The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
OPERA ART BALL
Is BRILLIANT
SPECTACLE
costumes Of Many Nations and
| All Periods Represented in
FairyIand Scene at Benefit
Fete Held in the New Willard
BY EVELYN C. HUNT.
\ OSINAS and Madame Butter


:: X flies, and Susannes. and
-sAS other characters from famous
. operas rubbed elbows last night
with women In handsome evening
-gowns and men in modern evening
ssdress at the Art Ball given at the
.New Willard to raise a fund for
: sthe Washington Opera Company.
= The ballroom was a brilliant
ssight to see; suggested to ones
mind the passing OF a fairy wand
over the scene with the costumes
sof many nations and all periods
.and Jewels Of every size and de-
. cscription. r.
:: And the ballroom itself had been
into a fairy scene by
skenneth 8. Mcintyre, assisted by
Franklin Barber Clark, George o.
.rotten, jr., and Warren Ferris,
:the prominent artist whose paint
dngs were exhibited at the ball and
: swere one Of its most interesting
features.
The walls of the ballroom were
, hung with beautiful hand-painted
: banners while the chandeliers were
: hidden beneath artistic lanterns of
/. :blue and orange.
A MOTHER feature Of the ball
:: ~ were the tableaux of the
Il u operas comprised of charac-
: tiers from many famous operas.
: 8ummoned together by the spirit
: of Music" impersonated by Mrs.
: Julian 8. Carter, of Baltimore.
Other features were the dancing
by Paul Gardner Tchernikoff. the
. IA nj
. tor Of the ballet for the Washing
: ton Opera Company, and Miss
Elizabeth Gardiner; the singing of
; Delilah," by Miss Elizabeth Bon
.ner. Of New York. contralto, who
. Is visiting the director of the
Washington Opera Company and
Mrs. Edouard Albion, and who is
to sing "Madelana" in the opera
OF "Rigoletto." which the COM
pany will produce this winter; and
of Miss Dorothy Citizens, Of Phil
.adelphia, who sang the Jewel
Song" from Faust" and appeared
I'm the costume Of Marguerite.
A Washington Opera Company
quartet comprised of Louis Annfs,
. tenor: Dorothy Mansfield. soprano:
Rose Polio, contralto. and Albert
ohCAACA DdA SdnR lIlt
:quartet song from "Rigoletto
. AT the south end of the ball room
; ION a platform stood the Spirit of
:Music. draped in white. carrying
a golden Tyre
:. Back Of her were hung blue
:draperies and on each side stood
two enormous artistic brass can
..dlesticks holding white candles
:that almost reached the ceiling
.On the steps below her were two
1ages with golden trumpets. After
:Mr. Tchernikoff danced THE
Esprit of the Dance" he sat at
.the feet of the Spirit Of Music"
THE tableaux groups came in
one by one to the playing of
.the muse of the opera they rep
RESENTED. after which Mr.. Tcherni-
.kOft and Mss Gardiner marched
.dOwn the length of the ballroom
followed by sixteen pages, all with
golden trumpets. who, during the
SHOWING of the tableaux. had been
.stA nding on pedestals, one in
ssfront of each box about the room.
i. Then In the procession came the
Spirit of Music, followed by the
groups in the tableaux. marching
:two by two. with the costumed
.guests hr 'nging it to a close. The
eveninC ended in dancing. followed
.by supper served in the small
ballroom.
/: The guests were received by
sNIrs. Albion. Mrs. Walter Tucker
.Inan. Mrs. George Oakley Totten,
:jr.. and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates.
wives of the officers OF the Wash
d.
The boxes were filled with
q smart company. among
:.those enterta'n ting being
;; The Minister Of Panama and
Mime. Alfaro, Mrs. Wilred Dh-
puy. Col Robert NJ. Thompson.
. Miss Seachrist. Redmond d.
Stevens. Mai. Gen. George o.
:squier. Mrs. c. C. Calhoun.
Mrs Delos Blodgett, Mrs. Z. A.
Hartman. Mrs. George d.
Hope, Mrs William II. King,
Mrs. Henry Wilder keyes. Mrs.
George Mesta, Mrs. F. B. Moran.
Mrs William d. Morgan, Miss
Mrs. George Oakley Totten, jr.,
Tuckerman. Mrs. Alonzo Tyner.
Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn.
Mrs. George Oakley Totten. Jr..
-Mrs. Bates Warren. Mrs. Mark
Reid Yates and Mrs. Charles
!, Fairfax.
!: The Minister of Panama and
/, Mime Alfaro had as their
guests in their box at the Wash
1ngton Opera ball last evening
Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mrs.
Clarence Richmond Day, Eman-
mel Lyons, the commercial at
tache of the Panama Legation,
Miss Beatrice Lyons. Miss Hon.
orina Lyons, DIR. DouChan Mar
5novitch. secretary of the Serb
San Legation. Vladimir Goutesha.
nf the Serbian Legation. DIR.
Santiago F. Bedoya of the Peru
kian Embassy, and DIR. Jose T.
Baron of the Cuban Legation.
Mrs. William ii. King. wife of
Senator King. who is away in
California. entertained in her box
at the ball last evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. August Belmont, of New
York: Miss Helen Macarthur and
Arthur Paul Macarthur. of New
York: Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Sites. of Baltimore; Mrs. Theo-
.dore Smith Amuson and Miss
Gladys Ewart. of Ottawa. Can.
MRS. DELOS A. BLODGETT
had as guests in her box at
:the ball. Mrs. Charles G. Mat