The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-12
BELLE OF THE BALL
CLOTHED AS BABY
Young American Matron Creates
Sensation at Society
Affair.
USES PERAM B ULAT o R
Handsome and Richly CARRIED
Arab Wheels Her to Ball
Room Floor.
ny VANCE THOMPSON.


Paris, June 11.--A young American
matron with the high-sounding Eng
lish title OF the Honorable Mrs. Hugh
Ronald French. has covered herself
with glory at the annual military ball
given by the English garrison at
Cairo.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Ida Wynne, a daughter of former
Postmaster-G General Wynne. who later
was the American Consul-General In
London. but though her maiden name
was plain her face is her fortune. and
the prettiest one seen in Egypt for
many moons. Mrs French Is clever
and original as we'll as beautiful. She
created great sensation in Cairo by
engaging stately, handsome and
through the streets in perambulator
and right into the middle OF the ball
room.
AS 1T was masquerade ball Mrs.
French was dressed as a baby. When
recognized finally by her husband and
his fellow officers cheers loud and long
went up for the American beauty. The
baby clothes In which the Honorable
Mrs. Hugh was attired all came from
the Rue de la Paix, Paris. where they
were on exhibition before being sent
"
was pronounced indisputably the belle
OF this ball
Her husband is cousin of General
Sir John French. one of the hravest
officers the English had in South At
RIGA lighting against the Beers. The
Honorable Mrs. Hugh's husband has
how been ordered to go to India.
whittier she, of course, will accompany
him.
A Joyous Picrrot Ball.
The season which is nearing its close
has been remarkable for the number
of open-air fetes. dinners, dances and
amateur theatricals. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mortimer Schiff asked a large party
this week to dine and dance at the
polo game of Bagetelle. The cotillion
which followed the dinner was led BY
Andre de Fouquieres. the famous
dandy. who is going to the United
states to lecture on Clothes" and
Madame Mortimer Schiff.
Among the guests were Marquis
Iaucourt. Mrs. spottiswood. Count de
Sala. Count Schoenhorn. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinch Smith and Mrs. Baxter Tevis
and her pretty sister, Miss Baxter.
Another interesting fete was the
Pierrot ball given by the Princess de
la Tour d'Auvergne. All the guests
went as Pierrots and Pierrottes for
the young matrons had courage and
other qualities which enabled them
to appear in the exact costumes worn
by the Italian ballet dancers, wearing
tights and a single fluffy horizontal
skirt which the French dancers call
a ''tutu." Other costumes We're equally
gay and daring. None of the guests OF
the Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne is
likely to forget that June ball
Mrs. Clarence Postley. the widow of
Commodore Postley of the New York
Yacht Club, has been decorated by
Pope Plus X. Mrs. Postley Joined the
Catholic Church about a year ago. and
is a devout communicate but the i'm
mediate cause of the honor S the
restoration of an old and favorite
church In Rome which she undertook
al enormous expense. AS Mrs. Postley
enjoys an income of $4,000 year this
is not of much matter, but Mrs. Post
ley is we'll known to be an exceeding
ly generous woman, and she is known
to have given $4,000 a year to a gen
tlewoman friend who had fallen on
evil days.
The restoration OF the church was
in the nature of votive offering to
avert any accident happening to her
son and daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sterling Postley. who seem to have
contracted the accident habit. While
Yet unrecovered from al automobile
accident of seven months ago her son
had another mlshap quite recently. He
was thrown from cali and in the
fall broke shoulder blade and In
jured his head.
The Postleys have a handsome house
in the Rue Bassano and expect to re-
side permanently in France. On the
ct nf 1No nrf SSi{ z
Mrs. Postley had an interview with
the Pope. The Holy Father would
have given her title Of countess.
similar to that conferred on the
Countess de Spottswood and others. so
that she could rank with the Maruuise
dc Maloney, Of Philadelphia. or the
Marquise do Wentworth, of New York
and Paris. but Mrs. Postley. while
recognizing that ponti1cal titles are
the very oldest, is quite democratic,
and believes that titles Of nobility
| should have no place In America.
HENCE the Vatican respected her
| views 0and showed its appreciation of
: her generosity by making her Knight
I of the Holy Sepulchere, which is a re-
! ligious benevolent organization. The
decoration in diamonds and gold which
! goes with this honor is simply gor-
| geous, its almost barbaric splendor
| outrivalinS even decorations some-
times seen in the country of Nicholas.
| Gear of all the Russias
Another reason why Mrs. Clarence
Postley. formerly Miss Margaret Ster-
ling declines a patent of nobility, is
| because she is an original charter
| member of the Colonial Danes and
also of the Daughters of the Revol,l-
4 tion and she says that no foreign title
4 can outshine such5distinctions as these
bound to freak Hoodoo.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Atkin Playle
! of New York Mr., and Mrs. Crosby
Thompson, of New York. and Waite,
4 Hutchins. OF London, who all sailed
on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, took
every. possible precaution to avert ,ths
|lill luck incident to sailing on a Fri.
day andIhaving Colonel Roosevelt a!
a fellow passengers, q
In addition to wearing horseshoe!
of coral, spiders and others charms
they loft their Paris homes on Thurs
day and went to the Hotel Terminus
departing thence at evening bysa loca
train which took them the entire nigh
to carry them to Cherbourg. The.
were half dead from long, sleeples
journey when they J, boarded TIL
ISaiseftn, but congratulated them
| selvGs on having escaped tho DANCE