New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-06
m DRESS OF ANCIENT DAYS
BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF THE COSTUME
RECEPTION.
rnE ACADEMY OF DESIGN CROWDED WITH
wrIa.KNowN PEOPLE IN COSTLY AND
RFAryrIFUL RAIMENT.

,v ACADEMY OF DESIGN CROWDED WITH
ws1a.KYowN PEOPLE IN COSTLY AND
BEAUTIFUL RAIDiENT.
~. .ortume reception last night astonished the
..,oroholy galleries of the old ACADEMY OF De
IN The Water Color Society has always been
s,,atiye but the mind of ARTIST never before
sss,,sd such gorgeous spectacle as that Of
,.st nieht. The reception occurred IN the pres
80. ~ Isl pictures, and the participants were
Kan neople well known in the fashionable society
- .he CITY. All wore costumes that were con-
saered fashionable at various periods preceding
~. nineteenth century. History. mythology,
- literature, Imagination. London, Fifthave.
"a Worth,s were ransacked for novelties of
s,.ytIing design. Fortunes were lavisLed on silks
s,a satins. Costly gems were worn by fair women
I'd brave men. The Casino beefeaters'
- the sixteenth century who stood
!. xhe main stairway. artistically carpetcd
~ "a, the direction of Walter Cannon, saw with
.h,.r own eyes display Of personal ornament
"a adornment that could not be purchased
sor 81. 900, 600. Few displays like it have been
.sen Once the Queen of Sheba and her gorgeous
,stinue went up to Jerusalem to call on King
solomon. But II must not be forgotten than
The Queen of Sheba was at the bail last evening.
The holders Of tickets that cost 81 apiece
beran 70 enter the Academy on the Fourth-ave.
side at II o'clock. The front doors were closed
20 keep the wind from interfering with the
Incidental music of BusEai zscigas Hun
rarian band, which played in the
yestibuls. Lander and fifteen of his
men. all in costume, occupied corner Of the
main gallery, where the dancing took place.
ABIDE from the pictures, the~conspicuous feature
Of the decorations in this room was the arrange
ment of dfvans for weary dancers TO recline upon.
Such an array of Persian rugs and Turkish phi
lows never was seen before this side OF Gibraltar.
For such Oriental luxury as they afforded, the
ladies are indebted to F. Hopknson Smith, who
smoothed the wrinkles out of the rugs and the
Jumps out of the pillows with his own hands
The floors of the other galleries shone IKE
mirrors, rejecting symphonies in white and goio-
The heaters were covered with rugs, while on
them stood ancient statuettcs and candeiaors'
and over them lowered the japanese
dragon on canopies of white and PINK.
Holly garlanded the corridors. and peacocks or
namented staircase and door. Tapestries OF
Flemish Renaissance design, worth thousands OF
dollars. were as common as wall paper.
The sumptuous feast supplied by Carl Berger N
tbe library was eaten standing, and as forks dld
not prevail in past ages, and as knives 90
NOT hold sway in this fingers, which
were made before both. were found extremely
useful Berger wore the costume OF the mead
steward of the household of Henry Elii' ana MS
helpers were dressed to correspond
The money realized by this brilliant reception
roes to the Society of Decorative Art Inc
originator of the reception is H. lie Grand Cannon
Kyrle BeIlew was not present, but the jewels
and garter which he wears as Edward Courtenay
IN 'Twixt Axe and Crown" were worn by DIT.
Cannon
Hundreds of wax candles were lighted at md
night but they had burned out long before
the guests were In bed.