Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19

fAtnment given here in the entire sea-
son Is as spectacular and brilliant as
the annual Beaux Arts Ball, which is
to be held Friday night of next week
at the Hotel Aston 1t usually is at
tended by thousands, and the grand
ball room and adjoining rooms through
out the house are given over to it. No
one is allowed admission who is not
In the dress of the period which the
ball represents. This year it is the
Renaissance period and is called the
Ball Renaissance, and the committee
is confident that it will surpasS in ar
tistic quality and significance all past
efforts of the BeauX Arts architects.
Kenneth Murchison, chairman of the
executive COMMITTEES. has announced
that the sale to date of tickets and
tables has been very large
Red and gold have been the colors
chosen by James Monroe Hewlett to
dominate the color scheme of his Re-
naissance decorations for the three ball
rooms The great central room II Pa
lazzo where the pageant will be pre-
scented, has been decorated to represent
the Central Court in the Palace of
Lorenzo the Magnificent of Florence:
the north ball room III Cortile," will
be treated as a walled garden, giving
entrance to the grand ball room, and
the south ball room. III Mercato." will
represent the market place and all the
appropriate wares will be lavishly dis
played therein.
Gorgeous Pageant Listed
To Start at Midnight.
The gorgeous historical pageant will
start precisely at midnight. Philip A.
Cusachs and Ben Ali Haggin, who ar
ranged the episodes in which over 300
people prominent in society and the
artistic professions will take part, have
completed the cast and are rehearsing
the groups
The spectacle will open with a pro-
logue of Dante meeting the beautiful
Beatrice. Then will follow three main
divisions, the Renaissance; the Re-
formation and Dynasties of France
and Henry VIII, and finally, the Court
of Ferdinand and Isabella and the tri-
umpharit return of Columbus from his
voyage of discovery.
Each division will be subdivided into
historical episodes-aS the Ascent OF
knowledge, the Noble Families. the Ar
tistic Guilds, the Banquet Scene OF
Lorenzos Palace, the Players and the
denunciation of Savonarola, and the
Burning Of the Vanities. Then Martin
Luther and the Reformation, followed
by scenes on the Field of the Cloth OF
Gold, and bewitching silver ballet.
The climax will be the return of Co
1unbus to the Court of Ferdinand and
Isabella, with great tourage of cap
tains, sailors and Indians, the most
ambitious spectacle ever attempted by
the architects.
Elaborate Charity Ball
Scheduled for January FL.
The Charity Ball, the proceeds Of
which each year are devoted to the
work of the New York Nursery and
Childs Hospital, will take place at the
Ritz-Carlton on January 81. The ball
room music will be furnished by the
Meyer Davis Orchestra, with Joe Morse
conducting; the Rudy Vallee Vaga-
bonds, with Mr.. Vallee appearing in
person at midnight, will be in the
crystal room and the Howard Lanin
Orchestra will play in the oval dining
room.
The officers are Mrs. Francis Mere
dith Blagden, president; Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander and Mrs. Algernon S.
Sullivan, honorary presidents; Mrs.
sSnowden A. Fahrenstock, treasurer;
Mrs. F. Ashton de Peyster, secretary,
and Miss Florence " Doane, executive
secretary. Vice presidents are Mrs.
Frederic W. Allen, Mrs. Francis L. ".
iHoppin, Mrs. william Armour, Mrs.
Francis c. Huntington, Mrs. w. Vincent
Aston and others.
Beginning in 1887 the charity ball
for the benefit Of the hospital has been
given annually except once during the
World War.
Cushing -Ames wedding
Notable Society Event.
Mrs. Mary Calender Ames, only
daughter of Mrs F. Lothrop Annes OF
Boston and 1910 Fifth avenue, whose
engagement to Howard Gardiner Cush-
ing son of Mrs. J. Denison Sawyer Of
12l East SEVENTEEN street and the late
Howard c. Cushing, a noted artist, was
announced last January and was broken
in April by mutual consent, has been
renewed They obtained a marriage
license Monday at the Municipal Build
ing, and the wedding took place today
in the caantry of St. Thomas Church,
the rector, the Rev. DR.. Noelif N.
Brooks, officiating. A small reception
followed at the home Of Mrs. Ames,
1910 Fifth avenue.
Miss Ames was given in marriage by
her brother, F. Lotl1rop Ames. She had
as her only attendant Mr.. Cushing's
sister, Mrs George Crawford Clark, jr.
Morton Eustis of this city and Wash
ington was best man. Ushers included
Walter Maynard, Gordon Douglas, jr.;
Gardiner Emmons, Stephen Van Rens-
selear, I'd; Paul Mite, John Watts,
Robert Bishop and Alexander Cushing,
brother of the bridegroom.
There has been reports recently that
Miss Arnes and Mr. Gushing had re-
considered their decision not TO be mar
ried, but nothing definite was known
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