Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-02

when the guests Of the Memphi who
reside beyond passed toward their
homes in this mornings early hours
the devotees Of Terpsichore wer@en-
joying themselves most delightfully."-.
One of the most repulsive masks
worn yesterday was one in which the
nose was elongated, notched and
painted to represent a writhing SER
pent. The wearer had no difficulty in
following his nose through the crowd.
Families who started out together
yesterday to view the fun, rarely re-
turned home together. In many in
stances pater familias kept on search
ing for his lost ones until early in the
morning, finding them safe at home at
last. Of course he attended none Of
the balls during his search.
LOCKERS on Icomplain that before
they were done looking at one float,
another was right on top Of them as
it we're. 1t was unfortunate, but so;
and the superb spectacle with many
passed merely like a dream, leaving no
lasting impression behind.
One country boy, at least, was not to
be daunted by unknown strength be-
hind an ugly mask. The one spoken
of knocked a juvenile masker, who in.
suited him, into the gutter on Madison
street, and held four Of the masker's
comrades at bay until they concluded
to leave.
With a wrapper fresh from the
depths of a sOiled linen basket, a
thunder struck bonnet from the rag
shop, a red mouth from which pro
truded a tooth brush, and a very
black face, a promenader who swung
gracefully on her cd mans arm and
swept the street with her trail at
tracted considerable attention.
In the short space between Main
and Shelby streets on Beal four of the
beautiful floats Of the Memphi moved
all at once in their passage last night.
The same apparent effort to close up
prevailed all along Main street. Had
they been divided, spread out two or
even less to a square, the lookers-on
would have enjoyed the view to much
better advantage.
Had the marshals widened the dis
lance between their floats as they
moved through the streets last night,
the pageant would have made a much
finer impression. To spend months of
labor and thousands of dollars upon
a picture so grand, then to hasten it
along the highways, all in a cluster,
seems to be a pity indeed; and many
spectators expressed regret that the
display seemed to be treading on its
own heels all the way down Main
street.
A prominent city father met with a
mishap at the Memphi ball. The ex-
ubelance of his spirits led to the loss
of his silk tile, and his overcoat collar
not being tall enough to cover that
part of his head on which the hair had
ceased to grow, he was compelled to
call on his fair partner for a veil.
When last seen he was marching sol
EMMY homeward with that covering
drawn close over his head and tied in
an extravagant bow under his chin.
The mythical ram supporting the
children in their AERIAL fight, careened
to the larboard in its passage through
Main street. last night. Instead of.
merely dropping the little feather
headed maiden Hella while passing
over the Dardanelles, as the story
goes, both Phryxus and Hella fell
over, and the float had to be taken out
Of the procession, after it reached the
bluff, where the countermarch Occur-
red. 1t was all because two small
iron rods instead Of four we're used in
supporting the figure.