San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 117, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 27, 1913 Page: 32 of 67
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Her Majesty, the Queen of Spring,
who, with all the rest of the bevy of
beauty, nude this year's coronation so
unusually brilliant.
Mrs. William W. Clayton of Bir-
mingham, Ala., is one of the most pop-
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OF COURSE, everybody is talking of the Carnival. There has been winn-
ing else to talk about for the past week—that is, in the social realm. It
may be that other things have gone on, but they have been so completely
eclipsed by the mad whirl of gayety and frolic, of stately grandeur and pageant,
that no one has heard of them. That master pessimist, Schopenhauer, has la-
mented, "Everything has been done, everything has been said, everything lias
been written," with a lot more in the same strain, and one must perforce agree
with him, though not in a spirit of pessimism, but of satisfaction. There re-
mains little to be said, after that ha3 been expressed, only we like (o say the
same thing over and over again, because everyone agrees with us and says
it still again. And certainly everything was done. If there was any device
for pleasure or any carnival feature which could have been improved upon,
let's hear of it and place it on file for reference next year, for this same
Carnival will come again with the return of spring, and, if such a thing is
possible, it will endeavor to be even "greater and grander* than this. Some-
thing new may be Invented by that time. We live in an age of invention.
From the beginning of the Carnival festivities Monday afternoon, with the
matinee of the Fiesta Fete, through the two evening performances that fol-
lowed, to the Cotillon of the San Jacinto Club, the Queen's ball, and, last eve-
ning, the Queen's garden party, there has been a whirl of social events that
have kept the girls rushing from one to the other, and the only marvel Is that
Ihey can still look so fresn and lovely. Speaking of their loveliness. It was
unanimously agreed that never before In the history of the Carnival have there
been so many beautiful girls in the Queen's court. Of course they are always
pretty, and they always look their best in their court attire, which was designed
long years ago to enhance female loveliness, but this year's assemblage of
duchesses and maids, as well as the Queen, were all regular prize beauties.
Daring the ceremony, on every hand It was heard: "Did you ever see so many
pretty girls before?" and not only was their beauty commented upon but their
grace. It Is some achievement to walk slowly down a long aisle, between rows
of gazing spectators so near that they may be touched with the hands, to mount
■ flight of steps with a long train dragging from the shoulders, and there to
eurtsy down to the very ground and rise again with never a hitch, and this
It etill more difficult a thing to do If the spectators are all strangers, and that
WW the portion of most of the duchesses of the "outlying provinces," and riRht
here it where these same duchesses shone resplendent. Among them, as well
M in the group that were at home, and among their near acquaintance, there
»H never a moment's slip, never a lack of poise nor a single thing to denote
that they were not in the habit of curtsying to queens even- dav of their lives.
Tbey were a group of youpg girls representative of Texas, and this whole coun-
«ytide baa reason to be filled
bore in the gorgeous ceremonial which is San Antonio's most beautiful annual
festival. .
Nor are all the bouquets to the girls. Men are not usually supposed to be
mentioned In the lists of a beauty show, but the knights of the provinces of
Texas also were a goodly "bunch" to descend from the height of imagery right
down to common, everyday talk, and they bore themselves as knights of an
empire State. All of them were splendid specimens of young manhood, that
young manhood which is the backbone of Texas, and if some of them have not
been cotillon leaders and knights of the carpet, it was not perceptible, and,
even if it had been, it had only denoted that they have been employed with
tetter things, the affairs of men.
It was remarked by some one looking on: "Some of the knights do not bow
so low as many courtiers," and, quick as a flash it was replied: "No, they have
too much backbone. Backbone like that of our men does not bend easily," and
t!iat was the finest tribute paid to any participant in the ceremony, for it was
one that will wear.
TO Mr*. Ati»e B.
congratulations
With pride because of them end the part 'tmZi mtare
Ayre* la coming
for the many
triumphs she lias achieved (luring the
entire carnival week. for she has been
Identified with almost every one of the
Ir.ed the (treat succea* of this event
Mm. Ayrn was official chaperons to the
young ppoplo who took part In the Klestn
Fete, and she saw to It that the Peach
Blossom Thorns, which was her especial
otutra* ant "what was oomUig te them
In the puru<le. Theirs
most beautiful of the decorated tally-
hos In the gorgeous pageant, and the
beautiful basket effect was a very appro-
priate setting fur the lovely "peaches'
(please pardon the slang, but It Is so
expressive), ami Mrs. Ayres, clad In a
put1 h blossom frock and bonnet, looked
us fresh and sweet us the girls In her
charge.
NK of the handsomest gowns seen In
the receiving line of the Ban Ja-
cinto Club cotillon was that worn by
Mrs. John Darnigh, who Is slwaya per-
fectly gowned, hut upon this occasion
looked unusually well. Hlie wo^e an Im-
ported robe showing a white natln foun-
dation, over which was an overdress of
black net trimmed with white lace. There
were touches of vellow and Jet applied
In a very Frenchy fashion, and an elabo-
rate use of jet, pearl nnd rhlne'tone Jew-
eled trlmmlnc wee applied with that
artistic effect only to be achieved by the
noted "builders of frocks" who operate
In Paris. With this stunning oostume
Ura. Uarragh wars handsome J«w«la ot
ft for n Putheti »t Corpus
chrtttt.
diamonds and rearls, and so youthful
and pretty dJd she look that It wss hard
to believe that she was the mother of
hn tall daughter, Mrs. John Jenkins,
which handsome young matron was also
prrHent.
THK Ban Jacinto Club cotillon at tht
liuutai Motel Wtdauday evening was
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perhapa the largeet exclusively aootal
function ever given In Ban Antonio, aa It
was acknowledsed on* ot the moet beau-
tiful. Mrs. John Darragh, one of th* re-
ceiving line, who hn* seen brilliant func-
tions far and wide, said In her enthu-
siasm, "It Is the prettiest sight I have
ever aeen," and she has seen many. Th*r*
wer* covers originally laid for three
hundred guests, but so many who had
been Irvlted both In town and from tbe
"outlvlng province*," were present that
another dining-room was pressed Into
service to accommodate them. Th*
Wueea's table was a goregous attaW aa*
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San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 117, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 27, 1913, newspaper, April 27, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth432432/m1/32/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.