The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-13

49, 49," - 49, A'Ah ia o.
A big. big function. with the tickets up TO
80. Including supper, and the boxes selling
at So or even IA hundred dollars apiece.
Out In the Odson. floored over to dance or;
She fine. handsome lobby for a promenade,
end the supper rooms adjacent.
Then the boxes filed with all the elderly
fashion Of town. Or else the enormous din
;ng-room of the Southern Hotel. which.
they tell me. used 20 be the place for
balls u decade ago. but which has not seen
p white satin slipper for many a long day.
There are a half dozen places where a big
ball could be given with great comfort and
convenience.
; Plenty of people-rnen aud women-could
be found TO engineer the project and make
it a go. Weather prophets declare that this
is to he a severe and frosty winter. The
Spoor will need everything that can be given
sto them. We have had no charity balls in
st. Louis for ten years. Every other city
apf Importance gives one each winter. and
not only reaps a rich fna ncial reward. but
comes out tremendously successful in . So
9CiBl way. Chicago has two. New York al
ways one. and other Eastern cities general
Ely follow suit.
It's not too soon to begin to think 1t over.
Why not dance for charity this winter?
MIR. and Mrs. Alfred Bevis. who rarely
finger in town longer than a month at a
; time. are going down to the Carplinas in 4
week or two to visit Mrs. Bevis's family.
From there they viii journey to New York
for Horse Show week, and to spend the
month of November enjoying the early new
plays. the music and an other delights of q
ewell-started metropolitan season. They get
hack to st. Louis the LIST of December. and
expect to stay until the middle Of January,
fwhen they win go South to Palm Beach,
Key West. the Bermudas and Porto Rico.
The engagement of Miss Anna Salter
Birch of ST. Louis to Mr.. William Henry
Lyon of Buffalo. y. Y. was announced last
might at a dinner given by Mrs. Lon v.
Stephens at jefferson City. To say that the
announcement was a surprise is putting 1t
mildly. The guests at the dinner-and they
were fourteen intimate friends of the
Stephens household-had never heard of Mr..
Lyon. much less seen the gentleman. They
all came t. dine, with mods ami smiles and
looks of significance. fully prepared To hear
of Miss Birch's approaching marriage to
another man-one who lives in Jefferson
City. and whose devotion has SO long been
afally understood and appreciated that an
enounoements seemed su%perfiuous.
Judge of the sensation when. just before
dessert. Mrs. Stephen told them that her
cousin. Miss Birch. would marry the gem
tlernan on her right. Mr.. Lyon of Buffalo.
A teleSraphic bird tells me that everybody
was positively struck dumb-all except the
jefferson City man, who quietly enjoyed the
general establishment. as he has been in
the secret for several weeks. lie realiy hdu
to be. you know.
MI. Lyon arrived In the State capital yes
tcrday. He IS an agreeable young man, who
made a very pleasant impression last night.
Miss Birch met him very early in the spring,
when she went down to Buffalo with Mrs.
Stephens's party. They were all much en-
tertained by Mr.. Lyon-indeed, he did no
end of things for their pleasure during the
three weeks they stayed. and later accom-
panied them East. where he spent most or
the summer, diligently wootng down by the
seaside. And with highly successful results,
az you see.
Miss Birch really belongs TO st. Louis.
though YOU may contradict me with reason
able excuse. as she has spent so much time
at the capital for the last five years. she
did much to make the Stephenses social
: regime at Jefferson City a success.
The late General Jim Lewis used TO ruo
,<hts hands together and say: Anna Birch?
By tove! a mighty fine girl" which quite
expresses II.
Successful ball-,his years Yelled Proph-
et f~rnct1or-and with several noteworthy
{ffnatures aside from the trappings which
salwsys attend his Majesty. The large mum
9ber OF strangers impressed everybody. L
raw people from Bear Lake, M!ln-, anu
Boston, Mass
Young ma,rors of town made a brave
Showing. Mrs. Arthur Lambert charming
in pale blue: Mrs. George w Teasdaie'
Mrs Eherhard .Anheuser. whose stately car
rage was much remarked; Mrs. George
Wallace Niedringhaus Mrs. Goodman King.
.n gold-embroidored white satin. and many
Jewels: Mrs. Russell Harding. who this
wear WIS not called out of town by any
weddings of relatives; Mrs. Randolph
Iaushlin. who wore pale blue and white.
and Mrs. Henry koehier. Jr., whose display
OF Jewels was. without doubt. the handsom-
est at the ball. A high dog collar of strings
OF pearis clasped in front with a magnificent
buckle of diamonds, was worn about her
throat. while below it hung n necklace
With iruurserable pendants, each composed
of n fine ruby surrounded by diamonds.
Ccrssse ornaments of diamonds added fur
fher lustpr 10 her gown. which was a pile
gray satin. hand-emh-oidered in coiora
Few old clothes were Worn-l mean few
frocks that hooked soiied and fsowsly. tsu-
ally people appear to save their Oldest and
most tattered ball GOWNS for the Yelled
Prophet. have actually blushed for some
weil-knopn women who appeared IN the
ballroom in SEASONS past.
But not this year. Either the same wo-
men We're not there. or else they turned
ever q. new leaf and bought finery. For
the ballroom certainly never looked gayer.
BY the way. what a bad investment white
parne velvet is. I saw one frock which
should have been very pretty, made entire
IL Of white psnne in fine tucks: and. t.Soush
it was quite new and ought to have E,a-Nt
spick and span. the tucking. stitched. LETT
q thread Of soil that gave the whole a din
gy appearance far from desirable Then
the Ions nap catches every single bit OF
dust afoat, and one twirl around any floor
IS sufficient TO ruin It for all time to come.