Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-03-19
For The TIMES.
Ma squerade Sociable.

M1 QuSIHu6 CUCldDle.
MR.EDIroR-Last Thursday evening
will be remembered by our young ladies
and gentlemen us one ofplcasure and cn-
joymcnt: and one which presented to
them something new, The first of the
kind which has taken place in our little
Town,a Masquerade SociahIe, and we
have every rcason to believe that every
participate came away delighted ans:
well pleased. The gentlemen who were
at the head of it deserve credit for their
perseverance, and zeal, and especially
Mr.. L. kohn, who was manager. He
deserves all the credit possible for the
manner i'll which he preserved order and
decorum, in such disordily looking
crowd. We say disordily looking, for
we were not there long before we recoe-
nizcd the once illustrious and proud
Madoc Chef, Capt Jack. Jack was there
viii, MS Tonral.awli and Revolver Had
Candy been able to rise from his grave
and attend this Masquerade Socinble, he
would have seen the picture, if not the
original, of his great adversary and Bit
tcrest enemy. Had his (Capt Jack's)
widowed squaw been present. she would
have thought til 1T her long lost Jack had
returned from the happy hunting grounds
and was once more her companion. We
saw the 18th amendment; womens
rights. We saw the 18th amendment,
office holders, the Jockeys, Spanish
Cavalier, theSchoo Boy, C feet 5inchcs)
Uncle Sam q feet 4 inches), Old Bob
Rldley,thc Dutchman, Irshman, Clowns,
hing OF Hearts Indians, (Capt Jack not
includcd) Turks, and VIC saw the Devil;
Dominoes, DC. We then came where We
could sec the fair ones who were present:
and saw the Queen of Night, whic, We
pronounced then to be the pretticst cos
tune of the ladies present. We saw the
Bavarian Peasant Girl, Swiss Peasant
Girl, and Italian Peasant Girl which
were beautiful; then came the scat Of
government. Columbia, which was GER
tainly 400 prstty to be called Columbia.
but which was Capitol costume for the
occasion, then came the little Flower Girl
with hcrusual graceand ncatncss blooming
carley i'll life; We then heard the beating
OF Il drum and behcld the Daughter Of
the Regiment. We then turned around
and Hope shown brightly before us; blcs
sed Hope, what q great thing thou art !;
If Hope was so visible, could we help
seeing the Evening Star, which shown
SO brightly, throwing her radiant light
promiscuously through the Hall; it
brings to our memory the old song Star
of the Evening, beautiful, beautiful Star
which was beautiful. The light of
Evening Star was then chased away by
the beams Of moonlight it makes US think
oi those pleasant moonlight walks we
have taken when we were young. We
saw lovely Pocahontas oh; that Smith
could have attended this Sociable. His
love would have revived ] his is the
last character in which our young ladies
we're actors. But we are abuat to omit
one ofour sex, our Country Gentleman.
We thought we heard one Of our fair
cnos whom We have named give vent to
her feelings in this way, ubrut our coun-
try friend, oh; isn't he hand omc. We
acIuiesce. Sec transit gloria mundi."
May this Sociablc belong remembered
and may it be the means OF our having
some more such iii these dull times.
AT II o'clock the whistle blew and
those in masks were called together,
which reminded US ola story We heard
IN our boy days, which w. viii not
mention. All were told to show up,
ready aud the whistle blew again, and
wc bchcld faces familiar TO or eyes, and
perfectly lovely. (Whcn W. use the
word lovely we mean the ladi exclusive
ly.) The dance was then resumed. We
did not dance but got my best friend
and sat down and in pleasant convcrsa-
ton
We hope ms this is the first fun of this
character we have had, it will not be the
last, for it is too pleasant to die so soon