The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-14
MILLS TWINS
INTRODUCED
TO SOCIETY
Mr.. and Mrs. WhitsIaw Rid
Give Ball Which Is Attended
by Leaders In Society.

New York. Jan. 14.-Mr and mrs.
Nhiielaw Reid gave a ball at their resi-
cence last night for the introduction into
society Of Miss Gladys Mills and Miss
Beatrice Mills. twin daughters of Mr.and
Mrs. Ogden Mills and nieces of Mrs
Whtelaw Reid. Mr. and Mrs. ogden Mills
will give a coming-out ball for the hIisses
Mills next Friday night.
Instead OF entering. as ordinarily, by
the main door directly In front Of the
steps, the guests passed through a small
err door at the left. This served two pur-
poses, for the guests stepped directly into
the elevator and were taken to the suite
of rooms on the second floor which were
used for cloak rooms. and draughts were
kept from the house. They afterward de.
scended the wide marble stairway. and
at the foot in the wide hall Mrs. Reid
received them.
The Misses Mills, in white tulle made
over Eatin and garlanced. and with
strands of pearls around their throats
were beside her and assisted
The earlier informal dancing was in the
adjacent ballroom at the rear OF ..,e
house. which is finely finished in natural
woods and has a balcony at one end In
which one OF the two orchestras was sta
toned
supper was served az 1915 o'clock at
small round tables. which were scattered
The dining room is very large, and finish
ed in panellod oak. which almost reaches
the ooling and Is elaborately carved.
The cotillion, which began at ] o'clock.
was danced in the great salon or music
room, which extends the width OF the
house on the Madison avenue side This
room Is finished I'm pale gray marble and
the walls sre hung with tapestries There
were great plaques, three feet across, OF
pink begonias embedded I'm smiiax on the
walls with American Beauty roses and
orchids above them, and the marble pill
lars were embellished with flowers. me
window on Fiftleth street was removed,
and temporary structure jutting out in
It's place made a music stand. This was
lined with white Powered cretonne and
hlied with flowers and In this the second
orchestra was placed.
Elisha Dyer. Jr.. and Craig w Wads-
worth were the Cotillion leaders from
either end OF the salon and their partners
were the Misses Mills. There were y ia
vor figures and during these the finest fa-
vors seen mere, as far as recalled, were
given out.
The greenhouses at Ophir Farm, The
Peid country residence, were riasd TO
furnish the flowers for tho ball and they
made q rich display
Among the guests were Mrs. Astor. Mr..
and Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Cen and
Mrs. Lloyd :. Bryce, Mr.. and Mrs. Cass
Garfield, Hon. and Mrs. Joseph HChoate,
Mise Choote. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L.ews,
Alfonso de Navarro. Mrs. Richard Gam
brll, Mr.. and Mrs. y. IL. Hartman. Mr..
and Mrs s. oliver Iseiin. hr. and Mrs.
William jay, Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott Law
renee, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Junius s. Morgan. Senator
Depew tMrs. Depew went to Washington
yesterday. Mr. Robert Walton Goelet.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Harrison. Hon. and
Mrr Abram = Hewitt. Mr.. and Mrs Will
liam n. Sloane. Hon. benjamin r. Tracy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred O. Vanderbilt Mr..
and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mr. Reci-
nald Vanderbilt. Mr.. William X. Wander
hilt. Willism G. whitney. MIR. and Mrs
John u. Rockefeller. Jr.. Hon. and Mrs.
Levi Y. Morton. Mr.. and Mrs Elisha
Dyer, Jr.. aud Baron jacques de Meyron-
net de Saint Marc.