The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-05

sIons 10 the company, until the room became most
oppressively warm Presently the company was d.
vded each side of the room, and ropes were stretch
ed from top 10 bottom, TO serve as barriers TO the
crowd, keeping space OF IL Is feet In width in
The centre OF the room perfectly clear These were
indications that the ceremony was about TO COM
mence, and expectation was on uptoe and every
glance directed to the door to catch the first glimpse
of the procession Presently the bell rung, the leader
of the orchestra drew his bow, and the music struck
mp, and the head OF the procession seen mount
ing the stairs Necks were craned bodies stretched,
heads bent forward, and up marched the procession
II was delightful sight TO witness. First came
long tram OF young girls some nifty In numoer iol-
lowed by those OF larger growth IN equal numbers,
the Queen following the younger ones and preceding
the elder ones. AL were dressed alike, In white
muslin with pink ribbons, and their smiling, happy
faces were delightful to vlew,; Zach one, too, was
provided with bouquet of beautiful flowers, and,
indeed almost every present in the hall, young
or DID, male or female, was similarly provided The
room was filled with their delicate perfume, and
! was reminded of verse of W. Gilmore Smrns'
song of the "Flower Spirit"
I'VE born of the dews, and destiny found us,
Embraced by sunbeam, all budding and bright;
On its wing came from heaven, the color that crown
And the odour that makes US a living delight.
And when the warm glorics of Summer stream u.s.
Our ringlets of silk unfold to the air
Leapng upward in JOY to the spirit that u.s.
And made us the tenants of dwellings SO fair"
Indeed it was no great stretch of the imagination
TO conceive that the beautiful girls marching up the
room, and keeping time with the music were indeed
the spirits of the owers-that they had become per-
sonihed, and blessed this dull earth with visit, to
cheer and delight us-tor all were beautiful, all were
delightful and could not be guilty of the invdious
task OF selecting from hundred beautiful girls, this
or that one, and say they more beautiful or not
SO beautiful as the others. No rather would speak
of them all as roses-fowers Of loneliness, and to
whom the lines OF Miss Landon will apply.
"Roses
Beautiful each, but different ALL
One with that pure and crimson fush
That marks maiden's first love blush
Pale as the snow of the funeral stone;
.4nother, rich as the damask dye
OF a monarch's purple drapcry;
And one hath leaves like the leaves Of gold,
Worked on that drapery's royal fold"
Such is fit description of them. They were all
beautiful. Well the procession marched up and down
and round, and counter-marched up and down and
round the cleared space in the centre of the room
and finally the lovely queen was led up the steps on
the raised dais, accompanied by two lovely maids of
honor the music stopped, silence prevailed, and the
attendants made short address-the Queen replied,
and the crown of beautiful virgin white flowers was
placed upon her head the Queen seated the throne
and her maids by her side, and the ceremonyof
non was completed, and her majesty installed sover-
egn of the evenings entertainments for the first of
May, 1915; lregret that could not approach close
enough to hear or distinguish the address which was
made, or the reply therefore the reader must be con-
tent without knowing what they said.
The Queen of May, who had thus received the
crown is verybeautita girl. daughter ofDr Jones,
lin, white satin and looked SO bright and pure,
that she cannot be better described than in these
lines
Have you seen but bright lily grow
Before rude hands have touched it
Have you marked but the fall Of the snow,
Before the soil hath smutched il
Have you felt the wool of the beaveri
Or swans-down ever7
Or have smelt OF the bud of the brier?
Or the wood in the fire
Or have tasted the bag of the bee
o. so white o SO soft! o SO sweet is she
The maids of honor were also two very beautiful
girls-one Miss Beales, and the other Miss Ste
phens-but very different their style of beauty.
The first was one OF those vouptuous beauties, full
OF fire and animatlon-of that dark, glowing COM
plexlon, OF which 1t may be said
She walks in beauty like the night
Ofcloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes"
Or, might say
" On her cheek autumn flush
Deeply ripens;-suc blush
In the midst of brown was born
Like red poppies grown with corn.
Around her eyes her tresses lay,
Which are blacklist, say;
But long lashes veil light
That had else been all too bright.
The other one, Miss Stephens, was of quite diff
terent order OF beauty, and yet none would say
either was more beautiful than the other. She had
Eyes Of the gray,
The soft gray Of the brooding dove
Full OF the sweet and tender ray
OF holy love.
Other, too, might it be written
:" 1t is your pleasure sweetly to complain
And to be taken with a sudden pain;
Then up you start all ecstacy and bliss,
And are sweet soul just as sincere in this.
Oh. how you roll your charming eyes in spite,
And look delightfully."- with all your might"
The ceremony of the coronation being over and
the queen seated, the attendants, who bad accom-
hnr NkaI A.
the dais, or rather as many as could, for it would
not hold them all, and splendid sight they pre-
scented. They did not, however, long remain SO,
but speedily left their seats and sorting themselves
with the young gentlemen, marched up and down,
and roamed about, spreading themselves all over the
room, which had as many more persons in it than
could comfortably be accommodated Every one
seemed happy, parents and children, fathers and
mothers, sons and daughters brothers and sisters
husbands and wives, lovers and sweethearts. l did
not see single dissatisfied looking face, and for
lovely pupils of Mr.. Carus it perfectly dazzling
to behoders, and caution to weak eyes. Had the
Sultan Abdul Medub been there, he would have
been IN an eccstacy of delight, and would have con-
ceived himself suddenly transported to the regions
OF "hourls;" or If the conception could have
entered his mind, that the beauties before
HIM were MORTAL, he would have desired
TO sweep them all to his harem-yes all
every one. He could not have been satisfied if one
had been left out-only Il would have been one
beauty the less, and that one could not have been
spared NO, all were required, and all were admir-
ed, and all were pleased II is an invidious task
among so many to designate the beauties ofthe room
and besides ] have already spoken of the Queen and
her maids ofhonor. will, therefore, content myself
with abiding to only of those who did not COM
pose anWpart of Mr.. Carusi's collection, but one of
those who there TO see and be seen, to be ad-
mlred, pleased and delighted. This is Miss Crosley
of Chester, Pennsylvania, whom every one present,
am sure would admit TO be the belle Of the blondes
not the belle of the room She was truly beautiful
creature farhaired slender and delicate in her love
illness, as one of the flowers she bore You look at
her. and you knew the following lines, you would