The New York herald., 1922-02-17
Palace of Illusions.


posite was the Theatre Intime." man
aged by Mr.. Arthur Ware and the Ate
lier Redon group Of artists. The play
house was well named. and its frequent
performances were given to capacity au-
diences.
From the theater one had TO follow
the crowd TO Paris by Gaslight." a
thrilling creation from the imagination
OF Mr.. j. II. Freedlander--a sort Of
Partisan Eden Musee. Such things and
many like them were hunger and thirst
producers, but in one corner was the
"Taverne du Pantheon" o miniature Of
the real thing, and directly opposite was
the cafe des Deux Magots," which be-
lied It's name and produced hidden treas
ures in gastronomy, thus sending more
gold into the philanthropic treasury OF
the architects. Messrs. Raymond Hood
and G. q. Falls had searched their men,
cries Of their Paris student days In re-
producing the famed "Magot."
The "Old Fashioned American Bar"
was the chief thirst Stacker. It was old
fashioned unfortunately. In name and
appearance only, as ex-Sheriff Bob"
Chanler and his collaborators In It de-
cided TO take prohibition seriously. and
did. The former Sheriff had designed
the fresco depicting the bibulous pleas
ures Of an earlier age based upon the
theme OF "Ten Nights in a Bar Room" "
Such signs as "Volstead jim" and "A
Bas Ale" really meant nothing but ar
tistic license other signs, such as mo
Cheeks Cashed" and "If Drinking In
te.feres With Business Quit Work, "
were more to the point. especially the
latter one. Business offices were far
removed from the minds OF all at last
nights BAH.
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the decoration Of the ballroom should be
given chiefly TO Messrs. Kenneth NJ.
Murchison. Harry Allan Jacobs, Dom
Barber, George s. Chappell. Raymond
NJ. Hood, w. Lawrence Bottomley, How
ard Greeniey. Frederic G. Hirons and
James Gamble Rogers, architects, who
had devoted much of their time for
weeks in planning the. ball. although
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. Mrs. Oliver
Hartman, Mrs. Elihu Root, Mrs. John
Purroy Mitchell. Jr., Mrs Lydig Hoyt
and the Misses Marilyn Miller, Ina
Claire and Peggy Wood gave decorative
touches that stood out as bits of anna.
teur cleverness.
In the crowd that attended were, In
addition to architects. painters, actors
and actresses illustrators, men and
women OF note In literature, sculptors
and representatives OF the fashionable
world OF the city. 10 was all as de-
lightfully cosmopolitan az the Bcaux-
Arts architects could make II.
Hall Bring. $4,000 Net.
Kenneth Murehson bossed the fete
from the start at midnight The crowd
that sent $1,000 net into the architects
treasury dribbled in during the previou
hour and the arrival of some Of them
was as informal as their dress, ant
they slid into the middle Of the ball
room down shoot the chutes.
The "stunts" came when least OK
pected In fact expectancy kept the
crowd constantly on edge. True to his
word Capt Walter y. Traprock sen
his -four Fibert Island brides to
dance at A. NJ Miss Gilda Gray was
one Of them who could be recognized
The others were sheltered behind y
complete disguise.
At 80 the swirl OF motley dancer
was disconnected by the arrival of an
elephant that looked az If II might be
a real one. The bands Jazz turned into
a Moorish wall as the monstrous beast
bore into the center of the room a
titled lady from Monte Carlo. Her
Identity was successfully guarded.
At fifteen minutes after o'cloc {
Venus was born again. James Ben All
Huggin presided over that classic