The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1892-01-29
A PLEASANT AFFAIR.
The Parry Given at the Residence OF Elk
Senator Marker at Big Meadows.


sirables join with women fair, in
grand triumphal celebration. Last
Tuesday evening the residence OF Ex-
Senator P. N. Marker, historic for
such successes, was again the scene
of magnificent festiyity, outshining
all previous efforts of the kind. In its
every detail the affair was complete.
Messrs. A. Edmondson and D. l..
Owens formed the committee in
charge. They deserve unlimited
praise for the results of their labors
in perfecting the elaborate arrange
ments. 1t is quite impossible to put
into print all the beauty of the
ball, the elegance and style OF the
costumes, the rare loneliness OF
women that glowed like tropic
flowers and frightened the effect OF
all the accessories with that subtle
and enchanting charm that is solely
feminine. Cold types are at best
poor things to convey adequately the
evanescent CLEAN of eyes which
glow into each others with all the
brilliancy of topic stars, the swish OF
silken gowns,a woman's silvery laugh
nor yet the throbbing cadences of
the waltz and the Intoxicating per-
fume of flowers. All these and more
pertain to ball, and amid all the
glamour and enchantment of Tuesday
evening, every girl looked absolutely
her loveliest and every man was the
ideal of devoted chevalier. The
presence of number of society's
most popular young matrons as
patronesses always lends much pres
tige to these affairs, and last Tuesday
evenings array was an unusually
lovely and imposing one. The gowns
were superb. The Marker ranch is
probably unrivaled in the country
for the convenience OF its ar
Engagements for such notable
affairs, and the noble eff
feet it wears when decorated.
The triumph of the decorative effects
was reached in the ball room, the
superb marble-tiled dining room
always utilized for this occasion. The
room is model of its kind, the
mosaic marbles forming the most per-
feet surface for dancing. the jeweled
glass windows lit with the warm re-
Election of myriads of light and the
living green OF the decorations Great
ing a most harmonious effect. The
entire room was festooned with
garlands of evergreen, all converging
toward the central chandelier that
glowed like a great sun in its swing
ing canopy OF green. The chandeliers
were arily dressed in smilax and
from each depended bright bell OF
scarlet berries-a beautiful color
note. An array of palms and ferns
made an excellent back ground for the
superb ball gowns of the patronesses
at the end of the room, and the Baker
orchestra were stationed opposite the
wide doors in a dell that might have
been nook in forest, so perfectly
was it arranged. At the base of the
broad stairway leading up to the
parlor floor was effectively arranged
on either side towering group of
plants, lofty palms and ferns, while
heavy festoons of holly wreathed the
stair railing, circled the pillars at the
landing and depended from the rail-
ing in festoons. The entire parlor
floor was en- suite for the ball, inn
maculate white linen covering the
entire floor and an unmistakable air OF
festivity apparent everywhere. The
handsome and spacious parlors with
their rich and delicate hangings,
elegant furniture and soft divans,
were ablaze with light, and at the
opposite end the mantels were banked
from floor to ceiling in a most artistic
manner with airy and graceful ferns.
Down the long corridor to the right
suite of five rooms, alternating in