The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-22

! Thursday evening. January 10. 1875. !
The gen tleman, accompanied by o lady, who ex.
hioits at this competitive trial the most graceful
and genteel walk, elegant and pleasing manner
and dignined anu noble bearing, Will be presented
with beautiful meerschaum pipe; and, in IKE
manner. the lady VINO is conceded TO be superior
In these accomplishments will receive handsome
cake.
Several gentlemen win be selected from the
audience TO act as judges In deciding the ladies'
contest. number OF ladies Will also be selected
to Judge the merits OF the gentlemen.
Tho grand walk Will take place at twelve
O'Clock
All this was made subservient to the worthy
purpose OF contributing to the support OF the
pastor OF the colored Baptist church in Yonkers,
the Rev. MIR. Mathews, whose congregation Is
small and poor and affords him but very slender
salary.
TEE PASTORS PATRONAGE.
The pastor was grattfed at the patronage he
received. Cold as the night was his friends came
from the remotest parts OF Brooklyn and New
York, wearing white cotton gloves and hlgh-stand-
ing collars. They were all ma2nincently perfumed
with altar OF castor oil and the very finest
quality OF candlestick jewelry Illuminated their
shirt bosoms. The ladies were too gorgeous for
description.
IRREvERzNCE.
.What kind OF q jamboree IL thtsf" said an rrev.
erent white man to one OF the religious colored
patrons OF the spree.
'Jamboree!" exclaimed the latter, prtstling be-
hind an enormous shirt collar; dis, sab, Is not
lamboree. 1t lie, on de contrary Notwithstanding.
o select aud social entertalnment.o And so 1t
was. No common darkics were admitted unless
MUSICIANS OF walters or by mistake Inc room
was nicely fixed up Tor the occasion. The walls
were covered with illustrations IN high colUrs Of
various ANNALS familiar to the menaGeries.
notice on the main pillar cautioned gentlemen to
shape. and in AN angle a table STOOD bearing the
cake aud the meerscnaum pipe. besides plates OF
colored gentleman stood on the door most OF the
evening to exhibit new pair OF trousers he
bought at auction Tor fty.six cents.
The walk oegan al midnight. The Master Of tho
Ceremonies, Mr.. Stubbs came forward. and said,
.'Genrmen and ladies' de time is amost ready for
de grand demonstration to begin. You knows
well as 40 dat de whole world VIII be proud TO
know who de ladies and genmsn Dat os
noble anu dignitied bearln', tOgedder wild grace
lulness and beauty OF carriage. Carriage, ladies
ster III his latest edition, means de manner OF ue
walk IL might mean a four wheeled vehicle, but
means you nave more dan elder q Jour or ave
wheeled vehicle. God told Adam TO walk on mis-
Sss o Ss go asm look On H0 de n
waiss now, ladies and gent men, how did Adam
oniigation on you TO walk In footsteps OF Adam.
He made TOOL OF hisself ABOUT dat apple, but he
Midtown says he walked IN beauty ike de hight OF
starry chimes and ciOudiesS skies. Great applause
Now, geni'men and ladies, begin to git ready.
De ladies' Will please take de genlmen and de
gen'men de ladies, Wild all doc respect for one and
de oder.
Great was the excitement w1te the walk was
going on. The higbest.toned colored folks among
Tue os er ana IKE
paced over me moor. 'Sudden Diet to all creepn
snmilesw ',Reg'lar beetle crusnersw "My. what
mixin' mortar" and a hundred other such re-
marks on he pedal extremilles OF the gallant Ie-
lows who took the door were dropped from the
THE ATTENDANCE
was quite large. The highest oroer OF the colored
population OF Brooklyn aud Williamsburg was
there. 1t was very merry assemDage, with q
strong flavor OF religion, and camp meeting
Dymn or q breakdown was equally welcome. Some
glorlousy dressed females were presenr. Miss
Johnson, OF Jo"nstown court. Brooklyn, wore an
so OF straight nalr She was he belle the occa-
sion. she Jailed to win the cake in tna walk
round, because she refused with noble dsdain
to adopt the conventional gait wncn the COM
mittee OF judges erected as standard to guide
them IN their awards. A majority OF the judges
rect thing. They had been to Dan Bryant's,
and had seen Nelse seymour In his walk
round and satisfied themselves that Nese was q
good model. Mr.. Pans, OF the committee. had
seen Neise, too, but he objected 10 his styie as
not being modern enough. 1t would do for slav-
cry times, but III an era OF freedom 1t lacked dig
nifty and independence.
u
New York, carried of tue meerschaum pipe by
the unanimous decision oil the lady judges.
THE JUDGE ADVOCATE.
When the ladies' and gentlemen had made the
circuit OF the room about two score times, the
Judge Advocate, as the principal Judge called
himself cried OUTLET dc fust couple decease
from walkin'r Then there was pause while the
Judge put on his glasses aud looked more closely
at the performance. LET de rare couple dccease
from dar permambulatiOns !" the orders were
meekly ODE led, until finally only two couples were
lett upon the door. At this juncture a close con-
sultation OF wooly heads was held ana, after con-
siderable flourish, the Judge Advocate dec AIRED In
favor OF Miss Jaycox. In the following words he
surrendered her the cake:-
HIS SPEECH.
LET dis cake remind you OF de great Am 1t
is roun'; so is de world II Is mysteeris; SO Is de
works OF Providence. De irost you observe on de
top oil dish yere cake conceals de sweetness dat
contamlnates de inside. Ii Is mysteeris in its
formation and wedder 1t Is stuffed lul OBJ ralsius
nuckleDerrles dis chile can't say. Now, you
young men watts alookin dis way bar IN mine dis
is sweetness 20 de sweet, and. wdout any offence
to dc resi- oi de ladles present, would conclu' by
sayin she is de sweeterest gal IN dish yere room"
Great applause.)
Inc ladies gave the male winner his m ee rschaum
pipe amid the most tumutuous laughter, aud at
about four IN the morning these happy people
went home to bed.
THE PIANO MAKERS