Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-10-23
The German.

Writing Eom summer resort, cor
respondent of the Hartford Times says I:
A young man and young woman began
bounding from one end of the room
to the other; then the orchestra
struck up waltz; party OF marvel
ously gotten-up young people OF both
sexes skipped through the door, and pro-
ceeded to appropriate the best chairs in
the room. and il was noised about that
the german had begun. When a german
begins. one man who is an inglorious out
slider, can do nothing but possess one :
soul in patience, for this dance, or fash
ionable romp as called il in my last, Is
an absorbant of uncommon power 1t
swallows Up and wipes out of existence
all minor, because not Germanic consld-
erations. 1t is out of the question that
ANYTHING should be allowed to interfere
with the german. At a private part:,
which,thesone | have been describing, OF
course. ,was- not, If twenty, out of one
trnA..& aksted esles;s wish to dance the
german the miserable eighty who donot
participate, may 90 hang or freeze TO the
walls in cold halls, if the weather be frigid,
for all the twenty dancers care. The ger
man imperatively demands space and
chairs. and will have both at all costs.
But there are some pretty points about
this populsr Amusement after all, ana
some very amusing ones. In the last,
saw two gentlemen throw dice for the
honor of dancingwith certain lady, and
as she was whirled around the room by
the victorious youth who threw highest,
the defeated suitor was obliged 10 follow
the revolving couple, hopping on one
foot and tanning the pair vigorously the
while. This might be called the fan
| Tom figure, and the music to which
| they danced a fantasia. This was fol
lowed bv the spectral illusion, in which
scarfsof many-colored tulle were used IL
many combinations. This german wa,
the most fantastic of all the germans
have seen. for the young people adorned
themselves before the fantasmagoria he
gun. The girls put ON jockey caps, ant
the gentlemen gilt bands above thel
foreheads. They all had a guilty look
The favors used were not 80 numerous
and at last they became chary of them
Then il was that they placed the chairil
the middle of the floor and waltzed eacl
lady in ii. | will attempt sketch OF tn
Young man, from whose gigantic intel
ject such praiseworthy results proceed
He is five feet three inches in height, an
weighs about one hundred and one pound,
His almost invisible supports. are mad
the least and the most of by his trouser,
that are very tight at the knee and wa
!, at the ankle, forming a gaiter over tn
! instep of the foot. This style may hay
been adopted to partially conceal foe
whose size is out of proportion to the III
der structure. The long and the short
II is. that all the development appears
have gone to the feet. You have prob'
: bly heard the expression, "all the braiI
? in the heels" But the upper structul
l of that youth is more fearful and wonde
E ful than the lower. The face indicate
consummate weakness and deceit. /
: actually uses powder on his face, and Il
i little mustache is so waxed, that 1t loo
like the whiskers of a pussy cat; his ha
> / STANDS out fierceiy on either side IN
sprouting horns. Evidently much pan
/ had been taken with the part in the ha
g at tTreback of the head. Now, after loo
/ ing on this sweet youth, are you dispos
: to deny the Darwinian theory?