The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-03-29
"DAT GAL FROM xExrls. 2
Aud the Turcre she Created ct st. Leuis
Masquerade ssll.
81. Louis Republican

There was grand masquerade par.
ty of cOlored people ut a hall ON Biddle
Street Monday night, and the cos
TUNES were elegant. Ii had been an
nounced that "a prize would be given
Ia the best-dressetl lady and to the
best-dressed gentleman on that auspi-
cious- occasion, and the toilettes were
what might have been expected under
the circumStances-Sim gorgeous.
There We're bellies of all shades of coll
or and all shades of dress present, and
excitement over the award of the la
dy's prize, particularly, rose high, for
the price was silver pitcher. t'De
committee on prizesD had a delicate
task, but performed it firmly and
there was trouble, awful trouble, in
consequence. A Republican reporter
yesterday made inquiries OH the SUBJ
ject from one of the participants in
the festivities. He told the story as
follows:
"De fio' wuz just jammed full o. gals
dressed way up, but dar wuz a culled
gal from Memfis laid 'em all out, for
Shuah DE committee 'Zanlined her,
and dar wasn't no dissepshun voice
'mOng 'em. She wore pink silk am
fiXins, an cream-coIored kids, an
sJa O4ANhAAi itlfiofAt f1it AOA0h -AlAlet as5ttt
spread herself rodni FinaiiSsSsss Is fl,y-
come furdat ar committee ter make de
award, an Yer might n heard a DIFF
drap! An de silber pitcher wuz
showed up an one feller he got up an
'nounced dat de gal from Memfis had
tuck it in. Some of de gals snickered
scOrnful-like, but de gal from Memfis
didn't mind 'em, but jes took de pitch
er an went an tucked it way long
oh her shawl in de dressin' room, am
come back, an ef she want de belle
ob de 'casion, den dar amt no snakes!
She stood talkin' by one culled gemI-
man little while afterwards, when
another gal come up both eyes a bla-
zin', an dressed 'er:
"'You's talkin' TO my fellah, YOU
brazen trash, an l wont low it ~
"De gal from Memfis answered
very lady-hke and dignified: | was
not awaah, madam, dat wuz address
sim your gemman. Had l been
awaah Ob de fac should hab exhibit
ed de mos superfluous circumspection
in dc mattah. begs pahdon, madam,
indeedy.'
"But de gal wuz mad, an fore de
gal from Memfis had more'n drawn
her bref, she handed her one in de
nTedu"DaSket. An zen udt gal from
Memtis show'd herself. She Jest lit
on de one 'tacklm' her, and mos spilled
her in about minnit! An de gals
mother came sailin' inter de wah and
four other gals, all jealous as de debble,
come a sailin' in, too, an dar wuz six
oh 'em all on de gal from Memfis, an
tore her up dredful. One sleeve OBJ
her silk dress lay offin de fur corner
OBJ de room, an de drapry round dem
seben wimmen on de flo wuz a bilin'!
An de flo cOmmitteesed dey couldn't
low no sich excited performance in de
hall an so de combatants wuz remob-
ed to de ballroom ter fight it out. An
de fellah dat de gal from Memfis wuz
a talkin' to, lowed he'd see fair play,
and made de wfmmen 'sault de Mem
fis gal one at time An de way de
gal from Memtis struck out wuz Jest
beautiful She chugged 'em in de
face ebery time, and the blood flew all
ober! She didn't hGb close enough
lef ter buther her any, an finally she
done got away with all oh 'enl. She
was in drefful condition at de end
Ob de wah, when she repaired ter de
dressin'-rOQm, bat she TUX away dat
silber pitcher"