The Washington times., 1931-02-03
Bal BOheme
Is Brilliant
Affair
GaiIy Costumed Dancers
Make Merry at "Court of
King Loony XIII On the
Moon;;" Settings Gorgeous
BY ANNE PATTEN


4 tngton, at the willard last eve
ming.
Stately dowagerS and pert
debutantes arrayed in costumes
never seen before on land or
sea bowed before the throne OF
His Majesty King Looney XIII,
Harry Welker) and his Silver
Queen Oouise Rochon HOoverl {.
The royal pair, seated ON
thrones at the head Of a giant
stairway, held court while the
Masque Of the Moon, the big
event, was in progress, and Ia
ter resigned their thrones to
the judges who determined the
prize winners of the evening.
SeerS Area Fanciful -
The seers, arrayed in wigs
and philosophers gowns, were
M. r. Haider, portrait painter;
Frederick w. Brooke, well
known Washington architect;
Mrs. Brooke and Robert Down
ing, noted actor.
First prize went to Mrs. Gil
bert GroSvenor, wife of the pres
ident of the National Geo
graphic Society, who appeared
in an authentic Russian costume
she had brought back to Wash
ington from a trip to Harbin,
Manchuria. A. Richard Hill
as the lunar bat with green
face and green bat wings won
the prize for the most original
costume. Thomas Hoover as
mickey Mouse" was judged the
most amusing.
"Spring Onions HOnored
Honorable mention went to
Miss Florence Hedges and Miss
Mary K. Bryan as Spring
Onions; A. E. Firaz as lunar
athlete and Paul Hunter as a
Moor.
Also considered in the final
awarding of the prizes were a
group of original costumes in
cluding Harry Angelica as a
"Hot Dog; Dorsey Doniphan
and Miss Anne Kondrup as an
Unemployed Artist with his
appleS) and Model; Nine. Fran
,cesco Aquilar as Mexican lady;
Miss Catherine Davis as a Vene-
tian Lady of the eighteenth cen
turX; Mrs. Pierre Gaillard as a
Lady of 1925 cher costume was
lot years ODD; Miss Mary
Froyd and Roy C. Hoffman as
q French lady and her cavalier
of the eighteenth century; Miss
Catherine Mulvane as a Rus
sian Cossack, and Miss Tapianc
Gnoocheff as a Russian peas
ant girl.
Decorations Were Gorgeous
The Willard ball room, always
the scene of the Arts Club an
nual frolic, was converted for
the evening into an artists con-
ception of the Court of the
Moon. Felix Mahoney and a
corps of SO young artists mad
spent over six months on the
decorations, which were weird
and lovely almost beyond words.
The moon, gone modernistic
for the evening, cast its blue
and silver sprays over a scene
lit by hundreds Of blue lamps.
Heavenly torches, green-blue
and magenta in color, lined both
sides of the path leading from
the entrance of the ball room to
the foot of the throne.
Myriad tiny stars twinkled
tmpiShly along the way, and
from a sky of black and silver
hundreds of celestial bodies,
stars, planets and comets, added
their lovely bit to the color and
beauty of the scene.
Revelers Surround Throne
Glimpsed in the merry throng
Of revelers around the throne
were Miss Devereux Green in
blue taffeta: C. Philip Wire as
an infant, Miss Ruth Cornette
rs Sunset, DR.. and Mrs. William
C. Whitford in colorful futur-
iStic costumes, Beverly O'Brien
and Newell Atkinson as avi-
ators, Miss Betty Richards in
green velvet, Representative and
Mrs. Fred Britten, the latter
In black velvet, Miss Frances
Morse in ruffled blue taffeta,
Miss Maxine Heidner as a Turk
iSh lady, Lieut.. Col. J. o. Maui
borgne as an artist, Mrs. Dan
, lei C. Borden as a farmerette,
Mr.. and Mrs. Beale Howard as
Russians, Miss Helen Tanquary
Smith as Neptune'S daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Joke as an old
fashioned girl, Miss Florence
Bergman as a girl of 1860,
John Richter in Swiss costume,
Miss Mary Stuart BirdSan in
light blue ruffled net, Miss
Nancy Crowther as an old-fash-
ioned lady, ComdT. and Mrs.
Lumen Morgan, the latter as
= Queen of Night, Miss Dorothy
Walker as a mermaid, Miss Lo-
ltta Dawson as Swiss peasant
maid and Senorita Lucia Guz-
man and her fiance. James Will
lett as pirate and his lass.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George T.
Marye will entertain at dinner
this evening in honor Of the
Vice President, Charles Curtis.
!: :. s.
Mrs. Geor0c 7 Walter has
returned to r -""tment in
} the ShCr~ 0t~l after
spending {" sX weeks at
the home Of mother, Mrs.
Charles A. k'agan, in Pitts
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