MEN NOT PERMITTED.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3509, 27 April 1912, Page 3

MEN NOT PERMITTED.

A fancy dress ball from which men were excluded has been given in- Berlin, under the auspices of the Society of ’Women Artists. It was a great success, the Mail says. A helmeted member of the fire brigade and a male orchestra, hidden behind palms and shrubbery, were tbe only men in me hall. Many of the leading society women of Berlin attended, including Princess Henry zu Schonaich-Caro-latli, the chief patroness of the ball, the Princesses von Oppersdorff, Sierstorpff, von Henckel-D on n ersmarck •Redern, Westpbale, Dolma, and Fran_ kenburg. It was called a “porcelain ball,’’ because those who danced had to wear costumes representing wellknown brands of china-ware. Many of the most graceful figures typified men. At least two dozen ladies carne as “Cavaliers of the Rose,’ ’in various representations of the leading character in Dr. Richard Strauss’s opera. There was a charming quartette in white and blue who called themselves the. "Wedgwood Girls.” It •was two o’clock in the morning .before the ball ended, with Die verdict that man is not essential to a ball.