New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-21

and at the thought Of the nischei lhy Wou1 DO to the
that day Many eonquering glance was kindlea up
for execution many grace was pnt on many smile /
lighted up many blush and many an air loaded and
prined In short. beAuty, civic and rural, mindful
that this be the peculiar day Of the danes began
betnes to prepare itself for the field with all its o.
conquest The rubbed from each country charm
fresh yarnish laid upon each city one Whatever
had done mischief furnished up sresh for ths
fight while abundance Of virgin weapons Of dssruc
ton made ready flesh themselves for the first tim.
The sweet sexwch ID like certain of the opposite
gender most wlrlike upon peaceful occasionsus;ered
ia fire for pitched battle upon unarmed advsraries
and came in dreadful array with all the small Of
their acquired all the artillery Of their natural beauties
and plentiful ammunition Of sghs glances smiles
bushes frowns coquetres and other tmA wares Of de-
structon that women are accustomed to bewitch and
slay folks with.
/ have said that day came forth with an uncommon
spenior but when go tell you that with It
forth in all the glory of their kind eight thousand
pretty women Chose who not DO not count you
will easily see how much the radiance Of the morning
itself put of countenance by the better usre Of
eyes and forms when they came by-sndsy to be gath
cred in great blazing ring the smphthears Of many
tiers of seats that high around tho Place Of exhs
tion.
This stands in the midst Of ample grounds for the most
part nobly wooded aud carpsed with the richest turf
four years old which holds these snnusl fairs the
Ike of which exist in various parts Of the State
largely attended and exciting high interest and emus
ton have produced great benefits not merely to their
main oljec-Rura Economy in general-but to most Of
the Useful Arts to many Of which prizes are here
awarded,
The grounds lie little away beyond the outskirts Of the
town and look down upon it from fine grove into which
they rise in the rear, from smooth lawn in front.
Thevc ar mi
adapted for their purpose The summit the side and the
level base Of the tufted hill which have mentioned
cupy each about third OF the space The brow Of the
height is crowned with very pretty Ezabethan Gothic
cottage containing saloons and dressing for the
exclusive accommodation of the ladies' Hither they may
draw off, to repon any shaft Of their eyes bunted below
to reft such charms retouching such graces
need to be set afresh and to repair any beauty that
has got damage All approach of the male TO these
precincts being forbidden las the rites Of the
Bona Dea Of od under the penalties the danes
here practice in sar security all the most awful mys
teries Of the toilette which after s suspect the
sole business ol those inviclAbe ceremonies If
Cybele for by the sign that those feminine mysteries
| divuged. may know that tey rel,tsd to
washes and powders and these other spells OF the dress
Ing that have the vir. Of making women farsr
who were lovely enough b5it;e
Midway upon tho hiiis easy decIevity point where
Nature had prepared just what wAntesa miniaur.
level smsu arenas this ring, Of forty yards
diameter, within which offsets Of exhibition, whether
animate nanmate shown About IT. sides except
at broad entrance fanked with porter's lodges
serving for for the Directors and their guests rises
high rustic amphithestre, hoored with the thcksst
greensward and canopsd with the lofty shade Of grand
old 1t offers seats for from twelve thousand
persons On its outer summit it has rough gallery to
which and to the beneath there is access by stairs
from without The whole exactly to the
description Of those great crcuses in which the spansrd
hold their high national amusement the bull fight You
! would think about to ensue
The lists oped, the spacious area cleard;
Thousands on thousands piled seated round
Long ere the first loud trumpet's note is heard
| No vacant space for lated wight is found
Here dons, grandses, but chiefly DANES abound
| skid in the oge Of roguish eye.
Yet ever well inclined to heal the wound
| Few through their cold disdain are doom d to die
As moon-struck bards aver, by Loves sad archery
Well nothing could be gayer or more striking than the
throug rising rank above rank which, on these seats
girdled In with the most brilliant living zone the broad
arena. 1t was wide and bright eincture Of
much the greater part of whom young and pretty
The attendant host Of these go great rs almost
ciude the from the benches that gancng around
you might, at first view have taken it for National
Council of the Amazons though good deal dressed
wealth can well have been, if may judge from their
modern counerparts, the Bloomers Abby Kelys, Anto
nette Browns and other strong minded women that
one sees adays, met in petticoated pariaments
must also record another not very Apazenian trait
soon perceived that each Of them instead Of spear
grasped in her dexter hand fam and that her sinister.
instead of shield sustained parasol; arms perhaps,
quite fatal in her grasp tho others would have BEEN
and certainly welded with most killing grace
These bellies, then, of kentucky farms.
For their most formidable arms
Had but their own abundant charms
But these around beamei and blazsd
That became, round gazsd
| Dizzy and giddy and be-mazsd
Indeed what soberer effect
Could any gentleman expect
From 30 much fairness so be-deekt
With prettiness or all sorts sated.
Disturbed delighted and eated
grew, full soon, intoxicated
For too much beauty If you link
| ln one long draught, it acts, think,
In the same way US too much drink
Young beauty, then, as opine
| Is to the eyes drink divine
| As to the stomach is old wine
! Love leaves US sick; wine leaves us .ieker:
But yot to make the pulse play quicker,
There's nought in life like love and lquor
Well such was the scene such the las one mgh al
most have faneie gay creatures Of the clement whose
presence shed it grace animation Twas place
where any man at all Vulnerable through eyes could
scsrcsy by any possibility escape at least thousand
! deaths, l myself was slain outright l know not how
often, by the mere casual cyeshot that flew thick about
missing perhaps their aim or piercing a wretch
through and through-lad me low without knowing it
Happily another would hit me and recall me life
for they cure the dead as they kill the living
have said that this first Of the Exhibition the day
Of the DANES it was very properly apart for whatever
of useful or elegant is of their peculiar competency
Here accordingly was seen, in admirable display, al
that fair fingers when most ingenousy busy, pro
duce everything that keep husbands children
comfortable nice all that can adorn or accommodate
the household aud whatever can decorate their own
dear persons will not speak of eecy annels
that might have kept the good King of Psamists warm
in his frgid old age of blankets nor Of rugs cos
and snug beyond expression will dwell upon tn
multitude the fueness Of other household stufls
They things which will pass by too coarse for
fine description and so, again must do certain other
as too fine for coarse description Such embroide
rss of all kinds where the beauty OF the designs con
tended with the skill Of their execution dresses veil
sosrfs eapss collars and many another affair OF rich