The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
4 BRILLIANT PR0mENADE

A scene of rare brilliancy was pre- scented at the armory last evning at the promenade concert of the first division Naval Battalion of the Connecticut National Guard That New Haven can produce something in the same line to fully equal the Yale Junior promenade was proven, and in fact, in many re- | spects the occasion much resembled that famous Yale institution. Large numbers of students were on the floor, and the decorations with the boxes el.. egantly furnished helped to carry out the idea, As one entered upon the | dancing floor, the panorama presented was one not soon to be forgotten. The brilliant uniforms of the members of the Governors Foot Guard present mingled with those of the members of the Grays and the Naval militia pro- duced color combination greatly en- hancing the beauty of the scene. The decorations were by the New Ha- ven Decorating company and were en- | tirely in pink and white, with a green | effect produced by numerous potted | plants and palms, the prismatic radi- ence being fully developed by the nu- merous large arc lights hung above. | At the right of the hall the Second regiment band. stationed on a raised and decorated platform, rendered the concert program of four numbers, which began at o'clock and shortly after the grand march, led by Lieuten- ant and Mrs. Reynolds, began. Imme- diately following the lieutenant came Lieutenant Commander Buckland, l Cornwall, Ordnance Officer S. F. Punderson. and the committee Among the especially noticeable cos- tunes was the following: 1 Miss Elsie Matthias, in striped taffeta | with pink satin ribbon trimmings.
 Miss Mabel Wilcox. in white satin, with overdress of black chiffon and | knot of cherry satin ribbon. | Miss Jane Dillon in white taffeta and organdie, braided in pearl passemen- | terie
 Miss Susie Post. in white silk and chiffon.
 Mrs. William Loomis, in black satin l chiffon lace
 Mrs. George Watrous, in white satin brocade
 Miss Eunice Webb, in pale blue and white crepe-
 Mrs. Dana Foote, white satin, with white chiffon.
 | Mrs. Charles Bushnell, in pale blue empire silk, carrying ptak roses. | Miss Amy Austin, in pale blue chif | fon over taffeta of the same shade 1 Mrs. Edward Clark, deep magenta satin, with deeper velvet sleeves in the | same color.
 Mrs Henry Munson, rose pink satin, with bands of ermine.
 Mrs. Albert Debussy, in white gauge bodice with silk skirt
 | Mrs. Walter Camp, white dotted Suisse, with black>and white stripped ribbon trimming.
 Mrs. Edward Sargent, in pink satin, with purified sleeves crushed in figured tulIe.
 Miss Emma Gardner, white Duchesse satin, with point lace used on the body. Mrs Charles w. Pickett, white or gande over pink satin, trimmed with pink satin ribbon. Mrs. Frederick Hauff, in red chiffon over red silk.
 Mrs Edward V. Reynolds, in white satin, with sleeves of pale blue and sat in brocade and shoulder knots of blue velvet
 Miss Agatha Alling, blue silk and To- rlo with yrbitn fproatmp- nots.
 Miss Nellie Ryder. in blue crepe, spangled with gold
 Representing the governors staff there were p@sent Adjutant General Graham and General Peck. Among others present: were Major Embler, General E. E. Bradley, Lieu tenant Bostwick, Lieutenant Minor, Major B E. Brown, Colonel Burpee, Quartermaster Benjamin Dillon, Cap tain Petit, Major Francis G. Beach, James P. Earle, Miss !3lith Hart, Miss Leila Bradley, Mrs. Ewen Mcintyre, Mrs. John Gay, Miss Stafford, Miss Marguerite Sanborn, Mrs Fleetwood, Mrs. w. H. French, F. Hooker, Yale '96, MT. Chittenden, Yale '96, Roger S. Bald win, Yale '95, M. F. Stires, jr., Yale '97 of Jersey City; Miss Loveridge, Miss May Duey, Miss Nellie Miller A. r. Wolf, MT. Redfield. Ernest Thompson, Miss Hayden, Homer Bradley, Miss An nie Cummings, George Meacham of the Twenty-seventh N. Y. regiment, Miss Hull, Miss Burgess, Miss Coombs, Miss Portey, Miss Dillon, F. A. Kendrick, Miss Strickland, Wilbur Clark of Mill ford Miss Grace Sackett Miss Nellie Thompson, Miss Bertha Wales, E. Thompson, Miss Louise Hitchcick, Jes- sic Hoadley, Miss Nellie Cox, Miss Min nie Angus, Miss Jennie Coggins, Miss Cora Beebe, Mir and Mrs. William French, MT. and Mrs. George Kelley.
 The box holders and their parties were as follows for the thirty boxes: Box 1. Mrs. F. " Reynolds, MT. Wal ter Camp, Mrs. A. H. Day, Mrs. Isham Henderson, Mrs. J. F. Weir, Mrs. John P. c. Foster, Mrs. J. $. Petit, Mrs. w. K. Townsend and Mrs. George D. Wat rous Box 3, Commander E. V. Ray holds. Box 4, Lieutenant Commander E. G. Buckland. Box 5, Navigator George F. Eaton. Box 6, Lieut.. F. S. Cornwall. Box 2. Lieut.. S. F. Punder- son. Box s, Ensign s. D. Baker. Box 9, Clarence D. Webb. Box 10, J. B. Kirby. Box II, Walter Meacham. Box T2. w. H. French. Box 13, H. c. Hol- comb. Box Ii, Sherman Hum. Box 15, John English. Box r, J. R. Disbrow. rs ID fr Ilax- on T,,yl