Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-30
OTHER NOTABLE COSTUMES.
Distinguished Characters Charmfngiv
Pcrsonated.

Distinguished Characters CharmneiV
Pcrsonated.
Mrs. BENJAMIN II. Nash represented her
grandmother, Mrs. Robert Boiling nes
Anne Stith, as she appeared in 1915 at the
date of her marriage, and wore no other
Jewels hut the miniature likeness OF this
grandmother pendant from her neck and
her grandfather's knee-buckle set in pearls
as a breast-pin, brocaded satin gown with
point-lace, the costume of the grand
mother of the period. :,
Miss Julia Smith. gray crepe colonial
gown. ., go, ~
Miss Callie Ryland, pale blue silk slip
with sash.
Miss Marsh, of New Jersey, an exquisite
ANTIQUE gown of white satin embroidered
with seed pearls, worn by one of her an
cestors during the Revolutionary war.
Miss Hutler, of Lynchburg. peach bro
cade, with garniture of old lace. very ef-
fective.
Mrs. C. D. Langhorne persouated Lady
Spottswood in royal brocade of gold and
white, with old thread lace and ancestral
Jewels.
Mr.. Keene Langhorne. a gentleman Of the
sixteenth century.
lonial costume. old lace and family Jewels,
and carried bouquet of Narcissus. perso-
mated her neutrality-suspicious., Lazy
Anne Catherine SpOttswood.
Mrs. Frank =. Clark, Of Baltimore, very
handsome in costume Of blue and silver
brocade, with garlands of violets, dia-
monds. -,
Miss Mildred Moore Cullen. white silk
and lace gown. with garniture OF vlolets.
Mrs. Edward ID. Price. toilet of cream
faille, with garniture OF crystal passe-
~. .f Ca+tf fnh
Miss Mamie Little, of Frederic ksburg,
rich costume Of pink moire. with drapery
of silver net-American Beauty.
Mr.. Allen Talbot personated 70 Due de
Montfort, yellow satin knickerbockers,
pink vest and coat.
Miss Montague, white silk brocaded in
blue gentians, dress of First Empire, and
diamond ornaments.
Miss Linda NJ. Fox, Empire gown OF vel
low satin and old embroidery, amber
jewelry.
Mr.. John II. Montague, Jr.. in colonial
costume of blue and gold.
Miss Annie Leigh Camm. white muslin
and Valenciennes lace slip, with short waist
and high pulIed sleeves.
Miss Lizzie Harrison represented Evelyn
Byrd, in her grandmother's weddlng-gown
OF white embroidered satin. lace hchu.
Miss Mary Mason Anderson personated
"AIistress Frances Young" in lowered
MORE antique gown caught over white
satin petticoat with strings of pearls worn
by her grandmother at the court OF Ma
poleon III.
Mrs. Andrew Simonds. Jr.. of Charles
ton. s. c., white velvet. court train trimmed
with marabout over petticoat OF Polu
d'Alencon diamonds and pearls.
Miss Ross, blue embroidered Canton
crepe over lace skirt; garniture of pearls.
Mrs. Frank Patrick, court train of pink
and green brocade over petticoat Of pink
crepe de chine trimmed in ostrich tips; orna-
ments, diamonds and pearls. =,
Mrs. Augustus Drewry. "Westoyer'''
court costume OF hellotrope, SIX ana vel
vet, Duchesse lace; diamonds.
Miss Ellen London, court costume OF
white silk draped over p0mpadour silk
petticoat: antique jewels.
Miss Anna Boykin, Empire robe of silver
satin worn by her great-grandmother
Mrs. Charles Washington Coleman as
Mrs. The oderick Black, of Westover, cos
tune Of the period 1860, gown of black
satin and velvet, exquisite white lace,
mantle and jewels.
Miss Fannie Dickinson. Of New York.
colonial gown Of white satin brocade
trimmed with pink apple blossoms. short
waist, and puffed sleeves; diamond orna-
ments.
Mrs. Randolph Norris, colonial dress of
white India silk and Duchesse lace; dia-
monds and pearls.
Miss Jennie McPhail personated her
great-grandmother, katherine Brooke
in an antique white satin gown. brocaded
in bouquets of flowers, exquisite point de
Venice lace and pearls.
Mrs. G. C. McPhail. yellow brocaded sa-
tin, low corssge, garniture of yellow os-
trich tips; diamond ornaments.
Miss Cameron represented " Mistress
John Bell" gown copied after her portrait,
short wasted white pink and white bro
cade with gold trimming.
Mr.. Arthur s. Wiley represented his an
cestor, John Rolfe. (from whom he IS
eighth in descent,) first secretary Of the
Commonwealth. He wore green velvet
suit, with gold passementerie and jewelled
shoe-buckles.
Mrs. S. w. Corbin impersonated her Hu-
guenot great-grandmother, Parson Maui
ry's wife. and wearing the decorations
and orders of knighthood of her illustri-
ous father Commodore Matthew f..
Maury), presented to hlm in recognition of
his eminent scientific talents and services
to the maritime nations of the world-dia-
mond and pearl pin, by the Gar Of
Russia; diamond pin, by the Archduke
Maximilian: Legion d'Honieur, by Louis
Napoleon the cross of Dannebrog, by the
King of Denmark; the tower and sword,
by the King of Portugal. and order of st.
Anne of Russia. by the Gar.
Mrs. j. w. Holland, of Danville. Va,
Empire gown of white crepe, Grecian en-
broidery, clinging draperies of rare soft
ness and beauty made by Margarine, OF
Paris.
Miss Mamie Winston. ivory-tinted bro
cade, antique gown, corsage wreathed III
Wisteria. amber ornaments.
Mrs W. T. Oppenhimer, white ivory
brocade and satin train, trimmed with old
Mechlin lace, the court dress of her great
grandmother aqua-marine necklace.
Mrs. William G. Mayo, black velvet
train, white satin petticoat; diamond orna-
ments.
Mrs. Charles E. Workman (who was TO
have danced in the minuet, but was pre-
vented by sickness) wore handsome cos
tune Of white brocade over a petticoat of
yellow silk. trimmed withe Duchesse lace ;
ornaments of amber and pearls. She per-
soDated her grandmother, Mrs. Brace.
Miss Mary Roane Jackson wore hand
some costume of pink velvet brocade, with
pink brocade satin; ornaments of dia-
monds and handsome medallion set with
diamonds.
Miss Bessie Pace, o handsome hght-green
and old-gold silk; ornaments OF pearls.
In her hair she wore brooch set with
jewels. which belonged to her grand
mother.
Miss Nellie Fuller, of Cincinnati, wore
an exquisite costume q la Marguerit de Va
loise, with bodie of light pink and puffed
sleeves; ornaments of pearls.
Mrs. William O. Preston wore charming
costume with petticoat of pale green and
brocaded overdress, trimmed with Duchesse
lace: Ornaments of emerald and pearls.
Miss Mary Morton, of Baltimore. wore o
white silk with embroidered crepe front; /;
ornaments OF diamonds.
Miss Lee Fitch, of Philadelphia, wore
white tulle.
Miss Columbia Hayes personated Eliza
Carter, her great-grandmothcr, of Blen:
helm. She wore an exquisite costume OF
green and gold silk, with pearl necklace
and ornaments Of diamonds. Powdered
hair.
Miss Elizabeth Strothcr wore pink and
brocade silk, overa lace skirt; ornaments
Miss Bessie Addison wore an embroidered
MULE over 200 years old.
Miss Mary Anderson woro an old colonial
costume OF her grandmother's brocaded In
old-rose and green rushings.
Mrs.. Charles E Smith wore a,uhits bro