The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-01-20
e sGREENyILLE souTH CAROLINA JANUARY 90 1869

House Z, Thsrs are Jo,her boarding houses.
sacli as the one II am stepping at L don't
think the traselsthl way will support an
-extsa shStel, ss most of it is. Through traveL
TReresvsf several schools shers--one after
tie military rplan, kept by Gen CoIstop;
and female school Rept by General ard
Mrs Ransom. As ID many places, there
are other, school. oS slower grade; and 50
many tbes 20 single one pays wen.
~ Now l come to .pesk Of the River which
Is the most attractive place for me. like.
tolspesd my leisure mopents down, on the
whsrves watching the .vessels as they load
or unload, and a. they,srrise or depart
Yesterday I saw large steamer leave for
New York. On the wliarves are thousands
Of barrels Of turrentips and rosin, with here
aud there bale Of cotton. Up and down
..he rfver, ssfsr as the'eye can reach, are
iutuber mills, iron works, &C., with two
and three masted sehooners aud light ton
mage ships lOading for other port..
Until Tresaay,, tho weather had been
dark, damp. and in, temperature. opprss.
siye--very different from Greenville wealth
eS.,7 Since then It has been perfectly charm-
iog, and-on visiting here cannot but en-,
JOY lite mildness., On the river, and only
furty miles from the see, It affords pleas
ant retreata either In summer or winter
In aimos. every boose, there Is a small
room set apart for geraniums and other
plants. that only thrive with us in hot
houses: and which in win:er must be cut
down TO Tire roots. I've enjoyed really a
treat In this respect and have hardly been
without a gsranium leaf or fragrant flow.
er for my button hole-thanks to the ladies.
The first few days being very damp aud
uoPl.asaut ! spent them in visiting aud
getting acquainted. On the evening pre-
ceding New Year. accompanied some la
dies TO witness Hop" at the City Han
II seems that the youag men have an asso-
ciation called the Dixie Club" devoted to
the pursuit Of PLEASURE, and they give these
hops very often. This one was 10 dance
the old year cut aud the new year in.--
Now, many Of your readers. as welt as my
self, will hardly approve Of this manner Of
closing the old year and entering upon the
new one. but as arm writing q "newspa-
Per " article, must adapt ray news to every
class OF readers; and as Wilmington seems
much devoted to pleasure and fashion,
must. necessarily. have much to say on this
hesd. About aine o'clock. in company
with some laiiss { took my seat in the gal
iery Of the City H.li. which L. quite large
building. including the hall, proper, the
theatre. besides offices. The hall is spa.
eiors, aud we'll adapted to the purposes for
which II is used, viz for city meetings.
lectures. dances. dc, and at present the
aBaptists use i: asa place Of worship until
their fns church is completed. The dan
cling had already begsn when We arrived ;
but other more fashionable couples were
every moment arriving aud forming new
setts, until cosntod eleven setts or eighty
eight dancrrs on the floor. The music was
none Of the best though the dancing wa.
splendid, and conducted with little or nc
1 eonfasior, of course the dancers are all ia
good practice, aud thoroughly understand
ballroom etiquette, as this Is the favorit,
amaseneet Of the young people, aud not
few Of Che married ones, too. ........
The goddess, fashion, finds many votarie
here aaeng both scxes-the gents going tn,
extremes Of "tights !" aad =" shorts and th,
ladies the "pannicrs." short drcsses,D &" Ion,
trails" curis," from one to dozen, heads a
rough as 'erimping and want Of brush cai
make them, as also, slight spriukling Of tn,
q" Grectan Beud."n Some of the dresses wer,
3 superb, and for the sako Of your lady readers
4 wish 1 had the necessary knowledge Of suci
ttiGgs, as would snablo me 70 describe in fuli
4 young lady from St. Louis, an heiress,
saderstand, wore dress costing one thousan,
dollars, no doubt prepared for the occasion -
,others were riobIy and fashionably dressed
and Others, again, disdaining fashion, appeare,
tastefully, and were superbly dressed. Re
freshments wore furnished by the Club In ad
joining rooms. The dancing was splendid
consulting mostly or quadrilIcs, interspcrse;
with waltses, redowas, &C., somo choosin,
these, and others tho promenade, between
quadriIles. .a4r- ..
noticed one graceful quadriIlc, called
Ibeiine, the waltz -qaadrille," aud which wa
danced most beautifully. Leaving the ga,
dancers TO introduce the new year according
to their own ideas Of what was right aud pro
per, our party in the gallery very nesrly ond
cd the old year by racing home in shower o
rain, for which We had not come prepared
4 I noticed that the lAdios make great display
Of jswelry, for which thero Is quite passion
4 have also noticed something quite pretty
and Of quito variety Of colors, worn singl,
or different oolors combined in one this i
called the "fanbow" from its shape. 1t il
made by taking = piece of heavy silk, ant
ravsllins IL from one edge almost to the other
thus making . deep fringe. This is gatherct
up by the brsast-pin SO as to resemble q ia,
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