Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-12
The WEEK IN SOCIETY.
The Great Charity Ball a Magnifl-
cent Affair.
MRS. BYRON REEDS RECEPTION.
The Happy Hours Pnrty-Miss May
Yates Entertains-A Large Mum.
ber OF Fashionable Parties
Interesting Chit Chat.

greatly increase the number of society events |
during the past week. Now the fair ladies |
propose to remain in sackcloth aud ashes for
q short period only to blossom forth in
greater brillancy with Easter. But two
days remain before Ash Wednesday and by
reference to these columns it will be seen
that all classes of society intend that they
will be as gay rs possible. record of the
past weeks events will be found below.
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THE LEADING SOCIETY EVENT OF the season,
now nearly at an end was the grand charity
ball given at Exposition hall last Tuesday
evening. The affair had been looked for
ward to with great anticipation, and every
lady in the city had made great preparations
for it. The ladies having the party in charge
worked very hard for its success, and it can
truthfully be said that they were in nowse
disappointed. pleasing and unique feature
of the ball was the presence Of u large num-
Der of debutantes, and very handsome they
looked in their beautiful new gowns Nearly
all, II not quite all, of the leaders of society
in this city and Council Bluffs were
present; also several people from Kan
sas City, st. Joseph and other cities.
Supper was served in the right hand
gallery; and all OF the viands
The success of the ball was largely due to
Mrs. Il. M. Orr, Mrs. Judge Croft, Mrs.
Woolworth and Mrs. Kountze. complete
description of thr many lovely costumes worn
by their beautiful owners is not permissible
in the BEE on account of the lack of space,
therefore we give but the most prominent.
Mrs General Crook, black velvet reception
toilet, en- traine, V corsagas elbow sleeves,
valencenne lace. rare Jewels of torquoise,
diamonds pearls and rubies
Mrs. Kountze, black reception toilet of
satin, jetted tulle front and panels over white
satin, diamonds and pearls.
Mrs. j. M. Wooworth, black reception
toll nf oil ttfh tot ,tnpi..
corsage, chantilly lace overdrcss, topaz and
diamonds.
Mrs. Harvey, pink velvet brocade, Mar
gueritc waist decollete, tulle-flled, sleeveless,
shoulder gloves, diamonds.
Miss Plummer, striking costume of black,
pale ecru sash, cOrsage and skirt decorations
of tea roses.
Mrs. Chase, red plush princess, petticoat
front and sides of canary damassc, cascaded
border at sides, square decollete corsagc.
Miss Luna Dundy, golden brown plush,
short costume right panel of lustra painting,
left panel of fan pleated ivory satin, round
decollete corsage. duchcsse lace.
Mrs. Orr, black brocaded satin en- train
skirt slashed over red fan-pleated panels and
cOrsage.
Mrs. w. b. Millard, dancing costume of
pink surah combined with gold fiowered
brocade, Elizabethan collar, decollete and
sleeveless, diamonds.
Miss Bridges, heliotrope satin with lace
Overdrcss and ribbon decorations, decollete
and sleeveless, V 1fOnt ana DlcK.
Mrs. Eddy dancing costume of pink wool
with panel decor atons in red and pale brown
ribbon hots of pink and red, decollcte cors-
age, square, diamonds
Miss Dixon, red silk dancing costme silver
passementrie on corsage triangular, tulle
filled, pink roses hand bouquet.
Miss Lake, heiotrope satin very bouffant,
netted tulle draperies pearls on corsage la
militaire.
Mrs. Sauires, black tulle costume, satin
elaborate lot lppnrnti ions lprollata
and sleeveless corsage, diamonds.
Mrs. T.. $. Rood, handsome dancing cos
tune of flame more and polka dotted tulle.
Mrs. j. N. H. Patrick, black princess Co.'S
tune en- traine, front of brocade velvet on
canary ground, point lace and diamonds.
