The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-17

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Gle appears bearing the above caption
and treating upon the "Bal' that
came off at the Harvey House ON
Thursday night, which / propose say.
ing hnle about.
You appear to know q great deal
about the "Waneing BALI for a'man
who was not in the room, and who,
gave what be seen through the apar-
ture In the door connecting the office
with the bali room, (rather singular
place for an editor and manayer to
be seen.) you mus, be entirely ignor-
ant Of all that was going on in tho
room.
You make this particular ball tit
ting one upon which to express your
peculior ,deas Of "decency,' and re-
fiuement, and what a ''prorniscuons
gathering" is. If you can have the
assurance to say that the "Waneing
Ball" was composed Of y ''promiscuous
gathering Of ladies and gentlemen,
| would like to have you point out a
few Of those whom you would have
compose ball suited to your taste Of
"decency,' that our next, may be at
tended by them. Y,u were asked BY
two Of the managers if you would ike
to have tickets sent to any person or
persons, aud gave some names to them
to whom tickets were sent, and the
presence Of some Of the parties in the
Ball room gave evidences that they
were received
You say that "a young gentleman
may procure pair Of snake eolored
pants, and af'er putting three pots Of
pomatum ON his locks, go to the
crowded ball room, and press to his
bosom, the most fastidious Uemo;sellc,
who treaAs the floor in white satin
slippers" DC. Now | WIS present at
the 'Waneing Ball. and did not see
pair Of "snske colored pants, nor
"fastiJions Demoiselh pressed by some
young gentleman 10 his bo@om,' ard
You never seen j, therefore you lie.)
In fact, seen nothing but perfect
gallantry manifested by the gentlemen
towards the ladies', and have heard
several ladies' express their entire sat
isfaetion and desire to have another
Of the same sort" as soon as oonyen-
lent. A.. ...=.
You pitch into alabas'er shoulders
rs If you knew something about what
they ARE, ans, had been in the room
to see them. Tell us how you seen
them through hole in the wall, will
youl We would like to know, as We
may, some day, lose our senses and try
the hole ourselves. II amy were ex-
posed to the goze Of The critic we did
not see them on ibe contrary, we
we're at loss to discover the cause Of
such sudden change from low neck
dresses, to those more suited ostr taste.
As TO the young gents becoming in
toxicated, | will admit it to be fact /;
but, Sir, you did not see one Of them
misbehave in The Ball room. They
may have, and I believe did use spir-
its too freely in the bar room and if
they did, you sanctioned by repeated
articles in your paper, the drinking Of
liquor and the licensing Of greg shops,
therefore you he AGAIN.
The last paragraph Of yonr article
is little modified and you seem "a if
you would like to say more. but cant
60 back TO alter what you have al
ready said
The fact Of the ball not being Gnu.
meronsly attended can be very cor
rettly attributed to three reasons -
First, some Of the ladies'. whose inten-
ton it was to have attended, we're
prevented by the loss Of our favorite
packet, the Gypsy, on which some Of
their relations and friends were pas
e,gers, and Of whom they had no re-
liable j formation. One Of the mana
gers Of the Ball. was passenger at
tie time, and had very narrow es-
cape. Second, the sudden illness Of
near and dear relations and friends.
Third, the miscarriage Of some Of the
tickets, that | know to have been sent.