American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1865-10-05
Correspondence of the Citizen.

lnclined to say is very appropriately SO call
ed. This | have discovered through the
kindness of our friend Dash, who not only
introduced me to some of the "aagets,' but
prevailed upon me to accompany him to 4
ball, given by some of the enterprising young
fellows of the place, where | had an oppor-
+nuity Of developing that spirit of observation
for which | have always been remarkable, OF
investigating the laws by which these celes-
tial bodies are governed and, finally, of Civ
inc Won the benefit of the impressions left
unon my mental and visual organs by the
study of the "stars." | am not going to rave
like a school,boy about magnificent and in
tellectual beauties, y or compare these simple
American bellies to the really superb ard
oueenly beauties of the Court of Napoleon
The Junots, Recamiers and Buonapartes OF
Erance-such a dose of flattery would be a
IesHs too strong for any body bat a ~"glggling'
finishing miss" Just in her %"teeas," If her eye
should happen to fall upon this, aud you
know ',would be all high .fa{atta nonsense
but really the Canton ball room on the night
of the 9th, did contain an assemblage OF
beautiful women, If I were writing a news
paper article l suppose | should have to
partfcnlarize in some such manner as tins
uNiss A. B. was the-most eTquisltely oeauti-
fnl creature that we have ever seen her
Grace aud loyeliness were the Admiration OF
every one present. Miss C, D. was perfectly
captivating by the gorgeousness OF her attire.
Misses Z. F.. G.. H., |, J. and X. Il. were
among the elegant ladies present" shouil
like to know what modest girl likes to nave
her name brought before the public in that
way. If any one does, | think her share Of
vanity must be rather larger han what FAILS
8, the lot of common m~ortals, large as that
COMMONLY is. But as this is a private a1aIr
J am Just going to whisper the full names OF
eome of the celeJri'iss hereabouts 1t may De
of failure importance on certain occasions
Miss Les Heurs was, I think, the belle OF the
evening belle I mean in its literal seuSe)'
How she was arrayed l cannot tell you. On
this subject most women make grand ms
takes. They fancy that men of whom'hey WISH
TO attract notice particularly what they wear
and to render themselves pleasing load them
selves with fashionable fnery whether 1t is
becoming to their general style, or not, ana
thus often appear very fashionable, but oi'eA
very ridiculous, and frequently mn7gea1d ito
use q very expressive, though une!a5sieai
word. Siy1e, not fashion so called, is what
men Of taste like to see. None but a shop
man. who deals in fancy wares, knows '0Adt
A LADY wears. He only knows what the gen.
eral effect Of her dress is. In this respect
Miss Les huers was unusually successful
The Tort cnseu5le was the perfection of ele'
gance, but whether her dress wss composed
of muslin or silk, lace or Grape, | am SURF
not half a dozen men in the room knew.
sunooge all her female acquaintances coule
describe the details to a pin's point. VIVA
dose she care for that? Miss Rich was mos
exquisiteiy arrayel I heard the la5is8 say
She is a fine looking girl and is an heircss,
suppose from the quantity of riggings aoou'
her. Miss Poore, another dishngue LOOKING
woman. was also remarkable for the richness
of her costume. Miss 0'Swift was quite re
marked as A Young lady decidedly in the fas
line sparkling AMI sprightly in an unusua
degree. Miss L'Esprit was among the mos
dasbirc and admired bellies Of the evening
Her dress particularly stylish IN ltseif' va
not altogether adapted to her height and hg
are, but she is a lady Of great %yivaeity an
brilliancy. Miss L'Belat charmed by tn
captivating elegance and grace OF her man
ners and appearance. Miss Grace Loyelae
with
"Eyes
As black as death. their lasheS the same hue
OF downcastlength in whose silk shadow lie
Deepest attraction
and many minor beauties, pretty Mss Gadhy
the stately Miss Drag, and her petit, cousin
Alicia yaine. ! was glad to see a large at
tendance of married ladies; p%reeminent anon
whom were Mistress Commodore Sicily,
nerson of such unusual personal charms, tha
if her intellect equals her beauty, her husban
i. TO be envied. Mrs. Point a younger beau
tv-Mrs. GenI Rich-Mrs. Captain Funk
and a host Of other "eharmIng women, IL
vives of sfortunate men" indeed. The 81
TEN of ehaperenegs so universally observe
among people Of too, seems, however, to |
entirely ignored here. Young ladies emit
the room with their beaHr alone. Mamma
as is not the case in very exclusive circle
send their daughters adrift with the yoan
zho abeg the honor Of their con
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