, 1874-10-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A BOARD or TRADE MATINEB.

A BOARD OF TRADE MATINEE.
| business la dull OIL 'Chango just nor. There
| arc no cornors to stir mons blood
ol1rn-vlaaged Wat hnth smoothed hn wrntltd 'front.'
and Tho hoard of Trade mon arc doyosng thonl-
sc'7os 10 tho gontlcr pursuits Of life. including
tho eapcriny !" to tho music Of tho 'sCht laaciv-
OTIS luto," Of whlol. Richard upeaks 80 con-
tomptlously.
Yesterday, between Q and 10 o'clock, the lido
crowd Of sidewalk 1ouugerh waiting on tho atreat
for tho tloora to opon eapted va3rant italian
nua'cau with lits!o girl. II may have boen
tho influence Of tho opern working upon
shom, or "reminiscences OF bnlla In tho old
Ioard Of Trado Hall, but something
etlrrci1 thoir blood and got thoir pulses beating,
and, surrounding the 1tallnn and tho gtr, they
carried then, into E1ohanEo alloy and thon and
there organized quat'rilIo pct, wflosc inembcra
danced to tho l.inotant muBio provided thofn.
Under ordinary circnmstsncoa wn would not
give tho nnalos Of party OF gentlemen WHO
aaluacd themselves by dancing III mn alloy, bat
n wow Of tho prominence Of .Lc participants, and
tho fact that thcir action had tle Bauetton OF slo
board, 1t IL proper to giro thom. They wora
Charlea Polc, Williani II. McIIenry, ". Z.
Iemp|oton, David D1cid'ison, ool 1say, Y: ).
nni Rosa Peters.
Tho performance WAS watohed with grea. in
sorcst by Il crowd ct .sovoral hundred people.
Tho wators from adjoining restaurants camo out
pictnresqaoness of Tho p aceno. ss7erai iistin- IN
guLshod English visitoru WHO watched tho affair
from one OF the Chamber of Commerce windows
woro at irss greatly surprised, but wcre gravcly
assured by Ar. Randolph TINT 1t was an Ameri-
coil custom. borrowed from tho 1utl|anB, to open
business With n eoloinn dance. Tho visitors at
once remembered that thoy lntl read something
to that effect, and taoir minds wcro rolievcu.
Two OF thrcc polcomon geetng tho crowd md
$Ya$fr ftt1x II t,rA
it wns Bonrd OF Tro<lo affair, md, declaring it
to he tho nuictost transaction o7 that boly in or
out Of tho building, thoy had scon tnnrohol OF.
AS tho American Reporter sayB, "Whoro all did
atlll it may bo said that tho chozcgray,lc per-
for7na,,cos Of alr. popo had breadth and bold
meas Of color to thon, which tho others did not
poEsOsB. There wcro occasional touches OF tho
anco with that brunch Of tho arts. Col. 1iay, on
tho other hand, boro hisnacif with grent modesty
and slccoruln. There nero como comments mnuo
On his Keeping Ills llandB lit hIs cont pockets all
tilo tino, but ho subsequently explained that ho
did not wish to mnEe mi improper exhibition of
lsiH knocs, and uKcd Ills hands to keep his skirts
After tho 1uatlrillo Mr.. B!i1cg danced tho
can-can with, admirable force and aulaeity.
.rhnre waa perhaps too much prominence given
to tho right log, but study will lcmoyo that do
feet. His ilna feat. tho kicking or Of tl1e hut
OF Old Hutch" waB groetca with dcaeryod ap-
pauso. Fow 1ucn Gun do thiB. 1t 'ras Witnessed
by Manager Grover, who at onco made insane
offers To Mesacs, 1tutchinann and StileA il thoy
wou!l 60 through tho performance ut hia now
theatre. They layo tile mat.or Under ailYlse.
mont.
Thon came tho Virginia Reel, danced BY tho
"Swcet Singer Of Isracl" or Tho Board OF
Trade, Dir. Doyington. It Was very touching.
John JoaeB, wllo had atrayed along that ,Yay.
burst Into teare, and vowed it reminded him OF
corn-ponc end herring, possun.l,untipg, tobac-
co-hooina, 'shocn,ake" holry-gatlcriuy, md
tho other pursuits Of Ills childhood.
4 collection Tus then taken up for tho boneft
Of the musicians. As is usual, tho crowd began
dispensing about thus tin,o but enough remained
to misc u parao for tho Italian, who departed
satisfied.