![]() ![]() ![]() Louis and attended the ball as a guest, I can tell you that the kids in the feathery caps are her “pages,” and the turbaned white man standing just behind her bridal train is a “Bengal Lancer,” and the over-the-elbow gloves are obligatory, at least until dinner is served. The images bouncing around online this week range from jarring to inexplicable: Here is a man draped in white robes, hiding his face behind little lace curtains here is … sorry, is that Kimmy Schmidt in the ball gown and the opera gloves? Who are those children smiling adoringly up at her, what do they want? Having grown up in St. When the Veiled Prophet Ball became a nationally known quantity on Monday, the prevailing reaction was the reasonable one: shock and confusion. Photo: Jamie Rector/St Louis Post-Dispatch / Polaris Ellie Kemper at the Veiled Prophet Ball in 1999. ![]()
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