, 1875-11-06
Tho Story Of tho Arctic Cruiser
"HnMdOrn" Mt Disco.
How the Women Drcsa---The Country
for Mrs. Dloomer--A Ball in q
Carrentcr-6hop.
Loyc.Makfug Among the Esontmau1--.
Tronlr aud Miss Peters.

Of, tho osher by rosky e1ure. nurmoitn.od hr a
f1ag.atng without ilas. Lying III tho bay aro
Two small so!,oouers a,,i vessel with long.
low, dark hnli aaJ shoulder 1nas:s, stopped back.
tim givo her taking. jaunty air ~ shn lies to.
fscted with tue tail cliffs III the cle1r. smooth
wntor OF tho itttfo bay. Scst.ered ovor thn
r>,chy slope arc ten fifteen half wooden, half
aarthen houhos, standing about In a laoso, FREQ
and csay manner quito independents of each
other, AZ though, dospIBing tho Restraint OF
strceta. 10 which they do not maso the slightest
protonBon. Tie rakiel,.loosslug vosaol IL tue
Pandora. tho lttlo hny IL that of GotlaASi1, and
the collection Of Lousoa scattered up tin aln,
comprises tho littlo town Of l.iesoly, In North
Greenland. usually known by tho nanio Of Disco.
- - HON TIE WOMEN pnEss.
We took a walk about the village. Tho peo-
plo. young and old, men women, nnd children
all turned out to Fec us, and greeted ua with
rlcnenHt sn,!os, uany Of them etvnE Us q
.uood motn,ns," Which they pronouno I'd sery
we'll, Tho girls we're all dressed up III their best
tincrv, aud eomo OF them, especially thoHo who
had Danish blood, wofo very pretty; only 1t VAS
rather difficult at first TO bring onofB self to be.
llsyo thoY noro girls ut n'1 This is tho country
for Mrs. Boonor. The women nl1 woar brooches
horo. and would ecout the idea Of anythlng else
4. absurd, aud probably indecent. I should pity
the girl that tried to introduce the faBhton of
York bol,e whu should walk doHu EIoaa-
way in kneo-broeciaos, cap. boots. aud
gout|umaus bloo.lug-tackos With c,g4r
Id Aer mouth would not be moro uttorly lost IN
lady who should appoAr walking aholtt oyer. til,
rocky slopes in q fashionable hat, ribbons, long
skirts, and crinollno. "Oh. the shameless
hasss," "phe brazun-iaced th.nR,"' wonsd bo the
verdict Of every Disco noman, and Dlaco eoo,aty
wond know her no moro.
Tho Disc, coa:uins appears worry funny until
vpn get accustomed to It, but rathor pretty never-
thses.. Imagine ! pretty girl-and thrco ar
four Of tho Disco girls arc very psessJ-with hef
In dono up iu \ kind OF topknot on The top Of
tue head with . rod ribbon. loose attiug jacket
mat,o o. any kind Of light thin stun, and of any
color, trimmed With fur collar. aud mAdo to put
~ jnst like Bb'rt, bn: reaching nn'g 70 the
waist; pair Of Beal skin brneches, with tho
hairy rlle ont. reachtng nearly to tho knoe aud
confined sh,re with garter; pair OF high
boots, meeting tho botom OF tho ttuu.ers, tho
fcat and auEles of rcd leather. tho tops OF waite
linen, HtArcIcd and roned, and with li:t!o roll
mtirost Dyes and tho aao.,lcst brown complexion
ever painted by tho sunshine. ana The sca broez-
eF, and tho ocean hpray-and you haye u lhint
i1ya of 4 Disco girl. You should 300 thotn tlfp.
ping abaut In their tlttla red bnots, with :heir
little short stops scarcely Beeming 10 touch the
ground, 50 soft Is their t1oh1. OF springlng over
the rockH Ike young anteiopca. to know bow
charming RIrl may DO IL hreeches. And they
haYs the daii.tiere little feet and hands, too
fsot and hands that would mako tic I,rostieat
New fuTk 4 n blsst with cnvs il Ete saN tham !;
80 !nely shaped, ~ Bna!l, no deicato, aud ycs
30 strong.
BALL.
And they can dance. tuu, like sylphs. It Ia
thas comes here. aud tho Pandora, OF cousse,
could not form any exception to tho rule. 1t
mosed to be very great success.
