Now for the fancy dress ball. As an artist in mask making said to me the other day: "There is nothing like a mask for helping People the next shall probably have many a chance for testing this statement. For, no doubt, the mask vogue will spread from' the home tothe ball-room. Those who shrink from ma} their faces with, say, green paint to suit original and fantastic costumes, and others who are not clover Jat the art of make-up, will take to the wearing of cleverly fashioned masks. And those who are or-Jeanising the season's festivities will accept with enthusiasm the opportunity of achieving some really Pictorial effects at their balls.
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