Ethelyn had coaxed Patty to have her hair dressed high on her head, so
Elise had arranged a marvelous _coiffure_ which displayed jeweled pins and
combs of many sorts, and a necklace and bracelets rivaled them in glitter.
Red silk stockings, and red satin slippers with gilt butterflies on them
completed this gorgeous costume, and when Patty saw herself in the long
mirrors, she thought she looked like one of the paper fairies which she
used to hang on her Christmas trees.
When the party began, she stood beside her aunt and Ethelyn and received
the guests as they arrived.
About fifty boys and girls came, and to Patty they all seemed like
overdressed and artificial little puppets.
The girls put on grown-up airs, walked with mincing steps and giggled
behind their fans, while the boys were affected and absurdly formal.
Patty had thought there would be games or amusements of some youthful sort,
but dancing and promenading alternated throughout the evening.
However, she was fond of dancing, and as she was quickly becoming a general
favorite, her card was soon filled with the names of the nicest boys in the
room.
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