The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-05-29
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sect and feature
greeable person ev
csame eloquent Of grace
one quarter Of IN hour

one quarter. OF an hour .
modest virgin, atender
IA kind mother.H Such de
Of the bsholder, no other .
respect and esteem. I But H.
its charmsqwith the. design TO pA
III unAces Apaniea with inodcsty,
huhbley opinion of herself will BIZ.
appiause, because she does not expect
vain creature loses appreciation through
sense OF deserving III r
Z As for the dippant insipilly gag, and
forward, whom you behq2 ssJhong dancers
riage Is more to be attfisa5fsd to the pervcrse &.
Of the performers, than imputed to the art its,
A lady -fnay DE extremely pretty, have a very goo'
ear, and a most agreeable shape but still be as Sill,
as she il well formed and pretty.
When a pert young miss of this description dances
she smiles 50 impeitinently, and affects to please 81
Silly, that while she dances you see the s~impietor
from bead to foot. for no one can dance well, wht
has not q good understandings a creature made
up OF padding, petticoats md hoops, possessing al
much " nature as she lacks wit, sheitering herself
under her Qualifications, may malicinusly intiiet pair
where she knows %gallantfry viii forbid the justly
merited rebuke, but by SO doing she simply renders
herself contemplate IN Che ballroom, and throws
the blackness Of Q s~tarless night over the social
circle IN which she moves out side Of it.
The magnolia flowers warning, III needed, might
teach a lesson TO those whose sense all lies in their
heels, and who have malice enough to sneer away
the pleasure, and, IL possible, the character of those
whom their ~half-born ideas Of propriety do not
recognize as being Just the thing. II speaks thus
I Az on this leaf Of white 80 pure,
UngentIe touches leave ii stain
Fen thus, the heart that must endure
Thy rndeness, feels a pang at pain.
So speak hi gentle tones to all,
And suffer not rude words to fall
From beauty's lips, and thus impair
The toni ensemble of one so fair.
In accents mild / would repeat
THE taste of bitter waters a proof.
It's source can never be quith~&eet -:
From this men keep Reconsideration"
Last night Mrs. Judge ,Oyerten gave the g hop
OF the season at her residence were gathered genial
friends for social pleasure, who spent a delightful
evening in the enjoyment of each others society,
and the good things prepared for them by their
hostess, than whom no one knows better how to
provide for the entertainment Of her guests.
IN converse sweet and dancing gay the hours flew
iratsttiy away, spand the warmth OF the evening.
swhiEa. in otheFsslaces might have marred sle gen
eral SNy, seemed here only to add new lest to
pleashS Nas@&e dancers, when heated with / iercise,
repairedS the piazza, where gentle zephyrs ssanned
their fusff Il cheeks where human pinks AMI roses
waived their graceful forms in the coolirta air.
Where struggling moon beams gently fell Though
the thick foliage of pomegranate and afbor yier, we
neheid reclining the ~stateliest Of F1ofa's dau5 aters,
Plant ~lovelier in its own recess
Than Grtcian naiad seefHt earliest dawn vi
Tending her fount, or lady Of the lake,
Sofc-sitting BY the shores Of old romance
And the maiden was lovelicr than the flower: no
WONDER tilat aamlifing eyes were bent upon her fair
face, and in her ears low soft words Of love were
whispered.
At nights high noon supper was announced
when, around q stsmptuous table, among many other
grateful creature comforts, we enioyed :. a feast Of
wisdom and a flow of soul.:'
After which came fine songs, promenading and
dancing, g and all indeed, (. Vent merry I'D n NM.
liage helln until "the clock told the hour Of re.
tifing.'
N a happy throng like this, where mems inmost