The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-10
The Leap Year Domino Party.


dance and be merry. The dining hall
of the Ncwberry Hotel shone with
effulgent splendor and seemed to invite
the gathering Of Carolina beauty and
chivalry. Promptly at 9 o'clock the
Newberry String Band with a selection
from Strauss called the dancers and
bade them "Chase the hours with fly
ing feet
Here the scene changed instead of
belle and beau, lord and lady, it was
ghost and goblin, demon and fairy,
all mingling and mixing, twisting and
turning, in and out, around and around,
keeping time to the strains of sweet
music. This was kept up until near the
time for the new year to arrive when
masks were ordered off and surprises in
store for all. Picture the surprise and
astonisnment of fair maiden, when to
her chagrin she found that she had
been paying devoted attention to a
married one, or the perpleXed look on
the married mans face when he sud-
denly realized he had been courting his
wife all the while.
Masks and dominoes were discarded,
and then to look upon the scene and do
justice with pen, would require the
pen of fairy, dipped in hues Of the
rainbow; couples gently gliding DER
the polished floor exemplifying the
poetry of motion, but stop, our pen is
not such as the fairies handle, so we
cannot go Oh, but will simply say:
''There were silks and satins, diamonds
and laceS,
Satin clad feet and eyes ablaZe;
Jewels rare on maidens cleaning;
TO and fro in the giddy mazes,
They softly whisper loves sweetest
phrases"
While all this is going on, in an ad-
Joining room there were tables covered
with choice refreshments, where, when
weary with the dance, you could go at
any hour and partake; to mention all
would take too long, but the sand
Wiches were too cute, tied up with bits
of all colored ribbon.
Some of the costumes were indeed
elegant, among them:
Miss James l.. Kennerly, most be-
coming dress ofgiaucus velvet, en- train;
cut bias, and caught up with bows of
| molly rlDDOn, no Jewels.
Miss James H. Mcintosh. a partridge
brown MORE silk, V neck, trimmed in
eiderdown. most exquisite bouquet Of
holly-hocks.
Miss J. Epps Brown, charming
combination Of tersspin mediNfion
silk and old point lace, made wsSa a
parroda waist and trimmed with
snatches of egrette, granite ornaments
Miss Silas J. Mclaughlin, rather
novel costume of valrus brown satin
done over with the kensington stitch
hair flowing, necklace of oyster shells,
no flowers.
Miss Ike H. Hunt, fresh young: de,
butante in waves of manuve satin, walk
ing length, with moorings of sunset
colOred bows, ornaments ,spectacles and
smiles.
Miss Robert D. Wright, a; splendid
rig of toadstool cashmere, Y neck be
hind, with gussets of blue steel, hair a
la pump handle, bouquet of horse radish
and gilly flower.
Miss S. Jeff Wooten, a thoroughly de-
lightful combination Of sand colored
satin and pink tullA, en- train, hail
powdered and done up in Queen Annie
style, jet ornaments.
Miss Claude Floyd, handsome suit oi
baby blue brocaded satin, hair done ur
in a hard knot, porcelain jewels.
| Miss Lambert W. Jones, an irresist.
able toilet of hamberg edging and cop
per colored lawn, wing drapery anC
tiounces of watered silk, hair negligee
fish scale ornaments.
Miss P. Gray Ellison, a donkey gray
plush, walking length, with overskirt
Of Swiss silk, slippers to match, nc
| flowers.
Miss Willie G. Mayes, dishwater alba
troS, Y neck, no sleeves, with overskirt
Of quaker gray caught up with tiny
bouquets of cinquefoils, carbuncle
| jewels.
Miss G. Frank Wearn, a debutante, 6
I bewitching dress OF baby blue cheese
cloth ornamented with sprays of crazy
quilt work, walking length, hair caught
half way down with Vandyke brown
ribbon.
Miss Eugene A. Griffin, brick dust
colored swiss, a charming costume and
"On her white breast sparkling cross
she wore,
Which men might kiss and inidels
! adore"
Miss Burr H. Johnstone, very rich
| combination dress of Zinnober green
satin and canary furniture print, en-
masse, hair negligee, coral bracelets, nc
| flowers.
Miss Willie McFall, fresh and de-
lighttul, as well as pretty young debut
ante, done up in profusion Of yellow
| buff, mildewed Aounces over a charm
ing hammered copper skirt, the effect
| was striking, she was "the observed Of
all observers,n hair powdered with
golden dust, a massive broach hid bel
lily white throat, cowhide boots, wreath
of immOrtelles.
Miss Marquis L.Spearman, magenta
tulle, low neck, short sleeves, slippers
to match, hair flowing, quartz orna
| ments.
Miss John NJ. Kinard, great belle, q
most superb idea expressed in muddy
green cottonade and antwerp bagging
looped up with chains of exquisitely
wrought iron, hair Ia bald head, orna.
ments of polished brass and chewing
gum. A picture.
If there is anything prettier thar
antwerp it is egrette, so thought we
when our eyes turned on Miss Richard
H. Wearn, surely poets dream, fute6
satin, with Spanish bed tick drapery
thrown loosely over the shoulders and
caught at the front with lovely
bouquet of garlic, hair done back, with
amber comb over right ear.
Miss John w. Chappell. a dress oI
thunder-cloud null, silken waistcoat
covered with gold and silver dots
fastened with buttons to match, hair a