The times., 1898-01-28
THE PAUNCEFOTE BALL
A Brilliant Affair at the British
Embassy.
The Interior of the Spa cious House
Made TO Rival a Fairyland-TEe
Favors I'm Great Variety.

Only the prince who rules all fairy
/ land could have achieved bah so brill
/ liant and so entrancingly enjoyable
/ as that given by the British Ambassa-
/ dor and Lady Pauncefote at the en-
bassy last night.
The $50 guests, representing WASH
ington in it's various social phases-ad-
ministrative, diplomatic and residential
were by no means limited to maids
ana tnelr cavaliers, there peinS nun
ult-u ur more noii-ua.iEcls ia duuitiOi
40 me seventy -Conpivs ~ho Wen.
,nr,i,sh Iue lbazes ol lne cotiiiIon, lea
DN A1r. FRANK Andrews ana MISS Au-
urey faunceIote. Al ~ cioch, the
opening nour OF the receI,.v.i Whlci
preceueu the uance, the e-s,ls We're
received in the yellow rooAh py Lady
f-auncetotein toilet OF PINK amt White
prucaueu -saun, Mlrn Mnlcn Sne wore
magnIncent uIdInonds. she was ass.Sl-
eu Dy MISS raunceIcte, Who Wore
lovely gown OF wfite sdun anu PUNK
gauze araDesqueu with SliSer; MISS
sybn Paunce1uoe, in white and rose
SATIN: MISS Lillian Pauncefote. IN tuf-
auolse plue, ana Miss Audrey Faunce-
tote. IN a SirHshly dainty creation III
pink The cotilllon was danced III the
great ballroom to the inspiring meas
ures OF Schroeder'S band. Near the
bay window which juts out on Connec-
ucut avenue was placed a screen OF
lattice work on which were hung, in
motley gayety, the favors, twenty
fiVe IN variety and of Kaleidoscope
hue
For the ladies there were cups made
of huge scarlet poppies, yellow Jonquiis
and other brilliantly colored paper
flowers. each armed with Jeweied pm
to fasten to the hair and algrettes OF
tremendous silver tinsel and four-leaf
clover in leaves OF the same glitterins
gossamer stuff in reds, greens and
blues For the gentlemen there were
French hussar hats of red paper and
student caps in lemon, pink and blue.
Heaped in a shallow basket were
eggs that came apart at touch, ana
from which flew gaudy paper roosters
i'm a state of crow. In 4 corresponding
basket were lady finger cakes and ap-
pies containing like surprises, and bal
let girls in serpentine draperies OF
White crepe and with rubber faces that
had TO be blown into shape. like a toy
balloon. Among the guests. IN addition
to the Vice President and Mrs. Hobart
and the diplomatic corps, were Senator
and Mrs Wetmore. Senator and Mrs.
Lodge. Judge and Mrs. John Davis, Mr.
and Mrs Hit, Col. and Mrs. Bates
Col. and Mrs Bingham, Mr.. and Mrs
Boardman. Mr.. and Mrs. Pellew, Mr.
and Mrs. Parsons. Mr.. and Mrs. GloV
er, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Thoron, Mr..
and Mrs. Barney, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Earle, Mr.. and Mrs Archibald Hop
kins. Miss Mckenna, Miss PelleN, Miss
Satterlee, Miss Ward, Miss Letter, Miss
Boardman. Miss Belknap, the Misses
Patten, Miss Biddle, Miss Bates Miss
Ffoulke, Miss Sartoris, Miss Barney,
Miss Acosta, Miss Wetmore, Miss
Simpson, Miss Murphy. Miss Anderson.
Miss Ethel Anderson, the Misses Sher-
dan. Miss Glover, Miss Alger, Miss Ma
bel Mckinley, Miss Reed, Miss An
drade. Miss Emery, Miss Miles, Miss
Hichborn, Capt Michler Capt. Nc
Cawley, Mr.. Robert Adams. Mr.. George
HELEN. Mr.. Norton Otis, MIR Crownin
Shield, Mr.. Cavendish Taylor Mr..
Charles Goldsborough, Mr.. Jesup Blair,
Mr.. Woodbury. Blair. Mr. Robert Keel /
ing. MIR. Fred May, Mr.. Frank Mitchell, /
Mr.. Biddle, Mr. Coils Anderson. Mr., /
Clarence Wilson, and Mr.. Frank Long |
worth.