New Orleans Society: Les Pierrettes goes through the looking - glasspeony

Wednesday evening, Les Pierrettes dedicated the organization's annual ball to Pierrot, the French master of pantomime. Held at the Sheraton Hotel, this year's ball had as its theme "Les Pierrettes Goes Through the Looking Glass."

Promptly at 8:30 p.m., Jimmy Maxwell and his orchestra began to play. A whistle blew, heralding the appearance of this year's captains, Misses Margaret Coco Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Conner Ellis III, and Elizabeth Ashland Hines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hugh Hines. Miss Ellis portrayed the Queen of Spades and Miss Hines portrayed the Queen of Hearts in coordinating costumes of black and red. With the help of their lieutenants, the captains led a group of 22 dancers, each dressed as Alice in Wonderland, in performing "It's a Very Unhappy Birthday" and "I'm Late" from the Broadway musical "Alice in Wonderland."

The lieutenants then positioned themselves at the foot of a gold and silver throne, where their monarch, Miss Kelly Wright Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Richard Swanson, and her royal entourage held court.

Maids to her majesty were Misses Sarah Kent Agnew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank de la Houssaye Agnew; Ella de los Reyes Baus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mort Walker Baus; Patricia McCarthy Beron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edouard Beron; Grace Catherine Mallette Cary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rives Cary, III; Catherine Clare Conwill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Oza Conwill IV; Eleanor Brennan Davis, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Edward Davis; Courtney Cooke Geary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cooke Geary; Ellen Durel George, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nicholas George III; and Carolyn Wood Holtzman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Louis Holtzman.

Also, Misses Isabel Nott Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris Jackson; Charlotte Lane Langenstein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Langenstein III; Rebecca Buckley Lapeyre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Charles Lapeyre; Madeleine Moret Livaudais, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marc Moret Livaudais; Emory Lafaye Lopiccolo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joseph Lopiccolo III; Hannah Elizabeth McIntyre, daughter and stepdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence McIntyre II and daughter of Mrs. Beth Embry McIntyre; Karoline Havens Mallette Patrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joseph Patrick; Jamie Favre Pellerin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Willis Pellerin; Nicole Elizabeth Weinmann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert St. George Tucker Weinmann; Leah Katherine Whann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert James Whann IV; and Catherine Turner Worley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce Worley, Jr.

The queen's consort was Mr. John Howard Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Blakely Armstrong.

The dukes were Messrs. Cole Hamilton Ashman, son of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bartlett Ashman; Clark Mayo Barousse, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Barousse; Bristol Favrot Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael John Bell; Edward Wisdom Benjamin, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin; Mr. Henry Price Ciolino, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dane Stephen Ciolino; Mr. Charles Waterhouse Goodyear III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waterhouse Goodyear IV; Oliver Morgan Hall III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Jr.; and Logan Thomas Hoffman, son of Dr. and Mrs. Gregor James Hoffman.

Also, Messrs. Richard Rene Jaubert, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jaubert; William Kirchhoff Kelleher, son and stepson of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clark Kelleher; Dylan Hall Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kennedy; James Edward Kohnke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lewis Kohnke; Emory Ryan Lafaye, son of Dr. and Mrs. Haden Albert Lafaye; Sean Louis Laughlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sean Patrick Laughlin; William Hall Mallery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nolan Mallery; John Patrick McCleskey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry McCleskey, Jr.; Peter Elias Moss, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moss, II; Edward Meriwether Ordemann, Jr., son of Mrs. Ordemann and the late Mr. Ordemann; John Crawford Steck, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Steck; and Matthew Charles Stumpff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Allen Stumpff.

Serving as the queen's pages were little Misses Aimee Green Barousse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Walter Barousse, Jr.; Frances Villere Currence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrison Currence, Jr.; Mary Katherine Flournoy, daughter of Mrs. Holley Hartson Flournoy and Mr. Charles R. Flournoy; and Celia Shane Hardin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Simms Hardin. Little Misses Hailey Merida Dondis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Abramson Dondis, and Marguerite Conery Schmidt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Justin Burton Schmidt, served as the captains' pages.

In keeping with tradition, the pages presented white orchids to the queen's and captains' mothers. The pages presented bouquets of pink sweetheart roses to Miss Eleanor Reid Bergin, last year's queen, and to Miss Carroll Irene Gelderman, last year's captain.

The queen's supper immediately followed the ball and took place in the hotel's Armstrong Ballroom.