The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-17

The festivities of the spring season COM
menced Tuesday evening with the german,
which was a delightful one aud made par
ticularly interesting by the presence of a
number of out-of-town guests. There was
also fascinating array of lovely gowns,
which caused the wave of admiration that
rises every spring when silks and satins
, are cast aside and oEgandies come to the
fore again. These simple muslin gowns
which are so popular with writ
ers of fiction, have ceased to be an econo-
my to the girl of fashion, for nowadays
they-are only a background for countless
yards of ribbons and insertions, and rep
resent as much hand-work as may be
found on an elaborate piece of embroidery.
But they are only more charming each
year, and on Tuesday evening all of the
soft colors of the spring time seemed
blended as the figures in the german were
danced. Mr. W. Gordon Harrison was the
leader on this occasion, and Mrs. Charles
Shearson, Mrs. Ralph Elliott, and Mrs.
Fleming duBignon were the chaperones.
Among the dancers were: Mr.. and Mrs.
John Malloch, MIR. and Mrs. Charles A.
Gibbes, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Muir
ply, Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. Hines, Miss
Trezevant of Marietta, Miss Ban
croft of Providence, R. l.; Miss Ser
pell, Miss Alice Serpell, and Miss Jane Ser
pell of Norfolk; Miss Virginia Cooke of
Virginia; Miss Jordan of Cincinnati, Miss
Oteia Johnson of Petersburg. Miss Mar
garet Goodwin. Miss Grace Barnard. Miss
Mabel Stoddard, Miss Mary Haines, Miss
Eaton, Miss Righton Habersham
Miss Mary Bell Elliott, Miss
Georgia Charlton. Miss Mary
Jones. Miss Belle Daniel, Miss Marie Blois,
Miss Lima Huger. Miss Elizabeth Haskell,
Miss Sally Haskell. Miss Eleanor Green,
Miss Elizabeth Butler, Miss Lima Wood
bridge, Miss duBignon, Miss Nan duBig-
non, Miss Georgia Freeman, Miss Rosa
Sullivan, Miss Hattie Colquitt, Miss Lily
Anderson, Miss Elise Rauers. Miss Nisbet
Miss Florence Nisbet, Miss Hattie Elliott,
Miss Kate Guerard Miss Elise Guerard
Miss Marion Hammond, Miss Lila Low
and Messrs D. P Mcpherson of Gettys-
burg, Pa; B. X. Chandler of Milwaukee,
j. Adger Smyth of South Carolina. b. T.
Black of Norfolk, Va; James StruIhers
F. q. C. Habersham, G. Noble Jones, Ed
ward 5. Elliott, Hamilton Branch, Jr; W.
G. Harrison, Arthur b. Elliot, John Cars
well, Lowndes Walthour. Henry Wal
thour. Frank Holland, E. O. Watkins, Ed
ward Demere, Godin Guerard, Theodore
Barnard, Fred Myers, William Haskell, j.
de Bruyn Hops Wayne Cunningham, Jack
sRauers, Leopold Alexander Raymond
Butler, Edward tStoddard, /. Moragne
Fleming. W. w. Chisholm, Jr., Robert
Butler Jr., Swan Sullivan, and Jack
Rauers.
After the beautiful wedding of Mr.. Sex
ton and Miss Branch Thursday evening"
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton NJ. Branch gave
a handsome reception at their home on
York street The rooms were decorated
with great taste, palms and bamboo max
ing an effective background for a pro-
fusion of exquisite flowers. Mr.. and Mrs
Sexton received the congratulations of
their friends in the front ROOM where the
flowers like those in the bouquets of the
bride and bridesmaids, were white carna>
tons and lilies Of the valley. The brides
gown was beautiful ana most becoming
and those OF her maids were unusually
pretty. Mrs. Branch was lovely in a gown
OF black satin and Brussels net and Mrs.
Sexton. the mother Of the groom, wore
pale gray satin, with very handsome lace.
American beauty roses and vlolets adorn-
ed the sitting room, while pink carnations
were the flowers used in decorating the
dining room In the center of the table
was a mass OF flowers rising from a deep
bowl Of cut glass. From the chandelier
were suspended broad pink satin ribbons,
which were caught at the four corners
OF the table with carnations and asparagus
fern, and the light shone from pink tapers
IN quaint silver candelabra. In an upper
room were displayed the many beautifui
wedding gifts, among which were two
handsome silver services, and the titIe
deeds 20 home in Charlotte N. c. the
istter a gift Of the groom's mother1.