Evening star., 1923-03-08
MASQUE BALL SHOWS
"DOPEY' REAL SERVICE
Private Walters Affair One of Most
Delightful in All His
Young Life.
By W. III. CLAGETT.

Dear folks:
When / was a little tiny whlpper-
snapper waiter once slipped me Two
helpin's of ice cream when my al
Iotment was one. and | never rorsot
the favor! Later. durin' the thrills
of a rovin' period and stranded In
Des Moines. Iowa, another server
rrub-staked me for three days. until
nv relief package" arrived. and
again was most grateful. SO, feelin
extry appreciative towards men OF
this calm. when Charles d. Long,
secretary Of the Association private
Walters of the District or Columbia
personally invited me to cut-in at the
twentieth annual masquerade ball OF
the organization at Rauschers last
night, it was with the keenest dee
light I accepted instanta!
And take 1t from me, I'm turrlpie
clad went, for I not only came IN
close contact with the undisputed
originatorS of the much-clalrne q
motto, service" but witnessed one
Of the most dazzltn' costume balls II 5
been my pleasure td experience IN
all my horn days. and between you
me. I've enjoyed not few born days.
Compliment of Walters.
The affair vas staged by the walters
IN compliment TO their co-workers'
the maids, buffers and Wallets of the
rich and grand of our fair city, and
when the sumptuous repast vas
served along about midnight more'n
500 keer-free merrymakers had
gathered in the beautifully decorated
room OF the Connecticut avenoo
maison!
MY card read from 10 pm. to s
am, r. S. V. P.." and while the hours
were a bit off my schedule, the let
ters proved helpful. as 1 took them
20 mean register samples Volsteao
prohibits" and bein' one of the eXtry-
dry variety, was doubtless saved the
inconvenience of much tiddlin' at the
checkroom!
No, I was not masked. I detes,
masks! They not only tickle my nose
but SAVIOR so much of chicanery and
moreover, If a young woman IS no'
sufficiently impressed with my plain
homes, open-work face-piece to trust
pesky whirligigs. then she can keep
movin', for I'd never dee-cetve her,
And even with those principles
dawnced till exhausted
AS early as $3.50 long lines OF au-
tomobtles clogged traffic on the popu-
lar thoroughfare. and SO great was
the crowd of early comerS that III. j
Trilling, president of the association
quickly conferred with his feller Off
GERS, Ernest Baughen, vice president
and Dan McFarlan, treasurer: the
leader of Irving Boerstein's classy
orchestra. was wig-wagsed to
shoot" the gates were thrown open
and the big doin's were on!
A Success by Far.
Itchin' to set foot on the well-greased
floors, little time was lost by the ar
tsticaily costumed revelers In reachin
the grand ballroom. and in less time
than / can write, pretty Colombtnes,
Hawaiian princesses, Marie Antoinettes
Duchesses of Marlborough. squaw
n,aidens, coNgirls, Red Cross nurses
Scotch laseies, Irish colleens, Gypsies
and the Lord knows what. we're dancin
their shapely feet off with stalwart
Pierrots, Mexican toreadors, Spanish
bull-fighters, bejooled Shieks, Indian
chiefs, nnountebanks, courtiers, English
caster-mongers and plain common OF
garden newspaper reporters, and when
Il was all over. and the tired participants
started calm their oarry-alla II was
generally conceded that by far the mos,
successful ball ever staged by the A
F. ". had been brought to G. close on
that March the SEVENTH
Thurefore. kind folks, and especially
them of the see-lect Of the city, II on
risin' today you had to mix coffee or
lace your own shoes just hold In your
wrath for their was a reason. ] thank
you.