Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-27
ADAM AND EVE KEPT AWAY
n FROM PEPPY ARTISTS BALL
But One or T'co "NeaCostm,es" Indicated Heads of "irs,
Family" We're on Hand-Loss Of Quart and Apaches' q
passing Our Are Features

asnced off both my shoes
,rbsn they played those. jelly-roll blues
y.st wy" night at the outcast Artists bali.
Pirates gipsies, Columbines, sheiks,
,,r,a dancers. Greek gods and goddesses,
r,ore sheiks, cave men, cave women,
.sl,t,onal sheiks. Indians. Turks,
am,,ns,ons. Scandinavians. japanese, a
tsu. more sheiks. and hopelessly jlm-
la nhantasmagoria of every imagi-
unhio uiyhi color and design conceivable to-
~. human mind were the order Of the
,.1 ,.r or rather Of the night, at the
ssst ss annual Outcast Artists ball.
THE affair was held in the foyer OF
.so Academy Of Music last night. the
srst time that the yearly stepping -ou,
e The art students has been held out
O;de of the Academy Of the Fine Arts.
(. This Is the first year. too, that other
art schools In the city have taken part.
But one circumstance marred the
bright success with which the ball was
conducted. The much -heralded appear
snce of Adam and Eve failed to take
nlace, although for a short time there
wos some doubt as to their absence
caused by some of the other costumes
All the old timers, who have known
The Academy balls in the past, agreed
that this event was blessed with more
pep than its predecessors. but they felt
that the old atmosphere, the sense az
abandon, Of intime, as It were, vas
not quite 80 much in evidence.
Although the affair was little slou
IN starting, 1t did not lack life once
The ball, SO to speak, was rolling. Tn
fact when that time known as the shank
AZ the evening arrived everybody was
on the best of terms with every one
else, and It was no uncommon sight to
SEQ a lady walk up and embrace with
warmth some gentleman on the other
side Of the room who appealed to her
at the moment--and vice versa.
BY midnight everybody had arrived
who was going to be there, and the
room was moving mass of color. On
tho stage ut one end, where the
stunts" were later presented, the
dancers organized n small Paul
Jones'" thus providing an easy and
effective method of changing partner,
without mental strain.
Down on the dance floor long snake
lines of merry dancers would form out
Of the seething mass. parade Joyously
around the room under the leadership
Of some exuberant spirit, and as quick /.
ly dissolve into its component parts.
in another moment another line would
form at the other end Of the room.
A And She Left the Picture
4 One couple appeared on the floor
short y before l o'clock attired az
Partisan apaches. They proceeded to
execute q dance which would have done
credit to the nearest stopper In Mont
martre, winning much applause for the
fidelity of their acting.
It was a surprise to many, however,
when the lady passed out Immediately
pfter this exhibition, thus proving that
It had been the real article. She re-
manned in seclusion for the rest Of the
evening.
Another noteworthy display was n
private demonstration Of shimmying by
couple on the platform. Sc engross-
ing did this prove to the multitude that
the pianist of the orchestra could be
kept in his scat only by mn application
OF physical force.
There were green comp'exions, red
compilations. yellow, blue and lavender.