The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-12-13
MISS MARION BAKER, GRACEFUL
DANCER AT YACHT CLUB
COTILLION,


Miss Marie Baker who until re-
Gently was one of the attractive mem
oers of the young society in Pensa-
COLA but who is now in Jacksonville
where the family are making their
home on Riverside Drive was a grace
ful dancer at the recent Thanksgiving
cotillion at the Yacht Club in Jack
sonVille, always a very brilliant and
very beautiful event Of the year
Miss Baker wore a pale blue satin
gown, made entraine, and carried
American Beauty roses.
Miss Jane Stillman, formerly of PEN
| sacola, wore white charmeuse and car
ried Killarney roses.
The following which is a partial &C.
count of the cotillion, from the Times
Union, will prove interesting as SO
many former Pensacolians and so
many who have visited here, took part
in the dance:
Marking the formal opening of the
Jacksonville social season, the Thanks
giving Cotillion at the Florida Yacht
club last evening proved one of the
most brilliant of the formal social
functions ever given by this popular
club. Aside from the usual interest
centered in the opening event at the
yacht club, the affair was one Of So
cial Importance, several of this sea-
sons debutantes making their formal
/ bow to society on this occasion, and
gracefully leading in several features
of the evening. A number of visiting
girls were also among the guests
The club entrance was brilliantly
illuminated, and the ballroom was ar
tistically and tastefully decorated with
stately bamboo reeds forming a can
opy above and banked against the
walls, giving a woodland effect. The
orchestra balcony was festooned with
miniature crepe paper turkeys, the
Thanksgiving decorations also being
used to advantage throughout the
building
The guests were received by Mrs.
Van Winder Shields, Mrs. J. Dobbin
Holmes, Mrs. Augustus H. King, Mrs.
William B. Young, Mrs. Benjamin r.
Bowen, Mrs. George L. Drew and Mrs.
J. P. Beckwith, chaperones for the
evening, who presided at the favor ia
bIes.
The programs were the usual yacht
club programs, the covers Of which
were adorned with sketches of a yacht,
with FLORIDA Yacht club done in
black and gold lettering. On the last
leaf of the program was used the
names of the new officers for the COM
ing year. Commodore, Mr.. John S.
Bond; vice commodore, Mr.. Frank p.
bearing; captain, Mr.. Camille s.
L'Engle; secretary, Mr.. John Osborne;
treasurer, Mr.. Sam Reynolds Marks;
board of governors, Messrs. John c..
Copper, Jr., w. Fort Pipes, James D.
Pasco, Robert 8. Shields and William
T. Stockton; trustee, Messrs. Court
land Buchanan, Waldo E. GUNNER,
Morgan V. Gress, Harry E. James and
William r. McQuaid.
The early part of the evening was
devoted to a card dance, the guests
fndulging In dancing the various new
steps to the strains of popular dance
music furnished by an orchestra.
At Il o'clock supper was served,
after which Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Rey-
nolds Marks led the cotillion, leading
the dancers through many beautiful,
intricate and original figures, which
were appropriate, and were most
gracefully carried out
Mrs Marks, a recent bride, was
charming in her wedding gown or
white satin with court traine, the en-
tire gown being deliberately trimmed
with pearls. The garniture was OF
pearls, and pearls ornamented the long
tunic and edged the chiffon drapery.
Her flowers We're a corsage bouquet OF
bridesrpses and lilies of the valley.
The first figure was a yacht club
figure in marching order, and the ia
vors for the girls were real chrysan-
themums, and for the men were minia-