The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-07

Carolus Duran, in which her portrait
was painted by the noted French art
list three or four years ago.
The costume is. rather of the Marie
Stuart order, of rich dark blue velvet,
trimmed with heavy gold braid. In
addition to the pearl trimmed cap or
headdreSS, Mrs. Aston will have some
Of her beautiful jewels arranged as a
stomacher and girdle Mrs Astor's
daughter, Mrs. Orme Wilson, will wear
superb Louis XVI. court dress of
white and silver bracade, made by
hermann and the following elaborate
designs Of that period
Beautiful Miss Katherine Duer. it is
said, will appear in Marie Antoinette
costume, for the most part of the rich.
deep tone of cerise, to which she is SO
partial and which is becoming to her
Spanish style Of beauty.
Miss Edith Devereux Clapp will
make a beautiful Duchess of Devon
sEire" in a costume Of the stand-alone
has chosen an empire costume Of the
Stand-alone quality of brocade, for
which the original gowns Of that pc
Rod were famous.
MISS Constance and Miss Dorothy
Schleffelin have selected ''Pompadour''
gowns, both very much alike. except
as to color, and which are both 81
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dlous French monarch will have little
TO criticise should his shade appear
at the Waldorf on the night of Febru-
airy 10.
Mrs. Henry Trevor will attend the
Dali, and much curiosity is expressed
IN regard to her toilet, which, it IS
whispered, is designed after certain
helpful hints given by Mr.. James l..
Breeze, Who certainly knows what he
IS about when it comes to a question
of artistic attire
Mrs. James p. Kernochan, who will
wear superb pink brocade court
gown of Louis XVI period, will be
brought into the ballroom in a sedan
chair. Her daughter, Mrs Herbert
Fell, is having costume copied from
one of the portraits of the Empress
Catherine Of Russia, made Of rich dark
brocade, and Mrs. Lloyd Bryce is to
wear beautiful Marie Stuart gown of
white. designed by Mr. Porter, the ar
list
Mrs. James L. Breeze has chosen i
sixteenth century Venetian dress of
dark velvet and brOcade, trimmed with
superb Venetian point, and with it
she will wear ornate jewelry of the
period. Mrs. Christopher Robert will
depart somewhat from the periods
mentioned on the cards of invitation
and will wear a Joan Of Arc costume
Of white and silver. Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish has chosen to follow the fashion
set by Marie AntOinette as has also
Miss Helen Brice. Mrs. Sidney Webster
and Mrs. J. Fred Tams have selected
sixteenth century Venetian gowns.
Miss Virginia Fair will follow a more
recent period and will appear in a
Directoire gown. Mrs. Sidney Dillon
Ripley will probably decide on
Ponpadour gown Of pink and white
brocade.
Many Of the costumes worn by the
men will in point of expense and rich
ness equal almost those Of the fair
sex. Mr.. Peter Marie, for example,
will appear as Cardinal Mazarin who
was granduncle to Prince Eugene of
Savoy and who did SO much to pro-
mote the royal power Of Louis XIV.
The cardinals robes in this instance
will be of great elegance, enhanced
with the costliest Of jewels and the rar-
est of laces.
Mr.. Richard Peters has also chosen a
cardinals robes, but he will follow
Richelieu even to facial makeup.
Mr.. Robert B. Van Cortlandt will
wear a relic Of o1den times-a coat and
waistcoat Of dark wine colored velvet
which belonged to his great-grand-
father. This. in addition to knee
breeches, silk stockings and powdered
hair, will be in keeping with the eigh-
teenth century styles.
Messrs. Bradley Martin, Alfonso de
Navarro, Oliver Hartman Jr., Sidney
Dillon Ripley, Theodore Frelinghuysen.
w. Harold Brown, E. N. Taller and
Stanley Mortimer have all decided to
adopt the Louis XIV. court dress.
Messrs Frederick Townsend Martin
and Lispenard Stewart will appear as
cavaliers of the court Of Louis XIII,
costumes that admit Of rich brocades
and stuffs. Mr.. Eliot Gregory has
chosen a Charles II. costume of black
velvet and satin, and Mr.. T. F. Cush-
ing a Charles TX, Of white, Mr.. H. B.
Ho1lins will wear an incrOyable CO.'S
tune of terra Gotta silk, with brocaded
waistcoat. Mr.. F. Delano Weekes will
appear in Directoire fashion. Mr.. Her
mann OelriChs, as a Dutch burgomaS-
ter will follow one Of the portraits by
Rembrandt. Some of the other cos
tunes will be as follows: Messrs. Ash
bel and James Barney, Francis l.;
Frank Bishop and Worthington Bull,
Henry III. courtiers; James L. Breese,
the Due de Guise; J. J. Aston. Louis
XVI. court costume; Frederic Bronson,
Charles TX, and G. G. Peters and w.
w. Sherman, seventeenth century Ger
man court costumes.