The Washington times., 1922-11-21
OPERA ART BALL
! Is BRILLIANT
!. SPECTACLE
Costumes Of Many Nations and
!: All Periods Represented in
. Fairyland Scene at Benefit
j Fete Held in the New Willard
BY EVELYN G. HUNT.

@-OperaS ruDDeu elDOWs ihsl nisn'
with women in handsome evening
gowns and men in modern evening
dress at the Art Ball given at the
New Willard to raise fund Tor
the Washington Opera Company.
The ballroom was brilliant
.sight to see; suggested TO one 3
mind the passing OF fairy wand
cover the scene with the costumes
.-of many nations and all periods
and Jewels OF every size and de
scription,
And the ballroom itself had been
transformed into fairy scene by
Kenneth s. Mcintyre. assisted by
Franklin Barber Clark. George o.
Totten, IT,, and Warren Ferris,
the prominent artist whose paint
ings were exhibited at the ball and
were 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
"a were the tableauX Of the
. - - OlItidS iStu VI 'iiai
tiers from many famous operas.
summoned together by the Spirit
-of Music" impersOnated by Mrs.
-Julian s. Carter, of Baltimore.
.Other features were the dancing
!. by Paul Gardner Tchernikoff, the
: famous Russian cancer and direc-
. tor Of the ballet for the Washing.
. :ton Opera Company, and Miss
s.AI In Ci, ~ Of
:'Delilah," by Miss Elizabeth Bon.
.ner, of New York. contralto, who
lis visiting the director OF the
Washington Opera Company and
Mics. Edouard Albion, and who is
ITO 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"
f. A Washington Opera Company
. tenor; Dorothy Mansfield, soprano;
Rose Polio. contralto, and Albert
. Shefferman baritone. sang the
= quartet song from "RigOletto.
At the south end of the ball room
on a platform stood the Spirit of
: Music, draped in white, carrying
4. "A golden Tyre.
. Back of her were hung blue
/: draperies and on each side stood
!. two enormous artistic brass can
.. :dlesticks hold ng white candles
that almost reached the ceiling.
. sOn the steps below her We're two
: pages with golden trumpets. After
. Mr.. Tchernikoff danced The
: Spirit Of the Dance" he sat at
!. the feet OF the Spirit Of Music"
-THE tableaux groups came In
Il one by one to the playing Of
- the muse Of the opera they rep
= resented. after which Mr.. Tcherni
koff and Mss Gardiner marched
down the length Of the ballroom
followed by sixteen pages, all with
golden trumpets. who. during the
: showing Of the tahleaux, had been
standing on pedestals, one in
:, front of each box about the room.
4; Then in the procession came the
.Opirit of Music, followed by the
groups in the tableaux. marching
two by two. with the costumed
guests br neing it to a close. The
:evening ended in dancing. followed
q sDN supper SCi NSu az 'i'S
. ballroom.
- The quests were received by
Mrs. Albion. Mrs. Walter Tucker
-:man. Mrs. George Oakley Totten,
= tr., and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates,
wives of the officers of the Wash
:ineton Opera Company.
=. The boxes were filled with
: % smart company. among
".those en- terta ing being
-. The Minister Of Panama and
Nine. Alfaro, Mrs. Wilfred Du-
;puy, Col. Robert NJ. Thompson,
-Miss Seachrist, Redmond d.
:stevens, Maj. Gen. George o.
ssSauier. Mrs. c. c. Calhoun,
. Mrs. Delos Blodgett, Mrs. +. A.
Hartman, Mrs. George ID.
! Hope, Mrs. William H. King.
. Mrs. Henry Wilder keyes, Mrs.
: :George Mesta, Mrs. F. r. Moran.
Mrs. William d. Morgan, Miss
Mrs. George Oakley Totten. Jr.,
: 3Tuckerman. Mrs. Alonzo Tyner.
. Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thom.
!, Mrs. George Oakley Totten, Jr.,
; Mrs. Bates Warren, Mrs. Mark
!. Reid Yates and Mrs. Charles
: Fairfax.
:. The Minister of Panama and
: Nine. Alfaro had as their
guests in their box at the Wash
..ington Opera ball last evening
Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Mrs.
/, Clarence Richmond Day, Eman.
. suel Lyons, the commercial at
.:tache of the Panama Legation,
Miss Beatrice Lyons, Miss Hon
.orina Lyons, DR.. Douchan Mar
Z .inovitch, secretary Of the Serb
.ian Legation. Vladimir Gouteeha.
.of the Serbian Legation, DR..
. Santiago +. Bedoya Of the Peru
. Wan Embassy, and DIR. Jose T.
Baron Of the Cuban Legation.
Mrs. william H. King, wife of
Senator KinR 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; Mt. and Mrs. Frederick
Sites, OF Baltimore; Mrs. Theo-
.dore Smith Amuson and Miss
;Gladys Ewart, Of Ottawa, Can.
MRS. DELOS A. BLODGETT
: A'l had as guests in her box at
the ball. Mrs. Charles G.. Mat.
thews, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wat.
kins, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parsons
Erwin and Mai. and Mrs. David st.
Pierre Gaillard. Col. Robert NJ.
.Thompson entertained in his box