Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-02-27


Place. Miss N, of Waverly Place, pretty
girl, seemed much pleased with the conversation of
young Mr.. H, Of Broome street, who divided his
time, talents and attention equally between her and
the tall Miss c., of Broadway; his principal ri
val was Mr.. S-g, of Waverly place, who GO fut-
tered the Volscans in Corioi, that is the hearts
of some young ladies in their bosoms. The time of
Miss c., of Bond street, was principally occu-
pied in dancing with and entertaining young Mr.. s.
Her sister Miss S--C-,a as well as Mrs. G. were
also present. The beautiful Miss B also graced
the rooms, and was attended and entertained by
Young Mr.H-s, of Clinton Place. Miss C., of
Long Island, present, also her young but
talented sister. We must also notice the Misses
R of Bond street, of whom held beautiful
bouquet, but was often relieved of the same by Mr.
B, also Mrs. S., daughter of the hostess
Miss K, of Chambers street, and Miss R,
of Blocker street, all handsome and accomplished
| ladies.
Nor do these include all by any means Miss
W, was there, truly beautiful girl, dressed in
white, with her hair exquisitely arrayed; Ariel re-
posed in these ringlets half the night her brilliant
eyes made sad havoc with many hearts. Miss
c., the charming daughter of skilful disciple
of Esculapius, Hooked very beautiful, arrayed, as
she was, in dark satin dress, with superb arti-
ncial heau uressS sne drew around ncr inc nlSncSt
born the noblest in heart, and the most brilliant in
intellect among the gentlemen present; her CONVEX
sation was rich treat; she accompanied by her
accomplished and amiable parents, and the lovely
and interesting Miss R, of the Aston House
The latter wore brown satin dress, which dis
played her charms to great advantage; her head
dress was elegant wreath of flowers, surrounding
and combining her rich raven tresses, and gave
classic finish to her pleasing person. Numerous
was the retinue of handsome and accomplished men,
that basked in the sunshine of her bright black eyes
that evening"; she danced but lttle yet devoted
long time to conversation with young Mr.. H.
Miss Caroline and Miss Mary c., of Broadway,
near Broome, looked truly lovely; their tall and
lovely FORMS arrayed in white their lustrous eyes,
large, dark and dreamy, their rich dark hair in
ringlets, and their fair faces formed combination
OF attractions in many instances irresistible. OF
course, they attracted around them many of the
gad-fies of fashion; Mr. S-of Broadway, and Mr..
A. H futtered around them like moths, only to
display their insignfcance and folly.
The two Misses C., beautiful girls, who
ted such sensation at Saratoga last summer, were
there, elegantly and tastefuy dressed in dark satin;
their laughing dark blue eyes beamed happiness
all around, and many sighed for introduction to
these young, sweet and graceful creatures, the
younger of whom has only just made her entrance
into fashionable life. Miss E, of St. Marks
Place, pretty girl, danced admirably with Mr..
p, of Chatham street Miss M we
have omitted TO state, played remarkably well on
that most stupid of all instruments, the guitar.
Such were of the lovely ladies present
Among the gentlemen we would notice Mr. s. very
attentive to Miss M; Mr.. R, Mr.. H.
The Messrs. H, the younger of whom was much
I...~ Al Ii. H. II n
street, there, but did not seem to take much
pleasure in consequence of the absence of beauti-
full little creature, Of Broadway, whom he had ex-
pectatons of seeing, among the brilliant circle But
her fair sisters attended, whom we have spoken of
above. Mr.. P, of Waverly place was there, Mr..
R-n, and the celebrated Caliph vathek Commas
sioner. We missed the lap dog early in the even
ing.
There were a number of small potatoe trifes
there-among them Mr.. H, whose naive way of
screwing up his shoulders when speaking, has OBJ
tanned him the standing sobriquet of the Screw
Driver" A curious piece Of coquetry played
off between Mr.. B Of the Aston House and
Miss p Of Beekman street, that created quite
sensation in certain circles great deal of dis
appointment manifested at the non-appearance
OF the supper. This was prepared for goodly
number; but ewing to the crush and the crowd, il
could not be served satisfactorily, and there were
no fragments left Many of the male monsters were
crying out, where's the punch?" els there to be
no oysters or hockr' Scan we get smell of cham
pagneP Among those who seemed to suffer from
the absence Of sherry and the etccteras, were Mr..
c Of Bond street, and his relative, the Caliph
Vathek, Mr.. P, called loudly for punch, and took
il out in calling; and others in a similar situa-
ton. Altogether, il brilliant, beautiful laugh
able, delightful delicious, amusing, philosophical,
enchanting entertainment
Such is fashionable soiree, growing out of the
fashionable boarding school system Of education in
vogue at present 1t is part and parcel Of the pro-
gress Of the present system Of fashionable society,"
and is working its way silently but surely to the
complete revulsion, in morals, manners, religion,
philosophy, and finance, ofrhe whole community
II is the most powerful engine now in operation to
effect this revulsion. The failure of the banks, and
the revusions in the money market alone, could not
effect the revolution that is close upon us; these
alone could not produce the failures and explosions
Of the old systematic climax must be brought
about by the present system of fashionable educa-
tien.
BY the modern system, young ladies are educated
and taught, not to be useful usder the old system
they taught to sing, dance, Airt, laugh, and
act French vaudevilles; but never learn useful
thing that will enable them to perform the part Of
good wife and mother. The consequence is, that
when they are finished" under the present fash
ionable system Of education, they are perfectly
competent to finish" a husband in less than half
the time that girl educated under the old system
could possibly do, were she so disposed. They are