The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-02-16

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ana ifuit trees a'i covered WIN p'u
] anu White mowers iherc were papc
"iterhs Vi All iorlhs an" co'ors anu tner
was river Ill ,hc pa'Nsi"ui'u' ~,
Oh lhlposslpe piue, the paiiks OF WHICH
were s'uuueu Win Sshni''i'c"' iee'
anu 'lii.cfiS' me h'ur'c n's"'s W pay
ana feirrol enters nc Is aii a'esse'
III Wille' from inc o'her sue VI 'n'
stage III dances 'oi"iiipiile' one
dressed IKE Il iAoaeiii pailct nnn'cr.
10 you love me- sa.u ileirol
lnlo Madness rrpiie' 'oiu'ioine'
lhey step 10 the front anu u"hcti
theh Whoie rows ol huh!' WINE tune
skirts, ana golden Wallds ana lesS ana
PINK HtSllIihSS dhhce maui! hpout tne
stage. Inc music grows so last ana
furious that the leader oil me orchestr',
mops ms prov III MS excitement ana
Then the cancers seem To gro" 'ireu'
Inc music grows "ihihi'r anu oi''i''ei
ana 'ol"iilpi'ie Ie'rrot l""es ava! my
the backgrounds ana .he Who'e p"ihieu
scene taxes on Il gray nue. through winch
comes sial'lis rays oi uui'' rich eoiois'
as though from s'aiheu si"ss' ne
Nlolihs cease ana the peal VI III ois"h
IS heard ana the slialhs OIL So'ei'ih
dlrge iall on the ear.
llcrc is your roilee' hia"alh'
ION, 1t Is you Is 1t b'''y! l must
have been dreaming. dreaming OIL lhe
dance last evening ana dreaming mat
the curtain soon Is to lall ana put al
end to VANITY i"lrs saiely.
1T was the best dance OF al, Betty
this third FRIDAY Night Dance. Every
body seemed to be III the say'st Oh
spirits and everybody was there. l
think | never saw so many pretty girls
all at once. You know Mrs. Ferdinand
Gilpin, Mrs. Preston Lea ana Mrs.
Louise y. du P"nt received the guests at
the door and the New-Century Club
Auditorium looked beautiful, though 1t
WAS very simply decorated, merely with
palms and greens, The supper was
served upstairs III the drawinsroom. l
sat in the balcony deal Of the time and
watched the merry dancers. That bal
rony is JoI ly place to sit in. You can
just get on the front row and look down
on the malzy whirl and criticize to your
hearts content, but there was not much
to find fault with last night. The music
was perfect and the gowns did not look
Il bit draggled, as it is the newspaper
fashion to say now toward the end of
the season. | never saw Miss Elizabeth
Gilpn looking better She had such
petite, plump figure, and seems to go
into everything with such seriousness.
She wore white. During the evening !
had a chance to ask her about her
studies, for YOU know she is studying
decorative art at the DrcXcl Institute,
and has made somewhat of success in
wood carving, burnt wood designs and
namtcl decorations. So you see all our
butterflies Of fashion are not idle. Even
butterflies have serious thoughts.
Then there was Miss Bradford. She
has just returned from Washington and
was quite Il belle during the evening.
Miss Rcbecca II. Smith, tall and
stately, always a BELLE was very viva
ciouS during the evening
The Misses Lea came in late. You
know they had been receiving at tea
in Philadelphia at the Acorn Club, given
hy Mrs. Charles NJ. Lea and Miss Mar
iorie Lea, in honor of Miss Church, of
New York.
"Thcn ! noticed during the evening
Miss Mary du Pont, Miss Alice du pont,
Miss Elsie Swift, Miss McIlvaine, the
Misses Drapcr, the Misses Moore, the
Misses Cooper, the Misses Jackson, Miss
Ethel Cause. Miss Natalie Wilson, Miss
Julie $. du Pont, Mr.. and Mrs. Y. G.
du pont, Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. du pont,
Miss Louisa D'A. du Pont, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. l.. Gilpn, Miss Gilpn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mon1cith Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Preston Lea. Mr. and Mrs. J. 4. Moore.
Miss Morse Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Il.
Miller, Mrs. II. B. Richardson, Miss
Agnes Richardson. Miss Elizabeth s.
Swift. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas. Miss
Elizabeth Il. Smith, Miss Mary Swift,
Mr.. and Mrs. +. Ernest Smith. Mr. and
Mrs, Frank Tatuuu. Miss Eleanor John
son. Mrs. Samuel Eaucroft. f. r. Cocll-