Evening star., 1935-02-03

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Year parade as the final climax Of
1t all. And then the grand march OF
all costumed men and women at the
bal around the big ball room, while
the three artists who will judge their
costumes watch warily that no beau
tiful Oriental costume of original de-
sign escape their notice nor that any
beautiful authentic native Oriental
costumes pass unseen before them, for
these will win the first and second
awards, and the third award will go
to the wearer of the most novel and
amusing costume. Truly a job to tax
the keenest artists eye.
The list Of patronesses include Nine.
Saito, Nine. de Espil, Nine. Calderon,
Mime. Munir, Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis,
Mrs. Harlan FiSke Stone. Nine. Marc
Peter, Nine. Prochnik, Mrs. Michael
MacWhite. Sonora de Arcaya. Nine.
Wadsted, Mrs. william Duncan Her.
ridge, Sonora de Alfaro. Nine. SEE,
Princess Damras, Mime. Djalal, Nine
de Morgenstienne, Nine. Ibraheb Ra-
teb Bey, Mrs. George H. Dern, Mrs.
Claude Swanson, Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau, Mrs. Harold Ickes, Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace, Mrs. Warren r. Austin,
Mrs. william Warren Barbour, Mrs.
William E. Borah, Mrs. William 8.
BuloW, Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, Mrs
William Henry King. Mrs. Henry w.
KeyeS, Mrs. Charles McNary, Mrs. Key
Pittman, Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler,
Mrs. Isabella Greenway, Sonora Con-
zales-Fernandez, Sonora de De Bayle.
Sonora de Gonzales, Nine de Yrujo,
Nine Skvirsky, Baroness van Breugal-
Douglas, Baroness Beck-Friis, Nine.
Sokolowska, Sonora de Mendoza,
Nine. Oras, Nine. Champsaur, Mrs.
Tsi Ming Chow, Nine Lombard, Mrs
Robert Brennon, Nine. Miura, Nine.
| Ales Broz, Nine. Won Numers, Nine.
Offerdahl. Sonora de Valdes- Rodriguez.
Miss Mabel Boardman. Mrs. Edward
S. BraShearS, Mrs. William Corcoran
Eustis. Mrs. Edward E. Gam. Mrs.
Melville C. Hazen. Mrs. Archibald
Hopkins, Mrs. Beale Howard, Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose. Mrs. Eugene
| Meyer, Mrs. Newbold Noyes, Mrs.
Helen Ray Hagner, Miss Janet
Richards, Mrs. John N Speel and
Mrs. Alfred Pembroke Thorn.
! Among those who will entertain box
parties at the Bal Boheme are Mrs.
Gilbert GroSvenor, Mr.. and Mrs. John
NJ Hammond and Mrs. B. Frank
Murphy, and with Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ
Leisenring in their box will be Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Patrick v. Quincy,
Mrs. Carl Casey, Mr.. and Mrs. Neil
Merlick.
And, Incidentally, the music to be
used by the orchestra for the splendid
pageant-processional, entitled, Marco
Polo Revisits the Orient" has been
chosen after careful research at the
Library of Congress on the part of
Mrs. Miriam B. Hilton and Mr..
Slaughter. the former being chairman
of the music committee for the
pageant; with DR.. Hans Kinder as
musical adviser" One of the pieces
to be used is a short Chinese fantasy
by Francis Casadesus; another is
Chinese Teahouse," by Alfred Bortz
especially arranged for the Bal
Boheme; Oriental numbers composed
by Julian Porret, Paul Seelig, Re-
bikoff. G. Lubomirsky and others will
make up the succession of lureful
pieces that will add color to the brill
liant professional as it passes gaily
down the Willard ball room toward
the giant Buddha that dominates the
south end of the room.
Huge turbans ornamented with
glittering jewels will add an Oriental
touch to the garb of the musicians,
for at this ball fancy dress is indis-
pensable" for everybody. And, that
he who runs may read, let it be added
that Mrs. Fulton Lewis is chairman
of boxes, and there may be a few
desirable ones still left at the Arts
Club if one hurries; also that Mrs
W. Ridgley Chapline has placed bal