National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-18

A CODNIh1MAN's OPlNlON VI TIE GEk-
MAN-wHO WERE AT THE BALL-THE
BEAUTY AND THE CHIVALRY OF THE
sOUTH-THE BELLIES OF THE SPRINGS
THE WASHINGTON DELEGATION.
Especial Correspondence National Republican,
WHITE SULPHUR STRINGS, August "A, s74.
We are now going through the mad maze
termed the height Of the season" Everybody
gets high here then, one way or the other, hte
guests especially. Bernard Peyton can't Keep
them down George L. P.'s pockets get high,
the cooks get high, and the walters get high; and
more than all others who get on thigh" pres
sure below stairs, after the GERMAN" oionights
are the young sWslloW-tailed pumpkin heads who
''do" German to such perfection, not with their
tongues, but their seats Of intellect-their heels
Their female partners in the dance consider them
the height Of true excellence because they can
swing them round so nimbly in the German. But
they do other kinds Of swinging round, down
stairs Just before bedtime; Cousin Frank tells
me- and he knows g thing or two about these
cIAW-hammer coat-tails. But know full wen
that q young man who dances we'll and can Work
his heels nimbly and better than HIS head, 1t is
passpart to the smiles and good graces Of the great
majority of the more ly.minded Of any sex; and
more's the pity. Under the Old-tme restrictions
lam not opposed to round Dances" but under
the present style or fashion, it breeds contempt,
as oveF-familiarity always will do between the
sexes. NOuAQ A6h 1ug ulsu-ulllueus AkuCI6s
high again, honorable young gentleman-a Chew
nIier Bayard in mind and manner, and with all
the deIicacy and modesty which he is won't to en-
shrine woman with, entWined about his brow Of
genuine and unaffected manhoOd-how he would
like to see the ideal Of his heart and SOUL which
he expects ere long to be the partner OF ais bosom
for lifetime would like to see her introduced to
0 strangeT-a shRmblinR WaltZist-Who grasps
your intended-he mere Btranger-round the
waist and holds her person tightly to his embrace
for quarter OF an hour, to the tune or some Ole
away waltz while you stood by and looked onf l
fancy your feelings and imagine your response.
I will not repeat It; # is too strong Saxon for
lady's pen or ears polite. And yet you say; Oh:
les harmless innocent IN ~ Il SsI
And do it on the very Questionable principle that
the 'hair Of the dog Is goSd Tor the lte-stmiLIG
medicine If not corrupting formula that will, in
tle end, work destruction in certain quarters.
ieSte aphcrism, Evil be to him who evil thinks"
All! but that adage had its origin in an accident,
not design, and the circumstances connected
Herewith were very unlike the German" The
time was-not six years ago-When modest
Young lady would shrink and recoil at tho bare
mention Of Waiting with stranger Now she
bares her bosom for the fray, and throws herself
into the fellows arms with perfect nonchalance.
don't blame you, young 0T Ed mem put the young
helm tbemI / have Heard Of some engagements
HAVING been annulled on this very score by right
tbjnkfnR and considerable young gentlemen. If
fbis thing keeps on las II has commenced there is
no telling where it will maui up" at) We may
expect young ladies to make O display OF their
personal charms and attractions in lively set-tO
in the 'cHn-canm would like to give the criti-
Cism Of grsy-haired Virginia matrOn upon those
young ladies who engage in this hugginE German
or tightbfacing with strange young men or
chance uoquaiutanees, did not regard it too
sweeping and severe for print. But here Is what
shs said in the ballroom in conversation with
Well-EnOWp gentleman Of Roanoke county, Va
on another sGhleet: THE young women Of the
Of them: you could not ind her after retiring |
When she took of her false hair, her false eye |
brows, washed of the paint and powder, took out
her false pssticators, (Dr Daniel McFarlan's ne
Plus uItras) patent palpitators and patent calves
where would the woman be who charmed you |
with her beauty and symmetry OF form-so |
nld Immediately the scales fell from his eyes !
He is now resolved not to marry modern young |
lady. This is written for thinking men and |
ECGe2, and not hsir-braned fools or silly-minded
girls, who consider 'the german their chief end
and the sum total Of human existence. The rem
edy lies not IN you, or the abatement Of the i'm |
modest If not immoral evil Of being caught or |
seen IN such FIX with stranger, or other than
husband, brother, cousin, or at1sneed loTer-but |
in your mother, Miss.
will conclude this matter, only for the present
though, for young women may expect to see their |
young men. But to the illustration in question
An honest coUntrymRn-blg, tall and braWny
With honest tOil-ca9e up with the Methodist
Sunday school excursion from Stanton, that 90
ahead young city Of staid habits and morals As
he assembled the stairs to the verandah looking
into the grand ballroom IL was IL p. m. and his
cars being attracted by the sounds of reYelry
(nOt) By night" but by day, he boldly pressed
intO the window from the porch. In the Innocence
and simplicity Of his soul he had never seen the
German before. The claw hammer cOat-taIls and
the pHnnlers were engaged in "doIngr' the Ger
man fast and furious He wiped his amazed eyes
-E-EEed the Precipitation nom his sun-burnt face,
opened his mouth and his eyes wider still He
looked and looked, and in his beWfldefmeht
and anguish Of his soul, remarked to Gen Nc
CRusland, who was also o ''looker-on in Vienna :"
stranger, don't know what you call it. but
pears pears to me like man wrestling with woman;
other woman in the room" Me- Response i Sc was
choked in the throas by punch under the mid {
- Geai. 0y y en-. Gary, Of South Carolina, Gen.
wind out Of him. Ifyou want to see the buttons
of the vests or the pants Of either Of them Just
mention "Erestliig.n
D. Bright and family, Ky.i y. Q. BarierTille,
Miss Bennett, Miss E. Bennett, W, j. Bennett,
E Ingerson and Miss IngersoII, Philsdelphia;
Robt. W. Kirkland Baltimore; D. Phillips and I
Miss Emma Philips, Washington; Miss Nellie
Carroll, jr, Miss Liilic Devries Miss Carroll O.
