People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-02-18

the court OF Louis Xlll, and Mrs.
Henry Lohr in Louis XIV costume.
From another section of the room
came Mrs. Orme Wilson, looking pic
turesQue 10 Louis XVI court dress
Of white and silver brOcade, which
followed the elaborate designs of the
period, and Mrs. Whitney Warren
wearing costume of pale blue bro
cade and silk after the style of the
time of Louis XIV. The others who
took their places in this quadrille
were Mrs. Lee Taylor, Mrs. Craig
Wadsworth, Miss Gerry, Mrs. Confer
Hitchcock, Miss Lena Morton, Mr.. B.
B. Van Allen, Miss Madeline Cutting,
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish.
AS their partners waited for the
opening bars of music the scene was
the most beautiful of the night. Far
beyond these characters of action Oh
either side were the rich laCes, the
glittering gems and all that went to
make up the historically represented
persOnages OF the ball, the whole
background made by the natural
flowers, the lights and the ferns.
In this way "Jhe salute was
danced: Mrs. Fish and Mr.. Van
CORTLAND took their positions behind
Mrs. Bradley Martin and Mr.. AstOr;
Miss Terry and Mrs. Warren walk up
to a position 10 front of Mrs. Bradley
Martin and Mr.. AStor. They are fol-
lowed by Mr.. Martin'and Mr.. Stewart.
Then the side couples approached in
a similar way, four at time, leaving
an aisle in the center. Mr.. AstOr and
Mrs. Bradley Martin promenading
down the aisle, the other dancers
bowling, then followed in tyOs, then
all returning to their original posi-
tiOnS.
As when 200 years ago, when the
Quadrille d'honDeur was danced at
court where the king and queen took
part in it they were accorded due and
proper honor so last night Mrs. Brad
ley Martin and Mr.. AstOr were given
that honor as king and queen Of the
night.
In the old days, too, the crown prin-
cess and princes stood beside king
and queen at the head of the quad
rifle, so, in this SET, these places were
given to Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and
Mr.. Robert Van Cortland. After the
first measure followed "the figure"
and the honor" both of which were
more elaborate.
The second Quadrille which had
been organized by Mrs. f. L. Bayles,
was danced by Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mrs.
John Jacob AstOr, Mrs. Cornelius n.
Vanderbilt, Jr., Mrs. Henry Sloane,
Miss Edith Morton, Miss Van Ran
Selaer, MesSrS. Alfonso de Navarro, H.
D. Robins and WOrthingtOn White.
house.
The cOtillion, which was led by Mr..
Elisha Dyer, Jr., was the event which
had been looked forward to by the
younger guests, and there were nearly
200 couples in it. Mr.. Dyer appeared
as Francois |, in a rich costume Of
royal purple, velvet lined, with violet
satin and embroidered with gold.
While there were light refresh
ments served throughout the evening,
it was not until after l o'clock, at the
conclusion of Mrs. Bronson's Quadrille,
that the main supper began. This
was served at small tables in the win.
ter garden, but this place would not
have been recognized by those famil.
lar with it. More than 100 tables had
all passed through the hands of the
florist and were so hidden by his art
as to have lost all resemblance to bits
OF furniture.
American beauty roses and white
lllacs were banked so high that the
guests seemed to eat from the top of
the flower bed. Beyond the tables
and between the guests, so as almost
to hide them from each other, were
decorations of spring fowers-tulips,
lilacS and rare blOSSoms-to make the
place bower of beauty and fragrance.
The costumes of the 800 or more
guests were exquisite in the extreme
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