The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-15

pushed to an extreme. The majority
of the maskers were certainly women,
and as they rolled by in elegant car
riages, in magnificent costumes, with
fair bosoms just heaving above
their coverings, well turned legs dan
Cling out to be admired, and small,
white hands throwing kisses to the
throng, they BROUGHT to the feelings
a sense of licentious abandon, which
was oppressive in its very voluptuous
ness. and one can almost exclaim
with late writer in the " Crescent"
that the voice of virtue is no longer
heard in the land.
At night, the " Mistick Krewe"
appeared at Lafayette Square, from
whence they marched to the & Varie-
ties" where they had a grand ball.
The procession of the Mistick
Krewe " with their ball is the grand
event of the time.
They were uniformly dressed. upon
the occasion, to represent a grand
feast. The Varieties" was full to
overlooking; and, when the curtain
rose, the "Krewe" had arranged
themselves upon the stage SO as to
make a grand tableau-'The gour-
mand's vision of two courses and
desert"
LIE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, oysters,
soupe a la tortue, shrimp, celery,
horse radish, Goldfish la Jonathan,
Sherry, bitters, salt cellar, crab, lob
ster, butter, claret, evergne, Johan-.
nishberger, soup a la Julienne, craw-
fish, pickles, Club sauce, sheep head
la shoddy.
SECOND CoURsE-W estphalia ham,
Irish potatoes, boar's head a l'Ecos-
sails.
CANDELABRA-Knife, peas, squash,
boeut gras, bread, corn, beets, carrots,
pork, pumpkin, rice, cabbage, toma-
toes. fa
CANDELABRA-Mutton, pork, pea
cock, bird pie, partridge pie, epergne,
venison, potatoes, duck, chicken cur
RE, snipe, epergne, turkey, maccaroni,
chicken merango, sausage, frog.
Observation-Disclosures, cold slaw,
artiehoke, salad, culifower, aspara-
gus, fork and spoon, castors. i'9o
DEssERT.-Ice cream, puddings,
champagne, fruit, nuts, jelly, straw
berries, marangue, pine apple, Bur-
gundy, epergne, macearoni, banana,
melon, candy. OH Uae lpEW
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES brule, cof-
fee kirsh and curacao, cigars. no'i
This part of the carnival is partici-
,pated in by gentlemen of wealth and
utmost responsibility. The costuming
of 8 Mistiek Krewe" is very elegant
and costly, being strictly imported
from France for the occasion. The
whole organization is kept in profound
secrecy. ~
Madame Adelaide Ristori has met
most iattering reception here as else
where, in this distracted country.
Long before her advent upon the New
Orleans boards, hope and expectancy,
like the disturbers of Orestes, had
broken in upon my slumbers. The
lthane of Cawdor, and the Ghost of
Banquo, walked before my vision,
and =" Out damned spot, It's
blood" Kissed through the silence.
I recalled to mind that scene in
John Halifax where John and the
crippled boy Phineas strayed off to
hear the immortal Siddons, and the
deep and abiding impression made by
that gifted woman The way was
long, and Phineas giving out, John
Halifax generously carried him on
his back / thought that, were it
necessary, how cheerfully would |
carry. several /. cripples to see. the
"Queen of Tragedy" She came; [
went; I saw, but forgot all about
John Halifax, all about Siddons,
about everything, in fact-but how
far reality sinks beneath expectation
The Times, in very well written
article, modestly, cautiously, and
metaphorically Gin speaking of Ris-
tori in $ Elizabeth y talks of sum-
mer plant, creeping from the bud to
glow in the blossom, but passing from
the blossom into decay, and from de-
cav into oblivion. They farther say
that Ristori is great actress in
Italian, but that she cannot, delineate
English character; that Queen Eliza
beth does not gesticulate like a
Frenchwoman, etc, l have too much
respect for the Italians to believe