Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-02-07
Secretary.
FOR THE LADIES.
SnowbslI's Structures on the Leap Year
Party Dissected.

barts Dissecteu.
Notwithstanding that the JpUESAL .
keeps standing al the head Of IT. eGi-
torisl columns the announcement that
II does not held Itself responsible ,Jr
the utterauces or opinions Of lie corrs--
pon dents, it is sometimes necessary b.
square itself with its readers on this
score. With this introduction We will
refer directly to that portion OF snow
balls communication Of Sunday last
IN which he refers 10 the leap year
party. We do not believe that Snow
ball intended TO hurt nyone's feelings
by his remarks, rs he is q stranger TO
any such feeling, but We are satisfied
that he has either misconstrued what
was said 10 him, or else was wilfully
misled. We do not know how or un-
der what suspicps ,he idea OF having
leap year party originated, but we
have good reason to believe that IL was
the intention. after the idea had be-
come q fixed fact, to have the party so
general ss 10 include all who were in
the habit OF attending the Club, or Ar
csdian hops, or to go even farther IL
occasion required It. or course sn sf-
fair of this magnitude required the
labor Of several committees, and II is
not strange that thes1 committees
were made up principally Of the ladies
who originated the idea. Certain II is
that membership Of these committees
WAS not thing to be coveted, for the
work TO be done WAS srduous aud ex-
acting ia it's nature, aud entirely new
to the ladies who had assumed the
duties. Many Of them would gladly
have retired after one day. experience
had il been known that there were
Others who coveted the positions, and
felt hurt that they had not been asked
to fill them. This much of the Job"
that Snowfall says was sprung" on
the public. As to the charge that
some ofthe.ladies ha taken time by tue
forelock and engaged their com Jsuy
before invitations were issued; il 1t not
the usage Of gentlemen to do this very
thing when dance or other merry
making is projected, 10 which they
have reason TO think they will be bid
den? SNOWFALL knows be has done
this many time, and also thst when
he fails to do IL. he is liable 10 get left.
There IL not a parIy-going lady in
town who had any reason to doubt
that she would receive an invitation
to the leap year dance, and each and
all would have been perfectly safe In
engaging their male friend, on suspi
cion. SNOWFALL has no grounds for
complaint on this score. Finally
Snowbs affects to know that the
meetings OF the committee have been
especially inharmonious aud that
strife, bickering, and "polite sarcasm
engendered by petty jeslousies' were
the main order Of business At these
rueetings. On this point we are pre-
pared to say that SNOWFALL is grossly
misinformed and TO say more or even
enter into explanations, would be to
cast a graluitous slur on the savoir-
rirre Of our ladies. IL 10 sincerely to
be hoped that those ladies, ifsny there
be, who think that they have been
slighted, will look at the matter 10 the
light In which 1t is here presented,
cast aside their feeling of hostility and
Join the workers in aiding 10 make the
party, what it Is sure 70 be, grand
success.