The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-14

t4tlESM grand march opening the colonial
ball Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution begins. Stately DANES
with powdered hair piled high their
heads. dainty debutantes with the white
puffs and ringlets of the colonial maids. and
all dressed In the quaint frocks Of the by
gone century. will file down the hall in the
figures of the grand march. The men ac-
companying them will help out the illusion
of other days with their white wigs and
queues and their lace ruffies, though they
will not go 20 the extent Of wearing the
suits of the good old colonial gentlemen.
The ball is to be given by the two chap
ters here-the Caroline Scott Harrison
Chapter and the General Arthur st. Clair
Chapter-for the purpose Of raising funds
toward the Continental Hall TO be erected
by the national society. A large number
of invitations have been issued In the city
and through the State. and it is expected
that the assemblage Of guests will include
many visitors from the various out-of-
town chapters Of the society. The ball
will be one of the largest and most brilliant
society functions ever given in the city,
and its success in both a social and fnan-
cial way is already assured.
The grand march will be lead by Mrs.
William H.. Coleman, regent of the Caroline
Scott Harrison Chapter. with Mr.. w. F.
c. Colt, and Miss Martha Carey. regent of
the ST. Clair Chapter. with DR.. Torian.
There will be two figures in the march and
after they are completed the men and girls
will form into sets for the dancing of the
minuet. The chaperons' sets will be in the
center OF the hall and the others will be
grouped around them and all the women
OF each set wear the same color. the blend
ing of the hues will be exceedingly effect
I've. The women, who are the chaperons,
will wear gowns fowered with big pink
roses over petticOats of white, and in the
other sets the flowered overdresses will be
fashioned over petticoats of the color
chosen for the set. All the gowns will have
the plain square-necked waist and long
pointed bodice of the colonial period, with
panniers, either puffed or straight, and the
double Vatican plait for the back. The
elaborately dressed hair. powdered TO snowy
whiteness. the cOquettish patches here and
there the quaint high-heeled shoes with
bright buckles. TO say nothing of the ap-
propriate airs and graces. will transform
the modern dancers into bevy of old time
bellies The men dancers Of the minuet will
wear the modern evening clothes with lace
rufiles and a broad scarlet ribbon across
the breast. There will be four figures in
the minuet. which will be rather after the
order OF a quadrille, combined with min
net steps and the deep courtesies and bows
OF the older dance.
THE BEAUCAIRE FIGURES.
Two figures OF the minuet which will be
especially beautiful and interesting are the
seconl and the last figures. both or which
are Beaucaire' figures. The second will
be the minuet as il was danced in Richard
hansfield's production OF "Beaucaire''-a
stately and beautiful dance composed by a
famous French professor who came TO this
country especially TO teach IL to the mem
bers OF the Mansfield company. The last
figure is the minuet as il is now being
danced in the production OF "Beaucaire"
running In London. The weeks of practice
which many OF the dancers have given to
learning the measures makes the dance
move with smOothness. stateliness and
grace. Mrs. Ovid Butler jameson has dl-
rected the minuet dancers and Prof. ID. Il.
Brenneke has taught the figures of the
grand march. Following tho minuet the
ball proper viii begin and men and women
or to-iay will mingle with the colonial
dancers on the floor. Mrs. Marvin Rice
Maxweli's set. which will be costumed In
deep pink. viii have for its chaperons Mrs.
Coleman and Mr.. Colt. and wiz include
Miss Martha Foster, Miss Lucia Holiday.
Mr. Arthur Byneld. Mr.. Paul Azbfl Mr
William knight and Dir. Oscar Schmidt.