The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-06-23


misses. Bessie Caffery, Alice and
Eppie Moss, appropriately dressed
in white aud yellow.
No. s.-The Ladies' Tea Club
carriage was a creation of purple
and white, the Clubs coIors. Fes-
toons of purple and white morning
glories with streamers of the same
colors formed pleasing combina-
ton. The president, Mrs. F. E.
Davis, with the other officers, Mrs.
c. D. Caffery, Mrs. w. A. Lee
Rosen and Miss Flo Ramsay, &C.
cupied this carriage.
No. 6.-The carriage containing
the sponsor Of the Home Fire Co.,
Mrs. Jno. o. Mouton, was most
handsomely decorated with lilac
and white, natural flowers forming
a most attractive decoration. Two
little children. Claudia Mouton and
Michaelle Martin, were the charm
ing attendants to the sponsor and
were sweetIy pretty in their gauzy
white robes.
No. 1.-THE Home Fire Co.'S.
float was respondent in gilt and tin
sci and arising from a large tulip in
the center was a lovely little tot,
Kinda Schmulen, who looked like a
flower herself in her Immediately
white dress. The members of the
Home Fire Co. marched beside
this float and presented striking ap-
pearance in their blue and white
No. ga veritabie bower of
roses and petunias was the truck of
the Hook and Ladder Co. and
seated beneath a canopy of flowers
like tiny fairy, was little Emily
DeBlanc.
No. o.-Gorgeous in glowing
shades of red, pink and green was
MIR. E. Mouisset's carriage, drawn
by two magnificent black horses,
and no less beautiful were the cos
tunes of the charming young girls
Misses Monique La
coste, Martha Chargo,s and Frances
Clark.
No. 1o.-Very pretty was the
tiny conveyance covered with
masses of white and magenta roses
and occupied by Misses Clotilde
Rigues and Marie Sontag.
No. 11-Messrs J. Tanner and
L. Broussard we're the proud occu-
pants of an attractive vehicle gar
landed with bright hued flowers and
ribbons.
No. 12-Draped with wreaths of
pink roses, the carriage driven by
Mr.. H. L. Monnier, accompanied
by Mrs. Monnier and the Misses
Mouton, was the cause of great
deal of favorable comment.
No. 13-Very light and airy was
the butterfly carriage with its CLINT
of silver sheen, occupied by Mrs.
Alcee Mouton and family.
No. I4-Delicate sprays of pink
and white flowers: gracefully ar
formed the attractive decora-
ton Of Mr.. !. Weigel's carriage.
No. IS bringing up the rear was
the very ludicrous advertisement of
the popular steam bread represent
ing the "long-eared population" of
Lafayette.
Two very handsome specimens of
this race were ridden by Messrs.
Iphis Deffez and Campbell Webb |
who were very fantastically arrayed
in the costumery of clowns.
A most fitting finale of the day
was the elegant d ance given at the
Crescent Hotel.
At o:3o o'clock the grand march,
in BY over fifty couples,
was started.
Very imposing indeed was this
array of youth and
beauty. Inspiring music, gittering
lights and airy costumes lent bril-
liant beauty to the scene and as
n,mble feet kept time to the rhyth-
mic music, ripples of merry laughter
attested the keen enjoyment of the
Terpsichorean art. The queen was
the exposure of every eye, as she
MAJ estically surveyed her subjects
from her flower-decked throne, and |
many were the admiring glances