Evening star., 1924-01-08
Bal BOheme Sets High Standard
And Dra,us Record attendance
Patronage Exceeded Only il Days of Inaugural Balls.
Costumed Figures Present Great Picture of
"Land of Makebelieue."

| following pupils of the Art League:
L. L. Britt, f. G.. Rath, T. Columbus,
| j. r. Robertson and r. N. Padgett.
| Immediately after the Roman age,
| the fourth, came the better known
age of drama. Sponsored by Mrs
Charles j. Bell and presented by the
Rams Head Players. it deserved spe-
cal commendation. 1t represented
a scene from the age-old story of
Paolo and Francesca. as dramatized
We're Maud Howell Smith. WalteI
Beck, Robert Bell, Joseph Droney
Arthur ]. Rhodes. Josephine Hutch
| lnson, Leona Roberts. Alice Tams
| FRANCES Lehman and Anne Ives. The
James Reynolds Ny
The renaissance age carried its an.
oience INTO the court of Louis xiv
ana NINE. de Maintenon during the
| uItion or court musical. The
musician mus an was Mrs. Edythe M. Bro
VII WaI,a, hT "a aet was sponsored by Mrs.
We're Allen Rinehart, Elizabeth Han.
Ia. Ia. MRS. Charles Patterson. Marian
Irumbull and Lynch Luquer.
Age of Dance.
! Ihen came the, modern age-the
ase oI the dance, of art interpreted
Dy rhythm. 1t was a FASCINATING
| treoIe dance arranged and rendered
! Dv NINE. Desiree Lubovska. in which
the dancer whirled and stepped to the
! music II crashing melody until, faint
ana exhausted, she fell behind the
curtains. the collapse. of course. he
| ing assumed. Her attendants were
pupils OF the King Smith Studio Mrs.
James Wadsworth, jr.. sponsored the
set
! The seven ages of art had passed
! IN pageant form, but in realism they
| r nf he
| ballroom the revelers. dressed In eyery
| costume, from the most fanciful crea-
| ton OF fashion to the most grotesaIe
| fmagfnations of comedy. were stag
| ing their own particular interpreta-
tlons OF what a modern good time
| means.
| While a couple dressed in the fash
| ing raiment of old Spain were doing
( a tense Argentine tango in one end
of the auditorium. group of song
! sters, led by an Italian guftarist in
| full regalia. were Serenading couples
In the boxes with the love songs of
SUNNY Italy. And all of these little
side shows were made all the more
1 delghtful because they We're thor
| oughlt impromptu.
q i've "Midnight BacchanaI,.
Lons, after the midnight hour the
| last number of the formally arranged
| program was presented by the Caro-
| line Mckinley studio. under the di-
rection of Caroline Mckinley. 1t was
! 4 Midnight Bacchanal." the partici-
! pants being Alice Callan. Marian
Ghace; Claire Crewe. Evelyn Davis,
Judy Lyeth. Elizabeth Moss. Adeline
Noel. Elizabeth Quigley. Evelyn Pre-
| bic and Florence Thompson.
| Boxes added to the revenue and
| beauty of the ball. The large box
| in the center of the room used at
the hospital ball for the President
| and Mrs. Coolidge was last night
| especially decorated and used as a
vantage point for the governors of
! the Arts Club and the judges of cos
| tunes. Guests there were: Arthur
F'ranklyn Musgrave. president; Gid
| con A. Lyon. vice president: Alfred
| T.. Lewis, corresponding secretary;
George II. Dawson. recording secre-
| tary; Roy l.. Newhauser. treasurer:
William ]. Deming, Felix Mahony,
Mrs. Frederick L. harrington, l.. NJ
| Leisenring. Henry *. Bush Brown and
| James Otis Porter
The committee on award of boxes