The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-01-23
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A Country Girl who Wore Night
dress to q Ball.
A pretty country girl who has
come to spend the Christmas holi-
days in New York among relatives,
who had made a midsummer visit
to her fathers farm in the woods of
Maine, brings an interesting story
to town, which makes her women
friends laugh heartily at the ignor-
ance Of the butt, though most men,
when they hear it, exclaim "No
WONDER" and sympathize with her.
In the country village near the
Maine girls home there exists
good deal of rivalry among the
daughters of the farmers as to who
shall be the acknowledged belle of
the country side. The rivalry is
keen and two or three Of the COM
petitors are pretty evenly matched
for first place. "Lizzie Brown, how
ever" so the Maine girl tells the
story to her friends, "laid her plans
to outdo them all at the ball Thanks
giving eve. A rich old aunt of hers,
who lives in New York, had sent
her q present of a handsome gown.
I think now that some one must
have made it a present to the aunt,
and she having no use for the new
tangled thing had sent it to Lizzie
for lack of something better.
"Lizzie said not word about it
to any one. Her mother knew about
it, of course, but she, too, was am
bilious for her daughters success,
and determined that no girl should
copy her Lizzie's dress or take off
the edge of her Lizzie's triumph to
lessen the surprise by saying any
thing about it. When the ball was
fully under way Lizzie sailed into
the room and quite took our breaths
away by her beauty. She is pretty
girl, a blonde, of beautiful complex
ion, and the gown became her Won
derfully. 1t was of black surah elk,
cut "V" shape before and with q
Watteau effect behind, and trimmed
with real creamy lace, and it just did
look lovely. Lizzie sailed around
in it as proud as peacock, and
turned all the rest Of US green with
envy, for none of us could approach
her gown for stylishness or cut OF
richness of material.
ave all asked her where she got
it, of course, for we knew she could
not afford to buy it. When she told
US that it came fron her wealthy
aunt in New York, who had said in
the note accompanying it that il
was the very latest style, our admi.
ration and envy were increased and
Lizzie's triumph was correspond.
ingly heightened. One girl, how
ever, was bold enough to insinuata
that she did not think it was the
very latest style. She said that a
school-teacher from New York who
was in poor health had that day
come to pay a visit to the Jones
family, and that she was coming to
the ball with Jennie Jones and that
she might be asked to pass judg-
ment on the dress.
"Lizzie was not at all alarmed at
the prospect. She invited inspec-
ton and defied criticism. The
school-teacher from New York was
late, and Lizzie had 'cut out sew.
eral of the girls before she came
and was carrying things with a high
hand. Finally the teacher arrived
and before she could get her wraps
off was told all about the gown
She peeped out of the dressing-room
door at Lizzie, and as soon IS she
saw the gown the queerest expires
sion came over her face, then she
blushed very much and began te
giggle. When she was able to an
swer our inquiries she exclaimed
"Why! It's nightgown 7
"A nightgown! we squealed IN
chorus.
"Yes, she said, 'one of those new
fashioned, elaborate nightgowns
that great swells and actresses wear
Oh, my! that 1 should ever have
seen one worn at q ball =
"When Lizzie heard the verdict
she tainted. The men nearly died
from laughter, and the whole neigh
borhood will talk of little else for
month. New York Sun.