Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-09-10

| Chinese palace suggesting the magni
ficence of the dynasty of Ming. Silks
! and rare tapestries, handsomely en-
bossed in gold dragons and heavily
| padded chrysanthemums, covered the
walls From the ceiling were swung
myriad lanterns of colored glass, the
glow of which danced TO the far corn
ers of the rom, bathing all in an at
masphere of mystery and romance
Suddenly, the muffled sound of an
orchestra played Chinese march and
the room was invaded by six little
| figures in Oriental attire. They waved
their fans and tottered toward two
tremendous tea boxes patterned in
motifs grotesquely bright. They struck
the tea boxes and the room was
thronged with Chinese subjects CARRIED
in robes of great splendor, each being
original in it's design.
Then, up flared the lights and now,
indeed, did the room, with it's fine
trappings, take on festive air. While
their escorts were in the tea boxes,
the fair ladies of their choice had
stood attehtively around the walls in
trigued with the elaborate ceremonies
being performed To lend variety to
the event, they had been asked to be-
deck themselves in fancy array and
now as they moved over the floor to
a twentieth century tune, the scene
WIS one of Kaleidoscope delight. Here
were Sicilian maidens, balloon girls,
Alsacian peasants, bewitching nomads,
Dutch flower vendors, Alpine beauties,
Colonial ladies in bouffant satin and
powdered coiffures piled high on
their shapely heads, Night in her re-
Splendent glory, whirled by and
proud Castillian bells with mantillas
of costly black lace.
Everyone was sweet and cordial to
me as if they had long ago grown tired
of trying to make gossip about anyone
who had been as uninterestingly or
thodox in their behavior as l had been
during the last few months. Besides,
as far as scandal went, thought Anne
occupied the center of the stage.
She seemed to be everywhere and
for the first time in her life was
wearing black With Annes cleverness
for effect, one would have thought
that tonight of all times, she wuld
have chosen a sweet and simple cos
tune. like her frocks, which always
gave one the impression that she was
the fresh and innocent type But no, it
was new Anne who came to this
dance-a daring Anne who wore the
most spOrtive costume of all the gala
throng. l heard someone ask her what
she was supposed to represent. "A
good time, for change" she said and
threw back her head
Indeed, she might have been de-
scribed as Vice. A brief frock of black
satin came just above her knees. From
her waist line were innumerable rib,
bons of red that fluttered as she
moved. From these fell miniature
cards, cigarettes and tiny bottles of
liquor that had probably been used as
samples in the days of saloons. On
her head, poised at a rakish angle,
was put and take" top with each of
it's sides cleverly marked Her crown
ing achievement, however, was pair
of square earrings made of enormous
dice. In some way, they had been
made electrical and twinkled intermit.
tently with hight Slippers of black
satin with heels of brilliant red, and
chiffon hose completed her conspicu-
Gus attire.
More than ever, | had the present,
ment that within the next few hours
many startling things would come
about
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