The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-12

an anchorite from bis cell, and led a daughter of
the Church TO forget her vow
After the first formal tour of the rooms ma
joriiy of the company tended towards the dane
ing saloon, wherein particular set we're already
blithely moving to the bewitchng harmonies OF
les !dacidS. This apartment above all the rest,
was perhaps most noticeable 9nd attractive.
Here was a pot pouTTi of broadcloth, lace, sa,ln,
and brocade animated and graceful, surging
hither and thither, giving voice and gesture to
a asylabic refrain that bewidered ana allureu.
You paused upon the threshold struck from the
fret with the CHEFS GGuUre that hung upon the
walls; but lower, and upon your own level was
SUCH marvel OF LONELINESS ana rennem'nt that
the Eeye, once caught, could but surrender with
out discretion.
aWthin circle, not magic, but gayly alive
with begirded sprltes and handsome men, hedged
about with beauteous women and happy attend
ants, moved easily in and out the maZes of the
dance. Music soft and inspiring issued from
within the recesses of grove OF rare exotcs,
through whose branches the symmetrical shape
of Powers Greek Slave CLEANED white and
rigidly. Later the gay multitude transferred
itself into adjoining salons, where promenades
we're in vogue and delicious morsels were spread
TO tempt The appetite.
At midnight the tide of arrivals had ceased to
inundate the mansions, and rapidly departing
equipages had already initiated the ebb
1t would be invidious TO criticize the toilets of
the ladies, especially when so many of the ladies
belonging TO the corps diplomatic we're dressed
a la mode de Paris. Miss Blanche Butler, OF
Massachusetts, IN white tarletan trimmed, with
a blue bodice trimmed with flowers was a de-
Cided belle, ana opened the ball with the first
Secretary of Legation. Miss Blondem, of Mis-
souri, in a white tarletan speckied with gold
and with her raven hair powdered with gold
dust, was much admired.
Mis- Doolittle, OF Wisconsin, young and fair
contTasted favorably with some of the more
aged and overdressed spnsters. Rhode Island
was well represented by the accomplished Miss
Jencks, who was dressed in white, withBIpearl
ornaments in her hair One of Ohlo's tairest
do snvG fgH Wrnn Inun llWr
mired and chaTmincly drCssed and from the far
Pacific there was Miss Haverly, of California,
whose dress was Gn ingenious combination OF
white muslin aud dGwers.
Taken as a whole, the ladies were dressed with
exquisite taste, and there was q brilliant display
OF jewels, rich aud rare. The dresses were
almost invariably fresh, and evidently make for
the occasions but some of them will never be
wearable again, for stupid men VIII tread on
trailing skirts, tcarn9 out gathers, and render
ing it necessary TO retire to the dressngroom
and repair damages.
noticeable feature of the entertainment was
the cordial determination of the politicians from
the Capital. Senator Salisbury chatted cor
daily with Senator wilson, while Representative
Boutwell, held friendly converse with Senator
McDougall. The Democratic Guelphs and the
Republican Ghibcll7nes hobnobbed at the punch
boT Is, while the Western economists slipped
champagne with the Eastern proectionsts
Judge Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, did not seem un-
happy because the ball was "Without distinc-
ton Of color;" while Mr.. Blaine OF Maine inn
proved his own constitution by partakng OF the
gasronomic delcacies.
As for the officers OF the army and navy. they
went through the mazes of the dance as if 1t was
a battalion drill, and showed those at the supper
tables how to "fre and fall back" An enthusas-
tic few, however, who were mostly given to the
pleasures of the terpsichorean art, were plainly
OF a mind to continue the hllarity of the occa-
sion by using the vacated space of their more
moderate fellows in keeping it up to the small
hours when daylight should appear."-N Z.
Herald.