St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-22
brought with him Miss Mariscol,

white embroidered Grape and lace, and Miss
Anna Bayard white Grape and lace with large
bouquets Of clover blossoms on the corsage.
| MIS-. August Belmont was a center for many
and wore rich dress of white satin en-
broidered with pearls and founced with point
| lace, and her ornaments were necklace and
other pieces Of large pearls set with dia-
monds. Mrs. Philip Sheridan wore dress
of white satin front EN- mbroidered with pearls
and crystal beads, low corsage and trim
mings of point. Mrs. John Davis dress was
of white satin and valenciennes lace crossed
with sashes of orange satin. Mrs. McPher-
son wore pale almond-tinted satin with
front of silver brocade and trimmings of
point lace; Mrs. Pendleton, black satin and
tulle; Mrs. Cockrell, white satin with front
of colored embroidery and low corsage bor-
dered with ostrich feathers; Mrs. Randall
Gibson, black satin and tuile with diamond
ornaments;s Miss Cuilom, cardinal velvet
with skirt covered with gold-dotted tulle.
Mrs. Higginson of Boston wore rich cardi-
nal satin brocaded with gold moons, low cor
sage and a necklace of East Indian work
manship hung with many pendants.
LENTEN FESTIVALS.
Private theatricals and fancy dancing have
been marked feature of the Lenten season
here. Gen. and Mrs. Meigs gave two theatre
cal entertainments at their residence on
Vermont avenue recently. The plays were
"a Family Mix'' and Greek tragedy, and
among the amateurs who distin guished them
selves were Misses Catherine Bayard, Julia
May and Macomb and DR.. Willie May, Mr..
Richardson and Mr.. Alan Johnstone. An
other event of like interest was the produc-
ton of an operetta and comedy by an
amateur juvenile company at the home of
Mr.. A. a. Hayes, on Saturday evening. The
pretty drawing rooms, with their nice store
of curios aid Chinese and japanese
bric-a-brac, were filled with chairs set in dec
Orous rows in which the ruests were seated.
The stage was erected in the dining room
and the folding doors formed the proscenium
arch. Mrs. Hayes received in a becoming
toilet of white China crepe, trimmed with
oriental EN- broidery and a sash of white
satin ribbon. The curtain rose at O'Clock
on the English drawing room scene for the
operetta, ''Cups and Saucers," an extrava-
ganza on the molern craze for antique
porcelain. The caste was: Mrs. Markeen
Worcester, rich widow; Miss Florence
Hayes, Jane, a serving maid; Miss Maude
Ashford; Gen. Dulah. Mr.. Golden Ruggles.
Miss Hayes is - years old and Mr.. Ruggles a
school boy, but the parts were taken by them
with marvellous tact, she playing
THE CoQUETTlsH WIDOW
and he the bashful lover with remarkable
naivete. The scene closed amid storm Of
applause. Another feature of this kind was
an exhibition of fancy dancing at the Annap-
oils naval academy by the pupils of the in
structor of dancing at the academy. The
performance began with an entire march by
the whole class, followed by the grand min
net danced by the pupils in court costume.
Nothing could have been prettier than the
effect of these little people, varying from
to l3 wears DID, dressed in the COSTUME es of a
hundred years ago. The short waists, flow
ing trains and the elaborate hair dressing of
the little girls and the rich cavalier costumes
of the boys produced charming spectacle.
They all were children of naval academy
officers. The shadow dance" by Miss Daisy
Walton was a wonderful performance. Moth
ing could exceed the exquisite grace and
lightness of the young lady's movements in
this as in other dances performed by her.
She wag the living embodiment of the poetry
of motion. The grand cachuca
the school, with castanets, was
all the masters of the school, in sailors
dress, was very spirited.
The Spanish, Tngarella, with tambourine
accompaniment, was charmn ely rendered
BY Misses Daisy Walton and Beatrice Far
quhar.
In this connection it is interesting to
mention that Mr.. Sousa, head of the Marine
band, has written very pretty little operetta
for children that will be very interesting
Mr.. Sousa has two little girls, whose great
amusement is to have him repeat to them
RHYMES Of Mother Goose. The enjoyment
which the children find in these rhymes has
led Mr.. Sou5a to compose little operetta
called ''The Queen of Hearts" based on the
ancient lyric beginning:
1.-The Queen of Hearts,
She made some tarts
All on a summers day "
The plan of this operetta is to make the
Queen the heroine of the piece and the real
wicked knave who stole the tarts the villain.
II will commence with the Queen and her
maids making tarts in the kitchen and then
pass through succeeding developments until
at last there will be fifty-two children on the
stage dressed to represent a pack of cards
and with whom a game will be played on the
stage After this little advertisement of
fete the King calls for the tarts and the theft
is discovered. At last the knave is brought
to Justice and sum mmary punishment is meted
out to him under the town pump.
FRAGMESTARY GOSSIP.
Twelve wears have elapsed since Washing
ton society had an opportunity to call on the
wife of a vice president, Mr.. Colfax having
been the last married man to hold that Office.
Mr. Peralta, now the minister from Costa
Rica at Washington, is the gentleman who
held the position several years ago and was
then very popular.
Lieut.. and Mrs. A. W. Greely propose go
ing abroad early in the summer, to visit var
ious points in Great Britain and go leisurely
through France, Germany and Belgium. This
trip is deemed necessary for Lieut.. Greely'
health, which is yet far from good.
Mrs. Janin, the daughter of Mrs. Hamil-
ton Smith, has returned with her husband
from their bridal tour in Europe. They only
spent day here with her mother aud then
went to New York, where they will live.
Ex-President Arthur is still at the resi-
deuce Of ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen. Miss
Lucy Frelinghuysen and her aunt, Mrs.
Green, are also there. He Is being very
Hospitality entertained during his stay in
washington. IaSt Neeh ut "d7 Eiftu d
round of dinner parties and this week several
more were given in his honor, notably the
one on Wednesday evening by Minister
West and his daughters.
Geb Meigs saws the largest hall in
the world was that of the new pension build
ing in which the ball was held. Il is SO ar
ranged that it can, when an occasion arises
any time after its completion, be used for an
IN fDsr,u1ratiou hall or similar national ceiebra-
ton. Gen. Meigs said it was longer than
s.. Peters at Rome, and wider than the
mosque Of St. Sophia at COnstantinople.
A Specimen american Boy.
Washington Letter to Augusta Chronicle.
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