Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-08-30

at his side hung silver rosary, and on
his shoulders was the inseparable wallet
A large cowl was drawn round his merry
face, and his clear blue eyes twinkled
with irrepressible fun. Whether Or not
he succeeded il persuading a fair penitent
to entrust her hearts secret to his priestly
keeping, I do not know, but as women
are said to possess an intuitive perception
of all that is good and true, I dare say the
holy Friar was made the repository of more
confidence than was awarded less favored
individuals.
find that am taking up more room
than your limits may admit, SO 1 must give
you two more costumes and then make my
bow.
The couple [ refer to entered the ball
room just in advance of myself, and the
buzz of admiration which greeted them
testified to the effect they produced.
The gentleman wore handsome dress,
which was a combination of the costume of
Fra Diavolo and Castilian noble. It was
composed of short pants of a rich cream
color and trimmed with lace, black velvet
blouse, heavily trimmed and fastened with
q crimson sash, and deep collar of point
lace. On his arm was form, which trans
ported one to the gorgeous Orient, and re-
called the days OF the Arabian Nights with
all their OGDEN charms Tall, with figure
of perfect symmetry, hereyery step was an
embodiment of the poetry of motion, and
the timid grace Of here movements could
find parallel only in the gazelle of the East
| ern land, whose daughters she represented.
She wore dress of such elegance and per-
feet taste that it was we'll worthy the Paris
from which most of it's material were
brought. Full Turkish pantaletts of white
satin, striped with scarlet velvet, hung over
white boots Ornamented with anklets of
pearls. A short skirt of gossamer white
tarlatane, embossed with scarlet velvet flow
ers fell in airy folds around her, confined
at the tiny waist by rich cymar of scarlet
velvet, while Oriental sleeves of the same
gauzy material as her dress foated from her
beautiful shoulders to the edge of her robe
Round her swann-like neck were rows of
great pearls and the same hung from her
beautifully rounded arms. Her slken hair
seemed impatient of restraint, and waved
in tendrl-like curls all around her, and
on the top of her high bred head she wore a
rich and brilliant head dress, which seemed
as If intended for Lallah Rhook, in reality |
Composed of gold chains and scarlet vel |
vet balls banded with gold, it fell far on
her shoulders and mingled with her beauti-
full hair, while every movement would set
the bright balls in motion and cause them
to assume the most charming combinations.
Under this rich diadem was veil of tulle
and scarlet and gold which gave the finish
ing touch to the costume, whose taste and
beauty were we'll worthy the source from
which they emanated. To look at her in
her proud young beauty, was to luxuriate
in enjoyment, and when in addition to that
beauty, she possesses the charms of perfect !
style and fascination of manner which !
would have rendered her irresistible even
without one charm of beauty, you can well |
imagine how enchanting she is. "Who
was she % Guess three times, gentlemen,
and If you guess right, will tell you
Many of the gentlemen, who were una
BILE to arrange costumes, owing to the short !
time for preparation, appeared simply in |
evening dress and in masks, and several |
good carnival jokes were the result. 1
think have recalled all the merry maskers
and made them pass across my memory
while jotted them down for your benefit
Ii any one should not appear, the fault
must be charged to his excessive modesty,
and not by any means to me.
To sum up the affair, it was decided
in all respects all who participated
and all who looked on, found it q source of
agreeable arrangement, and it ended at
late hour without the occurrence of one
single incident to mar the general pleasure
They say one of the editors of the Journal
will visit Catawba soon !; let me suggest the
propriety of his hurrying up, for his name
has been taken decidedly in vain in this re-
gion. More of this anon, in the interim,
L an, very truly. ID.