The New York herald., 1869-03-21
A BOHEMIAN FEAST.

large number OF the tribe OF Bohcmians at pres
ent sojourning on the Island OF Manhattan made 4
raid on the Delm0nlc0 caravansefy situated at the
corner OF Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue last
evening, and compelled the proprietors thereof to
furnish them, ct their own figure and on their own
conditions. the material OF real good spread. And
It was real Jolly good time the B0hemians had after
their own fashion. The prudent Delmonicos. know.
ing the propensies Of the tribe. suffered conside
ratons Of profit or loss TO their establishment from
their acquiescence to curta In the slightest degree
from the bill Of fare selected by the chiefs for the
tertainmens OF themselves and followers. II
was In every respect . O0untful spread, and
the Bohemians spread themselves accordingly. No
fewer than $50 Of them congregsted In the Del
monico parlOrs at sundown. all wound up TO an
ecstacy OF enjoyment In anticipation OF the good
things they were about to receive and the good
things they would individually say and do in the
several parts allotted to them In the intellectual
enu that was to succeed the operation OF strength
entng the inward man and woman. There was q
g00dlysprnking OF the poetesses In the crowd with
eyes In fine frenzy r0lling.n ana some "p0et-
asters." moving among them. who were however,
too intent in specializing upon what the odors which
reAi Ned their 0lfactores from Deimonicos Cuisine
preiAised to their palates by and by to give the
slightest thought to the inspired beings beside them
All the perpatetic scrlbblers Of all the ephe-
neral magazines and known and unknown
serials that over abound In this city appeared
be expected. was also largely represented Some
bright particular stars in the Bohemian Ornament
We're also there ana the ssterhood OF che strong
mer were the Misses Cary, Mrs. Oaksmith, Fanny
Fern. Mrs. Daisey Howard (the Widow McCruml.
Booth. Mary Kyle Dallas and others. The Sorosis
was well reprepresened 10 the person Of Miss Susan
Among lie bohemian MIRA fraternity, ' but but more par
tcularly among the ssterh0od, George Francis
Train moved consistently erratic, the four buttons
fVir hnhu ind Ia ohCfo fop5a
seeming consciousness that they belonged to no
ordinary coat or to no ordinary man. He attached
to his fair coaSorer on on woman's rights astssiony
Miss Anthony; but It must be said he flung his
''epigrams indiscrimnately al! around and Without
presen ted in the person Of Mr.. A. J. Davis and the
''medical" press In the person Of Mrs Dr. Dinsmore
responsibilities and Mr. Dyer, 1.-THE wlckedest man
in New York;" did the sensational literature"
After the Bohemians had eaten and drank to the
moved when Mr. J. W. simonton, Bohemian in
course OF the intellectual naenu There was then
rustling OF sk and clearing OF voices. and the dew
wiped on BY the fair hands Of the soross and by the
same fair hands again conveniently adjusted for the
Improvement OF their respective organs Of vision,
and then Mr.. SimOntOn, temporarily thrown or his
balance, was permitted to proceed. tie expressed
how glad he was to see them all assembled and so
Of il was their own fault; the provislon committee
had done their duty In the premises and he had no
doubt they had done theirs. He read cOntentment
in their faces-(applause)-and smiles OF satisfac-
ton. Az so much time. then, had been proftaby
consumed in doing justice to the efforts Of the afore.
said committee he would restrict all speeches. reci-
tati0ns. anecdotes, poems ana epigrams George
Francis was here seen to give an uneasy twitch) to
i've minutes. They would begin BY reversing the
ordinary course OF t01sts Dy frst like true BOhe-
mans, tOasting themselves. The first toast on the
list is "The Gentlemen" which will be responded to
by Miss Olive Logan. (Applause)
Miss Olive Logan very gracefully arose and re-
sp0nded accordingly. Gentlemen, she said, was OF
all SUBJECTS the one she knew least about. Smiles
all around from the ladies.D She said she had once
been asked to write something about babies, but
had never been asked to write about gentlemen.
She knew she had offended the babies then, and she
would be sorry to similarly offend the
gentlemen. The reason she was so delicate In
giving OFFENCE to the gentlemen was that they had
vOtes the babies had not Smiles all around from
the gentlemen.) II she had been consulted on the
subjecttshe would have preferred to speak OF her
own sex, and particularly OF some or the ladies
present-of Fanny Fern, OF the Misses Cary, whose
sweet songs warbled all over the country. (Ap-
pause.) Being called to make the first speech she
would endcavor to make the best speech OF the eve
nlng-in its brevity. Miss Logan then sat down
amid great applause.
Speeches OF dve minutes Duration short poems
choice rectatons songs and humorous narratives
consumed an evening that TO the B0hemians was
one.of real enjoyment and at late hour the party
dispersed well pleased with themselves, and the en-
terfainment, Intellectual and social, they had
joyed together.