The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-21
BRILLIANT THRONG
AT WIDENER BALL
One Of Most Important Of New
port Affairs Is a House.
warming for Villa.
DINNERS PRECEDE DANCE

NrvroRr, Aug. 20.-It was a gala day
sor society with the gathering this morn
,,g at the lawn tennis tournament, Mrs.
oliver II. y. Belmont's splendid musicale
n, Marble House this afternoon. with
Fritz Kreisler, violinist, and Vernon
a,Arnaiie. barytone soloist numerous
dinners, and after all these events the cli-
max OF the night. the ball given by Mrs.
Ceorge D.. Widene~ at Miramar. which
was a house warming, proving to be one
az the most brilliant entertainments in
the history of Newport.
The most important dinner was that
given by MI. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones
et their villa, Sherwood. in honor of Mrs.
Widener, the guests numbering fully 100,
including mainly the young married peo-
pie Of Newport and some of Mrs. Wide-
rer's particular friends, who under other
circumstances might have dined at Mira
mar. 1t was Il happy thought to have
the dinner elsewhere, as there was moth
Ing to interfere with preparations for
the bali.
Other dinners were given by Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Earl Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
stewart Barney. Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott
Lawrence and Mrs. william Grosvenor,
who took their guests later to the ball.
The dinner 81 Sherwood put every one in
good spirits for what was to follow, and
while it was being served Conrad's or
chestrG played, leaving afterward TO be
on hand for the early corners at Mrs.
Wideners.
1t would be difficult to give justice to
Mrs. Widener's villa In the passing nc
count OF her ball. II is a beautiful house
OF the Regency period and was designed
By Horace Traumbauer of Philadelphia.
who has done some notable mansions in
New York as well as here.
Mrs. Widener received her guests at
the entrance OF the ballroom, which
opens out of a hall of Caen stone This
room is used OIL other occasions as the
srand salon OF the house and much OF
its artistic furnishings were removed for
the ball. The tints OF the room are
French Sray and gold. forming a nne
background for its artistic furnishings
The main feature is a huge Oriental rug
"h!ch extends the sixty-tve feet of the
ballroom length.
Decorations In Beautiful Home.
In other rooms of the main noor are
hung rare Gobelin tapestries which came
from the Paris home of the late 81,
Richard Wallace, whose London gal.
ery OF paintings and other works OF
art were loft by him to the British pub.
lie. The woodwork in the small sailor
and the library was brought from
France, being taken from a famous cha.
teau. and there are also exposed many
Of the fine poreclains that came from tn,
Morgan collection, the whole making
Miramar decidedly a museum.
The ballroom opens onto "A wide stone
terrace facing the ocean. hence the nam,
OF the villa. Such n complete house calls
for little in the way of floral decorations
these having been arranged by WadleS
d Smythe. Inside were vases OF flowers
mainly pink in color The walls of tn,
house, which form the background o
the terrace. had been covered with can
vas painted in French gray of two tone
with a trellis effect. this being the de
sign OF Louis Sherry OF New York, VIII
carried out the same idea on the Nortl
terrace WneTe supper was serNeh ny nj
STAN AZ NIFTY small tables, on each o
which was a tail silver vase filled Wit
pm flowers. on the trelliswork wer'
suspended Louis XVI. baskets file,
with pink roses and Illuminated will
tiny electric lights.
Dance on Terrace Too.
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summers events Mrs' "lheher wa
we recipient OF many coneratuiauoh
throughout the evening N the dancin
continued until the small hours OF IN
morning.
There was a brilliamt gathering IN IN
afternoon at Marble House Tor Mr.
Relmonts musicale, which was given i
me famous ballroom OF TINS via. W.T.
suoh an artist as Fritz kreisler for IN
particular star, the musicale was prof
ably the most important one given her
Set'ed in the ballroom and the o ac
JOINING We're quite 300 people, wh
fh wed their approval OF the two al
lists by keeping perfectly quiet, n tn
applause at the proper wa
enough to reward the artists.
some Of those present were Mrs, ogde
Goclct, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr.