The morning times., 1897-01-02
DEBUfAHfES ATTEND
THEIR FIRST REAL BALL
Senator and Mrs. Brice Welcome
the New Year.
Dinner and Cotillion the Most
Brilliant Event of the Evening.
Other Happy Gatherings.


year with the same splendid hospitality
which they have displayed i'll past social
events
The dinner and cotillion given by them
was not only the largest and most brilliant
function of the evening, but To many of the
debutante guests the occasion was in
vested with an added pleasure, because II
its being a realization OF that most eagerly
anticipated of all girlish delights, a first
ball
The so guests entered on Sixteenth street.
through an awning garden path.
by way OF an inclosed piazza that was
draped with beautiful tapestries and laid
with strips and squares OF rare Oriental
carpeting, tuo queer and beautiful to be
classed as rugs.
The magnificent rooms were fragrant
with roses, and at every point We're groups
Of tall, gracefully branching palms and
clusters Of orchids, masscd III quaint aud
lovely jardinieres.
Almost every country that belts the
globe has contributed some treasure toward
tile furnishing OF the beautiful home Of
Senator Brice, but nothing so adorns it
handsome in cream brocaded satin, lowered
with pink roses and delicate sprays Of
green. A Gecollette bodice was yelled
with point lace, sprnkled with diamonds,
and the same Jewels flashed on her beau
tiful neck and arms. ON each shoulder
were clusters Of full blown blush roses.
and the instep Of her white satin slippers
were crusted with arabesques Of gold.
Tie decorations OF each Of the small.
tables scattered throughout the two dining
laIls were tall glasses OF pink carnations
and white wax candles, shaded with frills
of green crepe under frames of filegrce
silver and standing IN frosted silver sticks.
Tie favors included gay colorcd tarlatan
bags filled with bonbOns, small baskets
woven OF bullion cords and knutted with
satin ribbons, folly-caps for tile ladies. made
or tinted crepe 10 represent buttercups and
yiolets, bows of bright illusion with tinseI
rosettes, and butterflies not known To
natura! history, with wings OF SDangled
tulle and attennae of gilded wire. Like
trophies for the gentlemen We're as numer-
Gus in variety and as Captivatingly useless
consisting Of broad neck ribbons of scar
let blue and pink, to which were sus-
pended eagles Of beaten brass.
With these were tiny silver pencils
tied with fluffy knots of red lutte ribbon and
beautiful gold and silver balls.
Among the guests'were: The French Am
basSador and Nine. Patrenotre, the ustrian
Minister and Baroness Hengelmuller Nine
Bahkmeteff, the Earl of Westmeath, Sen
a5or and Mrs. Cameron, Senator and Mrs
McArdle, Senator and Mrs Cabot Lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mcclellan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Blair Lee, MIR. and Mrs William En-
dicott, Mr.. and Mrs. R R. Hit, Mr. and Mrs
George Dunn, Mr.. and Mrs. Becker, of Bal
timore, Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles MejilI, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fairfax Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs Elisha
| Dyer, Mrs. Letter, Miss Letter, the Misses
Pauncefote, Miss Belknap. Miss Anderson,
| the Misses Sheridan, Miss Edith Jones.
| the Misses Horstman, Miss Mcmillan,
Miss Glover, Miss Hooper Of Boston, Miss
Connolly, Of Richmond, the Misses Patten.
HSiiss Fox, Miss Grey, Miss Reed, Miss
Ffoulke, Miss Logan, Miss Williams, the
Misses Wetmore. Miss Hay, the Misses
Stebbins OF New York Senator Hale. Hon.
Hugh 0'Brien. Hon c. Bax Ironsides. Mr..
w. V. r. Berry, Mr.. Livingston Beekman,
Mr.. Richard Aulick, MIR Frank r Cushing,
of Boston, Mr.. Walter Abbott MIR. George
Griswold, Mr.. Robert Northrup. Mr.. Eliot
| Gregory, Mr.. Charles Sheriff. and Mr.
Robert ii. Russell