Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-02-10


| Oaks from the Hills sponaneo us sprung,
But nature changing we shall see,
Hills from the Oaks spring full as Free
Analysis Of Fashionable Party-BaII i'm
Stuyvesant Place.
In ausion to our sketches of New York society,
given under the of Balls, Parties, SoirScs &c.
with each apparently a local habitaton and a name,
a New York correspondent of the Boston Morning
Pest has the following remarks:
"Balls. routs, and parties, frequent There
counts given in Bennei,s Morning Herald are ali aeious@
and are
he getting up OF the knowledge of the
dents and es out Of whole cloth No one
who had been al the party described could discover the least
realities persons, conversations localities
forth. They are fancy sketches-yet perfectly cor
rect sketches of society in New York. They are
founded in the truths of human action-but not ind
vidual facts. They are precisely what Shakespeare,
what Addison, what Scott gave Of their tlmes-cor
rect densatons of the social habits and manners of
| the times in which they were written. With this
| preliminary we shall proceed.
In a fermer number we gave description of this
splendid ssree, but our narrative was then confined
principally to the mere outward and visible objects
the gay scene the admirable tout ensemble, the far
girls the elegant dancers, with coup G the rank
and file that muster in strong numbers these
casiens. We left untouched the philosophy OF the
thing, and entered into scrutiny of the personages
who figured as principals on the canvas, with their
origin pretensons, characters, manners and position,
in the manner in which we dssected the Bangup
clique Of fashion and finance, which excited 30 great
a sensation in Wall street. and the papers containing
which were instantly forwarded to the dgnitares OF
the Bank parlor in London and to Mr.. Nicholas Bid
die and others at Philadelphia. This we shall now
proceed TO do, after our own fashion. Any one can
describe the surface of things and catch the shadows
that pass the mirror of society; but approfondir
les chooses TO demonstrate the social snatemy Of the
fuuk wn~tl ,ta l~s>. onA
movements, is reserved for us other is fa-
vorably situated for intimate knowledge Of the es-
otcric mysteries Of the new system.
Mr.. Wintcrblossom's fete was attended by about
two hundred and fifty OF "the beauty and fashion OF
the city" that is TO say by the ladies and gentlemen
| who live on the Ridge and above il, or whose man
| sions are in the aIeHtours of Blocker and Bond
| streets, and Waverly and Carroll Places, with a
sprnkng of the young men who reside at the Aster
| and City Hotels. Place auI DANES, however, is a
proper maxim, and the ladies must be attended TO
| first. Miss Rosa Of Park Place, and her papa and
| mamna-the Misses Honeysuckle, who waltz ex-
qusitey, and did on this occasion with tine Ger
man gentleman from Baltimore, who protested that
he had left that city in the morning at and arrived
in New York at P. M. on purpose to have the plea
sure Of dancing with thsm-the Misses Daisy of Cape
Lookout and the Pink-vestured Miss s. Of Houston
street.-the fair Cygnet Of the Ridge, TO whom we
paid eur respects some weeks ago. and her financial
sire-Miss S. of the Bowling Green-Miss Beauty of
Philadelphia with her becks and wreathed smiles,
and the misses w, OF Fourth street, with their
neghbor, Mrs. s., (unaccompaned by her Colo
nel) were the most prominent bellies. Though last
not least Of the "goody companie" were the daugh-
tiers Of the Amphltryon, whose name is in complete
anthess with the character OF their persons, being
plump, buxom, luxuriant, and exuberant, like ripe
peaches-three merry, laughing, and frolic Graces,
but Graces bon point with that swelling outline of
feature which secured for the Venus Kaiipyga, the
admiration of antiquity. The elder is short, not
| dumpy black-eyed and filled the ample folds of her
blue silk dress with her fair BroportioHs; the middle
sister 10 blue eyed, and attired purple frock,
with string Of pearls round her waist and hanging
down in front-while the youngest who in her growth
OF years and loneliness destined 10 Guido her SIS
tiers in beauty, is rose Tipped cherubim that is 10
say IL cherubims feminine, which we doubt from
the story told by Madlle Lesplnasse of them and St
| Cecilia.
But the gentlemen are the legitimate objects of this
exarnen, although we could not AVOID paving our d.
voirs to the angelic sex. The gentlemen, then AT this
party which was enphafically Conservative one.
were fair sample Of the male coferies Of New York
| First and foremost was young Captain Modlsh of
New Brighton celebrity, where he figured in the fan.
cy ball last summer Richard Ceur de Lion, instead
of the more appropriate role OF the Regent of Scot
| land. He IS grandson Of heavy fnancier, and paid
very profound attention 10 Miss HoneysuckIe- and
this Is the only passing notice he can claim. Mr.
Granny, plonat lately arrived from Russia and
boastng of his parentsge and his stays was there.
He talks very affectedy Of his wanderinga i'm the
| Egean, his adventures at Stamhou and his amours
| among the sea grit and sunny Cyclsdes and is
rather potential bore. His mousaches were porfen-
tous both in size and colcr, and do not take the die
/ nj all kindly, as the warm atmosphere Of the ball
| room converted them into pink transparent hue