Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-01
n LEAP-YEAR BALL.
l.. Event Inaugnrated by the ia'
dies Of Lamar
! bachelors Bcsicged by Brave
Batteries.

u. bachelors Bcsicged by Bra''
Batteries.
|, , all Hearts with True Won'a''''
W0Oing.
.,,,dence OF the g azotte.
oO I'n'mry sO.-A delicate card
4, 1a s silver. "The pleasure o.
ana W. Leap.year ball; on
lomp pn,myons from such fair ha n,,
20 sua With any excuse. The
me-. .,nar's capital had decided
Oh i'I hall and forthwith were
\, , 4 youth and chivalry. Nol
"a sah iva yy! yet ranked among tn, the
however, for when .he
of revelry began
H., The gray hair of many a
kn,tbf,,I heart had stirred with
memories of younger DAYS :
), snch a scene "eyes looked
are s' which spake again,
eaies of Paris had decided to
: lesn.vear ball. Coming from
,s .eI Sunday one of the fair ones
,sse "0h, can tell you II
ns more than you think" II
sible for me to say what tne
nment cost, but If it was in
with its success, meier was so
rall given in Paris. II was to
ali particulars a ieap-yeal'
- brave women and fair men to
sred therewere to avail them
+ all the privileges OF the
Ind right royalty did they ac'
n of their duties.
CHARMING to note the grace
ich each lovely leap-yearess
from the luxurious equipage
tied leap.yearite. Nor were
n male creatures permitted to
semselves in any particular.
wish their wraps off? Fair
ssisted them. Were they
2ZE ovrly hands fastened to
M cooling water. Would
hrming male creatures permit
cement for the next waltz ?
Rev permit themselves to be
by their fair escort? Oh, no
2ibose cast-iron bachelors
mo setback bachelors quaked
n cheeks blanched. What
~ ,u have done? Think of II
leap yearess soil itous for your
I'M; and you, dumbfounded,
back absurd replies whilst
bathed your brow. There is
albt about it, those
huitted themselves manfully.
with the grand march rs bril-
il was complex, the swift
on TO the sweet strains OF
Midway on the programme
mystic sentence: Twenty
br love-feast; don't get left"
at could that mean? The
apparent, for certain ghostly
hanging over the longspread
oke a substantial repast. But
love-teast? What dark de-
lad those brave ladies
for these defense
They had not long TO wait
plot thinned out considera.
er severe justice was done the
banquet and the helpless
Hes were escorted to conven-
with one accord the brave
began n siege. Never before
nce abashed men heard such
words of love. Ingenious in
ok, yet certain of their van
Ind, they poured forth in burn
ence a thrice.told tale of love.
v besurprised Mr.. Bachelor"
ne lovely girl, TAT
1 Pacbing the subject so
but - really you ought
bem-married. / have no
r native timidity has hith.
you from declaring yourself;
portunity now gives me the
- 1t would have been
ping to have heard more.
~ a fair man referred his
eger to pa" you may be
|hen the eastern sky reflect
roud bushes of those fair
then did the banquet hall
serted,
could be learned by the GA
n the following brave ladies
occasion; Miss Eva Rhine
pm, Miss Ida Morgan, Miss
Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Win
oney Grove, Miss Blanche
Walker, Mo-, Mrs. Lizzie
pr Texarkana, Miss Mamie
ennett's. OF the beautiful
he following is an almost
y oil those present: Misses
am, Nellie Brooks, Lu
w fflce, Aurora Price,
ileis, Jennie Broad, Fanny
anne nhle DGhoney, Maggie
'ussle Daniels, Dora
Hernstadt, Jessie Black
le Dolman, Beula Cook.
Ihioe, Charlie Neal. Kate
lhle Mcleod, Nina Moore,
I, Della Kavanaugh, Min
ugh' Kate Bassano, Laura
anne MasseI burg, May
p, Lula Birmingham,
tulie Smith, Angie Wells
iiiis, FAIRY Williams, Ada
.'zlie Henley, Mag
4, Maggie Gresham.
Neville, Emma Walker
walker, Lena Ewing.
n ;,,I. Missy Lyons, Lizzie
a ,,llle Carlisle, Kearney,
mel, Minnie Vaughn,
Maggie House, Mollie
y crook, Susie Crook,
,cock, Bobbie McMurray'
10y, Minnie yesey, Mary
se,hie Walker, Maud
anle Workman, Emma
| piaybell Long, Esther
a'e Levy, Rebecca
,o,. fannie Hernstadt,
|. |oSSS. Pinky Becky,
1 a aH' Jennie Godfrey, An
I y .ail Long, Pauline With
7 - Mcleod, Mary Robin
4 u ,aes Of the ladies were
y a NJ 70 undertake a dlscrim-
! ' n",, would but dis
ect. Va lhe
" s sustained the ordeal
! =, ,or the most part. and ere
f ~ marriage bells will no
VIZ" WY. Tor more than one