Evening journal., 1897-02-11


among the more prominent bong Mrs. |
John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish,
Mrs. T. j. Oakley Rhinclander, Mrs Ker-
nochan, Mrs. Walton NJ Peclsham and !
Miss Helen Brice.
Mrs. Astor wore a superb dark blue vel
vet gown made in the Venetian style, after
the picture in which she was painted by
Duran. There was high Marie Stuart
ruff in the back, and the neck was trim
med with old point lace The stomacher
was composed entirely of diamonds and
the hairdrcss glittered with the same pre-
cious stones. Besides this Mrs Astor wore
her famous necklace and pendants.
In the carly portion of the evening
dancing in The main ballroom on the first
floor had been general, and it was not un-
til all guests had paid their respects 60
Mrs. Bradley Martin, the hostess. in the
small ballroom and she had been escorted
to the ballroom proper that the fancy dress
ball was declared formally opened.
IN the small gallery, where were the
members of the Twenty second regiment
band and the Hungarian band, the music
suddenly stopped. There was silence fof
Just moment to be broken by a flourish
of trumpets as Mrs Bradley Martin and
her escort, Mr.. John Jacob Astor, entered
the room. A moment later they bad taken
their places at the head of thcroom There
was another flourish OF the trumpets,
which told that the Quadrillc d lIonneur,
arranged by Mrs. William Astor, was
about to be opened.
Tho ouadriile THonneur.
The forming for tho first figure, The
Salute, was like the turning of pages of
history. The characters gathered from all
sections of the room. There was Mrs. Brad
ley Martin, wearing Marie Stuart COS
tune, copied from an old plate OF that
queens time; Mr.. John Jacob AstOr in a
Louis vi court costume, Mr.. j. Townsend
Martin as cavalier Of the court Of Louis
XIII and Mr. Henry Lchr in Louis XIV
court costume. From another section of
the room came Mrs Orme Wilson, looking
picturesque in a Louis XVI court dress of
white and silver brocade, which followed
the elaborate designs of the period, and
Mrs. Whitney Warren, wearing a costume
Of pale blue brocade and silk, after the
style of the time of Louis XIV. Mr.. Lis
penard Stewart closely followed his part
ner. Mrs Whitney Warren, and looked ele.
CANT in his dress Of cavalier of the court
of Louis XIII. The others of the l6 who
took their places in this quadrille were
Mrs. lee Taller, Mr.. Craig Wadsworth,
Miss Gerry, Mr.. Center Hitchcock, Miss
Lena Morton, Mr.. J. !. Van Allen, Miss
Madeline Cutting and Mrs Stuyvesant
Fish.
As these partners took their places ard
waited for the opening first bars of the
music the scene was the most impressive
of the night. Far beyond these characters
Of action, about them on every side, were
the rich laces, the glttering gems and all
that went to make up the historically rep
resented personages of the ball, the whole
hackgroundcd by the natural flowers, the
lights and the ferns.
In the following way The Salute was
danced: Mrs. Fish and Mr. Van Cortlandt
took their positions behind Mrs. Bradley
Martin and Mr. Astor. Miss Gerry and
Mr.. Warren walked up to a position in
front of Mrs Bradley Martin and Mr.. AS
tor. They were followed by Mr. Martin
/ and Mr.. Stewart. Then the side couples
approached in a similar way, four at a
time, leaving an aisle in the center. Mr..
Astor and Mrs. Bradley Martin prone
naded dow the aisle, the-other dancers
bowling, then following in twos. then AL
returned to their original positions.
Historic Court Scene.
As when 200 years ago, when the quad
rille d 'honneur was danced at court, where
the king and queen took part in it, they
were accorded due and proper honor, so
last night Mrs Bradley Martin and Mr..
Astor were given that honor as king and
queen of the night In those old days, too,
the crown prince and princess stood beside
the king and queen at the head of the
quadrille, so in the set of last night the
honors due those personages were given to
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and Mr.. Robert
Van Cortlandt
Immediately after this quadrille the
band began the enhancing measure of the
minuet. This was the signal for the Louis
XVI quadrille Of young married women
organized by Mrs. e. L. Baylies The col
ors of this quadrille were white and pink,
the ladies being resplendent in brocades
powdered hair and diamonds and theil
cavaliers in patch and wigs and brocaded
coats with swords
The dancers were Mrs. Ogden Mills
Mrs John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Corneliu.
Vanderbilt, .Ir.; Mrs Henry Sloane, Mis-:
Edith Morton, Miss Van Rensselaer,
Messrs Alfonso de Navarro, II. d. Rob
bins, Worthington Whitehouse, Winthrop
Rutherford and = +. Ianier
The dancers went gracefully through tn,
slow motions of the ancient dance. There
were several figures and they were al
beautifully danced.
Immediately following this quadrll,
was the one organized by Miss Bronson
for the debutantes, costumed after the fash
ion Of the court of Louis XIV This wa,
the last on the programme Of regulai
dances. The Sarahande, stately measure
of the eighteenth century, was gon,
through with dlgnilied steps. The partici
pants i'm this dance were Miss Van Allen
Miss Burke, Miss Evelyn Sloane, Miss Al
ice Bahcock, Mr. James Fulton Cutting
Mr. i. Searle Barclay. Jr Robert Liy
ingslon and Benjamin Hopper
The cotlllon, which was led by Mr. Eli
sha Dyer, .Tr, was the event which haC
been looked forward 20 by the younger o.
the guests, and there were nearly 200 cou
pies. Mr.. Dyer appeared as Francois l. ;
rich costume consisting Of "a cloak Of roya
, purple velvet, lined with violet satin anC
embroidered with gold The coat was o
, velvet embroidered with gold The dou
, blet, also Of purple velvet was slashe'
with violet satin. The tights were of viole
ii xro,,,, with cboas of tho t,prio1 "A la