The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-29
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As the last sound of the twelfth stroke of that
! hour which summons ghosts and witches died away,
! the doors OF the Grand Opera House opened and
| the oNrr-croWdcd ante chambers poured into the
vast thealr" r"rnucopia of pretty things repre-
Scntmg the outside of every thing great under the
sun. and as unlike ghosts suppcrs silks and ains
could make them. Not less beautiful to the eye was
Inc theatre, with ITS countless chandeliers sparkling
with gas its decorations its wide sweep of floor in
! wing the dance, and most of ALL its Strauss with
! his hundred musiciansl ! was swept along by the
Gentle boSoms, not of the breeze but of the sweet
! T",TTfcnHcS, who pressed behind and waited me
and ii is pcasantrr than being wind Wa(led-riobt
! up to the orchestra.
| And here | must obtrude bit of advice. Nobovs
under thirty should go to the masked balls of the
! Opera, and no men over sixty. The periods com
prised between these two ages and which Professor
flourcnS calls the second youth and first manhood
are the only ones in which Saxon blood should cx-
pose itself to the dangers which will there besct it,
As Gac blood loses its iniammabc particles and be
comes thin at twelve to fifteen owing to precocious
education rules need be prescribed fort Men past
sixty, however are always liable to do silly things
But the alchet of Strauss, quivering with latent
harmony, and the cynosure of thousand ewes, sud
denl moves through the air, and summons count
less tinklng feet into motion, while it delights the
ears of those who are merely spectators by the be
witching music which il frees from the thradom of
| It's hundred masters.
a lame man could hardly help dancing to such
| music, but the French shouted and danced; they
danced with their feet; they danced with their legs
they danced with their arms; and their eyes danced
most oi all. Now the locks of a marquis brush your
face, and now the toe of a countess comes within an
! inch OF your nose though You be taller than she
a PierreHe whirls you completely round and
out "l your philosophy while perhaps real dan
SclIsc from the Opera, in performing one of her en-
f'echotS, carried away by her enthusiasm falls into
| your arms.
The scene was indeed brilliant for no lady is allowed
to enter unless masked and dominocd, in traves-
y, and no gctrman unless in ravesty or full dress;
whatever MIGHT bppn he oh md
standing of the individuals of the assembly, their
eNtcriors were certainly always elegant and often
splendid
Among the ladies in traversv noticed decided
majority preferred the pantalo0ns (this is true all
over the worldly. Some of these were of velvet en-
br"ideredwth gold and others of blue satin fringed
with lace and reaching just below the knee; in short
the pants were short t0O-they were of all shapes
coorS and qualities, dictated by taste or required
by the characters represented Nothing more be-
wItchIng, than these mdnHrtids, who unscX them
selves by your side if to show how much superior
t" you they are in grace and elegance, whether in
the garb of females males
As the night wears on and the blood grows warm,
the excitement and noise increase: every body talks
with every body tdoycrs every body, aud ridiculcs
every body. They laugh ut one another, and tread
on each others toes. kiss those they have never
seen, and Yet all with the best nature in the world
one man has an enormous hat covered with raw
cotton, loosely fastened on, which he manages to
rub against the new dress coats of a score of gen
lemcn, leaving his white marks every where, and
followed by bursts of lauohfrr Another collects a
crowd around hapcss Enolisbmon. who is stand
inc fXedIv firm in one snot vithnut moyin,r 4 uus-
Gle: ooh urlle vacbe I'm es p saws hr ..Wbat =
COW yon are! how tame You look - and he dWct
on his salient points with such wit that | at last
rancicd could see brindlc COW warGino its tail
and chewing its end. The noor Engiisbman with
his red hair, peculiar cast of countenancr, and 10
norance of French. did look uncommonIv tame and
quiet but probably had more sound sense Than ffty
like his prosecutor. But no one orts rexcd. indeed
4 man nj a mask hall in paris VIM ,,onld ,rt rnyod
would be tbnuuLt = fail
At three O'Clock in The ,norrinc, the ayctono,,nt
reaches its HEIGHT. thr ,nusic;ons 7bo,,o conbt ~
general snrit and NAV Win rodonIJoJ emer Wv,
the demand IL far ndisa' a. ,,oIl a, fo si ~, ~,
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other \ lin nam and anntbn r, iii a ~. a.,
w ,,iv"s wiidncsS 70 tb TDIH
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"nco han dc ';t a 'i"nl nte iuilreu voiceS al
p; hn', o, , mat '' rt III: st',e enough IN
~ A. ht Us i: ut M M mani 10 the strih-
M H.. ~ I"o ei.s ,Ne liie popping o' SHups