
the unique celebration" at the Cafe
de Paris. They called it "The Cinder-
ella Ball at the Cafe de Paris" until
along about 2 a. m. Then they began
to refer to it as "the ball at Rector's,"
and when we left most of them wefen't
calling it anything-not even "truly
rural" 1t was like New Years Eve,
only much nicer. Barry Baxter took
as to the ball, believing that White
Rock was to be the extent of the liquid
entertainment. Along about 1880 he
looked at US and said, II thought
America had gone dry" ut has" we
answered. that's dry" pointing to
the Poi Roget; ut says. so on the bot
the drift of our remarks almost i'm
mediately. But why did they call it
the Cinderella Ball? There were plenty
of fairy princes there, but no Cinder-
elias. By and by Gilda Gray invited
US down stairs while she had her pic
lures taken and, hoping that they were
moving pictures, we went along. But
they weren't. Gilda just stood still,
for she isn't allowed to shimmy any
more for awhile. There is some ethi-
cal explanation concerning contract
were lining up the Cinderellas, so no
wonder we didn't see any in the ball
room. The gold and diamond slippers
were so tiny that we had no idea any
one could wear them. Said we, "they
will probably be in competition for ten
years, like challenge cup at the Horse
Show" but Violet Mcmillan put them
on just as easy. She told us later that
one of her dancing partners thought
they were SO cute that he offered her
$1,000 for them, which sounds high this
moderate price for the. same article
next season. Do your shopping early!
This last week has been strenuous
one. There have been so many closing
up parties, also the Contribs' dinner at
the Majestic and The Tribune dinner
at Delmonico's. Thursday night was
the Funeral Ball at Reisenweber's.
Ralph Bunker attended this solemn
function with US and9was much i'm
pressed. Every one says, "Don't you
find your work awfully interesting?
You don't need an assistant, do you?"
Most everything there was to say
about this funeral ball was. said in
morning. The only thing that was left
unsaid was that w. H. Anderson. super
intendent Of the Anti-Saloon League,
was unable to attend, owing to the
fact that he had to go to Washington.
Eddie Leonard's Minstrel Band will |
begin an engagement at the Terrace
Garden Dance Palace to-day.
Everybody says that the new show
which opened at Thomas Healy's
Golden Glades last week is the best
of the series. 1t is a combination of
ice skating. ice ballet and musical
comedy. Elsie and Paulsen have a
Toys" The musical revue is called
Cheer Up, New York." not to add "the
worst is yet to come"
Several new features are to be added
70 the "Palais Royal Revue of 1920"
Among the newcomers will be Eva Van
Pelt, late of GA Lonely Romeo" Miss
Van Pelt will have a number called !
'The Swan" in which she will be
assisted by the beauty ensemble. Gym
shia Perot, who left the Palais Royal |
last season to 60 with the Greenwich
Village Follies and later with "The |
Palais Royal with a new dancing part
Ter, Elliott Taylor.
Fifty years ago the building which
S now Murray's Roman Garden was
seminary for young men,. Then it
became the Hotel Dunmore. In 1906
|ohn Murray leased the building and
engaged Henry Erkins to remodel the
Interior into sunken Roman garden
He did SO, and he made real stars twin
ile. 1t used to be one of our most pop
alar pastimes-that of going to Muir
rays and watching the stars twinkle.
And there was the famous. peacock
room. In 1914 Murray's registered an |
other beat by installing a revolving
dance floor, which is still revolving. |
And now the famous old place is to
have soda fountain and a quick lunch
service! M. II. Cox is the new man
ager of Murray's as we'll as the vice.
president.
Mary Wells, famous corsetiAre Of
Washington, has bad news for some
body. But we, who have just lost ten
pounds, should worry. Miss Wells an
nounces from the McAlpin that "steel
rails are not the only articles which
cannot be delivered under six months.
Corset steels are just as scarce" So
do not recklessly give your last sea-
sons pink satin stays to the scrub
woman.
The Charity Ball will be held at the
Waldorf on February 3.
Nine. Yvette Guilbert Is threatening
o.
Majestic Hotel.
Come and trip 1t az you 20 on the
light fantastic toe. But 20 to Rose
land, the new dance palace at Fifty
first Street, on Broadway. 1t is veri-
table bower They were going to call