?. Montague, Baltimore; Dr. John Hunter, Miss
U. S. Allen, Miss Matte Allen, Mrs Edwards I
Richmond; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A Thomas Mrs
Homer, baltimore: 7; 7. Singleton, G. A Bald
win, L. Battow, Miss W. H. s. Burgmyer, Balti- I
more; Rev. J. Tholson and lady, Baltimore; o. !
Hatcher. Richmond; Rev. N. B. Wharton ana
family, @. W. Read and wife, Brooklyn; Col W.
W. Gordon, Col ]. H Darlington, Richmond, :
Va; Mrs g. W. Palmer and daughter, Miss S.
Watkins, Miss Lou Barksdafe, Richmond, Va; {
Mrs. D. R. Burbank, Miss Burbank, Burbank !
& Bro, KY; d. X. Bayne, Miss Hottie BRyne,
Miss Wydie BRyne, Baltimore: Mrs. Gen. Long, |
n. g; James Thomas and family 7. BrOdTick
gg ef!5 a r. VIM RuSaTi Mr. gio M MabSPd
va; FltEhugh COyle and family, Washington;
F. P. Thomas and family, Baltimore: James
Dunlap and family, Richmond, Va; Major H.
NJ. Boil, St9unton, Val Misses MeCEw, Rich
mond, Va: Mrs. and Miss Hutchinson, St. Louis; I
r. Dickson Miss Dickson, Miss X. and S. Gordon,
Miss Cooke, Norfolk; John EnGers, Va; Jos.
Lane, A. L Perry, Z. Perry, Washington; H. l. {
Pope, Louisville; Mrs. Loan and two daughters,
Baltimore: Major A. H. and Mrs. Drury, Miss ,
Harrison; Drury,s Bluff, Mos Misses Edmunds,
W. Gregg. Miss L. A. Gregg. Petersburg; P. L.
Gable, Miss Gable, Rock Island; q. p. Moore
van and m4. iaP keord II. H. M %doFd
Miss Grant, Miss Mason, Richmond, Va; P. p.
cambridge, R. Randolph, BaltimOrei W. W.
and family, J. K. V. Daniel, o. z. Reynolds, !
Baltimore; H. T. Harrison, Leesburg, Va; d. ,
v; A. Thorn, Eastrelle, Va: Capt: W. @; Nc
Washington; D. Hemphill and lady, Miss Z.
Goodwin, S: C.; Q. NJ: Wharton, Philadelphia; ,
Col. H. COalter Cabell and family, Richmond,
Va; Capt. Robert B. MoOrman, Roanoke, Va;
A. b. Steinberger, Washington; II. B. ROOne and
wife, Baltimore; F. J. HarTi-on, Baltimore; Miss
BartIette, Towawanda; Col. n. .. Claiborne, St.
Louis Mrs. J. B. Marriotte and daughter, P. IL.
BasherviIl, Joe. Bryan, Richmond, Va; u. Y.
Richards, Mrs. and Miss Todd, Mobile; N. D.
" lace, A. Yiciet, n. o.; ". r. Thomas, IT,
W q. HalPtead and wife, Thos. r. Balien-
Va; life, Norfolk: J. A. Paul, jr., Peters
tine and 80 -~a1d wife, Richmond; Miss Jennie
burg: 5. A.Gloy,- SIiSs 5. Williams, Baltimore;
NJ. Clarke, Clarke, blakmore, LouisYille;
a W BlakmOre. Miss SU~ - Miss Lucy Ste
1Ir and Mrs T PlncSney, s. T., R H. Mau-
vens Miss Anna Stewart, RichmOnL, ING
Nv Richmond; SamT Colt, Hartford, Con-: Az
D1ianey. LOudoun, Va; q. E. Halle and Ia Ia.
Miss Nellie Halle, J. g. Halle, Florida; A. WOOD
and wife, l. g. W God, Miss A. Neide, Bcn). hnSh'
Mrs. Rush, Miss Rush, Miss NJ. /, Rush, PhLla-
doIpbia: Rev. D. H. Fisher and VIZ, Wheelin%,
W. va; Mrs. Robert TvI:gr montgomery; Or.
= A. PaPre. N 6" -. ": c. Rlyes, AlbermaITle.
We; MISS a.. Mrs Lockort, Baltimore; MIS- u.s.
Ma galley. G. Grifen, John +; Hanna, a; ~, "
1avSe. Philadelphia; W. q. Wetherah RhG Ian
fIy baltimore; Dr. W. Rayenal, L, ~ Sh 1l I2
C6aTIesto1, s C.; W. II. White, Nori9IK x, va;
r NJ. Howard, GAINESVILLE, Tenn'i Vol W. H.
PhibIiP; H.9i! M sIiSs rendered the splendid
brass and string band here, under the leadership
Of Prof FiGldnann, for
A COMPLIMENTARY BALL
last Wednesday night A ball at this famous
Southern watering plate OF any kind is something
10 he remem bered as one OF the events Of ones |
life Tie CAV capitals Of Europe do not surpass
the "White' for beauty, intellect and nothing |