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embroidered net, low corsage, diamonds, and pearl 

 ornaments. Mrs. Whitney wore a low-necked 

 dress of white brocaded velvet. The apron drapery 

 was formed of alternate strips of point lace and 

 white satin ; diamond bar and large rose diamond 

 in the corsage. 



The reception was not without incident. The 

 Diplomatic Corps in its brilliant court dresses, 

 many of the Ministers accompanying their wives, 

 passed through. The English Minister came 

 fashionably late, but he had Mr. Joseph Chamber- 

 lain, in an embroidered coat as good as the best of 

 them, with him. The deep obeisance Mr. Chamber- 

 lain made to Mrs. Cleveland and her lady assistants 

 was only equalled by the air of good fellowship which 

 marked Mr. Dennis Kearney's tour on the same 

 ground. The sand-lot orator saw the American 

 Court at its best. 



Miss Winslow, the blond'e beauty, in a stately 

 dress of white tulle, one side gay with blue jet, and 

 in her fluffy hair a butterfly which stirred with every 

 movement, divided the admiration of everybody 

 who knew her with Miss Adele Grant, the beautiful 

 brunette, who wore an art dress of soft wood tints — 

 a clinging fabric, made in the style of the Directoire, 



