Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-10
1928 BAL b0HEME
(l1T0 Be MEDIEVAL
Elaborate Plans Made for
Event January 30-Bril.
liant Assembly Expected.

Elaborate plans are in preparation
10 make the 1925 edition of the Bal
Boheme Of the Arts Club of Washing.
ton the most ornate and brilliant car.
nival art event Of the Winter season.
The Raj Boheme will be held the
night Of January so at the Willard
Hotel, under the guidance Of an eX-
ecutive organization appointed by the
Arts Club headed by Gideon A. Lyon.
A brilliant assembly of members of
the diplomatic corps. members Of the
art colony OF the Capital City, Gov.
.rnment and municipal officials and
Just plain folks" are expected to at.
tend the ball. All the boxes have
been .aken already for this year. and
Mrs. Anne L. Gaynor. chairman Of
ratroneSses an dboXes. announces
nearly a7e-third of next years box
reservatS..s have been made.
The 1925 edition Of the Bal Boheme
viii go TO press" the evening Of Jan
uary 80 with its front page and all
Its inside pages CARRIED in French
type. The motif Of the Bal will he
-fter the French medieval style. with
tie big bathrooms at the Willard deco.
rated after the fashion of fitting field
OF a medieval haronial castle. This
AL carry out the idea of the Arts
Ahbr Which, SSt'hS tNR'et Veal IL pre-
sent a completely different spectacle.
This year the decorative scheme has
been evolved from the design OF the
costume OF the floor committee, head.
Cd by Roy L. \euhauser. The design
for the floor committee raiment sub
mittei by Shepard Taylor and chosen
In competition with so other designs.
has provided the keynote this year
not only for the decorations but also
for the program OF the evening.
Extensive Preparations.
Following the custom OF the Bal
committee. all details of decorations
and program are being withheld, but
extensive preparations are in progress
under the direction of John II. Small.
S-d. chairman of the committee on
decorations, for material and sketches.
The actual painting of the scenes TO
be used as a background for the motif
Of the Bal will be done by members of
the Arts Club. Full use of the great
sweep of floor and the height of the
ceiling of the Willard bathrooms will
be made 10 produce a realistic outdoor
effect This treatment will extend to
the north lobby of the ballroom. which
liz 10 be theNone entrance TO the scene.
As usualVat the Bal Boheme. three
prizes will he awarded TO the wearers
OF outstanding costumes. The most
artistic, the most original and the
most amusing raiE2ent will be judged
according 10 their appropriate Sc
lection in keeping with the medieval
scheme OF the ball a special COM
mittee OF Arts Club members, headed
by Carlton Van Valkenburg. will in. |
wife three prominent American artists |
10 come 10 Washington and attend the |
ball as Judges of the costumes. Other |
member. - this committee are Henry |
n. Busn-Brown. M.c. L. II. Leisens |
ring, Miss Leila Mechlin ant Charles |
Moore.
Work i'm "Garret Studio"
For many weeks the costume com. /
nnit.ee has been az work at the VII. /
hard, in the big loft in the north end. /
loaned by the hotel management, and |
designated temporarily the garnet
studio" where Mrs. G. Barnes and /
members IF her committee have al.
most completed the 80 costumes Of the
floor committee. This same ''garre,
studio viii shortly pass into the
hands Of the decorations committee,
who vii there make and paint the
scenery for the fitting field and bsro-
Nal castle. Members of the costume
committee include: Mrs. Frederick V.
Covlile. Mrs. Warren y. Akers. Mrs.
Louis w. Austin. Mrs. William Lin.
coin Brown, Mrs. Fairbanks. Mrs. Fer.
Euson, Mrs. Walden Fawcett. Mrs.
George ". Girry, Mrs Henry Hayes.
Mrs. BENJAMIN r. Heidel. Mrs George
W. Johnston, Miss kaspsr. Mrs. G. A.
Lyon. Mrs. Howard Nyman. Miss Os.
borne, Mrs. William j. Peters. Miss
Emma Duel Rice, Mrs. John II. Small |
and Mrs. &. II. Wilkes.
The executive organization OF the |
Arts Club for the Bal Boheme is az |
followE: @. a. Lyon. chairman: Mrs. |
Warren y. Akers. vice chairman:
James Otis Porter. secretary; Mrs. |
Anne r. Gaynor. boxes and patron |
esses: Mrs. VIII &. Barnes, cos !
tunes: John II. Small 3rd, decora. |
tions: Edward Hood Watson. finance;
Roy L. Neuhauser. floor; Theodore r. |
Cannon. music; L. NJ. Leisenring, pro. |
gram, and Bess Davis Schreiner, pub. |
Ecity.