Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
ORIENTAL SPLENDORS AT VAN.
DERDILT NEWPORT VILLA.
Mrs.. Loneworth Dressed as Turkish
Lady-0ther Events.
Notes.

Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at
their Newport villa last night attained
the distinction Of giving the most bril-
liant entertainment in the history OF that
resort of America millionaires Most OF
the 400 guests came i'm Persian costumes,
so that they fitted perfectly into the set
ting Of the far east in which every de-
tail of oriental splendor had been copied
Just in front Of the Vanderbilt villa was
q series OF oriental arches nearly forty
feet in height and thirty feet wide. and
these were hung with steamers of bright
colors and thousands of electric lights.
The arches were also entwined with
green vines, having all the appearance
of permanency.
A double line Of coconut palms dotted
the main hall Of the mansion and oriental
rugs and hangings covered the walls. AZ
the end OF the palm avenue was the
theater, built just for last night, 11o feet
long and IS wide. Painted scenery was
on the walls and along the SIDES were
dfvans, couches and cushions in eastern
style. The ceiling was hung with ban
nerets.
When all were seated in the theater
the effect Of color and gorgeousness was
something hard to describe. The major
ity Of the costumes had been copied from
Persian designs. and they were made of
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sues and fllmy GAUGES. The women
wore all the jewels they possessed. and
even the costumes of the men were
loaded down with gold and eastern
jewels.
It was a late hour when all the guests
assembled. owing to the many dinners
and the distance Of the villas from
Beaulieu. They were seated on three
sides of the theater, leaving a hollow
square for the special quadrflles by the
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this space from the stage and then exc
cuted their dances.
After the presentation Of 'The Merry
Countess" one of the great events OF the
evening. quadrilles were danced. the hos
tess and Mr.. de Bach Of the Russian EN-
bassy leading the Russian. Mr.. Hanrel
Won Hainahausen, Mrs. BOurke Cochran,
Mr.. A. G. Horstmann of the German en-
bassy. danced in the Russian, and Miss
Alys Meyer. Mr.. Romero Terreros of the
Mexican embassy danced in the gypsy
quadrille. Last of all cotillon was
danced. Elisha Dyer dancing with Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Mr.. Wadsworth with
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. who was
costumed as Turkish lady. The favors
for the cotillon were selected by Mrs.
Vanderbilt while abroad. These were
brought in on a float. giving the effect
Of an oriental garden. with a large orien-
tai palm. under which Mrs. Vanderbilt
was seated. Favors included oriental
OdSkeIS WITH the same MOWERS uScu
the boutonnieres. For the ladies inlaid
metal boxes made in India. embroidered
slippers with sgold ornaments. cigarette
holders with gold and ivory mouthpieces.
and paper cutters and photograph frames
with beautiful carved wood. The men
received cigarette cases of mauye and
black with the date of August %, 1912
and the Vanderbilt monogram on each,
gold mounted. Oriental purses from In
dia. electric canes from Germany and
grotesque animals made Of straw 1t was
Viewpoints first cotillon in two years.
OF those best known in this city and
splendidly dressed were:
Mrs. French Vanderbilt wore a Russian
costume of white and silver brocade,
bordered with sable. Her high headdress
and she wore long white veil spangled
with silver.
Miss Lucy Aldrich had a coat of sap
phire blue and silver over trousers of
cloth OF silver with turban to match.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish was in Persian
costume OF organde satin embroidered In
rich gold. Her hair was treated in rich
jewel effect.
Mrs. Preston Gibson wore a "kismet"
costume of bright red and green, with
much gold. embroidery, and q turban of
gauze topped with aigrettes and covered
with jewels.
Mrs. Pembroke Jones wore one of the
most perfect costumes. She represented
a Persian princess, wearing trousers OF
brilliant blue brocade heavily embroid-
cred in gold. with coat of cloth OF gold
Her turban was of genuine Persian bro
cade studded with jewels that came from
a famous Persian collection, and to it
was attached a veil Of gold tissue. The
slippers were quite remarkable, being of
gold heavily set with jewels She wore
q pear-shaped diamond hanging over the
forehead between the eyes.
Pembroke Jones wore a Bluebeard
costume copied from an old edition Of
THE Arabian Nights" His coat was of
green and silver brocade and the trousers
Of white satin. formidable looking
scimiter was tucked into a sash Of gen.
uine crimson and gold Turkish brocade.
and to carry out the character he wore
beard of blue.
Mrs. ]. W. Donnelly of Panama is on a
visit to her parents. Mr.. and Mrs r. L..
Cox, at Dumbarton court
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. daughter of the
former President of the United States, is
in Ottawa with ex-Lieut. Gov. and Mrs
Willard of Virginia. They are the guests
of Sir Wilfrid and Lady Laurier, who
gave a dinner In their honor last night.
Mrs. George Fouse of Newport, r. L.,
will be the guest of DR.. and Mrs. ID. 3.
Street at the Kenesaw until September 1.
Mrs. Alexander Britton and her daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Britton, of Washing
ton are spending few days at the VOL
colt Hotel while in New York on shop
ping tour.
Misses Alice Terrell and Ruth Arm
strong of kensington, Md. have been
spending week with friends in camp at
Piney Point.
Miss Mary Addison Webb is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Addison at Bar
Inr hD~ frV. he C11 ota firs
Webb will be with Mr.. and Mrs. c. n.
Bliss, jr., at Southampton. l.. L., for the
early part OF September.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. Alexander Thomas are
the weekend guests of Mrs. Thomas
parerts Mr. and Mrs George NJ Rowe