The new era., 1860-07-26

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LADY, We don't suppose gentleman
would have flattened themselves against
doorways, and crushed themselves into
impossible corners. and submitted meek
! ly to be poked in the ribs by ubiquitous
policemen, and told TO s'l't the lady
pass" without remonstrance. But
Mr. George Washington Wyllys was
victm--we pitied him II tVas rather
hard to be pushed BY one lady right on
to the trailing tarlatape Of another, and
be called ''bear" by No. | and ''hrute''
by No 9 1t was unjust TO blame him,
because cobwcb shawls would persist IN
cathching on his coat-buttens, and 10
look only as feminine eyes can look, be-
cause he couldn't disentangle them, on
account of his hands being pinioned flat
TO his sides by the crowd 'aai
Well, never mind the trials and tfib-
uations by the way! When we did get
in, we could think OF nothing but fairy
land seen through magnilying illusion.
Oh! those broad corridors, looking down
into cool gareens, where prefumed foun-
tams threw up their jets of glmmering
spray and the tCpmost plumes of tall
ailanthus trees waved at our feet-it
seemed like the glory of "midsummer
nights dream" The swaying crowds
thot floated throuoh the walks and al
leys appeared to be part Of the panor-
anna. There was a delightful air of IN
reality about the whole thing. The .at-r
mosphere was heavy with foreign per-
| fumc, and the odorous breath of the
flowers that were disposed everywhere,
hanging in wreaths among the Japanese
and Amtriean banners that formed
tent-llke drapery to the ceiling. and
fastened III ranbowmasses 10 the baius-
trades and pillars around, as if rain
j of sweet blossoms had descended from
some floral armament. In the dancing
rooms, various delegations of the crowd
were struggling through Les Lancie1s
and the redolra, with very questionable
wisdom. 1t seems TO us that, at tea
thousand people ball. dancing isn't a
very "paying" sort of business. Saw
/ ing wood or sbrubbing floors would be
! indescribably easier!
Another breathless effort-another
running the gauntlet Of watchful police
man--bless their goodnaturcd soulsI
nobody but New York policemen would
D have been able to answer forty dozen
q questions in one breath, show everybody
4 the way everywhere, aud take care Of
all the ladies at one time, with suck
: undisturbed equanimity-- and we stood
in the superb amphitheater Of "Nblo's"
y the centerof an immense throng which eb-
bedand flowed like the waves of q gigan-
tic sea. Far above us the rows Of lights
shone and sparkled like consultations
of distant stars, while the music seemed
to fill the vast room with its delicious
underto6~ Of harmony
There they are--the Japanese Princes
seated on an elevated platform at the
extreme end Of the hall-a row of sta
tcly gentlemen, whose superb foreign
costume and bronzed faces contrast
oddly with the pale countenances and
stereotyped styles of broadclcth which
surround them. Simmi, Price of Be-
olsen, the Chief Ambassador, is per-
haps a fair specimen Of them all, and
the calm indifference of his pensive face
must be a terrible aggravaton to those
who like to think they "astonish the
natives!" The Ambassadors remain
on exhibition but brief time-perhaps
they don't relish being made show Of;
but the inferior japanese are strolling
about the bathrooms, talking in broken
English to the crowds that swarm
around them, and apparently enjoying
themselves hugely. ,r..-~.s
=. 1t is most difficult Of Jail 10 obtain
entrance to the supper-roon. -Four al
m st interminable tables extend down
the apartment, superbly decorated with
flowers, sugar ornaments, and temples,
towers, and minarets of jelly, cream,
and confectionery. Mercy upon us!
how the champagne corks fly, and the
elegant devices 90 down before the
capacious nav of hungry New York!
Won't somebody have the stomach-ache
otmorrow?
Close to the entrance hangs splen-
did oil portrait Of Hon. Townsend Har-
} ris' our Minister to Japan-a most ap-
propriate thought-and just beyond is
; pagoda of flowers, whose perfumed col
umns and roof of glowing blossoms is
perpetual feast of beauty TO the eye.
: Twelve o'clock and not the least
symptom of thinning out" Crowds
: pouring in at every possible portal--air
8 growing more and moro like fiery
furnace. Don't know what the powers
/, of endurance of the fashionable world
: may be, but we can't stand it any lon
d ger! Here's door-let's slip out
Y What's that, friend with the brass but
S tons and shield: five get out at this
g door we can't enter again. Very well
: want to enter again. Wouldn't 60
Q through this squeeze second time for
b hundred dollors. We've had quite
3 enough Of the Grand, Metropolitan, he-
ceptions Welcoming, Municipal Japan
}. ese Ball! a o5a 6. eas
p-;nAar,s festival recantlY. the