The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-08

Alsdy correspondent Of the Jstcn TSar.zsr
THIS dsscsibss an Arsh fees. 70 which Al. hs2
hsss to.swtst unesrsmcnicps,y invited -
Ae ny sisesf and mys.lf wsrs p.sTne throu eh
the bsssars the otber day. We were accost.d
By ths venerable head of q large hou.shsid
and, almost BY forcs, tske. into his hces.. II.
did 20 tsll n Nsst was going 20, but .,
coon - We suss..d the court ". knew n BY
the pnmbsr Of eypp.rs, shoes and clos bsfsrs
tbs doors Of the a. bf.rent chsmb'rs. Our erino-
lined sslvrs with difiSulty found room 70 ~
down on catering the pfinofpal sosrtmert. and
play I'd ad havoc among an amy sf nsrgbilshss
sanding bsfcrs The pussts. We we're I'm msoi
atsiy the tubiect of oonvs'tstfou, carried On IN
20 10. tore tss, they imsginsd vs eoals no,
hear them, and afsr . vhis they were % bold -
TO X me vhy wore vsil witch d 10. hide
my fac,1 Then cane toe eoffss ard ah.rbct
and svsetmeats, the latter In greet varsity,
md The lady vho prsidsd was not ratlsasd un-
Ill | tss cd Of each. And no = having acc IN
pushsd ibis srd.sl 'xsmitsi the gay e.
tunes u the ladies. l can't say their eo,tum,s
were pretty, for the imms,ss coars. Arab pins
oonhn'Ig z bunches ot hovas on the tops sud
sites Of th.ir beads were As c0nsp,cuous a. the
flowers thsmfelvts; some of their jseksts, Of
dark cloth, were sswsd With whits thread, sud
the neatsses Of their appeara,es Was rather In.
teffsred With from the fact that their under
skirts were much too short fs their ou.er robss
Of thin towsr.d mu.l'n
viii now turn 20 u. baby, the little blu-
th baby, q month old, up thsrs In the ern.t
ot the loom. In honor OF whcse brth tue feast
was given this being ore OF th. customs of the
eourtry. There 60. little martyr lay in n n,r
row cradle n fantastic construct on. os q hard
little pIi K cushion, Its head on a had fnllsl
pillow 10 short, even tbirg done to make II
uncomfortable l sAy 'mntyf," b,csusa IL
could move 70 part u 9 body hut les bead
for hAncs of cloth ii,hty ttraile II TO III.
cradle, btipE weuet frmly over tbs child a.
around the cfaa!e.
We were. ster awhile, mmmoTei 10 the
upper rHrt of the court whore q table was
spread with dist pounded boiled fice sEestsn
cd and a variety II nuts spread over Il. green
almonds, pistach'o nut, euebrs, nuts cal ed the
'baiy Of the friend," and q transparent pas.
tiy tsistsd irto different shs pes snd coloiso
pirk. Aftrwards I saw the process of
cooking thsm, which was by pouring the
wssr. ike sheets OF pastry into boiliog zsri eh
the latter b,irg ohes per tbah ol ve oii. Az IL
is impottibls Ia Rive Arsb dt'has . n,me, OF
discover a. that tbsv aro maio, | shau not
enter upcn the tax, but only add, that IL, rs.
qu'red no htus amiaoii on ths part oi th,
guests 20 submit u one osrsmony eon,idsred
indiep~osabe by tbs lady of the house. 30
SstsrmiIed WIS she that each guest should do
Justice 20 the fare that she hs,d In hn hands
a large wcodsn epoon with whisn sbs would
hsrsslf feed each one who did not, with sufi
Gent industry, diminish the contsnts Of the
bowl placed before her. The hoepitabls lady
did not once take a scat, but stood on duty the
whole time, and bad mercy on nonei FOR
although the most vehement protsstations were
made against her prosecutions, with the cry
that enough had been eaten, dssist she would
not, but continued the use OF her instrument OF
cruelty with the most unm srciful parsls teney.