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

OF the sixteenth, seventeenth or eight
zenith century, and fancy dress is de
rlSueur, though there is no reason for
dlsregarding any dresses of an earlier
period nineteenth century clothes will
be absolutely excluded It will not be
a masked ball
There are to be several quadrilles,
and these are being arranged by Mrs.
Aston Mrs. E. l.. Baylies and Mrs.
Frederic Bronson, though from time
to time changes have been made
Among those to dance in Mrs. Astor's
which will be the quadrille d'honneur,
are Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. Stuyv-
esant Fish, Mrs. j. F. D. LANES, Miss
Gerry, Mrs. Lloyd Bryce. Messrs J. J.
Van Allen, Lispenard Stewart and
Frederick Townsend Martin. Uniform
ity of costume will not be observed
Mrs. Aston will not dance in this quad
rifle.
In Baylies' quadrille will dance Mrs
Ogden Mills, Mrs. Henry Sloane, Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Mrs. John
Jacob Aston, Miss Morton, Miss Blight,
Count Sierstorpff, Mr.. Craig Wads-
worth, Mr.. Frederic Watriss, Mr.
Alfonso de Navarro and Mr.. Robert
Van Courtlandt It was at first de-
cided to have al the ladies in white,
but there has been a change in plans,
and the gowns will be Of various
cOlors, but of the same period-Louis
XIV, with the exaggerated skirts OF
that day. This will make most eff
fective grouping, as the men are all
to wear the court dress of Louis XIV.
or Louis XVI. All wear the white
wigs or powdered hair.
The sprightfest and perhaps the
loVl1eSt of these quadrilleS will be that
under the leadership Of Mrs. Frederic
Bronson, and which includes young
people only. In fact, It may really be
called a debutante quadrille, as, Of
the eight young ladies taking part, not
more than one or two have been seen
in society more than one season.
The strictly Louis Quinze court dress
will be worn by both ladies and gem
tlemen, those of the ladies being uni
formly of various standings of pink, a
touch Of the same color appearing
too, in the costumes of their partners.
The measures they will tread and
which are extremely difficult, illustrate
Viennese court dance, or, as it Is
called in the Hungarian tongue, 'KOr
magyar" This dance, which is prac-
tically new to this country. differs en-
t1rely from a. minuet or pavane, in that
the steps are somewhat longer and
taken to quicker time, and that more
complex arrangement Of figures and q
greater number of changes are neces-
STATED. None but very accomplished
dancers, 1T Is said, can successfully
tread the devious measures, and the
amount of practice which the members
of the this quadrille will go through
before the night of the ball means
practically hard work.
There will, of course, be a cotiIlion.
and 1t Is stated that it will hardly
be under way before three o'clock and
after the general tlsupper has been
served. The ball will really be most
effective at this point, for the cos
tunes will show off to far greater ad-
vantage during tine figures of the
cotillion, when the bathroom will not
be so crowded. ThebbalR will be opened
with the auadrille d'hoiineur.
Strict secrecy is being observed as
regards the majority of the costumes.
Il is intended. If possible to keep some
thing in store for the last minute, and
surprises are expected. Mrs. Astor
VIII wear a supurb gown, designed by