Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-07

Jenkins DeserIses Che eos,uuis,s,
Interesting 10 our Lady Readers

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From the Washington ChronieIe.l - 49,
The Blue nom was tastefally decoratei
| with boquets and exotics from the Presi-
DENTAL conservatory. The President was
dressed in. a flll suit, Of black and wore a
pair Of Light colored Lisle thread elores.
Mrs Patterson were "a black silk velx et
dress, with high neck, and long sleeves,
trimmed with real black lace and bugles.
jet and pearl ornaments, and point lace col
lar, and white kid gloves She carried q
white fan, and handsome bouquet Of
camelias. She wore a proflsion o9 eurls,
and her hair was decorated with single
white japon;ea, Mrs. Stover wore, a plain
black mourning dress. Her hair was also
curled, and dressed with a 'camelia. In
pleasing and striking contrast to the sornbre-
hued dresses of the ladies OF the Presiden-
tial household who are now in deep
mourning for near relatives-were two Young
ladies, Misses Craigmiles and Baxter from
) Knoxville, Tenn.-still in their teens--who
appeared in white cashmere dresses, trimmed
with heavy white cord, fitting close to the
neck, and with leng sleeves. Their. hair
was dressed with parti7 7eolored camelias. The
one carried blue and the other q pink fan.
trimmed with ermine and decorated with
silver spangles. Judge Patterson, Senator,
elect nom Tennessee. and son-;n-law sf the.
President, was also in attendance. Colonel
Moore and Major Long were dressed in full
military uniform and white kid gloves. The
Foreign Ministers appeared in their court
costumes, heavily trimmed and embroidered
with gold lace, and their ladies presented
the same distingae and recherche appearance. !
AT eleven o'clock the Marine Band perform
ed in their wellknown and excellent style
Hail to the Chief and the ceremony COM
menced. In pairs and in a continuous line
the distinguished guests were received by
the President in his affable, genial, and
pleasant style, and IN turn introduced to the
ladies, who preside with so much dignity
and grace in their new position, members
of the Cabinet and theirwives and daughters.
Senators and members of Congress, Judges |
of the Supreme and other Courts, all assem-
bled in the Blue room, lettering for a few
minutes, paying the compliments Of the |
season, and then passing into the East room
and departing for their homes to held their |
own receptions. There was considerable |
display of dress, although not so great as we |
have witnessed on similar occasions. The |
of the weather was unfayorable |
to rich costumes. Ladies generally wore
dress bonnets-the Normandy, the Josephine /
and the Empire styles. and here and there
a Marie Stuart-although many appeared
without bonnets, with hair arranged in all /
he different styles for which the present
season is so famous. Violet, silver gray,
Queens gray and lavender-colored plain
'ilks and satins, trimmed in some cases with
heavy folds of black velvet, pfedominated.
although We noticed two Of the striped silks
which are again rapidly coming into
7ogue-the one canary-colored- chene silk
With pink or rosc-colored narrow stripes,
md the other magnificent shade of sky
,lue with broad black stripes, on which
we're stamped golden cord and tassels. In
lead dresses the bandeau was most affected
tests and waterfalls have almost entirely
although some of their votaries
persist in using them, and their places have
een supplied by the twist, or tortuous and
graceful coil, sometimes-very inelegantly,
ut nevertheless appropriately---vulgariyl |
allied snake