The culminating tenture of St. George's Day celebration was the beautiful ball given by the St. George's Society at the Majestic Motel in the evening. About 90 guests were present, and the ballroom of the Majestic, having a ros glow from innumerable red and white shaded lights,-made a charniing setting for brilliant toilettes and for the comings and goings of an animated ath St. Georys symbol recalling days when kn were bold and not averse to Imy; to far countries in pursuance of the Crusader's ideal, formed the Keynote to the decorations. From the centre of the ballroom hung red and white pennants and a festoon of the coats-of-arms of England's counties made an attractive note around the upper walls of the batlroom.
Red and white floor lights carried out the harmony as did the rosy glow upon white statues in their niches above the ballroom and the central fountain with its pretty embankment of bright red tulips and pale primroses. Red lights played vividly upon the umbrella palms clustered round the enclosure at the north end, where the military band of the Northamptonshire Regiment was stationed throughout the eve ing for the old English Dance numbers and the special tunes. A lau Union Jack draped the windows it back of the official guests' enclosure and the red and white ensigns hung. alongside, The verandah, too, was lighted up for the occasion and guests who wished to get a breath of fresh ai strolled outside from where a clarming view of the ball through the windows was to be obtained. Red and white flowers formed the simple decorations of the supper-room, the Winter Garden being used for the three suppers, the first of which began at 11.45 p.m.
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