Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02
The Leap Year Party.

Once in four years the weaker sex
are entitled to usurp the prerogatives
Of the "lords of creation" and pay
their attention to them in the small
details, in which ladies excel. SO,
on the evening of Jan. 25th, the
ladies of Mineaal Point, acting the
chivalrous cavalier, drove around
the city collecting their chosen
partners for the dance, escorting
them to the hall, carefully diyesting
them of their wraps, and seating
them in the most desirable places.
The Opera House had been tastily
decorated and lighted; festoons Of
evergreen hung from the center Of
the room to each corner; bunting
and flags fell from windows and
ceiling; lounges and chairs were
luxuriautly scattered through the
room, and the usually barren ball
was bower Of beauty. About s;45
the grand march was formed with
forty couples. Miss Annie Phillips
and Mr.. VIII Gundry led one col
umn, and Miss Webb and Mr.. Jack
Gundry the other. Il was march
of intricate windings, but always
rythmicaI inils smoothness, Ariv
ais were frequent, until at last one
hundred persons were present. The
Decorah band furnished the excel
lent music. / can give but a few of
the elegant costumes, where all were
handsome, The ladies' receiving
were:
Mrs. c, r. Gale, in white albatross, with COR
sage bouquet of flowers; Mrs Montgomery
Smith, black satin rhadame, with jet tablier
aud iattcd lace; Mrs. viii Jones, cream and
brown fouard silk, with lace hounce.
The costume worn by Miss Blanchard was
black chantilly laoe over black silk-gold orna-
mcuts
Mrs Randolph, elegant dress Of black satin
Duchesse with letted tablier, and houuces Of
escurial lace and jetted bodice garnet orua-
ments
Mrs. Strachan, cream coored satin with lace
aounces, low bodice nned In withtulle, corsase
trimming of white ostrich feathers, white os-
trch in her hair diamond ornaments.
elaboratcly trimmed with blue satin ribbons
gold ornaments.
Mrs Tallmau, terra Gotta silk, trimmed with
bead ornaments of same color gold ornaments.
Mrs, VIII Hoss pale selotrope silk, trimmed
10 black velvet, black velvet bodice with jetted
lace, and white silk shoulder mitts garnet or
uameuts,
Mrs, Mary Priestey white uuns-yeili z with
NJ, dici collar and revers of PINK satin, outlined
with pearl beads.
Miss Evans, handsome black gros grain SILK,
with jet tabHer, black Spanish lace bodice
decolete, rose-colortd surrh sash. back silk
houlder mitts corsase boquet of pink roses.
Miss Taylor gas-light green satin, low bodice
filled with tulle, long white kid gloves pearl
ornaments.
Miss Webb, heavy white silk, en- train. with
brocaded tublier outlined With carl beads low
bodice emf potnu, ,dor whine shoulder nitts-
pearl and coral ornaments.
Miss weatberbee. yhi @ aipatross eubroider-
ed X itb pink six -d4mond ornaments.
Miss lnrz Eastman, white nuns-veiling beau
tfuly trimmed with lace and sa,in
Miss Gundry. white ottoman silk with tahlier
Of white MORE, low bodice with Duebesse lace,
oorrage CONN ,,,,, Douq1e' OF exquisite Tea roses ui'
Miss marsrry Gunary, exquisite costume Of
wnI,G sliS nuii over "a,s SILK s,S' ] o~ o9'laec ,c
handsome ornaments.
Nlss Philips "a''e aloatr3-s combined w WIN
low bodice, white shoulder mnts-gold orna-
msI5s Mss Annie phillips. rose colo, d pnps-v.linp
combined with velvet Of same shade.
, "'a o"o" c i l,,e S S'n y,a g,Oo,ros,, - 'o's ,r
feathers -emoer ornaments
miss , m,gn, asngs . 81 rose5 s s sl1' oa"p,us ,,
ornaments
Miss james, pretty white costume s'yIshiy
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