St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-06
NEW YORK BELLIES.
The Beauties of MetropoIis Gathered
at the Ne,c Opera House.

The Beauties of the MetropoIis Gathered
at the Nec Opera House.
New York Letter to Boston Herald
All the bellies of New York society were in
full force on the occasion of the gala perfor
nance of ''Les Huguenotsn at the Metropoli
tan opera house. The eye of the multitude
turned instinctively from Nilsson, Sembrict
and Scalchi to where Miss Langdon, Miss
Buckley and Miss Parsons sat enthroned in
the splendor of their beauty, and there were
many admiring glances towards such youth
full matrons as Mrs. Merritt Mrs. Henry
Clews and Mrs. Fred Nelson. Other ladies
pleased by the elegance of their apparel, such
as Mrs. Bradley Martin, who was in white
and mauve damasse silk, decOllete, and Mrs.
James Waterbury, who, in black dress,
with the low corsage ornamented with a
bunch of Parma violets and fairly studded
with diamond ornaments, might well have
represented the traditional character of the
Queen of Night at fancy ball. Miss Beck
with held her own in robe of sky-blue
tulle, and Miss Caroline Astor, who was in
white, attracted attention by appearing with
a mammoth bouquet of pink roses, bordered
with snowy blossoms ''nOsegayn which
must have been of goodly weight.
The foreigners present, including Sir Henry
Messy Thompson, the English baronet, who
is understood to be an aspirantto the hand
of the reigning beauty, and Mr.. Sinclair, an
athletic blond Canadian, who is regarded as
an Apollo by the ladies-were in ecstacies
over the appearance of the house. Miss
Marion Langdon's lovely FACET is snow
white, and framed in dusky hair, coiled
simply and without ornament. 1.-The tip
tilted nose'' and arched mouth disclosing
pearly teeth, strongly revealing the counter
ance of ''the most beautiful woman in Eng
land" Lady Dudley appeared above bou
quets of crimson roses and purple violets
that heaped the ledge of the box in which
she sat, that next to the one occupied by Mrs.
William H. Vanderbilt, who was very simply
dressed in black grenadine and satin. Miss
Langdon wore black tulle, the snowy arms
and neck quite bare, and a bunch of corn
colored flowers placed coquetishly at the left
on the corsage, which was further ornament
ed with bouquet of crimson roses. She
looked piquant and adorable, although not
so brilliantly beautiful as on some occasions,
thanks to the subdued lighting of the box
which held her party. Miss Kate Buckley,
her most formidable rival, was more fortu-
nate in this respect; placed directly beneath
a chandelier in group matroniZed by Mrs.
Kernochan, she was simply dazzling in her
girlish loneliness.
In a white dress with a low corsage, or
namented with the snowy gardenias and their
dark green leaves and with the same flowers
in her brown hair, she radiated health and
beauty. Near her was Miss Turnure, who
has been somewhat indiscreetly termed the
American Langtry,' and on the other side,
Miss Annie Parsons, who is seen to better
advantage in discollete dress, which accen-
tuates the poise of her head, than in the
high corsage of white muslin and Valen-
Miss Buckley was decidedly the star of this
group of Three Graces; although she has
been a reigning beauty for three seasons, she
retains her sweet simplicity and is entirely
unaffected and unspoiled. In the long list
Of whom she has refused is-alas Included
the name of redoubtable ''Freddier Gebhard.
The sister of the now notorious young gen.
tleman, Miss Freddie Nelson, was much adj
mired the other eveninglin dull red robe,
decollete, becomingto her brunette complex
ion, and near her in the same box as Miss
George Rivers, was Miss Henry Clews, look
ing extremely well in white dress, that re-
sembled Miss Buckley's-the corsage decol-
letet the waist pointed and mass of white
roses for ornament. Miss Merritt formerly
Miss Augusta Schack) was also in white silk,
decollete, and with her exquisite parure of
diamonds. Her sister, the lovely Miss Con-
stance Setback, accompanied Mrs. Bradley
Martin: she wore a pale blue d'arnasse silk
that became her rose-leaf complexion.