St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-18
A Glittering Social Success
Scored by the Annual
Charity Ball.
st. Paul'S Four Hundred Hon
oPS the Event With Its
Presence.
Ravishing Toilettes Empha-
size the Beauty Of the La
dies Present.
The Roster of the Occasion
and the Events of the
Swell Affair.

When being charitable means that
one visits Observation-Disclosures peO-
pie, or works among the poor, or DELHI
erately refrains from saying mean
things about ones neighbors, there are
shame that it should be so-only a
few OF US who practice charity as a
virtue. But when being charitable
means that one wears ones newest
gown, smiles ones company smile and
dances all night with the best dancers
one knows, there is not one of us
whose soul is not filled with divine
charity. And so charity balls, while al
ways the most elaborate affairs the sea
son brings, are invariably great sue
cesses. Last nights charity ball was
by far the most successful one ever
given in St. Paul. There were wonder
fully few people present who are not
entitled 10 De enumerated among the
400, and the entire ball went like clock
work, barring the mishap of one young
man who left his supper ticket in his
overcOat. and had to desert the young
woman with him at the door of the sup
per room while he went after it.
The dressing rooms were we'll
were irreprOachable and the ball room,
in charge of MessrS. Paget. Tighe.
Sturgis, Thomas Scott, Patterson,
Boyle, Read, w. j. DrlscOll, Morton, n.
Dunn, W. n. Armstrong, l.. S.
Miller, f. Il. Iselin, DR.. b.
Foster and W. II. Wright. was never
better managed. The hotel cafe was
the dancing room, and a paSsageway
was formed to the stairs leading up to
| the dressing rooms and the banquet hall
with screens. The supper room was on
the third floor, and each of the daintily
appointed tables was dressed with
hrySanthemumS and maidenhair ferns.
The same decorations with garlands of
smilaX were repeated in-ene dressing of
! the gallery where the musicians sat.
The ball ut its height was wonderfully
| pretty to see. There we're between five
| and six hundred guests, and the dancing
| floor was crowded. Pretty gowns, a
| great many new, debutantes galore,
and, what was more encouraging, NUM-
bers of young men. many of whom are
| just budding into dancing men. Wall
| flowers were few. and no small credit
belongs 20 the patrOnesseS who lend their
aid to the success of the ball. The list
| of patronesSeS includes:
| Mesdames Newport Bend, George Skinner
| Sr., E. W. Peet, c. A. Severance, Viewer
hauser. Fulton, Adams, T. L. Schurmeer,
| Squires, Ames, FIngg Lewis. Carson. Wins
! low. j. j. Hill, Seimes, Furness, Graves,
Dorr. Flandrau, Fitzgerald. Metcalf, Bum,
! c. p. Moves, Peabody. Jilson, Rice.
II. r. Bigelow, Thomas Scott, MacVeagh,
| Cutler, Driscoll, j. l.. Merriam P H. Kelly,
Prince, Bass. Cary, II. Thompson, Upham, j..
Wright. Auerbach, Hutchison. OUpenheIm.
| ID. 2. Noyes. Stickney, Livingston, Shep-
ard. Nichols, Abbott, Mason r. Jersey,
L: Baker, ii. NJ. Rice, Robertson, A. Il.
Lindeke. Brooks. Morton, Monfort, Wharton.
Day, Lamborn. a. Maclaren. Lightner, Off
Ger, Timberlake, Spaulding, Banning. r. A.
| Smith. Mcintyre, Seymour. Driscoll. Earring
ton. Smyth. Wheelock, Winter, Senkler, Bar
mum, Alden, Miss Howe.
The RavIsiling TOiIettes.
To describe even large part of the
! fascinating gowns worn would be task
for Worth, but a few of the women
present were dressed as follows:
Mrs w. r: Merriam-Gown of Nile green
| faile; the petticoat was garnished with tulle
and jet and edged with black poppies; cor
| sage decolete; coronet OF pearls and dia-
| monds.
Mrs. Squires-Mauve satin and crepe,
| trimmed with gilt passementerie.
| Mifs Beaupre-Black net and lace over
| maiZe-coiored silk: decollete and sleeveless
Miss Margaret Smythe-Black crepe and
| gilt trimmings.
Mrs. f. b. ClarSe-White satin ell traine /;
|
| rcigrille; flOuace about petticoat garnishcd
! with pansies, ostrich plumeS and orchids;
| pansies and orchids on left shoulders dia-
| monds and pearls.
Mrs. Gilhllan-Black silk, with pale blue
striies: plastron of pale blae crepe
Miss Mabel Horne-White crepe, decollete,
and elbow sleeves.
Mrs. Hoxsie-Black velvet, point lace and
| diamonds.
Mrs. Forepaugh-Black lace and yellow
MORE with black and gold broeade.
Miss Stevenson-Heliotrope striped gauze.
| pink anc heliotrope ribbons
| Miss Timberlake-White crepe with gold
| passementerie.
Mrs. Flandrau-Pearl gray silk; sleeves OF
white gauze; ostrich feathers about the dee
! Ollete neck.
Mrs. Kellogg-PaIest gray crepe de chine
with silver fringe and seed pearls with ruff
fles OF embroidered chiffon
Mrs. Castle-Tobacco-brow silk, trimmed
! with paSSementeTie.
Miss Wagoner-Costume of light red wool.
Miss Laura COok-Pink silk and chiffon,
with elbow-length gloves of gray
Miss Eddy, of Merriam Park-Pale yellow
silk.
Mrs Cox-Black silk and Jet
Miss Minna Wanzer-Red China silk, de-
collete.
Miss Margaret Hall-Yellow silk. with
basque of blonde lace. and ruffie OF the same
about the decollete neck; short pulled
sleeves.
Mrs Hodge-Black lace over white silk, en-
traine; pearls.
Miss Gantier-White satin petticoat yelled
with lace.
Miss Day-Pale green crepe en- traine. and
trimmed with violets: decollete bodice edged
AT the neck with crepe ruffie; pulled sleeves
caught up with violetS
Miss Kellar-White satin and white bro
cade en- frame; berthe of chiffon; gilt slip
pers.
MRS Rhodes. of Hastings-White MORE
yelled with Spanish lace.
Mrs. Auerbach-White satin girdle and
trimmings of gold passemenIerie decollele
bodice edged with lace; puffed short sleeves;
petticoat en- traine.
Miss Floy Rodman-Pale pink crepe over
satin, tIimmed with velvet ribbon.
Miss BlaiSdell-Lavender crepe de chine
white gimp trimming; decollete and sleeve
less.
Miss Bend-Trained gown of yellow satin
bTocade and tulle; pulled sleeves of tulle
and putting of tulle about the top of the low
corsage.
Mrs. Stephens-Embroidered crepe in pale
gray, with pale yellow flowers
Miss Mary Giltllan-Iellow crepe with
Miss GiI6nan-White crepe with MORE rib
bons
Miss Young Bordeaux red silk embroid
cred in gilt: amber necklace.
Mrs. Arthur Rogers-Black silk, trimmed
with pale blue.
} Mrs. Summers-Paris gown, gray brown
faiile, with gilt guipure over pale greeu-
| Mrs. Bass-Whte brocade, with striped
crepe and Duchesse lace.
Miss Bird of BostoE-Gray gauZe over silk
trimmed with violets: Yioleis in hair
Mrs. Bramhall-White faile, trimmed Will
lace and MORE.
Miss Hieks-Satin-striped crepe. trimmed
with silver passementerie.
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