The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-29
NORTH CAROLINA HOSTS.
NF. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones Enter
lain Superbiy in Honor of Two
New York Girls.

"Cholly Knickerhocker in the New
York American, has the Following account
lot dance given By Mr.. and Mrs. Penn
broke Jones, in honor of two young
ladies' from Barrytown:
There is NO longer any doubt about the
pembroke Jones What the ''devil-danCe.,'
var-eville dinner die for them at Newport,
the Italian Pergola ard French Tri2non
ball aid fer them last night in New York
Everybody was there last night, Mrs.
Astor headed the list, and Mrs Ogden
Mills and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish lent the
prestige of their distinguished presence.
There We're others of course. The invita-
tions were by no means restricted to the
select 400" and the list ran stra ght
through the gamut of society, including
everybody with charming impartlaiity.
There were some titles there Besides
among those present" l disceTned Lord
and Lady Mcnson, the Count de Gallifet,
Count Hochberg, and the picturesque
Marquis de Villavieja Elisha Dyer, Jr
who contributed largely TO the, success of
the devil dance" dinner at Newport, and
Harry Lehr led the codlion with the
Misses Delano, stunning girls from Barry
town, in whose honor the ball was given
and Mrs. George 3. De Forest and Mrs
/
FIRST of the Pembroke Jones society spon-
scrs gave material and judic.ous help in
a number Of tactful ways.
I went to the ball at Sherry's last night
expecting to be surprised. ard I was. I
had an idea that the Pembroke Joneses
would do something rather extraordinary
because that is distinctly in their line, but
did not think they would plunge to
quite the extent Of the effulgent riot Of
elegant and spectacular expense last night.
In the first place, there were two sup
9ors. Then 1 heard. while l was inspect
ing the Italian Pergola into which the
reception room ! had been converted and
the copy of the Gardens of the Trianon,
which had been made of the ball room,
that it had taken fourteen imported art
lists seven days TO put all the sumptuous
decorations in their places.
Two whole floors at Sherry's were given
over to the entertainment. The Pergola,
undoubtedly a Renaissance and a re-
hinder of the Pembroke Jones triumphs
| in Roman society, came first. 1t was a
bit out of on italian garden, in a clever
! imitation of tesselatei pavement and
marble columns, arched over with the
shining green leaves Of some very Italian
! looking vine Those stiff little evergreen
shrubs which you see in the Italian gard
ems were set thickly about, and real works
of art in marble cleaned through the
! thick shrubbery 1t was a cool and de-
! hghtful spot to linger and dream.
Mrs Jones, who is quite as beautiful
now as she was when she was known as
'"the beautiful Miss Green. belle of all the
South looked even more beautiful than
ever in a soft, simple sort OF gown Of white
very fluffy and lacy and glinting with some
gold threads here and there. She was
quite dazzling with pearls and diamonds
but even in her Jewels kept herself all
/ in white and gold.
Both the Misses Dclano We're in white,
ard looked the part of charming
dehutantes with few jewels and great
lunches Of white roses. Thew are dainty
and well-mannered girls. would be popu-
lar here if they stayed long enough. /
an told that hey are nie2es of Harry
! Walters, the Joneses' great friend, and
daughters of MI and Mrs. Warren Delano,
of Barrytown.
Beyond the Pergola was the ball room,
all French and dazzling, and Louis XVI.
Two reproductions of the Temples of
Love in the gardens Of the Trianon at
Versailles faced the entrance at the end
/
sion Of being situated in the garden or
conservatory at the rear The columns
were draped with garlands of pink roses
and there were golden horns of plenty
! filed with pink roses over all the doors
and windows The walls were draped
with solid curtains of vines caught up
with Louis XVI baskets and wreaths Of
pink roses.
OF course, the affair was late in be-
ginning.
The cotillion was wonderful affair,
with magnificent favors imported from all
sorts of out Of the way laces They were
wheeled into the ball room III a jinriksha
by japanese giant.
And all this after less than five years
CT New York society. This is the thing
which makes the Pembroke Joneses the
most talked of young couple in the -Four
Hundred" today.
Mrs. Jones was Miss Sadie Green of
! Wilmington, N c., before her marriage,
and was known as one of the famous
"Three Graces," composed of herself, Miss
Daisy Breaux. of New Orleans, now Mrs.
Andrew Simonds, of Charleston. c., and
Miss Emma Minis now Mrs joseph
Thompson, of Atlanta, Ga. She made he-
debut in Washington, under the chaperon-
age of Mrs. "Zeb'' Vance. wife OF the ia
nous North Carolina Senator married
Pembroke Jones, also of North Carolina,
and came to New York to live.
They toured extensively with Harry
Walters. the millionaire Baltimore bache
lor, who was their intimate friend, in the
his yacht, the Narada, and even took
whirl at Roman society with distinguished
success.
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