The Washington times., 1929-01-05
NEWS OF PERSONS AND EVENTS LIFE OF WASHINGTON
Obligatory Fancy Dress VIII Give
Color TO Arts Clubs Bal BOhenle
Pageant of Old Cairo to
Be Enacted Before
Gayly : Glad Spectators

Oayly Oldu OpeCIdCol .
"Fancy Dress Obligatory"
replaces the usual request
"Fancy Dress Requested"
addressed to those whosare
wont to attend the Arts
Clubs annual Bal Boheme.
Moreover, the committee has
announced that it will be
''hard boiled" and will ad-
NIT no one to the ballroom
floor not in gala attire suit
able to contribute to the
carnival atmosphere of the
colorful Egyptian fete, which
is planned for the evening
of Monday, January %.
At the Door
In order that this rule may
be enforced without working
hardship to those desiring to
attend, the committee has ar
ranged that costumes suitable to
the streets of Cairo may be
obtained-at small cost--at the
door of the ballroom on the
evening of the ball. And those
who will make no further con-
cession to the fanciful may
secure the aba and turban of
the Egyptian to be worn over
conventional evening dress.
Colorful Cairo
With members of the Egyptian
Legation staff acting in an ad.
visory capacity. this annual frolic
Of Washington artists will be
staged in a setting of the Cairo
of past centuries-a Cairo throng-
ed with Caliphas, testers, dancers,
Nubian slaves and all the pic
turesque dramatis personae of an
Eastern pageant scene. This will
introduce the features of the ball
and even the judges of costume
will represent historic person
ages In the episodes arranged by
the executive comn1ittee-com-
posed of DIR. j., Ryan Devereux,
l.. M. Leisenring, Will /. Dem
ing and Henry Jay Staley.
Indeed. from present indica.
tions, the Bal Boheme should
eclipse in color and interest all
previous Arts Club fetes-and
that will take some doing. 1t
will be international in character,
Bohemian in spirit and peculiarly
festive in costuming.
Boxes Snapped Up
Practically all the boxes have
been sold well in advance. In fact,
so great has been the demand that
arrangements have been made to
place fifteen small boxes in the
ball room and of this extra num-
ber only a few are available. They
seat but three persons, but two
boxes ma, be thrown together to
accommodate a larger number.
Mrs. Anne p. Gaynor is chairman
of boxes, but reservations may be
made through the Arts Club.
Three costume prizes will be
awarded this year as usual. one
for the most attractive representa-
tion in the Egyptian mode, the next
for the most original costume OF
any period; and the third for the
most amusing. The judges will be
four we'll known artists.
The Poster contest offered by the
Arts Club, in which artists and art
students all over the city are tax
ing part, will be held next week
at the club house. All posters must
be delivered on or before Monday
at 4 o'clock at the Arts Club, 2017
st. They will be judged on ad-
vertising quality, dec or a tive
quality, and spirit Of the Egyptian
scene, and technique.
The organization Of the Bal
Bohene includes: Chairman, DR..
John Ryan Devereux; decorations,
Lynch Luquer; costumes. Mrs.
Fulton Lewis: dramatics, James
Otis Porter; posters, Frances Ben
jamin johnson; publicity. Waldon
Fawcett; hotel and supper, Henry
Jay Staley; patronesses. Mrs. Anne
P.. Gaynor; music Theodore r.
Cannon; judges, Carlton Van Val
kenburg; floor. Roy l.. Neuhauser.
The committee announces gem
eral dancing from 10 o'clock to
three in the morning.
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