Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
ARTS BAL BOHEME
TO Be GALA AFFAIR
CoIorful and Spectacular
Stunts Feature Dance
Tomorrow Night.

The Arts Club Bal Boheme of 1927
New Willard Hotel. and the extensive
preparations Of the past three or four
months indicate the biggest success
ever staged In the city. The demand
for tickets and for boxes has been
greater than ever before. and a Capar'
itv crowd even for two bathrooms is
'practicallv assured. Two orchestras
will piay continuously during the en-
tire evening. from $40 until am
even during the supper which this
season is 10 he served doNnStaIS III
the east dining room
This wears decorations. designed
and executed by Felix Mahony, -
sisted hy K. Il. Patterson ana Johh
Dom Allen and the students oi ~"
National School OF Fine and Applied
Art. are characterized as particularly
attractive. and the ballroom will pre-
sent a harmony OF color and light.
Students Of the school likewise de
signed and co,ored the ESQ posters I'M
der the supervision of Mr.. MahonN.
which have been distributed through
out the city by a committee headed by
Mrs. Anne Gaynor. Another group OF
artists headed hy Miss Lillian Burke,
assisted by Charles a. r. Dunn and
William Partridge, have made the
pronerties for the Fete lorraine and
e number Of special posters, displayed
: in leading hotels and stores. The lat
ter committee is likewise responsible
for the prizes to be given for the cos
tunes. the most artistic, the most
original and the most amusing, to he
worn by ball guests.
Proceeds Aid Building Fund.
The Arts Club holds this ball an
nually, first as A means of raising a
fund for the extension of its quarters,
and secondly as a demonstration OF
the capacity of it's membership Tor
artistic public diversion. In it's per-
manent home at 20l7 Eye street the
Arts Club is preserving historical
structure. once the home of James
Monroe. while President OF the nlted
States. 1t requires, however, addl-
tional space in which TO hold its eX-
hihitions of art works and TO accom-
modate the audiences which gather on
occasions for lectures, plays, recitals
and other affairs.
Plans for such an extension are now
IN nreparation. and the Bal Boheme is
one of the methods whereby the club
homes and expects to secure the means
for starting this work. AS conSe-
ouence of the financial success of the
Balls Boheme of the past three sea
sons the Arts Club is now a the point
of paving off its indebtedness, incurred
In the purchase and the restoration OF
the Monroe House, so that this years
Bal If as successful as its predeces-
sors, will advance the organization
well forward on the way to the &C.
complishment of it's purpose. With
the completion of the plans now in
view the Arts Club will be fully able
to function as an art center for Wash
ington.
Many Features Planned.
Stunts galore, all brief and interest
ing. have been arranged by the COM
mittee headed by G.. A. Lyon, with l..
NJ. Leisenring as program chairman
in charge of the Fete Foraine, repre-
senting episodes in the carnival in
Paris, in which the art students par
ticipate and which includes a circus
parade of the strolling variety. Stu
dents minEle with the crowd, singing
characteristic songs. and the music
for one of these to he used tomorrow
night has been especially secured from
Paris for the occasion.
Arrangements have been made by
the committee for supply at the
ballroom door of articles of fancy dress
to supply the deficiency before passing
In review before the judges, Carl
Melchers, J. Monroe Hewlett and
Clifford K. Bergman. who will be en-
throned in Judgment at the entrance
to decide on the prizes to be awarded
after the grand march.
The entrance Of the floor committee,
headed by Roy l.. Neuhauser. all stun
ningly arrayed; the debutante stunt,
called Mary. Mary. Quite Contrary.
and Her Garden OF Buds with Miss
Barbara Hight as chairman; the allur-
ing, colorful "Reve d'Orient," dance
number to be put on by the Caroline
Mckinley Dancers, directed by Miss
Mckinley, and the Fete Foraine are
features OF the regular program be-
fore supper. to be followed by informal
advertisements during and after the
supper period as added attractions,
and closing with a brand-new idea.
the sunrise stunt at 3 am. to close
the Bal Boheme in A blaze of glory
and joyous carnival of fun.