Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-08
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The balls Last Night.
AT THE UNIVERSITY.

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pensation for the trigid weather Of last
| week, the angry clerk Of the celestial
| waterworks took it into his head to
demonstrate how the icy lining OF the
skies con be thawed into q continuous
rain. And it did rain, sure enough,
from Sunday night until this Tuesday
morning, when the orchestra have put
| up ''the fiddle and the bow"
With such prelude as that which
we have described above, one would ut
once conclude that the long.expectcd
Anniversary Hop at the University was
postponed orresulted in a fasco. Nothing
Of the sort happened, however, for at
the usual hour, the ladies, moved by
that spirit of intrepedity which has
prompted French author to say, "Ce
que femme vent, Deu lc veut, "-un-
daunted, began to arrive, accompanied
by their escorts, until goodly assem-
bIagc had gathered. After vi IN
tervai Of q few minutes, the guests re-
appeared in the dancing hall, Cooking
as neat as if they had just emerged from
band-boxes'--to use the expression of
an eye witness.
East and West Baton Rouge, the sur
rounding parishes, aud the Crescent
City had furnished quota of beautiful
ladies and gallant cavaiers-aye, even
the parish Of Concorda was brilliantly
represented by the charming daughter
and the gentlemanly sons of Senator
Walton, one of the members Of the Board
of Supervisors. Though the spacious
hall was not crowded, yet the company
was large and composed of elegantly
dressed couples, among whom sbone the
cadets in their handsome gray uniforms,
who could be seen doing the hospitali-
ties with that grace aud .politeness
which has rendered them the favorites
of the ladies.
What, with the music and the com-
bined attractions of an deliberately deco
rated hall, the handiwork of many of
the fair attendants themselves, the hop
could not have proven anything else
than what it was, u most enjoyable
affair.
Tis useless for us to say that music,
love and pleasure reigned supreme till
the close, which came by far nearer to
daylight this morning than the hour OF
midnight. Long will the participants
recall the happy hours spent at the Jan.
uary hop of 1881. /
President Johnston, with that conrtly
elegance of manner which stamps him a
fine type of the Southern gentleman,
was doing the honors of the occasion
among the guests, many of whom were
citizens of prominence, who had come &c
view the interesting spectacle.
1t is well, too, for rs to state that The
l indefatigable Commissary, Mr.. Jadot
4 had organized his forces so methodicallN
that the refreshments were served tt
: the entire satisfaction of all present.
Tn, En ,ia, 2 Ia,
: was in fill blast, with everything pro
j crossing in the happiest manner mag
Il Unable.
THE GESEiLSHAFT,
l Falling back in good order from til,
University Hop, we re-appeared at the
D Burden Hall, where the German Benev
G client Association was holding high rev
elry, in room brilliantly lighted ant
G festooned with the flags and streamlet
of the great Nations of the world
n Elaborate indeed had been the prepare
o tions of the Geseftshaf for this occasion
: in one large Hall were located the dan.
GERS while in the one adjacent was TIL
array OF supper tables, laden with thu
, choicest viands and delicacies not t,
. speak of that corner, where Mynhee
Philip Bott, the Treasurer, was super
vsng the distribution of liquids which
had been declared necessary to comba
= the dampness caused by the incessant
j., rain without. After we had been dul,
, identified by sergeant-at-arms Fouger
. ousse we were allowed, to proceed with
:. out molestation, the pass-'cood "mak'
q yourself at home" having been impaired
>. to It's.
Feeling indeed, that we were perfect
, " welcome, we proceeded to view thu
- pleasing scene. We soon realized TIN
, fact that though there was q host o
- beautiful ladies at the University Hop
~ yet there We're many who We're missin!
II though present and accounted for a
h the German ball.
If the appearance of several of tn
fair ones at the University had filled on
a.