Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-08

fhe cllnlrrlun VI thc Cohih'ittce "Hu
oae of the ladies' Of high degree. And
.very one subscribed to boxes and some
o.onlc usually went to the ball for
is,f m hour or 20, because they wanted
10 do honor t, the members Of the com.
o,,tee. but they really were not In.
terested in the ball. ..i.
Then about ten years ago the com.
n,ttee decided to make the ball more
nonulsr event. Not only did they want
Tscnle to subscribe, but they wanted
tSem 10 come. And some one conceived
the bright idea of opening the ball with
a snectacular event which would In
terest the social public. The first year
they invited the students Of the Acad :
emy of the Fine Arts to dance and had
4 most stunning affair.
Tn a year or two the committee had
an even better thought and decided to
have an opening pageant In which mem. i.
hsrs OF the younger get and some Of the
younaer mari led folk would dance. That
;den was carried out with such success
that the Charity Ball is now a real
social event and no one would think
" It's true that the subscription list Is
not strictly exclusive, but a very fash
ionable set Of people attend and the
opening feature is always beautiful.
The pageant before the ball proper
was unusually attractive, ! thought.
First the lady of the moon, Mrs. James
n. Anders, appeared, accompanied by
4 Mr.. Charlie Morgan, the director and
author of the affair. who was re-
splcndent in white satin and bright blue
seouins. The planets, eight cute sub.
In,
light blue georgette and silver ribbons,
and then the curtains parted to show
Mrs. Percy Frazer, who was Miss Ellen
Gl.ndinning, in a wonderful butterfly
costume of yellow and black taken from
'Saly." Then a whole chorus from
"Saly" came on, the girls In Russian
costumes of white. and the men in
green, red and blue, also Russian. This
set represented the Hahnemann Hos
pital.
Next there was pretty tableau done
BY Mrs. John II. Maxwell and Mr..
Joseph 4. Deering, Jr., called I'm the
Month of May" followed by the fas-
cinating chorus of Katinkas and wooden
soldiers from the 'Chauve Souris, y
which is so much the rage in New York.
green, trimmed with tinsel, which
looked very well. Miss Corinne Free
VII and Miss Elizabeth Jeanes were
ic leaders of this set. which repre-
ented the Jefferson Hospital.
Another tableau followed, two pretty
sub -uebs, Sarah Mary Barnes and
!. Eloise Geist. us II small girl and boy,
I anad then Fragonard chorus from
Good Morning, Dearie,' in which
most OF the dancers We're debutantes of
this season. The costumes, which were
black and white, were very striking.
Mrs. Harrison Il. Gamer, jr., Of
"WAy Not?' fame, then appeared as q
fascinating South Sea Islander In red
and .reen. followed by delightful
chorus from the Follies. whose dancing
was perhaps the most applauded of ali.
The chorus was entirely OF girls, some
Of whom were plantation girls and
othcis boys, in amusing costumes OF
every color of the rainbow. Almost the
tunnicSt ic.uUre ut their costumes were
lovey white spats. They did some ex-
pert eccentric dancing.
After this group had finished Faire
e,Binnc! Sloan gave a solo dance In the
same costume in which she appeared in
Sally when it was here several weeks
ago. Catherine Littleteid also from
"Sa.ly,' did a charming ballet dance,
y and then the grand march came off and
general dancing began. 1t vas really
quite brilliant occasion and the dance
toor was jammed.
MRS. ALEXANDER COKE VAR.
AA NALL looked most attractive in
red velvet. and Miss Mary F. Glendin
ming wore Il stunning dress of fuchsid
red, trimmed with narrow bands of
dark brown fur. Among the debutantcs
noticed was Frances Gerhard, whose
parents. DR.. and Mrs. Arthur Gerhard,
nad a box. Frances was pretty In a
pink taifeta frock made with a tight
bodice and long, full skirt, and wide
bertha of gold lace. Elizabeth How =
land, Mrs. Frederick Howland's debu l.
ahte daughter, wore jade green char
meuSe, and Miss Beatrice Mockridge.
another deb, looked well In green bro :
cade.
Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,
looked stunning in a gown of old rose
cnl,i"n velvet made with draped skirt
Shd pearl ornament ut the side. She
wore rope Of pearls.
< IT'S funny how people seem to have
the same "hunch" for colors on the
same night. The opening opera night.
you remember, whole white costumes
pledominated. Last night black was
much IN evidence. Mrs. Thomas Ash =
= .oh wore stunning gown Of black
ana gold brocade. The back of the
Ooaic" was principally OF black lace
p tnd there was a long narrow train of
" SoIsai mGcaue draped on the frock from the
xxaiStinc. Her daughter, Miss Anne
Ashton, also wore black, but her frock