The Newtown bee., 1879-08-13
A EaSc3rOua RaII.

The following description Of an 1nJer- esting Spanish festival which is cele- brated in California is part of a paper contributed to Scribner by Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote, the artist: The music was excellent of it's kind-two violins, a guitar, a flute and one or two brass pieces. During the waltzes one could hear but single united shuttle, as if all the dancers in the room moved with one pair of feet. Full dress for the young men was short velveteen coat, black troWsers, white vest tnd a bright silk scarf, knotted with particularly happy effect over the shoulders, outside the coat. Some of the young men wore the uniform of the ur-fighters-red fan nel shirts, black trowsers with red stripe down the sides and silver star on the breast. The crowd was too great and the motion too rapid and incessant for any attempt at study of individuals. One received an impression of extreme vivacity of speech and manner-bright ribbons, scarfs and serapas-waving heads and hands, swaying lines of figures joined iG the dance, circling lines of | figures, winding and separating into color, music, laughter and tobacco smoke. The ceiling was dim with smoke from the cigarettes of the dow agers and the cigars of the loungers on the piazza, who leaned in at the open windows. When the dance Jagged, cries of '' V3Ud, viUa D sounded from all parts of the room, and gave new life to the music.
 Among the company was young South American, with 8 high, aquiline profile, and crest of bushy curls, rising from his receding forehead, like the sculptured manes of the horses on a Greek bass-relief. I noticed him, first, because of his height and sinewy grace, afterward, because he was the partner of such pretty girl-a tall, slight, dark beauty, with the most joyous uncon- sciousness of expression and movement,
 like child or a beautiful animal. It was worth coming to the ball to see these two dancing together; it was the very spirit of revelry, without conscience or care. found the canker i'll the rose, afterward, when learned that my joy ous girl had been awife for two years at
 least, and that while she was dancing at
 the cascarone ball. her young husband
 was in prison, awaiting his trial for stab-
 ping friend in Christmas brawl at
 the Guadeloupe.
 The war of cascarones did not fairly
 begin until the dGaazG del gaterro, at mid
 night, but there were scattering shots
 and sallies, and skirmishes in all direc- | Z over the heads of the senoritas, but the young men were soundly clapped on the
 head, and the shells were well rubbed into their thick black names. The girls
 generally hunted in couples or packs, and set upon their chosen victim with shrieks of glee; then charge of young . men to the rescue would scatter them in
 all directions. The prettiest girls got the
 most salutes, and looked all the prettie
 +.y,ool ayi-lfn nr } their dark braids. There were some l wild young romps, whose audaeious { charges upon friend and foe cost then : at last their feminine prerogative;- l they were pursued and surrounded 1: and bombarded and battered witt l, shells, until what hair they ha( t left could hardly have been wortl f combing out in the morning. The Mex e jeans save egg-shellf all the year for thi e ball; improvident as butterflies, they ar ? capable of great forethought wher
 pleasure is the object.