Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-03
FANCY BALL AT KINGSTON
SPRINGS.

/ 1t sometimes falls to the lot, even Of
"searcher for items" to have some gree
spot shown him in the dreary waste owe
which he wanders in search Of where
with to feed the public mind, and sucl
/ an one it was our fortune to discover OF
Saturday last. On reaching the depot
it was evident that something of more
than an ordinary nature was about tC
transpire, for we found gathered there
"fair women and brave men," and il
there were not thousand hearts to beat
happily, there were two car loads which
certainly came under that head. The
iron horse soon announced that all was
ready, and away we sped over the beaus
tiful country which lies between Nash
Villo and Kingston. Arriving at Kings
ton there was grand rush for the hotel
and those who were experienced rushists
succeeded in finding accommodations;
but all were not so fortunate, for
the demand exceeded the supply
and several were forced to con-
tent themselves with the shelter
Of the broad blue sky. Thanks to our
friend Mrs. NJ, (whose heart is larger
than h,r cabin,) we were we'll cared
for, and returned much less demoralised
than those who skirmishe1 in the open
air. All was commOtion for a while,
and servants were constantly go-
ing from cabin to cabin with mess
sages, which, at any other time
would have bOrdered on the ridiculous.
For example: "Miss So and SO says
please send her your largest waterfall"
Mrs. Smith wants to borrow your
smallest hoop skirt" "Mr. Jones forgot
to bring Mrs. Jones' jewelry, and will
you please let her wear your carbuncle
and so on to the end of the
chapter Of a lady's wardrobe. Soon
after tea the borrowing and lending
ceased, and all commenced assembling
for the ball. 1t would be almost an inn
possibility 10 give all the names and
and as for giving description
of the dresses it would require a more
pen than ours; therefore,
we must content ourselves with a glance
at them as they entered the hall, an
by our polite fellow towns
man Colonel Men. Miss Id as
Lalla ROokh Miss Men, the Novice;
Miss G-n, Queen Of the Gipscys; Misses
LIE, Y-n and C-n as Peasant Girls;
Miss LIE C-n as a Scotch Girl; Mrs.
SIS, Little Bo Peep; Mrs. H-n, Auro-
ra; Mrs. McC-n, Ceres; Mrs. CT
japanese Princess; Mrs. M. SIX, Pocae
hontas; Mrs. j. SIX, Spanish Lady;
Mrs. st, Marie AntOnette; Mrs. L-y,
La Grande Duchesse; Mrs. H-n, Spans
ish Lady; Mrs. Nc, Re6ecca. There
were several other characters which we
failed to hear announced, and have not
the names in our memory.
Among the children were little Miss
rs as Little Red Riding Hood; lie
Ne as Titania; K-e Ne, a Fairy;
Master rs as a Sailor Boy; Master
Ne in the character Of Wolf. We
presume he must have been the veritable
one that persOnated Little Red Riding
Hoods grandmother, but as we saw her
safe and sound after the ball, presume she
was more fortunate in her escape than
she of the nursery tale. We would like
to make mention of each character sep
lrately, but were we to make the
attempt, both time and space would
be insufficient, so we can only say that
Iii the characters were dressed with ex-
Iuisite taste and leach did we'll her part"
Among those who were present, not
dressed in character, we noticed Misses
B-n, VS., L-r, C-n, Do, Mrs.
C-s, Mrs. De-B-w, Mrs. J-n, Mrs.
C-n, besides many others whose names
were unknown to us. The gentlemen
We'd with each other in their attentions,
and if we mistake not many an eye looks
ed brighter and many hearts beat faster,
under the influence of "the tender words
there spoken" Take it all in all, it was
the pleaSantest gathering we have wit
messed in many long day. We hope
we may have the pleasure Of attending
others of a similar nature, during the
season, for it reviYes this old heart Of
ours as the rain reviVes the whitening
flowers in the Springtime.