Mary Lincoln's Fashions

[RJNorton]

Wonderful post, Eva!

It was a jam, it was a rush, it was a cram, it was a crush, it was an omnium gatherum of all sorts of people

That description reminded me of what Carl Sandburg wrote about the second inaugural ball held at the Patent Office Building. Sandburg wrote, "Three hundred at a time could be accommodated at the feast table, but there were 5,000 guests at the supper. This created disorder - a "crush." Many were like one gentleman "with a large plate of food, requiring both hands to hold it, no place to
sit down, and no way to eat it."