Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-04

1 EIma ncinl R~ts IN Greenwich Street.
! Yesterday, at 10 o'clock, the rooms Of splendid
mansion, in Greenwich streoa were thrown open 10
receive company Several days previous, cards OF
invitation had been published in the newspapers, and
the house was crowded with ladies and gentlemen OF
the highest responsibility and fashion
Mr. Beecker oficiatea as master of ceremonies lie
vent round through all the rooms, showed the COM
pany every thing with the greatest poiteness, from
cellar TO garre-from the frontdoor to the back yard
Nothing could exceed his animation his peliteness to
the ladies' or the peculiar facnation of hrs manner
which made them all crowd around him. listen toevery
thing he said with the greatest interest, and follow
him wherever he went
Before the door was line of carriages-the hall
was crowded-so were the starcases, and the spen-
did parlors were perfect squeeze. twas so crowded
that the gentlemen were obliged to keep their hate on
Every body seemed very busy, looking about AT the
furnture all the crockery laid out on the tables,
people were pokng it over. Mr.. Blocker saw they
wanted the beautiful things, and being OF very ac-
commodating disposition, said that those who woad
give the most might take them. This seemed 10
please them all nightly, especially the lades-son1e
Of the puckcred up their mouths Ikea purse-sut
nobody cared for them.
The pressure don't affect the ladies-what do they
know about rcvulsions in rade-bank sus-
pensions-protested notes, falling stock, or foreign
failures So long their husbands pay their bills,
when they in, they don't trouble themselves
In the first place Mr. b. took them down into the kit
chen and showed them the pots, kettles, frying pans,
Dutch ovens, pewter plates swimmers wash tubs,
clothes horses, little chairs, &c, which were bought
by young couples, just commenced house Keeping
and old ladies with manageable daughters, who ex-
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into pretty back yard and sold them boxes and
barrels, brooms and rugs, damiohns and flower pots
Walk this way, ladies and gentlemen" said Dir b.
and they went into the buffers pantry, and took
their choice of knives and forks candlestieks and
bottles.
Mr.. T. led the way to the front parlor. Here the
most beautiful ladies assembled. There were
blue eyes and black eyes, grey eyes, and hazel eyes,
and beautiful forms and faces and cheeks and lips,
but il was awful hot, and awfaly crowded. Lots OF
croekery superb dinner seits pier glasses, pier tables
golden candelabras, large mantel mirrors, were bid
up-up-up and knocked of to the lucky ones.
Some ladies were ANXIOUS to get them that they
bid over themselves.
The old school fashonables-the dons-siood one
side and looked on, and once in while gentleman
would lay his finger on his nose significantly and a
lady say chem"
The fashionables Of 1897 were bid-bid--bidding
and buy-buy-buying, and the auctioneer's tongue
was go-go-gong, and the clerks pen was scratch
scratch scratching.
| The new school fashionables have commenced the
race Of fashion and extravagance-clear the way fol
them! Who butthey have right bay what they don
want, and pay high prices just for opposition! Wha
matter? They want to be exclusive, and exclusive
ness in bidding high at fashionable auctions is easily
attained so long as their good narred husbands vii
paw their bills.
They bought out the front parlor, cut glass, china
mirrors pictures carpets silver at prices which made
old fellows eyes sparkle like visions of good times
and then adjourned TO the back psrlor, up stairs
through the bedrooms, clear up to the attic, Mr..
all the time saying gong-going, and the sweet la
dies all the time bid-bdding for beds and bedding.
Weknow an old lady who has house piled com
pe'ey full Of second hand furniture of every descrp
ton, rich and rare, chenp and common, cracke,
glasses, broken pots, kettles and jugs without han
dies dishes with holes in them and every thing else
bought at auction, much Of il for more than il wout
cost for new.
The sale was highly animated and beautfh-th
aucioncer delighted with his sales, and the purchaser
may be with their bargains. The ladies general.
were extremely pretty, and several Of them almos
caught our heart. What thing if il had been los
altogether.
On JACK BARNEs.-This spng of the old schoo
has benef, tonight at the Park. Since his repeat
ed journeys TO the SOUTH the old fellow looks young
or than ever. He must have been drinking the wa
tiers Of Matacombo. Every BODY who loves the Older