The ballroom of the Cathay' Hotel presented a gay scene on Feb. 10 when Sir Vielor Sassoon greeted. several hundred of his younger, friends at hig "Toy Shop" party. 'The ballroom was transformed to represent fctua) toy' shops with toys of every description Uning the shelves, life-size dolls decorated the pillars and flags completely Covered ihe ceiling, Pletures of toys were all over the very attractive supper menus and they also were printed on the paper napkins, Sir Victor greeted his guests as the toy shop proprietor. He wore a kroon-belge apron, grey wig and a black. hat.
Although space prohibits the.description of, alt costumes, they were most ingenious." "There were dolls gatore, masculine and feminine, 'There' wore characters out of "Alice in Wonderland", and many of those who took part in the Gypsy Ball the night before came as gypsy dolls,
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