The Evansville daily journal., 1857-01-19
THE FASHIONABLE PARTY.

THE FASHIONABLE PARTY
The fashionable party is of several kinds
There is the s0jree daHsaaie, with supper, which
is generally considered the correct thing
Cards must be issued at least week be-
fore hand. They must be engraved on cop
per-plate, and nothing but full dress, for both
ladies' and gentlemen, Will do. The gentle
men must be black from the tip of his shirt
collar to the end OF his toes The lady must
have a very expensive Dress which She is not
permitted to wear but once; it must be very
much spread out in the skirt, very low in the
-1eck, and very short in the sleeves She must
have a ten dollar Joquet, roses and canlelajs
are SETON les l31t Just now. Her duties are to
dance a great deal fIirt great deal and eat q
great deal Of supper. The gentleman can go
at eleven-make his saaam to the lady prior
ess Of the establshment,and then pitch into the
supper, hiding bottle Of champagne under
his chair, so that he may refresh himself after
the German, which is dance that has only Il
beginning, with TO middle or end, until the
dancers are exhausted. TO be able to lead the
German is the highest effort ola society man,
it is the sole object Of his life.
YOUNG MEN ATTEND ONLY FOR SUPPER
There has lately been a good deal Of com
plant among the ladies that the young men
only come for supper, which makes the par
ties dreadlully slow till one or two O'Clock in
the morling dancing men being very scarce.
Talking men and intellectual ladies' are I'M
popular, but sometimes literary man Is in
vlted as a show. There is great deal Of
money spent OH these parties, and the people
wonder where it come, from. They are &C.
clsionally enlightened by the police reports.
OTHER DEVICES FOR sPENuIEG MONEY AND SIT
TING UP LATE.
NeXtto the sOiIee CietnSa1te is the bal costume,
or bal n1aS7ue, both Of which are generally
melancholy failures. Very few people have
taste in the selection of fancy dress, or power
t. sustain the character they assume Thus
you will hear Charles the Second saying that
he thinks waltzing very immoral, or Sir John
Falstaf talking about two per cent per month
or the price of that corner lot on Murray Hill.
Then thare are private theatrical parties,
stag" or bachelors parties, surprise parties
and various other devices to spend money and
sit up late at night.
COMMUNICATIVE LADIES PLAYING POKER
Nor are all the diversions Of our fashionable
people so innocent rs those above noted
Gambling has become fashionable vice, anC
la extended to the ladies' In ali the clubs
play, though forbidden by rule, runs high; anC
we have heard of one where the aristocrati(
amusement of "poker' being taboood, tht
amateurs at that athletic exercise met in
secret place detached from the main establish
nent. There are, it is said, very exclusive
gambling places where women play at th(
French games which have ruined some Of tht
richest ladies in Paris. Notwithstanding al
the efforts to suppress gambling in the metro
polls it increases privately and publicly; ant
this fact is the only answer that can be IN u.t
to the often repeated enquiry as to where doe!
all the money go to. 1t goes over the greer
cloth and into the pockets of the sharper, whC
may be found almost as often in the Filgl
avenue as on the Five Points. The presen
generation bids fair to exceed in friyolty anl
extravaganza anything that has ever preceded
it since the foundation Of the republic. Let
not be forgotten that the eiIeminacy Of peo
pie is the surest forerunner of the decay Of
nation.