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Mr. Roderick Buchanan at "The Pied
Piper" of the Ball, Who Exchanged
i lis "Carmen" for Mr. Blodgett't
"Clownette."
0
NLY Just now la tt realized
how aoclety was disrupted
shaken up from ita founda
tions by that amazing fancy dresa
ball given by Mr. Merrltt Wyatt
eight months ago In the fivw York
studio of Mr. Nelaon Burritt
You remember the aensailonal
feature how all the lights went out
at 3 a. m., becauso the studio's
owner thought the festivities wect
due to end' then and there. JU'l
how, when the lighU went up again,
rather unexpectedly, there was evV
den co of social affinities previously
unsuspected.
Well, while the ball Itself was
amazing, tho consequences have
proved even more so. Several
guests who had painstakingly
climbed several rungs of the social
ladder are , again at the bottom
There have been several marrlugej,
several engagements, numerous
near engagement. But the most
astounding consequence has been
the change about face of four of the
guest!
When the ball was given Mist
Rosalie Smith, the very pretty
daughtor of Mrs. Dutllh Smith, for
merly of Philadelphia, but now
New York, waj engaged to Alden
Blodgett, one of the crack riders of
Squadron A. and a nephew of Mrs.
Daniel Blodgett of Madison avenue.
Their engagement was a secret, but
was known to their closest friends.
Miss Smith and Mr. Blodgett
showed tholr devotion to each other
by dressing .j companion piece I
The former was as pretty as any
picture in real clown clothes from
" fool's ' cap to pointed toea. As a
ctownette she was a huge success
Was It any wonder that the hand
some Mrf'BlodgcU looked happy r
As a real clown, Alden was Just
too handsome for anything! The
girls were all crazy over bis geU
up and he was deluged with a Hen.
tlons, but nothing seemingly could
swerve him from his allegiance to
the pretty clowuelte.
Knter Miss LUla Gilbert, daugu
icr cf tho 'ato Bramtiall Gilbert,
granddaughter of Isaac Brokaw and
heiress to several mllllo-s.
Miss Gilbert, as a fascinating
cigarette girl, came wllfe Mr. Rod
erick Buchanan, as the Pied Piper.
For several months theso two were
looked upon 84 engaged. Mr. Bu
chanan Is a well known man about
town and a brother of MUs Ade
laide Taylur Buchanan. He has
taken parti tu alt the fashionable
amateur theatricals during the last
two years. He and Misa Gilbert
have often taken part in the same
plays.
During the course of the evening
MUs Smith and Mr. Blodgett had
their pictures taken together. An
other proof of a bona-nde engage
ment Miss Gilbert and Mr. Bu
chanan poed together but the plate
v.as curiously broken!
Now here was a perfectly natural
state ( affairs. Two pretty glrli
engaged to two gcod looking well-brought-up
young men. One could
hear the wedding belis chiming la
ths near future.
Ta-day, eight short months after
that dance, the dramatis personae
are the same, but
their positions have
changed. Miss Smith,
the pretty clownette,
It to marry Roddy
Buchanan, the hand
some Pled Piper, and
MUs Gilbert, the fas
cinating cigarette girl,
is to marry Alden
Blodgett, the ene-time
clown.
And what has
caused this most cur
ious stats of affairs?
Each cne of the four
principals places all
the blame on the
Wyatt dance.
When the Smiths formerly an
nounced Rosalie's engagement, so
ciety shrugged Its shoulders and
said: "Wen, Its better to make the
change before the wedding." But
even society tad the surprise of the '
year. And now every one Is recall
ing the Incidents of the ball, and
wondering Just what caused tho
Chang of partners.
The dance was given in the studio
owned by Mr. Nelson Burritt It
was to hare been an all-night afTalr,
but, unhappily, Mr. and Mrs. Bur
ritt insisted that 3 o'clock was late
enough for any party.
There was argument over this
point, and at its height.
lights went out
Was that the deceive moment In
the change of partners for the wed
ding rings?
At any rate:
Lor Whe thone Hght wtnt up
again.
Two maidt had changed their chotct
of meat
Bef6re the break-up
there were grlzsly bear
dances, turkey trot dances,
HuHBlan ballet dances and
Purls rafa dances. When
the party broke up, even
the clown a-1 the Pled
Piper had forgotten
whether they were en.
gaged, and If bo, to whom.
Blodgett, good looking, Jolly, and
pride of Squadron A, now says that
he fell In love with Miss Gilbert, the
cigarette girl, while she wa posing
for the picture shown here. Miss
Gilbert refuses to commit herself as
to when she felt her heart go out
to Blodgett.
