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PLEASURE PARTY. 
morning, partook of sandwiches, cold chicken, 
champagne and ice-cream, on rustic seats in a 
grove, and returned in good order to their usual 
domiciles at night. If any one has such an idea 
lingering around that word, excursion, I advise 
its banishment as soon as possible. 
The Colorado variety is no such affair. The 
parties, in the first place, expect to be out of 
doors not less than three days, sometimes three 
times that number of weeks. They expect to eat 
bacon and beans, with fish and game of their own 
killing; to sleep on the ground, in tents or out 
of them, as circumstances dictate. The ladies to 
dress after a fashion similar to the one Mrs. Max- 
well had adopted for such trips ; one short suit, 
a warm wrapper, a shade hat or a sun-bonnet, and 
some outside wraps, are all that any sensible 
lady excursionist sanctions ; anything more is a 
weariness and a vexation. 
For long trips an “ outfit ” must be provided 
which shall include all necessaries and no super- 
fluities— its first requisite, a determination to re- 
duce the sum of one’s physical wants to the 
lowest possible figure ; its next, a pleasant party — 
one that shall contain not more than one shirk or 
grumbler. An individual of this kind, if the 
company is to be large, is rather desirable. 
Should there prove to be no other point of com- 
mon interest, the sentiment of disgust for him or 
