The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-02-02
ANNUAL BALL OF THE
SOUTHERN SOCIETY
Brilliant Affair at the Ma
tional Rifles Armory.
uanont Confederate Veterans As
siSt the Ladies.
Auditorium SpIendidIy Decorated
aud superb Toilets Worn by
Hosts of Fair Dancers.

The annual ball given by the Southern
Relief Society of Washington was held
at National Rifles Armory last night a
wonderful throng swayed by the music
of the dance. From early in the evening
till early this morning crowds came and
danced and went. During the ball
thousand persons glided over The polished
floor. obedient to music that by turn was
soothing and stirring.
The President of the United States had
promised to attend. and this, added to the
worthy object of the ball, attracted vast
crowd. Latc in the evening it was an
nounced that President Mckinley. having
been detained by reason of the dinner to
the Supreme Court. would not be present.
| This was a disappointment, but the merry
making went merrily on.
Hall SpicndidIy Decorated.
The great hall glowed with red. The
| rich. warm glare was varied with green
and white. The background of the stage
| was draped in crimson and the ceiling
! above the stage was yelled in the same
| color. Small groves OF palms and giant
| ferns grew each side of the stage and
| here and there woven into the red were
| artistic tangles of vines. AT either side
! Of the broad stairway leading to the plat
| i'iiu "ao a toHSiliS palm stOOu iIhe
sentinel there. Above these plants
swung an American flag. The central
! chandeliers were hooded with thin red
| cloth and entwined with ivy and laurel.
Across the ceiling. and half hiding it,
were fresh and clinging vines. The angle
of the ceiling and side walls was filed
with evergreens. Scarlet curtains, tied
with mammoth bows of white tulIe. closed
/ the windows, the sil!s of which were banked
! with potted plants. The clusters of side
| lights sparkled under filmy shrouds of red
| and green. The balcony at the north end
of the hall was decorated in the prevailing
| colors. and there, Schroeder's Band con-
cealed behind hedge of green, furnished
the rhythm TO which hundreds of dainty
slippered feet kept time.
The Receiving Party
| In expectation of the arrival of Presi-
dent Mckinley, the receiving party took
station on the stage and remained among
| the palms till a late hour. Those in the
party were:
Miss Lirscomb, Miss Mildred Lee, Miss Virginia
| Miller, Mrs Senator Martin, Mrs. Senator Vest
| Mrs. Goodloe. Mrs. Peacfy Mrs Ralph Walsh. Mr..
| L. : Nash, Mrs. T. z. Munce. Mrs. William Stan
! ley Mrs. Akers, Mrs. Smith, Miss Mabel Mckinley
| Miss Barber Miss Davridge, Miss Handy. Miss VII
cox, Miss fcndall, Miss Peyton, Miss Campbell
| Miss Gordon, Miss Goodwin Miss Cohen Miss
Walsh, Mr.. Robert Lee Fairfax. Representative
| and Mrs. Swanson, Representative skinner. Rep
| rtsentativc Henry, Representative Baird Senator
Daniel Representative and Mrs SWANSON Miss
| Hotzcl and Miss Rose, Thomas Fairfax. Rcprcsen
| tative Todd Gen. William Payne. DR.. and Mrs
| +. ;. Nash Mr.. and Mrs. William Page Cooper
DR.. and Mrs. Robert y. Harper, Mr. aud Mrs +.
| Miles Gadsden, MIR. j. George Hidden, Dr. r. :. T..
| Hackney, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Mantz Mr. and Mrs
Van Sender, Mr.. Alexander Breckenridge, Judge
James ID. Sewer DIR. X. :. Roy, Mrs. L. ". Ash
| ford James II. Kel,hcr. A. = Titus Edward
| IbquPnbnNNrr u Mrs. / Sau.t
and Mrs Catfery Representative and Mss Adolph
| Myer, the Misses GOrman, MIR. Robert L. Henry
Miss Ethel Bailey, Miss Anna HyIison. Senator and
Mrs. Martin, Miss ThOrp, Representative Tate
Major K. W. Hunton Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hume
Mrs. T. Hill Marshall. Miss Josephine oBrien
Captain and Mrs Munce Mr.. W NJ, Dovcner. Mr.
Arthur Middleton, Representative and Mrs Coon
ey, DR.. Walter \. Wells, Miss Francs Gibson, Mr..
a.! -. 81. ~. smith Mrs Rosa l.. Towushcnd
Mr.. Porter Walker, Representative Dinsmorc. Mr..
Findlay Harris Or. Duh e.. Lewis! DIR. Perkins,
| j. J. HeInphill, Representative and Miss Sims,
| Mr.. and Mrs Il. y Minor, senator and Mrs Bate,
Miss Edmonie Randolph GooSe, OF Virginia; Mss
Elizabeth Moves Bailey, Miss Dorothy Wilson.
/ Mrs j. f. Aunrur, Mrs Edith Roberts, Chairman
OF Relief Commission, Mrs E " C:adsien,
Confederate Veterans Assist.
The ladies of the society were assisted
by the members of the Confederate Vet
Grams Association. Among these gentle
men were Charles c. Ivey, Franklin II
Mackey, Gen. l.. l.. Lomax, Frank Hume
George II. Ingram, X. NJ Narrower, Rev
DR.. K. H McKim. DR.. ". p. Manning
DR.. A. b. Mitchell, and ]. II. McCaffery.
The decorations in the supper room
were lavish and gay. A score OF tables
white untrodden snow, were ranged
about the room. Silver and china gltteret
in the electric light. Vines fresh gath
cred from their woodland home, climbed
in picturesque confusion across the spot
less cloths. Each table bore a floral cen
trepiece. Roses, lilies and carnations die
decorative duty.
Between the tables moved pretty girls
radiant in festival smiles and robed il
gowns that seemed TO have been wOveI
in fairies looms. These dainty creatures
carried trays freighted with sweets inC
other things that good 10 eat. The!
| worked for the cause OF charity. and the!
worked We'll and hard. Grave matronS
looking young again because of their hap
| piness in doing deeds of love jOstled Il
| and fro. They wore white caps and whit
| aprons and some of them wore white hair
But the eyes OF all were bright and thu
cheeks OF all We're rosy. Around the table
| sat a host of parti-clad people, who at
because of the good it did them and tn
| good that it did others. They ate tina
others might eat. The proceeds of tina
charity feast Will carry hearty cheer an
new hope into many Cheerless homes, am
will kindle fires on dark hearths. Tn
supper room was a favo.ite place Will
those who rested from the dance. TIL
empaimed corners of the room were file
with groups of animated, chatting people
There was merry chorus of happy con
verse, clanking cutlery, and rafting
crockery. Everybody looked happy, every
body happy.
The Ladies' in Charge.
The names of the ladies in charge O