The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-01

During this process the lad throws his right
leg over his lef, and his left over his right, and
| looks at remote corner of the room, and
watches the Journey of fly over the surface
Of the mantle-mirror, and finally fixes his
gaze on his shiny boots Anon the Ps and Cs
and S. make their appearance, and the invited
are all assembled, including the unaccomp1-
MED bcol,r (who have a way Of slipping into
the rooms without much ado, which Is quite
peculiar to themsclves), in the neighborhood
Of II O'Clock.
Then the exercises are fairly under way.
Miss CIlie has effected numerous introiuc-
tious, to her own immense confusion, which
gets 80 completely the better OF her that she
makes known high, bashful youth to CO.
qucttish little creature on the sofa no less than
| four separate times and has TO be told Of II
eventually. She has argued earnestly for a
| commngllng of the sexes, but without the
slightest success, The girls describe a circle
all around the rooms They are huddled
together on the lounges, and their chairs are
| backed up against the walls.
The gentlemen appear intcrmttently to
these excessively gotten-up damsels, and ply
them with inteTogatorleg concerning the
weather, and exhaust the other equally edlfy-
| ing and diverting party topics. There is
| boisterous, al-talking-at-once, aud dreadful
| lulls in the colloqua storm, during which
| there is universal uneasness and fierce ex-
| preston on each face, as though its owner
had something very particular to say, but was
conspired against and utterably unable to get
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coughing, and gaping behind cambric pocket
| pieces. There is a struggle on the part Of
! ellie to look easy and used to this sort of
thing, and an awful effort on the part of her
dear friends to appear perfectly delighted, and
as ifthey would not think for an instant, of
giving anything" to be at homo and out Of
their tight disagreeabe clothes.
Before long the music moment is at hand
and Miss ellie rushed at romantic-looling
lass, with long curls and humid eyes, but a
general appearance Of angularity and early
blight, who Is looking into the suifused face o
a sedate urchin with his hair very much parted
behind, and his coat sleeves very long, and
wide at the extremities, in the piano parlor
The romantic looking lass is astonshed more
|
request that she will sing something or play
something. She starts back, and throws up
her hands, palms out. She states emphatically
that she has not touched q piano for such a
length Of time that she has forgotten all about
ii. Cillie presses her suit with yehemence,
and appeals to all the by-sitters for support,
which they instantaneously and energetically
EXTEND clustering around the musical object
and pouring forth touching opportunities and
f savage arguments to convince said object that
, she is the victim of self-deception, and was
never In better condition for vocal or instru
mental performances in the whole course oi
her life.
After protracted siege, the romantic
; looking surrenders and is led captive to the
instrument. There is a solemn stiffness an
appeal to sundry moons, stars, wild flowers,
streams, and the like, embraced in four long
verses, hum of adulation, the entire COM
pany chorussing "Very prettyr and How
sweetr' A smell of hot food is suddenly
waited down stairs. Then there is an eager
stampede, two by two, to the field Of labor.
where the gallants go into immediate and
active service, and devote themselves to the
hewing of pyramids of ice cream, and the
dexterous spooning and plating of eccentric
Jelly, and the pursuit of the cake baskets, and
the successful vending of their way through
the throng, with their offerings to their
layorite females held high above the swarm
ing heads. Several dresses are ruined by
discharges upon them of soft reireshment.
A variety of scraps and debris are chucked
silly under the table; bScchlnll STRIPPING
takes too much wine; his lips are unsealed
and he wakes declamatory; the elaborate
large cake with candy trimmings is pitched
into and demolished; the flowers are all
snatched up and stuck in button-holes and
bosoms; pockets are filed with ornamental
bonbons and such nice little knck-knacks a!
may be discovered lying about loose; and
by-and-by, a descent is made to the parIors
Then there is some weary, laggard dancing
the hall ellis with inquiring coachmen ant
servants; the guests drop away. Toward,
that hour when the sun leaps up the eastern
3 sky and lights the world into another day o
toll, suffering, mirth, and madness, Miss CilliC
: is quite alone with her mamma once more
and very tired indeed. Poor thingl How
heavy are her eyes, aud how langud hel
| steps as She drags herself Off 10 bpdt