The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-11

NEW YORK, February 1o.-Beautlful
beyond description was the ball masQue
Of Mrs. Bradley-Martin tonight. Col-t
umn5 have been written about the nnalr
and pictures have been drawn, hut tine
fancy OF the reporter and the artist did
not picture scenes one-halt as lovely as
was presented in the Waldorf.
For weeks Mrs. Martin has worked In
the preparation 0f the sumptuous affair.
Her efforts were richly rewarded. The
bitter criticisms hurled at her were Tor
gotten and the hundreds who were pres
ent vied in making her the happlest
woman In America.
The decorations throughout the Wal
dOrf were exquisite. American beauties
lilies and the rarcst Of imported bloS-
SONS, with vines and palms were inter-
twined In a marvelousy beautiful scene:
Never In New York has a greater floral
display been made at ball. Tiny cleo
trlC lights and mirrors were used IN oe-
w.ldering and artistic manner, all COM
blning to transform the already beauu-
ful hotel into an enchanting fairy house.
The arrangements for the ball were test
ed TO their fullest, but with excellent
good fortune they were equal TO every
emergency. Thousands Of men and
women crowded the streets around the
hotel, but the police kept taem moving
and no conflicts or excitement or any
kind resulted Detectives swarmed III
and around the house to prevent trouble
but their presence was not needed.
ARRANGEMENTS for receiving the guests
as they arrived were AS nearly perfect as
could be- The guests alightcd from the
carriages at No. IS West Thirty-third
street, which IS the private residence OF
Manager Boldt. OF the hotel, and went
quickly to the second floor OF the hotel.
where sixty apartments had Oeeh SET
aside as dressing rooms.
The guests were received by MIR MAR
tin in the small ball room. The scene Nt
decorations in this room was that Oh tHe
lime of Louis XIV, and before the uals
passed the counterfeit presentmentS OF
ali the prominent people OF that time' 10
mlngle In picturesque confusion win
characters OF other days. After pclnB
received by the hostess, who stood upon
n raised dais under canopy "t rare
tapestry. the guests passed through
flower lined corridor directly into the
large ball room.
In the early portion OF the evening
dancing I'm the main ball room on the
first floor was general, but i was not un-
III all ,he guests had paid their respects
10 Mrs. Bradley Martin and she tad peeh
escorted 10 the ball room proper that tIe ,I.
fancy dress ball was declared formally
opened. .,o
In IN, small gallery where were the
members OF the Twenty-secon TeE1-
ment band and the Hungarian oahu' lhe
music suddenly stopped. for just mo-
ment. 10 be broken by a flourish OF trum-
Dets. "a Mrs. Bradley Martin and her es-
car, Mr. John Jacob Astor, entered the
room, 4 moment later they had taken
their places at the head Of the room'
there was another flourish of the trum-
nets which told that the Quadrille d, Hon
neur. arranged by Mrs. William Astor'
was about 10 open. o.ho
The forming OF the first figure the
salute" was like the turning oi pages OIL
history, The characters gathered from
all sections OF the room. There was MIS- MIS-
Bradley Martin, wearing u Marie Stu
art costume. copied from an old plSIG oi
that queens time; Mrs. John Jacuv AS
tor In a Louis vi court costume Mr, -
Townsend Martin aS caNaller 81 tnu
Court OF Louis MIL ana Mrs' 1e"'S
Iohr In Louis Nv court costume
Frorr another section of the room
came NIrg Orme Wilson, looking PFC
tmrcsoue In a Louis XVI court dress OF
white and silver brocade. which tol-
flowed The elaborate designs OF the pc
rIod. and Mrs. Whitney Warren wear
Ing n costume OF pale blue brocade ana
sjIi, n ffpr the style OF the time Of Louis
w Mir. I,Ispenard Steward closely
followed his partner, Mrs. whitney
Warren. dressed as q cavalier OF the
court Of Louis NH. The others or the
sixtscn who took their places in thls
uuadrille were Mrs Lee Tatler' MI
Craig Wadsworth, Miss Gerry Mr'
Confer Hitchcock. Miss Lena Morton
MIR. b. B. Van Allen, MISS Maaelihe
Cutting and Mrs. StuyVesant flsh.
As these partners waited lor the open
ing bars of the music the scene was the
,,,6et beautiful of the night. Far be-
yond these characters OF action about
;ben, on either side were the rich laces,
the glItterInE gems and all that went
TO make up the historically represented
personages OF the ball. the whole pack-
grounded by the natural nowers' the
lights and the ferns,
AS when two hundred years ago when
the Ouadrille d'Honneur was danced at
court where the king and the queen
took mart in Il, they were accorded due
and propcr honor. so tonight Mrs.
Drndley. Martin and Mr.. Astor We're
given that honor as king and queen OF
tho night. In those old days too the
crown prince and princess stood beside
the king and queen at the head OF the
duaJrilic, so in this set these places
were given to Mrs. StuyNcsaht flSh ana
Mr.. Robert Van Cortland.
After the first measure followed THE
Figure" and THE Honor both OF
which were elaborate.
The second quadrillr, which had been
been organized, by Mrs. i. /, Baylles'
was danced by Mrs. ogden Mills, Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Cornelius Van
Ilerbllt. jr, Mrs. Henry Sloane, Miss
Edith Morton. Miss Van Rensselaer,,
Mrs Alfonso de Navarro. II. d. Rob
bins and WorthinEtOn Whitehouse.
The cotillion, which was led by Mt
Elisha Dyer jr.. was the event which
had been looked forward TO by the
younger guests, and there were nearly
two hundred couples In 1t. Mr.. Dyer
appeared as Francois !, In rich cos
tune. consisting of cloak of royal
purple velvet. lined with violet satin
and embroidered with gold.
While there were light refreshments
served throughout the evening, It was
not until after l o'clock, at the conclu-
sion of Mrs. BronsOn's quadrillc, that
the regular supper began. This was
served at small tables In the winter
garden, but this place would have never
been recognized by those familiar with
II. The more than one hundred tables
had all passed through the hands OF
the florist, and We're 20 hidden by his
art az to have lost all scmblanCe to bits
OF furniture.
American Beauty roses and white IL
Iacs were banked SO high that the
guests seemed to eat from the top Of
flower bed. Beyond the tables and be-
tween the guests SO ns to almost hide
one from another Were decorations of
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