Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-15
C0NCOKDIA.
The GRIND Mnsanuraae.

Notwithstanding the very eAsii.ON
reputation which Concordia has ior GYMS
delightful entertainments, last nlght sue
eclipsed herself st. Valentines evening" |
is an anniversary, which the members %
Concordia hold as peculiarly appropriate
for gayety, and they never perm" ~
to pass without such worship
will prove most acceptaole 10 uie
,,atron Saint How shall we describe 1t!
Where begin? 1t was moving panorama a;
A living kaleidoscope Of all ages and all
nations2from the King Of the Cannibals to
tba Girl of the Period. Were more time
and more space allowed us we should still
he inadequate to the task AS it IS now
the witching hour of night, and
we must rush to our CONCLUSION,
we must take the chances of all the
curses which our imperfections VIII
surely bring on our head. But to the oe-
casion. By 8 o'clock the masqueraders
began to assemble. At 81 o'clock the her
aid of the evening, Mr. W., assisted by his
Marshal. Mr.. L., formed the procession.
The band struck up the Grand March, and
| the entree was made in couples. Comus
| and Diabolus, the Saint and the Sinner,
the Fairy and the Faun, the Man of the
| Past and the Woman of the Present, the
| TIenCu DON dLlO tA4C MUMMY
| wilds of Africa; the Aboriginal: in his
native garb with beads and feathers, and
the latest of American productions, 'Shoo,
Fly, apt and appropriate. They make the
GRAND round to martial music and then
break into couples for the may dance
Each character fitted the person who assumed
it, and each person seemed, en- mosque
born for the character assumed. There
was the Earl Of Sussex, the British Sol
der, the Glazier, with his putty and hi
pack of glass to mend your windows, tn
the Priest, the French Clown, the Chin
ney Sweep, the King of the Gambia
Islands, the Masquerader, the Las
| Chief, HOLSTERS Sample, a ia
signiJe of HOLSTERS Indian; jenkins
, | Bitters, in fall costume; the Shoe
> maker: The Paris Street Boy; The OF
Monk; The Tennessee Convict, with hl
> prison stripes, and to carry out the deli
a sion. he had not been long on the foe
before he was arrested by too genuln
policemen and led of, exclaiming, Jus
n NV Luck" There too was Riddleburgt
in all of his fat proportions; the monke
# with his antics; Then there was GO
"a | youth in paper costume, from head to loo
u distributing the Cumberland Almana
As matter of course, that W
+ the Republican Banner. Learn
10 upon his arm was modest and vel
bred dame, lovely in appearance and eve
more lovely in conduct. Her costume to
from every fold that she was the UNION Al
n | AMERICAN. Mr.. K. represented the BDRRt
"a Mrs. L. the UNION AND AMERICAN.
n would take volume to particularize t
ladies'. That ''Snow Storm" is Mrs. l
that beautiful Spanish girl, with love al
grace in every motion, is Miss e. Fra
NJ avolo, with his splendid acting,
% character to the life, is Mrs.
~ The Vegetable Garden, is Mrs. Max
looking good enough to eat. The gra
full lady with all of her sweet billet don
an from head to foot, is Mrs. Moritz S. in
~ character of St. Valentine That Brigal
Iia who would capture any man alive, is N
70 C. ''Neat but not gaudy" is Mrs. M.
NV The Tamborine Girl is Mrs. S. II. ;
Greek Boy is Miss II. T; the Beggar Gi
Miss Emma T Good for Nothing Nan,
the life, Mrs. r. EtH-k.r
for The Spinning Girl, Mrs E.. 1
St. Riding Hood, Miss H; the Gypsey Que
ell Miss A; tho Flower Girl and Gypsey G
Sc Misses M; the Somnambulist, Miss
Tobacco, with her appropriate costul
Miss H. T.. accompanied by her faitl
attendant, the Cigar Lighter, Miss G.
viU | Bohemian Girl, one of the very best cl
81 acters of the evening, by Mrs. Sam.
law May she live a hundred years and grow
sb- older. Then, there was Old Mot
Goose, Miss A. G.; .DOmi
Miss E. G.; German Peasant, Miss
the Gypsey, Miss j.; the Siamese Tw,
fat Miss S. and Mrs P; the Japanes Switcl
icb | Mrs. L.; Shoe Fly, Mrs. D.; Mot
ar5 Goose, Mrs. L., Mother Hubbard, Mrs
ara Hoods Lost Heir Miss F. g.; -, \
NJ j.; and Mr.. and Mrs Billy Shocks, VIII
we took to be an antiquated but Low
couple, demure in appearance and staid
demeanor; but who should they prove
Eel be, when unmasked, but the very Lowell
"a of St. Valentines worshippers, Miss
ant and Miss K. 2.
m They've STOLE they stole my heart away.
pie While the enlivening dance was at
: height, there came a delegation from
Fat Mems Ball, in all of their stateliI
and grandeur, surely deserving, from Il
Ex- appearance, the aceiglttest considerati
on Each was accompanied by his c
tc., sD0sa, and Judging from their S
sc, they we're all from Brobdigr
les The floor was yielded to tn
and the HeaUiest set we have seen for IN
a day, was waded through by them.
our time is up before the tale Is half t
was The merry dance goes on; all is ga,
me where there is so much loneliness,
ing | Concordia has added another leaf to
age laurel chaplet. AL honor and all sue
and to her.