The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-25
TWAS A FEAST
OF DIAMONDS.
Some Of the Brilliant Society Events in
Washington.
The Wedding That Has So Far Eclipssd Every
thing Else Matrimonial-The Presidents
Reception-The Charity Ball


WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 1S9l.-The week
has been so very busy and gay uptown that
the disturbances in the marble temple on
the hill might as well have happened else
where Lord Salisbury's foundering into
the Supreme Court was small incident to
the gay world compared to the more spec
tacular and visible International affair, the
DiVonne-AuGeareid wedding and what were
Copyright Biil's disaster, free coinage and
elections when Mrs. Stanford and Nine. Bar
rios paid honor to the Presidents first State
reception, by making their bravest show of
jewels?
The wedding of Count Dlvonne and
Miss Audenreid had been agitating society
in advance for two months, AMI the affair
more than realized all expectations. All
the ecat Of officialdom attended it, and no
other American bride has assumed a for
eign title under quite such distinguished cir
cumstances. The night before the wedding
there was brilliant dinner party given to
the wedding company-the bride and her
mother, the groom and his brothers, Sec
TetaIy Blaine, who had the paternal duty of
giving his young countrywoman into
Frances keeping, the French Minister, who
stood by his Legation Secretary, and the
ushers and bridesmaids, all being gathered
around a superb table. The men of that
company, with the exception of Secretary
Blaine, were all in their full court uniforms
as they went directly from the dinner table
TO the State reception to the diplomatic
corps at the White House. Count Bath
gany OF the Austrian Legation outshone
all others in a uniform of old rose velvet,
EOid-tup boots and white cloak embroidered
ID gold. His hungarian cap was ablaZe
with damOuds and other stones. and jew
eled sword, a coat front covered with orders
ana decorations made him as gorgeous a
n-ure as ever approached a republics Pres
ident Count Won Mumm's uhlan uniform
of bright blue, red and gold was almost
commonplace beside
THE SUPERB AUSTRIAN COSTUME,
And the other French and British officials
were respondent IN a descending scale of
color and bullion. The bride was as pretty
as picture, a slim little cloud Of pale violet
tulle cnWreathed with yiolets setting off her
White shoulders and her round dllnpled face
and the Jewels which tile Counts brother
brought her from France sparkled among
the flowers. Everywhere the wedding party
made stir, and as it was the brides last
appearance In large company before leay-
ing the country u was series OF ovatons
and farew+lis to her.
The next morning st. Matthew's awn:nged
portico was be>ieged by a crowd Of lockers
on. through which guests and carriages with
dl1leuity puSheu Iltlr way. All the
world" was there and the service was per
formed with the full pomp of Catholic cerc-
monals, mass succeeding the nuptial rites,
and acolytes with lighted candles preceding
and standing with the wedding group. The
brides gown was brocaded with silver heur
de lis and diamond sprays and c0ronet car
ried up and intensified the white glitter to
the crown of her pretty brown hair. The
brilliantly uniformed group Of diplOmates,
and the bridesmaids in white beagaline
gowns and large white hats, standing among
most beautiful picture. Then succeeded a
wedding breakfast at Nine. Audenreid's
house, and later in the afternoon the Count
ana Countess Diyonne drove away. going
inst to New York, and sailing thence to-
has so far eclipsed everything else matri-
monial that. as one clever girl remarked,
tie Washington girls had better elope or
lave home weddings in travelling gowns to