Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-24

\ Lcap-Year German
which, TO tell you the truth.
OvertaSks ny rCnning pen,
For il really was, by very large odds,
The very best thing Of lis ken
That ever have seen and so ] may say,
Though in doegorel verse, yet with reason,
That, Of everything else, TINS german was
The browning event OF The season.
"Moady Minnigerodc" alone was show.
With the roses in his hair;
And the nodding plumcs from his shout
dcIs droopcd
In prOiUsOn rich and rare.
With rcliculc and ynmgrettc
and fan and great bouquet
Now, don't ycu know Just how he looked
When gotten up this way?
Somebody laid he was "Ogida's' own;
Nv another be was called " DonatellO.'
No matter which, tits very well known
Hes Il marvellous funny fellow.
Ten PEOPLE IT TOOK to dres, him, ! heard,
And then he wasn't ready
TIL nine and half, when at length he APP
pearcd.
With his chapcrone, Mr.. Freddy Mcclure,
Of Wash ngton, DC,
Who was a love to behold,
With his bonnet wreathcd in clOVor-bloOmS,
And his Haunting sash so bold.
Next CONES in Colonel Anderson,
VIII tucker Of lace old and + re,
And two enormous elephants ears
Entwincd in hi, rIch blIrl; halr,
From which the soft checks OF Miss
Charley" emerged,
As pink and a white as girFs;
But he certainly had no elephants snout,
And, alas. he had no curls
But elephant or maiden,
The problem still is diSW
For tell YOU no matter wLat else he was,
lie surely U0S "a daisy"
All Of the heauX. now bcllcs in turn,
Were well bedecked with roses,
And well bc-,ashcd, aud well be-frlled,
From their waists up TO their noses.
PelOw the waist. - matter OF course,
The trousers were let alone;
They could not 20 the petticodtS,
SO the pettiCodtS made them their own.
Cn General McCammOn. OF Washington,
The honor Of hostess rcpOSeS,
And lovely he looked in his snowy cap,
His 'kerchief and breast-knot OF pOsies.
"a fairCr form, more angel grace,
In all this land was never seen
The QtrlS all sNOre q manly oath,
This General here " shall be my queen"
We'd another belle from Richmond too,
Mr.. Richardson (oi Main near Bank)-
Perhaps you may think, a. do
He was yCunG. for such prank!
But there lac was with his snowy beard,
And his genial pleasant face,
And / know that none OF the girls ap-
peared.
To think him out Of place.
Besides, to tell YOU the truth, at the SprlhJS
Is matters not about age,
:. We takes ZEN rs we finds 'em"
And we makes EN- " all the ragc.'
The real girls were charming TOO
Adis celia "a cans dr."
And it isn't their turn in dis account
Conspicuous to appear
But one or two were so rery street
They deserve word without doubt,
But YOU know, dear reader, II did THIS
The rest would count me OUT
And sooner than lose her woman friends,
A woman best never be horn,
For YOU know these creatures, angered
once,
Carry ever crunpleu norm.
But onough-alrcady the scene is changed,
/ And to make our programme replete,
/ The ballroom a. theatre BOW j. arranged,
! With STAGE and dr0p-clTtdin complete.
! Two play, will be given tomorrow night,
/ With beauty and talent rare,
| The proceeds Of both to be given
To an excellent charity here.
So much for the summer fast slipping
away
A summer Of golden hours,
| OF music, and mrth. and merriment,
OF moonlight, love. and flowers.
DO you ask il never a shadow falls here!
II there's never a bcartache or pain
Oh. yes; but they come like summer clouds
And the world grows glad again,
Just as while the soft rain-drops are ialllnt
The sunlight is sometimes at play.
Fl;nging bright little rainbows OF promise
On the breast Of the hills far away,
And filling the world with beauty
The charm Of which cannot be told,
And hitting the spirit TO heaven
The beautiful home OF the soul.
BRIC.ABGAC.