Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-07

The Inauguration Ball lacked one at
traction i'll that Mrs. Washington had not
yet arrived. Still, it was beautiful
picture of New York society ut the time.
There were present Mrs. JAY, wife of the
man of whom it was said, when he was
made Chief-.Iusticc Of the United States.
when the crminc of the judicial robe
Tell on John jay it touched nothing less
spotless than itself" Mrs. Hamilton Lady
Stirling and her two daughters, Lady
Mary Watts and Lady Kitty Ducr, Mrs.
Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Lord Stir
lings sister; Mrs. Governor Clinton.
Mrs. NIayOr) Duane, Mrs. James Beck
man, Lady Temple, Lady Christina Griffin,
Mrs. Chancellor Livingston, Mrs Richard
Montgomery, Mrs. Becninan, Mrs. John
P"Gdon, Mrs. Elbridgc Gerry, Mrs. Liv-
ingston, CT Clcrmont; the Misses Living
ston, Mrs. VIM. S. Smith, daughter of
Vlcc-Prcsident John Adams; the bcauti-
ful bride of james Homer Maxwell, who,
as Miss Van Zandt, had danced many a
time with Washington when he was with
his army mt Wilmington; Mrs. Edgar,
Mrs. McComb, Mrs. Dalton, the Misses
Baynrd, Mime. dc Brchcn, Nine. dc la
Forest and Mrs. O3ishoW Provost. Over
three hundred guests were present, Wash
inston, us naturally might be supposed
the ''star of the evening"" dancing n
cotillon each with Mrs. Van Brugh Liv-
ingston and Mrs. Hamilton and Il minuet
with Mrs. Maxwell. The company re-
tired about 3 o'clock, joy and satisfaction
in every face and every pleasure "hcight-
ened by the presence of Washington. :"
Within Il week this ball was fairly
cclipscd by Il private one, which was, ac-
cording TO an authority, "a magnificent
affair" II was given by NJ. dc Monster,
the French Minister, his clever sister,
Nine. dc Brchan, acting as hostess
Nine. dc Brchan was heard to declare of
tins ball that she chad exhausted every
resource 10 produce an entertainment
worthy of France" and truly this little
French lady, who was described by Gen
cral Armstrong as u singular, whimsical,
hystcricai old woman, whose delight is
playing with negro child and caressinr
monkey" succeeded in the wish of her
heart. "llcr decorations" says Mrs.
Harrison, ''wcrc enchanting. People
wandered about, gaining peeps of fairy
hlhd, TIL the quadriilcs were danced, and
then began Il scene bewildcrng in its
beauty, where the red, red rose of France
and the blue bells, symboliziny the color
OF Columbia, were blended with scarlc;
regimentals and uniforms of buff and
blue, ccrnlem gauzcs and floating scarrs
oi rosy tullc, Eight gentlemen in French
and American uniforms danced with ci~ht
ladies, typifying the countries of Washing.
ton and Lafayette. 1t is rather amusing
to read us II pendant to this opening
rcvelry thai the supper, served from a long
table running from end to end of tl.t
room and displayed upon shelves covering
The inner wall consisted of cakes, oranges,
apples, wine of all sorts, ice creams, etc. I
and highly lighted up; and also that tn,
height of the iollitv was at 10 o'clock
This curious supper, unique as it is to
us of to-day, is froth and airy nothing
ness compared with the less 'French" re-
past at Il New York ball in 1889. Mrs.
Harrison by way of an aside quotes from
IN old newspaper sample programme.