New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-02-11
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LEAP YEAR FROLIC.
Oh! What q Tine They Did Have.
The leap year party at Union Hall
last Thursday evening under tho au-
spices Of our sisters and cousins and
aunts was the event of the season. Our
better half being unwell for few days
previous, and knowing only too well
that we wouldn't be allowed to accom-
pany any other of the fair sex-even if
asked--we were fearful that we would
have to perch ourself on the fence at
the north side of the hall and look in
upon the gay assemblage through a
frosty window, it the readers of the
REVIEW were to have an account Of
the affair. But such opportunities and
privileges come only once in four
years, and our spouse was equal to the
emergency;l and when she asked us if
she couldn't have the honor of our
company, &C., our heart took great
leap upward and would without doubt
have landed at her feet if she hadn't
clapped her hands over our mouth just
in time to avert the calamity. Of
course we accepted, and had our inky
shirt changed for one a shade darker
in less than no time. We should never
--never?-well hardly ever--have for.
given her if she should have left US at
home on this grand occasion; for, oh!
such time, such good things to eat
and drink, and all furnished by the
ladies at their own expense. Some
forty couples were present, and the
bellies of the evening deported them
selves in this new element with a grace
and modest receptiveness that could
hardly have been expected of them.
The more solid and experienced bellies,
and between whom was the greatest
contest, were NJ. Mullen, Louis Felkel,
A. Blanchard, G. H. Ross, Judge New.
hart, S. L@wedthal and B. June. Their
strongest points were their agility and
small feet, and they carried out their
part of the programme with becoming
modesty,
Notwithstanding the novel position
of the ladies as the escorts and enter
tainers, they succeeded in making their
guests feel perfectly at ease. The tot.
lets of the ladies were most beautifully
made up, but as our reportorial gentle
man on the feminine makeup had his
head turned by the affair, it is not in
our province to say which particular
one looked the most killing. The
gentlemen present had their garniture
even more tastefully arranged than the
ladies, as the following will show:
j. A. En-; Broadcloth suit, made
over; mustache waxed at both ends,
very becoming; but as he belonged to
the orchestra he was considered "a
wall flower"
L. FL; Frock coat; white vest;
shirt open at the back; pure gold shirt
studs 1.-TWO for nickel.l
G. H. Rs; 500 broadcloth suit;
five cent collar button; hair scented
with peppermint; Alaska diamonds
1.-TWO for a quarterly
r. Pc; Clean shaved face; unlaun-
dried shirt; and although he so far for.
got himself as to try and take an order
for groceries from his fair partner, he
was considered the best dancer in the
hall and was kept on the go until
laid up for repairs.
A. w. BIN. Appeared for the Sec
ond time in four years with his little
brothers big clothes; pants clasped
with suspenders under the boots; no
jewelry.
H. Be; Miners suit; enormous
Leadville gold watch and chain; pants
in boots; SLOUGH hat.
J. Mt; A beautiful suit, latest
fashion; chattel mortgage blank shirt
collar.
J. H-r; Blue coat buttoned up close;
no vest; hair parted in the middle;
Wooden shoes.
M. Mn wore $40 suit from Cheap
Charley's store; hair banged; paddock
charm; coat pockets full of Osborne
binder circulars.
j. Id; Claw hammer coat; high
heeled boots; promissory note blank
cuffs; nickel plated jewelry.
A. BID; Swallow-tailed coat, pants
cut baggy about the knees; darned
socks; pockets stuffed with marriage
license blanks; no 60.
S. IL; New necktie; otherwise same
old suit newly cleaned; hair lawn clipp.
ed; face powdered with corn starch.
Bile; Bandanna handkerchief
favored with the last rose of summer,
motto, CHOW or never" When asked
by a fair damsel, "Are you a wall
Aower?" he promptly responded, mo,
I am a waltzer.' -
A. F. W-n was exquisitely attired
in invisible plaid--invisible from age;
turned paper collar; bunious and bears
oil. Was considered the best round
dancer in the hall, and put through &C.
cordingly. 's
E. D--l; Short jacket, army blue, red
artillervlblndinp. a reminder of a gov.