Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-29

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there were some C.lifornisns in tosn.
and there vas . man-of vsr, and The
post furnished some daneisx men, .moag
them long, thin, young captain, since
General Sherman.
The dressing for this ball Vas a serious
matter to these native California ladies.
They had already all these expensive
gowns, but they wished something abso-
lutely new and in our fashion: Is they
expressed it, "As they wore them in the
States" An American who had lived
there many years asked me to show her
"in strict confidence" my ball dresses;
she did not believe me when I told her
had none with me; she said that she
would show them to no one else; that
only her dressmsker and herself should
see them (the dressmaker was the wife
of corporal) could not convince her
that it was not unwillingness on my part
to share "the fashions" with her; she
looked upon it as an excuse. When
said "realIy I had no evening dresses
with me-" she broke out with "What
have you got in all those trunks, then.
for l know you have many trunks2" I
told her to come and see, and insisted
that she should look. When she saw
only morning and walking dresses and
underware, she exclaimed, as though it
dawned upon her that was q sort
of social imposter: "Why,y you were pore
when you left the States Why, I have
thirty seven satin dresses, and no two off
the sane piece" 5'54
lie evening OF the Dali was TO disclose
the secret Of the toilets of the native la
dies; each had a new dress that was
to be a surprise to the others; the mer.
chant who sold the goods and the dress.
maker who made them we're each pledged
to let no one know about the others
dress. When the company assembled,
eight of these ladies had gowns exactly
alike; q eqft az lait Chinese satin, with
q large pattern on it, making the effect
of what We use for furniture covering.
On no account would they have worn
low-necked and short-sleeved dress; 20,
while the sleeves were long, the corsage
was completely covered by . large Mad
ras silk handkerchief, pinned down Qua.
ker fashion.-Jessis Benton fremont, in
Harpers Magazine.