The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-29
In Social ircIes
A COLONIAL BALL 4
Pretty Affair by Colonial Chapter,
D. "A. r. at Home of Mrs. d.
VIM Donaldson. H.
Members Of Reception Committee
and Many Guests Wore Old
Time Costumes.

and Many Guests Wore Old
Time Costumes.
| The colonial ball which was given last
evening at the residence of Mrs. William
Donaldson by the Colonial chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
was one of the prettiest affairs Of the
year. Many of the guests as we'll as the
! members of the reception group were in
colonial costume and the powdered hair
and quaint gowns of the women, the
queues and. picturesque dress of the men
added touch of dignity and grace to the
! occasion, The decorations were OF
patriotic nature, as BETTING patriotic
occasion, and the American flag was
everywhere. Ill .tt--. i. .t....~
Seavey Bailey, in blue velvet suit,
acted as master of ceremonies and intro
duced the guests to George Washington,
impersonated by Walter w. Heffelfn.ger
In black silk coat and knee breaches, black
silk hose and buckled shoes and with a
! powdered hair; Martha Washington, rep
resented by Mrs. Keith in white satin,
| trimmed with rare old lace; the three
Misses Chew Of Philadelphia, Mrs. Payne
in white silk with lace fichu, Mrs. W. hit
ney in black silk with Irish lace trim
ming, and Mrs. Father in black lace over
white silk and point lace garniture; Dor
|
cite, w. G. Northrup with a military coat
in red and blue with epaulettes and white
! satin breeches; Count Rochambeau, Fred
| Chute, black silk and white satin; John
Adams, J. F.. Calhoun, white costume;
Abigail Adams, Mrs. E. J.. Edwards, gray
| silk with a Powered overdress and lace
fchu; Thomas Jefferson, Keith Monroe,
red coat, tan trousers; Mrs. Jefferson,
Mrs. John Washburn, white silk with
overdress of striped silk; Alexander Ham
ilton, j. S. Porteous, green silk coat. white
satin vest and knee brooches; Mrs. Ha1tlil-
u ton Mrs. Porteous, cream Powered silk
over cream lace; Benjamin Franklin. Roy
# Clarke. Quaker costume. Others in the
I reception group were Mrs. c. T. Tholnp-
son, regent of the Colonial chapterI in
white silk; Mrs. Rising, state regent, in
yellow silk; Mrs. Liggett, vice regent, lace
over black.
The reception hour was from $3.50 until
$3.50, when Mr.. Bailey led the way to the
ballroom while the orchestra played "Hail
Columbia" The young women who sang
the song were ranged on either side to
form an aisle and they held garlands of,
white and red roses tied with blue rib
bons. They were in white and their hair
was powdered. The march led round the
ballroom and then the orchestra played
the mnuet which was danced by group
Of young women in the pretty costume Of
the, eighteenth century,. They We're
Misses Florence Rodgers, in stiff bro
cade gown Of crushed rose Topped over
white satin with real lace garniture; Bes-
sic Ried,-: blue. Powered satin polonaise
over pink satin, lace fchu; Mary Harring-
ton, pink brocaded silk polonaise over pale
pink Powered silk; Helen Harrington, blue
silk overdress over yellow silk, with cream
lace trimming; Flora Edwards. pink flow
cred overdress over white trimmed with
point lace, flowers for garniture; Louise
Higgins, white satin with white Powered
silk polonaise finished with bands Of vel
vet, short sleeves; Alice Wyman, white
satin gown made with a Vatican plait
J with Irish lace; Hanna Dunwoody, bro
caded old rose silk with gray oVerdress,
with a flchu; Flora Brewer, crushed straw
berry heavy silk, cream lace and fchu;
Marguerite Welles. pink organdie over
white, with full skirt, lace fichu pink
roses; Gertrude Rust, pale yellow silk
skirt: The girls all wore their hair pow
dered and had patches on their faces.
The minuet was followed by the ;Vir-
! ginia reel and then, the conventional
{ waltzes and two-steps were danced. Sup
: per was served in the dining room at mid
} night.
The patronesses of the dance were
I Mines. James S. Bell, William Donaldson
: o. c. Wyman, A. R. Jackson, w. D. Wash
} burn, I. c. Marston, Emma G. Crosby
I Thomas H. Shevlin, l.. K. Hull, f. B
I Semple. F. B. Payne. William c. John
son, Thomas S. Roberts, H. H. Kinlball
vi.
I Thayer, G. S. Hubert, James K. HoSmer
( E. J. Edwards, w. c. Whitney, George H
{ Christian. A. M. Keith, F. Il E. Spra que
) Charles F. Welles and j. S. Porteous.
J The marriage of Miss Margaret Moore
}ldaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gustavus A
{ Moore, and Russell Spcer of Willmar
! was solemnized last evening in the FRS
} Congregational church in the presence o
10 10 nf
e. people are we'll known in university cir
5 cles. The bride is a member of Klapps
} Alpha Theta and Mr.. Spicer is an Alpha
Delta Phi. He is president Of the !Firs
National bank in Wilmar, in which tow
elMiss Moore was formerly a -teacheri ~
Palms and trailing vines formed an eff
: fective background for the bridal part.
= and white carnations were tied with grea
y bows of white ribbons to- the peW$ re
# served for the family. The ushers Iwer
# M. w Matteson, Fred H. Carpenter an
Jay, Durant of Minneapolis. and Altre
Markus of Wilmar, and as the guests ar
rived, Clarence Marshall played a pro
A. gram of appropriate numbers, Whlc
r changed to the '"Lohengrin' chorus ais tn
u, bridal party entered the church.
q Miss Elizabeth Moore, a Younger sis
!, ter of the bride, entered first. She Iwor
white Swiss and carried pink carnations
re The bridesmaids were the Misses Blanch
~ Stanford and Grace Lavayea of Mime
- apois; Edith Corner of Columbus, Ohio
Of and Fannie Sawyer Of :Faribault. The
O. were gowned alike in white net over whit
re silk, with pink velvet outlining the lo7
bodices Pink aigrettes and Toses wer
in their hair and their flowers were; pin
l. carnations. The maid of honOr,sMis firac
III Trask was in pink silk net over pink an
De her bouquet was Of white carnations Th
IS brides gown was of white crepe, de chin
over white silk. The skirt was tpclle
e. and fashioned with deep chiffon edge
. f1ouncc and the. bodice: had AZ bertha of OF
, point lace outlining the lace yoke. IN
vail was caught with diamond and pea
: crescent and the bridal bouquet was {
} white violets. ~ - y %
9 MIR. Spicer and his best man, F1 orac
Klein, met the bride at the altar, Whe1
the service was. read by@Rev. %. w. Shurt
z Eleff. as Mr. Marshall played - erei
The Mendelssohn march Wassused as
2 recessional. . /. III aa;tt3838 /,
The service was followed by az recel
8 ton at the Moore residence onss iSixt
q lstreet Sc Mr.. and Mrs. Moore and M
: and Mrs. j. NJ. sSpicer of Willmar receive
6 with the bridal couple. Mr.. Moore Wol
white etamine with point lace trimming
3 and touches of blue liberty silk Ass1s
ing through the rooms were MINES.
\ H Murphy, S. T. Ferguson, II. =. Ca
e lpenter r. Il. Penney, the Misses spice
j Iiigginbothem, Bennett, Kenney ar
= lCampbell.
z Among the $50 guests were Mr. al
Nj Mrs. Mason Spicer of Willmar. Mr.. al
K Mrs. John Hutchinson and family Of Far