The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-03

Flounces Of thread lace were applied TO the
skirt and the bodice was draped with lace.
With this Mrs. King wore a superb hech-
lac. Of diamonds and Sapphir'S ana ih'iHis
coTsaSe ornaments of the same stones.
Mrs. Byron NuScnt. who has been upon
the honor list of m.ttrons for two previous
seasons. last evening wore a white 'oiiet
of fine soft crepe, trimmed in point lace.
Mrs. Oliver l.. Garrison. one OF the strih,
iugly handsome matronS on the hoh"teu
list. chose To appear in a black SihihS''u
toilet last evening. The fine Brussels net
WAS covered closely with silver stcuih-. d
touch Of color being applied in the way "i
turquoise blue cording. which edged 'h'
tiny bolrro of the bodice. With TINS s"Nh
Mrs. Garrison wore ornaments oil it-
quoiscs and diamonds.
Mrs. otto T.. Forster. who has frequently
| been a matron of the bail. wore her iav":,,
lite all-hlack costume of fine old thre-u
lace. with black aigrcttc IN tae mar.
Mrs. Randolph l-auEhlin. one "i the
younger matrons of the halt, wore cream,
tinted liberty satin. trimmed IN panne ''i-
vet OF the same tint. and some o!d-r''e
point.
| Mrs. Rufus J. pclano was in white crepe
trimmed in pearl embroidery
Mrs. Charles II. iIuttis wore black peau
de sole. black and white chiffon. and some
rare old black thread Lace. with ornaments
Of diamonds and pearls.
Mrs. John {. Robcrts's gown was 'spe-
clally attractive. lrcinC a combination OF
pale pink and violet. Pastelie pink leau de
sole. lined throughout with violet. WAS 'Ht
fabric. Emhroilcr,d on the bodice ana sRlrt
were small violcts If panne velvet. "A clever
conceit Of thu modiste. About the low nee"
WAS Grapcd heavy croam-colored lace, /"
Renaissance pattern.
Mrs. Edward \. Faust wore white or
candle.
Mrs. Zach Tinker wore n princessc Tobe
of white Renaissance lace over satin, Win I"
| number Of handsome jewels.
Mrs. Wallace Dclaficld was in black satin
| striped rrcnadinc. trimmed In white sitin
and white applique.
Mrs. l.. u. Kinrsand wore black peau de
| sole, with old Chantilly lace. and many
| handsome diamond
Mrs. Howard BLOSSOM appeared In one OF
| the Strikingly handsome toilets worn dur
Ing the evening. II was an imported gown OF
uale blue moire. hrocad.d in sprays az wild
| roses. in their delicate pink tlnts. ana
trimmed in blue paune velvet. The dccollete
| bodice was ornamcnted with a collar OF me
old-rose point and silver embroidery. Win
this Mrs. blossom wore 4 necklace anu
| Corsaee Of diamonds.
Among the matrons of honor who were
not present last evening were Mrs. Howard
| Elliott, Mrs. Edwards Whitaker, Mrs. John
Wahl. Mrs. T.. J. Glasgow. Jr.: Mrs. Sci
den +. Spencer. Mrs. George warren
Brown, Mrs. Ben Eiscman, Mrs. A. Il. Cole
and Mrs. \. l.. Shapleigh. These are in the
city. but sent their regrets.
Not a few of the matrons of honor were
prevented from attending by reason OF
mourning. Mrs. Murray Carleton. Mrs.
Charles Wenneker. Mrs. Seth Cobb. Mrs.
Frank Gaicnnie. and Mrs. ID. NJ. Houser
are not appearing in the gay world just
how. because of the recent death Of reia-
tives.
Mrs. ]. II. LaUGhlln has not yet returned
from CHICAGO. where she has spent the sum
mer with her family. Mrs. Marie Seaman
is still in the East. Mrs. Russell Harding
was prevented from appearing last night
By reason of a marriage in the family OF
Mr.. Harding. \ favorite niece, whose home
IS in Boston, suddenly found herself with
out a male relative 10 give her away In
the her father being taken III.
This duty, therefore. devolved upon aIr.
Harding, who was. Therefore. Obliged TO
depart for Boston with Mrs. Harding last
Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Ehlcrman. Mrs. George Cas-
tleman and Mrs. August Gehner have not
vet reached American shores. after a sum
mer haunt in Europe. Mrs. Sam Caoen *
still out of town. Mrs. Harrison Drumm'nd
is not expected home from the North for a
week or two. Mrs. Julius Walsh went TO
Detroit last week. and did not return in
time for the ball. while Mrs. Henry S. Pot
ter is still absent from town.