Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-12-01

tiles Of cologne and orange flower wa.
cor over cur pcrsons--we scatter rose
!" aud lavender among our cloathes,
, !. # nature required ii perlumeto sweet
her works. San answer is request
81 "-PSAarr, what consequence is my
urcsenre or my absenCe-they will not
GGrdcr one ice cream less, or one maca-
roni more. But determined to go;
society is pleasant. is necessary -
take great pleasure in seeing the Young
ladies judicioasly dressedand ornament
cd. ENJOYING themselves sporti'ely, in
noccntly. happily enlivenins CONVEX,
satiln with artless spirit, and unstudied
grace. Twill CO. and | ordered Nj
Cb las TO make preparation.
The hackman charged me two shil-
lines more than his fare, imagining
that NO gentleman who wore silk stock
mrs AMI silver buckles. and who was
rIaicd with the prospect Of hot supper.
would hesitate to be imposed upon. /
thought of the spitefnl remark Of Rich
ard the Third" Why were laws made
if men were not fools by nature :" bu'
we are said to a a very vigilant Pc
Iirr--.yct laws al. Sometimes e. AIDED.
The full blaze of lights and beauty
hurst ON my sight, while the flourish of
bauthnys, and the shrill yiolins. announ-
,cd that The dancing had commenced.
IN one of the drawing looms the card
fables we're OUT, and | leaned On chair
ta,obscryc old and young ladies and
gentlemen engaged at loo, whist and
Speculation. The old ladies' appeared
excessively anxious and the young ones
caught the inspiration; i'll lack and bad
play awakened feelings ef cupidity,
Mingled with irrascible expressions and
n naturcd louks; kind Of restlcssness,
a sharp tcchy hayward anxiety seemed
To prevail /; eyes were intensely liked
on tic trump card; joy AMI sadness.
mirlh and harshncss alternately pre-
waited; envy, passion. and all the smo-
thcrcd attributes Of Mcdusa lowered
DER these parties assembled for dmaSe-
qacRt If one took a hasty pool the whole
company saw il vanish with deep re-
grct, aud the brilliant eyes OF young
and beautiful girls followed the golden
bait, a. if reluctant to part with it,
tempting prospects, while an en,ious
ejaculation, and significant shrnS OF
the shoulder from the ole ladies and
gentlemen, indicated their regret at
having lost the prize: those Who were
supposed To have played bad we're snarl-
ed at, and those who were >lepts were
sneercd at, and it appeared to me as If
some demon presided at these tables, IT,
turn ;hl the MIX ct human Kindness to
gall. Aud L, THIS mode Ot spending
lime commvGdabic, judicioas and bcne-
tCial Mherc arr the io!s. lie delight.
the iHrrn\ cmcnl Of social Con crse -
Where - the pleasure ana qualification
derived from accomplishments, from a
combination of grace and talent? All
lost buried beneath green cloth and
a pack Ut cards. Ii young ladies could
G. ~ sec how unamlablc they must APP
pear To an indifferent spectator, when
absorbed IN game of cards and bent
Un winning, ii they could be sensible,
that gradually ard unpcrccptibly, the
practice wears away the fac edge 81
their IcNpcr aud damp7 their sensibili-
lies, introduces parsimom!, ami that
hateful passion, WaIice. they wnuid
shGn the ttmptcr a. they would by
,lra. cards sh0uId be only introdu-
Crd among I'D and rat ma! people,
Who wish to Kill AN hour without a
sacrifice Uf trmpCr OF money; but ticy
should b. bauIancd from the yuung and
elastic spirits, whose impe,uOus fancy
reason Cannnt control, and prudence
cannot subduc. besid,s, The example
nmnrS the kIShcr classes, is So per-
nl,lrn~, tn other branches 0f soCiet, /;
Tor ii educated and refined persons,
governed BY ayal'ice ami an attach
mrnt u Cards, should lose their tom
per and wrangic. be Covetnus, expert
and sometimes unfair, what may be
expected from the ignorant aud the
'"!etIetcd. with the same pa sions
ana The IAN" weapors? Why. as in
tie CaSru ri iicnnct, il may END IN mur-
ter let Iiu.n, he abau,innrd