Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-01-29
SLY SNOWFALL.
His Omnsc:ense and Omnipres.
ence, Here, There and Every
where During the Week.
At the Club Dance; 'Possum ana
'Taters; Boulder Gossip and
Bar Room ISLANDERS.
A FEsTAL WEEK.

A FEsTAL WEEK.
The Club Dance. the Postum Supper and
the Leap Year Party Discussed at Length
by SNOWFALL Besides Trimmings.
think the local gatherer OF
news Of your paper made what Is
commonly known rs . "bull" when
he spoke OF the absent ones q,
the Club ball a. not being
missed. / have heard several OF those
who were absent unavoidably or other
wise, say that they have found out In
what degree Of sociability they are
held, that although they enjoy suoh
things as balls, parties and receptions,
they could easily drop out at any time.
for being nothing, "they would not be
missed, although they were surely on
the list" 1 am certain, however, that
they were missed at the club ball on
Tuesday evening. The dance was an
unqualified success. The lack Of
members was made up fully by the
spirit Of fun and jollity which each
one after the first few dances seemed
TO be imbued with. The costumes OF
the ladies were a mixture of pleasing
colors well adapted to each fair own.
er's particular style. 1t was not what
10 considered = dress affair. although
the dresses were well considered for
richness and taste. Twill, II the ladies
will forgive me give a brief synopsis
OF what they wore on that evening.
hoping that they will not take the
life Of poor "Snowbsll" II they ever
found him out: Mesdames Gordon,
black silk; Naples, black velvet; Mid
oleton, black cashmere; Huffman,
brown cashmere; Griffith, black silk
and lace; Campbell, grey silk; Deckert
grey cashmere; Embree, brown CASH
mere; Bishop, white satin and lace;
0rschel, red silk, natural flowers and
diamonds. Misses Wolverton, green
plush and cashmere; Conroy, white
null, natural flowers; Kinzie, brown
cashmere; Miner, black silk, natural
flowers; Prenstt. black elk, natural
flowers; w hiteside, cream null; Wesre,
brown satin; Bissonette. grey silk
with white lace; Spencer, grey cash
mere; Clifford. white null. natural
flowers; Hodges, white null and satin.
The following members Of the club
and invited guests were present
Messrs. Wiley, Eisenberg, Gordon,
Dear, Weirick, Thompson, Campbell,
Deckert, Smith, Middleton, Huffman,
Naples, Ray, Griffith, Weare, Whit
ney, Clark, A. Il. Campbell, Bishop,
Csha. Lyman, Green, Fred and
Herman 0rschel. Willie Gordon, Car.
ter and L. c. Waters from Billings.
A collation. Of sandwiches and coffee
was served in the card room which
was enjoyed during busy hours OF heat.
ing exercise. 1t might be quite ap-
propriate to speak of the fine dress
and manners Of the gentlemen. This
would be hard work; for instance /
might say that Howard Wiley wore
his front hair decollette and his nous.
tache invisible, Lee Eisenberg dressed
in smile yard wide and all WOO" ["
with natural flowers In his left upper
button hole; :. Gordon, Prince Albert
coat with pompous front; Doc Whit
ney, cutaway coat, short sleeves, orna-
mented cheek; Charley Smith, cardinal
red headdress and sunset frecKles;
VIM. Tompkins. clean collar, and
whiskers trimmed la Francais, and
10 on and on, until the ladies would
be jealous Of such competition In cos
tuning. At any rate the gentlemen
were all doing their best with graceful
mien and elegant manners, more par
ticularly as they have hopes In store
for the coming leap year party. A
feature OF the dancing was what was
called the Rosebud qusdrille, com.
posed Of couples who were part Of the
snowbound crowd that visited "Yel.
lowstone Cottage" The reunion
brought up pleasant "reminiscences OF
how they hoed 1t down for twenty
four hours steady to the rythm OF the
banjo. Taken all together the fourth
party of the Club was remarkable for
its congeniality II not its size.
OF course the social event Of the
week, reviewed from a male stand.
point, was the 'possum supper oi
which so much has been said for the
past six weeks. Way long ago when n
Modesty Carter was down south he
betbought him OF the exlled sons Of
the Sunny South, who were dragging
out q miserable existence here, de.
prived OF 'possum and hoecake, and In
the goodness Of his heart he caused Il
be captured in the wilds Of Georgia,