Evening star., 1914-04-26
In Foreign Cities.

The King and Queen of England will
attend the debut ball the evening of
May J. which Lord Curzon of kedleston
will give for his eldest daughter. Lady
Irene Curzon. granddaughter of the
late L. Il. Letter of this city. The party is
being arranged on unusually magnificent
lines by Lord Curzon and his sister-in-
law. Lady Suffolk. who. by the way. is
to present Lady Irene Curzon at the
first May court. Everything will be
personally superintended by Lord Cur
zon. and the flowers used for the
decorations are all to be sent up from
his country seat. Hackwood Park, near
Basingstoke. The ball will be at Carl
ton House Terrace, Lord Curzon's city
home.
Another of the earliest dances of the
London season will be that of Lady
Mond's, for her debutante daughter,
Miss Eva Mond. The spacious garden
at the back of Lady Monds house will
be covered in for the occasion and a
special floor laid down for dancing,
while the rest of her house will be
used for sitting out and supper rooms.
The Duchess of Devonshire will give
ball at Devonshire House May IA in
honor of her eldest daughter Lady
Maud Cavendish, who is to be present.
ed at an early court. 1t is expected
that both the king and queen will be
present at the dance.
The Duke and Duchess of Portland
gave ball recently at Welbeck Abbey
at which about 1 200 guests were present
in honor of the coming of-age of their
eldest son. Lord Titchfield The whole
function was on scale of magnifi-
cence never before attempted even at
Welbeck. A special feature was the
floral decorations from the home con-
servatories. The color scheme was
pink. and thousands of blooms were
employed. including pink carnations
pink rhododendrons, pink azaleas. pink
tulips. etc. For the first time the rose
corridor, $50 yards long, beautifully
decorated, was utilized as a sitting -out
lounge At the supper, plate and other
gifts to the Duke of Portland and his
son were used.
The marriage of Miss Sibyl Lyon and
Capt. F. NJ Chevenix-Trench of the Roy
weddings which took place during the
Lenten season in London. The bridal
gown was of cloth of gold and white
brocade draped with 1ounces of old honi-
ton lace. and the court train was of gold
tissue mounted on chiffon. She wore a
wonderful wedding veil of honiton lace
loaned by her grandmother for the occa-
sion.
A page and little trainbearer followed
the bride, and there were also two
| bridesmaids. Miss Elsie Lyon and Miss
Hope Russell. The latter wore pic
| turesque gowns of biscuit color char
meuse with broad sashes OF blue moire
and medici collars of white lace.
Each girl carried tall ebony staff on
which was tied a sheaf of lilies. The
honeymoon is being spent cn a motor
trip through the south of France.
Recent arrivals in Paris from this city
include Miss E. Fry, Miss A. jacobson.
Mr.. Leathley and son. Mrs. ]. Larkin and
Mr. William H. Putnam.
Miss Katherine Boyle, who has beer
studying music in Paris for the last two
years. and Mr.. Hugh r. Wilson. acting
American charge d'affaires at Guatemala
| and no win Paris on leave of absence, an
| nounced their engagement and APPROACH,
! ing marriage there ten days ago. For
I their wedding trip. after an italian tour,
| they will come to this city for short
visit.