Crowned with Complete Success
Phoenix long since earned the reputation of
giving the most pleasant entertainments in the Territory and the second
masquerade of the Ladies' Literary Society last evening fully sustained that
reputation. For weeks preparations have been in progress and the result showed
that the time has not been wasted. From the grand march at nine o'clock until
the last dance nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the evening. The management deserve the greatest credit.
Seventy couple were present. The music by the Phoenix Band was excellent. The
supper was served by Mrs. Vessels of the Bank Exchange Dining Rooms and was pronounced
by all to be the grandest spread ever gotten up in this city! The home market
was taxed to its utmost, and a great many articles brought from California. The
following are the names of those present as furnished by the doorkeeper.
LADIES IN MASQUE. Mrs. Agnes Lucas as a
Catholic priest..
Mattie Tucker
GENTLEMEN IN MASQUE
W. Frazee as a Turk
This party took place, Thursday
October 21st, 1880 when Wilmonte was 24
and Mattie was 22. Wilmonte had moved to Phoenix from Ivanpah, California just a few months before, Mattie may also have been pretty new to town also as her mother is listed in Tombstone in the April 1880 Arizona Territorial Census. The couple wasn’t married
until 2/12/1882, though, so although they most likely met this night, it wasn't love at first sight.
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