The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-12-27
The Supper and Dance at the Acad-
rmy on E'Sidny Night.

envy on Friday Night.
When the audience adjourned iron
the Court House or Friday night, til,
invited guests repaired to the hall o.
the Female Academy where an Gle
CANT supper had been prepared by
hounteous hands aud arranged Will
artistic skill.
After all present had been toasted tt
the fIlt extent of tic gastric cray.
ings, dancing was i'll order, and at the
word partners were 'iloiiorcd' ano
the various figures OF the dance wcr,
gracefully performed to the delight OF
the participants and to the enjoyment
OF the lockers on in Vienna. The Ia
dies never looked more lovely or moro
beautiful, while the bcauN were u
gallant Us tabled knights. Among
Tie ladies who participated i'll til,
dance Was
Miss ANNA CALIlOCN, natures
paragon, whose beauty OF mind ana
grace Of man,lrr is i~ncomparable,
and who always wins the willing
homage OF all;
Miss SUSIE MCGOWAN ahincd as
the star Of the evening with matclilcs1
splcndor, while her a1lability "n'i
grace made her perfection III the eyes
Of every one;
The superb Miss ELIZA TUs1EN
with al elegance OF Department ana Il
beauty OF person seldom attained ny
the uivinitieS on this terrestrial ball,
contributed u full share to the gen
eral endowment Of the occasion;
Miss ELLEN PARKER, a tascinat-
ing brunette, was rs sprightly and as
lovcable rs Il fairy queen, for whose
sake Cupid had shot his arrows
through many gushing hearts;
Miss META LYTIIGoE was simply
beautiful, and, when bending to her
partners bow, was enchanting;
Miss HATTIE LTrIIGoE charmed
her admirers with the asscmb!agc OF
the graccs in her person and manner;
Miss JOSEPHINE HILLS comedy
face and attractive manner drew
around her many charmed admirers,
who sought the privilege of the dance;
Miss ELLA TAGGAKT WAS pretty
and never lacked for suitors;
The stately MISS LILY WHITE, for
her modrsty, the sweetest gem OF ic-
male excellence, was highly apprc-
ciated, and always attended by. hosts
of rivals for her favor;
Miss MAMIE WUITE was q iav0rlte
aud oftcn asked to dance; ,
Miss JANE RAMEY never looked
better or danced with more grace than
size did en- this occasion
Miss CLARKE C0THRAN danced
we'll, while she magNctized und drew
around her the choicest bcauN;
Miss KATE MARSHALL was rs
pretty Is u pink, and led captive u
number OF young hearts:
Miss MAMIE HILL is q winsomc
maiden, early in her teens. All the
best young gentlemen sought EeP for
a partner;
Miss JENNIE CAsoN, with the mod
est grace Of a gentle mind and q cheer
full heart, impaired pleasure to oil
whom she favored with q dance;
Miss CELT NlSANsK.A made her
first appearance on the waxed floor,
and proved herself to be n charming
little partner;
Miss FANNIE LAWSON, with her
face and lovely character, could
scarcely get the bcauX to excuse her
from n single dance;
Miss MAMIE LAWSON is n pretty
dancer and delighted each Of her part
ucrs. us she went through the poetry
of motion;
Miss CELY MILLER possessed q
charm all her own, and had scores OF
worslippcrs at her shrine.
II any of Il readers have on hand
any additional suparlativcs they may
them together and apply them
to tho gentlemen named below, who
made Il portion OF the ordinary clay
present on tilis occasion. After asso-
with the divinitics for the past
hour, the sons OF earth fail to inspire
III, and they must excuse us this time
for not showing up any admirable
qualities which the may possess.
Mcssfs. l. a Mars, W CBenet, NJ P
DcBruhl, Henry Hill, Richard Hill,
. & Cusoi, DR. ii y Wilson, OF Cal
huun, J \ Calhoun, + III Osborn, Ar
thur Osborn, Henry Norwood, john
Amos Morse, II NJ Till,
William Bell, 4 W Lynch, Il NJ Gal
phin, EG Graydon, ~ W Jones, J \
f. i Gary, Bcrkin LythGoe,
Charles Allen, and Il i!ort Of other
gentlemen were present.