Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
(. aoperors COSTUME.


blue satin gown, with white satin petit
coat. On the neck was worn very large
Italian gauze handkerchief, with border
stripes OF satiR Tne head dress was
e9af oil gauze in The shape of GLOBE, the
cssaeaur or headpiece, OF which was COM
posed of white satin, having double wing
in large plates and trimmed with wreath
of roses. The hair was dressed all over
with detached curls, four of wsleh, IN two
ranks, fell on each side OF the neck and
were relieved behind by floating chignon.
Another beautiful dress was perriot made
of gray Indian tafieta with dark stripes OF
the same color, having tao collars, one
yellow and the other white, hosh trimmed
with blue silk fringe. Undes sac perrlot
they wore a yellow corset az todlce, with
large cross stripes Of hlae. Some OF the
ladies with this dress wore hats tespdgnote
of white satin. This hat, which, with a
plume, was very popular arti'le OF head
dress, MAS reiiesed GA tho ie;s sue by two
handsome cockades On tue gees ives worn
a very large gs,uze handkereh4s, the ends
OF which were hid under the botiice, after
the manner represented in TrambulPs and
Stuart's portraits of Lady Washington"
THE LADIES'.
In such dainty costumes as these we
may better imagine the iogeiy appearance
of the following ias,ies wao were at the
inauguration bail: Lady Stirling and her
two daughters, Lady Mary Watts, Lady
Kitty Duer, Mrs. Peter Van Brugh Liv-
ings;on, who was sister of the late Lord
| Stirling Mrs. Montgomery, siiow OF the
hero OF Quebec; Lady Christian Griffin,
Lady Temple, the Marchioness de Brehan,
Nine de la Forrest Mrs. Clinton, Mrs.
| Jay, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Provost, wife of
Bishop Provost; Mrs. Duane. lie of the
Mayor Mrs. Dalton, Mrs Lanedon, Mrs.
Dominick Lynch, Mrs. Elhr;dge Gerry,
Mrs. Wilson S. Smith, Mrs James IL.
Maxwell, Mrs. Beckman, Mrs. Robinson,
the Misses Livingston, the Misses Bayard
! and Miss Van Llndt. Nest of these women
, were decidedly handsome and if we are
TO Leiieye the sofgla! Of X, +. Pine of
| Mrs. John Jay, wao was Sarah Livingston,
that lady was quite the loveiest thing
under the sun.
liz DANCED.
President Washington daaced in the
cotillion with Mrs. Peter Van Brugk Liv-
iogston and Mrs. Maxwell, and in min
net with Mrs Van Zandt He had danced
with Mrs. Maxwell before her marriage.
when he was in headquarters al Norris
1 tOhH- ASNAk tAS tHN h1iA S1ttA lAtlf NdS pre-
sented with an ivory fan made in Paris,
which, when spread, revealed medallion
! portrait of Washington in profile.
ANOTHER BALL
Another great ball was given in honor
of the President on the following Thurs
day by Count de Moustier, the French
Minister, at his house on Broadway. The
| Warehouses was heard to remark that she
had exhausted every resource to produce
an entertainment worthy of France There
| was a cotilon danced in the military cos
tunes of France and America. 1t is re-
! freshing to read the words of Elias Boudi-
not when he writes of this ball to his wife:
Eve retired about 10 o'clock in the hight
of jollity."
MARTHA.
Mrs Washington had not come from
Mount Vernon with her husband, and was
not present at the inauguration or any of
| the festivities subsequent to it. She left
for New York, however, on May 18th, &C
companied by her grandchildren, Eleanor
Gusts and George Washington Parke Gus
tbs. Her progress through the States was
of a similar triumphant nature as that of
the Presidents month before. She was
met at Eiizabethtown Ivy the President, in
the SpltuulN UdlSt NlliSA Isn1 conveyed
him hither, and upon the return with his
wife to New York great crowds welcomed
them with enthusiastic cheering, and the
fort fred thirteen guns The next morn
ing all the ladies of the town called to pay
their compliments TO the Presidents wife.
LEyEEs.
After this a system of levees was inau-
gurated at the Presidents house, the doors
being open from to 10 O'Clock each Fri
day evening for visitors to Mrs Washing
| ton, the President always attending. These
assemblages were accessible to all people of
polite and refined society. The residence
of Washington was down on the Register
of 1889" as follows: "George Washing
ton, Esquire, President of the United
States, and Commander Of the Army and
Navy thereof when in actual service, No.
Cherry street" The locality was a con-
| siderable distance from the fashionable
quarter about Wall and Broad streets. So.
shortly aftefward, the President removed
to larger house in Broadway near Bowl
ing Green. and owned by Mr.. McComb.
The rent of this house-S2, 500 year
was considered
QUITE PREPosTERoUs.
The President was in the habit during
this time Of being drawn to Federal Hall
in cream-colored coach which was orna-
mented with cupiSs, supporting festoons,
and with borderings of flowers about the
panels. This was the finest carriage in the
city, and was drawn by six horses. But
elegance of this sort wherever II appeared
was but the result of certain Old World
influences that had not yet began to fade.
for Washington, as is well known. was
plain in all things from preference. In
example of this We NAV cite the dinner
given by him to a select company, when.
we are told, only boiled leg of mutton
appeared in the way of meat, and after
dessert each guest was handed single
glass of wine, which being drunk, the
President rose and repaired to the drawing
| room, permitting his guests to depart as
they chose without the least ceremony.
MRS. LANES ACCOUNT.
Mrs. Lamb in her more scholarly and
detailed and circumstantial account, tells
of how people from all over the Union
fiocked to New York 10 witness the inau-
guration and see General Washington. and
says: "One young lady, from Boston.
wrote graphic description of a series Of
accidents on her journey from that city to
New York, with her picturesque adyen-
lures in finding accommodations in the me-
tropolis, and added But | have seen
him and though | had been entirely
Ignorant that he was arrived in the city. /
should have known at glance that ii was
General Washington; l nevers saw human
being that looked so grand and noble as he
does. | could fall down on my knees be.
fore him and bless him for all the good he
has done for this ccuntry.' This feeling
seemed to be universal Everybody strug-
gled for a glimpse of the great General.
The aged declared their readiness to die if
they could but once behold his face. The
young were intoxicated with infatuation."
DETAILs-THE PROCESSION.
Mrs. Lamb also gives us all the details
of the action of Congress in ordering the
ceremonies, but these it is not necessary to
now reproduce. She says the procession
was thus formed, moving about II noon
from the house of the President on Cherry
street, through Queen, Great, Dock and
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