The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-31

was an easy, unrestraned, q la Idn Colt SORT o.
style, in the movements of the brilliant company
which was perfectly epch.nting. The gentlemen
succeed up against the ladies, and the ladies
que sncd up against the gentlemenand the dancing
was kept up with such vigor and such charming
variety of style-and the band played with such
hysterical vioence-and every body talked so louc
and the servants, In flaming liveries, were sc
awkward and troublesome-and the host and host
ess were so busy asking every body tor the TWEEN
tieth time If they felt quite at home, and if they
were sure they enjoyed themselves-and the gen
tlemen were so exquisitely hne-and the ladies
were so exquisitely 'illigant"-and altogether, the
"sworrey" was exactly what "sworrey' in New
York ought 10 be- and what a s'sworrey'' in any
other place never can be.
We wish we had room to describe particular,
some of the most distinguished of the ladies anC
gentlemen, and to report their agreeable, piquant
and delightful conversation. But alas we havn'
room. So il must be imagined how admirably MIR
Smith, the tailor, and Mr.. Jackson, the grocer
and Mr.. Shave, the Wall street broker, and Mr.
5windle, the banker, and Mr.. Tape, the dry goods
clerk, and Mr.. Tweezer, the barber, and Mr.
Cute-em, the speculator, and all the rest of the
Misters, dressed, and looked, and talked, and en-
acted to perfection the characters of distinguished
lively chitchat of the adies-ther easy and unai
fected grace-their fashionable tournure-their re-
fined gaeity-thelr characteristic and peculiar poll
tesse-must likewise be left to imagination.
clare, ""what dear, nice man''-'such whiskcrs'
--"come let's have private drink''-"how char
ming shocking dress''-''that amt the fashion
is it Polly!'-"oh. who's that IL the sky-blue
Iress P'-"what woman Odd you ever see
such a bust!''-"oh, la, you don't say so?"-"l
idore you-"hush, Maw's a comm p'-"now
1ont'-"our: Jane"-"that horrid Teller has sot his
loot on my dress''--'I won't'-"ain't you 'shamed
Of yourself1"-"why, really, that isyou, l declare
-"oh made raise" delightful'-'he fathe,
Ieeps the grog-shop at the corner of''-"Cheatem-
,Ps nose is beginning to"-'whod have thought
,o'''-"what orrid, vulgar peope"-"such fel-
ler'-'rallly must have another private drink
''see here, 1ve burst my shoe''-"its weelye didna
,ust yerseP'-'Just such man as like"-"why,
Matilda Jane"-"hush, here's that odious Mrs. Nc
JrawI'-"oh la, it's possible!''-"when is sup
yer to be readyp'-"well, really such a scene Is
unny ,'-'how very vugarly that lady Dances
mo better than she ought 10 be"-"he failed yes
erday"--" oh only hundred thousand"--
'Pooh,''
Atlength supperwas announced. The rush was tre-
nendous Seventeen silk dresses were irreparably
mined and four ladies' one of them the fat wife OF
,x-Alderman Squzzle, were very nearly suffocated
the passage leading to the suppcr-room. The
Gene of delightful confusion at this period utterly
,affles description. Nothing has been seen in the
Ity equal to it since the time of the Boz ball Oys-
ers, Sin every known variety ofstvle," chicken sa.
ad, cold fowl, boned turkey, ice cream, cham
agne, brandy and water, disappeared as rapidly as