The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-14

Doric, Ionic Corinthiap, Composite and Egyptian
the latter represented by the sphynx Of The land
of the Nile.
Two great hands in the center Of the stage and
in front, displayed impressiveIy and plainly what
the scene represented. To the rear Of the stage
were two gigantic figures representing. the one
BEAT, with flaming locks and dire aspect, with
crown of shining gold and . scepter of fire the
other Cold, an icice his baton, his beard decked
with frost, his hair stiff with snow, his eye.bAls
fixed and glazing.
Directly in front Of Venus was globe, Q map
of the world. belted with the magic wires Of the
electric telegraph, by whose mystic means .
single man with single touch can put girdle
round the earth quicker than Ariel. the sprite,
could make the journey. In sline In the front Of
the stage were the mechanical arts, which, rely
ing solely upon touch, its accuracy and delicscy,
OF course deserved place in the tableau, Soup.
ture and Painting, those two is to the votaries
of which it Is given through their hands to transfer
thought to marble and canvas, to make atone
speak. and by the weaving together of few
colors, to tell the story in second to the eye
that volumes must be needed to speak to the ear.
It is teo well known to many, objects whose touch
Is felt too often for humanty's pleasure. Two
more figures claim our attention, the one the
Pen. which, armed with quill, was controlling
the very revolutions of the globe ITSELF point
ing the path for the telegraph and with scroll In
bis other hand. wherein we're looked the secrets
and the powers Of Nature, was, with face Of
conscious might, though withA careworn and
pinched, watching the direction of the eyents
which he had himself originated. The other was
Death, the final touch which all Of Us must feel,
whose clammy hand shsll clasp those of ours,
in whose embrace we shall all sink. BE. too, was
watching the World, which he, too. "a surely Is
the Pen, had marked for his own, only his face
was more determined and his power visibly
greater.
THE SIXTH rABLKAU
Was the Revel Of the Senses. As the curtain rose
II discovered all the figures which had formed the
other tabeaux artistically grouped about the
stage. There they remained for some little time,
allowing the audience TO feast their eyes apon
them, until the band struck up march when
they slowly formed line, and advanced into the
floor formed by the boarding over Of the par
qnette, then the ladies commenced to pour upon
the stage, the music struck up, and away went the
Krewe and their guests, in the whirling mszes Of
the dance. Many were the amusing scenes that
occurred. Many were the recognitions and fan.
cied recognitions of their friends, and much was
the merrment consequent thereon. Several wives
knew. yes, just knew. that they saw their hus.
bands, notwithstanding that the said husband had
that very evening pleaded the necessity Of sitting
up with sick friend as reason for not esco-ting
them 10 the ball. Many young ladies affirmed
most strongly that some of the Krewe danced
strangely like Fitz Poodle or Smith, both Of
whom, however, had asserted q thousand times
most vebenenty that they had never even the
most distant idea of becoming Mistick.
And so the ball continued. until as midnight ap.
preached nearer, the maskers became less and
less, and when the first stroke of IL was sounded.
not one of Comus's band was to be seen; they
had all taken to themselves wings and flown to that
mysterious and altogether incomprehensbe place
where they reside for 364 days of every year, and
whence they emerge on the 365th to delight and
charm the good people of the Crescent City and
thus. with last good night they left their guests
to enjoy yet Ia few more hours of the carnival.
ALI that we now have time to say Of this is that
1t was one of the most elegant and superb affairs
that the whole season has produced. The late
ness Of the hour at which this Is written precudes
the statement of anything further than that as
every element-youth, beauty. fashion and sle-
gance-neceesary to a magnificent entertainment
was there. it could not but have been an affair
marked with brilliancy aud eclst. On a subse-
quent occasion we may give fuller account.
The Bau.
A sight we may never look upon again was the
array presented by the smphithester, which alone
was packed as closely with ladies as flowers 10 q
huge bouquet % varied and beautiful 10 their at.
tire as their inanimate prototypes.
As the Krewe's march ended there was an
audible breath of satisfaction at the prospects, OF
shaking Of the numbness consequent upon the
long sitting during the tableaux and the desire 10
mix upon the magnetic boards of the ball room
and give free scope to the expressions of delight
which had for hours been suppressed behind the
lips of the sex whose gosspping quslities:are not
renowned In this cline alone but the whole world
over.
The ampbitheater was now transformed into
living kaleidoscope, by the evolutions of the fair
ones in their attempts to extrcste themselves
from the throng and find an issue which would
lead them into the ballroom. Many disappeared
ike meteors through the entrance doors amid the
clamor of the jehus outside, bswling out at The
top of their voices for the carriages OF those whose
Iortitude or tastes precluded them from miuging
with the votaries Of Terpsichore in The opposite
direction throngs of ladies' who had now met
With extensively gotten up cdoaliers, were
ascending the steps leading from the vestibule
INTO the ballroom, which was soon 80 crowded
hat in vain did they strive to dance or even walk.
Our object at this moment was to observe and
'crutinize the toilets from the fairy stores of
Olympic, Sophie Boutron, Sophie seeuws, Mrs.
Washington and other noted milliners of Canal
treet; but the chaos Of color and the dszzIingIy
brilliant effect Of the scene rendered it almost i'm
'ossble to FIX the bewildered eye upon any one
# the many magnificent costumes. Our task be.
anne truly difficult; for, hundreds of the
Vearers had been unable to reach the ball room
oor, while many of the more beautiful ones had,
s we state above, left the festvity with the de.
arture of Comus. But gathering our whole cou
age we made q bold effort to accomplish our oh.
sct OF noting the most remarkable features of the
0vely dancers, and 10 In our endesyor. pIaced |
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