Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-03-20
The CayseasoG In New York---Fash-
s - Eg ION and Vices. l'L 81

The Gay season In New York---Fash-
...s - sc ION and Vices. l'.l 81
The New York Herald devotes a por-
ton ofits space to q description Of the
routine of fashionable amusements which
follow the holidays aud disappear before
TnE FASHIONABLE PARTY. ,,
The fashionable party, is of several
kinds, There is the soirs dansante, with
supper, which is generally considered the
correct thing. Cards must be issued at
least one week beforehand. They must
be engraved in copper plate. and nothing
but full dress, both for gentlemen and la
dies. will do. The gentleman must be
black from his shirt collar to the tip Of his
toes. The lady must have very expen-
sive dress, which she is not permitted to
wear but once; it must be very much
spread out in the skirt. very low in the
neck. and very short in the sleeves. She
must have ten dollar bouquet, roses and
eamelias are scion les regle. Her duties
are to dance a great deal. firt a great
deal. au4 eat a great deal of supper
The gentleman can go at eleven-make
A4AS ~ bA0 AAO Ot ShV co
tablishment. and then pitch into the sup,
per, hidinG bottle of champagne under
a chair. SO that he may refresh himself
after the German. which is dance that
has only, a beginning. with no middle or
end, until the dancers are exhausted
To be able to, lead the German. is the
highest effort of society man, and it is
the sole object of his life. e-..
YOUNG MEN ATTEND FOR SUPPER.
There has lately been a good deal Of
complaint among the ladies that the young
men only come for supper, which makes
the parties ldreadGully slow until one or
two o'elock in the Notwithstanding men
being very scarce. Talking men and in
tellectual.lad are unpopular, but some
times literary men are invited as a show.
There is great deal Of money spent on
these parties, and people wonder where
it comes from. They are occasionally en-.
lightened, by the police reports. --.1 ...
OTHER DEVICES. SPENDING MONEY AND sIr~
TING UP LATE. -
Next to the soire ddnsa1ate is the bal cos,
tune or bal naaS9We. both of which are
generally melancholy failures. Very few
people have taste in the selection Of fam
cy dress, or power to sustain the charac-
ter they assume. Thus you will hear
Charles the Second saying that he thinks
waltzing very immoral, or Sir John Fal-
staff talking about two per cent. per
month, or the price of that corner lot on
Murray Hill Then there are private
theatrical parties. amateur concerts, whist
parties. dinner parties, % stag" or bache
Ior's parties, and various other devices to
spend money and set UP late at night.
GAHBL1xG-THE LADIES PLAYING "PoKER."
Nor arc all the diversions Of our fash>
ionable people so innocent as those above
named. Gambling has become fash
iondble vice, and has extended to the la
dies. In all the clubs. play. though for
bidden by rule. runs hi gh and we have
heard Of one where the aristocratic amuse-
ment of ''poker" being tabooed, the am.
aLeurs at the athletic exercise met in a
secret place detached from the main es>
tablishment. There are. it is said, very
exclusive gambling places where women
play at the French game, which, have
ruined some of the richest ladies in Paris.
Notwithstanding all the efforts to sup
press gambling in this metropolis. it in-
creases privately and publicly: and this
fact is the only answer that can be made
toathe often repeated inquiry as to where
does all the money 60 TO. Il goes over
the, green cloth and into the pockets Of
she sharper, who may be found almost as
often in che Fifth. Avenue as on the Five
Points. The present generation bids fait
30 exceed in friyolity and extravaganza
anything that! has ever preceded it since
the foundation Of the republic. Let it
not be forgotten that the efsminacy of a
people is Che sufest forerunner of the de-
cayof d hati0n iaai 81! 81 dad" ,59sts
WITHOUT ANY TAn,-Ao very "'particu-
lar friend" is Amos Smith, and very
decidedtenemy to- all worldly Jtides, as
anybody in PhiladelPhia knows; but7as a
husinasa cnrrasnnndent from, the Snmth