Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-13

duction of Some of Its Unique Features
The Anaconda Contribution With Its
Newsy Tattle Personal and General
Notes of Social DOings in Butte.
HELENA, Nj. T., June .-[Correspond-
ence of the Miner. Helena society is
absorbed in Kermesse to such an extent
that they will do nothing, ak OF nothing,
and think of nothing else. And it Is I'M
possible to turn heir attention or mind.
Lo, we ride ON this popular wave and are
pludged into the maelstrOm. Ii the en-
chanters would lave touched the throng
who last evening visited the Kermesse aud
TRANSPORTED them to Fairy land with all
it's destinations and bewilderments, the
lights there presented would have in no
way surprised the visitors. In this letter
| will give you just one-half OF the oooths,
and trust that Butte will send a delegation
to see for themselves the other hall, before
it closes. On the left as you enter ID the
CONFECTIONERY BOOTH.
The ladies in charge are Mrs. Harry Child,
Miss Florence Child and Mrs. Henry Foote.
Its roof is OF the seven primitive colors,
which are melted one into the other in a
manner 80 realistic, soft and harmonious,
that you feel you are standing beneath a
rainbow. They sell you here delicious soda
and ice cream, Hengler's candies, fresh
from New York every day; beautiful boxes
of rose leaves, violets and tempting fruits,
dainty little cans of cocoa n chocolate
and all that the appetite OF a lady Graves.
Then comes the
BOOTH
in charge of Mrs. Joseph Davis and Mrs.
Broadwater. 1t is magnificent in Eastern
splendor. The rarest OF Turkish rugs carpet
the floor and silksn hangings OF Persian de-
sign drape the walls. Ebony tables and
cabinets furnish a place for the costllest
bric-a-brac and black coffee is served as a
stimulent to the weary men who are quite
| worn out with the wear and tear OF spend
ing money for the sweetest girls on earth.
| This booth in c~oloring is red, very red, un-
| compromising, vivid and gorgeous. : Its
| canopy is drawn, in thick folds to the center
like a gigantic umbrella, and there are all
sorts and conditions OF parasols
| and umbrellas hanging Tor a frleze.
| Jeweled lamps are suspended every
| where. The smoking room is a mass
1 Oh luAuElOuS CuSuIOuS duu ulNoA6 PAOoiNSN
| over by two enhancing Turkish ladies who
are the sensation of the evening in their
clothing of old gold Turkish satin, marvel
lousy wroughtin gold thread in most intrl-
/ cate designs. There are no skirts worn,
| only a blouse loose, and full OF this splen-
did fabric and trousers OF a most volu-
minous cut and jaunty feZ or the head.
There are genuine Turkish rugs for sale here,
as high as one and two hundred dollars,
and innumerable small articles, things to
wear, and things to furnish your house.
Next door to this is the
FLOWER BOOTH
in charge of Mrs. Albert Seligman and Mrs.
| VIM. Hunt. Mrs. Seligman'scostume is said
to be the handsomest worn in the Kermesse.
1t is of scarlet satin with Elizabethean ruff
OF gold lace, and the entire gown covered
with cherries in all stages, some deliciously
ripe and yellow, and turning red, and in
such quantities that one felt c~herry-hungry
while gazing at this luscious gown. On Der
neck was a string OF pear-shaped pearls.
Mrs. Hunt wore a white null with costage
bouquet OF pansias and a profusion or the
skirt. These ladies sold lovely baskets of
flowers at all prices and exquisite punches
Of roses for twenty-five cents a rose.
Several hundred roses are received every
day from Portland besides the flowers from
the hot house here. Next in order is the
EUROPEAN BOOTH
in charge Of Mrs. Huntley and Mrs. Bot
kin and Miss Rumley. The effect of the
numerous continental flags, shields and