The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-25

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few minutes stately and lovely forms we're
enchanting the lookers-on by their graceful
movements in the waltz.
We lack the words to tell how sweet blue eyes
Shone bright IS stars in Autumn's midnight
| skies;
TO speak Of tresses rich in golden flow,
That swept DER bosoms white as mountain's
snow;
OF dark-haired hours, each goddess, Queen,
| With orbs whose glances haunt each after
| All peerless maidens, such as troubadcur
Dreamed of and won in daring in days of yore.
Rare music. given by skilled performers,
filed the air with such inspiring strains that
the Flowers, choosing mates from among the
| fairer blossoms of nature, swept eff in the
dance. Even the very Vegetables sprsng into
life, and took each partner, and waltzed and
chased as if dancing were the sole end for
which the vegetable world was created. Beau
tiful toilets were the order of the night, and
velvets, silks and laces were displayed in pro-
fusion, while there was wealth of those
softer, more yielding materials, which make
such appropriate toilets for the young on
such occasions, whose very names are un-
known save to the initiated, but which
blended with the rays of diamonds and the
fash of other Jewels like the milder col
orings of some beautiful landscape.
But the time sped by, and when that mystic
hour immortalized by Shakespeare had
passed, the Knights of Momus had sunk
among its shadows and were seen no more,
although their guests still
Held Pleasure by the robe and sought her smiles
By every effort Of her votsries' wiles,
And only loosed their grasp when mornings light
Had from the orient chased the gloom Of night,
and ompelled the guests of the hospitable
Menus to leave his halls filled with treasured
remembrances of his delightful festival
THE ILLUMINATIONS.
As night closed in and darkness spread over
the streets, lights begun to glimmer on the
balconies along the route of the procession,
and by half-past 7 o'clock the central portion
of the city was aglow with brilliant illumina-
tions. On Canal street, on the lower side,
the first object to attract the attention WAS
the artistic and thoroughly esthetic DISPLAY
made by the
PICKwICK CLUB.
The verandah of their quarters was daz
cling with gas jets, the arches of parti- colored
lights standing out against the background
of darkness with q most beautiful effect
Over all, surrounded by a halo of fire, the
venerable P.ckwick looked down upon the
joyous faces Of the crowd, and his features
seemed to glow with satisfaction at the gene
raj delight on all sides Observable. Further
down
TREDRIcKsoN & HARTE's
stood out in the rich shading of green fire.
the curious effect of this light added much
to the beauty of the boulevard, and its color
ing made the figures all the more attractive.
Next was
d. H. HOLMES,
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fire K. 0. M. with pelican in light below
gave most chaste effect to the lofty edifice,
and the design was peculiarly appropriate for
the evening, as Menus had chosen Louisiana
for his field of representation.
On the upper side of Canal street, near
Baronne,
GREGo's SEWING MACHINE AGENCY
had an outline of one of their machines in
jets, and the Pickering light almost deceived
one into the belief that il was in operation.
Almost adjoining, and one of the centsrs of
attraction. glittered in q wealth of brightness,
THE NEW ORLEANS CLUB HOUSE,
High up on the cornice viewing with the
orbs themselves was star of fame and Just
below the initials K. 0 NJ, with crescent
Below the crescent hung one of the happiest
concsits of the evening, the designer of which
deserves credit. 1t was bunch of grapes of
ground glass chandeliers, naturally arranged
and most artistically formed. It needed no
legend to tell what it meant.
On the improvisei gallery erected by the
gentlemen of the club some four hundred
ladies enjoyed the hospitalities Of their
friends. The scene at this point was most
attractive, and could not be compared to any.
thing else than a parterre of flowers As if
to render the picture still more beautiful,
calcium light was turned upon the beauteous
md eff or 6yurv
Blonde and brunette, fair-haired Elite and
dark-tressed Cleopatra, stood out in ex-
quisite relief and the pageant was complete.
On the side streets Camp was almost as
bright as day. Many business houses an d
newspaper Offices were handsomely decorat ed
and Illuminated. conspicuous among viii ch
was
RICE BROTHERS !
hardware store. Along the front ran strea m |
Of light, added to which were other tasteful
designs.
St. Charles street was also aglow. The |
Academy of Music burned green and red
lights, n aking the figures as they passed al |
most chamelion-like in their changes.
THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL. |
Is before on such occasions;was eonspicuodsly |
bright. Between the tall colonades dazzling |
arches of gas threw their splendrous RAYS upon
the throng of guests on the portico. Nothing |
could prove more conclusively that our city
Is most cosmopolitan one than the fact that |
last night, looking down from the San Carlos |
almost every country was represented, not ex- |
cepting China and Japan. Lower down the
ORLEANS CLUB
testified their obeisance to Menus in q neat |
and tasty illumination, not at ali garish, but |
yet most appropriate.
Down Bourbon street the stroller was |
almost puzzled where to look On every side |
Chinese lanterns were proiusely displayed, |
md neighbors seemed to vie one with the
other in testifying their devoirs to the rider
If the night. Rssplendeat in corruscahon
If variegated lights the elegant residence OF
MRS MEAN