Her fair hair was piled high upon her head, and one dull gold butterfly gleamed in its wavy meshes.

Miriam's gown was in her favorite apricot shade of crepe de chine and brought out fully the beauty of her black hair and eyes and her exquisite coloring.

Mabel had chosen black silk net over delft blue, while Patience wore a gray chiffon frock over gray silk with touches of old rose, a frock exactly suited to her calm, high-bred type of face.

Anne's dainty white crepe de chine frock made her look anything but a theatrical star.

Grace, however, had for once departed from her favorite blue and wore a white chiffon gown whose exquisitely simple lines made the most of her slender, supple figure.