The Band Leader Brought From New Orleans The Creole Music
That Was So Popular There, And At The Ball We Danced Les Varietes Four
Times; The Last Was At The Request Of Lieutenant Joyce, With Whom I
Always Danced It In The South.
It is thoroughly French, bringing in
the waltz, polka, schottische, mazurka, and redowa.
Some of those
Creole girls were the personification of grace in that dance.
We knew of the ball before leaving home, and went prepared for it, but
had not heard one word about the bal masque to be given by "The Army
Social Club" at Mrs. Gordon's Tuesday evening. We did not have one
thing with us to assist in the make-up of a fancy dress; nevertheless
we decided to attend it. Faye said for me not to give him a thought,
that he could manage his own costume. How I did envy his confidence in
man and things, particularly things, for just then I felt far from
equal to managing my own dress.
I had been told of some of the costumes that were to be worn by
friends, and they were beautiful, and the more I heard of these
things, the more determined I became that I would not appear in a
domino! So Monday morning I started out for an idea, and this I found
almost immediately in a little shop window. It was only a common
pasteboard mask, but nevertheless it was a work of art. The face was
fat and silly, and droll beyond description, and to look at the thing
and not laugh was impossible.
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