then sat & read for quite a while, getting down to Mary's at just 9.Mary& Edith hailed me with joy and
Mary took me up stairs. The parlor, back
parlor & dining room were crashed & the pianist & violinist
were in the library, where there were sofa, chairs also. A punch
bowl of lemonade in the dining room corner & little sofa in the parlor
corner. When I came down Nellie,
Edith &
Mary were in the dining room, &
Mr. Fisk, Mr.
Mott &
Mr. Severance. Jack Ballagh was in the next room, but he
came in & talked to me & he & Nellie & I had a jolly time in the corner, till the
first waltz - which I didn't dance (nor Edith) but talked to Mr. McLaughlin
I didn't try two-steps nor waltzes - tho' I did
dance the "Casey wd. waltz" &c. with Mr.
Mott & later Jack
Ballagh insisted on teaching me the Trilby two step - &
we danced every strain. It was great fun. I danced everything I knew how
& a few things that I didn't. Besides the 3 McArthur's & Edith & I there were present Mrs.
Miller
(nee McArthur.)
Miss Wynne (didn't meet her) Miss
Bristow
(Mr. Lee brought) Miss St. John (a little thing in
pink & black. I talked to her thro' one dance, on the parlor sofa)
Miss Ferguson
(in gray!) Miss Bents (came with Mr.
Drake - & is like him) and Miss
French, our former member. The men were Mr. Fisk (danced the first Lancers with
Warren)
Harry Severance (supper with him & the
usual "bon mots")
Jack Ballagh (a couple of square dances -
waltz quadrille & prairie queen. The Trilby two step - another two-
step sat out with him & Ed Teall on the parlor
sofa! & a fair conversation) Ed Teall - (two
dances & numerous "dialogues") Mr. Mott (a pretty
boy with dimples-
then sat & read for quite a while, getting down to Mary's at just 9.Mary& Edith hailed me with joy and
Mary took me up stairs. The parlor, back
parlor & dining room were crashed & the pianist & violinist
were in the library, where there were sofa, chairs also. A punch
bowl of lemonade in the dining room corner & little sofa in the parlor
corner. When I came down Nellie,
Edith &
Mary were in the dining room, &
Mr. Fisk, Mr.
Mott &
Mr. Severance. Jack Ballagh was in the next room, but he
came in & talked to me & he & Nellie & I had a jolly time in the corner, till the
first waltz - which I didn't dance (nor Edith) but talked to Mr. McLaughlin
I didn't try two-steps nor waltzes - tho' I did
dance the "Casey wd. waltz" &c. with Mr.
Mott & later Jack
Ballagh insisted on teaching me the Trilby two step - &
we danced every strain. It was great fun. I danced everything I knew how
& a few things that I didn't. Besides the 3 McArthur's & Edith & I there were present Mrs.
Miller
(nee McArthur.)
Miss Wynne (didn't meet her) Miss
Bristow
(Mr. Lee brought) Miss St. John (a little thing in
pink & black. I talked to her thro' one dance, on the parlor sofa)
Miss Ferguson
(in gray!) Miss Bents (came with Mr.
Drake - & is like him) and Miss
French, our former member. The men were Mr. Fisk (danced the first Lancers with
Warren)
Harry Severance (supper with him & the
usual "bon mots")
Jack Ballagh (a couple of square dances -
waltz quadrille & prairie queen. The Trilby two step - another two-
step sat out with him & Ed Teall on the parlor
sofa! & a fair conversation) Ed Teall - (two
dances & numerous "dialogues") Mr. Mott (a pretty
boy with dimples-
then sat & read for quite a while, getting down to Mary's at just 9.Mary& Edith hailed me with joy and
Mary took me up stairs. The parlor, back
parlor & dining room were crashed & the pianist & violinist
were in the library, where there were sofa, chairs also. A punch
bowl of lemonade in the dining room corner & little sofa in the parlor
corner. When I came down Nellie,
Edith &
Mary were in the dining room, &
Mr. Fisk, Mr.
Mott &
Mr. Severance. Jack Ballagh was in the next room, but he
came in & talked to me & he & Nellie & I had a jolly time in the corner, till the
first waltz - which I didn't dance (nor Edith) but talked to Mr. McLaughlin
I didn't try two-steps nor waltzes - tho' I did
dance the "Casey wd. waltz" &c. with Mr.
Mott & later Jack
Ballagh insisted on teaching me the Trilby two step - &
we danced every strain. It was great fun. I danced everything I knew how
& a few things that I didn't. Besides the 3 McArthur's & Edith & I there were present Mrs.
Miller
(nee McArthur.)
Miss Wynne (didn't meet her) Miss
Bristow
(Mr. Lee brought) Miss St. John (a little thing in
pink & black. I talked to her thro' one dance, on the parlor sofa)
Miss Ferguson
(in gray!) Miss Bents (came with Mr.
Drake - & is like him) and Miss
French, our former member. The men were Mr. Fisk (danced the first Lancers with
Warren)
Harry Severance (supper with him & the
usual "bon mots")
Jack Ballagh (a couple of square dances -
waltz quadrille & prairie queen. The Trilby two step - another two-
step sat out with him & Ed Teall on the parlor
sofa! & a fair conversation) Ed Teall - (two
dances & numerous "dialogues") Mr. Mott (a pretty
boy with dimples-
