Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-28
CARNIVAL SPIRIT
RULES BAL BOHEME;
/. THOUSAND ATTEND
Vice President Curtis and
Party Among Guests at
Arts Club Affair.
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
FOR BEST COSTUMES
Annual Function Proves Brilliant
Event, With Music, Dances
and Other Features.

More than 1000 guests thronged the
ball rooms at the Willard Hotel last
night for the Bal Boheme of the Wash
ington Arts Club, arriving even before
the opening hour of 10 and dancing
and dining until 3 o'clock this morn
ing Seldom in the Capital has there
been such a magnificent array of bril-
liancy in color, detail of program, music
and other features as the great ball of
the Americas presented
The entrance through a jungle of
green and gay lights led to the large
ball room, where there burst upon the
vision age-old subjects, beginning with
the ancient Magyar temple and pro-
ceeding down the ball room where near
the end was Hollywood, showing the
picturesque in the motion picture age.
Strangely enough, the vision of a
young German artist, Hugo linden, gave
birth to- the idea of decoration, while
Anne Fuller Abbott and her pupils,
without outside aid, carried the ideas
to success. ,
The usual formality of a receiving
line was dispensed with, so that the
scene was in carnival spirit from the
very door of the ball rooms through the
various supper rooms, where guests
were treated to the novelty of sump-
tuous ball supper served at small tables.
Vice President Arrives.
The Vice President, Mr.. Curtis. ar
rived early, accompanied by his sister,
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, and his
daughter, Mrs. Charles p. George, their
entrance and departure being accompa-
MED by the usual formality of an escort
Of members of the floor committee.
The pageant had genuine American
snap to 1t, and. starting with the first
scene of the Adventures, the entrance
of the well drilled floor committee, led
by the Great Manitou, James Otis Por-
ter. and followed by the Magyar Devil
Dancers, held the vast audience en-
thralled until the rakish bull fight sent
the side lines scurrying out of danger,
and not until the travesty of Chicagos
greatest enterprise trotted out of the
ball room was there real safety felt. In
other words. La Corrida, with men from
the forestry division of the Department
OF Agriculture In the working parts of
the animal, made a decided hit.
The entrance of the Magyar Devil
dancers from the Mckinley dancers
was thing Of beauty. The climax of
the nlasque, ''The Adventures, was
most beautiful. The northwestern
mounted police had dragged in on a
big sled, the huge block of ice, in
which were imprisoned a group of
frost misunderstanding dancers.
Flaming Youth (Orme Libbey), wear
ing his cloak of folly, had melted the
ice with his flaming torch, and the
huge ice block disappeared, and the
Frost Maidens were, released from cap
tiyity.
Tiny Airship Makes Appearance.
lnyl
Youth believing that here was his great
adventure, when suddenly the sound of
an airship was heard, the lights
BACKED out, and across the ceiling in
the air travelled a tiny ship, making
its way to the huge ice bergs of the
frozen north, at the south end of the
room. Suddenly the lights came on
and revealed the ship of the skies"
depicted by Caroline Mckinley in
cloudy lights, flying high above the
other adventurers grouped around.
Miss Mckinley wore silver robe,
fashioned like big airship, with wide
silver wings.
AS Miss Mckinley danced on her
high pedestal. Harold Snyder, to whom
is due the lighting effects for the ball,
cast over her a succession of vari-
colored lights, and then the youthful
adventurer reached up his arms, and
received the ship of the skies, and to-
gether they came down to earth and
led all the adventures Of the past in
great professional.
Judging Costumes Difficult.
The judges, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Chandler Christy and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman, had great diff
Guilty, the costumes were so varied and
beautiful. The final awards went to
Miss Mary Scaife and Archibald Det-
weller. Miss Scaife wore a long skirt
with white background and many
figures, wide brass bracelets above the
-lbows, many beads about her neck
and brass breastplates.
Mrs. H. M. Slater won second prize,
that for the most original costume
She had a complete outfit of a burgher
maid, the skirt of heavy material with
large flowers woven and the fitted
bodice being almost entirely hidden
with the deep shawl-like bertha of
black lace over green, matching the
material of the gown.
The third prize for the most effective
was given to Miss Gene Beardsley and
Russell Brobst who called themselves
country couple.
Mrs. Maud Howell Smith, who ap-
peared in the pageant as the Pioneer
Mother, was awarded the fourth prize
for the most effective costume.
striking couple at the ball were
Representative Carl r. Chindblom and
Mrs. Chindblom, who imperSonated an
Indian chief and his squaw. Their
young daughter wore an authentic
Norwegian peasant costume.
In Colonial Costume.
Miss Margo CouZens, daughter of
Senator and Mrs. James Couzens wore
an exquisite colonial costume of she'll
pink satin.
Miss Sybil Baker was in a quaint
street costume OF an early American
period.
A striking Russian Cossack costume
was worn by Oliver owen Kuhn. Mrs
Kuhn was a Spanish dancer in a gown
of red satin with black lace flounces
cream-color shawl with gay flowers
worn Spanish style. Her lace mantilla
was worn high over shell comb and
red rose was in her hair.
Nine. Won Lewinski wore a gown of
cream-color taffeta trimmed with old
lace.
Mrs. Mark Reid Yates was a lady of
Spain, wearing a black taffeta gown,
a black lace mantilla and black lace
mits. Miss Hazel Grant Edgar i'm
personated "Pecks Bad Boy" wearing
gray flannel suit with a Norfolk
Jacket.
Mrs. M. de Clare Berry was "bride
of old England in the seventeenth
century" Miss Virginia Hunt imper-
sonated a LADY of the Dutch court of
the seventeenth century" The costume
was of heavy black brocade.
DR.. Franklin Adams, counselor of