The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-29
A Fashionable Party.

htioukH fesH from TuTdI ulSlTiCt
don't be so boorish as 10 think of gong ,c
aiashionable party at the old style hou.
OF early candle light. Exercise patience
and wait until eight o'clock, when an old
farmer would deem it time to think OF re-
turning home. Then walk around to
your friends house. All is dark and
you hurry home TO assure yourself by re.
perusal OF the periumed note of invitation
that you have not mistakened the evening.
Al nine o'clock, atte- an hour of restless
waiting, you go again, and still the
house is dark. You ring to ask if Ma
dame is expecting company, but Betty
calls to you from the basement door, an
athematlslng your want of manners IN
taking the dishes to the front door.
Your question is answered, and you
sneak of glad to escape without be,ray-
ing your ignorance.-Ten o'clock comes
and with it a fit Of gaping, for that IS
your usual hour for retiring. Again you
pass in front Of the house, but find the
darkness as intense as ever; you walk
around block or two. More than once
you resort to this method Of passing the
weary minutes.
When the half hour strikes, you dis.
cover moving Of lights and tolerable
illumination Of the parlor windows.
Grown desperate a, the delay. and will
ling to be the very first of the guests,
your hand is once more upon the bell
pull. To your polite inquiry comes the
reply "Madame not at home." You
turn away bewildered, but, recoIleoting
that through crevice of the paror door
you discover indlcotions OF preparation
gong forward, you conclude that you
are only little to early. Curiosity gives
place TO surprise; You "stand around"
and even get into confab with a street
watchman. Eleven o'clock, and pres.
emily carriage drives up. The door
again opens and the carriage inmates
enter. The hour has come.
A negro, blacker than the ace of spades,
takes your card, and bawls out your
name as though he were announcing you
the speaker in political meeting. Ma
dame reclines in her easy chair, opposite
the parlor door, in q manner the very
picture Of fainting feebleness, though her
cheeks seem to indicate recent noun
tain ramble, or some other violent exer-
else, Or. She mods gracefully and
extends the tip Of jewelled finger, aud
then having hoped you are well, her at
tention is turned TO the mex, conner.
The parlors fill and by twelve O'Clock
they are perfect am. Dancing is not
an amusement, on this occasion-it has
long ago been voted passe. Parties are
given nowadays not for the pleasure or
comto,t OF either guests or hosts but
merely TO show off the number oil fash
ionable friends one has, and how richly
they dress. Stripped of yerbiage, they
become raree shows Of flesh and Jewels
cattle fairs you may call them. On those
occasions hoops, hounces and furbelows
prevent you from getting nearer than six
feet OF your lady acquain,ances. Con-
versatlon must, therefore, be Tor the
world around, as well as for the individu-
al addressed.
DO not let the modest appeal called
low necked dress shock your provincial
modesty, even though you have never
seen anything like j, since you were
Graded. And don't measure distances
or angels OF vision by the eye, or you
may be tempted to conclude ,ha, through
the opening of yonder bespang!ed dress
you could, on near approach, see more
of human flesh than to the wearer would
be agreeable; and above all do not ven
ture such an insinuation. Let a fashio
nable lady expose herself never SO much
to crlticlsa, she will no. patiently allow
her faults to be pointed out. But what
does SO large company all this while!
They crowd about-promenade they call
tin paris. triplets, or even quartetts.
a complete orchestra at one end OF
the magnlfcently furnished parlors, re-
gales them with music whole operas at
a time-and at the other end is pro-
lusely spread table, where the inner
wants oil all are ministered to- The ta-
BILE constantly changes IN appearence-
for here the wealth and Literally of the
hosts is to be, IN an especial manner,
displayed. One rich setting out would
DC Vblcu IlCdu utIi SildDUy. uIll oO iC~
gular courses are ins,ituted-a chang
ing Of dishes and ornaments, once every
half hour. Now we see the finest white
proclaim, aud anon that which is gilt
and silvered.
The small hours are sounding, and
the older folks take their leave; Ic, Us go
with them. When daylight streeks the
Earth the younger ones will whlmper
Good evening"" and follow suit How
small, how very small, is the sum total
Of benefit or pleasure derived by any one
from such party. Aching head and
limbs, weak eyes and an entire uniting
for any Of lifc's sterner duties are among
the positive results; and all TO be ranked
among the silly senseless devotees Of
fashion.
Electricity .8pplied in The Cure Of Dis
ease.--Dr. Robert Rcmak, ,oi the Unver-
sty of Berlin, Prussia, has lately lnven-
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