The sun., 1895-01-06
IN THE WORLD OF FASHION,
OLD GUdRD LOOKING FORWARD 70
TUE SUCCESS or IT'S CAREER.


Expected-uriEht Prospects Also for the
Charity nnII - The Vaudeville. Ci.h
The Old Guard will give its annual reocptiou
and ball at the Madison Square Garden on Wed.
nes,lay evening. Jan q. The formalites of tn,
occasion will fall on Wednesday evening, hui,
the better part of the entertainments including
the proverbial "Od Guard nformnlty." VIII
not begin until Thursday is well under way
For twenty lone years the Old Guard has enter
tanned with lavish hospitality at an annual ball
The receptions have become more prctcntIou,
year after year, until now tho Old Guard is vir.
tually Rt home to all the country.
The members of the Old Guard are modest
but IL has been learned that 5000 invitations
have been sent out, some going as far as Lon.
don; 10000 tickets have been printed, and all
but few hundred sold; all but nine boxes bsvs
been taken, aud the necessities OF the evening
will cost over $1,000, large proportion of which
will be consumed in the decorations The CONF
mittec appointed to decorate the Garden will
not divulCe the secret of their plans. The Chair
man said. There has never been anything like
10 before"
After twcnty.one years of service, to he treas
urer OF the Old Guard bail has become second
nature to Capt. James +. Wcnnan. capt wen-
man sat nj his desk in the Old Guard armory,
and between the intervals of selling tickets and
boxes no said:
IL have only a few boxes left, and they will
be gone in three days. Here few of the
persons who have secured boxes: Gov. Coffin
and star OF Connecticut, officers of the Second
Battery, j. Naylor, Major Warren. f. Smith,
officers OF the Third Brigade of Albany, George
j. Seabury. Col Smith and staff of the Twenty
third Regiment, Col. Austen and star of the
Thirteenth Regiment, Mrs. C. II. Chat
terton, Gen. Louis Fitzgerald and staff,
George Green. Mrs. b. F. Beckel.
Mrs. Clarence A. Postley. Gen. Wansor
and staff of New Jersey, Gen. j. NJ. Narian Col.
H. Nsas1 DE- Mn RoSsrs Ssh1% o sgT s9 %nts s.SSyE r
mer, Mrs. William Layton. Col. Doherty. and
STAFF OF ConnsctGnt and the Officers io OF i shg
be mngn ifcent The supper will be as delecta-
be as the best cooks LII H the the city can make ii
fore"
The doors of the Garden will be thrown open
at 10 o'clock.~fiaif an hour later Bernstein's
Ing until midnight. Then the ball will be opened
with the formal entry of The 0id Guard keepiny
sseP 30 ra5 i"s nstr"ments GOV Morton and Mayor
strong viii he At the head % Of the process protess1nii
ihe Mayor VS viii enter their boxes over the main
entrance. and the hosts will select their partners
for an opening Then ,rsd those S who sn wish
will not stop until the floor is nearly deserted;
pr Parkhurst is expected to to be e. present and
Benjnmin. Recorder Goff. Judge DAILY. Judge
Miles viii be there. Capt sidney NJ: Hedges
and thirty members OF the Ancient and Honor
Williams OF the London Artillery Company are
expected to attend the ball.
The tangible things about the Old Guards en-:
tertainments have forced into the background
be d ard .U s bali Is no
modern invention. but the lneal descendant OF
the sixty m and sy more
few persons are living who recall the genial
spirit of rivalry that existed between the two
companies and was the means or helping many
a struggling charity.
When the Light Guard and the City Guard
were fused into the Old Guard the, annual ball
was not dropped, but under the influence OF the
two forces the receptions embraced twice as
| The first OF the Old Guard balls given in
| the Astor House in 1873, and from that time
| the Astor House. Niblo's Garden. and the Acnd-
| emy OF Music into the Madison Square Garden.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Raymond gave .
| novel entertainment at Delmonico'sa few even
| ihgs ago The guests were one hundred IN num-
| her. and arrive AT 101e O'Clock and were enter
| tained by an exhibition OF tableaux vivant
representing the illustrations in certain publ
| cation. The artist assisted in the posing. The
| were staged in one of the drawing rooms on the
per and dancing concluded the evening. which
was the occasion for the introduction of Miss
Mr.. and Mrs. George !. Gould have decided to
| spend two months OF next summer on their
| steam yacht Atalanta in the waters about Nor
way and Sweden.
| peculiar mode OF hair dressing is in vogue
| among tho ladies of certain wealthy Jewish
| families. The coffurc is dressed very high and
| liberally powdered with diamond dust Al
dinner party given recently ny banker three
| The white powder had turned their hair. nat
| urally black. to a grayish white. forming
| striking contrast with their youthful features
| and black eyes To complete the re,embl lance
| to tho fashion of other days each lady had
| speck OF black court plaster on her face.
An interesting bit Of gossip is circulating to
| the effect that n well-knOwn New York couple
are soon to be divorced. and hat very soon after
the separation has been obtained the lady will
marry one Of the richest bachelors Of the city.
and the gentleman will take for his wife an
English duchess OF American birth.
The Vaudeville Club is enjoying a season Of
exceptional prosperity. Each regular Bohemian
evening finds the club rooms crowded. and not
an opera night passes without several suppers in
the spacious dining room. Avared programme
was presented last evening There was cccen-
trio dancing by three coryphees. club juggling.
and turns by two popular musical clowns.
William X. Vanderbilt Is a frequent visitor at
the club. both on opera and vaudeville nights.
MIR. Vanderbilt and j. Coleman Drayton were
observed in the omnibus box a few evenings ago.
Mrs Algernon $. Sullivan and the other
leaders in the management of the Nursery and
Child's Hospital receive daily evidence that the
| Charity Bali to he held in Carnegie Music Hall.
on Jan. ~. will exceed the successes of the past.
Tho boxes are selling rapidly, all the hest seats
have been sold and In other ways the public has
shown its interest The managers or the ball
were wise In selecting a time when no social at
| fractions Of magnitude will influence the at
tendance. The proceeds of the ball Will give
| much needed aid to 5oi women and l,l9I chill:
| dren now under tine care or the Nursery and