The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11

lean serape, in which scarlet predom- mated"
 In the relation of "The Relaxation: of Congressional Folk" there pass be- fore us, Crest, Mario. Bozio. Jenn, Lind, Parepa Rosa, Forrest, Charlotte Cushman. The note on MT. Thack' ery's lectures is made doubly interest ing just now on the verge of the pub lication of the new Thackery Letters in which he writes so kindly of Amer jeans and so whimsically of his lec' lures.
 Above all is interesting the account of the reception at Mrs. Riggs's given to Patti then "a lovely little maiden
 'The Brilliant Buchanan Admins tration" is a chapter that makes the head swim with the relation of social delights when the Presidents neice and Lady Napier were twin stars of the Social World. It must be taken | whole. We leave it to be sun-r pen ed-by your own delight in reading 1t. Then follows the full and captivating account of The Gwin Ball.
 Mrs. Pendleton daughter of Francis Scott Key) was dressed as the Star Spangled Banner" symbolizing her fathers immortal poem. Mrs. Gwin. the Queen of Louis Quartoze," Mrs. Pugh
  a radiant Aurora" Mrs. Jefferson Da- wis as Madame de Stall" But amid all the Court Beauties and Fairy Prin- cesses, Mrs Clay as Mrs. Burlington was Queen of the Evening. As there is not a chick nor a child in Alabama who has not heard of Mrs. Clay as Aunt Ruthy Burlington at the Gwin ball. will quote from the description of the costume made historic more by the grace with which 1t was worn that night than by the author creation of 1t and the character to whom he gave 1t: My costume was ingeniously de- vised It consisted of a plain black al- paca dress and black satin apron; stockings as blue as a certain pair of indigos I have previously described, and large, lo0se-fitting buskin shoes. over my soft grey front-piece wore a high-crowned cap, which, finished with a prim ruff set closely around the face. On the top was diminutive bow of narrowest ribbon, while ties of sim ilarly economical width secured 1t un- der the chin. My disguise was further completed by a pair of stone cutters glasses with nickel rims, which entire ly concealed my eyes. A white ker- chief was drawn primly over my shoul- ders. and was secured by a huge me dallion pin, in which was encased the likeness, as large as the palm of my hand of My poor Paul.
 Also Ike" trotted with her, he wear ing "ostentatiously darned stockings and patched brooches"
 In Mrs. Partington's makeup an an- tique snuffbox was not forgotten: "On my arm I carried a reticule in which were various herbs. elcampane and catnip. and other homely remedies, and a handlarnhiaf in brilliant pnlnru In which was printed with fearless and emphatic type the Declaration of Inde- pendence This bit of stage property" was used ostentatiously betimes. espe- cially when Aunt Ruthy's tears were called forth by some allusion to her lost Paul.
 I wish I had space to tell of all of Aunt Ruthy's" escapades during the evening, of her laughter-provoki asides to Lady Napier, of her conver- sational encounter with Seward. of her routing of the mimic newsboy, of "Lushe" Lamar's compliments, suffice it to say that only lately Colonel Wat terson in talking of this ball exclaim- ed enthusiastically: Mrs. Clay was the Ball"
 Mir. Shillaher asked for likeness of Mrs Clay adding that since she had so perfectly impersonated the charac- ter of his creation he would immortal ize her Mrs. Clay can herself tell of her reply to this: 'T thanked him for his r-'offer and reminded him that the public had anticipated him, and that by their verdict had already imnor- talized myself"
 Indeed she had.
 In the winter of '59 and go interest in social matters waned and interest in political matters waxed