Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-01-15
THE CARNIVAL.
Terpsichore On Ice-Hiah jerks i'm
the Frozen Zone.

Last night was a bad one for the thugs
on the back streets. Everybody was at the
Eureka Skating Rink, as well as every
body's uncle and niece. There must have
been 400 persons under the canvas at half
past o o'clock, Of whom nearly 200 were
skaters. The rest were lookers-on. The
masks were not generally striking or
grotesque, though there were a few dis
guises that would do credit to the sketch
artist of a comic almanac. Sheets was
the prevailing dress. Most people look
alike enveloped in q sheet, and there 10 I'M
doubleday some monotony in q sheety
costume. There was somebody gotten up
in a balcony outfit that took the cake.
Whether IL was q man or O woman, or
neither, or whether it represented a China
man or Chinawoman, ii was not easy to
say; nor is it easy to tell right now, after
much reflection. But it was a tremend-
ously funny figure. An inflated horizon
tai sack for hair; %parabolic breeches. bow
legged and dropsical to the fullest extent.
1t would seem that any stretching OF the
neither garment of this uncertain char
acter would have left him or her, as the
case may be, in the proverbial embarrass-
IutAt VI Dclu6 Caught WAth sho 1AOSNhN
down. But it was not so, and it
is likely that the escape from the
ragged edge of the exposure made
the people laugh. Don't know
what else. This was the cynosure figure Of
all eyes during the earlier part of the
evening. He, she or it lost some prestige
though, when the sheet covering of a tall
individual vent asunder in front and he
had to be caught and pinned up to be pre-
vented from giving himself away. This is
all said presumably of the males that
deckod the ice, although it is pleasanter to
be deceived and to feel sometimes that ig-
nerance is bliss and that it is a matter of
no moment whether. you know the differ
ence between a man and a woman. The
baldheads will all appreciate this, although
they may pretend not to tumble to SO icy
an intimation. There was a tall man, no
doubt about him, decked out in a suit Of
cards. He was playing to win, but his
hand was too much exposed. His shutting
gait was good, however, and he would
have taken in the pot il he had had four
aces when he was called down. There
were some gentlemen u~ndisguised, who
were possibly afraid to spoil their looks
with masks. They were unadorned and
lost nothing by appearing in proprta
PERSONA. If there is beauty in curved
lines these gentlemen will be beautiful
hereafter, il there is no He'll, and they de-
scribe mathematical curves in their ascent
to heaven. The cream Of manhood was in
the figures OF the Athletics. 1t is a pity
that theses fellows were disguised. Moth
ing so kt1ghtly as a Knight. The Mills
grind slowly, but fine; and from the Smithy
sparklets sometimes fly. Nellifollis' ON
ment ce va called up Giroufle ronfla. tSee
inspiration OF Gate the high kicker, or
possibly rye, though the kicking is not all
awry.l Monday, dear boy, first day Of the
week, kept his sweet voice at a squeak, and
that ends the tale about him. President
Baker swore he'd never forsake her. but he
glided SO rough, she gave him a rebuff,
and he said he would drop her; thank
heavens she responded, Mr.. Baker.
The music was really good. We have
never heard Marching Through Georgia"
better rendered anywhere. II General
Sherman had been here he could not have
survived the first playing. JEFF. Works.
renowned for his d~elicaey Of sentiment and
niceness OF discrimination, barred out all
the /" bads " of the community; hence the
performance was clean. There was not q
single bad break made during the entire
evening. There were q few ladies who did
not wear sheets and pillow-cases, notably
one pretty figure that wore flannel with
the rough side outwards. There was an
other lady who was deliberately dressed in
curls. This was a pleasant reminder Of
the earlier and purer days Of the Republic.
ALI of which is said without fear, favor or
mental reservation.