The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-11-18
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gathered there, the hooty and chivalry
from many hut and haunt Of vice,
lasciviousness and crime. The mon
grel group that croud the hall Of that
far famed spot ofinfamy and revalry,
is worth trip across the - Mississippi
at least. Was you ever there friend
Comet You must have been joking
last winter, when you proposed to move
the Globe up among the cane fields Of
St. Michael. The Globe ballroom Is
one OF the i0stiimi0ns Of the city---aiI
independent feature by itself, a sort Of
"relicyo tedium" that couldn't he spar
cd, even 10 % upno farther than TO
the Capital The Globe is \ kind Of
mill, where fun, frolic and furious
dancing hold their high carnival
Rummy and Clerkie aud the mice
young men, frequent il, whilst Sarah
and 'siss,' Mary and Jenny, from the
"yellow doors" of Royal, Bourbon and
some other streets "go it there with
a perfect "rush.' aye with o general
looseness'. for it is ldose place and
loose characters, there congregate, to
loose themselves for n time in the
round Of loose pleasures But let US
go in---thc hall is long. vide and airy,
| lighted by long pendant chandelier
in the centre, and from sevcra. smaller
lights, ranged on each side. On a
raised platform 1T one end, are several
sleek comfortable looking individuals,
whose satisfied air and familiar jokes
indicate that they are old acquaintance
with the place; they are the music
ians-a dispepiic old fife, and brass
drum that sound more like the big
belly Of a corpulent alderman, a passi-
bic fiddle. and a bass yiol that grunts
like u cross bear when struck with Il
briar bush, and two or three other in
strumenis make up. the band. The
company is q mixed multitnde of every
color, from The whitest beauty,to the
blackes. mig. This is true Of both
sexes that gather there, yet they seem 10
get on without much trouble or dis
agreement. The /cmalcs are there
for another object besides ga bit Of 4
fr6lic.' It is in the line Of hade.--
the male portion ofthe crowd are there
for a kuk, and they not unfrequently
catch one that stays with them some
time after the dance IL over. But the
music strikes up, Runmy and Rowdy,
Cash and Clcrkie, Bully and Billy Sc
lect their partners without much cere-
mony 10y way Of introduction, and the
dance begins.
There are bricks ina good many
heads on the floor, but on goes the
fun. All goes well for a time, bnt
"bricks" get heavy and RoWdy can't
stand it much longer without a fight,
and before you know it, general me
lee ensues. Then the frolic begins
there is hurrying too and fro, shout
ing and yelling, screaming and scuffl-
ing, c;irsing and swearing, until Pan.
demmium filled with fighting devil,
is a Heaven compared to the "Globc
Bah Room" The police at last queI
the riot, lug off some Of both gender.
to the lock up, and the dancing again
commences. 1t is getting late and ia,
worlds, give us the Globe dance The
b'hoys grasp the first partner at hand
and away they 90 siding and cacIo
ukaiug, as if trying TO come the Polka
Mazurka, Waltz and lliahdiling al
in one movement. It's an appropriate
dance for the place, is the 'Globc
dance" Ican't do it full justice, bu'
such wlirling and twiring, spinning
round and round, such grotesque. nut
turuk and frte motions of body; aut
all parts of the body, right and left, for
ward and back, first the right foot ther
the left indeed such a. phantasmagor;
must be seen to be duly appreciated
klookcd on until. at last could hole
in the risibles no longer, and as iona
than would say Il Lusted'-vest anc
waist-ban1 buttons flew like corn from
a Hobson corn-mill. Lascivious mo
ton has somc poetry III IT, and th'
poetry Of motion" can be seen in al
its forms at the Globe.
One after another the compan
drops off, leaving the scene Of SO mucl