Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-02-21
ALAN MUTT POST
MASQUERADE WAS
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
largest Crowd That Ever At
tended a GrantWood Affair
Was 0ut-Legionaires Hosts
to Over 4O0-EmeraId Club
Wins Loving Cup.

| WHO GOSutS SNPs
Those whose good fortune it was to
attend the monster masquerade ball
of the Alan Mutt Post of the American
Legion on Valentines night carried
home the memory of one of the most
brilliant affairs ever witnessed in this
section of the county.
The decorations, in keeping with the
day, consisted of showers of hearts,
arrows and cupids arranged artistical-
ly throughout the spacious hall, and
! one grew quite accustomed to hear the
spontaneous outbursts as each new
charm revealed itself to the spectator.
The place was literally transformed
to create fitting atmosphere for so
great an occasion, and organizations
might well hope to emulate the en-
deavors of the American Legion's art
department.
Yet, whether it was the atmosphere
or the ready response of the folk who
answered the clarion call of Come
masqued and have good time," is
hard to say, for the people did respond
| and did enter into the spirit as never
before.
The Synco Four from WoOdcliff fur
nished the excellent music which kept
the young patrons of Terpsichore
Gripping the light fantastic toe" re-
luctant to hear the strains Of the fa-
miliar and inevitable "Home, Sweet
Home,' which marked the close of a
glorious affair.
1t would be impossible to attempt
to enumerate the wide field represent
ed by the various costumes. for the
creative genius of over 400 people had
produced medley of color gorgeous,
rich, unique and comical.
The judges committee, composed of
Mayor Cadien, Councilman McEvoy,
Postmaster Banville and Miss Belle
Mulholland, found it no easy task to
determine those considered entitled to
the handsome prizes awarded. After
due and careful elaboration, however,
the character of 1.-The Greatest Mo-
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Brentwood, seemed most appealing,
and she was awarded silk umbrella
as first prize for ladies. The second
prize, sapphire brooch pin, was
awarded to Mrs. Noble, whose cos
tune, ornamented with hand painted
replica of the American Legion pin,
yielded only to Foringer's great paint
ing. Mrs. Terrence Corriston, who two
nights before won the prize at the
Epiphany masque for the most orig
inal costume, again scored with an
entire new creation, which caused the
judges no little worry as to the class
to which Mrs Corriston belonged. She
received string of beads. The fourth
prize for ladies was gift to the Le-
gion from Miss Belle Mulholland, con-
sisting of half dozen sterling silver
spoons, and was awarded to Miss Haul
sen.
With the exception of the first prize
winner among the men the contest
was as keen as that among the wo-
men, Nick Mahoney as Il South Sea
islander was both original and comical
and easily won the gold knife and
chain awarded as first prize.
The contest for second prize was
hot, for many of the contestants had
spent great deal of time and effort
in arraying themselves as grotesque-
ly as human ingenuity could devise,
but the decision of the judges seemed
IN ha populor in auar}inu n handsome
silver cigarette case to Frank Damis,
who represented devotee of the late
lamented John Barleycorn.
The Legion offered handsome low
ing cup to be awarded to the club
which had the largest representation
in costumes, and this brought out
keen club rivalry.
After careful tally it was obvious
that the Emerald Club had succeeded
in encouraging the largest number of
its members to appear in costume and
was accordingly awarded the cup.
Because of the exceptionally large
representation of members of the Ok
fords, the Legion decided that while
the humble in costume was less than
that of the Emeralds. Yet because OF
the spirit shown in attending the ball
in such large numbers a second cup
should be awarded to the Oxford Club.
Among the other clubs worthy of
mention were the Millionaires and the
Multi Secundus, both of which clubs
had their full strength present in cos
tune.
Post Commander Joseph Mitchell
feels justly proud of the efforts of the
post to please the many friends of the
Legionnaire and expresses his sincere
appreciation of the work of all those
who made the affair so great Il sue
cess.
The committee in charge of the en-
tire arrangements consisted of Otto
Stein, Thomas Fox, Joseph Preston
and William Sporting, and they thank
the general public who responded to