The times., 1899-01-25
ANNUAL CHARITY BALL
Washington's Best Society
Present in Great Force.
THR0NG OF HAPPY PEOPLE
The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart
in Attendance General Miles II
Conspicuous Figure - beautiful
Decorations-Thc Attorney General
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The annual charity ball for the benefit
| of the Children's Hospital was held at Ma
tional Rifles Armory last night.
\ throng OF happy. gay-clad people
danced for sweet charity's sake-danced
that little children might be gladdened,
and danced till the night was well nigh
| worn away. II was a glad event. Even the
| great green palms that swayed in sympa
| thy with the music seemed not to cast a
! single shadow. All was smiles and mirth.
| The deft hands of decorators wove a
chromatic poem throughout the hall. The
leading hues in the color scheme were pink
and green. The two large chandeliers that
are pendant from the ceiling were veilei
with pink and entwined with green vines.
The side lights were mellowed by hoods OF
pink. with here and there a touch of glow
ing crimson. The beading of incandescent
lamps in the angle of the ceiling and side
walls blazed in a mass of green foliage.
\ little jungle of palms and other potted
plants grew upon the stage, forming u pic
turesque background to the dancers who
now and then sought rest from the en-
trancing whirl. Vines were woven in ar
tistic loops and festoons on the ceiling and
the walls.
The balcony at the north end of the hall
was covered with pink yelling. Behind
a hedge of palms was the Marine Band,
and a section OF the balcony was occupied
by groups of spectators and weary dancers
who sought point of vantage from which
to view the merry scene.
Over the shining floor and in the wall
chairs were several hundred representa-
tives OF society in Washington. The pro-
fessional, business. and political spheres
were represented. Hundreds of leading
people yielded to the inspiration of the
band and smiled and waltzed.
There was an odor of violets and roses.
Everybody wore flowers. There were the
sounds of gliding feet, rustling, swishing
silks. a flutter of fans. and the hum of
converse There were smiles enough and
bright eyes enough to turn midnight into
noon.
The weather had no power to diminish
the attendance at the ball. The roll of
carriage wheels and the clatter of hoofs
pounding ON the concrete began early and
ended late Carriage lamps made G. Street
and Tenth Street seem as though torch
light parade were passing. Rain pelted
down upon the awning that reached from
the curb to the entrance TO the armory,
and dainty slippered feet tripped unsulliel
acrCss the carpeted sidewalk.
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ers they passed in and out. Policemen
in full dress stood about. and their uni
forms of blue with punctuation points OF
brass lent glamour TO the picture.
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