Buchanan, tall, handsome, and a
ell known amateur actor, says thai
he fell In love with MUs Smith the
very moment he taw her in her
clownette costume. And Miss Smith,
on her part, keepa silent when ques
ttoned. She has admitted, however,
that when the Piper piped his pipes
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"Clownette" of
the Wyatt Ball,
Where They
Changed Partners
With "The Pied
Piper" and
"Carmen."
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those lights went up again,
had changed their choice of men!
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The
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Following a
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Lights Went Out at 3A.M.!
she felt her heart"crack, and every
one knows that she forgot to save
three promised dances for Alden.
She left the clown, her companion-piece,
in the lurch, and gave
these dances to the Piper.
On the other hand, the clown
wasted no time lamenting. He bad
looked into Carmen's blue eyes, and
from that moment he was doomed!
Miss Gilbert's eyes made him forget
his companion-piece, the too fickle
clownette. And so we find Mr.
Buchanan dancing madly w ith the ,
pretty clownette and Mr. Blodgett
dancing happily With Carmen, the
fascinating cigarette girl. That was
a glorious evening!
Between dances things were much
the same. The piper and the clown
ette sought a secluded Biot on the
balcony overlooking the main floor,
when the clown and Carmen turned
the other way, and occupied a tiny
corner behind some armor.
After tne ball, there was no doubt
about the readjustment. Mr. Blod
gett appearing once more In every
day clothes and a prosaic English
hat, hesitated between two
minds. Mr. Buchanan, mi
nua his pipes and mercury
w Jngs, also hesitated.
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T
HE possession by Germany of
tho only existing deposits of
potabh salts places that
country in a very remarkable ana
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ture of -thu entire world, and this
situation will continue until means
are found lor extracting the stuff
economically from rocks.
Tho deposits lu question are Id th-
neighborhood of Magdeburg and ap
pear to extend over or one should
ratner say under an area some
what more than twelve miles in
length and shapid like a saddle. They
coiuiixt mainly of ordinary rock sait,
for which they were worked by the
Hl'),VVt&
Lilla Gilbert, at "Carmen,"
Liked the "Clown" Better.
Who
Then, evidently, Carmen and the
clownette took matters In their own
hands. "It Is all very well," .they
said, "to fool around now, but let
us think of the future. Before It Is
too late, let us change partners for
the wedding rings!" . . ,
And bo, thanks to that now fa
mous dance, the change was made
and to-day it looks as though, the
dramatis personae of this curious
tale would marry and live happily
for all time.
But, there is still more of a his
tory to this ball. There has been
much marrying and giving In mar
riage among the Jolly guests. Mad
eleine Force, who went as Polly,
has since married Colonel Jack
Astor. Mr. Astor was to have been
a guest He had his costume, that
of Henry VIII., all ready, but was
detained on his yacht
Florence Rand, dressed as a
French peasant girl, fell In love
mm oiuan Adams, who made
a
penect Kough Rider. They
were
married a few weeks ago. -
Adelaide Pendergast, piquant and
mischievous as a French fairy, met
Lawrence Durant. who was admlr
ably disguised as a Buster Brown
They were married the latter part
of November.
Alice Andreae, a cousin of the
Marquise de Charette, and a de
butante of last year, wore a stun
ning costume of a lady of the
French court Her engagement to
Billy Seamans, who danced about
dressed as an Egyptian slave, has
just been announced. And so It
goes.
Interest now centres mainly on
Mrs. Jack Aster's pretty sister,
Katherlne Force. She was present
that night as Folly, duplicating her
sister's costume. As Folly. J'lss
rorce met and danced much with
Nils Florman. a Swedish soldier of
fortune. At this time Mr. Florman
was engaged to Miss Helen Stallo.
Six weeks ago Miss Stallo broke the
engagement
For several months Mr. Florman
has been on Intimate terms with
Colonel Astor. And why? Well,
society Is sure that he is very much
in love with Miss Force, that Miss
Stallo broke ,her engagement be
cause of Miss Force.
And now there is but one .ques
tion: Will Miss Force marry Mr.
Florman ?
With this tale of the marked ball
told, it seems logical to ask with the
small boy: Can you beat it?
government over a century ago by
boring. But in 1856 the miners, In
the course of their regular opera
tions, come across a new kind of
salt which proved to be an unknown
mineral of queer color and bitter
taste. Being deemed worthless, tt
was tnrown away. Before long, how
ever, scientific Investigators found
that it contained potash and mag
nesium, and this discovery brought
Into being an Important chemical
Industry.
Germany exports about $35,000,000
worth of potash per annum. It Is
mlnd In a rather peculiar way, the
beds being attacked not from above,
but from beneath, by blasting, to
loosen the material.