Evening star., 1933-02-07
BAL BOHEME PUTS
BAD TIMES TO ROUT
AL Smith, Prosperity and Blue
birds Share Honors in
Arts Club Fete.

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everything OF that kind were at the
Bal -Boheme of the Arts Club of WASH
ington last night to chase away de-
preston and the chase was a lively
one all through the dark hours of the
% and up to the early hours of this
morning.
Castles in the Air" the theme of the
Bal, was conceived by Mrs. Fulton
Lewis and carried out with an ad-
mixture of artistic beauty, rollicking
fun and general entertainment. The
hit of the Bal from humorous stand
point was Al Smiths New York sky
scraper, a modest looking article while
1t was part of the pageant devoted to
architecture. but which slowly rose
in heights to touch the 30-foot ceiling
of the Willard Hotel ball room. There
were screams of laughter as Felix
Mahoney, impersonating Al Smith,
brown derby and all, pranced around
the structure with genuine pride of
ownership.
Interpret Prosperity.
Prosperity, interpreted by Mrs Eli
phalet Andrews preceded in the page
ant by heralds of prosperity, was a
stately and beautiful figure dressed in
cloth of gold and silver with a huge
fanshape headdress of the same metal
cloth and glttering jewels, marking
the returns of luxury and costly daubles
to the world
Hundreds of guests in elegant, costly
end cheap costumes, some seriously
sedate, some clownish, filled the ball
room when the ball was opened by
Chief of Heralds John Walker Hol-
comb, followed by the Floor Committee
group, which included Percy Lee Ather-
ton, Robert W. Baltz, Charles Bittinger,
Charles Bittinger, jr.; F. Mckenzie
Dawson, Fred w. Dewart, Raymond A.
Elliott Edwin H. Etz, Charles j. Ferris,
George H. Girty, John M. Hammond,
Paul H, H. Hunter, Maurice Jarvis, John
Paul Jones, Lewis E. Kraskin, Fulton
Lewis, jr.: Gerrit S. Miller, jr.; Lewis
Lotion Moneyway, Robert Motley. Paul
w. Newgarden, w. j. B. Orr. William
j. Peters, Charles S. Piggot, Ralph W.
Richards, Roy Lyman Sexton. Frank
B. Steele, Bee Stockton, Josephus C.
Trimble, Mercer Vernon, william F.
Waters, Dore Walten and Francis G..
Wells.
Couples, Receive Prizes.
The award of prizes was made for
the most beautiful, the most unusual
couple and the most comical Those
HA1lAI41iS WCiC SliaCc GIlQ L6SIGT
Shafer, first prize for the most unusual.
They were dressed as medieval knight
and lady, their costumes being made
entirely Of cellophane. Even the wig
and head of Miss Chace was of orange
cellophane, her gown and headdress
being Of dark blue. Mr.. Shafer'S cos
tune was in white, trimmed with dark
blue.
Senorita Rebecca Alfaro. daughter of
the former Minister of Panama, Senior
Honorio Alfaro, and niece of the present
Minister, Senor Ricardo Alfaro. won
second prize for the most beautiful
costume. She wore an authentic cos
tune of the Isthnus, the quaint gown
OF white having full skirt and dropped
shoulders. 1t was trimmed with mar
row bands OF -exquisitely delicate en-
broidery In black and on her head at
each side of the. back were clusters of
flowers made of vari-colored beads.
The prize for the most amusing cos
TUNES was given to F. G. Reed and
George Rankin, who appeared in the
painting portion of the pageant, one as
oil and the other as turpentine Their
costumes were made of oilcloth, oil, yel-
low and turpentine, white.
Win Honorable Mention.
Honorable mention was given to Miss
Lois Balcom in a white costume re-
sembling a stately castle, the turreted
roof forming her headgear, and Michael
Logan, dressed in suit of mail made
entirely of celophane. The mail was
crocheted orange celophane and gave a
remarkable effect.
The pageant around which the entire
entertainment revolved showed pains
taking care in the matter of costumes,
and included sculpture, painting, liter
ature, architecture, music, drama and
other features
Interspersing these more serious fea-
lures were the dances; the rainbow
dance, with Miriam Chace and Lester
Shafer directing: the blue bird dance,
directed by Lisa Gardiner, thing of
consummate beauty in both conception
and execution; the storm dance, di-
rected by Evelyn Davis, and the cloud
dance, with Alice Louise Hunter di-
recting
Miss Marjorie Lowe was in charge of
the music group in the pageant and
directed the music in the cabaret,
where groups gathered for the pro-
gram and supper.
Albert Directs Music.
Mr. Harry Albert directed the music
for the pageant and received praise for
its skillful handling.
Nctables Occupy Boxes.
With DR.. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor
In their box were Mr.. and Mrs. William
B. Willard, Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell Ham
ilton, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Grosvenor,
Mrs. Cabot CoVille, Miss Carol Gros-
venor, Mr.. John Kline, Mr.. Lawrence
Salisbury and Mr.. John Coleman. Mrs.
Coville and her sister. Miss Grosvenor,
were charming pictures in the au-
thentic Russian peasant dresses they
had purchased in Harbin last Summer
In Mrs. George H. Myers box was a
company CT young folk, includi~o her
daughters, Miss Persis Myers ara Miss
Mary Myers; also Miss Sydney Sullivan,
Lieut.. Stone, Mr.. Kent Dyer and Mr.
Jack Hill.
Senator and Mrs Warren R Austin
of Vermont were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Fairbanks in their box. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Fairbanks took part in the
pageant.
Col. and Mrs. Charles Reading Will
Gams had with them as guests in their
box, Mrs. Newell Smith of Bridgeport,
Conn, and Mrs. William Wheatley.
Judges View Parade.
Seated in the judges box were Mr..
and Mrs. Luther NJ. Leisenring. the
latter of whom was chairman of Judges
and awards and the judges for the
costume parade These were Senor
Don Cesareo Ferdinand de Ouiros, Ar
gentine painter; Mr. Frederick Murphy,
neted architect and Miss Fanny Sa-