Tho ballroom. it 10 true, was rather small for
forty or ffty peopia TO tlanco IN, beioS only 10
beng lighted by only one sma!. window, aud, ~
1t was broad daylight at j0 o'clock In The oyon
ine, 1t wAs not thought worth while to bring In
canles. IN fact, tleto WAS no place to put can
dlos, as tne ceiling vas barely foot
be yory ca:ofu not to bump our heads,
and tho room tamnled full OF people, except !
l,ttie space III the middle. OF + feet square.
uhoro tho dancing wns dono. II wRs, In fact, the
All transformed for tho oesasioa. although tho
folio Sing legend inscribed over tho door 10
chalk woufd seem to Indicate that lts natural
and normal atate waa that OF \ ballroom or con-
ccrt-hati:
..............".t.... ...........,." ........:
"at1si chal dor eopo nat 8 euck."
:...............,,t.+. ,...........
An inscription which our learned and esuuito
doctor, after much study and q great oxpandi-
tnre Of time and labor, ut Last doc! !pheEed to
mean, 'MMsir hhll door open ~ = o'e'oek."
Which. In fat, proved to ps tue ouy record Of
the Afe.t aud 'Dlso ,yery found here,
I will not deny that tha hall was, perhaps, q
Iittio wnTu ard Gloss, whan twenty OF our blue
lad crowded INTO II, and thss tttlc more room
might bAve been desirable. BuL then, there
n r. no pstticoass, no cr.po!'ne. no long trains
to be tratnpfed upon--a woman took up no more
TO ri tl,sn man. and TINT mada vast dasl Of
difle ence. You have no conception Of tho
sluaI space you o.u dance In when you have no
pettcoals to deal with.
| found that 3 feet square was oceans OF
rtom % walsz in, while for po'aa I
Was quito lost Ia 90 much super.luoua
it 10 opproaaiyely bot thai wa decided 10 adjourn
to tho open mir. 1t was now Il o'clock. TIE
SUI had just sot. but there was p!eassut twi-
light, Which would last all n.Rhs snd which MAS
aslesp Ia the little bay, looking luxe nero log.
ship beneath tho towering cliffs that rose above.
i&restonlng to fall sud crush hot like 70 sggshell
beneath ,heir tremendous tnaSaes.
rao dancing Was commencod ouslds with re-
ncwed enthusiasm, and | am ready 10 avouc|,
that hover enjoyed = dance moro In u,y life.
Unieers aud btusj Jackets. We All mixed toNetues
Oh equal terDs, aud wont through waltzcs,
polaas. and coslllou, with ysRof aud good
VI will only hs 20 e,, ss ssaed nd By i; sas
all the forms Of cntil.on, which We, iu
tho e1uborancs Of Nur inagiuation, ado tad foz
tho occasion. but thoy sers very quick TO leara,
and got through tls most complicated figures
very readily. Ny Partner waa den,urs llttt
beauty, with dark, slightly alnond.shapsd eyes,
a skin ~ brown as the nut-brown maid herself,
tho re,adoss, F'pest lips aud tue daiutiest little
tact that ever wero seen. 4 greater plea-ur
a,oa shAn snciss!iug her slender wa.st OF paxi,,
iuto her dark eyes. or floating With hos on the
Rhythmic motion af the dance. was 10 watch her
little rod. booted feos IL tey skinned over The
ground like tho wlncs Of 4 soa- bid over the
~Ayss.-a plessuso quito lost when sou dance
With ,glrt who woars patt!coats. And lhe.,
Whist ilaud sho had 81 ttnnll, 10 dcllcate, "a
| colt and brown, II dropped u mlno aH isghtly Al
lAo milling OF I'll autumn leaf. Tla motion q!
danclng had c&uset hor boots 10 sstse down. leav.
l,,R bit OF the eX exposed betH ecu them aud the
breeehe*a lust abuyo tho knee, which, contracting
alth the white Atsgc4ea lluen tops Ut the boots,
appesrsd AZ brown 10 : walnut. This exposing &
OF little OF the Log above tho boot tops IN bil
probably indemnify tbesnsslves for not wearing
Iow.nscked Dresses. hut girl Who should *
n 1sa har hHk n 1nIv ina in hal II al rrtt