Miss Hoagland, green MORE petticoat
drapcd in white ana white bouffant back,
white corsage with green and white striped
brOcade decorations, tea roses on corsage.
Mrs. ThurstOn, purple and lavender striped
brocade and velvet combined, trained princess
costume, corsage decorations of passemen-
terie, diamonds.
Miss McParlin, white silk, tulle overdress
and tulle decorated Gretchen waist.
Miss Leila Shears pale blue and pink
roses on skirt and corsage, diamoud neck
lace.
tune, decollete and sleveless cream surah
sash.
Miss Kennedy, navy blue satin mervielleux
en- trane, waist decorations Of fawn velvet.
MISS AlIlN, WHltc Julie, ue-
collette and sleeveless, hyacinths and smi-
Mrs Hitchcock cardinal satin corsage,
square decOllette, black tulle full skirts,
hand bouquet Of hard red lilies.
Miss Wakelcy, yellow surah, vermicella
lace ovcrdress, triangular corsage and sleeve
less Marguerite, flowers, corsage and skirt
donations
Mrs DR.. Coffman, black brocade en- trane
ietted panel sides, Antionette collar and
aQuare 0ecOllete COrSage. diamonds.
Mrs. A. M. Yates, short black visiting
toilet, jet pendant decorations, handsome
bonnet in red and silver, jacquiminot hand
Mrs. Adolph Meyer, pale helotrope more
combined with rare tinted heliotrope striped
brocade and heliotrope velvet front, velvet
lined traine, duchessc lace in corsage, dia
mOnds.
Mrs. Augustus Pratt, chantlly lace over
pink satin short V corsage, decollctte, hya
cinths and diamonds.
Miss Pratt, pink and blue brocaded satin
with pink surah sash, drapings front and
back, V corsage, decOlette and sleeveless.
Miss Hawk, of Nebraska City, electric
blue watered velvet combined with garnet
velvet, garnet passementcrie pendants.
The net proceeds of the affair were about
500, which will be added to the Creche fund
The CAPITOL HILL German club was en-
tertained on. Thursday evening by Mrs
Byron Reed. 1t was most elegant affail
were superbly decorated. The full orchestri
of the Musical Union discoursed swee
strains under the leadership of Professor
Hoffman.
The German was led by MIR. A. l.. Read
assisted by Mr.. Deuel. and Mr. Jordan
Those dancing were Mr.. Poppleton and Miss
Charlotte Kennedy, Mr.. Luther Smith (o
Council Bluffs and Miss Hoagland, Mr.. j
II. Ringwalt and Miss Clara Brown, Mr.
VIM Doane and Miss Mabel Balcombe, MIR
C.. f. Smith and Miss Dresser o
indianapolis, Mr.. c. l.. Deuel. an,
Miss Gertrude Chambers, Mr.. Seave
and Miss Walsh of Lincoln, Neb.
Mr.. Jordan and Miss Lake, Mr.. McCagu
and Miss Maggie Dixon, Mr.. Barton ant
Miss Bridges of Ogdenburg, N Y, MIR. Pax
ton and Miss Minnie Miller, Mr.. Frank Ham
ilton and Miss Ida Sharp MIR. Will Hamilton
and Miss Shears Mr.. Guy j. Park and Mis-
Leila Shears, Mr.. Kennedy and Miss Almy
Mr.. Wyman and Miss Thrall MIR. Loomis 70
Council Bluffs) and Miss Burns, MIR. Pix,
and Miss Dickey, Mr.. j. w. Beall and Mis-.
Jordan OF st. Louis, Mr.. Morford and Mis-.
McParlin, Mr., Carey and Miss Vessie Miller
MIR. Wilcox and Miss Browning of Portland
Oregon. MIR. Charles Beall was wooer
Mr.. j. j. Dickey and wife, and Miss Nanni
Williams of Topeka, Kansas We're also pres
ent Mr., and Mrs. +, B. johnson preside
at the favor tables. There We're five dircc
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