. The Tiernan and other families. who, she said, wasa rare woman, and that she was one of the most de-lightful acquisitions to Baltimore society. She saidthere was a flaror of originality about Mrs. Tiernan,which was very noticeable, and that she was an inde-scribable difference, even in her manner of wearing ar-ticles of dress and ornaments, which was very attractive. Mrs. Latrobe always sought her company at enter-tainments. Miss Jane Carroll, of Duddington, told Miss IdaBrent, that she saw Mrs. G. R. Tiernan, shortly afterher marriage, at a party; and that she had never seena greater combin
. The Tiernan and other families. who, she said, wasa rare woman, and that she was one of the most de-lightful acquisitions to Baltimore society. She saidthere was a flaror of originality about Mrs. Tiernan,which was very noticeable, and that she was an inde-scribable difference, even in her manner of wearing ar-ticles of dress and ornaments, which was very attractive. Mrs. Latrobe always sought her company at enter-tainments. Miss Jane Carroll, of Duddington, told Miss IdaBrent, that she saw Mrs. G. R. Tiernan, shortly afterher marriage, at a party; and that she had never seena greater combination of elegance and sweetness; andthat during the whole evening she could not keep hereyes from looking at her. This picture of her, is taken from a portrait by MissSarah Peale, painted in 1837, now behmging to C. Mrs Tiernan used to say that Miss Peale, Avhenpainting it, was very particular to paint everythingjust as it really was, and that she could not paint anornament or article of dress from imagination; but the. MkS. CiAY 11. TlERNAN. MRS. CxAY R. TIERNAN. 351 article was re(|uired to be worn exactly in the mannerin which it was to be painted. In the winter of 1837, there was a very handsomeFancy Ball given at the residence of Mrs Benja-min I. Cohen, on the southwest corner of Charles andSaratoga Streets, which was one of the notable socialevents that has taken place in Baltimore. This Fancy Ball was so successful, that it was re-peated, later in the winter, at the Assembly Rooms, onthe corner of Holiday and Fayette streets. C. B. Tiernan found among his Fathers papers, twoprinted descriptions of it, in which the names of theIjadies and Gentlemen who had taken part in it, wereprinted in Italics; and had been filled out by CharlesTiernan in lead pencil. Mr. John H. B. Latrobe, who had taken a promi-nent part in this Ball, and had appeared in two charac-ters ; one, in the early part of the evening, and anotherin the latter part of it; asked C. B. Tiernan to giv
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