The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-09-22
The Matinee.

Tribune writing from Newport, thus
describes the last dance of the season
The last matinee of the season took
place yesterday. Did [ not grow
plaintive in my last, and say that the
end of all things was drawing nigh !?
Well, SO it is. The party yesterday
was, so to speak, the Last Rose of
Summer. Last night came a tremen-
dous tornado and hail-storin, to sweep
off its whitening leaves, and to-day
comes in September, as bright and anx
ious to please as the new candidate
that takes the place of late beloved
officer or magistrate, and that looks
smiling and affable around, seeming in
every sign and gesture to say. Am
l not just as good as he - To which
we reply. "We don'tknow how good
you are; we only know you are not
he" And truly your genial Autumn
is but an electioneerer for the tyrant
Winter. He pledges you in generous
wine, and invites to mammoth BAN
quets, with his grapes and choice fruits.
| All this while, Winter is edging his
chair nearer to the table, and before
you know it, you have voted him in
with that last bumper, and cold, close
company you will find him, in many a
melancholy course.
But how | run off the track. want
10 describe the business of Yesterday
in a business-like manner. Heaven
only knows whether | shall succeed.
| frll hot hn
would initiate itself at IL a. M, we
presented ourselves at the door of the
hotel, at that happy medi-diurnal hour,
expecting almost that the Winged
One of the Tableaux would be w. iting
there to let one in. Instead of such a
FORTRESS, dark servant, detained with
difficulty, and with an almost wellbred
air of being bored advised us to return
an hour later, as none of the ladies
were yet in the Hall. Here was an
hour of our precious day wasted with
out remorse by these F7aneuses, who
had stayed too long at the bath, or had
slept wonderous late after the picnic
the day before-a failure, we were hap
Ipy to learn, in spite of the four-in-han-
! ders, the express wagon of victuals,
and awhole omnibus load of musicians,
with their instruments-the double
bass helplessly laid and strapped on
top, like victim about to undergo a
surgical operation. One o'clock came
at length, and we entered the Hall,
and with tripping terpidation but de-
ternined purpose took possession of an
advantageous seat, commanding full
view of long row of seats opposite
reserved for the happy performers OF
the german. There was quite public
of chaperones and quiet men assem-
bled, though the latter were in great
minority, being principally employed
with whist and billiards of morning.
He of the sword-belt vas not there,
but there was review at the Fort and
the distant sound of guns made us
aware that he was probably at that
moment charging an unseen enemy at
: the head of two servants in military
livery-result not to be known until
publishee in official bulletin But
: while we were dreaming this, they OF
the German had stolen in, and taken
their places, with an amiable affection
of modesty, they, the great people,
, who could do what we could not, dance
! and get some one to dance with them.
t True, there was time, Tribune, but II
makes us tremble now to think we
: ever could have done the wild thing
t that are done before us. The bands
! strikes up. Heaven bless it! 1t is the
! only thing that has not changed for the
: worse since our dancing days-only
then, the swift dancers were intro
duced always by wailing, melodious
: prelude, like the Dirge Of Love itself
, no time for such slow doings now
: They have wonderfully accelerated the
; Tempo too, now think of it. Query
! is the band responsible for what l seei
, For 10, Rose-necktie has got one gir
by. the waist. Blue -hannel-coat has
:: got another = the ineffable Creature
( with the thin beard and haggard
countenance has seized upon third
E Boston Boy comes in handsomely, too
and away they all 60, Southern Girl
Boston Girl, New York Girl, and all
as if the very Devil were in them o.
after them, or both. But it stops
|, as suddenly as the war in Italy
this was only premonitory spasm