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ry Alexander and Sdney Harris.
"Show me the way to the yule log"
commanded the King of Misrule. AS the
heralds led the King to the vestibule they
footed vigorously, and the King re-
peated the old Twelfth Night saying
| Wassail the trees that they may bear
For more or less fruit they viii bring
AS you give them WaSSailing.
For a few moments there was silence.
Then came another blare of trumpets
from the hall. Presently the heralds
issued into the drawing room, blowing
their horns and carrying lighted candles.
Then came the KIM of Misrule with
naughty tread, holding his sceptre aloft.
On the shoulders of the three Japanese
noblemen and an Italian prince was the
yule log, six feet long and hollow. Astride
of the yule log was Master Bayard Stew
ems, grandson of Mrs. Edwin "A. Stevens,
dressed as a page. Two gnomes, in
brown tights, round brown bodies, and
high pointed cap kept watch over the
Nlog. The heralds went through the
rotunda to the billiard room, which the
King had selected as his audience cham
Der.
At the rear of the room was the
throne. Either side of the throne were
figures bearing tall wax church candles,
and at the back was hung some old red
satin damask which had belonged to Mrs.
Stevens grandmother. IN old Floren-
tine chair was used as. the throne. Upon
reaching his throne King Misrule called
for the wassail bow n the health was
| drunk of the three princesses in whose
honor the guests were assembled.
| THE YULE LOG LIGHTED.
Then the hollow yule log was emptied
| of favors for the guests and it was tossed
into the great fireplace in the audience
| chamber. The flames soon caught the
| piece of dry oak, and the tongues of fire
shot up the chimney. The King of Mis-
rule again called for the attention of his
| subjects and explained hat the pro-
| gra.mme of the old-time Twelfth Night
| festivities would be incomplete without
| the '.pavan." The subjects did not move
and showed that they failed to under
| stand the King. His Majesty held a hur-
| rfed conversation with a herald and then
he FASTENED to explain
81 am told, most faithful subjects, that
in these modern lays you call the pavan
| a cake walk, l believe. Then join in a
cake walk. Pass thee before my throne,
! and / will judge which twain of thee
walks the best"
AS the yule log cracked in the crate
the children went to their supper and the
| guests of Mrs. Stevens promenaded past
the King of Misrule through the draw
ing room and rotunda
A Sir Roger de Coverly was announced
from the throne, the King explaining
that the dance had been devised ex-
pressly by Terpsichore for America. The
| King of Misrule selected one of the Misses
| Stevens for his partner and started the
dance.
The rotunda was used as the ball room
and was decorated with ropes of ever
| green. Small red fairy lamps were
placed everywhere through the green.
In the rotunda were all the family por-
! traits. Supper was served in the great
dining room to the younger guests, the
elders dancing in the meanwhile. The
diring room was also decorated with ever
! greens and lighted with wax candles.
THE GUESTS AND COSTUMES.
Mrs. Stevens wore a Spanish costume
| after Velasquez and her diamonds. Miss
Ethel Van Cortlandt Colt wore an 1880
! cow of pink satin and a curious tiara
OF gold flagree ornamented with pearls
and emeralds; at her throat she wore a
| miniature of her great great grandfather,
| Judge Boudinot. Miss Julia Lewis, one of
the pretty young women for whom the
eete was given, p~ersonated Oenone, in
flowing white drapery and girdle of ivy
leaves. Miss Eleanor Lewis, the other
| guest, was Lady Jane Gray.
Stockton Colt, Mr.. Trowbridge and
Goodhue Livingston came as the Mikado
of Japan and two japanese n%oblen1en.
| They had been dressed by a native in
| CARDS of richest japanese fabrics, and
the DISCUSSES were complete.
Among those present were. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Stevens. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win A. Stevens. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Stevens, Mrs. A. Alexander, Mrs. E.
P. C. Lewis. Mrs. and Mrs. Albert Ste
| vens, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Bronson,
Mr.. and Mrs. John King Van Rens-
| selaer, Mr.. and Mrs. Kiliaen Van Rens-
| selaer, Miss Olive Van Rensselaer,, Count
| and Countess de Brazza, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Stewart Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. G.. K. Duer, the Misses Duer. Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Alexander. Gordon Pad
dock, Mr.. and Mrs. James Alexander,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Worthington,
Sir Roderick Cameron. the Misses Cam
| eron, Goodhues Livingston, Mr.. and Mrs.
| John Alsop King, Miss King, General
| and Mrs. J. Watts Kearny, Miss Kearny,
Mr.. and Mrs. job Kean. the Misses
| Kean, Colonel and Mrs. VIM. Jay, Mr..
| and Mrs. Charles Henderson, the Misses
Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Har-
! riman, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lyon Gardiner,
Miss Gardiner. Andrew Sands, Robert
Cornell Sands, Louis Fitzgerald, Jr., DR..
| and Mrs. Stuyvesant F. Morris, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Francis Delafeld. Miss Delafield,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Brown. Mr..
| and Mrs. Pierpont Morgan, Miss Nor
| gan, Miss Rhett. the Misses Whitney,
| Mr.. Armstrong. Miss Agostini, Miss
| Neeser, Mrs. Wharton. Chancellor and
| Mrs. McGill. Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Miss Vanderbilt, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Alexander Webb. Miss Webb, Mr..
and Mrs. Island. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Augustus Jay, Misses Jay. Mr.. Alex
| ander. Irving, Mr.. and Miss Beekman,
| Miss Adrain, Mr.. and Mrs. Hewitt,
| Misses Hewitt, Mrs. Goodrich, Miss
| Goodrich, Mrs. Gallatin, Mr.. Gallatin,
| General and Mrs. Fitzgerald. Mr.. and
| Mrs. de Puyster, Miss de Puyster, Mrs.
de Coppet, Mrs. de Forrest, Mr.. and
Miss Courtenet, Mr.. and Mrs. Cam
MANN, Mr.. Robert Lenox Belknap, Mrs.
| Belknap, and Miss Belknap.