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EACH A BRIDESMAID'S TOILET, AND.SHE WANTS.A MASK BALL SO SHE CANWear Them All in One ' Night—She •Has Been Maid at Five Weddings.If Miss Alice KooseveJt has her own way—arid she generally * does—there will, he a masked hall of*'the younger folk when the gray days of Lent have •passed, says the New York Press:• Her reason for seeking to have such a festivity arranged is wholly -logical from a feminine/viewpoint. Simply, she has five bridesmaid's gowns laid away 'after , only one .wearing apiece, ami'she- deplores the idea she must not show them in public again! . .Of course, ft would be contrary .to, social usage for her to don any of them foi* another wedding of a girl friend! But a-masked ball, is different. /-She might even make several changes of costumes at the ball, appearing first as the* .Pink Wedding Girl, then the Green-and-White Wedding Girl, and so on. ' ,When Miss Roosevelt was maid of honor for Miss Elsie Whelen, when that young, beauty became Mrs. Rob-' ert Goelet, her gown was of-pale pink silk tissue, with fine rosebuds embroidered ail. over .'it.: The hat • was of similar fabric,'with long. soft. plumes of white shading into, pink. T -' » -Soon after that Miss Alice- Was bridesmaid for Miss . Helen Astor Roosevelt, who was married to Theodore Douglass Robinson. The bridesmaid’s costume then was white liberty *silk, with trailing garlands of white rosebuds and a poke bonnet of tulle, tied with long white streamers/ 'Later Miss Alice was one of the train of maidens who attended Miss Madeline Jackson of Boston at her marriage to George C. Lee, Jr., of Brookline.Again, the president’s daughter was bridesmaid for one of the Pruyns of Albany,’Her latest - appearance .was at the marriage, of . Miss Eleanor. Roosevelt to Frank Delano Roosevelt. By the way,, this young couple-will be entertained in the white liouse' fh Easter wreek,. ' '' • •
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Quincy Journal
Quincy, Illinois, US
Fri, Mar 24, 1905
Page 3
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