The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-24

buckles of golden slippers that en-
cased the women's twinkling feet.
Thousands of electric lights, ar
ranged to give an eastern effect, IL
Illuminated the entrance to Beaulieu
land it's mounds and piaZZaS. tenn
porary theater which was easily con-
lverted into an annex to the ball room,
had been built In the theater, first
of all, the 400 guests saw a perform
ance of THE Merry Countess" Mr..
and Mrs, Vanderbilt having imported
the whole company from New York.
Egyptian orange trees, bamboos and
cocoanut palms were part IF the dec
orations.
Two suppers were served, the first
at forty tables and the second buff
fet supper or very early breakfast.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who wore a mag
nificent eastern costume and her lam
Gus diamonds and pearls, danced with
Elisha Dyer, who led the cotillon.
Craig Wadsworth led at the other end
of the ball room, dancing with Mrs
Nicholas Longworth, Theodore Roose-
velt's daughter, who was costumed as
d Turkish princess.
The cotillon favors for the women
were little Jewel cases, embroidered
slippers and gold cigarette cases with
their initials and the date OF the ball
and purses from India.
No woman ever wore more striking
and costly slippers and stockings than
Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg wore gold
slippers with a butterfly bow and small
pearls; Mrs. StuyVesant Fish, in court
costume with gold slippers and oriental
stones; Mrs. Herbert NJ. Hartman, gold
slippers with heels studied with dia-
monds; Miss Alice Drexel, silver slip
pers with silver butterfly bows; Miss
Ruth Twombly, gold slippers and gold
hosiery; Miss Sadie Jones, blue satin
slippers with diamond buckles.
Some of the costumes were as fol-
lows:
Vanderbilt, a Turkish beauty; Mrs. 7.
Suffern Taller, old Grecian style in
green and white; Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
James, white and pink court satin; Mrs.
Elbridge T. Gerry, a, Louis XVI lady at
court; Mrs. j. Gordon Douglas, oriental
white chiffon gold bejeweled slippers.
Elisha Dyer was Japanese count.
Others were costumed as follows: Mrs.
Herman Oelrichs as Aida" Mrs. Lewis
Quentin Jones, the Princess DeLam-
bale; Mrs. Creil Higgins of London and
her sisters, Mrs. F. Lothrop Ames and
Mrs. William woodward, all the same
height and about the same figure, Gre
cIan costumes of white and green and
long flowing jeweled wells; Mrs. William
B. Leeds as Cleopatra, with her famous
pearls worth 100000.
Craig Biddle was dressed as gypsy;
Zia Bey a clever butler; Mrs. Ralph
Ellis, a gypsy queen in red and green
satin; kirkpatrick Brice, a Chinese
mandarin; ]. A Rawlins, an East In
dian rajah; Mrs. Pembroke Jones, an
East Indian princess; Mrs. Oliver Har-
riman, a Maharajah's daughter; Mrs.
Philip Livermore, Persian princess.
T. Suffern Taller represented Donald
Bryan in the Merry Widow" G. P
Hargraves of England came as Sebas-
tian Cabot. Mrs Ogden Goelet was
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jewels. Miss Margaretta Siegfried was
charming as a Spanish dancing girl.
Mrs. John Thomas Price gave a din
mel Friday at her bungalow, Wilhelm
Place, for the following guests: Mrs. w.
P Snyder, Mrs. D. w. Crawford, Miss
Stella Mosely. of Owensborough, ks,
and Miss Edwilla Clark.
The Shawnee County w. c. T. u.
will have convention Tuesday Au-
gust 81, at the Swedish Baptist church,
Fourth and Fillmore streets There
will be three programs, morning, af-
ternoon and evening, and a medal
contest will be held in the evening.
The judges will be Mr.. D. o. Coe, Miss
Ethel Aldrich and Mr.. E. H. Hogue-
land. Miss Ceora Lanham coached
the contestants, who are: Francis
Caldwell, Thelma Van de Venter, Ruth
Cole, Eva Bennett and Edna Hender-
SON Addresses will be made by Mr..
Frank Stahl and Mr.. S c. Coblentz.
There will also be music, and reports
by officers will be read.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, of Topeka,
who taught last year in Muskogee,
Oklahoma, is spending the summer in
Europe. A letter home written from
Heidelberg tells something of her trip:
I'VE left Delft Monday morning and
went to the Hague, where we saw
queen Wuhelmine's palace, which is a
big plain building. The way we do
city in two hours is remarkable We
have been in Amsterdam, and had a
trip on the canels and the Zuyder Zee,
visiting many places much more old
fashioned and typicaIly Dutch than
Delft. The Island of Marker is es-
pecially so. Up to the three years ago
hardly any touSists went there and
the people still wear their old Dutch
costumes complete. They have not
gone so far as to build any hotels; so
the place is just a fishing village At
Cologne our hotel faced the cathedral
square. / am getting to be something
Of connoiSSeur in cathedralS, and this
is the best have seen. It has a bell
weighing q tons. and on account of the
recent death of the bishop, the bell was
tolled morning and evening. 1t sounds
like a melodiouS thunder and echoes
all over the city.
I'VE took the Rhein trip and stopped
at Koblenz, place seldom visited by
tourists; hence there was no attemn+
to sell US post cards, etc. Tomorrow We
leave for Switzerland. We hardly get
to a place. have our money changed
and learn the words for street car. ice
cream, and How much is it?' before
we are off for another coRntry with an
other language. At Heidelberg, dueIing
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