The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-14
FASHION
Held Full Sway, for Twas
Assembly Night.

Fashion reigned supreme last night.
The first of the Worcester assemblies
was held at Colonial Hall. Strains of
soft music, brilliant costumes, flowers,
the glow of many lights, all these COM
bined gave evidence of unwonted gale
ty. 1t was plainly q gala occasion for
tWorcester's smart set. Fifty couples
| glided over the waxed floors. The
colonial architecture fitted we'll with
| the rest of the scene, and had it not
| been for the difference in dress, the
| onlooker might easily have imagined
| himself a partaker i'll the gaiety of
Mount Vernon or any other of the
| stately old manor houses of a century
| ago.
| The dancing began shortly before 10
and continued until early IN the morn
ng. The succession of waltzes and
! two-steps was broken only for brief
! periods of rest and 70 allow time for
| supper. When all was over it was
voted that the new years dancing sea
son had never been inure fifty inaug-
urated.
The decorations were simple. Palms
and potted plants were SGT at intervals
throughout the halls and dancing
| rooms. Chains of smilax hung in
| festoons on the walls. The musi-
| clans balcony was almost lost to sight
| behind the mass of tropical verdure
| which surrounded it. The lemonade
stand was also covered with a bower
| of exotic plants.
| Rugs loaned for the occasion by the
| Boston Store were spread over the
hard wood floors. Tall lamps ranged
on both sides of the hall, and about
the supper room, added both light and
| color. The costumes of the fair pleas
| ure seekers We're n yarVels of the mo-
| diste's art, adding brilliance to the as
| sembly. Cheney's string orchestra
of Boston provided music.
! The patronesses We're: Mrs. Edwin
| Brown, Mrs. A. G. Bullock, Mrs. f. H
| Dewey Mrs. David narrower, Mrs. L.
L. NJ, Kinnicutt, Mrs. John r. Thayer
| The following gentlemen acted as
ushers: Earle Brown, John NJ. Thayer
Alba Warren, T. L. Nelson, Roy A.
Barnard, John Denholm, Charles Ham
| ilton, Elisha Burlington, Arthur M.
Morse, A. H. Bullock, Fl. H. Thayer
The supper was served by Rebboli
During the time refreshments We're be-
ing served, the Arlington Mandolin
| Club played soft melodies.
Altogether there were 10 guests in
| attendance. Among those present We're
MIR. and Mrs. /. Swan Brown. Mr. ant
Mrs. Charles S. Barton, Mr. and Mrs
Francis Batchelder. Mr.. and Mrs. F. H
BigeloW, DR.. and Mrs. Homer Gage. DR.
and Mrs. David Narrower, Professor
and Mrs. L. p. Kinnicutt, Mr. and Mrs
Leonard Kinnicutt Mr.. and Mrs. Chef.
wood Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wood.
ward Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Winslow
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Brown, Mr. ant
| Mrs. A. George Bullock Mr. and Mrs
John r. Thayer Mr.. and Mrs. Franci.
II. Dewey, Misses Bent, Clark, Eaton
Earle, Goulding, Hopkins, Rowland
Hamilton, Knowles, Lincoln, Mitchell
Richardson, Stone Smith. Whiting
Lydia Barton, Ethel Bartlett, Alic,
Brooks, Sarah Hopkins, Messrs. Gunni
soa, Hale, Hobbs, Kimball, Wendell
Marcy, Nelson, Stone, Staples, Baker
Curtis, Darling. Dresser, Frazier. Ben
nett, Taft, Whiting, Erastus Hopkins
w S: B. Hopins, Jr.. Charles Hamilton
Ben T. Hammond, D. B. Rowland. w
I. Johnson, J. p. Parke, Stephen Sails
pury' Charles M. Thayer John M
Thayer, DR.. f. II. Baker, Charles II
Aldrich, e. l.. Burlington, r. A. Bar
nard, Earle Brown, w. A. ButtriclS
Theodore p. Brown, Chandler Bullock
Aelotes w. Coombs, b. S. Clark. Johl
Denhoim, Dr. o. H. Everett o. Osborn
Earle, Charles T. Tatman