The Washington times., 1920-08-12
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Eros, very feminine too. lacked
sartorial protection except for a
pair OF wings and a merciful sash
from which hung CULVER and bow.
In fact. IL was becoming stsrtlingly
apparent that the artists RESPONSE
BILE for the Ball OF All the Gods
scorned to conceal or mitigate the
classical and accepted legends con-
cerning them and their costumes
or lack OF costumes.
Fauns. dryads. nymphs. satyrs.
naiads, bacchantes poured out from
the right entrance. eddying In
snowy whirlpools around the char
lots OF the Grecian gods; and the
influence OF the Russian ballet was
visible In every 1.-THE . leaping ng-
ure.
Old Morse Gods.
Contemporaneously from the left
entrance, emerged the old Morse
gods: odin. shaggy and fully
armed; Loki, all a-glitter with
dancing names; Bsldin the Beauti-
ful. smirking; Fenris' the Wolf;
Frija. blond and hercely beautiful
the entire Morse galaxy surrounded
by skin-clad warriors and their
blond, half-naked mates.
parallel lines along the north and
south tiers OF boxes. were overlap
ping and passing each other now.
led in a winding march by trumpet
ers; and all the while. from either
entrance new bevies OF gods and
immortals were emerging-the del
ties OF Ancient Egypt moving stiffy
In their splendid panoply; the gods
of the ancient Western World led
by the Holder OF Heaven and Hia-
watha. and followed by the Eight
Thunders plumed in white escorting
the Lake Serpent-a young girl.
1.-THE and sinuous as a snake and
glittering from head TO foot, with
the serpent spot on her forehead.
Ancient China, in bewildering
silks, entered like a moving garden
of flowers: then India came in
gemmed magnifcence led by the dl-
vine son OF Suddhodana.
He bore the bow of black steel
with gold tendrils-the Bow of Sin
hahanu. He was dressed as tho
Prince Siddhartha, in the garb OF
warrior OF Oudh Bow and saber
betrayed the period-the epoch OF
his trial against all comers to win
the Sakya girl Yasodhara.
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AS he passed. Cleland. leaning
forward, scanned the splendid and
militant figure intently; and recog-
nized Oswald Grismer under the
glimmering dress of the young
Buddha militant.
To left and right of the youthful
god advanced two girls. all in re-
lieved stiff gold from the soles of
their upturned sandals to the fan
tastic pagoda peak of their head
dresses.
They wore golden Burmese
masks; their bodies to the girdles
were covered with open work
golden filigree; from the fantastic
pagoda.like shoulder-pieces gold
gauze swept away like the folded
golden wings of dragon-flies: golden
bangles and bells tinkled on wrist
and ankle.
With slim hands uplifted like the
gilded idols they represented. the
open eye painted in the middle OF
each palm became visible. Around
them swirled a dazzling throng of
Nautch girls.
Suddenly they flung up their
arms: the stiff gold masks and
body-encasements cracked like gild-
ed mummy cases and fell down
clashing around their naked feet,
and from the cold. glittering chrys-
Aids stepped out two warm. living,
enchantingly youthful figures. 1.-THE
and supple. saluting the Prince
Siddhartha with bare arms crossed
above their breasts.
Recognizes HeLe,, and Stephdrie.
To one, represenig his mother,
Maya, he turned, laying the en-
blems OF temporal power at her
feet. And. in her. Cleland recog-
nized Helen Davis.
But his eyes were for the other
the Sakya girl Yasodhara in gold
sari and chuddah, her body clasped
with a belt OF emeralds and a girdle
of the same gems tied below her
breasts.