The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-03-04
From February th Daily.
TIsEltsSs.L YEAR PARTY.
The Event sof the PfesentYear--HeautifIl
sFaessa and Graceful Forms in chsrm-
Nqa9I Ing Gowns

thestrains 81 the Fort Meade Orchestra
one hundred and Ave richly arrayed and
beautiful Rapid City DANES and lam
sels, each having under her tender care
g poor, unfortunate, deposed lord Of
creation, commenced the grand march
and the 1892 Leap Year Party was
opened. Never did the large ball room
d the Hotel Hnrney present a gayer.
scene. Meek and 1nobtrusive IN their
sllltsFof conventional black the gentle
men sat demurely in the rows Of chairs
provided forspectators or, getting bold
er, ventured hesitatingly ~acrossI the
floor, making excellent foils in their.
general and particular plainness Of face.
form and costume for their lovely mus
tiers. In short. man was last evening,
metaphorically speaking, trampedupon,
downtrodden, subiucatcd, in fine, en-.
shaved, but there was no whisper OF re-
bellion or revolution heard for the en-
shaving was tender and the slavery
sweet.
Mesdames William Duff Haynie, John
R. Brennan, Henry =, Bailey, J.. M.
Blakely and Frank r. Cory were the re-
ception committee and their bright
smiles and cheerful y ords OF hope to the
young men as they wee led in by their
ca.ptors like lambs to The slau- no, like
princea-tn2a ieasts Of haff a dozen Greek
gods, were very Welcome. Misses STAN
nard, Kate Kehoe, Alice Cooper, Howe
Schuster and Tessie Mcclure were the
floor managers and all performed the
duties assigned with a auietness, grace
and precision unknown to man. Still it
is not an injustice to the others to mem
ton especially Miss Howe. who was the
general floor manager, and for the. mas
terry, yet graceful executive ability she
displayed, and her happy little speeches
announcing supper, won the praise cfall.
10 do justice to the dreams of gowns,
the symphonies Of colors worn by the
fair, nnd %debonair, hostesscs is u task
too hard for man but nevertheless the
attempt to describe some Of them is
made:
Miss Flo Coursen wore IL burnt rose
faille trimmed with black lace, bodice
decollette, sleeveless, the costume har-
monizing beautifully witllherrich, golden
bronze hair. +
Miss Hattie Cooper, a gorgeous Titinn
blonde, wore a Greek costume of hello
trope and white and looked truly u
daughter OF the gods.
Miss Hardwidge, tall and graceful,
looked lovely in a white silk null with
red carnations.
Miss Imy Reder's blonde beauty was
brought out to PERFECTION by a costume
OF white crepe embroidered in blue with
Nile green draperies.
Missi4 eeasie aEyGtt:co wore u rosa pink
crepe which displayed her charming
figure and youthful beauty to perfection.
Many voted her the handsomest young
lady in the room.
Miss May McYeigh's spirituelle beauty
was frightened, il that were possible, by
pale pink brocaded silk trimmed with
%swansdown.
Miss Florence Flormann was resplend-
ant IN a pink and black costume.
Little Miss johnson Of Cincinnati,
Ohio, wore a costume OF pale pink silk
and glided over the floor like a fairy.
Miss Grace Forsha, the opening flower
OF graceful and true w%omanhood person.
flied, looked beautiful in a blue and
white silk.
Miss Mollie Kehoe looked very hand
some in IN elegant gown OF black lace
over yellow silk.
Miss Helen Bangs brilliant bruno
beauty showed to great advantage in a
white gown trimmed with chiffon ruffles.
Miss Alice Cooper was the p%ersonifi-
cation OF grace in q costume OF white
trimmed with wine colored velvet.
Miss Katie Kehoe wore light blue faille
with, s~wansdown garnitnre, Which was
not however brighter than her shining
eyes and vivacious countenance.
Miss Fannie Lake, dignitied and beau
tlful, wore a steel gray costume.
Miss Howe, white wool with pink silk
facings, pink roses; Miss Annie Kehoe
navy blue satin, cut steel ornaments;
Miss Stanoscheck, black lace over
red silk, red and yellow roses; Miss.
Parks, elegant black silk; Miss. Mitchell,
black satin en- princesse; Miss frankie
Flormann, dark green satin and velvet;
Miss. Robinson, white silk null, satin
stripes; Miss. Stannard, white wool with
red satin trimmings; Miss Schuster,
brocaded black silk; Miss. Nellie Mcclure,
blue silk and white wool; Miss Bailey,
black silk and yellow silk null; Miss.
Burt, electric blue albatross; Miss.
Apple, sage green plush; Miss, Yeater,
black wool and satin; Miss. Eggleston,
tan faille with white lace; Miss. Cole,
black silk.
Among the hopefu1-lor nope springs
eternal in the human breast and even
bachelors are part human-gentleman
present were noticed:
G. S. Congdon, j. B. Gothic, d. T.. Her
man, George i. Schneider. George Ben
nett, Alfred Wells, Dean Salmon, Van.
Koughnet, Ely John Ainley, Carl Forsha,
Charles j.. Buell., John BEGAN Ryan,
Frank Lake, George N. Ellis, John eedy,
Charles N. Spencer, Henry Pohlzon,
Rudy schnasse, j. j. Mcnamara, Ed
Mcnamara, Will Hamilton, Fritz Coop
er, Ed Woods, George Grid, Steve Woods,
Will Kehoe, George Lampcrt. WillAston,
RI. Hill, Harry Cromer and Charlie
Gay.
And among those to whom leap year
thappy mortals!) has now no special
significance but who enjoyed and added
greatly by their presence to the enjoy
ment of the dance were Messrs and
Madams William Duff Haynie, John r.
Brennan Harry r. Bailey. I. M. Rake.