The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03
The Girls of Manila.

A midshipman writes in Scribner's
Monthly of ball in Manila as follow :
Promptly a5 eight o'clock we drove into
the widows basement we assembled the
stone stairway, and scene of splendOr,
brilliant colors, and black eyes burst
upon our view. The Mestiza girls were
sitting in row on one side or the room,
about forty of them; some decked in
| gay plumage, yellow, pink, and green
being prominent colOrs, others dressed
in sombre hUes they were mostly very
pretty, with 1.-the, graceful figures, and
! eyes as black as coal. The gentlemen
hovered near the doors of the grand
sala, like hawks eying chickens at the
first note of the music hey all made
pounce for partners. AS I saw that
| pouncing was the go, made dive for
pretty yellow and green, ratified off a
sentence from the fifteenth lesson in
| Ollendorf, "Will you do me the favor
| to baiIar cOen15gO?" and started off on
dance 1 had never seen before, but
which was easy to learn it was the
HabaneyG, sort of walking embrace
| to slow music you make a step to the
right, rise on your toes, step to the left,
rise, swing round, step to the right, and
so on; then, when you wish to balance,
you wink at some fellow, stop in front
of him and go through the ladies' chain,
then clasp your partners waist and take
the other lady's right hand the other
fellow does the same, and now with the
music you sway up to the centre, sway
back, and revolve in an elliptic at the
same time, after the manner of the
planets. After swaying six times you
| drop the other lady's hand and gradually
sail off again with the step and turn.
! The girls cling quite closely and gaze
up occasionally, Spanish fashion. When
ever the couples ran against each other
the girls sang out with sharp little
chi !" which was very amusing. They
have a great way of kissing each other
all the evening, and the fancjest kisses
ever saw first, both kiss to starboard,
and then to port. The first time L
noticed it, young damsel kissed my
partner good-by as she started to dance
with me. l was astonished, and said
we were not going far, which made
them laugh. l found that the girls in
contiguous seats kissed good by before
every dance, as il to say, "You will
elope this time, sure" When the time
and escorted q blooming Philippine to
L
what should help her to, and he said,
emphatically, "Ram and turkey Give
her plenty of ham and turkey p / gave
her full plate, which she soon des-
patched and called for more. Every
body ate ham and turkey. The gentle
men acted as walters, and afterwards
sat down together. Spaniards are ter
rlble eaters. And no wonder, on this
occasion, for they came to the ball at
eight o'clock and danced until five A. NJ.
GUsTAvE DoRE.-Dore, the worId-fa-
nous artist, whose brush and pencil
have realized for him O magnificent for
tune, lives very simply in retired
street of Paris, with a studio of one
story occupied entirely as his artist
workshop, but furnished with a plain
ness IN striking contrast with the Pom
peian magniicence displayed in the
London residence of his rival, Alma
Tadema. Visitors find him busy with
his pencil or absorbed in creative rev.
erie-wearipg, instead of the orthodox
artist robe of black velvet and tasseled
cap, closely buttoned-up blue coat,
with his long locks disheveIed and a
chronic appearance of dust and careless
ness. When a friend demonstrated with
him upon this, and declared that he
looked as though he lived on paint and
it had mildewed on his exterior, he re-
piled: "Ah when I am at nv work,
I am a mason" Though an elegant
man of the world, ne is singuIarly un-
pretending and even child-like in his
intercourse with his friends.
MOBILE people Judge of a man g
wealth by the size of the cigar-stub he
throws away. If he smokes it close he
is looked upon as fellow of no account,