The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-06-29
AT THE SCHUETZEN.
How Last Night Was EniOyed-Scencs
and Incidents ON the Dancing rn-
yiiion-Thc banquet Hall ana VINO
Wnrn ,Chnre mud MndlC SnCcchcS.

yiiiOn-Thc banquet Hail anu WI"
Were There aud Made speeches..
Last night at the Schuetzcn Park was
simply delightful. 1t was cool, animated,
and In every way pleasant. Under the
trees and in the glow of sparkling lights OF
many colors, families and young people III
groups, couples and sngly enjoyed them
selves in their own peculiar ways. Inc
young people of course devoted the most OF
their time to dancing, and pretty sight
was presented at the dancing pavilion.
The dancers occupied all the space of the
polished floor, while on the surrounding
benches sat many interesting spectators.
Now and then q couple whirling over the
floor in
WILD, EXCITING WALTZ
would collide with couple wheeling from
the opposite direction, and with % crash
would fall and pile up in an indiscriminate
heap, obstructing other dancers and Great
ing considerable mirth. But falls of that
character are seldom fraught with serious
results Before the spectators cease laugh
ing the unlucky ones are up and off again,
whisliing and pirouetting with increased an
imation. study made of the dancers and
lookels-on furnishes excellent material for
reflection For instance, an old white
haired man. adorned with dainty button
iere. may be observed dancing at the risk of
future rheumatic agonics, with a lisping
CAPTIVATING MAIDEN OF SIXTEEN,
who, charmed with her ancient partners
peculiar manner, and dazzlcd by his dia-
mond pin, clings fondly to him anticipating
perhaps wholesome profit from the re-
sources of his leather wallet in the near
future "Old men are such fools" was the
observation of lady with dark brown hair
on the dancing pavilion last night, who
had been watching the spasmodic efforts of
q would-be youthful swain, who, with II
pretty lassic many years younger than HIM
self was performing some of the most re-
markable tcrpsichorean feats ever recorded.
1t was - --.
AS GOOD AS SHOW
to follow his pedal manipulations. First
he cssaycd to cut pigeon wing after the
old school order of dancing, and then would
docedo with as much grace as q kangaroo
doing the racquette. And very naturally
his performances were admired and ap'
plaudcd. At the same time it was very
evident that the old boy was not happy
Certain remarks from the bystanders, sug
gestiye of grandfather, and to the effect
that he had better have remained home
with his family, lesscned his ardor before
the dance closed, and in the final swing-cor
ners it was noticed that he wore gravel
look and seemed uneasy A CRITIC re
porter at first thought it was
THE OLD PARTY's CoRNs,
but was later convinced that it was re
morse that shot through the ancient beaui
bosom, and, though his shirt front was un
rutiled, it was evident that his spirits wer'
low. 1t might be well, in this connection
to draw more pictures of the participants o
the pleasures of II Scheutzcn festival, bu
limited space forbids.
A ROUND OF ENJoYMENTs.
Apart from the scenes of terpsichOrean fes
| tivitics there were many more scenes o
real enjoyment presented at the Schuetzen
fest last evening. There was the mcrry-gO
round, the concerts fireworks and gymnas
tic and vaudeville performances that eN
cited interest Mt all times, and the whcel-0i
fortune was another attraction. But per
haps there are some who "bucked" it las
night, who have not so much admiration 70
it to-day.
| THE KINGS BANQUET.
But while all these matters were enioyin
the attention of the merrymakers in tn
grounds, the .j0vial members of the Verei
were holding high carnival, so to speak, il
the attractive and always comfortable dinin
hall of the club house. The Kings ban
quot was served there in royal style, and
very distinguished party Of gentlemen wer
present as invited guests. These were Ger
Sherman, Second Assistant Postmaster
General Elmer, Third Assistant Post
master-G General Hazen, Mr.. ]. r. Va
,, WOrmer, Chief Clerk, p. o. d.; District Al
torney Corkhill, Captain l. N. Burritt, I
the Sunday Herald; Mr.. Havercomb, of I'll
+, Washington Journal, and q number of oil
: ers who paid full respect to the tOothsOn
! viands, and co-operatcd most heartily wit
the sentiments expressed in the tOasts II
spoadcd to. DOnch's band, almost hidde
from view, occupied the stage at the ca
: end of the hail. and at intervals enthuse
, the feasting party by lively and excellent
i rendered music. Covers were removed
935 o'clock. $50
I The menu was as follows:
D SOup-Conscmme printagnie Relieve
| Pate la Fiancicre. Fish-Striped bass
1 pignOns, French peas, salmi of duck, ma
t caroni la Italicnne. Roast-Chicke
: saladc dc lettuce. COmpOts-Charlott
C russo fruit.
Y Exhilarating champagne and Rhein win
, were pleasing auxiliaries to the feast al
0 aided in enlivening the spirits of the part
: making every man happy with himself an
. charmed with his neighbor when the fir
A toast was announced.
A THE TOAsTs.
j Peter Dill, the new Schuetzen King, I
), sponded appropriately to the first toas
c 'The King of the w. s. ": Fortunate
n one of form only whose mission is that
social cheer" His remarks were enthus
astically applauded, concluding with thr
cheers in German, Ger lebe hoch ~
Mr.. Charles Ebel, the good-naturc
u portly president of the Verein, responded
the next toast
: "The Washington Schuctzen Verein: r
day, us in the past, determined and fearlt
3 in the pursuit of those enjoyments that a
d rational and natural, true to the mot
l. Gesselligkcit p"
n General w. r. Sherman responded to t
e next toast
'rhe President Of the United States. II
d sovereign of our choice, aud not thrust up
us by descent"
10 The announcement of the toast was
a ceived with "Er lebc hoch" given me
y heartily, accompanied by rafting
!, glasses and hand-clapping, and as the V,
r enn Sherman IN full dress 81
c. arose majcstically to respond, the ,
o. plausc was renewed. The Gene
is jolly, free and interesting after-dini
speaker. That sort of thing appears to 81
N his style exactly, and when he spoke
~ American people as being cosmopolitan
regards society, and people who, accordi
to his notions, should mingle more freely q
cd encourage brothcrly relationship, the
II plause was deafening. OF the Preside
ok General Sherman spoke in pleasant, conn
I'D mentary terms. He styled him the mob
.os type of manhood ever yet called upon to /
60 our people.
Hon. Simon Wolf, the toast master ,