CHAPTER X.

Society’s Leaders--A Lady whose Dinners were Exquisite and whose Wines

were Perfect--Her “Blue Room Parties”--Two Colonial Beauties--The

Introduction of the Chef--The Prince of Wales in New York--The Ball in

his Honor at the Academy of Music--The Fall of the Dancing

Platform--Grotesque Figures cut by the Dancers--The Prince dances

Well--Admirable Supper Arrangements--A Light Tea and a Big Appetite--The

Prince at West Point--I get a Snub from General Scott, 123