The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-21
Belle Billion, Now the Countess of
Clancarty, as Venus, in
Scant Apparel.
Four Ladies Wearing Distinctive
Colors Who Were Formerly
Concert Hall Singers.
A Brilliant Fancy Dress Ball In Paris
With Some OF the More Notable
Costumes

Billion, Lady Dunlo, will remain on the
stage, now that she has become by the sud
den death of her unwilling father in law
countess of Clancarty. There are three oi
the name-the dowager countess, widow ot
the third earl; Bellies belle-mere, the newly
made widow of the fourth earl, and hel
noble self. Her husband has now rent
roll of $1,000 ($35,ooo) a year, and as il
cannot after oil these years be much nov.
city for the heroine in Venus to tread the
boards, perchance she will in future only
appear on behalf of charities. A wag sup-
gests that any amount of money could be
made for, say. the starving Irish, if lawn
tennis match could be played on one of the
public grounds by four society theatrical
ladies wearing distinctive colors-Miss Belle
Billion, countess of Clancarty, and Miss
Lilly Ernest, Lady Mansel, in blue, against
Miss Nelly Leamar, Hon. Mrs. Duncombe,
and Miss Vaughan, Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, in
red.
Lady Mansel sings at several music halls.
Her husband, Sir Richard Mansel, has a
title as old as any in England. He lost all
his money years ago, and few are SO poor as
to do him honor. The Hon. Mrs. Duncombe,
wife OF younger brother of the earl of
Feversham, sings comic songs for her liv-
ing. She Is sister-in-law (unaoknowl-
edged) of the beautiful duchess of Lein-
ster. The Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, whose hus-
band is also the brother of an earl and the
cousin of the duke of Wellington, is Kitty
Vaughan, the pioneer skirt dance. of the
Gaiety Theater company
This frnp, oario. Eyv Guoo, T,,I.I. =
Spain-gorgeously dressed and jeweled,
very decollette, and full of gay spirits-was
the leading parsonage at the Princess Leon's
fancy ball in Paris last week. The hostess
wore one of the prettiest of all the fancy
costumes Marie Antoinette court dress of
brocade in silver and pink stripes and floral
pattern. The bodlce was a directoire coat
IN bright green with diamond buttons, and
the head dress was light green hat with
long, dark green ostrich plume and pink
lining. The costume quadrille of the even
ing represented the four Joints of the COM
pass, and was the opening of the bali,
Princess Radziwill being the east the
Duchess de Luynes the west, Mile. de
Luynes the south, and Mile. de Brantes
the north.
Each ''get-up'' was wonderfully tasty and
effective; Mile. de Brantes, who entered in
u sledSe pushed by gentleman in the
dered with snips of swansdown like flakes
OF snow, and sparkles of glass and steel
dust to symbolize frost. Mile. du Luynes
represented the sunny south in dazzling
blaze of ieYels like fretlies and the fires Of
tropical sunbeans, and was borne into the
ballroom IN luxurious silken curtained
palanquin. Princess Radziwlll, as the
orient, was clad III u Japanese costume, and
came INTO the company in little carriage
drawn by couple of JapE. The Duchess
de Luynes as the civilized and cultured west
had adopted the fashion of the Louis XVI,
era; and made her entry in a sedan chair of
lhat period, borne by powdered lackeys,
ana attended by cavaliers i'll court dress.
Some of the other fair ladies at Princess
Leon's ball looked splendid in their quaint
alsguises: the beautiful Marquise Hervey de |
Saint Denys was Minerva, IN a white satin
draped in antique folds, and pale pink |
'orsage with q corslet of grey satin, en-
oroidered with gold. Over this fell cloth
of-gold mantle, line with antique velvet
md the head dress was of grey and gold |
ike the corslet. The Duchess de Gramont |
vas dressed a la bourgeoise, of the Reyolu- |
Ion epoch. The jaunty petticoat was of |
black. yellow and white pekin, draped with |
black tulle, and black satin bodice, with
zig basques, opened over waistcoat match
ng the petticoat; while the duchess wore a
huge hat of blue tulle, with plumes stick
ng right up on the top.
Princess Murat was gaily dressed as
,arlequinette of the Louis XIV. period, in
ose color and white; Princess Ernest de
1lgne, in rose and cream brocatelle, with
,arands of roses, was a columbine. The
COUNTESS Aimery de la Rochefoucauld was
! charming Marie Antoinette after the por-
raft by Collett, in grey satin and English
,olnt. The young tiancee in whose honor
he fete was given, the Princess de Leon's
laughter, who is soon to become the
)uchesse de Montmorency, had got herself
ID as a columbine of Henry Ills epoch.
Ter white satin robe had bo, der of silver
nd collar and trimmings in guipure lace,
nd her little Henry III. mantel was of rich
uby velvet. She wore toque to match,
rlmmed with long white feathers, that
ooked we'll on the ruby velvet.
A fashionable miliner is showing some
orsets specially ordered for the trousseau
4 Princess Louise, of Schleswig, grand
aughter of Queen Victoria. They are
lade of the new material called silk cou-
llle, and are bound with plush and lined
nth silk, the boning and the out being
nch perfectly exquisite of it's kind One
air Is in pink and the other in blue, and
here are petticoats to match each color in
similar kind of material. The pink one
as ono deep tlounce of silk yeiled with ,
a!enclennes lace and a balayeuse of silk
nd lace. The blue one is made i'll the
lme way. except that it has two narrow
ounces beaded by bouillonees of blue silk
AT meeting of the Four in Haud club !
10 princess of Wales wore black velvet I
ress with beaded silk mantle and small i,
ack bonnet, while her daughters were in
raw hats. 4
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