The New York herald., 1921-01-05
Green Only Color
at Bal Masque for
Miss ManpilIe
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Edward Man
Vile Give Picturesque Dance
for Their Daughter.

Conventional routine was set aside by
society in it's amusements last night. A
masked ball based upon a single color
scheme was arranged for one large
group.
The ball. called a "bal masque vert"
because green alone furnished the
sartorial and decorative scheme, was
given by Mr.. and Mrs. II. Edward Man.
Vile of 125 East Seventy-second street at
the itz-Carlton for their daughter, MISS
Estelle Manville, a student at Westover.
and Mr.. III. Edward Manville. Jr.. their
son. who is attending st. PauPs School
in Concord. VT. In the decorations in
the ballroom and in the costumes worn
by the feminine guests there was every
possible shade of green from the deep
tones found in northern forests and win
ter hedges to the delicate tint Of the
linpid Nile. The masculine side of the
party covered sombre evening dress with
green dominoes.
The ballroom was transformed under
the direction of Mr.. Dom Barber TO
suggest moon and star lit French gar
den hedged in with green foliage. There
were allees with vlstas and inches set
amid formal trees. At the north end OF
the room was a canopied care, tuii OF
light and color. There the guests were
men in costumes of the prevailing color
About the room were tall standards. all
al!ght. The scheme Of decoration formed
a fitting BACKGROUND for the costumes of
the guests.
All of the guests with the exception Of
the host and hostess were masked. but
at midnight the Brown brothers, with
their saxophone sextet. gave the signal
for darkening the room, when all masks
were removed. When the lights were
turned on again the company followed
the musicians in procession about the
ballroom. In place Of their regular cos
tunes. so well known to theatregoers. the
musicians also were in green. and even
Tom Brown, the leader, had a suit or
that color In the familiar cut.
The hostess wore costume OF Persian
design of fiowered green chiffon. with
trousers to the ankles. The ttfnic OF
green satin was heavily jewelled. and
the tail head arrangement OF jewelled
satin was topped with Oriental plumes.
A Nile green lace veil fell to the edge of
the costume Miss Manville was dressed
in iridescent green chiffon shot with sill
YER, which gave the appearance of shin1-
mering water. The host wore a Louis
XVI. court costume of green with q
white wig and green satin hat. Their
son was dressed like the typical cowboy
in green flannel and leather.
Numerous dinners were given in adj
vance of the dance, the largest being
that of Mr.. and Mrs. Dom Barber In
their home 125 East Seventy fourth
street Their party included the Misses
Betty and Louise Barber. who were
dressed as pirates, of course in green :
Catherine Waetjen, Laura Harding,
Katharine W. Francis. Eliza S. Parish.
Lee Dodge, Martha Ottley. Clare Reyn-
ders, Molly v. r. Cogswell and Mar
garet w. Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Muir
ray Mitchell, Jr, and Messrs. Adams
Ashforth. Gordon Burnham, George E.
Brewer, Jr. Nevett Barlow, Craig Bid
tile, Jr Walter Carey Charles d. Hal
sey, Jr. Leonard Cushing, w. Rosseter
Belts, Jr.: S. Page Francis. Thomas
Ewing. AJr.: Langhorne Gibson, Alexan-
der Hamilton. Frederick Gibson, Edward
L. Keyes, Jr.; Lea S.. Luquer, William
Lyon, Jr. Francklyn Lawrence Cam
den McVey, John Mills. Kenneth Phil
lips, Duncan Read. Theodore Solley.
Bryant Wood of Boston, Louis Owens,
John Williams. w. r. K. Taylor. Jr.; c.
II. p. Cobb and Cornelius Trowbridge.
other guests included parents of these
young friends of the family.