New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-11
One Hundred Years of
Peace Celebrated by Great
Ball in London.
COSTUMES RECALL
HISTORIC EVENTS
Duchess of Marlborough, Lady
STAFFORD and Mrs. Aston Head
American Representation.
fBy Cable to The Tribune.1

lBy Cable to The Tribune
London, June 10-Never in its history
has this pageant loving city witnessed
more wonderful and beautiful scene thar
that at the Albert Hall tonight at the
Peace Centenary ball Its beauty was
positively dazzling, and yet made the
impressive.
The most distinguished families. the
fairest women OF England and America
took part. Artists and designers had Law
ished their energies in the production OF
historical and symbolical costumes. The
result was amazing in its brilliance and
loneliness The picture as the different
groups passed in review before Lord
Abingdon as Columbus was one never to
be forgotten.
There was only one thing lacking-the
presence OF the sovereign in the royal
box King George and Queen Mary had
evidently decided that il would be better
for them not to attend lest they should at
tract the disturbance caused everywhere
they now go by the suffragettes.
AS 1t was there was a suffragette dis
turbance, hut It lasted only few mo-
ments. AS Lady Maud Warrender, as
Britannia, was taking her place in the
Columbia pageant young suffragette,
dressed in red. sprang on to the platform
and began to shout an appeal. Her voice
was drowned by the great orchestra. Of
flcials, who were on the alert for sur
fragette attack rushed forward and
dra gged the girl shouting and struggling
violently out Of the hall
In the royal box were Prince and
Princess Arthur Of Connaught. Prince and
Princess Alexa nder Of Teck. the Duke and
Duchess OF Teck, Princess Victoria or
Schleswig- Holstein and Princess Louise
of Battenberg, giving the international
fete Of amity the royal conservation
though the King and Queen could not be
present.
Across the sea, and a hundred years In
time, England and America shook hahds
in cordial revelry Whole pages out OF
history books seemed to have come to
life There was Columbus standing on
the hull OF his Spanish galleon, the
Santa Maria. gazing, as it were. upon the
great land he had just discovered. VIE
einian settlers in ElZabethan rufus re-
called Sir Walter Raleigh and his Great
Adventure. Pilgrim Fathers. in broad
collars and sombre tints, elbowed equally
grave and sombre Dutch founders OF New
Amsterdam, afterward TO be New YORK
Frenchmen, with powdered hair. mir
lored TO life the colonizing OF Louisiana.
At midnight Christopher Columbus
Iord Allnstom took up his position on
a full-sized model Of the ship on when
the Atlantic was first crossed from SPAN
and the professions went by him In
groups i'm their historical order and 10
music specially written for each.
The climax came with the entry OF
Columbia, Mrs John Astor, attended py
representatives of all the forty-elght
states Of the Union. The women TO rep
resent the states were chosen by the
Duchess of Marlborough, Cora, Countess
o! STAFFORD, and Mrs. Lewis iarcourt.
Each pore standard with the coat oil
arms of her state. Some OF the individ-
nal costumes symbolical of tie state
represented were extremely novel in de-
sign.
In the American Contingent.
Among the extraordinarily distinguished
beyy OF beautiful women representing
America were the Duchess of Marlbor-
ough CConsuelo VanderbilD, Countess or
Granard beatrice Mills), Countess or
Craven cornelia Martini. Cora, Countess
of STAFFORD (Mrs. Samuel Colgate), Lazy
Randolph Churchill. Lady Decies Nivi-
on Could. Lady ListerKaye (Natica
yznaea). Lady Lowther (Alice Blighp'
Viscountess Maidstone (Margarita Drex-
ell Lady Herbert leila WILSON,, Lady
Barran (AIce Parks, Lady Hatheld
Frances Wickersham). Mrs. Cecil Bing-
ham. Mrs. F. f. Guest, Mrs. Oliver Brett
and Mrs Henry Coventry.
Lady Randolph Churchill and several
others in the group wore red and white
striped skirts. with trains OF blue pow
dered with silver stars and plumed gold
Ell helmets. Hail, Columbia" and col
umbia. Gem of the Ocean were PLAYED
as they crossed the floor to take their
place beside Britannia.
Then Britannia and Columbia. with
hands grasped stood in blaze OF light
and amid every sign OF admiration ana
affection were typified the might and NAL
estv. the good understanding and mutual
esteem of the two powerful peoples
Cheers rent the air, and flags were franti-
cally waved over the balcony OF every oox'
making the scene one OF wild and delight
ed enthusiasm.