Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-09-07
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 marble house, in honor of her daughter, Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, who is named after Consuelo, duchess of Manchester. In giving the ball last night Mrs.
 Vanderbilt faithfully carried out, so far
 as modern times and requirements per-
 mitted, the period which her beautiful
 house represents. Once inside the tow
 ering gates of the marble house, them
 selves work of art, a scene of loveli-
 ness was presented. The grounds were
 illuminated by thousands of tiny globes
 of different colors, just as it used to be
 in Versailles when Louis XIV strollsd
 across the broad terrace of Versailles | with his court.
 The main floral decorations inside the
 house were in the hall, where there is a
 bronze fountain surmounted with a
 large mirror. That spot was made to look especially cool and inviting by wa- ter plants in full bloom and tall lotus flowers which stood up about, almost 8 score of pink and white blossoms, lilies and mass of water hyscinths, through which shone the same little globes of light which the grounds were illuminat- ed with, while above swarmed flock of b ummiDg birds.
 Mrs. Vanderbilt received in the grand salon, attired in a superb costume of wtije satin, with court train and won- derfHi diamonds, and looked as if she night have stepped out of old court pic lures at 'ersailles. Her daughter, Miss Consuelo, becomingly arrayed in white satin and tulle, stood beside her. During the support band from the naval training station played on the lawn. Immediately after the supper cotillion with Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. ? Mullally's orchestra and the Hungarian band now too up the strains of music. showed her taste and desire to carry out the idea of Louis KY ball. Of course everybody at the ball was thinking of one principal toplc-would the engagement that would make Con- suelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlbor- ough be announced? Yesterday morn-
 
 ward b8thed in the sea with Miss Van- derbilt.
 At noon the young duke, changing swiftly his bathing suit to the funeral frock coat, seated himself alone in the phaeton in which he had just been sit ting with Mrs. Vanderbilt, and was driv- en to the wharves. There the steam launch William K. VanderbiIt's yacht Noll "a went aboard the Valiant and took luncheon with William K. Vanderbilt A dozen people saw him go aboard. All Newport saw him come back. And there was but one sentiment: "That settles it," for why should he, who is visiting Mrs. Vanderbilt, go to luncheon with MT. Vanderbilt, whose relations with Mrs. Vanderbilt are strained, to have "papa" think we'll of hlm. It is true that be was one of twenty guests, but that made 1t none the less pointed, for 1t is hardly conceivable that Mrs. Vanderb bilt, feeling as she does to- ward her husband, would endure such conduct on the part of her guest unless the interests of her daughter were in- volved. Mrs. Vanderbilt is not that kind of a woman.
 THREE OBJECTS ATTAINED.
 NEWPORT, k. l., Aug. 30-The tri- umphial ball given by Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt last night when she broke down the barriers reared agains. her by the swell set, promises to be the talk of the 400 for many days to come.
 The ball was crowning success, be- cause the three-fold object that it had in view-but which. of course, only ap- peared as incidents of the gorgeous oc- casion-was attained.
 Mss Consuelo Vaudeville, daughter of the hostess, was, with due formslity, presented to the exclusive world of fash- ion; the duke of Marlborough was form ally introduced to American society, and last, but the first point of real import ance in scope of significance, Mrs. Van- derbilt leaped at one bound within the charmed circle.
 Last night she re-established herself, in defiance of the powerful Vanderbilt connection arrayed against her because of her quarrel with her husband and her divorce from him.
 As it was, her heiress daughter and her guest, the head of the almost prince ly house of Churchill, have compelled ali except the immediate Vsnderbilts to yield.
 This ball has been the talk of New port for many weeks. It was not the bitterness that lay behind it that ab- sorbed c Il the attention. The vulgerest details of luxury passed from mouth to mouth, repeated again and again.
 No expense was spared. The revenues of rich province were spent in this one evening. The like has never been seen at private entertainment since the day when Luculius dined with Luculius.