The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-16


silkoline, entwined with Southern laurel.
Scarlet curtains draped the windows and
the clusters of side lights shed their rosy
radiance through cups of the same vivid
shades. The background of the stage was
draped in red, and here and there were
artistic tangles Of vines. The balcony at
the north end of the hall was decorated
in the prevailing colors. and there
Schroeder's band, concealed behind
screening of foliage, furnished the rhythm
to which hundreds of dainty slippered feet
kept time.
From early in the evening till early this
morning crowds came and danced, it being
tread one or more merry measures across
the polished floor.
The Southern Relief Society numbers
among its members some of the most
prominent women of the South. a number
of whom come from the various States
south of Mason and Dixon's line each year
to attend the function. The guests were
received by the officers of the society
headed by its president, Miss Virginia
Miller She is a handsome woman of the
stately, gracious type, and was splendidly
gowned in white satin under black lace.
She wore an old family necklace of pearls
in leaf design, and her corsage bouquet
was of yiolets. The additional officers
are:
Vice Presidents, Mrs. E. Rust Smith,
Mrs. Albert Akers, Mrs. Madison A. Bal
linger, and Mrs. Greenwood Stanley; Re-
cording Secretary, Mrs. H. A. CLEARWATER;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Horatio N.
Taplin; Treasurer. Mrs. Magnus S.
Thompson; Historian. Mrs. s. W. Halsey;
Executive Committee. Mrs. S. Sprigg Belt.
Chairman; Mrs. G. S. Coyington, Mrs. z.
T. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Fannie L. Ten Eyck,
aad Mrs. J. W. Young; Relief Committee,
Mrs. C. D. Merwin, Chairman; Mrs. Annie
W. Hughes. Mrs. G. w. Dorman, Mrs.
West Stever, and Mrs. S. s. Richardson.
The ladies were assisted in receiving by
Mr.. William A. Gordon, President of the
Confederate Veterans Association Of the
District, and among the ladies invited to
stand in the receiving line were Miss
Mary Custis Lee, daughter of Gen. Robert
z. Lee, who has just returned from En-
rope after an absence of eight years; Mrs.
Tyler wife of the Governor of Virginia.
Mrs. Shepard wife of Justice Shepard;
8lrs. r. B. B. Chew, Miss Emily Mason,
Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Turley, Mrs, Butler,
Mrs. Bingham, Mrs. Edward Cohen, Mrs.
William Laird Dunlop, Mrs. C. B. How
ry. Miss Julia Magruder, Mrs. J. L. Stay
den, Mrs. James NJ. Garrett, Mrs Dever-
eux. Mrs. William Page Copper. Mrs. Rob-
ert w. Hunter, Mrs. Eleanor Washington
Howard, Mrs. W. A. Wayne, Mrs. j. T.
Callaghan. Mrs. Arthur FendaII, Mrs.
BaGkhead. and Mrs. Nash
An attractive feature of last years ball
and which was repeated in this, was
second reception committee of young
ladies, of which Miss FendaI, was chair
man. The additional members were Miss
Gordon, Miss Esther Gordon. Miss Peter
Miss Tenney, the Misses Jacob. Miss Grace
Dunlop, Miss Florence Beale, Miss DENLY
Miss NJ. Chalmers Foster, the Misses
Goodwin, Miss Haxall, Miss Todd, Miss
Horner, Miss Heneberry. Miss Tucker
Miss Howard. Miss Swami, Miss Patten.
Miss Pugh, the Misses Graves, the Misses
Richardson, the Misses Heth. Miss Bar
rett, Miss Wright, Miss Powell, Miss Lucy
Powell, Miss Baeker, Miss Harvey, Miss
Paschal, Miss Minetree, Miss Simpson
Miss Green, Miss Elizabeth Goodwin, Miss
Harrison, Miss Kleberg Miss Bishop, Miss
o'Farrell, Miss Young, Miss Riley, Miss
Josephine B. Merrick, Miss Buckner Miss
Goodloe. and Miss Upshur
The arrangements of the floor and music
were IN Tue udHuS OF q CALAMITY courteous
committee of which Mr.. Robert E. Lee, Dr.,
was chairman
The decorations in the supper room
were lavish and gay A number of tables
were ranged about the room each adorned
with palm or potted azalea. Silver and
china glittered in the electric light and
about the walls and covering the windows
were frateFnal Eningling of the Confeder-
ate colors and the Stars and Stripes
Between the tables moved pretty girls
radiant in smiles and robed in gowns
that seemed to have been woven in the
looms Of fairies. These dainty creatures
carried arrays freighted with refreshments
They worked for sweet charity and they
worked practically we'll and hard Grave
mstrons, locking young again, because Of
their happiness in doing deeds OF love
jostled to and fro. They wore white
aprons and some OF them wore white hair
The patronesses Of the ball this year were:
Mrs. Mckinley. Mrs. Harriet Lane John
ston, Mrs. Daniel Manning Vicomtess de
Sibour, Mrs. Frederick l.. Moore, Mrs j.
Nicholas Norton, Nine. WI Mrs Beverly
henncn, Mrs. Nathaniel Wilson Mrs. Sen
ator Bate, Mrs. SenaIor Vest Mrs. Robert
King Stone. Mrs Thomas Turner, Mrs.
Vance, Mrs. Swanson Mrs ]. Hoidsworth
Gordon, Mrs. George T. Dunlop. Mrs. Al
bert c. Janin, Mrs. Wythe DENLY, Mrs
Daingerfeld. Mrs. Senator Lindsay Mrs
Senator Fairbanks, Mrs William Corcorau
Hill. Mrs. r. Randolph Powell Mrs Ohm
sted, Mrs William a. Gordon. Mrs. T. N
McADoy. Mrs. James Blair Mrs r Ross
Perry, Miss Kibbey. Miss Dayidge. and
Miss NJ. E. Johnston
The Portuguese Minister and the Vi
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