St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-25
THE CHARITY BALL.
Why Mrs. GruRdy Went and What
She Saw.


if he would go to the charity ball, he re-
piled. mot if the court knew itself"
that when she saw him standing around
in misery and a spike-tail coat at an at
fair of that sort it would be when he
was considerably more demented than
he now is. Mrs. Grundy herself was
undecided about the matter. She had
heard number of the 400 say they
would not go: still she felt it would not
do for any of them to attend and ind
her absent. She had heard Mrs. Elan
drau and Mrs. Pope say they were go
ing, and she knew Mrs. Dalrymple, Mrs.
Gilfillan, Mrs. Stevens. Mrs. j. w.
White. Mrs. w. F. Newell, Mrs. E. A.
Young, Mrs. G. b. Young and
Mrs. Reuben Warner We're on the
reception committees; so finally she con-
cluded to grace the scene with her pres
ence. She met Mrs. Flandrau in the
dressing room. and told her confiden-
tally she was so glad to see some body
was there, and by saying the same
thing to every body else she gave them
all to feel that in her estimation there
would have been nobody there had they
remained away. She went into costa
sizes over Miss Gillian, who, upon her
honor, she declared was never prettler,
and after chatting with Mrs. Vittum.
she asked Mrs. Acker if she knew her,
and said there was a woman she liked,
if she did have diamonds handsomer
than her own. She told Miss McQull-
Ian any body could discover across the
room that her gown was made in Palls,
and she pronounced Mrs. Fred Nichols,
in her dress of old rose satin trimmed
A.,,4 lna
thing" She babe Mrs. Secoru notice
Mrs. Hills Jewels, and said, as For her
self she had to pray heaven to turn her
gaze from those superb cats -eyes and
diamonds to keep her heart from covet-
BUSINESS. She begged Mrs. Warner to
tell her honestly if the deeollete
attire of some women does
not make her blood run cold
and gave as her own mind that however
people may disagree about the display
of femenine charms there can be no two
opinions on the unlimited display OF
feminine ribs and vertebre. When
Mrs. Bryant found her sitting near the
stairway in the hall and asked her why
she was not dancing-what was she do
ing there-she said she was looking for
women in handsome gowns and she saw
Mrs. Pope, heliotrope velvet. draperies OF
striped gauze. decoilete corsage, pearl
passementerie trimming, diamond
ornaments; Mrs. Thompson, black vel
vet, diamond ornaments; Miss Fair
child, pink surah, yelled with striped
gauze. pink passementerie trimmings;
Mrs. E. A. Young, amber-colored satin
and tulle, draperieS caught with red
peoples, corsage bouquet of peoples,
amber ornaments; Miss Stein, blue
silk, yelled with tulie, bouquet chrysan-
themums: Miss Won Wedelstaedt, pink
surah with draperies of white lace, pearl
necklace, bouquet of chrysanthe-
NUNS; Miss Constans, blue dotted
tulle: Miss Ida Bickel, black
satin and gauze, with bouquet OF
Jacqueminot roses; Miss Emma Bickel,
black satin and red-dotted gauze, with
garlands of maidenhair ferns; Miss
Marguerite Owens, black thread lace
over pink silk; Mrs. Bryant, plain
heavy white corded silk, en- traine.
decolIete corsage, bouquet Of Jacquemi-
not roses; Miss Nettie King. Spanish
lace, with broad sash OF blue MORE !:
Mrs. G. S. TarboX, pink satin, with
draperies of white striped crepe, bouquet
of chrysanthemums; Mrs. J.L. Lowering,
black silk with front Of thread lace over
pink, bouquet of American Beauties
and white roses: Miss Burke, white
Fedora lace over satin, Medicl collar OF
pearl passementere, corsage bouquet OF
American Beauties; Miss Castle. white
surah and dotted gauze; Miss McQuil-
Ian. Partisan gown of blue silk COM
bined with gold striped gauze; Mrs. G..
S. Acker, point lace and MORE, dia-
monds; Mrs. Plat, skirts of new green
tulle with decoIlete corsage of
velvet trimmed with handsome passe-
menterie; Mrs. H. V. Rutherford, COM
bination of scarlet tulle and velvet, de-
collete sleeveless corsage, tan Suede
gloves, diamond ornaments; Mrs. Stuart
Moore, Fedora lace over white satin de-
collete corsage of white satin garnitured
with lilies of the valley, diamond orna-
ments: Mrs. j. f. Helnlein, COM
bination of red satin and white
tulle, pearl ornaments; Mrs. DR..
Nittum, black satin and net
trimmed with jet, superb diamond
ornaments; Mrs, NJ. Lyons, black satin
and let. with front of heliotrope yelled
with black lace; Miss Annie Lyons,
cream satin and green plush, bouquet
La France roses; Mrs. Pierce, black
dotted net, white chrysanthemums
Mrs. A. 81. Hornsby, white silk EN-
traine, combined with blue brocaded
velvet, handsome diamonds; Mrs. John
Summers, grey faille with elaborate
applique corsage and trimmings, bouquet
OF pink roses; Miss Alice Eddy,
blue satin and tulle, decollete
corsage, JacqueminOtr Mrs. Schur-
meier, embroidered and gold dotted
scarlet net, gold serpent necklace, dia-
mond hair ornaments; Mrs. M. Y. Per-
kins, white dotted net, bouquet of
ferns; Mrs. Knapp, pink moire and
striped tulle, passementerie trimming,
gold bead necklace; Miss Beaupre, pink
silk and dotted tulle, bouquet La Perle
roses; Miss Holland, pink silk and
dotted gauze, La France roses; Mrs;
Horton, white. striped, plain and dotted
net: Mrs. White, elaborate trained cos
tune of white silk and point
lace; Mrs. G. 0. Lawton, black
silk with front OF white and silver bro
cade, diamonds; Miss Smith, gold
striped black gauze. black silk corsage !;
Mrs. d. I'll. Moon, trained black satin,
draped with satin-striped net, dia-
monds: Miss June Cook, black velvet,
broad sash of MORE: Miss Secor, white
crepe and Chantilly lace, decollete,
pearl necklace; Mrs. Fred Nichols. old
rose satin, Ell traine, decollete, dia-
monds, bouquet of chrysanthemums
Mrs. w. A. Lindeke. white
silk and slver-striped ganze,
diamonds, white chry santhemums: Miss
Minnie Theobald, blue Henrietta, gold
threade crepe; Mrs. j. M. Rossell,
black lace and jet, diamond ornaments;
Mrs. Fiandrau, dark-sreen velvet Ell
traine, gold necklace: Miss Garfield. of
Burlington, VI, blue China silk; Mrs.
]. G. Pyle, white China silk with trim
mings of green velvet; Mrs. o. L. Tay-
lor, blue plush, with front of gold
and white brocade; Miss Gillian
sea-foam green satin and white lace
dec0llete; sleeveless corSage, tan Swede
gloves; Mrs. DalrYmple, blue velvet EN-
traine, front of grey silk, frightened
with bows of rainbow ribbon; Miss
Hutchinson, pink satin and net; Mrs.
A. H. Arthur, trained white corded
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