The Washington times., 1929-01-29
Glamour Marks Arts Clubs Bal
BOheme In Egyptian Setting
Carnival Spirit Prevails ;
Diplomats Look On;
Colorful Costumes

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Colorful Costumes
The Art Clubs Bal Bo-
heme gets bigger and better
and more beautiful every
year.
Last night in the Willard
ballroom the club members
gave US the Streets of Cairo
as a glamorous setting for
/ their annual carnival-the
/ Cairo Of three thousand
years Of history and legend
and the Cairo Of Cony Is
land in quaint and colorful
4 contrast. And through this
1 street Of bazaars' and coffee
shops, toward the looming
city gates at the far end,
teemed' d motley throng Of
revelers.
Dominant Note
The committee had been hard
boiled about admitting anyone
not il fancy dress, Some Of the
men had compromised to the
extent of wearing gay tissue
paper turbans to top off conven-
tiCnal evening clothes, but there
was nobody present without q
touch of the fantastic to his
or ercosturle. While the
! Arts Club members taking "of-
ficial'' part in the revels were
id typieally Egyptian costume
and enough of the guests to
give d0rainantly Oriental note,
Vikings rubbed elbows with Ru-
fnanian peasants; Indian chiefs
from an America vet undreanned
with Roman war gods, and his-
toric perscnages with creatures
never seen on land nor sea.
Pageantry
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An hour or two Of general dane
irl&. Of milling about among beg
~are and Bedouins, sstraps, sellers
of beads and baubles outside the
city gates" Of gossiping In the
coffee shop over which presided
Or. J. Ryan Devereux, in anthem
tic Arab costume: of chaffering
In the bazaar with Miss Frances
BENJAMIN Johnston and Miss
Janet Richards brave in their
Eastern dress. Then came the
rorgeous bit Of pageantry, which
was the artistic high light Of the
ball.
True Egypt this--if the Egypt
of fancy rather than fact. At the
trumpet the dancers We're pushed
back to xrbup themselves on the
floor, In serried ranks OF chairs,
in the boxes aboYe. making q
gorxeoffs hank OF color as d back
ground for the stunts, And Tor q
wonder one could actually see
what was going on.
First, the foot soldiers Of
the king that spectacular army
which is the Arts Clubs tloOr
committee frank upon rank of
them, each in flowing white bour-
nous, green girdled and worn with
q striped tunic of rich silk.
Fakirs ard Dervishes. desert
women and dancing girls, Be-
douins ana Manleiukes, slave girls
and beggars preceded the tri-
unnphant entrance of the Caliph
Dr. Frederick Covillc, president
of the Arts Club, and his court
fresh from dinner and the
wars, to group themselves
around the throne before the city
Gates, where focused all the
pagsantry.
Humor
Impossible to mention half who
took part in the demonstration
before this gorgeous potentate,
clad In rich silks Of Tyrean pur.
pls ana rose, with towering t1r~
ban. Long handled peacock
feather fans sWayed above his
head as with one stroke of his
scinitar he severed the golden
chains binding the group Of
elave girls, headed by Miss Lisa
Gardner, whose dance was
htkh spot Of the evenings enter
tainnneFlt. James Otis Porter
loonaed enormous as a Mameluke
IN q spectacular costume all Of
crepe paper. Felix Mahoney con-
tributed bit Of burlesque in the
role OF the Israelite.
Cooks Tour
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made up an amusing group under
the leadership of Miss Anne Alb
bott, taking In the sights Of Cairo,
the sphinx, the pyramids, tower
inK palm tree, all quantity por-
frayGd by Arts Club members.
There were singing groups, camel
riders on a most amazing and
arausink camel tI. r. woodward
and II. w. Yaeger, very much in
cognitcl. But II was all so fast
moving and Kaleidoscope that it
was impossible to individuality.
More dancing followed and then
d parade Of those in costume be-
fore the judges committee-Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Piexotto and Mr..
and Mrs. William Ernest Chap
man. Of New York. Mrs. Piexotto
and Mrs. Chapman were royalty
Rarbed as the Caliph's wives and
had taken part in the pageant.
Prize Winners
The prize for the most beauti-
full costume went to John Det.
weller sorgeously Oriental in gold
and red with a great turban top
ping off his costume. He was &C.
coapanied by a beautiful Cleo.
patrA, who escaped before her
name could be learned. To Nine.
rrieto, wife Of the military at-
tache OF the Cuban embassy. went
the award for the most inter-
esting Characterization. Here WAS