Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

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tune dance was turned into a surprise
party for the guests, who were entirely
unprepared for the odd and effective
decorative scheme the Deweys had ar
ranged. AS their motors turned into
Green Bay road out of Chicago there
was a perfect blaze of light ahead. and
when they reached the driveway to
the Dewey house they found the house
itself with every window and door and
portico outlined in blazing electric
lights. making the grounds and the
roads beyond as light as day.
The host and hostess greeted their
guests at the entrance to the draw
ing room. where the dancing took
place. dressed in quaint costumes OF
black and white. Mrs. Dewey was a
dancing girl in tarlatan and tulle
skirts and a bright red wig. Mr.. Dewey
was black and white harlequin. There
were $50 guests present, all in enective
costumes of black and white, and TOR
the most part they were en- masque.
In the patio or inner court a canopy
was stretched to keep out the rainfall
small tables were arranged around the
fountain in the center. and here supper
was served at midnight. For those
who did not dance there was a room
reserved for cards, but nearly every
one present trotted and waltzed until
close to morning.
The keynote of the affair was Gu
bistic which is effective if not beauti-
full and the Deweys' Georgian house of
severe architecture and futuristic in
terror lent itself admirably to the black
and white decorations and costumes.
At the many dinner parties preced-
ing the dance the decorations carried
out the black and white note, the
tables holding black candles and black
bowls with white flowers.
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only woman who attended the dance
unmasked. She wore simple evening
gown of white satin and impersonated
no one but her own beautiful blond
self.
Apropos of the recently announced
engagement of Miss Edith January
Elliott of ST. Louis
A Louis XIV Fete and Mr.. Edmund
p.u.J Pendleton Rogers
of Hyde Park, N.
Y, the fair prospective bride, as well
as her eldest sister. Miss Jane Elliott,
were presented to society in st. Louis,
their mothers native city. who as Miss
Janet January was a great belle.
They were the guests two winters ago
Of their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
John T. Davis, jr, under whose au-
spices they were introduced to the ex-
elusive social set.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis gave ball at the
Country Club that winter in compli-
ment to these young women and never
in the social history of st. Louis has
this function been surpassed for the
brilliancy and smartness of the assem-
bled guests or the beauty and pictur-
esqueness of the entertainment.
The affair was a replica of a garden
fete in the TIM of Louis XIV of
France, he cIod in all French his
tory when entertaining was done on the
most lavish scale, and living at court
was INDUCED in the most luxurious
manner.
The ballroom of the club on the even
ing of the Davis ball was completely
transformed into a French garden, with
rare and exquisite blossoms and guam
titles of foliage as an effective setting.
A lively fountain played in the center
of the room with overhanging roses s..s
arch. The guests came in costume
apropos of the period. some in stately
court gowns, while many Of the women
were very dainty in the garb of French
shepherdesses.
The question of broken engagements
is also the concern of religion: One
church at
Pros and Cons of least speaks
Broken Engagements. ness and
authority upon the subject. In that
church promise to wed. once given.
is considered but little less sacred than
the vows at the altar. Its legislation
on the engagement problem provides
that, when members of it's faith enter
into engagements to marry, the parish
priest must be notified and the final
announcement of the couples intention
to marry is recorded in the records
of the parish. In accordance with TINS
policy of recognizing the strength and
Importance of the plighted troth. the
church publicly publishes the banns OF
the couple in the church services as
evidence to the community that the en-
gagged couple are serious in their prom
Use to wed and have entered into the
engagement with the full consent ana
appreciation of the church.
The policy of publishing the banns is
also a safeguard to both parties con-
cerned, inasmuch as it gives any mem
Der of the community an opportunity
to make known any impeachment to the
marriage should any good reason exist.
The Lutheran. Evangelical and Jew
ish congregations are scarcely less
strict than the Catholic Church in the
viewpoint they take of the sacredness
and binding force of betrothals. Fer
vent members of these churches, even
in these days OF broken engagements,
look with disfayor on couples who,
having announced their determination
to wed. suddenly rescind their promise.
Indeed, the authorities OF these re-
ligious bodies impress upon the mem
bers of their faiths the teaching and
practice of their religion in regard to
breaking off a betrothal.
A very smart luncheon was given
last week at Los Angeles hotel
by Capt.
CALIFORNIA; Hospitalities and Mrs.
for the Longworths. Hnrt ins T."
ton Miner. out of compliment to Mr.
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the lat
ter being formerly the well known
Alice Roosevelt, daughter of former
President Roosevelt.
The table cleaned in exquisite
blossoms and ferns. and those asked
to meet the distinguished guests in
cluded Mrs. Hancock Banning, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Denis and Alfred Wilcox.
The Longworths left later for San
Diego.
The Miners were at home later at a
garden tea, their guest of honor being
William Rhinelander Stewart of New
York, prominent there both in a social
and business way.
Mr. stewards handsome daughter,
Anita Stewart. became the bride
few years ago of the Prince of Bra
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