The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-03-24
RresYdent and his family, forming what
Foreigners dali
THE COURT CIRCLE.

Foreigners call
THE COURT CIRCLE.
Prominent was Mrs. Hamilton Fish,
a stately old dame of the knickerbock-
er persuasion, whose gray hair is
dressed in old fashioned side curls, and
who wore fawn-cOlOred silk. dress,
with lace trimmings. Then there was
Mrs. Secretary Belknap, perfect type
of the stately beauties of Kentucky,
wearing blue silk dress, on the elabor-
ate trimming of which violets in their
natural colors were embroidered; Mrs.
Secretary Robson, matronly-lOOking
person, with a wealth of gray hair,
wearing white silk dress, trimmed
with black, and glistening diamonds:
Mrs. Hegerman formerly Mrs. Moul-
ton, the vocalisD, who wore cream
white silk dress, trimmed with en-.
broidery; Mrs. Joshida, the funny little
Acknowledged wife of the droll little al
mond-eyed Japanese Minister, arrayed
in rose-colored silk made after the
latest fashion-plate in Godey's Lady's
Book, with panier larger than she was;
Madame Mantilla, the wife of the Span
ish Minister, a lovely woman, dressed
in exquisite taste; Mrs. Chapman Col
man. in black silk with plain gold orna-
ments-but why attempt to describe all
| their elaborate toilettes? Never was
there such expensive dressing by the la
dies as is now seen, and husbands and
fathers fume as they have to pay the bills.
Leaving the blue room, with its distin-
guished occupants-la creme de la
creme, the snobs would say-we will
pass into
| THE GREEN ROOM,
which is papered, upholstered, and fin
ished with green, and is favorite place
for lovers, who slip out from the column
as it moves on, and occupy the luxurious
chairs and lounges for quiet tlirtations.
1t is noticeable, however, that there is
nothing doing in the matrimonial market
here this winter, and some of the dowa-
ger match-makers who have old lots on
hand are getting quite desperate. But
millionaires are scarce, and to the young
diplomat, clerk, or officer, matrimony is
simply impossible, so extravagant are
the habits of living and dressing among
the rising generation of young women.
| THE EAST ROOM,
which is beyond the green room, is a
finely proportional apartment, 80 feet
in length by 40 in width, and % in
height 1t is deliberately frescoed, gild-
ed and upholstered-rather too much SO
for good taste-and will hold from ], POO
to 1900 people. The full band of the
Marine Corps is stationed at receptions
in an adjacent corridor, and many prom
enade around to its music, encircled by
frame of spectators. Those who find
acquaintance engage in conversation,
and those who know no one gaze at those
who go to be seen.
The ever varying throng, as it sweeps
around the room, reminds one of the
changing figures of kaleidoscope. There
are fashionable ladies who vie with each
other in dressing, and between ladies
who have graced foreign courts and oul
own more ambitious bellies, there are
some rich displays of mantua- making
and dry-goods.
THE QUEENS OF THE LOBBY
are there, some all ablaze with brilliant
diamonds, others in somber widows
weeds, and others who evidently eschew
: fashion and grace. They do not fine
this profitable season, thus far, al
though they all worked hard to secure
the Centennial appropriation, probabl,
) thinking that if Uncle Sans purse coult
) be opened for the extraction of larg
sum, it would be easier to get out smalle
amounts hereafter.
As for gentlemen, there is no descrip
ton of masculine wardrobe-court, di
plomatic, military, naval, civil, and al
!, most uncivil, that we cannot see in tn
East Room at Presidents reception
There is not probably any other assem-
blage in the world more diversified il
its moral, social, intellectual and pri
mary qualities One sees the most per
g feet simplicity and cheapness of attir
, the most courteous manners, and tn
most marked want of any manners a
all.
. Yankee Doodle is the tune whic
e the band strikes up just before
t o'clock as the signal that guests mus
e retire. The vast company dissolves a
n once, as did our great armies after tn
!, War, and in good order. There
d never any boisterous or improper COZ
e duct exhibited at one of these reception.
: which are SO peculiarly American that
# have thought it well to describe one {
: length.
: AN official report of the prize-mone
k paid during the civil war shows tn;
e Admiral Farragut received $50, 443, Az
:, miral Lee 500, 446, Admiral Porter 800
is 34s, Admiral Dupont S5s,476, Capt. A
n my $54, 431, Commander Lamson $40
e 522, and SO down. The largest sing
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