Show BUTTERFLIES AT A BALL Insects Help Make Debut of Philadelphia Philadel-phia Girl Notable Affair Philadelphia Five hundred beautiful beauti-ful butterflies gathered in Peru Brazil Bra-zil and oven In India were turned loose the other night over the heads of half that many gorgeously dressed women at tho ball given by James W Paul Jr to mark tho 100000 debut of his daughter Mary Astor Paul into society Tho insects fluttered about helplessly I helpless-ly rested upon the shoulders of tho women perched on tho flowers and Incidentally In-cidentally fell Into tho plates This was the star feature of an affair In which Mr Paul who Is a member of tho Drexel banking firm eclipsed the famous ball which he gave to his elder daughter Mrs Paul Dencla Mills four years ago The bill for tho flowers alono was 35000 ono ot the features being anew a-new rose a cross between the American Amer-ican beauty and another which It took nine years to develop It Is called the Wynnemoro and 8000 were used in tho decorations The ballroom of tho horticultural hall had been transformed Into an exact ex-act replica of a French garden of the Louis XVI period Sixteen mngnlfi cent boxes were built on tho sides A waterfall was arranged at ono end and splashed down into a mass of verdure Collectors it Is said spent months getting the butterflies many of which died on their way to this country Scores dropped to tho floor during the dancing and were Irhed under the dancers feet |