Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-08


Baltimore Ncics.
rve seen her in reception dress
Aud yachting suit most Cunnlngi
Bamasque aud opera as well,
And walking toilet stunning
But never have | seen my love
Look one-halI so bcwitching
As when, in Lenten robes of gray,
She sat dcmurely stitching.
''Whcres all your style my bonny maidn
Its Lent" she whispered, smiling.
"Aud all your little furbclows"'
"Stul Lent she said beguiling.
And when | asked parting kiss,
She said, "a can't consent, sir;
''My lips To you ! cannot give,
But still-they might be Lent sir.n
The usual quiet of the Lonten days casts
ats accompanying calm over the social atnos-
3here. No more balls and parties until Eas-
ter releases the wearers of sack cloth and
ashes from their thralldom. The hair dress
has rest; the young lawyer who hasn't had
a case since he put out his shinglc and wants
TO marry great belle and heiress will not
have to run up any more bills for ball bou
qucts this season, and the caterers are busy
designing new novelties for the post-Lenten
revelS.
Tho rector now breaches on fashionable
dissipation and the girls and fashionable
matrons look very sorry that they ever in
dulged In ii and so off and join the classes for
making bibs for poor children, which meet
once n week until Easter.
The debutantes are occasionally seen at tho
thcater and probably supper follows and
sometimes awee bit of dance with only
piano for accompaniment. But 1t wouldn't
he right to say that the buds do really dance
during the Lenten days, for society has never
had more charming list of Young women
than those who made their initial appearance
in the swim this season.
1t is quite safe to say that there il cessa-
tion of activity in general and the -occupa-
tOns of the fashionable circles have a much
milder and more serious tone than they had.
The drawing room of the queen at Buck
ingham palace Wednesday brought out the
leaders of the fashionable world of England
in large Numbers, the presence of Empress
Frederick of Germany no doubt explaining
the reason for the crush.
Every member of the royal family now in
England made it a point to be present, aud
as the court is out of mourning, the drawing
room held on Wednesday may be said to have
been one of the most successful ever held in
buckingham palace The approaches to the
palace were lined with long rows of carriages
containing members of the diplOmatic corps,
army and navy officers, cabinet ministers, all
IN iull dress, together with ladies in the most
rich and bewitching of court dresses,
their far persons IN many cases
LARRY DiNluS Wllu ulaiilOuuS, nOuTS
before the palace gates were opened for the
passage of the eQuipages. Pedestrians came
from all parts of London ana from the coun-
try III order to witness this great parade of
notabes as they awaited their turn to enter
the large courtyard which fronts the queens
: palace.
The prince and princess of Wales drove in
state from Marlborough house down the Mall
past st, James palace to buckingham palace
being greeted with hearty, honest cheers.
1t was fully g o'clock in the afternoon be
fore the queen, amid truly royal scene, was
with much ceremony ushered into the inn
menSe drawing-room, Immediately behind
the queen came the prince and princess OF
Wales and the other members of the roya
family.
The members of the diplomatic corps pre-
sented to the queen included the Unitec
States minister Hon, Robert T. Lin
tary of the United States legation,
and Mrs. White, Mr. r. Mccormick
second secretary of the United States lega
ton aud Mrs. Mccormick, and Mr.. and Mrs
c. Wurts, first secretary ofthe United States
legation in st. Petersburg.
1t was generally acknowledged that thu
ntmber of debutantes Wednesday exceeded
in numbers any drawing-room held since tn
famous Juvenile awing room.
A feature of this drawing room was, tina
many elderly ladies' took advantage of tn
queens recently granted permission to tha
effect, and wore highbodices which contrast
ed strangely with the countless low necket
dresses which graced the white shoulders o
the younger ladies present.
The debutantes were dressed In white silk
or satins and their chaperoneS i'll colored silk
or satins. Among the chaperoncs yellow wa
the predomin ating color. Mrs. Henry W hit,
however. was in direct contrast TO the pre-
vailing color and did not suffer by it. Sh
was dressed in court robe of black armur
silk with Jet ornaments. black ostrich tips i
: her hair and long black kid gloves.