Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-09
BY Alice Pittenger.


things in Nogales. 1t is headquarters
for the United States army of this dis
trict and General Plummer has Just rid
den up on his big sorrel horse. He gen
orally comes on horseback with his
orderly decorously in the rear. They
alight and the orderly mounts the
generals horse and his own fellows
back to camp.
About 10 clock beautiful ear with
the general S flag with its one star
comes and is held here for him.
The general is a fine looking gray
haired man with pompous manner that
strikes terror to his interiors
1t is told that when he rides down
the boundary line and asks the guard
what orders they have received, they
quail and drop their guns and reply,
Ain t got one AS he sits on the
other end of this long balcony at his
table surrounded by other officers he
has stern and concentrated look on
his face. When he calls some colonel
on the carpet for an interview his
questions and commands are shot out in
an awe-inspiring manner and the party
of the second part generally fills in
with 50 Yes, SIR and sautes. But when
he sits idly there looking at me from
another angle his face is very pleasant
The veranda is divided by an iron
railing with a sort of stile of four steps
going over it. When the staff officers
are at leisure they come on the citizens
side and chat with us.
Band Plays Daily.
The Mexican consul also lives in this
hotel. In front, across the street, is
the plaza where military band plays
every afternoon. They did play also in
the evening but now the nights have
grown so cold that they do not. On the
other side is the depot of the Southern
Pacific railroad. just beyond the
plaza is the municipal building with
all the offices of the city government on
the first floor and the Santa Cruz club
on the second floor. This is the men IS
club of Nogales and they give dance
every other night, to which their mem
bers and ladies and army officers and
ladies are invited The other Friday
nights dance is given at Hop hall y
of the Twelfth U. S. infantry.
Last night they gave a Hallowe ZEN
masquerade. The costumes were either
sheet and pillow case or something
typical of the date
Many OF the women had on quite
elaborate costumes ornamented with
most striking was the yellow cambria
bedecked with black emblems of the
season and for a head dress two flvinu
witches cut Of stiff black card board
pinned to her hair in front and one in
the back The witches seemed to be
flying to the moon. 1t was very strik-
ing and singularly becoming.
The daughter of the house had a
white cambria dress with a row of little
jack o'lantern pumpkins cut of black
cambria around the hem and then witch
es, black eats, crescents and stars seat
tered over it, A tall black hat with
white stars and moons was the head
dress. No one was allowed without a
mask for the first hour and as no masks
could be bought in town we were all
busy making them. As we were near
at hand and idle we made a number.
Twelfth's lance Hall.
The dance hall of the Twelfth in
fantry is long hall built of rough |
lumber with fire place at one end |
The rafters are decorated at all times |
with grasses and boughts but last night |
1t had also been profuselv decorated |
with frieze of yellow paper upon
which were pinned witches, eats, etc, of |
black paper and festoons of black and |
yellow followed every rafter.
As this party was somewhat more
elaborate than usual the higher Off |
GERS with their wives acted as hosts |
and supper was served. "Home, Sweet |
Home' was played about / 80 a. M
Ordinarily the dances last from 9 till IL |
and everybody is there at 9 o'clock
military promptness. Ordinarily they |
have programs and the late man is in a |
bad fix. If the girls needed anything |
to complete their happiness, it has come
with the Alabama troops. There are ,
three regiments of infantry and signal |
corps All young good dancers with the |
the southern charming flattery.
The banker across the way came over
and asked to bring some of them up
before the dance as they had just come
and he wanted them to have good |
time. We knew the father of two of |
the boys-said father being at the head |
of a bank with 100000 capital.
They came, and all of them were
merry young chaps and are called the
kid officers at Nogales for they are |
so young.
Girls Hold Court.
| went as chaperone to the party and |
only say my wards in the center of |
groups of tall men between the dances.
The girls are so "rushed' that they |
are not allowed to sit between dances. |
but hold a court. | don 7 know whether |
it is more joy to be a good dancer or to |
be chaperone to one or more. l know |
the latter to be pleasant and not want |
ing to ALLEVIATE the affections of the |
army, | dom It dance
Tomorrow morning we are going out |
with a horseback riding party.
So many of the staff Officers are here |
without other wives and are so glad to |
see white woman to talk to and are |
IN position to give the girls such
good times that l am requisitioned for |
all sorts of chaperone stunts. An auto. |
mobile has just run over man in front |
of the hotel Fortunately it has not |