The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-01

T Ta. D ferr =, Of his Paddy'sl army and
xery good soldier OF that. Confound the
seIiow's impudenee. Il cannot be wondered,
at however, ss he is q newspaper man.
R,,t look his pranks gre not over yet. no
aon,eroer is playing tho "Irish Washer
wonan'n and he and Biddy are shaking
their feet right lively in the middle oil the
floor, and are for the time being the ceh're
of attraction.
Rut bark! Ira! ira tra That's the
g catouchin" horn, and the signal is to un-
mask. The scene that follows this change
from the assumed to the real can better De
IMAGINED than described. Of course every
BODY knew everybody else except those
they didn't know, and the surprise to me
was that they didn't know these. .--r
THE COSTUMES
were gay, gorgeous, costly, cheap, fancy,
and comic. The selections were generally
admirable and tasteful, and the characters
were excellently personated. -,
With the assistance OF fair lady Will
attempt to describe few of the female
dresses for the benefit of your lady-readers.
At the earnest request Of several sensible
ladies, and in compliance with what has
heretofore been considered proper and in
good taste, omit the initials Of ladies'
names.
"Undine," represented by one Of Rich
mond's belles-white gossamer dress be-
dotted with fern leaves, diamond dust in
hair, and looking lovely generally. " Marie
Stuart" by a Lynchburg lady-elegant
black velvet dress, square head-dress, trim
m;nps of lace and pearls, attire very hand
some, and bearing we'll worthy Of the cha
racter. "Veiled Prophecies" by lady OF
Baltimore dressed appropriately in white
truly charming character.
I" Italian Peasant" Richmond: White
silk, trimmed with rows of purple, blue,
and yellow; gold edged Roman necklace ;
SQUARE head-dress, gaily colored. Ensemble
Exceedingly pretty and tasteful.
"French Marquise,"- Richmond: White
silk and double tunic of blue and pink and
low corsage hair powdered, and face dot
ted with small black patches. One of the
handsomest dresses on one of the most grace
full young ladies in the room.
"spanish Lady," West Virginia: White
silk dress covered with flowers of real black
lace, looped with red and yellow ribbons.
An exquisite dress, worn by very pretty
young lady.
Morning." by two young ladies of Rich
mond: Pink and white tarletan dress,
crowns and stars of gold upon heads. Both
well gotten up, and pretty young ladies.
," Helen McGregor," New York: Skirt
and bodice of Scotch plaid long plume in
hat. Graceful young lady, most appropri-
ately dressed.
"Circassian Slave" Baltimore Pink
and blue satin skirt, blue satin CATERS
coquettish hat, and looking generally very
bewitching.
Besides these, there are others who m il
would be impossible for me to describe, par
TALLY on account of my manlike inability
and partially because of lack of space
Among those especially worthy of notice
we're: Indian Summer" Dew-Drop,'
Morning Mist" " Folly,"" French Pea
SAINT" " The White Lady," Night" u" En-
chantress," Persian Lady," Child of the
Regiment" Swiss Peasant Girl" "The
Bayadere," "French Peasant Girl" )" Old
Lady," Zone of the most striking characters
of the evening" "Flower Girl" and The
Angel" There were, besides those in mask
! or in characters, q number of elegantly
dressed ladies whose toilettes and attire
would vie in richness and tastefulness with
those of the bellies of the celebrated water
ing places in Europe. would not compare
those of Saratoga with them.
| The male costumes were generally very
good. Among them am enabled to notice
the following "The Reconstructed" John
B. Tinsley and Charley Sutton, of Rich
mond. Essex" Caskie Cabell, of Rich
mond. Knight of the Carter" Major
Halsey, of Lynchburg. General Butler"
Frank Smyth, of Washington, "Tasso,"
young Mr.. Clabaugh, of Baltimore. "Wad-
delowe, the fat boy" Captain Louis Zim-
mer, the great railroad man. "Thephis-
tocles," John Tunstall, of Lynchburg. This
character was sustained by second person
also. "Cuirassier of the Guards" Edward
Ship, of New Orleans. "Don Cesar"
- Green, of Georgia. "Don Giovanni"
A. Spiers George, of Richmond. "Two
Dromios," Houston Letcher, of Lexington,
Va, and Samuel Tilden, of Kentucky.
Paddy and Biddy Miles," Cowardin Bro
theirs, of Richmond, "Moses at the Fair"
Charles Cowardin, West Virginia. Besides
these, were a large number Of others impos-
sible to find out.
for the ball was furnished by one of Rich
mond's old musical caterers, Rosenberger,
and was choice and excellent. Rosenberger
is hard and conscientious worker, and
is constantly engaged in getting up new ar
rangements of all the freshest and best
music. He gives the gems of the Grand
Duchesse," ala Belle Helene" and
"Orpheus." His band is the best in the
mountains, and his ball repertoire cannot
be beaten. am pleased to learn that he
contemplates returning to Richmond, where
he will meet with the encouragement his
qualities merit.
SUPPER.
AS midnight approached supper was an
pouuced, and soon the throng poured into
the immense dining-room, which was
shortly Elled, and presented spectacle not
to be excelled in point of brilliancy or for
its magnitude. As far down as the eye
could penetrate this busy scene, all was
light and life around the well-flled tables.
The task of feeding 80 large crowd of
jewellers, with appetites well whetted with
excitement, could be we'll appreciated by
person standing at the foot of the dining
room. 1t is so large that you cannot dis
tinguish one halfway up, and persons at the
other end really appear dwarf-like. One can
wellimagine the sight. then, when this saloon
is filled with so gaily-dressed crowd.
There was plenteous fare there, and cheer
full hearts, and hungry mouths to share it.
Bright faces flushed with joy; well-illed
tables flooded with rich, full light; ripping,
love-creating laughter pleasant chattering
rafting of knives, forks, and plates the
report of Widow Cliquot's artillery; and
that ga-look-alook-alook sort of a sound
nrodnced hv the transHerrino Of the sna rk=