A FAIRY TALE BALL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 3

A FAIRY TALE BALL.

The year 1907 was one .of. "but, h?s ! any -'pageant been 'sp' . successful. as;. held at ! the" Fairy, Taje \Ball';in' Edinburgh. The, Music-Hall was \so, decbratej}, that• it■, re r ' senibled. a'woodland Avith gipsy car'avaii' •, fortunes".. were !r.ead.—haycarts', bunches of straw I ,'ai)d the' ,< ,Ho'use.,that;Jack. Built;";'Tho said .house . was s,o as to' pontain' tho rat/'the cat,/ tho doc, the sack of malt,' and .'the ' qoij' with'. '.tl)e ...crumpled ( .. 1 man; all_ tittered and torn', '■ were conspieur. ous: among the dancers. Thp first-. ; scp!ie in the pageant was-a "A Vision ,of I tho,;(36urt of ■ Lyonesse," which 1 iissued ' from, 'the . door of the " House that. jack Built."' v '• .The procession was'led.by the' "Archbishop Dubree," ..followed,by .thb,.,"Monk Ambromus,":.the'".Lady ijf,the'.-Lake,'.'• tho.-''Three Queens; of- Ayillon," ono. of whom ledKihg Arthur's in purple, velvet "and '.■ermine, was attended Cby. threo maids of honour in pale blup and white G!itiin,|;with palp/blue, veilsjind. flowing hajr,. braided' with p,-lie blue ribbon. ' Lady. Dunei din was ''Morgan, le Fay," jn royal blue' velvet i with goldV girdle, ;• gold- crown' set with emeralds, .ajidi longieloth; of gold;'.train'. l 'She was; followed'' by her. threo -maids nf 'honour, I one; in 'carmine .velvet with .'sheaf , of "Ascension lillies; while; the' other''two' -wore' white satin-;,gowns 1 with' white , veils.' '''''King "Arthur,'-7. in ; scarlet,' and ;.wearirig a gold crown,/fras i r preceded' by ' scarlet - arid gold heralds arid attended by his~ ; '•'<Knights' bf the, Table -Round," ' each of ' whom wit -Wer six 1 feet '.in': height. ■' i-^,:v ; ; ' ''" .Quito .the most vcharming 'scene in'tiib:'pageant was-the - entrance '"-Queen ; Gumivore,".< under ah arch of aloft -'by' h'or maids.! of' h'onour.'-''Sh(i-.was''iri a ' pale- 'hluft'i satin • 'gown with'' sllVer and; gold crownV-'.-The' maids'-were-"ih ■'white;' with H<>uchesvpf ypale--blue/'.-and : lwitli['V white 1 veils ■ falling from gold cliaplets l anc( ; clusters of gold berries. •' ••• 1 . . After "the/procession; was overisbnvb'Hab'- 1 ' leauxivrem displayed, 'and - these; were'-fol-lowed by dances composed of -. characters from' nursefy rhymes: ' Here- one "safr" Jack Horner " dancing' withßed Ridlirig-'Hoo'd," tho "Pied Piper of Hamelin" with -/'Mother Hubbard," who, true ,to her part,' carried ■ her dtig"Simple',Sim'oh'.'' brpught.rthe'-"Far-' '. m . |'V e King of- Hearts"" 'came with; \e Queen 'of Hearts," -'.'-Buster Brown": with' "Dame. Trot, with "Curty Locks," and .sp .on. ' :It seemed as if no character dear to-childish' days' had been -overlooked. ;They were all there.' ■' ■ The '.dresses 'in.the".''.'Vision ; of of Lyonesse" were gorgeous,.' correct in .detail,v as -they.,had been';'copied'from "rare; old-French books, ;kindly' lent by. Mr! W.' GraKam'Qrum,' of' Auchenboie,' Stirlingshire."'