The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-02
PAUL SOCIETY WOMEN THESE
"a DAYS.
ST. LUKE'S ANNUAL EVENT
TOMORROW MIGHT WILL BE THE
STELLAR EVENT OF THE SEA-
80 SON,
PRETTY
DRESDEN
DANCES.
A Charming and Unique Feature Is
Added to the List of At
fractions.

fractions.
The charity ball is the thing that is
occupying all of every ones attention
at present In one of the homes on
Summit avenue yesterday a visitor
might have thought a whole Vanity
Fair had broken loose. The rooms
were filled with the gayest of pretty
f1nery and bevy of charming girls
was busily engaged in conjuring up the
most wonderful and bewitching of fam
cy costumes which are to be worn at
the pretty Dresden shepherdess dance
winch Mrs. Robert Rantoul and Miss
Newport have been directing, to be
given during the evening of the ball
Ihe costumes arev cry lovely indeed.
The graceful and familiar Dresden
gown will be worn with chic hats all
covered with gorgeous roses set above
powdered hair and bright young faces,
each bearing an artistically placed
patch. Long Shepherdess crooks COM
plete the costume. The young women
VINO are to take part in the dance,
which is graceful and pretty, will be
Misses Horn, Lamborn, Furness, Bend,
Katharine Johnson, Carr, De Coster
and Monfort.
The ball promises to be the most sue
| cessful one given by the women Of st.
Luke's hospital for some years past,
and will be attended by every one in
town who cares to dance themselves
or takes any interest in seeing others
on the floor. AS there will be a great
many spectators, the balcony and a
row of seats vDn 1.-THE ball room floor
have been reserved for those who come
to see. and not to take part in the fes-
tivities. Every detail has been care
fully attended to. by the women, and
the whole event will pass into history
as one of ti1eomost brilliant affairs of
its kind st. Paul has ever witnessed
Lifts hall, already famous for the
number of pretty germans which have
been danced upon its floors, was fast
night again filled with a merry party
of dancers, who came at the bidding of
Mrs. r.. N. Saunders to large and at
tfactlVely arranged cotilliOn given for
her guest, Miss Dillingham;, of Texas.
The hall was hung with the stars and
stripes and great dropping palms placed
here and there added to the pretty
dancing
furnished by Seibert's orchestra and
the graceful turns and curves of the
IlgureS, the handsome costumes of the
young women and the oddly burdened
FAVOR table at one side made a pleas,
ant picture
The german was led by Mr.. Hammond and
was danced by Misses Gordon who wore A
gown of pink silk; Bigelow, white tulle oner
green, armstrong, pink organdie; Newport,
orange tulle; Smythe, pink organdie: Coch-,
ran, green silk; harrington blue satin: Fur
ness blue silk; Robbins white organdie.
Weed white silk; Beardsley, white organdie
over pink silk; Hall, pink; Bend white or
candle and satin ribbons; Merriam, blue
satin; Bass, gray silk Finch, blue satin;
Sturgis, white satin; Horn. tulle over pink
silk; Dawson, pink satin; Cutler white or
candle; Hill, white organdie; Charlotte Hill.
pink organdie; Hand, heliotrope; Wanzer
pink silk; De Coster, black satin and hello
trope; Warner lavender organde Wood
pink silk; Kalman, green satin; Mesdames
Charles Clark, cream satin; William c. Read
pink silk Horace Bigelew, pink satin; Dan
Hand, pink and white stripped satin, and
Messrs. Yardley, Monfort. Read, Newport,
Thompson, Miller, of Duluth; Nichols Bige-
low, Taylor, Halbert, Forepaugh, Stone.
| chell Stewart, Hand, Armstrong Will
| Armstrong, Castle, Febes, Kirk, Parker and
| Stemble.
Mrs. Saunders wore gray silk, Miss billing
| ham was attired in pink brocade silk and
| Miss Saunders gown was of green organdie.
The assisting ladies we're Mrs. Boyesen, black
|
MRS. e: j. Morris black satin and fancy
bodice; Mrs. HaE4mond black satin and white
| trimmings, and Mrs. Phoebe Saunders, black
satin.
The Commercial club has completed
| arrangements for the reception to the
| Citizens committee g. A. R., this even
! ing. Secretarys Pinney has fitted un
| two rooms on the seventh floor of the
! Germania Lifet building, directly under
| lad oil
ROOM which will be in charge Of Mrs.
! 5. 5. Evans. Extra elevator service
will be available from CLOCK until
midnight, The floral decorat ions by L.
l.. May & Co. will surpass anything at
tempted in theiclub for previous events,
Miss Benham, yof Hamline, will sing.
also Miss Lawrence, and the St. Paul
quartette, while the ST Anthony Hill
orchestra will be stationed in the clubs
parlors until o'clock and then trans
ferred to the refreshment room,
/. Gen. E. c. Mason, president of the
citizens committee, has consented to
speak for the committee as a whole,
and Mrs. r. M. Newport will speak for
| the ladies' committee, of which she was
president. The board directors of the
| club will assist President Vanish in re-
| ceiving the guests About 800 inyi-
tations have been sent to the members
of the various G.. A r. committees and
1t is expected that all who assisted to
make the thirtieth national encamp-
! ment so successful will attend the re-
ception. The committee of arrange
ments for the Commercial club is di-
rected by T. l.. -Schrmeier, chairman,
| assisted by George Thompson. Hope
well Clarke, w. j. Footner and Mayor
Doran.
The state president. Mrs. Waller, and the
| state secretary, Mrs. Taylor of the Home Mis-
| sionary Society of the Presbyterian church
| both of Minneapolis, were in attendance on
| the regular monthly meeting of the Home
| Missionary Society of House of Hope Church
| yesterday in the church pariors. Mrs. Waller
| spoke On the subject of the afternoon THE
Work of the Home Missionary Society - and
| read letter from Mrs, Chapman, the super
| intendent of the school in Athens. Tenn, in
| which the society is educating young women
| for the work. Mrs. Taylor gave an interest
| ing report from the national convention of
| the society which she recently attended.
1 Miss Charlotte weber entertained the fol-
| lowing at dinner last Thursday: Bessie Du
| Boyd. Louisa Countryman Mae Dow, Cora
| CrandalI, Harry Bishop, Lou Mcintyre, Joe
| Curt urtney Al kingslow, James Du Boyd and
| Miss Gordon gives an afternoon tea Satur-
| day for the nine debutantes of this season
| at her home on Summit avenue The tea
| will be followed byV an informal dancing
| party and suppeE to lthe young women for
| whom the event is given and for the assist
| ing women and small group OF young men,
| The young women sto8 be thus compimented
| by Miss Gordon are: Miss Merriam, Miss
/ Charlotte Hill, Miss Bend, Miss Furness, Miss
| Nellie Bigelow, Miss Matte Jones' Miss Ray
/ Issanprey and the Misses Berup.
! Mrs E. J. Jaggard has issued cards for
| dinner Wednesday a farewell to Mr.. Han
| cock.