Evening star., 1925-09-06
Masquerade Ball Noted
Feature at Skyland

The masquerade ball, the most i'm
portant If all the annual high lights
in the way of entertainments at
Skyland, Va, was given Saturday eve
ming, August 29 and was of unusual
brillancy. The great ballroom of the
casino was decorated in evergreens,
ferns and the exceedingly graceful
white flowers now blossoming all over
the Stony Man Camp, the neutral eff
feet of which formed an artistic back
ground for the viv'dly colored Chinese
lanterns, suspended from the beams
overhead, and the gorgeous costumes
of the maSqueraders. The winners of
the numerous prizes given by Mr..
George Freeman Pollock were as fol-
lows: Best acted impersonation, Mrs.
Newton Brewer of Washington, as
''Colored Nanny" and Miss Juel
Dowling, New York, as Pirate; for
the most artistic costume, Mr.. Wide
man, New York, in Russian military
uniform; for the most beautiful cos
tune, Miss Mary Powell Kennedy of
Washington, as a Colonial Dame:
for the most original costume, Mr..
George Judd, jr., of Washington, THE
Ghost of Old Scrooge," as portrayed in
Dickens Christmas Story; for the
ladies' most grotesque costume, Miss
Marguerite Marigold of Washington.
as "A Crazy Quilt; for the mems
most grotesque costume, Mr.. George
Holmes of Washington, as "A Baby;
for the best child's costume, Nancy
Crawford of Black Mountain, n. c.;
best waltzing couple, Miss Mary Ken
nedy and Mr.. Henning Nelms of Wash
ington; best foX-trotting couple, Miss
Mary Kennedy and Mr.. James A.
Grim, jr., of Luray.
Other effective costumes noted were:
Miss Margaret Yard, as Colonial
Dame; Mrs. George Holmes, as
Spanish Senorita"; Mr.. Henning
Nelms, as Harlequin, and little
Phoebe Young, as 'Bootlegger," all
from Washington. Two automobile
parties, including members of the Ma
tional Park Commission. motored up
to Skyland for the occasion and re-
manned over the week end.
Monday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Judd invited a small COM
pany to their picturesque bungalow,
the Tryst of the Winds, which they
have added to the building group of
Sentinel Lodge, for a piano recital
given by Mr.. B. Frank Gebest of
Washington. At the conclusion tea was
served on the great piazza adjoining
the music room and oVerhanging the
dominant height of Stony Man Cliff.
Mrs. Peter Blanchard of Baltimore
poured tea and Mrs. William Ballan-
tyne. jr., served punch. Among others
present were the Minister of Norway
and Nine. Bryn, Miss Temple Perry,
Miss Margaret Winship, DR.. and Mrs.
West Miss Matte Stamper, Mr.. Sey-
mour Cragin, Mr.. William Ballan-
tyne, jr.; Mr.. George Judd, jr., and
Mrs. Shepherd from Washington; Miss
Sarah Harrison Powell and Mr.. Peter
Blanchard, Baltimore. and Mr.. Wir-
man and Mr.. Guest of New York.
An interesting feature of the music
program August 80 was the playing
by Miss Constance Kunckel of two of
her own compositions, which were en-
thusia stically received. Miss Kunckel
is an honor graduate of the Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, and has
been speh Eng the Summer at Sky
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kennedy and
their daughter, Miss Mary Powell
Kennedy, a student at Bryn Mawr, re-
turned by automobile Monday to their
apartment at 2400 Sixteenth street. in
Washington. after having spent two
months at Skyland. They were accom-
panied on the homeward trip by Miss
Margaret Yard and Mr.. Henning
Nelms, who had been their house
guests at Skyland over the last week
end.