The New York herald., 1921-04-24
Girls as Brigands
at Fete for Blind
Annual Lighthouse Entertain
ment to Be Called "A High
waymen's Ball.

Posters on which are depicted in
pungent colors debutantes disguised as
brigands, holding up terrified young men
in dinner suits. foreshadow to a degree
the character of the annual Lighthouse
Fete for the New York Association for
the Blind Tuesday night in the Hotel
Commodore. Quite appropriately, the
fete is captioned "A Highwaymen's
Ball." but there is added a sub-caption
In the legend. Not a crime but party"
So all young men in dinner suits may
be reassured that they will be "held up
only for the price Of admission and suf<
ficient coin for supper.
The committees ammo uncement says
that regular guests" will not be obliged
to appear in costumes in keeping with
the idea of the fete. But this leaves
the inference that the "irregulars."
meaning. no doubt, the young set and
the younger attached couples. should at
tend disguised as bandits, brigands.
pirates or any other familiar brand of
"yeggs."
Some unusual costumes in a year or
elaborate fancy dress affairs are antici-
pated. Carl Hyson is directing all the
dances. and some striking novelties are
promised Miss Cynthia Bigelow has
charge OF a group of debutantes who
will appear in the costume dances, and
additional professional talent will con-
tribute to the merriment OF the evening.
Miss Bigelow will appear with Allyn
Marsh in special dancing number.
Others who will take part in the dances
are Misses Constance Nash. Martha Ott-
ley, Dorothy Waddams. Margaret Stout.
Betty Merchant, Isabella Wood, Glare
Reynders. Marie La Marche, Genevieve
Cawthra. Josephine Flood, Suzanne de
Viver, Audrey Sherman and Josephine
Cotton and Messrs. Cyril Butler, Benja
min Hoagland, Lambert Prettyman,
Jack Carter, Hindon Hyde, Louis Owens,
Kenneth Demarest, James Wickersham.
Theodore Romeyn, James Porterfield,
Meredith Wood, John Rutherford, Dexter
Swaney. Carlo Filpponi and George
Hartwell
The President and Mrs. Harding head
the list Of the honorary patrons and
patronesses, who also include the Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Charles E.
Hughes, Mr.. and Mrs. William Howard
Taft and Gov. and Mrs. Nathan T..
Miller. Mrs. Ernest Bigelow is chairman
of the committee on arrangements The
committee on invitation consists of Mrs.
Joseph HI. Choate, Mrs. Lawrence l..
Gillespie, Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee. Miss
Winifred Holt, Mrs. Willard Straight and
Mrs. Marshall Orme Wilson.
The long list of patronesses includes
Mines. George F. Baker, Jr., George ].
Gould. Edwin Gould. Edward n. Brei-
tung. Walter Damrosch, Otto II. Kahn.
Thomas w. Lamont, John I. Pratt,
Charles Cary Rumsey, Douglas Robin
son, Ogden Reid, Newbold Leroy Edgar.
Edward r. Stettinius, Lewis Gouverneur
Morris, Philip Rhinelander Cd. Arthur
NJ Dodge, Sheperd X. de Forest, Dom
Barber, Clifford Pinchot, William B. Os-
good Field, W%W. McAlpin, Lewis Cass
Ledyard and Joseph Glendenin.
The floor committee, Of which Mr..
Charles Stewart Butler is chairman, In
cludes Messrs. COLES j. Coe, H Van
Rensselaer, Fairfax. Henry Warren God
dard II. Hubert Litchfield, Dr. Kenneth
r. McAlpin, George Henry Payne,
Charles NJ. Post. Henry Bartlett Stimson
and Major Charles H. Wilson.