Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-23

TELLING HOW HK WENT TO A PARTY, AND WHAT
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INDIANAPoLIs, Dec 22d, 1861.


SAW.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 22d, 1861
Nh EDITOR,-Iye taken your paper for the
last year-that is. | borrow il every morning
from SAM who's subscriber, and having Oh
served IL faithfulness as chronicler of passing
events. have concluded to write letter for your
columns in connection with a very important
event which has just traJssp ired in city. I've
been to a party-an evening party, and ! want to
tell your readers all about IT, | should never
have undertaken this pleasing task, having been
a victim to the strange belief that Z would be
very snobbish in me TO do so, but when ! saw
Jenkins account in the Journal this morning.
about his going to party concluded al once it
was not only highly proper. but in extremely
good taste. The court organ ought 10 know
you know. THIS parry attended came off on
Tuesday night. &C the house of Mr. Fright
Speaking celestiaily, after the style of jenkins,
OF the Journal, for being fresh in the description
business, cen must follow where cannot lead
--ceestisily speaking then. many OF the sons OF
our city were present. about al equal number of
female stars of the first water Il don't mean
theatre folks, you know and two or three
moons, (iesser lights and several comets. Cir
repressible iolks.) In the language of the poet ::
There was sound Of revelry by night;
On Linden when the was low,
A voice replied far up the height
Tall acnes from little tOecorns grow.
The application OF the last two lines will be
seen after dancing two or three hours
Having made All elaborate toilet aud scented
my handkerchief with pepperment, about s
o'clock on tina; eyen,iul evening | took my
hat. cane and gloves. and rushed out signing,
like Alexander in the Third Reader, for "new
worlds to conquer ! reached the house, with
out being arrested as bounty jumper, knocked
the door was opened. and the gall told me to
come in, and went in-I guess did went in /:
the only wonder is that ever got out again
Having slicked down my hair and taken oil my
overcoat in the disrobing room | entered the
superiluous parlers and set down on a snmptuous
couch beside big fat woman. at least two AK
handles across the back glanced around
Between two hundred people were present all
wrapped up in' gorgeous clothes OF every color,
and blazing with Jewels. think there must have
been halt a bushel of diamonds in Fright's par
lors that night | looked with contempt on nv
little four dollar bosom pin which half an hour
before | had planted in the middle OF my shirt
front with the liyellest pride and pleasure. Ia
looking at the women, and what they had OH
| mean how they were dressed-I noticed that
some of them on that festal night had hard work
TO breathe in the crowd. and knew il was be
cause they laced so tight.
with belts which round the waist we're spun.
Aud could not, would not be undone"-
Nor | neither--not if | know myself But | IN
digressing-I want to describe the ladies clothes,
&c Place dames
Mrs Colonel ShOddy, though rather high OH
her pins for low ceiling, was gorgeously arrayed
in a coon colored velvet, looped up in small
kinks, and three ulcks, and covered with half
peek of square pearl buttons which were put on
a, random here and there, as if they had been
shot out of double barreed gun, and stuck
where they hit. She wore:a thin white thing over
her neck &c, with ffty-six brass spanges on It.
Her hair vas frizzled. and she was, by all Odds
the handsomesi woman IN the room, and moved
around like n majestic swan. the observed of
all observers.
Miss Angelina Strablsmus was uniquely
raved in a blaze colored Bingham, hounced clear
10 the neck, and ilagreed up and down with
bobinet and bugles, and looked glorious. every
inch of her height She is rather dumpy. how
ever, is Angelina. and her arms were most too
red for white gloves to show well by contrast
Her hair was frizzled, and she was. by all odds.
the hsndsomest woman in the room. and moved
around like a majestic swan, the observed &c.
Miss Gushaina Crushit plainly dressed in
a brown skirt, with blue basquine of black bonn
bazine II was ornamented down the front la
Kesrney street, ride John Phlnixl with crochet
work of molasses candy, three buttons on one
side and eight button holes on the other. Her
hair was irizzed, aud was, by all odds, the hand
soonest woman in the room. and moved around
like a majestic, &c.
Nre d Debility Was clad ia robe Of
yellow velvet with splotches OF black velvet
down the sides She had patent leather belt
with brass buckle round her waist, and IN low
neck aud short sleeves she looked like Venus
rising from Broad Ripple in a golden cloud Of
efulcent glory Her hoir was irizzled. and she
was by all ODDS the handsOmest woman III the
roon, and moved around like &c.
Mrs Semanthe Cropsey. the rich widow !,
came next. swfully clad in a sheet iron colored
tarletsn. Ornamented with gussets. Gorgeous
strings of red glass beads rested on her bosom,
resembling rubies on appledumplings. and
Thought | never saw anything so lovely, /
thought CT those lines which the poet Canteeoer-
~ wrote
Ant her first love asleep under clover
l. the soil where my passion tases root
Her hair was frzzled and she was by all odds the
handsomest woman in the room, and moved
around like &c.
Miss Lueindy Planter blossomed on; IN an
orange colored chntz with black stripes running
round aud round like those on tiger Tier ply
siospomy was regal and when her lat'tudinOus
mouth broke up in smile that cracked clear
round 70 her ears. she made the most silyefy gig
sle ever heard Her hair was irizz ed. ana she
was by all odds the handsomest woman in the
room and moved around &c.
Miss Almira Leggett, sister Of Walkers, you
know. being a vegetarian in religious belief,
dressed to correspond She had = turn up nose
earroty hair. and her tout ens,uble beat every
thing in he coop Her dress VAS silk, OF a