Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-21
NEW YORK BELLIES.
The Beauties of the Metropolis Gath

cred at the New Opera House.
Neae York Letter to the Boston Herald.
All the bellies of New York socie'
ty were in full force on the occasion
o. the gala performance of
Les Huguenots' at the METROPOLITAN
Opera House. The eye of the multitude
turned instinctively from Nilsson, Sem
brIch and Scalchi to where Miss LangdOn,
Miss Buckley and Miss Parsons sat en-
tbroned in the splendor of their beauty,
ana there were many admiring chances
towards such youthful 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 a black
dress, with the low cOrsage Ornamented
with a bunch of Parma ViOlets and fairly
studded with diamond ornaments, might
well have presented the traditional char
acter of the Queen of Night at fancy
ball. Miss BeckWith held her own i'm a
robe of sky-blue tulle, and Miss Caroline
Astor, who was in white. attracted atten-
ton by appearing with a mammoth bOu-
quet of pink roses bordered with snowy
blossOms-a ''nOsegay'' which must have
been of a gOOdly weight. The foreigners
present, including Sir Henry Messy
understood to be an aspirant to the hand
of the reigning beauty, and Mr.. Sinclair,
and athletic blonde Canadian, who is re-
garded as an Apollo by the ladies-were
in OBSTACLES 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, "the tip-tilted nose" and arohed
mouth disclosing pearly teeth, strongly
rpU0alinor tho of
beautiful woman in England" Lady
Dudley appeared above bouquets of Grim
son roses and purple viOlets that heaped
the ledge of the box in which she sat, that
next to the one occupied by Mrs. William
II. Vanderbilt, who was very simply
dressed in black grenadine and satin.
Miss LangdOn wore black tulle, the snowy
arms and neck quite bare, and bunch of
corn-cOlored flowers placed cOquettishly
at the LETT of the cOrsage, which was
further Ornamented with a 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 fortunate in this respect;
placed directly beneath chandelier in
group matrOniZed by Mrs. KernOchan,
she was simply dazzling in her eirlish
loneliness. In white dress with low
corsage, Ornamented 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 lndIscreetly termed "the
American Langtry," and on the other
side, Miss Anne Parsons, who is seen to
better advantage in a decollete dress,
which accentuates the pOise of her head,
than i'll the high cOrsage of white muslin
and NalencienneS lace, which she wore
on this occasion. Miss Buckley was de-
cidedly the star of this group af Three
Graces; although she has been a reigning
beauty of three seasons, she retains her
sweet simplicity and is entirely unaffected
and unspOiled. In the long list of suitors
whom she has refused is-alas III included
the name of the redOubtable 'Freddie"
Gebbard. The sister of that now motor
ious young gentleman, Mrs. Fred Nelson,
was much admired the other evening in a
dull red robe, decOllette, becoming to her
brunette complexion, and near her in the
same box as Mrs. George Rives, was Mrs.
Henry Clews, looking extremely well in
white dress, that resembled Miss Bulk
ley's-the cOrsage decOllette, the waist
pointed and a mass of white roses for
ornaments, Mrs. Merritt formerly Miss
Augusta Schack), was also in white silk
decOllette, and with her exquisite parure
Of diamonds. Her sister, the lovely Miss
Constance Setback, accompanied Mrs.
Bradley Martin; she wore a pale blue
d'arnasse silk that became her rose leaf
complexion.