Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-28

/ the Grand Duke Alexis. the Grand DuAe
Paul AleNandrovich their lmPerldl ~ -.
I uesses the Grand Dukes cyril ana BORIS
NladimirOVich. His Imperial hlEHIltSa
Duke George Of LeuchenberE. Het ltIpt
l rial Highuess Princess Eugene OF O!ue"-
burg Prince Peter of OldenDurE ana Lue
Ambassadors of France. Austria ltalN;
Spain &c The Grand Duke MlcndeI
\ik0laCVich was prevented from a ttellIlllS
through illness and the GIanu Du IN la
{ Stautiue ConstantlnoVlch. VINO ~ W. 80
had prepared beauutul Nehe'la" W.
/ tune owing 20 mourning. .-i,..,,1
Mention has been made or tne QIISIIi,,i
i-y of Countess Kleinmichels pail. HJI
are sons of the sights when SIteIeu Wy
visitors after they had passed the guarG
of mounted police which kept careful
watch outside. and had entered the s9SiS
Al the entrance hall the guests found
Suisse of prOdigiOus size, IN a ul'l4oILt
striped with gold bearing q naioeIG, ~ "a
with eight Wallets de pied IN Wlss, nelpS ,
the guests 90 take off their FUR coats anu
clOaks Charles, the cOlueur. dresser oS
I the Barber de- Seville. was on mana 10
attend 20 the couture oil the l3 t t,,,s- &c
AS so many of YOU know, the house II
built after The Greek style. an dulunl OH
which tine beautiful double staircase op.iS'
forms the centre. into Wnlcn an I'ttp1.9"
rooms give TuOn these stairs ON eltner Slue
were uostoi at given distances. racing one
another colossal men chosen from we
! biggest of The theV3lerS ut ia Idi ug
dressed as Nruitian negroes OF tne 'Ille vi
I
iul. huge turbaus sUrmouu,' 10y peacock
feathers. with beautiful oriental plut: ItU
and green manteauN oven gold emhrol-
dsred and caught back with gold creS-
coma. 1S-.aro jackets. and each bearing "a
long handled picturesque Venetian IAN
tlru.
AT the top of the FIRST flight of stairs
were four knights of old. I'M run armor, anu
wearing DaImltics of blue velvet. with
The arms Of the hostess embroidered upon
them These SIlutad Win trumpet ram
N...H
ImDeriai family and The Ambassadors ana
their wives THE fanfare was re-echoed
hy herald in armor ON the moor ABOVE
a-.riir of D. richly capariSoned morse.
This horse and cavalier nj once struck the
eye of the arriving guest ON re3chlhE tne
staircase. IN Is scarcely necessary 10 state
that this horse. although extremely NE
like. and seeming 20 Ch3fe with lmpduence
wI- stuffed. Tn cavalier was a trumpettr
OF the ChovalieTS de la Garde lie held m
his lt; hand standard OF red satin. ON
which Were embroidered I'm letters or gold
The words Bonnie Anne-lNl.
AT the top of the stairs the guests were
received bv Countess Kl5nmichel and her
charming daughter. both wearing exceed
ngly becoming costumes OF the time or
Henry ILL.,. with tall openWOrk ruche col
lars and uerfec- futures The whole rlcI
work of art Mother and daughter looked
exactly as though they had just stepped
ter How Countess kleumiChel managed
so enerE- ideally as she did 20 DO the hon
OrS of "a very long entertainments whlch.
ass I must record. lasted until SIX in the
morning. seeing that she is suffering from
au accident 20 her foot. is best known 10
herself Whatever pain she SUFFERED no
one was allowed 90 know. She seemed her
self all smiles of welcome TO her guests
and. as usual the best of hostesses.
Now, of all people who had the best
position for seeing. was the herald in
armor astride the horse, for he was at
the very centre upstairs, facing the
stairs up which every one was to pass.
And the following is what he has to
say about it all:
THE guests began 10 arrive about half
past Ten. and by half past eleven they
came SO fast that / could scarcely fol-
low them and besides. as the AmbdsSa-
doris and their WivJs-and later the mem
beers of The Imperial fimily-drriVed. l De
gan To Doe very busy sounding the fanfare
welcome TO them.
