Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-02-04
THE SEASONS EVENT.

ABORIGINAL BEAUTY BY GAS LIGHT
THE DRESSES,
&C., &C., sc.
The event of the season has been thu
"Festival of All Nations.'' If pretty wo
men count for anything, it was superb; il
great artistic skill and taste IN it's arrange
ment count for anything, it was worthy Of
all praise, and if a general absence of that
s'banditti" spirit which "goes through
all victims that enter the perilous precincts
of festivals goes for anything, it ought te
be a model for all similar occasions here
after. Viewed from the overhanging
music gallery, the gaily dressed throng;
the brilliantly decorated booths, of all hues;
the floral pyramid in the centre, all formed
a picture the like of which has not been
seen in Staunton. On Wednesday night
the audience, which had been good on
Tuesday night, was dense, and its numbers
were added to by scores of pu pills from the
female colleges. To those of our country
readers who could not be there 1--WE take it
for granted, from the crowd, ev erybody in
the city was presently we give description
of it, which will be 70 und very interesting:
THE ENTRANCE.
First to be seen and first to be mention
ed, and withal deserving great praise fol
her efficiency, was "Pocahantas" miss
Florence Turner, who kept the coat room
Her costume was perfectly in keeping
with the character she chose to represent
and her dusky face, gay beads and feathers
seemed to prove great attraction to all
the sterner sex.
FRENCH.
The first booth carried out most perfect
ly the idea Of a French restaurant. Mrs,
Geo. Wickes, with her lady assistants. Miss
Carrie Gay and Miss Nellie Halle, were
in costume of French ladies, while Messrs'
w. Allen and Guy Cochran appeared in
the white apro MS and coats of French
walters. The booth was very tastfully
fitted up, while the nation al colors flashed
from the front, and printed signs informed
persons what they could get for the asking.
FRIENDS.
Next were the Friends, Mrs. Marquis.
Mrs. Carroll, Misses Gushing, Cora Tur
ner, Bryan, Blackburn, Addie Martin and
Nettie Martin, who, in their tasteful booth,
which was made quite open and trimmed
with evergreens, kept table filled with
good things eatable, while their dresses,
white aprons, neckerchiefs and caps gave
a peaceful, restful feeling as they APP
"rest" was all for the out
siders, however, for the Quaker booth was
so attractive that the ladies were constant
ly employed attending upon their custom
ers. The Friendly" vernacular of ''thee"
and sthou'' seemed to come as naturally
from their lips as though they had been
veritable Quakers.
ABORIGINEES.
The Indian tent, in which were Mrs.
Arnall, Mrs. Tate, Mile. Schmidt, Misses
Sarah Hotchkiss and L. Mcclure, Messrs.
Joe Sherkey and B. Johnson, was truly
wigwam, covered with skins, and adorned
with deers' horns, beads, baskets, and, in
fact, everything Indians, civilized and un-
civilized, were ever known to have. The
costumes of the ladies and gentlemen we're
perfect, and their war paint and feathers
were quite ferocious. Mr.. johnson wore
the costume once worn by a genuine, live
Indian, and it was very handsome and
striking. A small sized 1--WE don't know
the Indian term for ''small boy'') Barney
by name, dressed as a
graceful little Indian, tattoo and all, went
about the room selling pipes in most in
defatigable manner. A novel money
making feature of this booth was the
Counting Sofa "a seat just large enough
for two, placed in shady little nook be-
hind tree. This seat was rented out by
the half hour for Csc any time over that
50.
SPAIN.
The Spanish booth, Mrs. Hamden Fultz
and Mrs. Ed. Sears in command, with Miss
K. Phillips, Miss B. West, Miss I. Happier
and Miss Mary Lushbaugh for assistants,
was elegant in the extreme. The table. in
the form of Greek cross, supported a dou
BILE arch, the apex of which was surmount-
ed BY a golden eagle, behind which waved
two Spanish flags. Beneath his foot was
the sign, "Spanish Booth,'' while in his
beak he held a sprig of green-perhaps an
olive branch, typical Of ur peaceful rela-
tions. The arches were twined with the
Spanish colors, red and yellow, and the
table W as covered with elegant china, sill
yer and glass, and beautiful epergne of
fruit adorned the centre of the table, at
the intersection of the arms of the cross.
In front of this table stood smaller one
set with beautiful tea set of decorated
china, where d party could sit down and
eat cake, ices, &C., or drink coffee at their
leisure. The costumes Of the ladies car
ried out faithfully the colors of the nation
they represented. All had yellow skirts
and red shawls over them, and two wore
the far-famed Spanish lace mantillas,
while the other two wore the capsSo of Span
ish peasants. The liberality of some New
York friends had been instrumental in
furnishing this booth, and the result was
that the confectioneries were rare and ele-
CANT, and as one sat at the little table, he
might easily recall the old times at Mail
lard's.
THE ORIENT.
Next the Oriental booth, Mrs. Alex.
Fultz, Mrs. Arthur, Mrs. Asst in charge,
with Miss Evans, Miss Herr, Miss Goode,
Miss McCue, Miss Harper. Mr.. Jordan,
Mr.. W. Taylor, co-assistants. This booth
was fitted up most gorgeously. The inner
court, where sat the women, was curtained
off from the gaze of outsiders, though
through the openings of the curtains East
ern women could be seen eating ices and
drinking coffee. Outsi de was a garden
scene, where were tables laden with all
manner of cakes, candies. &c. The gar
den was fenced off with wreaths of ever
greens, and festooned with white lace Gov
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