Mrs. Palmer,
Wife Of Colonel Palmer, Was "King Of Hearts," The Foundation A
Handsome Red Silk.
Mrs. Spencer advertised the New York Herald; the
whole dress, which was flounced to the waist, was made of the headings
of that paper.
Major Blair was recognized by no one as "An Amercan
citizen," in plain evening dress. I could not find Faye at all, and he
was in a simple red domino, too.
I cannot begin to tell you of the many lovely costumes that seemed
most wonderful to me, for you must remember that we were far up in the
Rocky Mountains, five hundred miles from a railroad! I will send you a
copy of the Helena paper that gives an account of the ball, in which
you will read that "Mrs. Rae was inimitable - the best sustained
character in the rooms." I have thought this over some, and I consider
the compliment doubtful.
We remained one day longer in Helena than we had expected for the bal
masque; consequently we were obliged to start back the very next
morning, directly after breakfast, and that was not pleasant, for we
were very tired. The weather had been bitter cold, but during the
night a chinook had blown up, and the air was warm and balmy as we
came across the valley. When we reached the mountains, however, it was
freezing again, and there was glassy ice every place, which made
driving over the grades more dangerous than usual. In many places the
ambulance wheels had to be "blocked," and the back and front wheels of
one side chained together so they could not turn, in addition to the
heavy brake, and then the driver would send the four sharp-shod mules
down at a swinging trot that kept the ambulance straight, and did not
give it time to slip around and roll us down to eternity.
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