"It AN looked very pretty from where
sat- the colossal Venetian negroes win
their mulri-cOlored lanterns making a me
effect up the stairs while my cputdSues'
dS knights in armOr. were most imposing.
Opposite me. az the centre. where the
baluStrade curves forward over the lower
stairs, stood Countess klenmlcheL look
ing aS young and pretty as her daughter
both wearing costumes of great beauty
and most becoming TO them. of the time of
Henry ILL., Behind the Countess were -FOUR
dwarf negroes acting as pages. Ihey were
Let me Try and tell you something Of
what I saw. I'm the first place II may
amuS5 YOU 90 know that the COmteSSe dc
MouJebello was so well disguised aS-n q
lovely costume. 'SdldmmbO or DruldeSS,
giue. very ricn. admirably httnS ana
showing of her fine figure 10 perfection
that she did not receive the fanfare which
r
After while the guests came so IsiSl
that Countess klenmiChel had 10 abandon
her position i'm The centre and had "a seat
brought her. at the top OF the right starr
case. soon We had a fanfare for the ar
rival of Her Imperial Highness the Frln-
cess of Oldeuburg who arrived I'M loWlhS
domino with her son. Prince Peter. whose
sppvarJuCe I'M a. splendid Empire GudIn
costume created a hum Of admirng COM
meuts. The Princess took seat next
Countess kIsinmichsL SO as 10 have
good View of the arrivals.
Mile. Demidon. whose engagement TO
Count Ol>One1 has just been announced,
made q ni- iu % pretty Italian costume.
The brothers Scau.on made gorgeous nus
Sars of the time of the Emperor Paul |.
Countess To.s-oi. nee Iehertkon, was ell
fective bon costume DrectOire. Baron
Norf. typical Chiu1man, raised smile
which brOdJ-uaj upon the appearance Of
Prince koUrakiu with a big baby on his
back. some one discovered that the baby
cried m pressed. SO chat IL received plenty
of attention and cried throughout the
evening Another character was Or.
Gr.uier the MusSulman Deputy.
"A hevy of pretty young girls. dressed
most ntIDgiy as flowers. led by young
Princess Gortchakoff, of the lovely com
eth Ambassadors We're then i'm force;
tho COmte de MontebellO the Prince
Liechtenstein. the Comte de Nillagonzola
and Sir Nicholas O'ConOr. all in red coats,
and the Marquis de Maffei. i'm a splendid
costume. Italian. of the % teenth century,
representing Duke of Savoy with am
cirut armOr upon which were engraved
the arms of the house of the AmbasSad
The material of which the costume was
made was genuinely ancient. II was
great success. Then came Prince Radolin
Iu Venetian mantle of silk.
conc. again The signal was given for
me tD fanfare. II wis the arrival or the
Grand Duke Alexis Al-Xaudrovich. wear
ilE >ilk \-uitiau cloak over his uniform.
rur Grand Duke Paul AleNaudrOViCh. with
3D. most beautiful plum COlOp.d velvet We
ut,jJu cloak thrown back over the right
arm. showing lining of crimson, very
picturesque The Grand Duke Paul at
once took "a place as one of the observers
at The haluStrade.
9TH. utmost interest was evlnced as
party OF five assembled the stairs They
consisted of Prince and Princess OrlOff
Prince BoloSelSNy- Belo. trskV. and Prince
Serge Be'o-elsky and his wife. nee Whit
tier. There had been great deal of spec
ulaJou as 90 Princess Serge BeloselsKys
dress.
supper was served az 2.3o a. m. at small
tables. placed just wherever the guests
wished them. that being principally i'm the
Itrium. The men had 10 70 and fetch
what they needed Co eat from the buffetS
for themselves and the ladies. thus giving
90 deal of movement 20 the scene.
THE Imperial party and the most dis
unEui~het guests meanwhile SUpped ion thu
library Countess Kleinmchsl being seat
cd between The Grand Dukes Alexis and
Vladimir. and the Grand Duchess Marie
F1IvioVu3 between the Ambassadors of
Erlncn Inl AuS-rll. The Prime of OIL