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I~<FANUF DRESS BALI, AN |, MAsQu EN-.
ADE.--It will be seen, by word Of
direction elsewhere to gentlemen, that
she year Is to be closed on the night
Of the 31st inst. with q "Grand Fan
cy Dress and Masquerade Ball.. to
come off In the halls Of the Harvey
House II il as well perhaps, to dis
pose Of the hitter end Of the present
ammo domini, lin dancing as any other
why for Gas Mr. Solomon, In bis pop
ular collection Of songs hath said)
"Whc can tell, where we may dwell,
in another merry year. As to the
mask part, we hope yet. to see the
day when they will be worn daily--ay
nightly, in by-ways as well as high
ways. What snignifies your talking
with Mr., Jones to-day, when you meet
him again tomorrow, and he has not
only changed, the angels Of his face
(which Is supposed to be the index Of
the soul) but he has actually twisted
about his imrnaterial part, in such
manner, that be IL no longer the Mr.
Jones Of yesterday but somebody else.
Why the whole world is in daily mas
querade. and there Is no need Of put
ting on false faces to deceive. What
an admirable thing 1t would be, if
there we've modern shops Of masks, as
In ancient Pompeii, so that when a
violent political excitement comes on,
and The sea Of public feeling dashes
here and there, that men might step
in at any door, and exchange an Old
Line Wing fora New Line Democrat
mask. The Know Nothing would be
able TO know the ex-Know Nothing,
ifsuch were the fashion; and much
confusion would be prevented. In
deed a man might keep o full set Of
masks In bis wardrobe, and each day
as IT might suit bis interest, be could
change so effectually that his friends
would know 1t. Whoe's skin is IL the
fashionable lady appears I'M Not her
own, shurely; for that was killed
shortly after che stepped into her teens.
Bleaching processes cosmetiques
rouges, liquid chalks etc, done the
job, and now the covering Of her face
called the epidermis, by the learned.
looks like the underside Of faded
kid glove. Masks Y Why the en-
tire populace is in mask. You cannot
in these unstable times--put you fin.
ger on the man you met yesterday,
and say this Is the same man.
Give us the " Fancy Dress with.
out the Masks" else the wise man
may run against the fool and take
him for his brother, aud Mrs. Fitz.
iizsle may be guilt of taking Mrs.
Flounce -and-a-half-a hoops, for
Mrs. Nine-founce and-eleven-hoops,
and Fitsfgzle could never be recog
nized, in her circle again if she did it.
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GE The have another disgusting
beast of a fat woman, on exhibition in
New Orleans, whose weight and size
in inches. is given particularly, in the
small bills. In putting the show, the
True Delta says:
What she will weigh when she at
tains her growth, is impossible to di-
vine. Al present she weighs five hun
bred and eighteen pounds; measures
twenty-nine inches round the arm,
thirty eight inches round the--calf and
taking her girt as You would tree, it
measures seven feet two inches in cir
conference 7
Can there not be some legal enact
ment recorded in the next codi6cation
Of laws, to prevent showing bear-wo-
men fat-girls' and other monstro-
stiles, that blunt the edge Of refined
sensibilities 7 lisa disgrace to the