Evening star., 1897-02-11

MRS. MARTINS BALL
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Notable Features Of d Famous Social
/: Affair.
ENTERTAINMENT COSTING THOUSANDS
WeH-knowaa Society Leaders and
Their Costumes.
A PICTURESOJTE GATHERING
ENTERTAINMENT COSTING THOUSANDS
A PICTURESQUE GATHERING

ure Of your company at fancy dress ball
at No. West 33d street on Wednesday
evening. February 10, at 10 o'clock"
So read the simple Invitations to the
social affair in New York last night, to
which general attention was directed by
Rev. DR.. Rains ferds criticism and which
the world has since been discussing. Those
who received them did not need to be told
that the cards were not transferable. But
since some Of the members of the four
hundred are poor and more than one
moneyed woman was ready to give hun
dreds of dollars for such an open sesame,
1t is not to be wondered that certain cases
CT mistaken identity had to be quietly
condoned, says the Baltimore Suns story
of the ball. g..
One rich woman is said to have offered
$500 for ticket, but she went to the
wrong market to buy and her proposition
was scorntully rejected,
Cost Estimated at S25O,OOO.
The cost of the ball is estimated at
s250,COO. large Part of this consisted of
outlays for costumes, which were, of
course, borne by the guests. The cost to
the host and hostess included the rent OF
the new ball room at the Waldorf for one
night, $1,000; small ball room at the Wal
dorf, where Mrs. Martin received, $500;
reception room adjoining small ball room,
where buffet supper was served, $3.50; men s
big cafe, where regular supper was served,
$Jn: state apartments, second floor of Wal
dorf, used for dressing rooms, $1,000: serv-
ing Of the buffet supper during entire night,
s6,0'n; regular supper from 1890 to ; a.m.,
$1,000; pay for three orchestras, $1,000;
floral decorations for ball, $4,000: engrav-
ing notes Of invitation, $3.50; and issuing
invitations, $50.
Cards had to be given up at the door,
and for fear that the knowledge of his
n Gf II lyoc ont fHoinv tn y,rn-
vent errors each man and woman enter
ing the ball room whispered his or her
costume to lackey, who roared it through
the hall in good old bread-and-fshball
fashion. This was not artistic, but ex-
ceedingly useful.
To prevent the possible intrusion of
thieves, the Waldorf was guarded by more
detectives in citizens dress than had ever
before been found necessary at any pri-
vate entertainment of New York society.
Chief Conlin laughingly remarked to a
friend that the Cercle de rHarmos1ie Fran
cais never made such serious demands on
the police force.
OF course, the number of jewels to be
protected was unprecedented in the city.
Women wore all they had, and men also
found diamonds and rubes and sapphires
important additions to the costumes of
past centuries, 1e
Received Under a Canopy.
Mrs. Martin in Mary Stuart costumes
received in 6the small ball room under a
canopy of rich old tapestries. These were
hung with 'rosea White roses and lilies
of the valley had been chiefly used in the
decoration Of this room.
Miss Alice Rochester of Washington, a
niece of MF- Martin, who assisted in re-
ceiving, were the dress of a lady of the
court of Louis XIV. Mr.. Bradley-Martin
wore the costume of Henry LII. 3e'3
Mrs, Astor, also in the receiving party.
W. IL In 1onLN vr,}<1
Dyke COLLAR and white lace. after the
style of her s own portrait port by cafolus Du-
ran. 10 -
The cafe and winter garden, which was
Dutch freplaces filled with roses. All
through the evening the Eden Musee's
Hungarian Band played in this room.
The Twenty-second Regiment Band, all
in new uniforms, furnished the music for
the large ball room.
The supper menu was not elaborate.
Bouillon de volatile, tarbot, conventional
entrees terrapin, game and ices were in
cluded. The cards were superbly deco
rated with the crest and monogram of
the Martins.
Quadrflle d'Honneur.
The quaGrille d'honneur with which the
dancing began was the court dance par
excellence of two hundred years ago 1t
was the only dance in which king and
queen took part.
The royal couple were represented by
John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Bradley-Ma
tin. At their side were the second couple
j. J. Van Allen and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish,
Opposite to these four were Fernando
Yznaga, Miss Mabel Gerry, Lispenard
Stewart and Miss Lena Morton. The side
couples were Harry S. Lehr of Baltimore,
Miss Madeline Cutting, Craig Wadsworth
Mrs. j. Lee Taller, Center Hitchco ock Mrs
Orme Wilson, Bradley-Martin, Mrs. Whit
ney Warren. - ~ -.
The minuet was arranged by Mrs Ed
mund l.. Baylies. 1t was led by Worth
ington Wlitehouse and Mrs Ogden Mills.
The other dancers we're Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, jr., Mrs. Henry T. Sloane, Mrs
John Jacob Astor, Mrs. James F. D. Lanier,
Mrs. Edmund l.. Baylies, Miss Van Rens-
selaer, Miss Evelyn Burden. Miss Alice
Blight, Edward A. Crowninshield, Frederic
n. Watriss, Winthrop Rutherfurd, James
Eustis, Herbert d. Robbins. Francis C..
Bishop and Craig Wadsworth.
| Other dances were personally arranged
and rehearsed under the supervision Of
Mrs. Frederic Bronson Mrs. Astor and Mrs
John A. di Zerega. The cotillon was led
by Elisha Dyer, jr., and : Worthington
Whitehouse.
Principal Ladies' Costumes.
list of those in attendance would be a
directory of uppertendom In New York
Mrs. John Jacob Astor wore costume of
the Mary Stuart period; Mrs. James Law
| renee Breese, Venice sixteenth century;
Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies, Louis XIV period !;
Mrs. Henry L. Burnett, MarGuise de Suf-
fern; Miss Brice. ancient Egypt: Mrs s. ".
r. Cruger court costume of Louis XIV; Mrs
Charles Childs Marie Antoinette style; Mrs.
GOuverneur M. Carnochan, sixteenth cen
tury; Mrs. George B. de Forest. "Titian's