The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-11
were executed with grace and precis-

General dancing was now lnQulSeu III
until the call came for supper. Then
the guests were conducted to the En-
pire dining rooms, where siX-chair ta-
| bles were arranged. The tables were
simply decorated with vases filled with
long roses. Supper over, the
guests returned to the ball room for the
cotillion. This was led by Elisha Dyer,
! jr. who wore costume of the period
of Francis l.
1t consisted of a cloak of royal pur-
| pie, a coat of the same material ana
richly decorated with gold embroidery.
The tights were of violet silk and he
wore hat with large ostrich feathers.
There were three favor figures in the
cotillion, one set of favors being OF sill
Yer, including repousse match boxes,
memorandum tablets for the writing
table, or chatelaine cases in repousse
silver for memorandum books and
court plaster.
The gray streaks of dawn were strug-
Cling through the windows of the Wal
dorf before the last echo of Home,
Sweet Home" had died in the floral
scented room, and the greatest ball in
Gotham's history was ended.
There were many guests from out OF
| town, small parties coming from san
Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans,
Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, AL
| bany and Baltimore.
| About fifty persons came down from
Albany, Mr.. Martins native city,
among them members Of the Sard,
Townsend, Martin, Cornell, Van Rem
scllaer, Lansing, Pruyn and Corning
| families.
Among the guests from Boston were
John Thayer who impersonated Henry
| VII; Mr.. and Mrs Rollins Morse, the
| former in costume in the time OF
Louis XIII; Laurence Hutton in a We
| netian costume; G. X. McLanahan, a
| Washington student at Harvard, in an
| Elizabethan costume and G. L. ware
| in an eighteenth century costume.
| From Washington came Count Vinc1,
of the Italian embassay, as the Duke OF
Cuisethe; Nine. deFraynsac, as a lady
of the Directoire period; Stewart Bryce
as George Washington; Mrs. Bryce as
Catherine de Medici Frank Andrews,
as a gentleman of the Court OF Louis
| XVI; Miss Alice Rochester, niece OF
Mr.. Bradley Martin, in a Louis Quinz
court dress Of velvet and satin; Cush-
| ing Stetson. as the Duke dAlencon;
Henry di Sibour, in a dress of the court
of Elizabeth; Miss Ethel Davies, in a
Venetian costume of purple procade
embroidered with amethysts
Others of the guests and the costumes
worn by them follow:
| Bradley Martin court dress OF Louis
XIV, white and pink brocade satin, knee
breeches, powdered wig, etc.
| Mrs. Astor, a superb, dark blue velvet
Mary Stuart gown, designed by Duran
and in which he painted her portrait;
an elaborate head-dress and stomacher
of precious gems; also necklace and
pendants of diamonds.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Marie An
toinette costume, representing the
queen in all the glory Of her beauty
and power; beautiful Jewel adornments.
O. H. P. Belmont, dress of the time
of Henry III, of France, combined with
the armor of the period.
James T. Breese, Due d'Buise cos
tune entirely, white brocade and satin
and velvet
Calvin S. Brice, Marquis de Lafay-
cite, an elaborate costume of the Louis
XVI period; silk hose, velvet knee
breeches and wig.
Miss Brice, daughter Of Calvin S.,
Egyptian costume elaborately embroid-
cred with jewels and gilt, shoes of cloth
of gold.
Katherine Brice, second daughter Of
the senator, costume of Mary Antoin-
cite.
| to
Sixteenth Century, red, gold and green
brocade. Complete garniture of dia-
monds.
Miss Elizabeth Delafield, Queen Isa-
bella Of Spain, skirt Of yellow satin,
over which was a dress of black vel
vet, richly embroidered with gold, a
pointed waist, full ruff and jewelled
crown upon the hair.
John r. Drexel, as Duke de Gombry.
Mrs. John r. Drexel, Watteau cos
tune.
Miss Catherine Duer, Marie Antoin-
cite costume of cherry colored bro
cade.
Miss Elsie de Wolfe, costume of Gis-
monda as she is represented in the
church scene. White and gold bro
caded gown.
Mrs. 7. j. Oakley Rhinelander, Marie
Antoinette costume, old brocade, dia-
mond ornaments and ropes of gems a
wig dressed elaborately with jewelled
aigrettes.
Mrs. Burke Roche, costume of the
time of Qpeen Elizabeth.
Miss Virginia Fair, Directoire cos
! tune of pink and white.
Miss Stuyvesant Fish. Marie An
| toinette costume of brocade, white and
rose, and superb collection of diamonds.
Reginald Jaffray, as Cardinal Richie
| lieu.
r. I. Livingstone, Louis XIV a coat of
pink brocade, embroidered with white
jet and lined with pale green satin,
breeches and vest of white satin.
Pierre Lorillard, Romeo.
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard, costume to rep
resent Juliet: white brocade and pearls.
Mrs Ogden Mills, Louis XIV costume,
rose and white brocade, white hair,
ropes of pearls and diamond orna-
ments.
Miss Lena Morton, Louis VX cos
tune, white brocade and jewelled coro-
net.
Miss Evelyn Sloane, as Juliet; white
| brocade skirt and waist: embroidered
with pearls, ropes of pearls around the
| neclx. small iaUelIpd ran