Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1916 — “BALL OF THE GODS” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“BALL OF THE GODS”

Mr. David Wagstaff of Tuxedo, N. Y., as “Siva,” one of the high gods of India, as he appeared In the Hindu division of the grand pageant at the “Ball of the Gods,” No more elaborate function has ever been arranged in New York than this one by the "Society of Beaux Arts Architects.” Two thousand persons representing the very elite of society, and hailing from practically every state in the Union, joined in making this affair, one which will- be remembered tor blage L whether the individual played the part of god or goddess, priest or priestess or whether they were there simply as the lowly vassals of the great, each wore a fancy costume. No one at the ball wore any other costume, than-, that prescribed by Hindu, Grgek or Egyptian of a bygone period.