Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-09
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| word which IN MS opinion remotely rf.set,
bed au oDJurgatlon conse1ueuce o
this being thai most remarkable garrs wer
! sometimes LIFT IN the conversation. Their
the marking Of tire boolIs-of course we a!
ways used stage editions-wi,s productiv
OF some very funny blunders, because il
Wa generally done i,y the girls instead @
I By the Men. One girl. remem Der, struck
| ont all tnaJ sir Andrew in '@Tweifti
/ Night" says about the Eapians Dassins
the Equinoctial OF Queubus' because sht
vas sure Shst it was improper, and anoth e.
! hesitated over jacques "Ducdame" TIL
| she looked lower down and found that
( twas "a GrceE invocation 10 call fools into
! a circle" The casting, 5y the way. was
always unsatisfactory. II on one night
for instance. Lefty Risquict read Viola, the
/ next night some one else had to have Rosa
! lipa; Yet Lefty was tho only CIR who read
/ heroine de"ently. Then, when Milly
! Mortmain took Beatrice. II WAS impossi Die
! for Mr. Temple, VINO always read the lover
/ 10 have Banedicl, because il was general '
rumored chat they mad once been engaged
before she came out. and that the families
| had broken it OFF
Yes, was beginning 20 forget that only
a Snort tune before my great and single
aim had been to establish myself firmly |
actually found myself OUT OF humor AT sev-
eri.i parties because / felt continually an
,Inag!nary restraint expressing me. How
did my first assembly go off, indeed Bran
Bouliter, hles, him, mad my name put on
the sacred list Of 81 oscribers entirely Of his
own accord and before any one consulted
him on the subject. ! waited for the ser
"nd assembly with Lofty and the other
buds and shared with them the fever Of
excitement that always precedes that i'm
portaut event. We talked it over anon 2
ourselves carly and lat.,-recounted the ex-
perleHces Of the Older girls, specuated as
to the probability of getting pGrtners,-aiI
the famous traditions were revived for us
ana all the Old stories rrtoid.
We heard Of the great wear when nearly
hundred men of the most ideal eiegan ce
came on from the other cities and when
for three days thern We're partners enough
to satisfy even the wall flowers: OF the ia
NOUS assembly when. because Mrs CrOcus
Snowdrop had thjrtr-two bouquets and
NIoter Mornin%giory only thirty one. Nor
rs Japouica rushed out into a driving snow
storm and returned Al midnight with two
bouquets, which he presented To Violet
which proof Of devotion il was. according
To common account, that finished her and
Won him ms triumph; Of the sad assembly.
When the news came of Patty Caiques
eiopemenJ. aud all the men who were i'll
love with her were 90 miserable that they
would speak to nobOdy-our interest deep
ened and our excitement grew as we list
ened not Only 10 these tales but u raies of
awtu! discoveries and dire accidents. of
great success ana woetul failuras-Lalrs
that grow INTO traditions, traditions that
Tpeu into articles Of faith
] remember saying III the heat of discus
SION il | had no engagements at all |
shuuld ue afraid to enter the room. but AS
ut the time / was engaged for the german
aud two yya!tles, l fancy that mus, huye
been viewing the subject from That stand
point of sentiment rather than Of reason.
I was especially fortunate IN being so well
thought Of Ny Naltzes were with Bran
Bouilter and Mr.. Charter, and 1 had to
promise the german to Mr. Hall Bran
asked me Tor his walt very early in the
season, before | knew whether was going
or not, and nearly took my breath away.
and MIR. Hall wis quite early, 100, engag-
lug me for Tie german. But do not won
der that men often do not ask girls to
dance before the evening of the ball fer
every engagement means bouquet, and
not all the meu in society are able TO afford
more tnau one compliment Of that nature
al assembly time. by any means.
We never thought nj that when we were
buds. Of course. and remember that most
young girls considered il quite mean for
men TO 20 TO the assemblies on the chance
of picking up = partner | think myself it
i quite as uuderhaud for girls 70 make
their families provide them with flowers
and have known some Who ve-e loaded
with bouquets to confess privately in the
dressing room thar Lheir cards were absg-
lutely empty. But 10 return when |
first entered that gorgeous foyer my heart
gave a bound. l hsd once or twice peensd
into II when AT the opera, and wondered
how such bare and uainteres,ing room
could ever afford the gorgeous spectacle To
which looked forward with Sucn heating
heart; but now the place seemed 10 me a
fairyland
While we were waiting for Mrs. Ha-
thUrne in the dressing room | could hard
IL restrain myself, and when We came out
into the curyinS corridor full OF flowers
and plants. behind which SAT merry
thronged with gay promcuade7s,
altogether mysterious and wonderful
when we caught our frst glimpse OF the
crowded ballroom, saw the blue n.ugingS
hear! the crash Of the band. | was IL the |
seventh heaven of bliss and excitement |
But IN = very short time M spirits came
down TO their level again. 1t was only an |
ordinary party on large scale-very much !
he same men talked to me. very much the |
same things were said. did exactly what |
| had been doing At every party nnsough- |
out the winter l WAS tired Of restraining |
myself | wanted TO let out AID swipe." !
- the cricSeters say; | wanted to cut |
lash Mrs. Hathorne didn't want Lofty |
10 ait on the stairs; OF course that meant |
nat must stay near her ali the evening. |
Dr. ruin my character with her.
If | could have gotten off by myself |
where the eyes of all the old |
aides were not liked on me l could have
gwen myself free play; it was only when
We were sitting on the stairs at supper
every body did that, so Mrs. HathOrue
lion / mind that | manage. to get into a
'oraey. where | had quiet Irritation.
Otherwise l danced, or rather tried 10
lance 70. the floor was swfully crowded.
md six or seven men kept appearing and
appearing and saying things could not
near, and ! always felt convinced that |
must let Mrs Hathorpe see me pass by At
east every ten minutes-and WAS demure
heavens. | looked at those suggestive
ioors IN the corridor and would have
lTen my head to have gone with Bran
Soulter into she pitch black galleries OF
Tipped down to the supper room, where
ne man wsre now smoking, 10 see what
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