Evening star., 1935-02-03
ARTS CLUB BALL
TOMORROW NIGHT
"Marco Polo Revisits the
Orient" Is Theme of
Pageant.
Washington's annual costume frolic

| WaSnlngCOnS S annual costume 1rOllC
of the Winter, the colorful Bal
| Boheme of the local Arts Club, will
be held at 10 pm. tomorrow in the
ball room Of the Willard Hotel, trans
formed for the occasion into setting
of Oriental splendor.
The theme for this years event is
"In the Orient" which gives free play
| to the imagination of hundreds of
participants and spectators who will
be arrayed in every conceivable cos
tune associated with that land of
love, intrigue and mystery. Promptly
at 10 o'clock, John Slaughter's broad
casting orchestra, wearing huge head
dresses of dazzling white, will open
the gala art ball with modern dance
| rhythms that later will swing into the
entrance music for the famous Floor
Committee of 33, headed by Fulton
Lewis.
Diplomats to Attend.
Persons high and low in the arts,
the official and unofficial social life
of the National Capital, will take part
in the spectacular events of the eve
ming. Many of the Capitals elite. in
cluding number of diplomats, have
taken boxes for the occasion. although
| the committee announced last night
| that a few boxes are still available.
| The biz event of the Bal is always
the pageant, this year to depict the
popular imagination of what happens
when Marco Polo Revisits the
| Orient" It was written by Mrs.
Charles Bittinger, who conceived the
theme and its treatment. Mrs. w. j..
Peters was responsible for the direc-
ton, and Mrs. Maud Howell Smith for
the casting.
More than 300 persons will take part
in the various episodes of the gay
professional as it passes from the
north to the south end of the ball
room. A prologue entitled "At the
| Court of Kublai Kahn" will present
Geoffrey Peters and Sterling Boiling
as banner bearers; Charles Bittinger,
the president of the Arts Club. as
Kublai Kahn; with Margaret Tolson,
Charles Bittinger, jr.; Andrew Dent,
Margaret Baxter. Mary Lewis Hall,
Margaret Kearney and Doris Long as
attendants, and Mrs. Bittinger. Mrs.
Marie Moore Forrest, Miss Sibyl Baker
and Harold Allen Long, chairman of
the seasons Bal, as barons of the
court.
Hugo linden will be Marco Polo
Commodore Albert w. Stahl will ap-
pear as Niccolo Polo and william j.
,-.I1 l. al
"Dervishes" to Give Number.
Then following the second visit Of
Marco Polo to the Orient and the
unfolding of the tale, Phil Hayden
and his dancers, known as the Whirl-
ing Dervishes, will present number
In a Bedouin caravan will appear
Leland Williams, Carl Spencer Camp
bell, Mabel S. Allen, Frances S. Dean
Mrs. Charles S. Piggott, Mildred Will
son, Howard Wentworth, Doris Jarvis
Jean Mum, Pauline Stanley, Marie
Walcott, Henry Salem Hubbell Car
Carlson, Richard Midgley. James
Veitch, Harry Wescott and Beverly
White
In the Persian scene, Comdr. Lewis
SlSPAAa Wal bO q AAODASp oPP~o4
ing with Marian D. Venable and her
dancers and members of the Arts
Club In the scene in India among
those taking part are young Wash
ington actors, with Theodore Tiller
jr, as a tiger; Hallock Small as an ele-
plant. Maj. r. B. Lawrence, Edna
Ellis Hilton. Joan Sellers and Violet
Wachter in V0rionS roles
The members of the Marian Chace
School of the Dance will appear in
the Siamese episode, with Analie
Preische Robert Black, Sherman
Conrad and Sterling Stamford as
actors. IN old Japan a feast of the
lanterns will be done BY members OF
the Alice Louise Hunter and the
Donna Taggart groups.
Dance Brought From Bali.
An episode in the Himalayas will
feature Dr.. Frederick v. Coville, a
former president of the Arts Club
with members of the club headed by
Denis E. Connell. In the Java scene
a dance will be presented by Evelyn
Davis and her group. This dance has
been brought to Washington direct
from Bali, with authentic costumes
Jewels and music.
The Chinese New Year procession
will form the climax and the finale
of the pageant, with more than 40
players taking part.
The grand march will follow the
pageant and all will pass before the
judges box Clifford K. Bergman,
C. Powell Minnigerode and Charles
Bittinger will choose the wearer OF
the most original costume the wearer
of the most beautiful authentic native
Oriental costume, as well as the most
amusing and novel costume. Prizes
| will be awarded at the ball.