The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-02-15

Diplomats rubbed elbows with
pirates and poems with Spanish
dons on the patio of the Casa Ma
rina last night. for the annual
Costume Ball of the Key West
Yacht Club was in progress, and
Key West turned out in hundreds
to do honor to the occasion.
With the present trend toward
Pan-American consolidation; it
was most appropriate that Pan
America" should be chosen as the
theme of the ball. The costumes
were positively beautiful, very
gay and colorful and mostly au-
thentic of the South American
countries they represented. There
was also sprinkling of other
fancy dresses, both beautiful, orig
inal and humorous.
As the masqueraders arrived,
they danced and mingled with the
crowds, to laugh and joke and adj
mire each others costumes. There
was the flash of photographers
bulb as each new party appeared.
But when at 11:30 the floor was
cleared, and Dave Carson and his
orchestra struck up the strain of
God Bless America, the Grand
March which followed, led by Jack
Coles and Louise frey, was a
magnificent spectacle indeed. The
tune set the tempo and the cos
tunes the spirit of the evening as
no other combination could. The
dance floor was damned to capa-
city with those in the parade,
vending in and out, and floor
three times as large would not
have been too big. Mere words
fail to convey its brilliance After
a rainy, uncertain day, the eve
ming turned out beautiful; a full
moon rose late in a cloudless sky,
but most of us were too busy to
look at the moon and the stars.
The audience was loud in it's
praise and admiration of the bril-
liant scene. A real gala event, the
merrimakers were as carefree and
gay as larks. Latin America in its
gayest mood could hardly have
done better.
Handsome prizes were awarded
. the most beautiful, the most orig
inal and the most humorous, the
judges being Mrs. G. HI. Stone,
Miss Doris Lee and Arnold Blanch.
Nationally renowned artists, they
were we'll qualified to judge, and
their judgment. was unanimously
accepted. Their task was no easy
one, however, and Master of
Ceremonies George Mills White,
Respondent as Uraguayan diplo-
mat, had to request the parade to
continue for quite some time be-
fore a decision could be arrived at.
Eventually the awards were made |
as follows:
For the Most Beautiful; Wo-
mems, Miss Martha Watson, as a
Mexican Flower Seller. Mems,
Georges Myard, Central Mexico |
Gaucho.
For the Most Original: Wo-
mems, Mrs. Monroe Lyeth, of Mo- |
line, ILL.,, as "U. S. S. Semmes'
Mems, Horace Connable. as a
Peon.
For the Most Comical: Wo-
menfs, Miss Lois Burkham, of st.
Louis, Reservation Who?". !
Mems, Stephen Kellen, of New
York, as a Fruit Tree.
Honorable mention to Lieut. |
and Mrs. r. M Lee. as an Indian
Swami and Lady; Mr.. and Mrs
Cyril Marshall, as a Gaucho and
Carmen Miranda; Mrs Dunn;
Mrs. Kellen, as Valentine: Lieut.
Chris Engelman, Mrs. r. A. Libby,
and Mrs, Connable.
Chairman of the Committee
Phil Emerson and his assistants
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bryant
Kirke. Mrs. Everett p. Winter,
Mrs. Guy Carleton and Mrs.
Horace p. Connable, have reason
to be very satisfied with the way
the event went off. There APP
.parently wasn't a hitch in the
whole proceedings 1t is hoped
that ii was as big a financial sue
cess as it was a social one. for the
husky young Key West Yacht
Club has a most ambitious pro-
gram. which will do much toward
making the country even more
Key West conscious as a sports
center for nautical activities.
Among the various activities
which the fund will benefit are
the new clubhouse, the club dock