Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-02-15

ing to the fashion OF the females OF her nation.
Her turban of yellow silk suited well with the
darkness of her complexion. The brilliancy
of her eyes, the superb arch of her eyebrows,
her well formed aqueline lose, her teeth as
white as pearl, and the profusion of her sable
tresses, which, each arranged in its own little
spiral Of twisted curls, fell down upon as much
of lovely neck and bosom as simarre of
i the richest Persian silk, exhibiting flowers in
their natural colors, embossed upon a purple
ground permitted to be visible ]
There were three Die Ve7nons--we should
say they were thrins-in full costume, velvet
riding dresses, and hat, and plumes with jocky
| whips and gloves, each "of uncommonly fine
face and person, to which an inexpressible charm
was added by the wild gaiety Of the scene and
the romance of their singular dress and unex-
pected appearance" They were frank, unre-
served, plain, true-hearted girls, the loveliness
Of whose very striking features were enhanced
by their animation and the glow Of the exercise
| of the dance.
/ A Georgian peasant, with full pantaloons,
ornamented with rich broad ribbons, striped
longitudinally. She had a diamond buckle
that sparkled and glittered so beauteous, that
| we could not help thinking she was the imper4
sonation Of the flush times Of Georgia.
A Spanish lady, in rich maroon velvet with
| full black lace veil thrown over high Span
| ish comb. Her black hair glistened like a ra-
ven's wing, and her dark eyes sparkled, "and
! the clear color of her sunny cheek was bright
! with motion" Her cheerful, winning face made
| all beholders themselves feel kind and happy
| Another Spanish lady, with as sweet face
| and manners, in dark blue satin, covered with
black lace, with black veil and high comb.
| A Spanish peasant, in full costume, very
pretty and becoming a charming face.
An Italian .fo,cer girl, with a basket Of the
| richest, rarest flowers in her hand and on her
head. We almost thought we felt the balmy,
genial breath Of Itala's atmosphere.
Two harcesters from Humboldt, male and
female, in beautiful peasant costumes, gotten
! up in perfect keeping with reaphooks IN their
| girdles and bundles Of oats under their arms.
Undine a sea nymph; girdle Of sea-shells
around her waist, and q wreath of sea-weeds
and pearls confined her flowing tresses a COM
manding figure set off to great advantage and
| strikngly beautiful.
A nopice in full noviciate dress, simple and
tasteful.
i A Highland ldssie, as sweet as Highlander
/ e'er saw, and bright as morn in cloudless
May.
| We saw little Indian boy, capital charac-
| ter, in full Indian Dress with bow and arrows,
| and culver on his shoulders, with the calumet
of peace, smoking and rendering the pipe to
ALL
There was scood nymph, dressed in white
muslin, with wreaths of evergreens on the neck
i and slsirt, with flowing hair, and bow and ar
rows; dryad
4 Diana, in white tarlton, with silver quiver
/ full of arrows, fastened with silver chain;
i silver bow a crescent on her forehead. She
i was huntress, bnt we did not see her horn
and hounds, nor do we know that in her entry
she was drawn by two white stags. So the
poets describe her.
4 All these were faces that would make a deep
and lasting impression, and all seemed to be
full Of enjoyment, ready to receive and impart
pleasure. The morose and the stern may
frown;
"But our hearts will leap at scene like this,
i And we half renew our prime"
We may well say with the poet
i /" 1t wiles my heart from its dreariness
| To see the young SO gay" N1
| Amid this throng of the beautiful, was inter
spersed every variety of male attire, elegantly
| and completely gotten up in strict costume,
according to character. Butthe military shone
conspicuous. We were so much taken with
| the fairies, and the duchesses, and the cupids
and Weauses, that we had no time to devote to
| the Agamemnons, the Ajaxes, the Hectors, the
Achilles, the little Moseses, " and Deuteronomy
-.
! were very much taken
| With many Of the military set,
| Exceedingly remarkable at times,
But not at all adapted to our ryhmes.'
| We saw all the highlanders from Scotland
all the peasants from Switzerland; all the caya
liers knights, lords, dukes, and marquises; but
we had no time to tarry. We found, too, the
paper of our brain was getting full, and our
pencil worn to point; but we notched down
one or two jottings, by the way, which were
too good to lose. .
| We saw one of our old friends caparisoned as
a watchman, with big, shaggy, drab great-coat,
covering him from head to foot, with broad
brimmed Southwestern, tapping over his face, SO
as to hide his features, and the word "police"
printed round the crown. When we first saw
him, he had gentleman not in costume by
the collar, taking him before the duchess, for
having violated the rules by appearing in citi-
zens' dress-sor failing to have on wedding
| garment 1t was evident that the gentleman
was impressed with the belief that he was
| under arrest He looked subdued He was
carried TO the duchess in limbo, who humored
| the Joke most capitally, vowing at first in the
dignified manner that no excuse would suffice;
| but, lust as the police was about taking him out
| of the room, she gently reented, and "bade her
| page the menials tell that they should tend the
Young man WE'LL" And he accordingly was
released, amid Joy and merriment We saw a
head miller, dressed in his Sunday-go-to-meet-
| ing drabs but he had forgotten evidently to
wipe the -four out of his eyes and ears, or to
brush it from his coat and pants. From his
appearance, we doubted not that there was first
rate grinding done at his mill.
We saw regular Solomon Sicop, a real
down-easter, whose coat-sleeves and pants were
SO short that his arms and ankles protruded in
bony thinness. He had ON cowhide boots, not
brushed, rough sugarloaf white hat, smashed
into didos, and he was going along arwhittling
shingle, and bringing everything tie pist
He was ready, in his nasal twang, to swop off
creation, always if he could git a leetle to boot
He never forgot his character, but sustained it
throughout. T
/ There was Mr. Tureydrop, whose "deport-
ment was beautiful = he was literally "pinched
in, and swelled out, and got up, and strapped
down" as much as he could possibly bear. He
had such a neck-cloth on, (puffing his very
- Al tcl.,