The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-15
BRUNsw1oK,s CHARITY BALL.
All Previous social Events Eclipsed
at the Oglethorpe.

BRUNSWICK, GA, Feb. 14.-An previous
social events in Brunswick were eclipssd by
the grand Charity ball at the palatial Ogle-
thorpe hotel Friday night. Through the
courtesy OF Manager Warren Leland, Jr.,
the ladies were prepared to entertain
throughout the evening In lavish manner
and the interval for the banquet was made
short by the couples eager to resume dane
ing. The ball opened with the minuet de la
cOur OF the time Louis XIV. The couples
participating in this quaint old dance were
costumed in garments the exact counterpart
Of those worn by the royalty ia those days,
when the courts Of kings were marked by
regal splendor never yet surpassed As
the clock in the rotunda unsteady chimed
the hour Of 3, the electric lights on the
grand stairway blazed forth in all their
dazzling, sparkling beauty and the music Of
the delightful Bocoacio march began to
float through the room and out TO ears of
the onlookers. Down the stairway, their
| powdered hair shimmering under the bril-
liant light, the couples came.
! There were Francis D. Aiken, Miss Bu-
ford King; Richard D. Meador. Miss Annie
Laurie Hine; Harry F. duBignon, Miss
| Edith Palmer Smith; F. Elmore Twitty,
Miss Ernestine Butts; c. Don. Parker, Miss
Mai King; Morrel Symons, Miss Monroe
Cargyle; Robert 8. French, Miss Florence
ks T.
| Through the entrance arch they passed and
formed In the square. The music of the
march died away while the orchestra played
the first three bars of Mozart's Don Goi>
vannp as Introductory 60 the minuet, at
| the end OF which the slow, measured step of
the minuet began with the graceful bow to
the right and left. the music accompanying
the movements of the dancers. The ball
room was we'll filled with Brunswick's social
set and the Oglsthorpe's north
ern guests, and as the different
| figures were executed in the
| quaint gracefulness they demand the specta-
! tors uttered many EXPLANATIONS OF delight
| especially when the bending step was be-
ing done. After the last figure in the min
uet the orchestra began playing the modern
waltz and the couples glided away amid the
assembling of the dancers, adding beauty
! to the gay scene In q novel way.
| Miss Buford King, one OF Brunswick's
lovelest young ladies, was a prominent
factor in making the minuet the faultless
| success it was. aud to her much of the credit
| is due. Miss Kings costume was one of the
handsomest ever worn in Brunswick. 1t
was composed of a cherry silk petticoat
with an overdress of beautiful white silk.
| The bodice, pan1ers and vatican were ele-
| gantly embroidered in the pretty English
blue cornfiower silk, color that lent addi-
tional attractiveness to the dress. From
the shoulders loop of cherry silk ribbon
dropped, to the end of which
was attached an exquisite fan.
Heavy falls of lace around the neck
and from the sleeves lent a charm to the
costume that was only heightened by the
beauty of the wearer's features. The sill
vered headdress with egret Of white feathers
brought out the rich glow so often seen in
| the cheeks Of southern girls, and the whole
made picture an artist might envy. Her
| tiny slippers were adorned with the buckles
worn by her grandfather, in years gone by.
Each and every one of the young lady par
Elephants in the minuet wore costumes
similar to that worn by Miss KING. except
for difference IN color. this difference max
| ing a harmonious contrast. Every one
wore jewelry typical Of ''ye olden
times" The young ladies were
| selected with great care as tc
their beauty. The gentlemen in the mtnuei
wore full dress coats and trousers, brocaded
| vests to correspond with their partners
costumes, jabots, high stocks and deep falls
of lace from their sleeves. Their jewelry,
| like that worn by the young ladies, was il
keeping with the time they represented
They were some of Bruins wick's handsomest
| young men and all worked earnestly to
make the affair the great success it proved
TO be-. y--+. t.--
Brunswick witnessed the minuet for tn
first time at the grand Charity ball, but thu
spectators desire to see it again when thu
season will allow. @. w. ID.