The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-06-16

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News gives an account Of the ball given, on
The ssA Of April. at Paris, by the chinese
Embassy. of which Mr., Rarlingzme b the
Chief
A presiding mina made itself felt every
where Mr. Rnrlingame. through aldes-de-
camp multiplied himself throughout the
eVveing, On the stairs, IN the vvssieules, Ia
the dancing aud rolfvshment rooms, there
uvTe gvntlvmea stationcd to dirvct, ami 10
set to rights any accidvntal impeachment 10
enjoyment OF 10 isvSdem Of tngrvss aud
sgrvSs, Servants, carefully drilled TO an
poanee the guests, called cut every name
with the true pronunciation, whether 6Fcek,
Russian. German. Preach, or English. The
Ambassador. Who Stcod at the end Of the
rvcvption rvonls, whleh aru tn the first ncor.
hsd pleasant word for each person Nho
presented himseG To this lady Il was,
/" What a PITY the axrveaels people will
always come 50 late" To another, We
deSirvd 10 shine bv assembling everything
e<auliial and grscefal~ To thiri, as the
doors were Becoming ehekvd up II have
resolved not to monoPoliEe all the pleasant
elements So hoFsc YOU and your daughters
will make = tour uf the rooms ArS. Bur
linxsmt, who is woman uf rvmsrkably tne
presence and pleasing and unaffected man
ners. like her husband, showed exquisite tact
In setting those who, for the nrst tune, tound
thgmselSrs under her ROOT At their ease.
0ld tories nail al republican selfsssertion,
hns the American representative Of the Em-
pSror Of China. who MAS brought up In the
vntrvnched camp Of rvpuoiieanisn, Is my
hsas Ideal Of u host. The political equality In
which he is believer, displayed Itself In his
being. not Il rcspeeier OF pvrsons, but The
humble servant Of every Individual guest,
whether great or small. who Vas hidden to
his magnificent entertainment. A French
lady n marked to me, On IVA qu'd Fsgd-
las dsraNi L Rsaitrs Dc Il maisVn. The tone
given In the reception ruoms assembled to the
upper n0orS. Nobody SEEMED to pescr.
Esch element fused With the other, and CON
veFSstion. daneiux. and niriing went ON with
an slfrufs which l have never previously
Witnessed at any great ball Nobody must
take in bad part ms saying that dance on
village green could not have been more Gu
joysble.
Mr.. Burlingxue's colleagues. the Manda-
rims, assisted by NJ. lsary Brown and about
ten Young Chinese, all speaking English per
fectly. did the honors Of the second foor,
Nhere the buffet Was laid out aud supper
towards Que O'clock The simplicity ana the
baass, gatrs ,oi those representatives, OF the
Emperor Of ChiEs were delicious They
ehStted most gsily and With extraordinary
different persons introduced 10 them. Chi,
the First Minister. and San, the Second, were
50 pleased With the conversation Of 4 literary
LADY who proved herself learned In the writ
lngS OF Confucius. the translation Of Chinese
poetry by Judith Mendez, and the different
phares ceramic art has passed through in
their country, that they rxn on to fetch for
I'll
their photographs, on the backs Of which
they wrote some very neatly turned eompli-
ments- They paid particular attention 10
every one they bad heard was distinguished
as writer, but treated grand crosses, Sena-
tors, and the courtly wearers of Darimon
tights ss If they were Of small account
Chi. in q simple way, said when he was
told that French noblemau, who aided the
Emperor on the second OF December 10 as
eeud the throne, wished to speak With him.
&" Tell bis Exeellency that presently shall
be delighted to have the honor OF shaking
his hand; bnt as / am now speaking TO &
sage / cannot yet attend him" An aHthor-
eSS. because she Was an auihOress was treat
ed with greater distinction by the two Am-
bAssadOrs than any other lady, the first hand
ing her to the buffet, aud the second With an
interpreter, attending on her to know what
she would like
rarity OF the evening was some tea made
in the chinese way with cold water. In
American fashion. champagne WAS served At
half-pas nine. The Burgandy and clsret,
which were abundaBtly supplied TO every
Que, were as good Is those few bottles which
| remember noting, at Prince NapoleOn's
famous ball were ressrved for few favored
guests and fatty refused by servants TO the
6ulk OF the company, who could not under
stand inequality among people erOwding
round 4 common table. | was told in the
eoUrse Of the evening that Mr.. Burlingsme
engaged the best wins-tasters in Paris to
select his wines, and stipulated that the mer-
chants we're to incur penalty IL the experts
detected any difference between what was 10
DC supplied and the samples he had selected
Flowers were pruinseiy used 10 the deco
rariCns Of he stairs and first and second
floors The third floor was sacred to iirta-
tioa, aud douot not that Mr.. Buriingane's
ball will be 4 marked epoch in many lami-
ly history. Tue exqufsitely Thoughtful ar
Fzngemeuts for comfort at the supper table
were only thwartec, and then bat iUr 4 short
time, by certain Freuch guests, who took
tine refreshments BY assault in = style which,
though h1bitual in Paris, no American host,
not long resident here, could be prepared
for. NJ. Henri dc Pene nearly lost his life
some years ago Tor truly describing the con-
juet 0f officers at ball suppers- But the fact
remains that a multitude Of Frenehmen, for
brought tOgethsrin crowded rooms,
cannot without being nlzrshalird, approach
a buffet, and make Way fur ladies In the
orderly aud 81 live and let live" way which
Americans aIEays do. There can be no Of
frrcr in sayinz this, because French hosts
themselves admit the fact by the :" p lice"
they orzeniz- in their own bouses. Every
Frrnchman who gives q supper to more
guests than his table can accommodate
al one time nabifualiy places sentries-
generally some resolure half pay Officers
inside aud outside the doors Of the Frfesh-
msHr rom. These friends Of the master Of
the house let in the hungry guests two or
three at 3 time, frown at the impatient who
struggle in Z gHszs to get 10, aud exhort
a. quickly as they can, because others are
waiting for places When such precautions,
" hich reduce social banquet 10 the level Of
4 Charity feed not to mention the familiar
comparison Of pigs at q trough, are not
taken (And they never are taken 10 American
soeiefy,J Il is an undeuizble fact that most
Frenrhmen are apt 10 act upon the principle
Of Every one for himself and-tske the
hindmOst- However, the disorder on this
occasion did not Iasi long. Some Americans
took the liberty Of reminding richly decora-
ted gentlemen that they were not At the
Tuileries-
There was no eotilIon, Mr. and Mrs. Bur
liBgzIne being Of opinion that sbOrf dances
which admit Of conversafion and (Ehy not
say il . the ainsfiOn which young people
ike between whites, are far better than the
drill exercise which keeps the
people engaged in It, prisoners for two hours
81 . stretch, while unhappy mammas forced
10 look on are yaWning Till sunrise puts an
end 70 their misery.
This. beyond 81 question the most mem
orzble fete which Paris has seen this season,
was over at the reasonable hour Of hzEfpast3