The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-15
TWENTY DEBUTANTS.
Queen Elizabeth's Levee Was Scene
of Rarest Beauty.

Queen Elizabeth's Levee Was a Scene
of Rarest Beauty.
The Governors Mansion yesterday
afternoon was a scene OF rarest beauty
and none could help enjoying such
beautiful pictures as were there pre-
scented before them.
The parlors were handsomely decorated
ara soft lights breaking through beauti-
f;l shades of silk made the evening s
G. ertainment appear the more real.
II is the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's
Ieyee and the stately queen, imperson-
atei by Miss Mary Foster, is receiving
in ately manner, assisted by her maids
of }onor, Miss Evelyn Hyman Jackson,
Mss Katherine Carpenter, Miss Annie
Lu2,o MCGEE and Miss Olivia Smith.
y ary Queen of Scots is there. She
is attired as was the Mary Of old and
her part is well taken by Miss Juliet
Crews. Her ladies in waiting, Misses
Anne Strong, Lucy Cameron and Flora
Mcdonald are by her side and it is nip
and tuck to see which makes the more
popular group.
Miss Natalie Cameron. as Catherine
de Medicl, Queen of France, is sup
ported by lovely misses, dressed in
French court style. Her maids of honor
are Misses Emily Drewry, Maud Eber-
hardt, Elizabeth Johnson and Essle
Baker.
The ladies of the court are all about.
1t is a royal good time they are giving
you and when you greet them you are
informed that though few years in adj
vance of custom this is the event OF the
debut OF twenty or more young bellies
in this city.
The ladies OF the Court are Misses
Josephine Boylan, Katherine Boylan,
Fannie Johnson, Bonnie McAden, Mary
Polk MCGEE, Emmie Haywood, Bette
Russ and Susie Crow, Sadie Latta, Bees
sic Rogers, Annie Cooper, Margaret Lee,
Louise Wright, Nora Atkinson, Sallie
Johnson.
1t is no hen party; there are hand
some gentlemen in waiting and though
they are never as attractive as the
young women few of us think so) they
are not to be forgotten on this occasion
and bob up now and then to prevent an
outsider talking to ladies of the court.
Those who are In attendance at the
court are:
Gentlemen of the Court Earl of Lei
eester, Lum Goodwin; Earl OF Essex,
John Winder; Sir Walter Raleigh, Hugh
Thompson; Sir Francis Drake, Arthur
Mchlmmon; Sir Humphrey Gilbert,
Everitt Briggs; Sir Francis Bacon, Chas.
Busbee; Lord Burleigh, Thomas Bou-
shall: Shakespeare, James Higgs; Ben
Johnson, Van Wyck Kimball; Sir Philip
sidney, Chas. Field; Admiral Grenville,
Rufus Tucker Admiral Hawkins, Joseph
Mackay; Philip H., Of Spain, James Nc
Alden; Archduke of Austria, Julian
Undertake; Prince James, Grimes Cow
der, Jr.
1t was no extra charge for the dainty
refreshments served and the patronesses
of the Levee were in the state dining
hall ready to dispense delicacies of the
season. Misses Florence Boylan, Mary
Seaton Hay, Adelaide Snow, Fannie
Jones, Wyndham Trapier, Fannie Hoke
Mary Jones, Mamie Norris, Margaret
Grow, Eliza Busbee, Maud Latta, Mat
tye Pace, Mary benson, Theodore Mar
shall and Lucy Page were those who
received in the supply room.
This was not all.
The evenings pleasure was greatly
added to by the excellent musical pro-
granasne rendered. An instrumental solo
by Miss Dowd was we'll executed.
Several selections were greatly enjoyed
as rendered by Miss Gertrude Bush,
piano; Miss Ethel Bagley, first violin;
Mr.. Cameron MacRae, second violin,
and DIR. Hubert Register, fute. The
quartette did much towards the enjoy
ment of the Levee and some one who
had never been to the Court of St.
James remarked that the music was a
reminder OF that court.
Master Julian Timberlake was on the
programme for a vocal solo, as was also
Mr.. Van Wyck Kimball. Misses Natalie
Cameron, Fannie johnson and Master
James Thomas contributed to the
programme with violin solos. Miss Bes-
sic Rogers and Miss Mackay auso gave
solos and the evenings enjoyment closed
at Z o'clock with songs by kindergarten
pupils.