The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-10
THE DRADLEY MARTIN RAIL-.
Plants and Flowers to he Used in
PrOfusiOn-The Programme Of


FrOfusiOn-Ihe programme 0f
Dances.
The Bradley-Martin ball in New York.
which has occasioned so much press and
pulpit comment, is to be held in the Wald-
OFF hotel this wednesday, evening.
Speaking of the decorations, and other
matters in connection with the function,
the New York Tribune says:
The music balcony in the large ballroom,
which is to be covered with showers of
pink roses, will be one of the prettiest ex-
amples of the decorators art. 1t is intend
ed that the shower of roses shall fall over
the balcony and wind itself around the
supporting columns. The space alongside
of the stairway and under the balcony will
be made to represent as nearly as possible
a place of cOsey corners. Growing plants,
jardinieres and vases of American Beauty
roses VIII contribute TO produce TINS eff
feet The mirrors opposite the entrance to
the large ballroom will be garlanded with
mauve orchids and feathery ivy vines
which will sweep to the right and left
with curtain effect. The arrangement of
the flowers and vines is to be made so as
TO resemble Roman garlands or garlands
of the time of Louis XIV. A pretty feature
of the decorations in the large ballroom
will be the Rosalind-like pockets which
will depend from each of the electric light
brackets, and which will be filled with
Louis XVI roses and the finest ferns.
These pockets will be OF blue silk and will
be suspended by blue silk sashes. The
decorations in the small ballroom will be
as fine as il is possible TO make them. The
music balcony on the north side of the
room will be made TO represent a garden
of white and pink flowers, streamers and
garlands running to either side and show
ers of pink roses falling nearly to the floor
The tapestry which Will form the canopy
under which Mrs. Martin will receive will
be hung with roses in shower effect. The
predominating colors i'm this room will be
white and pink. White roses and lilies of
the valley will predominant.
The cafe and winter garden where the
sumner is 10 be served, win be rather mod
estly decorated. In the former the Dutch
fireplaces viii be filled with roses and
acaciaS and here ana there about the
room viii be huge vases filed with Ameri-
can Beauty roses. Vases OF these long
stemmed beauties will also be used to or
nament the garden, while the Us round
will have as centerpieces fancy baskets
filled with American Beauty roses. Mrs.
Martin has decided upon a rather quiet,
but very effective, disposition of flowers
in the rooms of the Aston suite to be used
by her guests. American Beauty roses
viii be the principal flower displayed
there.
The arrangements for the supper. which
viii be served after the English fashion,
throughout the night, have scarcely been
completed. 1t has been decided that the
200 attendants at the ball shall wear the
usual evening livery of the Waldorf with
the addition that the lapels and fronts OF
their dress coats shall be embcllished with
gold embroidery and brass buttons Mrs
Martins servants. who will also be in at
tendance, Will appear in costumes of the
sixteenth. seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries.
The music at the ball win be another Of
its most delightful features. The Twenty
second Regiment Sand OF fifty men. In
new uniforms, viii be stationed I'M tbe
center of the music gallery, In the new Ban
room. Al the west end OF the gallery will
be a Hungarian band OF fifteen or tVenfv
pieces. Throughout the evening there
VIII be music IN the supper room by tho
hungarian band from the Eden Musee
The principal feature Of the ball after
IL has really been opened will be the ouad.
rifle a honneur, which has been ORGANIZED
and rehearsed In the bah room OF Mrs
Astors house. Mrs. Astor will not dance
~ u, but she invited those who Will Mrs
martin, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. y
whitney Warren, Miss Gerry, John Jacob