The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-29
TnE MASQUERADE PARTY
The Most Picturesque Affair Of The Sea-
son.

The hall. of tho Knights Of Pythlas
was crowded Wednesday upon the 90
casIon OF the first masquerade party Of
the Very Few Club, II was In oyery
respect crodiinhlc to the taste aud ch-
torprlsc of the managers, There was
an unusually pretty collection Of ladies
whose costumes were many of them
exceedingly becoming, and In design
and make up, quite In keeping with
their skin with The needle and taste In
dress. When II IL considered that the
affair was gotten up without the advan-
tages of ready made costumes, 1t h
wonderful how many charming cos
Tunes there were.
by ten o'clock the dancing In mask
had fairly begun 10 the excellent music
Of Professor Otten's band, which play
ed the latest and most admired dance
music In llne time and with artistic
taste.
Pace dlr dances 1t would be I'm.
possible for one unversed In the mys-
teries Of II ladies toilet TO describe with
technical accuracy the various dresses
which heightened the charms Of 80
many fair ones and this reporter must
content hlmseIfwith the remembrance
Of n few, and trust to the clemency of
those whose faces still haunt him, but
whose names can not DO recalled,
Miss Clara Brown we place first on
the list, as "Queen Of Hearts," Her
costume was in exquisite taste, while
her gentle ways and modest mien, her
lovely, haunting eyes and bright intel
ligent face made her reign by right
over all knights who owe allegiance to
loneliness ofcharacter, beauty ofmind,
and graces of manner. She was every
inch queen. Happy the king in
whose domain she may hereafter reign.
Miss 4darian Brown, dark eyed
brunette beauty, looking Ms fresh us n
rose, and as shy as a iawn, as an "In-
dian Girl,n might have sat for n pic
ture as "Iiiawatha," so merry and
sunny was she in her freshness and
glee. She and her sisterafe the daugh-
tiers OF our old friend, Hon. John Henry
Brown, who ought TO be the proudest
man in Texas over these twin roses
on parent STEM"
Miss Seay, one of Vennessee's fair
daughters, and a sister of our talented
young legal friend, Robert Seay, Esq,
was the "Queen of Winter" u very
elaborate and becoming dress, the
sombre hues of which, however, could
not pale the roses in her cheeks nor
dim the soft, languid brown eyes which
did such terrible execution among n
long train of admirers.
Mrs. Hays, who has already charmed
and bewitched us all as Polly ia Caste"
personated "I4ittle Nell" Her cos
tune was a pink silk, with coquet-
fish little Normandy cap, which gave
her an arch, roguish look that was
simply bewildering, and made her look
if anything prettier and more like the
sunny side of a ripe peach than she
does as the irrepressible "Polly."
Mrs. Mosier, a. "May,n was beauti-
fully dressed in most becoming pink
costume, which set OIL her superb fig
ure and graceful movements to perfec-
ton. She was one of the handsomest
OF the married ladies present,
One of the most perfect characters
and dresses was that of Miss Knowles
of Minnesota, as "Fairy." She has
one of those delicate spirifuetc little
figures and clear cut faces, that are
ethereal in their softness and fineness,
with large dark eyes a straight nose
and pensive expression, rendered
mole interesting rs Il certain paleness
like that 0f marble.
Among the Swiss peasants may be
mentioned Miss Gorham and Miss
Sweetman. who were as natural and
sweet looking as two violets in the
Alps.
iss Crookston hid her handsome
face aud fine figure IN the costume OF
an old woman, and little did they
know who saw her, imagine there
was so much that is loveable in wo-
man, hidden under that quaint cos
| tune.
But the prettiest little creature in the
room was little Miss Willie Wright.
This cunning looking beauty of the flu
ture is about twelve years of age, and
in all the glories OF long skirts and a
chignoD, united to the most extraordi-
nary self-possession and songfroid and