Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-14
Club Notes
Mrs Frank White at Banquet.

VIZ '0ssN WING az
Fashion and beauty of the biennial
convention were seen for the first
time last night at the initial social af-
fair of the session, a dinner given by
the executive board Of the Chicago
officers to the executiveSboa of the
general federation. Beneath the rose
shaded lamps of the English room at
the Blackstone hotel the rich but SOM
Der gowns of the leaders in the fed
Grafton and their hostesses stood out
In bold relief against tall, slender
urns banked with flowers.
Forty Guests.
Forty, guests were entertained and
Mrs. George Bass, president of the
local :oiennial board, presided as hos.
tess. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker,
president of the general federation,
was seated at her right and Mrs. Phil
Up N. Moore of St. Louis at her left.
Low neck and the trained gown
were much in evidence at the dinner
and most of the women wore their
most elaborate costums. Delicate lit.
tie Mrs. Pennybacker was in a draped
blue costume made with Vatican sim.
plicity with fischu bodice and flowing
d%raperies of soft chiffon. She carried
a bouquet of orchids and lilies of the
valley. Mrs. Bass wore an elaborate
costume of black and white and Mrs.
Moore appeared in gray satin of great
simplicity.
Unique Place Cards.
The place cards designed by Mrs.
Pauline Palmer, were silhOuettes OF
NEUROLOGICAL figures. Mrs. Penny
hacker was chosen for Diana, Mrs.
Bass for Minerva and Mrs. Eugene
Reilly of South Carolina, n of the
most beautiful ome at the meeting,
was chosen or Venus, Goddess If
Love.
Mrs. Reilly wore a particularly eff.
fective costume of fine black lace
over soft white satin, with a girdle of
scarlet satin.
Mrs. l.. l.. Blankenburg of Philadei-
phia, first vice president of the FEEDER.
alton, was in black and white silk and
Mrs. A. j.. Christie of Butte, Mont, in
blue satin. Mrs. Frank White of Val
ley City, North Dakota, wore a frock
of white lingerie and Mrs. Arnold N.
Heap of the local committee, laven-
der chion and satin.
SOCIETY ATHLETES At THE CAP.
iTOL.
Washington has a riding club, the
Riding Club of Washington, which in
cludcs in its membership men and wo-
men who are really expert in the
saddle. Once or twice a year an ex-
hibition is given in the riding hall,
which is the clubs headquarters and
which was, years ago, a market.
These exhibitions are not merely such
performances as trotting around a
ring or putting a horse through the
waltz step, but are out and out DEM
onstrations of real Workmanship.
There are jumping events which take
rank with the best ver given at big
horse shows. intricate figures such as
are given by expert riders in the
army, many of whom from Fort Mey-
er participate il these exhibitions.
The riders dance the lancers on sorse.
back, even more gracefully than one
is accustomed to see in a circus, and
there are many real "circus tricks on
the program. ,n9ts
Experts Here.
In the group of expert horsewomen
Mrs. F. M. Andrews, wife of Lieut..
Andrews of the Second Cavalry, is re.
garded as the leader. Mrs. Andrews
Is a bride of a few weeks and before
her marriage was Miss Jeanette AL.
len. She is the daughter of Lieut..
Col. Henry T. Allen, U. S. A., and
Mrs. Allen. There isn't a horse in
the world that she's afraid of and the
country doesn't present a barrier in
the way of a hurdle that she cannot
take. Mrs. Andrews has been rid
Ing since she was a little girl and is
at much at home on the back of a
horse as she is in her W boudoir.
She has taken many pri les, most of
them first, and has oeen in the fore
ground Of all things where the horse
is king since long before she made
her debut. Mrs. Andrews rides as.
tride and ear the customary cos.
tune for this manner of riding. Mrs.
Andrews has a younger sister, Miss
Desha Allen, who is also an expert