Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
BAL BOHEME SCARS
TO NEW BRILL|ANCY
Arts Club Affair Proves
Greatest Social Success
in Its History.

of members and guests roiilcKeo
through an evening replete Wl'h
interesting, amusing and artlsuo
features, and more fully than ever
placed the ball in the minds OF WASH
ington residents as the big annual
carnival event of the year.
Guests in gay costume ana gayei
snirit were met at the entrance of the
ballroom floor by impish sprites III
flashing red who showed them lnll
the august presence of the three
Judges, Carl Melchers, j. monroe
Hewlett and Clifford K. Bergman
who, wearing costumes as JUDGES III
French court of justice, sat upon
the bench as the company paSseu AZ
review. Mrs. Maud Howell smith, as
fame. assisted by her group OF nttle
imps, showed the way into the oall
room-a vision of uneXcelled bril-
liancy that suddenly came before the
eyes with startling effect. waiter
Beck, as Mephisto, did the honors OF
the occasion.
Boxes Flames of Red.
The boxes about the ballroom show
ed frames of swirling flame in reds
and yellows, with a weird blue flame
showing behind the guests, while a
vision still more clearly carrying out
the idea of Hades was conveyed
through the scenery at the far enc
of the room The lighting of the
ballroom also carried out the "dev-
ilish" idea and was in tones of red
yellow and shimmering blue.
The ball was really on before the
floor committee snappily introduced
.l,.;It cI Gcr11t
j. Neuhauser was chairman OF the
committee, while members of the
Arts Club working under him were
dressed in Russian costume - white
cloth coats with a heavy design in
black as a border, high-top boots
black hats with white plumes and
dozens of emeralds glistening on their
persons. Long scarfs of VIVID green
lent a strong note of color. In the
group were Warren n. Akers, Will
c. Barnes, Paul Bartsch, Louis A.
Bauer, William Lincoln Brown. Lewis
p Clephane, Paul V. Collins, Freder
lex V. Coville, John Ryan Devereaux,
Fred w. Dewart, Joseph Fairbanks,
Charles w. Fairfax, Walden Fawcett,
Frederick S. Foltz, Theodore F. Gan
non, George II. Girty, Frank F.
Greenawalt, Benjamin F. Heidel, Sam
uel Herrick, Will Hutchins, Dorsey
w. Hyde, jr.: j. F. Reynolds Lands,
Fulton Lewis, Gerrit S. Miller, jr.;
William J. Peters. Asa E. Phillips.
John H. Small, Conrad H. Syme, Phil
lip Teller, Mercer Vernon, Dore Wal
ten, Edward H. Watson.
First Stunt of Evening.
A charming scene was introduced
by the debutantes of the season.. with
Miss Barbara Hight, chairman, as
''Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" whose
garden grew all of the most impor-
tant debutantes of the Winter-Miss
Kitty Amory, Miss Helen Clifford, Miss
Fannie Dial. Miss Frances Hopkins
Miss Harriet Huntress, Miss Georgi-
ana Joyes, Miss Mary Page Julian,
Miss Florence Marlatt, Miss Sallie
TTcws Phillips, Miss Betty Ridsdale,
Miss Olive Sherley, Miss Eleanor
Bryan Smith, Miss Harriet Stearns
Whitford, Miss Adelaide Douglas,
Miss Louise Fitzhugh, Miss Helen
Galley and Miss Nancy Hamilton be-
ing of the number. After their trium-
phal entrance the girls tossed flowers
and confetti over the jewellers.
The Mckinley Dancers filled part of
the program with a fantastic and
beautiful number. They were Alice
Callan, Mary Galloway, Tace Etman,
Martha Fisher, Judy Lyeth, Dorothy
Parsons, Elaine Patterson, Mary
Schultz, Ruth Shoemaker and Nell
Thorn.
The costumes or draperies for this
feature were all dyed and made by the
girls who wore them.
lie Fete lorraine Brings Fun.
The fetching feature of the evening
was, of course, the splendidly staged
street scene, in which appeared a med
ley that would have done credit to
any travelling circus. Anne Ives, lead.
ing lady of the Arts Club dramatic
group, dressed as a bride, furnished
the center of great turmoil as tax
driver wrangled for his fee.
The merry-go-round, the wild ami
mails with parlor manners, the clowns
street sweepers and what not, all af
forded picture that would do credit
TO Puck.
Among the jewellers and actors OF
the feature were: In the first act
La Noce. Anne Ives. J. s. Buynitzky
Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. BushBrown: LIE
Marie Acknowledgement, l.. NJ. Lessen
ring; gendarmes, r. Gordon Dun
thorne, Lieut.. Col. Francis B
Wheaton; cocher, Conrad Young
ouvriers, Lieut. Col. j. o. Mauborgne
Theophilus Parsons; apaches, Fred
eric William Vile, Gideon A. Lyon
models ct types de Cartier, Gretchen
Hood, Mrs. Paul Bleyden, Mrs. Walter
Hilton, Mrs. r. Gordon Dunthorne
Mrs. &. ii. Stratton, Mrs. Conrad
Young, Edith Hoyt, Harriet Murphy
Lillian Burke, Virginia Anderson, Mrs
J. 4. Atchison, Mrs. James Barr, Mrs
j Frank Staley; eleves d'Ecole des
Beaux Arts-Glenn Madison Brown
Joseph A. Atchison, William f
SUNNY, William A. Sweet, Burtis
Baker, j. Frank Staley, Ralph Higle
eleves de la Sorbonne, Paul Bleyden
Carlton Van Valkenburg, Earle Car
bauh, f. W. Southworth, G. III. STRAIT
ton, Earle Miller, w. L. Deming; Ii
Pompier, Reverdy Rudd
Closely following was La Fet,
Foraine, in which appeared: LIZ
Musique, Edward E. Muth, Harr,
Angelica, Bob Carbaugh, James Barr
Demons Dansant. Les Mademoiselle X
Bouquet, Mrs. Henry ]. Staley; l.
Giraffe, Mortimer Clark, Robert Gates
Boufons, John ID. Long, Denis Con
nell. Felix Mahony; LIE Grand Guignol
j.. Josselyn Giffen, Judy: Maurice Jan
Wis, Punch; Cameron Burnside, Show
man; LEquestrienna, James Oti
Porter, chef de rond; Cleo" lie cheva
John O'Neil, equestrienne; Lieut.
George Pence, pantalon: Orme Libbey
DIR. Herman Janssfen, Ben Cain, bout
ions; L'Homme Fort Eugent Weiss
lie menage, Emily Reid Jones, la Gals
siere. Lynch Luquer, IA Musique
Keith Schwinley, Perche de pavilion
Dorothy Trout, Mrs. Ben Cain, l.. +
Hess, p. r. Villers, Robert Beckwitt
les Animaux.
In the advertisements during tn
supper period were: Youth an
Love-" a pantomime by the "Strollin
Players" directed by Miss Emma ]
Ostrander. The players, Lulu {
Adams BETTY Clark Kermit Gardne